Baroness Hayman: Following a debate in another place on 10 November 1999, the Government undertook to obtain advice from the Environment Agency on the implications of extending the salmon netting season by 20 days in north-east England. The Government emphasised that they would not wish to proceed with any measure that was not in the interests of salmon conservation. They also sought the agency's advice on...
Lord Hylton: ...: What bilateral and multi-lateral assistance and monitoring are being afforded to the Russian Federation in respect of nuclear submarines and other nuclear material in the Kola Peninsula, White Sea and Arctic Ocean.
Lord Inglewood: ..., within European Union rules, they are permitted to make payments to fishermen as compensation for damage to their businesses caused by the imposition of the ban on cod fishing in the North Irish Sea.
Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; Chief Constable George Hedges QPM, Chair, Association of Chief Police Officers Police Complaints and Discipline Sub-Committee; Sadiq Khan, Solicitor, Christian Fisher and Co; Professor Mike Maguire, University of Cardiff; Tony Mason, Secretary, Police Federation Committee on Police Complaints and Discipline; Professor Mike McConville,...
Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...of any argument that may be put forward to show why a person served with a penalty may not be liable. If it is required, legal advice may be sought from Home Office Legal Advisers and the Treasury Solicitor.
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...force structure that emerged from the Strategic Defence Review. They will be equipped with the latest survey systems, and provide a significantly enhanced surveying capability and much improved sea-keeping capability over the vessels which they will replace, which are old and increasingly costly to maintain. They will be part of the Fleet's front-line in a variety of world-wide operational...
Lord Marlesford: asked Her Majesty's Government: What has been, for the most convenient recent year for which information is available, the total government expenditure in the United Kingdom on sea defences and main river works, indicating how the expenditure has been financed; the proportion of total expenditure financed by drainage rates; and on whom drainage rates are levied.
Baroness Hayman: ...1) 1 April to 31 March. (1) The two tiers are: "Coarse and Trout" covers non-migratory trout, char, freshwater fish (coarse fish) and eels. "Migratory Salmonid" covers salmon and migratory trout (sea trout) plus all of the species covered by the coarse and trout licence. (1) Provisional.
Earl Russell: ...: Why only original birth certificates are acceptable with claims for winter fuel payments; and Whether those whose original birth certificates have disintegrated through the passage of time, fire, flood or other accident are capable of qualifying for a winter fuel payment; and, if so, how; and Whether clinically certified sufferers from Alzheimer's disease and other impairments of memory,...
Lord Mason of Barnsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: What recent talks they have had with the North Sea drift net fishermen on the progress being made to close the North Sea Drift Fishery; and whether compensation is being considered to assist the process.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: ...Fund and grants to the governing bodies of the sport. For the year 1999-2000, grant-in-aid of £27,500 was awarded to the National Federation of Anglers, £29,000 to the National Federation of Sea Anglers, and £27,000 to the Salmon and Trout Association. Thirty-one angling projects have received Lottery funding totalling over £1.5 million. The Environment Agency is committed to...
Lord Bassam of Brighton: ... 1 -- Petrol -- -- Diesel * These vehicles are discontinued models. These figures do not include fleet figures for the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) or the Emergency Fire Service (EFS), which are no longer managed by this unit.
Baroness Hayman: ...man-made. It is necessary to recognise that the entire coastline of the UK has over centuries been subject to the natural process of erosion and deposition. This process may be increased by rising sea levels caused by climate change and long-term geological "tilt" which is increasing sea levels still further in the south and east of the country. The response cannot automatically be to...
Lord Avebury: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will ask the Government of Tunisia to comply with the request by the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Torture and on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers for invitations to visit Tunisia.
Baroness Hayman: ...expands. In recent years there has been a sharp increase in the construction of vessels between 9 and 10 metres. This trend prompted the departments to introduce monthly catch limits for North Sea nephrops last Autumn and to extend these arrangements to Area VII and West of Scotland nephrops for the year 2000. It is the view of the Fisheries Departments that it would be prudent to adopt...
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: ...1998. This is made up of: £billion NHS Pension Scheme 70 Teachers Pension Scheme 95 Prinicipal Civil Service Pension Scheme 50 Armed Forces Pension Scheme 45 Police and Fire Pension Schemes 35 Total 295 Some more recent figures will appear in an annual actuary's report appended to the pension schemes equivalent of resource accounts later in the year.
Lord Whitty: ...global impacts of climate change by sectors, which has made a provisional assessment of the number of people likely to be affected--but has not assessed the likelihood of human migration. This research has been published and presented to the fourth and fifth Conferences of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The possibility of human migration was discussed in the...
Baroness Blackstone: ...Milton Keynes Newark and Sherwood Newham North Devon North Lincolnshire Northampton Oswestry Restormel Rossendale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Scarborough Sefton Sheffield Shepway Southend-on-Sea Southwark Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Tendring Tower Hamlets Warrington Waveney West Lancashire Wolverhampton We have placed a copy of the guidance for this application round in the Library....
the Earl of Shrewsbury: asked Her Majesty's Government: By what authority the Chief Constable of Lincolnshire authorised civilian personnel from the Environment Agency to fire weapons prohibited under Section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 at Police Headquarters some time prior to 14 June.
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ... 3 1 3.00 Air and space accidents 25 16 1.56 Other vehicle accidents 0 2 0.00 Accidental poisoning 9 12 0.75 Accidental falls 7 6 1.17 Accidents due to fire/flames 0 1 0.00 Accidents due to natural environmental factors 2 2 1.00 Accidents due to submersion/suffocation/foreign bodies 15 6 2.50 Other accidents 31 24 1.29 ...
