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Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Risk Assessment (20 May 2013)

Richard Benyon: DEFRA uses the definition in the 1992 United Nations Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: “In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gun Sports (17 April 2013)

Hugh Robertson: UK Sport invested £2,461,866 into elite Shooting for the London 2012 funding cycle (2009-13) and will invest £2,992,493 for the Rio 2016 cycle (2013-17). For Paralympic shooting, they invested £2,085,000 in the London 2012 funding cycle and will invest £3,333,806 for Rio 2016 cycle. In relation to target shooting Sport England invested, in England only, £750,000...

Written Ministerial Statements — Energy and Climate Change: EU Environment Council (20 March 2013)

Edward Davey: ...a sustainable future”. This communication proposes a common approach to the implementation of the millennium development goals, the post-2015 development agenda, and the implementation of the Rio+20 outcome document. These issues were considered at an informal meeting of Development Ministers on 11- 12 February. In the afternoon, there will be an orientation debate on the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Environment: Global Change (29 January 2013)

Viscount Younger of Leckie: ...deal with climate change, and are working towards a global agreement in 2015 to keep greenhouse gas emissions within the limits needed to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change. At the Rio+20 UN sustainable development conference last year, a key outcome was the agreement to develop a set of sustainable development goals, which the UK supports. These goals will aim to set the...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Sport: Legacies (24 January 2013)

Lord Gardiner of Kimble: ...than when London won the Olympic and Paralympic bid. Elite Sport Elite funding In December, UK Sport announced £347 million funding to support our Olympic and Paralympic athletes prepare for the Rio 2016 Games. This is an overall increase of 11% on the funding available for London 2012 (5% increase to Olympic sports and 43% to Paralympic sports). This record investment of Exchequer...

Written Ministerial Statements — Culture Media and Sport: Sporting Legacy (24 January 2013)

Hugh Robertson: ...than when London won the Olympic and Paralympic bid. Elite Sport Elite Funding In December, UK Sport announced £347 million funding to support our Olympic and Paralympic athletes prepare for the Rio 2016 games. This is an overall increase of 11% on the funding available for London 2012 (5% increase to Olympic sports and 43% to Paralympic sports). This record investment of Exchequer...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Basketball (7 January 2013)

Hugh Robertson: UK Sport’s decisions to fund Sports for the Rio 2016 cycle were based on their Investment Principles, which can be read at the following link: http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/investment-principles/ Any sport which is dissatisfied with the outcome of this process can make a formal appeal. The full details of the appeals process are on UK Sport's website:...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Basketball (7 January 2013)

Hugh Robertson: ...funding, which basketball clubs are able to apply to. Sport England funding will benefit individuals and clubs across the country. UK Sport are investing £5,379,264 into elite wheelchair basketball for the Rio cycle.

Written Answers — Home Department: Olympic Games 2012 (13 December 2012)

James Brokenshire: ...has already participated in the recent Government to Government exchange with the Brazilians to assist their preparations for a number of major events, including the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Rio Olympic Games in 2016. Overall safety and security learning will be shared with the Cabinet Office as part of the wider cross Government lessons initiative. Building on a proposal in the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Turks and Caicos Islands (11 December 2012)

Mark Simmonds: ...by the Commission of Inquiry, and implementation of measures to enable these to continue unimpeded Thirteen people, including four former Ministers, have been charged with corruption and other serious criminal offences. These cases are now before the courts. The plea and directions hearing has been delayed at the request of the defence and is now expected to be held in April 2013....

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Natural Resources: Security (27 November 2012)

Richard Benyon: Following the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in June, the Government are actively engaged in work to take forward the outcomes, including through the Prime Minister's co-chairmanship of the UN Secretary General's High-Level Panel on the post-2015 development framework, and the process on Sustainable Development Goals via the Open Working Group. We will be looking to ensure that...

Written Ministerial Statements — Energy and Climate Change: EU Environmental Council (19 November 2012)

Edward Davey: ...majority of member states believed the issues of penalties and access to justice should be decided by member states in line with the subsidiarity principle. Next, Ministers adopted conclusions on Rio+20: the outcome and follow-up to the United Nations conference on sustainable development 2012. A majority of member states, including the UK, backed the presidency text as drafted and...

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Foreign Affairs/Development Foreign Affairs/General Affairs Councils (26 October 2012)

David Lidington: ...Iran Ministers agreed a comprehensive package of additional sanctions against Iran, with UK proposals providing the backbone. The package significantly increases the pressure on Iran to negotiate seriously on the nuclear issue. It includes measures on Iran’s finance, trade, energy and transport sectors, for example: a financial cut-off: banning all financial links with Iran, unless...

Written Ministerial Statements — Energy and Climate Change: Environmental Council (25 October 2012)

Edward Davey: ...whether it should set out detailed provisions on penalties and access to justice or leave these matters to member states. Ministers are then expected to adopt non-legislative Council conclusions on Rio+20: outcome and follow-up to the United Nations conference on sustainable development (UNCSD) 2012 summit. Rio+20 initiated four intergovernmental processes on: sustainable development goals...

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Embassies (25 October 2012)

Mark Harper: ...British high commissions: Accra (Ghana), Nairobi (Kenya), Kingston (Jamaica), New Delhi (India). British deputy high commission: Chennai (India). British consulate general: Pretoria (South Africa), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), New York (USA), Istanbul (Turkey). British embassies: Bangkok (Thailand), Beijing (China), Belgrade (Serbia), Bogota (Colombia), Manila (Philippines), Cairo (Egypt), Abu...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: EU: Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council (11 October 2012)

Baroness Warsi: ...on Sunday evening with the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, which the Foreign Secretary will attend. I will attend the General Affairs Council on 16 October. The meeting will be chaired by the Cypriot presidency. There are two main items on the agenda: the preparation for the 18 and 19 October European Council and Cohesion Policy. There will also be a presentation on the implementation...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: National Income (13 September 2012)

Richard Benyon: ...GDP’ agenda and on measures of resource efficiency as part of the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe. DEFRA and the Deputy Prime Minister promoted the concept of GDP+ in the run-up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit. At the conference, the participating countries requested the UN Statistical Commission to launch a programme of work, which the UK will be engaging with.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Buildings (13 September 2012)

David Lidington: ...is £2.1 billion. Individual valuations are not provided as this information is commercially sensitive. The Foreign and Commonwealth Estate is a platform for delivering the FCO’s main priorities of security, prosperity and support for British nationals overseas. Within the Diplomatic Excellence programme, we will deliver an estate that is flexible, safe and secure, low cost and...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Boxing (6 September 2012)

Hugh Robertson: In the period 2009-13 the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) is receiving £4.5 million from Sport England to support grassroots sport. Sport England is currently assessing the plans put forward by the ABAE to maintain and increase grassroots participation in boxing over the period 2013-17. Its funding decisions will be made at the end of the year. The total UK Sport funding to...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Sports: Disability (6 September 2012)

Hugh Robertson: ...in December. UK Sport cannot speculate on the future funding of paralympic sports at this stage, but the total funding available will depend on the investment each sport receives for the 2013-17 Rio 2016 cycle. Planning for this cycle is already well under way and every sport is being given the opportunity to make its case.