Neil Hudson MP: written questions
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Horse PassportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the National Audit Office’s report entitled Resilience to animal diseases, published on 4 June 2025, what assessment his Department has made of failing to implement t
Answer: This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Defra recognises the importance of a robust equine identification and traceability regime. The current paper-based system supports disease outbreak management, publ...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHorse PassportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 8 and 10 of the National Audit Office’s report entitled Resilience to animal diseases, published on 4 June 2025, what plans his Department has to (a) deliv
Answer: This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The Government recognises the importance of the equine sector to the UK economy and of improving equine identification and traceability. The SPS agreement, outlined...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWhipps Cross and Princess Alexandra HospitalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on when the rebuilding of (a) Whipps Cross Hospital and (b) Princess Alexandra Hospital will be completed.
Answer: As set out in the New Hospital Programme Plan for Implementation, the new hospital schemes for Whipps Cross Hospital and Princess Alexandra Hospital are in Wave 2 and are expected to commence construction between 2032 and 2034. Completion dates for all sc...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal and Plant Health Agency: WeybridgeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on when the full redevelopment of the Animal and Plant Health Agency headquarters in Weybridge will be completed.
Answer: Defra is making good progress with the redevelopment of the APHA Weybridge site. Planning consent is in place, construction of interim science facilities is underway, work is proceeding on the design of the main National Biosecurity Centre and with the ap...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimals: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report by the National Audit Office entitled Resilience to Animal Diseases, published on 4 June 2025, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's prep
Answer: Defra and APHA actively assisted the National Audit Office in the collation of the data and information used to inform their report and will carefully work through the findings and recommendations to inform a plan for improvement. The National Audit Offic...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordThames WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the collapse of Thames Water.
Answer: The Government and Ofwat – the financial regulator for the water sector – are carefully monitoring the situation at Thames Water, and Ofwat is working closely with the company to strengthen its long-term financial resilience within the context of its lice...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordThames WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Thames Water and (b) Ofwat since the withdrawal of KKR from discussions on an equity recapitalisation deal.
Answer: The Government and Ofwat – the financial regulator for the water sector – are carefully monitoring the situation at Thames Water, and Ofwat is working closely with the company to strengthen its long-term financial resilience within the context of its lice...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMeat: SmugglingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10799 on Meat: Smuggling, how much illegal meat was seized (a) from 11 October 2024 to 31 December 2024 and (b) in 2025.
Answer: Illegal meat seized figures captured as part of Defra's African Swine Fever Programme:Between 11 October 2024 – 21 December 2024, 49,912kg seized.Between 3 January 2025 – 18 April, 72,872kg seized.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: SalesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of penalties for the illegal sale of vaping products on those sales.
Answer: Trading Standards officers currently have a range of enforcement tools at their disposal to enforce age of sale restrictions and to take a proportionate approach to enforcement that reflects the severity of the offence committed. When necessary, this incl...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on the environmental impact of disposable vapes.
Answer: On 1 June the sale and supply of disposable vapes across the UK was banned, this will remove these harmful products from shelves and reduce the waste cause by their disposal. We will work closely with the Department of Health to ensure that the Tobacco an...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) amend and (b) pause the extended producer responsibility scheme to mitigate the impact on pubs.
Answer: The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 came into effect on 1 January 2025, PackUK, the Scheme Administrator has been appointed, and producers have started to accrue scheme costs from the 1 April 2025. pEPR...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of extended producer responsibility on pubs in Epping Forest constituency.
Answer: The Government has worked closely with industry, including the pub sector, throughout development of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging. In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR sche...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGlass: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the glass manufacturing sector on the potential impact of extended producer responsibility on glass packaging since 14 May 2025.
Answer: Officials also joined a panel for the Wine and Spirit Trade Association on 21 May, and have met with the Food and Drink Federation and the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGlass: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the pub and brewing sector on the potential impact of extended producer responsibility on glass packaging since 14 May 2025.
Answer: Officials also joined a panel for the Wine and Spirit Trade Association on 21 May, and have met with the Food and Drink Federation and the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Genetically Modified OrganismsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK-EU trade deal will require the repeal of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023.
Answer: The EU have accepted there will need to be a number of areas where we need to retain our own rules. The details of these are subject to negotiation, but we have been clear about the importance of being able to set high animal welfare standards, support pu...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetically Modified Organisms: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK-EU trade deal will allow the roll-out of gene editing in (a) plants, (b) crops, (c) animals and (d) birds.
Answer: The EU have accepted there will need to be a number of areas where we need to retain our own rules. The details of these are subject to negotiation, but we have been clear about the importance of being able to set high animal welfare standards, support pu...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department had discussions with the UK fisheries sector on negotiations with the EU for the UK-EU trade deal.
Answer: The deal announced on 19 May secures the continuation of current access arrangements and sees no changes in the level of EU vessel access to UK waters and no changes to the quota shares set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The UK also retains c...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether increasing fishing quotas for UK fisheries was discussed during negotiations on the UK-EU trade deal.
Answer: In preparation for negotiations around the UK-EU Summit, Defra engaged with the UK fishing sector to understand their priorities. Throughout these negotiations, we made every effort to achieve the best outcome for the UK fishing industry. We have secured ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU trade deal on the sustainability of the fisheries sector.
Answer: The deal announced on 19 May secures the continuation of current access arrangements and sees no changes in the level of EU vessel access to UK waters and no changes to the quota shares set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The UK also retains c...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMeat: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to include a ban on the importation of product where antibiotics have been used as growth promoters in all future international trade deals.
Answer: We have been clear that we will only ever sign trade agreements which align with the UK’s national interests, and we will always uphold our high food standards.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDairy Products: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the import of Bovine Somatotropin-treated dairy products in trade deals.
Answer: Our approach to trade deals ensures all agri-food products must comply with our sanitary and phytosanitary standards and wider import requirements to be placed on the UK market. There is no import ban in the UK on dairy products from cows treated with bov...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPigmeat: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the import of ractopamine-treated pork in trade deals.
Answer: Our approach to trade deals ensures all agri-food products must comply with our sanitary and phytosanitary standards and wider import requirements to be placed on the UK market. There is no import ban in the UK on dairy products from cows treated with bov...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBeef: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the import of hormone-treated beef in trade deals.
Answer: Our approach to trade deals ensures all agri-food products must comply with our sanitary and phytosanitary standards and wider import requirements to be placed on the UK market. There is no import ban in the UK on dairy products from cows treated with bov...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry Meat: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the import of chlorine-washed poultry in trade deals.
Answer: Our approach to trade deals ensures all agri-food products must comply with our sanitary and phytosanitary standards and wider import requirements to be placed on the UK market. There is no import ban in the UK on dairy products from cows treated with bov...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Oral Statement of 8 May 2025 on Trade Negotiations, Official Report, columns 897-899, whether food imports under the UK-US Free Trade Agreement of (a) ractopamine-treated pork (b)
Answer: On 8 May, the UK government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to get an agreement with President Trump.We have agreed new reciprocal market access on beef - with UK farmers given a guaranteed quota ...
Answered 15 May 2025
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