Environment Food and Rural Affairs

written question – answered on 23 January 2008.

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  • Agriculture: Subsidies (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has received on Common Agricultural Policy subsidies from the 10 largest landowners in the UK;...

  • Animal Welfare: Horses

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what measures the Government are taking to ban the long-distance transportation of live horses and ponies for slaughter...

  • Animals: Quarantine

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many animals were in quarantine in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by species;...

  • Animals: Quarantine

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what size of enclosure each type of animal entering the UK is kept in during quarantine; and if he will make a statement.

  • Animals: Quarantine

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what consideration has been given to administering inoculations against rabies to animals in quarantine in the UK.

  • Avian Influenza: Hazardous Substances

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance his Department has received from the World Animal Health Organisation on the storage of the H5N1 virus between...

  • Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what bluetongue movement restrictions have been relaxed following the declaration of a vector-free period for bluetongue; and...

  • Bovine Tuberculosis

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how long it takes for the results of a pre-movement bovine tuberculosis test on an animal to be known; and for animals which...

  • Bovine Tuberculosis

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cattle were tested for bovine tuberculosis in 2007; and of those how many reactors there were.

  • Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Cornwall

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects full payment to be made in respect of The Eastmoor Commoners Ltd. (Cornwall) single payment scheme...

  • Departmental Manpower

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many civil servants there are in each pay grade in each directorate within his Department; and what the equivalent...

  • Departmental Marketing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in...

  • Domestic Wastes: MRSA

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research has been conducted into the incident of MRSA bacteria within household rubbish.

  • Fisheries

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what Government policy is on the measures outlined in Article 17 of Council Regulation 2371/2002 and the future of...

  • Fisheries

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the European Commission has informed him of the need to reduce the capacity of the UK fishing fleet, as specified in...

  • Fisheries

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether, with regard to Article 11 of Council Regulation 2371/2002, (a) the Government and (b) the European Commission have...

  • Fishing Catches

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2007, Official Report, columns 707-08W, on fishing catches, (1) for what reasons the...

  • Fishing Vessels

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2007, Official Report, columns 997-98W, on fishing vessels, what plans he has to...

  • Horses: Exports

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures the Government are taking to stop the export of live horses and ponies from the UK to continental Europe; and...

  • Horses: Transport

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has received on the live transportation of horses across Europe before slaughter; and if he...

  • Lighting: Waste Disposal

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice his Department provides to the public on the disposal of spent long-life light bulbs; and what regulatory...

  • National Fruit Collection

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what consultation was undertaken by his Department on the criteria to be used to assess best value when considering...

  • Nature Conservation: Oil

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on the level of protection for wildlife in the Moray Firth against oil spillages from ships.

  • Roads: Litter

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost was to local authorities in England of (a) collecting and (b) disposing of road sweepings in the latest...

  • Spatial Information Repository

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the purpose is of his Department's Spatial Information Repository; and which datasets it will hold.

  • Wind Power: Noise

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to measure the low level sounds produced by wind turbines.

  • Women's Land Army: Medals (2 annotations)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects the forms to be available to enable former members of the Women's Land Army and Women's Timber Corps to apply...