Sojan Joseph MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Animals: Hunting and SmugglingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward measures to ban (a) trophy hunting and (b) animal smuggling.
Answer: The Government committed to a hunting trophy import ban of endangered animals in its manifesto and we will deliver on this. Defra is engaging with relevant stakeholders to ensure that we can deliver on this commitment in the most effective way. As outline...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSewage: KentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to enforce the publication of real-time data on sewage released into (a) rivers (b) the sea and (c) other waterways in Kent.
Answer: Since 1 January 2025, water companies have been required to publish data related to discharges from all storm overflows within one hour of the discharge beginning. The Secretary of State has authorised Ofwat to carry out enforcement action for this duty, ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping and Litter: KentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the measures in place to tackle (a) littering and (b) flytipping in Kent.
Answer: Fly-tipping and littering blight communities and harm the environment. Local councils are usually best placed to assess the measures in place to address the local littering and fly-tipping problems in their area. No specific assessment of the effectivenes...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectrical Goods: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to include the recycling of small electrical items as part of household waste collections.
Answer: The Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) regulations make producers responsible for the electrical products they place on the market when they become waste. As part of this producers can pay into the WEEE Compliance Fee fund that provides pro...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of adding XL Bullies to the list of prohibited dogs under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 on the number of attacks by XL Bul
Answer: Defra is continuing to engage closely with the Police, local authorities, and rescue and rehoming organisations to monitor the impacts of the XL Bully dog ban. These measures are vital to protect the public and we expect all XL Bully owners to comply with...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInland Waterways: AshfordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to clear up water ways in Ashford constituency.
Answer: The Government’s Water (Special Measures) Bill will the first important step in enabling wider, transformative change across the water sector, reducing pollution and cleaning up our waterways. The Government has also launched an Independent Commission int...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
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