Written Evidence May. 23 2024
Inquiry: Food, Diet and ObesityFound: FDO0088 - Food, Diet and Obesity Feeding Britain Written Evidence
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
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 support landowners to maintain their own stretches of river along the River Deben in Suffolk to help reduce future flooding risk.
Answered by Robbie Moore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Riparian landowners, those whose land adjoins a watercourse, are required under common law to maintain the watercourse, including the removal of debris and blockages, which could cause an obstruction to the flow of water on their land, or downstream if washed away, as well as maintenance of the bed and banks, and any trees or shrubs growing on the banks.
The Environment Agency has published guidance on owning a watercourse on GOV.UK. By April 2024, new Environment Agency engagement guidance will be published to help risk management authorities, Environment Agency staff, and landowners have more effective conversations on this matter.
The Government’s Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Policy Statement sets out what we expect from those responsible for all assets and watercourses – including risk management authorities, other public and community organisations, the private sector and riparian owners – to invest in ongoing maintenance and ensure timely repairs where necessary.
Jun. 05 2023
Source Page: Cash-First - towards ending the need for food banks in Scotland: planFound: Cash-First - towards ending the need for food banks in Scotland: plan
Mentions:
1: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) The school food standards ensure that children have healthy food and drink options across the school - Speech Link
2: Baroness Manzoor (Con - Life peer) There is also a higher prevalence of food banks in these areas. - Speech Link
3: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) , nutrient-poor food. - Speech Link
Report Mar. 13 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: Accessibility of products and services to disabled people 4 Accessible food packaging If food packaging
Asked by: Liz Twist (Labour - Blaydon)
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 impact of food price inflation on levels of demand for emergency parcels from food banks.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Tackling inflation is this Government’s number one priority. We continue to support households through our £94 billion package, worth £3,300 on average per household this year and last. We are also providing £100 million of support for charities and community organisations in England targeted at supporting critical frontline services.
Asked by: Esther McVey (Conservative - Tatton)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the use of food banks by former service personnel who were medically-discharged in the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not collect or hold information on the use of food banks by either current military or civilian personnel, or by Armed Forces veterans. Any decision to use a food bank is a private and personal matter for the individual concerned.
To support those leaving Service, including those medically discharged, the MOD provides points of contact for veterans who are facing challenges when transitioning back into civilian life. The Defence Holistic Transition Policy was introduced to support a whole range of life-changing issues, which affect both the Service Person and their immediate family upon leaving the Services. This could include help with life's basic needs such as registering with a doctor or a dentist, or it could be much more intensive for those with complex needs (including housing, budgeting, debt, wellbeing, and children's education).
Defence Transition Services (DTS), which is part of the MOD's Veterans UK, was established at the same time as the transition policy to provide information and support for those service leavers and their families who are most likely to face challenges as they leave the Armed Forces and adjust to civilian life: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/help-and-support-for-service-leavers-and-their-families. DTS will be there as a safety net for up to two years after leaving Service, and self-referrals can be made through the gov.uk website or by contacting Veterans UK direct.
In addition, the Veterans Welfare Service, part of Veterans UK, provides telephone and face to face assistance from four UK welfare centres to veterans in need of support: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/veterans-welfare-service
Report Mar. 19 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: Accessible food packaging If food packaging is not accessible to all, visually impaired people can find
Mentions:
1: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) The reasons that people use food banks are complex and varied. - Speech Link
2: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) The reasons that people use food banks are complex and varied. - Speech Link
3: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) Can she tell the House what the Government are doing to end the need for food banks in the UK? - Speech Link
4: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South) It is shameful that we now have more food banks than police stations. - Speech Link