Results 1-20 of 597 for speaker:Richard Benyon

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Rivers: Hydroelectric Power (12 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which organisations the Environment Agency has consulted on the provision of hydro power on rivers.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Marine Management Organisation (11 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many Marine and Fisheries Agency staff have asked for a transfer to another department in preference to accepting a position at the new Marine Management Organisation; (2) how many Marine and Fisheries Agency staff have accepted (a) permanent and (b) temporary posts in the new Marine Management Organisation.

Written Answers — Defence: Military Aircraft: Helicopters (11 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what advice he received from (a) the Chief of General Staff, (b) operational commanders and (c) other senior Army personnel on the decision to sell the Army's stock of Gazelle helicopters.

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

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Leominster of 22 July 2008, Official Report, column 1002W, on cetaceans, what information his Department holds on the recipients of the video and photographic material collected by the Sea Mammal Research Unit; (2) with reference to the answer to the hon. Member...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fish: Disease Control (10 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department's latest assessment is of the effects of koi herpes virus disease on fish stocks; and if he will make a statement.

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

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many UK pair trawlers currently fish for bass beyond 12 nautical miles in the Western Channel.

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

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many foreign-registered vessels have pair trawled within the UK's 12 mile limit in each month since the ban on British pair trawlers inside the 12 mile limit was implemented; and when he next plans to discuss with the European Commission the extension of the ban to the vessels of other EU member states.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Marine Management Organisation (10 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Marine and Fisheries Agency has spent on work by (a) external consultants and (b) other staff from (i) his Department and (ii) other Government departments in connection with the establishment of the Marine Management Organisation on Tyneside.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Marine Management Organisation (10 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects the transfer of the Marine and Fisheries Agency and other agencies to the Marine Management Organisation to be completed.

Written Answers — Transport: Fisheries: Accidents (10 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many fishermen have died on (a) under 10 and (b) over 10 metre fishing vessels in UK waters since 1997.

Written Answers — Transport: Marine Accident Investigation Branch (10 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many incidents the Marine Accident Investigation Branch has investigated since 1997.

Thames Valley Police (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: The chief constable wrote to Mr. Fidler only when I wrote to her. Does the Minister not agree that it is a strange way of doing things to tell the contract manager to terminate the contract, not giving any reason why and not giving any reason to the MP concerned until I contacted her and she approached Mr. Fidler?

Thames Valley Police (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: I am grateful to the Minister for responding to the debate, and I understand the limitations on him and the Home Office. I should like to put on the record again that I have a very good working relationship with the chief constable; I hope that good relationship continues after today. However, the purpose of MPs, every now and again, is to stand up for people whom we feel have been...

Thames Valley Police (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Benyon: It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Sheridan. I secured this debate to represent the views of my constituent, Paul Fidler, and the employees of his company, Wessex Recovery Ltd. I believe strongly that they have been the victims of a miscarriage of justice. Wessex Recovery Ltd is owned entirely by Mr. Fidler. It was formed in 1991 and since 1993 has had a contract...