Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandating sustainable drainage systems for all new housing developments in England.
Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra carried out a review into making sustainable drainage systems mandatory for new developments in England. The review was published on 10 January 2023 and the Government is now looking at how best to implement through Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. Final decisions on scope, threshold and process will be made following a public consultation later this year and implementation will take place during 2024.
Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under which statutory provisions his Department is able to direct Basildon Council and Essex County Council to reduce the speed limit on the A127.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
Sections 85(5) and 86(8) of the Environment Act 1995.
Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to relax laws and restrictions imposed by the EU on homeopathic medicines, herbs, vitamins and mineral supplements after the UK exits the EU.
Answered by George Eustice
The Veterinary Medicines Regulations are in place to ensure the quality, safety and efficacy of veterinary medicines.
No distinction is made between homeopathic medicines, herbs, vitamins and mineral supplements if they are marketed as having a beneficial effect on health, make medicinal claims or if they contain certain ingredients that exert a pharmacological effect on the target animal. They require a marketing authorisation to be sold in the UK.
Defra has no immediate plans to review the regulation of homeopathic medicines, herbs, vitamins and mineral supplements once we have left the EU. The Government’s intention is to repatriate the laws and restrictions into British law via a proposed repeal Bill. Following our exit, this bill will afford us all the time we need to review each piece of inherited legislation and decide which parts to preserve in new UK law and which parts to discard.