Richard Tice MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Farmers: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers following changes in the level of funding for mental health support; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of this ch
Answer: Defra are continuing to fund the Farmer Welfare Grant. This funds charities to deliver projects which will support mental health and build resilience in local farming communities. In the Hon. Member’s county, the Lincolnshire Rural Support Network is in r...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: Boston and SkegnessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many confirmed Avian Influenza outbreaks there have been in Boston and Skegness constituency, by site size; what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and
Answer: During the current outbreak there has been one outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the Boston and Skegness constituency in a commercial duck rearing enterprise near Skegness, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire and was confirmed on the 28 Janua...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMV Solong and MV Stena Immaculate: AccidentsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department plans to provide to assist with the environmental clean-up of beaches in Boston and Skegness constituency following the recent North Sea oil tanker collisio
Answer: Now the overall situation has stabilised, the response has moved from a Major Incident Response into the recovery phase. Both ships remain afloat and normal maritime traffic has resumed. Though the situation is stable, recovery work will continue with the...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve livestock (a) registration and (b) inspection, in the context of (i) avian influenza and (ii) the recommendations in Dame Glenys Stacey's
Answer: Since the 1 September 2024 in Scotland and 1 October 2024 in England and Wales registration has been a legal requirement for anyone owning poultry or other captive birds, with the exception of certain psittacines and passerines, even if only kept as pets....
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Freedom of InformationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if he will make an estimate of the annual cost to the
Answer: Each team within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) that holds information relevant to a request is responsible for providing responses in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Informa...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on measures to achieve net zero targets in the last five years.
Answer: While the Department for Net Zero and Energy Security leads across Government on net zero, Defra is responsible for reducing emissions from agriculture, land use (including peat), fluorinated gases and waste (including wastewater), whilst simultaneously i...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what national framework contractors have been appointed for flood management; and how and on what criteria they were appointed.
Answer: The information requested can be found in the attached document.
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal Feed: 3-nitrooxypropanolDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of long-term health concerns associated with the use of 3-Nitrooxypropanol in cattle feed.
Answer: 3-Nitrooxypropanol is the active ingredient in a methane suppressing feed product commercially known as Bovaer. The Food Standards Agency has advised milk from cows given Bovaer, an authorised feed additive used to reduce methane emissions, is safe to dri...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFishing Vessels: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement actions his Department has taken against foreign fishing vessels operating illegally in UK waters in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for licensing foreign vessels to fish in English waters and for fisheries enforcement of vessels within English waters. The MMO has boarded and inspected foreign vessels at sea on 1451 occasions sinc...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Supply ChainsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14773More
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 Autumn Budget 2024 on the (a) resilience of the agricultural supply chain and (b) ability of the sector to meet d
Answer: Part (a) - The UK has a resilient food supply chain and is equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. We produce 62% of all the food we need, and 75% of food which we can grow or rear in the UK for all or part of the year. Fo...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRural Areas: FuelsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support people living in rural areas with limited public transport links with the potential financial impact of increases in fuel duty.
Answer: People living in rural areas often have greater distances to travel to access essential services, employment, education and other social and recreational activities. We know that this can make it more costly and time consuming for rural communities. As an...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Government AssistanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers and the agricultural industry with (a) challenges related to fluctuating market prices, (b) improving access to modern technology
Answer: The UK agricultural sector is both robust and adaptable and operates in an open market with the value of commodities established by those in the supply chain. We have seen evidence of this particularly in recent years following global events such as the C...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
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