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Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Farmers (Suicides) (29 Oct 2009) has video

Jane Kennedy: What representations he has received on the number of suicides amongst farmers whose cattle herds are subject to bovine tuberculosis movement and testing restrictions; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Farmers (Suicides) (29 Oct 2009) has video

Jane Kennedy: I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that answer. Will he consider the recommendations in the detail of the report, alongside the good work that the Department is doing on cattle movements and testing regimes? In particular, will he look at the impact on farmers whose herds are subject to testing every 60 days? That happens in some cases, and it is a devastating regime for the farm and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (29 Oct 2009) has video

Jane Kennedy: May I ask my hon. Friend the Minister to reinforce what he said in the earlier part of Question Time by gently saying to Lord Stern that, during British sausage week, we celebrate a varied diet and the value that it brings; that it should be a question of "all things in moderation"; and that if it is being suggested that vegetarianism will save the world, I am not sure that it is a world in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (27 Oct 2009) has video

Jane Kennedy: Was my right hon. Friend the Housing Minister as angry as I was to learn that, notwithstanding 23,000 people looking for affordable homes in Liverpool, the Liberal Democrats rejected a project for 60 new homes by a housing co-operative on the grounds that there was no such need in the city?

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Council House Building (27 Oct 2009)

Jane Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what rules apply to local authorities in the first and second rounds of the council house building programme.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iran's Nuclear Programme (20 Oct 2009)

Jane Kennedy: What his latest assessment is of developments in Iran's nuclear programme; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iran's Nuclear Programme (20 Oct 2009)

Jane Kennedy: Does my right hon. Friend share the frustration of many ordinary people in Iran—they have shared this with me by e-mail—with the regime's complete refusal to engage with the international community on this issue? The regime is led by someone who not only denies the holocaust, but denies his own people a democratic outcome. Will my right hon. Friend consider what unilateral steps...

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Topical Questions (12 Oct 2009) has video

Jane Kennedy: May I commend the work of Booktrust to my right hon. Friend, particularly the work of Irene Mandelkow, the Bookstart co-ordinator in Liverpool? She and her team have increased the number of pre-school children registered with libraries tenfold in the past 10 years.

Mr. Michael Shields (15 Jul 2009)

Jane Kennedy: I strongly support the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mrs. Ellman). My right hon. Friend said that he will not comment on the detail of the matter, but when I read the police report that he commissioned and invited to be undertaken, I was struck by the strength of opinion. There are not many police officers—I have worked with many—who have taken...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Dairy Farmers of Britain (2 Jul 2009) has video

Jane Kennedy: What a pleasure it is to see you in the Chair, Mr. Speaker. May I ask my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to pass on my welcome to my two colleagues who have joined him on the Front Bench? Food and food production are far too important to be left entirely to the advocacy of Members with rural constituencies. They are of importance to everyone. I noted my right hon. Friend's response...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (2 Jul 2009) has video

Jane Kennedy: May I urge my right hon. Friend to hold to his intention of responding to the consultation on the so-called replacement insecticide with a voluntary scheme that will be workable and achievable and which will demonstrate our willingness to trust the farming community, which shares our concerns about the impact of agriculture on the environment?

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change (4 Jun 2009)

Jane Kennedy: The Government and the devolved Administrations recently announced the appointment of Lord John Krebs as the Chair of the Adaptation Sub-Committee to the Committee on Climate Change. As the Chair of the Sub-Committee, Lord Krebs will also sit on the main committee. The UK Government and the devolved Administrations are in the process of appointing five to eight board members to serve on the...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Food Supply (4 Jun 2009)

Jane Kennedy: I recognise the benefits of well run local food hubs in helping to make it easier for local food producers to access markets, including public sector customers. Under the Regional Food Strategy both DEFRA and the regional development agencies have provided support for a number of initiatives, including food hubs, aimed at facilitating access to market for local food producers. Funding to...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Members: Correspondence (4 Jun 2009)

Jane Kennedy: I have now responded to the right hon. Member's letter.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Members: Correspondence (4 Jun 2009)

Jane Kennedy: I responded to the right hon. Member's letter on 3 June.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Renewable Energy: Waste (4 Jun 2009)

Jane Kennedy: DEFRA officials have received correspondence from representatives of companies whose business involves the processing of waste to produce fuels about issues arising from the Court of Appeal ruling in the case of OSS Group v. Environment Agency. Officials at the Environment Agency have also held meetings with the companies concerned to discuss these issues. The Government's response to the...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture: Subsidies (3 Jun 2009)

Jane Kennedy: The percentage of remaining claims expected to receive a payment under the 2008 Single Payment Scheme is 1.2 per cent.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture: Waste Disposal (3 Jun 2009)

Jane Kennedy: Prior to the implementation of the Environmental Permitting Regulations in 2007, waste disposal and waste recovery operations were regulated under separate legislation. Environment Agency records are therefore split between the two different information systems used. These systems are currently in the process of being integrated. Five anaerobic digestion plants have been permitted by the...