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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on farm gate milk prices of change to the temperature attained in the pasteurisation of milk process.

Asked by

Ann Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

8 January 2002

Reference

23064; 377 c743W;377 c748W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and the Chairman of the Food Standards Agency on changes in the pasteurisation of milk process; and what recent representations she has received from milk...

Asked by

Ann Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

8 January 2002

Reference

23063; 377 c743W;377 c748-9W

House

House of Commons

v-CJD in the future, January 2002

Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (v-CJD) was first defined in the UK in 1996. This POSTnote outlines the main factors that will influence the number of future cases, considers models that estimate the total number of deaths, and discusses the policy implications.

Type

POSTnote

Date

1 January 2002

Reference

POST-PN-171

Hunt of Kings Heath, Lord

What account has been taken by the Dept of Health in framing legislation determining the status of human embryos of studies in animals showing that embryonic stem cells have successfully grown into adult mice and cows. [HL 1947].

Asked by

Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench)

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

13 December 2001

Reference

HL 1947; 629 c235WA

House

House of Lords

President of the Council;Leader of the House of Commons

Supplementary business questions on debate on downturn in aerospace industry,particularly at GKN Westland at Cowes.

Member

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Type

Business question

Date

13 December 2001

Reference

376 c1018

House

House of Commons

e is for everything? Public policy and converging digital communications

Type

POSTbrief

Date

1 December 2001

Reference

POST-Report-4

Whitty, Lord

Supplementary on Animal Health Bill and how scientists can be engaged in research not knowing whether it is sheep or cow brains they are working on.

Asked by

Earl Ferrers (Conservative)

Oral question - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

21 November 2001

Reference

628 c1125

House

House of Lords

Whitty, Lord

Whether the contents of the Animal Health Bill were agreed prior to the Statement by the Lord Whitty on 22nd October 2001 627 c826-30, that tests for BSE had been made on the brains of cows and not of sheep.

Asked by

Baroness Seccombe (Conservative)

Oral question - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

21 November 2001

Reference

628 c1123

House

House of Lords

Animal Health Bill (Bill 39 of 2001-02)

Animal Health Bill (Bill 39 of 2001/02). House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/89.

Type

Commons Briefing paper

Date

8 November 2001

Reference

RP01-89

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) cows, (b) sheep and (c) pigs there were in the UK on 1st October. - Includes table.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

31 October 2001

Reference

10275; 373 c737W;373 c739W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports she has received of bovine body parts being found in the countryside on land where animals have not previously been slaughtered because of foot and mouth disease.

Asked by

Lord Blencathra (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2001

Reference

5614; 373 c539W

House

House of Commons

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Points of order: Point of order on whether there will be a ministerial statement on the BSE research on sheeps brains, where material turned out after four years to be cows brains; that the information first appeared on the departmental website, and the waste of public money

Point of order on whether there will be a ministerial statement on the BSE research on sheeps brains, where material turned out after four years to be cows brains; that the information first appeared on the departmental website, and the waste of public money.

Member

Mark Francois (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

19 October 2001

Reference

372 c1359-60

House

House of Commons

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Points of order: Point of order on whether there will be a ministerial statement on the BSE research on sheeps brains, where material turned out after four years to be cows brain; that the information first appeared on the departmental website, and the waste of public money

Point of order on whether there will be a ministerial statement on the BSE research on sheeps brains, where material turned out after four years to be cows brain; that the information first appeared on the departmental website, and the waste of public money.

Member

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

19 October 2001

Reference

372 c1359

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the harbour authorities in England; and how many members each authority has. - Includes list.

