Results 1-20 of 342 for speaker:Katy Clark

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Western Sahara: Human Rights (12 Nov 2009)

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek a report from the UK ambassador in Rabat on allegations of repression by Moroccan forces in September in Boujdour, Aaiun and Smra in Western Sahara.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Western Sahara: Land Mines (11 Nov 2009)

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will hold discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on mine clearance in the occupied territory of Western Sahara.

Written Answers — Home Department: Animal Experiments: Primates (28 Oct 2009)

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many procedures carried out on animals in Scotland in 2008 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involved (a) New World primates and (b) Old World primates; and what the primary purposes of those procedures were.

Written Answers — Home Department: Animal Experiments: Scotland (27 Oct 2009)

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the primary purpose was of each (a) procedure and (b) field of research carried out on animals in Scotland in 2008 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involving (i) fish, (ii) pigs and (iii) genetically modified animals; and what the reasons were for the increase in the number of procedures carried out on (A) fish,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Clause 117 — Grounds for designation of MCZs (26 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: I beg to move amendment 3, page 78, line 32, at end insert— '(d) the marine ecosystem as a whole.'.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Clause 117 — Grounds for designation of MCZs (26 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I wish to speak to amendment 3, which I tabled. It would amend clause 117, which deals with the grounds for the designation of marine conservation zones. The amendment relates to the Minister's power to order that a zone should be designated as an MCZ. The Bill enables the Minister, where he or she finds it desirable, to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Clause 117 — Grounds for designation of MCZs (26 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: It would be of great assistance; I appreciate the Minister's comments. Coast proposes that the whole bay should be considered as a conservation zone. At the moment, there is only a no-take zone in part of the bay. To assist hon. Members, a no-take zone basically means that there can be no fishing, whereas in some marine conservation zones fishing is allowed in particular circumstances....

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Clause 117 — Grounds for designation of MCZs (26 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: I will listen very carefully to what the Minister has to say at the end of the debate, but I agree that it is a great shame that we have such a short time to debate these issues. It is a complete underestimation of their importance. I will keep my comments relatively brief to enable other Members to come in. Marine diversity is not about one particular type of fauna, flora or fish. We are...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: New Clause 8 — MCZs: duty to manage and mitigate impacts upon existing activities (26 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: Is my hon. Friend aware that President Sarkozy, in July, announced his intention to designate 20 per cent. of France's territorial waters as marine protected areas, with half of them to be fishing free? Does he agree that it would be in the interests of British fishermen and women to have no-take zones in the areas where we have responsibility?

Business of the House (22 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that Royal Mail's decision to bring in 30,000 extra staff in the current dispute is an act of provocation? May I renew the call for a debate on the matter next week, and will she assure the House that the Government are doing everything possible to assist in securing an early resolution of the dispute?

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (22 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: The Minister will be aware that many of those who work on Britain's ferries are still not covered by the national minimum wage regulations. Can he outline what steps are being taken to close that loophole?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: The Prime Minister will be well aware of the long campaign to get employment rights for temporary and agency workers. Will he indicate when we are going to get that legislation on the statute book?

Written Answers — Home Department: Animal Experiments: Scotland (15 Oct 2009)

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many infringements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Scotland were recorded in 2008; and how many of those resulted in a prosecution.

Written Answers — Home Department: Animal Experiments: Scotland (15 Oct 2009)

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many project licences in respect of work to be carried out in Scotland were granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2008; and how many such project licences were in force at the end of 2008.

Written Answers — Home Department: Animal Experiments: Scotland (15 Oct 2009)

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many places in Scotland were designated as (a) a supplying establishment, (b) a breeding establishment and (c) a scientific procedure establishment under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 at the end of 2008.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Electricity Transmission Network (14 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: The Minister will be aware that there is a proposal for a new coal power station at Hunterston. Will that be allowed to go ahead without carbon capture being in place?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: The Prime Minister will be aware that the Scottish National party Government have put a proposal for a coal power station at Hunterston in the planning framework in Scotland. Can he confirm that no such coal power station will be allowed to go ahead without carbon capture being in place?

Written Answers — Scotland: Power Stations (14 Oct 2009)

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with Scottish Executive Ministers on the siting of new coal-fired power stations in Scotland.

Written Answers — Defence: Trident: Scotland (14 Oct 2009)

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 848W, on Trident: Scotland, (1) how many of the 589 civilians at HM Naval Base Clyde whose jobs directly rely upon the Trident programme are employed in (a) engineering and science, (b) logistics, (c) security, (d) health and safety, (e) outfitting and steel work and (f)...

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Sale of Government Assets (12 Oct 2009) has video

Katy Clark: Does my right hon. Friend agree that a lot of people listening to this debate will think that it is a bit rich that the market got us into this situation, but the market will now be able to buy our assets on the cheap?