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- Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Common Agricultural Policy (26 March 2013)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord De Mauley on 22 January (WS 68), whether the computer system introduced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to manage funding under the Common Agricultural Policy is being developed in-house; and, if not, to whom the contract has been awarded.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Rights of Way (20 March 2013)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they propose to implement the 2026 cut-off for recording historic rights of way contained in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; and whether they plan to legislate to enable a more up-to-date and relevant rights of way network.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Common Agricultural Policy (12 March 2013)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord De Mauley on 22 January (WS 68), what assessment they have made of whether the computer system introduced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to manage funding under the Common Agricultural Policy will reduce information technology costs to the delivery bodies, and by how much.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Horses (11 March 2013)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, when a horse is slaughtered in the United Kingdom, the relevant passport must be returned to a central authority.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Waste (5 March 2013)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Richard Benyon on 5 February (Official Report, Commons, col. 133W), what treatment routes for waste to give a refuse-derived fuel are available overseas that are less harmful to the environment; and why they are not available in the United Kingdom.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Horses (5 March 2013)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the United Kingdom horse passport scheme; and, if so, when this will be completed.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Bees (10 January 2013)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Bee and Pollination Ecology Group has completed its field-tested model of honeybee colony dynamics; and, if so, whether strategies to protect bee colonies have yet been developed.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Smart Meters (8 January 2013)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government what will happen to data stored in utility smart meters at the end of 13 months; and to whom that data will belong.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Post Office (8 January 2013)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £1.34 billion allocated to the Post Office for modernising its network will be spent in rural areas.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Food Standards Agency: Contractors (12 June 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the 2012-13 charge-out rate for a meat hygiene inspector employed by the Food Standards Agency comprises the combined salary and national insurance cost.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Food Standards Agency: Contractors (12 June 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the 2012-13 charge-out rate for a contracted official veterinarian comprises the cost paid by the Food Standards Agency to the contractor; what are the overheads covered by the rest of the charge-out rate; and what percentages they represent.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Eggs (1 May 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have issued new guidance relating to the floor-covering required for cages in egg production, and in particular, whether the welfare of laying hens directive has altered the floor-covering requirement for cages in egg production. To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what research has been carried out by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Schmallenberg Virus (26 March 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to inform sheep and cattle farmers about the Schmallenberg virus and about whether it may have any effect on pregnant women during the lambing and calving season.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Single Farm Payment (12 March 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many farmers will not be able to submit their single farm payment claims online, as required after April 2012; and what arrangements have been put in place to address this situation.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Meat Plants (23 January 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the completed impact assessment which the Food Standards Agency has submitted to the Regulatory Policy Committee on charges for official controls at meat plants, in order that the industry can comment on the assessment prior to the committee giving its opinion.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Official Veterinarian (23 January 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the charge-out rate for a contracted official veterinarian comprises the cost paid by the Food Standards Agency to the contractor; what are the overheads covered by the rest of the charge-out rate; and what percentages they represent.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Pensions (23 January 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government , further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Richard Benyon, on 22 November (Official Report, Commons, col. 306W), what were the employer pension contribution percentages for each salary band in November 1997 and 2001; and what are they now.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Government Departments: Staff (18 January 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Richard Benyon, on 22 November (Official Report, Commons, col. 306W), how many staff were in the salary bands in November 1997 and 2001.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Government Departments: Staff (10 January 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the salary bands and the employer pension contribution percentages on 1 October 1997 for the third lowest grade of civil servant; and what are the figures now.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: Teachers' Pay (10 January 2012)
Baroness Byford: To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the salary band and the employer pension contribution percentage on 1 October 1997 for a teacher having just started their third year in the profession; and what are the figures now.