Environment Food and Rural Affairs

written question – answered on 22 October 2007.

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  • Agriculture: Land Use

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much agricultural land in England, in hectares, was given for best and most versatile status in (a) 1997 or the nearest...

  • Agriculture: Mushrooms

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps his Department is taking to support the UK mushroom farming industry; (2) what steps his Department is...

  • Bovine Tuberculosis

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on progress in developing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for detecting bovine...

  • Bovine Tuberculosis: Shropshire (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to tackle the increase in the incidence of bovine TB in Shropshire.

  • Carbon Emissions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has for standardising the reporting mechanisms by which business and industry account for their emissions of...

  • Carbon Emissions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the operation of the proposed carbon offsets scheme of (a)...

  • Departments: Consultants

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which private consultancy firms (a) his Department and (b) agencies which report to his Department engaged in each of the...

  • Departments: Internet

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many websites his Department operates; how many it operated at 1 January 2005; and what the estimated annual cost has...

  • Departments: Internet

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many hits the (a) most popular and (b) the least popular website run by his Department has received since 1 January 2007.

  • Departments: Manpower (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental...

  • Departments: Secondment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff are seconded to his Department from outside Government; from which outside body each has been seconded; and...

  • Dogs: Animal Breeding

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to prevent the sale of puppies from unlicensed farms and rearing establishments.

  • Domestic Wastes: Waste Disposal

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library copies of the (a) 2005 and (b) 2007 editions of the guidance produced by Waste Resources...

  • Environmentally Sensitive Areas

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that Natural England has sufficient resources to cope with the re-negotiation of...

  • Farmers: Animal Welfare

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the cost to farmers of the cost sharing mechanism for animal health and welfare announced in the...

  • Fish

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the 40 tonnes of Area VII anglerfish swapped away from the under 10 metres pool has been swapped for.

  • Fisheries

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the size of the domestic fishing industry in each European Economic Area country.

  • Fisheries: Manpower

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time fishermen there are in each European Economic Area country.

  • Fisheries: White Fish

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department's assessment is of the optimum minimum landing size for sea bass required to promote the creation of a...

  • Fishing Vessels

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) under-10 metre and (b) over-10 metre fishing vessels there are in each European Economic Area country.

  • Flood Control: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on the mechanism by which the funds for flood defences will be dispersed throughout the country.

  • Fly-tipping: Travelling People

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion and number of fly-tipping incidents recorded on the Flycapture database were associated with traveller sites...

  • Insects

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the populations of the (a) pea mining bee (andrena lathyri), (b) dark guest ant (anergates...

  • Landfill Tax

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the forecast change in landfill tax receipts is for each of the next three years.

  • Landfill: Methane

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of the UK's renewable energy emissions that comes from using methane...

  • Livestock: Antibiotics

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the incidence of the use of antibiotics as a surrogate for growth promoters in livestock; and if...

  • Livestock: Antibiotics

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will commission a review of the extent of the prophylactic use of antibiotics in livestock production; and if he will...

  • Livestock: Botulism

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many cases of botulism have been reported in livestock in 2007; and if he will make a statement; (2) what steps he...

  • Nature Conservation: Scotland

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Executive on preserving and developing wildlife nature reserves in Scotland.

  • Paté De Foie Gras

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will ban the importation of foie gras under article 30 of the treaty of Rome, with particular reference to (a) public...

  • Pirbright Laboratory: Standards

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2007, Official Report, column 2221W, on Pirbright Laboratory standards, what issues...

  • Poultry: Animal Welfare

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to revise the Government's policy on the EU ban on battery cages from 2012; and if he will make a statement.

  • River Severn: Shrewsbury

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the dredging of the River Severn in Shrewsbury.

  • Seas and Oceans: Environment Protection

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the Draft Marine Bill; and if he will make a statement.

  • Severn Trent Water: Billing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to prevent Severn Trent Water from back-dating bills for five years.

  • Trees: Diseases

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on the spread of Cameraria o hridella.

  • Wastes: Renewable Energy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to increase awareness of the potential benefits of (a) waste incineration and (b) energy from waste...

  • Water Charges: Eastern Region

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average percentage change in domestic water bills has been in each local authority area in the East of England since...

  • Whales: Conservation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has (a) to update the publication Protecting Whales: A global responsibility and (b) to distribute it in...

  • Whales: Japan

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with EU Ministers on Japan's killing of whales.