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Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)

James Paice: I thank the Minister for what he has said. He is right that there is an issue with buyers being responsible for stationery, desks and everything else including food. That is the problem. The person buying the food should be not the purchasing officer, but the person responsible for preparing the food. If we drive decisions further down, we will get the benefit.

Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)

James Paice: I am slightly disappointed that there has not been more interest in the debate from hon. Members on both sides of the House, although we are obviously all conscious of the pressure on Members' diaries. None the less, I congratulate the hon. Member for Sunderland, South (Mr. Mullin). In former times, when he was a DEFRA Minister, he and I debated some of the issues before us, and I know how...

Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)

James Paice: I am happy to accept that it may have been one of the reasons why the EU was eventually persuaded to apply the same rules across the whole Union. That brings me conveniently to the issue of eggs, on which the hon. Gentleman concentrated, and on which I want to ask the Minister a couple of questions. As the hon. Gentleman said, the EU has banned conventional battery cages from 1 January 2012....

Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)

James Paice: I hope not.

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

James Paice: I wish to pursue the same line of questioning. Has the Secretary of State yet seen and read the report, which I am told is now available, by vets on the continued studies of the incidence of TB after proactive culling has ended in the trial areas? Will he publish it soon, and then we will all know that the incidence has continued to decline since the culling of badgers stopped?

Written Answers — Home Department: Opiates (13 Oct 2009)

James Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the weight notified to his Department by manufacturers of opiate derivatives and finished products of loss or theft of product was of (a) opiate raw material, (b) opiate medicinal products, (c) oxycodone raw material and (d) codeine raw material in each year between 1999 and 2009.

Written Answers — Home Department: Opiates (12 Oct 2009)

James Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the weight notified of (a) opiate raw materials, (b) opiate medicinal products, (c) oxycodone raw material and (d) codeine raw material was seized by UK drug enforcement authorities in each year between 1999 and 2009.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Research: Finance (9 Sep 2009)

James Paice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the level of expenditure by his Department and its predecessors on grants for research and development in each region in each of the last three years; and what his Department's budget for such expenditure is for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.

Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Carbon Emissions (21 Jul 2009)

James Paice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from air travel by staff in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 Jul 2009) has video

James Paice: I am sure that the Prime Minister is right that it takes time to equip helicopters and to train the crews for Afghanistan, but why does he pretend that the need has only arisen today? The reality is that we have been there for eight years, troop numbers have been rising throughout that time, and the demand for an increase in the number of helicopters has gone on rising. Why are they still...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Procurement (13 Jul 2009)

James Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what companies provided (a) goods and (b) services to his Department in 2008-09.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Carbon Emissions (13 Jul 2009)

James Paice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Energy (13 Jul 2009)

James Paice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Waste (13 Jul 2009)

James Paice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Water (13 Jul 2009)

James Paice: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the water consumption on the office estate of his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff.