written question – answered on 3 May 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with (a) the horticultural industry and (b) farmers on the environmental effects of their work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the contribution made by (a) farmers and (b) horticulturalists in reducing UK carbon emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps are being taken by her Department to work with farmers to reduce the impact of climate change on British agriculture.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps are being taken by her Department to ensure the sustainability of British agriculture.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what records are held by the Government on the commercial sale of ammonium nitrate fertiliser.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Government plans to introduce restrictions on (a) the commercial sale of and (b) the levels of nitrate in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what Government support has been given to the farming industry to assist the resumption of beef exports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on the threat to biodiversity if biofuels are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Minister for Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list (a) the websites operated by her Department and (b) the reports placed on the internet in March 2006,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on her Department's progress in fulfilling its statutory obligation as a public body to promote...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) the Regulatory Impact Assessment and (b) the supplementary explanatory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farm holdings there were in the UK in each of the last 20 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farms there are in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands Region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what opportunities exist for farm tenants to diversify as a result of recent changes to landlord/tenant legislation; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what considerations formed the basis of the decision to extend the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who was involved in the decision to extend the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification scheme probation period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether Johnson McNeil is employed by her Department or one of its agencies.[R]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the market towns which have participated in the market towns initiative; between which dates each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the (a) possible effects on the terms and conditions of and (b) cost impacts on veterinary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she commission an independent assessment of the likely impact of each of the options for proposed changes to veterinary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the TUPE implications are of each of the options for proposed changes for veterinary supervision arrangements within the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy when placing material in the Library in response to a parliamentary question to supply a copy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers (a) in England and (b) in Windsor constituency will receive late payments for 2005 from the Rural Payments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to issue written guarantees that payments will be forthcoming to farmers awaiting single farm payments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many single farm payments in (a) Stroud constituency and (b) Gloucestershire have (i) been cancelled, (ii) yet to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects the problems with the computerised mapping system for single farm payments to be fully resolved.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when David Diamond, a beef farmer of Portford Lane, South Brent, holding number 10/296/0205, will receive his Single...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much tallow was burned as a fuel in the UK in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment she has made of the potential effect of a ban on tallow burning on fossil fuel emissions targets; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the enforcement of the ban on burning tallow.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Government has implemented the Labour Party's 1996 proposals on water policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the penalties are for a domestic householder breaking a hosepipe ban.