Asked by: Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to establish a sugar policy to provide equity in the sugar market for producers after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by George Eustice
British sugar beet producers are among the most competitive in the world and already compete effectively at world prices.
The government also recognises the importance of the sugar cane refining industry in providing competition in the market in the UK and the importance of sugar cane production for some developing countries, especially those within the Commonwealth.
On leaving the EU the UK government will be free to decide its own trade policies.
Asked by: Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to increase domestic recycling of waste produced in the UK which had previously been exported abroad.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
Waste should be treated according to the waste hierarchy, which places prevention at the top as it offers the best outcome for the environment, followed by preparing for re-use, recycling, other recovery and then disposal.
China’s decision underlines the need for progress in all these areas. We must reduce the amount of waste we produce overall and in particular the amount we export to be dealt with elsewhere. In our 25 Year Environment we outlined that we will develop our producer responsibility schemes, to better incentivise producers to design more resource efficient products and to ensure we recycle as much as possible.