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Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Dogs: Research (12 Nov 2009)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects the research project commissioned by his Department on the effects of electronic training aids on the welfare of dogs to be completed; how much the research has cost; when he expects to announce his decision on the regulation of the use of electric shock collars; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Genetically Modified Organisms: Food (12 Nov 2009)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many genetically modified food trials the Government have licensed (a) in each region and (b) for each species in each of the last five years; how much his Department has spent on genetically modified food trials in each of those years; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Social Care Green Paper (11 Nov 2009)

Roger Williams: The Minister will be aware of the consternation that the consultation has caused in Wales and throughout the UK. It is becoming much clearer that the Government will not have the opportunity to act on the consultation before the election, and that they are highly unlikely to have the opportunity to do so after it. Will the hon. Gentleman therefore talk to his colleagues and ensure that the...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture: Subsidies (10 Nov 2009)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average cost of processing a Single Farm Payment scheme claim was in each of the last four years for which figures are available; how many such claims were made in each such year; what the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) minimum and (d) maximum claim was in each such year; and if he will make a statement.

Olympics: Energy National Policy Statements (9 Nov 2009) has video

Roger Williams: What has been the involvement and input of the devolved nations in drawing up the national policy statements? They are likely to be required to provide a disproportionate amount of the UK energy need.

Probation Service (4 Nov 2009)

Roger Williams: That is certainly reflected in the Dyfed-Powys probation service, where seven or eight trainees were trained at great expense and only one was given full-time employment at the end of it. Several were given temporary employment until next March. That is surely a waste of resources that could have been put back into employing trained probation officers who could have coped with the case load a...

[John Cummings in the Chair] — Thalidomide (4 Nov 2009)

Roger Williams: The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful case, as have other hon. Members. It seems to me that if a similar incident occurred today, the sums of money awarded would be far in excess of those awarded by Distillers and Diageo, because we have greater expectations of what kind of life people with disabilities can and should lead and of the cost of achieving that. What was awarded is completely...

Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)

Roger Williams: My hon. Friend is making very important points. Egg producers in this country often complain that eggs are imported from areas that have lower welfare conditions, but they also complain that eggs are imported not only as whole eggs but as egg products—liquid egg and powdered egg—so it is almost more difficult to ascertain their source of origin. Those products go into the...