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Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Nature Conservation: Finance (12 Oct 2009)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department has allocated to the targeted species recovery component of the new framework for delivering priority habitats and species in England launched by Natural England in November 2008.

Written Answers — Home Department: Gurkhas (18 May 2009)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect on the settlement rights of Gurkhas of the implementation of the points-based immigration system.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Government Departments: Telephone Services (21 Apr 2009)

Martin Salter: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information his Department holds on the number of Government departments and agencies which require people to dial a premium rate number to contact them; what plans the Government has to replace such use of 0845 numbers with numbers that charge a local or national rate; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fish: River Severn (13 Jan 2009)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what species of fish inhabit the Severn Estuary; and which are listed as endangered.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Tidal Power: River Severn (13 Jan 2009)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with angling and fishing organisations on the impact of a Severn barrage on fish stocks in the Severn estuary and associated waters.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Tidal Power: River Severn (13 Jan 2009)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what input his Department has had to the Government's Severn Tidal Power Feasibility study.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Tidal Power: River Severn (12 Jan 2009)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what consideration he has given to how the terms of the EU Habitats Directive could be met with respect to fish stocks if a Severn barrage were to be constructed.

Written Answers — Home Department: Missing Persons: Thames Valley (23 Jun 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reports of missing people were made to Thames Valley police in 2007, broken down by local authority area; how many of them related to (a) vulnerable adults, (b) children under the age of 12 years, (c) children aged 12 to 16 years and (d) young people aged 17 to 18 years; and how many of the reports of a missing person under...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Nature Conservation (19 May 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what arrangements have been made for birds issued with Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species transaction specific certificates but removed from Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to be traced by the police for DNA testing when suspected of being wild-taken.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Nature Conservation (19 May 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which of the 11 non-EU species proposed by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee for inclusion in Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 have existing captive populations in the UK; and what assessment he has made of the effects of including these species in Schedule 4 on the risk of wild birds being smuggled...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Nature Conservation (19 May 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made in ensuring that captive populations of species to be removed from Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 are DNA profiled; and what procedures will be put in place to enable such profiles to be used to determine the (a) legitimacy and (b) parentage of birds of such species in the...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Nature Conservation (19 May 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the reasons are for the revision of the criteria used to decide which species should be listed on schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (19 May 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has for his Department to undertake an impact assessment of amendments to Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Angling: Licensing (18 Mar 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to proceed with the introduction of a sea angling licence; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Winter Fuel Payments (17 Mar 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will raise the level of winter fuel payments to take account of recent increases in energy prices.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Birds: Nature Conservation (19 Feb 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the conclusions of the Wildlife Law Enforcement Working Group meeting in July 2007 were on the illegal trade in falcons; and whether these conclusions were taken into account in deciding whether to retain the (a) peregrine falcon and (b) merlin in the bird registration scheme.

Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Concessions (18 Feb 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effects of the terms of the young persons railcard on the purchase of rail passes and season tickets; and what representations she has received on extending the use of such railcards for peak time travel.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Animals: Nature Conservation (18 Feb 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what species he is considering removing from Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and what mechanisms he plans to put in place to monitor the effects of removal from the Schedule on wild populations of such species.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Animals: Nature Conservation (18 Feb 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what account is taken of the conservation status of species at (a) UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales, (e) Northern Ireland and (f) regional level in deciding whether to retain species on Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Winter Fuel Payments (18 Feb 2008)

Martin Salter: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent representations he has received on raising the winter fuel allowance.