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Written Answers — House of Lords: Care Services: Children (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many named guardians have been appointed by the courts in each of the past 10 years to represent children and their interests in care and related proceedings.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Care Services: Children (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many complaints have been made by children in each of the past 10 years in respect of named guardians appointed by the courts to represent their interests in care and related proceedings.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Care Services: Children (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to strengthen the safeguards for children involved in care and related proceedings.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children Act 1989 (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been any recent consultation on amending section 41 of the Children Act 1989; if so, which organisations were consulted; according to what timetable; and what were the outcomes of the consultation. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many organisations representing children have requested abandonment of named guardians for children to...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Courts: Family Cases (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government how, in allowing the media access to the written evidence and substance of cases in the family courts, they have sought to protect other children in families with a child involved in care proceedings from media exposure.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Courts: Family Cases (12 Nov 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether children involved in care and related proceedings will be informed that discussions they have with child care professionals such as doctors and social workers may be subject to media reporting due to the media having access to written evidence and the substance of proceedings in the family courts.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Courts: Family Cases (11 Nov 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government how, in allowing the media access to the written evidence and substance of cases in the family courts, they have sought to protect the confidentiality of doctors and social workers in talking to children involved in care and related proceedings.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration (14 Jul 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many changes have been made to the UK Border Agency's visas website regarding application to enter the United Kingdom by overseas students since the new points-based system started on 31 March.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Passports (14 Jul 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for biometric appointments for foreign students; and how that varies between offices used for that purpose.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Higher Education: Overseas Students (7 Jul 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government when advice will be issued to higher education institutions in respect of their duty to monitor and report upon overseas student attendance at courses.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Identity Cards (7 Jul 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the effect of the introduction of identity cards on postal application times for overseas students.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration (7 Jul 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made on the introduction of the points-based system of immigration for entry into the United Kingdom of overseas students to higher education institutions; and what changes have been made since 30 March.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Lord Rooker: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many "failure to deliver" letters have been issued by couriers attempting to deliver identity cards to overseas students resident in the United Kingdom; and why no explanation is given for such letters to higher education institutions.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Sheep (29 Sep 2008)

Lord Rooker: There is no specific assessment for Northumberland. A draft partial regulatory impact assessment for England on sheep and goat electronic identification was produced in December 2006 and further updated in November 2007. Details are available on the Defra website.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Sheep (29 Sep 2008)

Lord Rooker: The European Parliament discussed electronic identification of sheep on 19 June as part of its wider discussions on the sheep industry. Discussions were also held on 30 June in the Commission's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH). The discussions held on 30 June were those that secured changes to the annexes of EC regulation 21/2004 which considerably reduce...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Sheep (29 Sep 2008)

Lord Rooker: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State (Hilary Benn) and I met representatives of the sheep industry, including the NFU, on 30 June to discuss electronic identification of sheep.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Vaccines (29 Sep 2008)

Lord Rooker: Vaccines based on BCG have variable efficacy and, because they will potentially make cattle react to the current tuberculin test as if they were infected with Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), are illegal under EU legislation. Without a test to differentiate infected from vaccinated animals (a so-called DIVA test), cattle from vaccinated herds would be indistinguishable from infected animals...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Vaccines (29 Sep 2008)

Lord Rooker: The earliest a fully licensed injectable vaccine could be available is projected as 2010. However, due to the costs associated with trapping badgers for vaccination, it is not likely to be used on a widespread basis. The earliest projected date for the widespread use of a BCG oral badger vaccine is 2014. The oral vaccination route is not supported by a proven technology for delivery of BCG,...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Vaccines (29 Sep 2008)

Lord Rooker: We have initiated discussions and will be working closely with the Commission and other member states to minimise the time required to make the necessary legislative changes to allow the use of cattle vaccines for TB. At this stage it is not possible to say how long negotiations will take.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Bio-energy Infrastructure Scheme (29 Sep 2008)

Lord Rooker: With the exception of straw, biomass derived from food crops is not eligible for support under the scheme. Eligible energy crops are not required to be grown on land that is unsuitable for food crops. Of the 29 projects supported under round 1 of the scheme, 15 use only biomass from woodlands, urban trees and sawmills, seven use only purpose-grown energy crops and the remainder use a mixture.