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 July 2001

For answer on

20 July 2001

Answered on

20 July 2001

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the harbour authorities in England; and how many members each authority has. [5520] Mr. Jamieson: Harbour authorities vary in ownership and size, with some overlaps of jurisdiction. With those provisos the following list contains the names of the Harbour authorities in England based on the latest information available to the Department. Each authority will have its own constitution setting out its membership details and these will vary widely. We do not hold this information centrally. Trust Ports (Non-Fishery) Berwick Harbour Commissioners Blyth Harbour Commissioners Brightlingsea Harbour Commissioners Cattlewater Harbour Commissioners Chichester Harbour Conservancy Cowes Harbour Commissioners Crouch Harbour Authority Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority Dover Harbour Board Falmouth Harbour Commissioners Fowey Harbour Commissioners Gloucester Harbour Trustees Great Yarmouth Port and Haven Commissioners Harwich Haven Authority Kings Lynn Conservancy Board Lancaster Port Commissioners Langstone Harbour Board Littlehampton Harbour Board Port of London Authority Lymington Harbour Improvement Commissioners Maldon Harbour Improvement Commissioners Maryport Harbour Commissioners Orford Town Trustees Padstow Harbour Commissioners Poole Harbour Commissioners Sandwich Port and Haven Commissioners Shoreham Port Authority Teignmouth Harbour Commissioners Tyne Port Authority Warkworth Harbour Commissioners Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners Yarmouth (IoW) Harbour Commissioners River Yealm Harbour Authority Trust Ports (Fishery) Bridlington Pier and Harbour Commissioners Flamborough North Sea Landing Harbour Commissioners Hope Cove Harbour Commissioners Looe Harbour Commissioners Mevagissey Harbour Trustees Mousehole Harbour Commissioners Newlyn Pier and Harbour Commissioners North Sunderland Harbour Commissioners Port Isaac Harbour Commissioners Portloe Harbour Commissioners Rye Harbour Commissioners Saundersfoot Harbour Commissioners Sennen Cove Harbour Commissioners Staithes Harbour Commissioners Wells Harbour Commissioners Private Ports (Non-Fishery) Barrow (ABP) Bembridge Beaulieu River Boston Boscastle--non-statutory Brighton Marina Company Bristol, Port of (Avonmouth and Royal Portbury) Bromborough Dock Cattledown Wharves, Plymouth Charlestown--non-statutory Combe Martin--non-statutory Dagenham Dock--non-statutory Duddon River (Hodbarrow Mining)--non-statutory Eastbourne (Sovereign Harbour) Exmouth Falmouth Docks (A and P Falmouth) Fareham Felixstowe (Hutchison Ports UK) Fishbourne (Wightlink) Fleetwood (ABP) Folkestone (Sea Containers) Fosdyke Garston (ABP) Goole (ABP) Grimsby (ABP) Hartlepool Harwich Docks Harwich International (Hutchison Ports UK) Hayle Heysham (Sea Containers) Hull (ABP) Immingham (ABP) Ipswich (ABP) Kings Lynn (ABP) Lowestoft (ABP) Lymington Pier (Wightlink) Manchester Ship Canal Margate Pier and Harbour Medway Ports Authority (Mersey D and H) Mersey Docks and Harbour Mutton Cove Newhaven (Seine Maritime Regional Authority) Par (English China Clay) Pembrey Penarth Pentewan Plymouth (ABP) Portland Port Penrhyn--non-statutory Portreath--non-statutory Port Wrinkle--non-statutory Royal Docks Management Authority Ryde (Wightlink) St. Mawes Pier and Harbour St. Michael's Mouth--non-statutory Seaham Silloth (ABP) Southampton (ABP) Tees Thamesport (Hutchison Ports UK) Tilbury, Port of (Forth Ports) Tilbury and Gravesend Ferry Sutton Harbour Sutton Bridge Teignmouth Quay (ABP) Trevethoe--non-statutory Weston Point Widnes--non-statutory Private Ports (Fishery) Alnmouth--non-statutory Axmouth Blakeney Burnham Overy (NT) Clovelly--non-statutory Craster Cullercoats--non-statutory Eastbourne Pier Holy Island--non-statutory Hythe Hard Hythe Pier Lympstone Lytham Pier and Pavilion Mullion (NT) Penberth (NT) Porthgain Porthleven Seahouses Solva Swanage Pier Local Authority (Non-Fishery) Barnstaple (North Devon DC) Bideford (Torridge DC) Bridgwater (Sedgemoor DC) Bridport (West Dorset DC) Bristol City Docks (City Council) Broadstairs (Thanet DC) Bude (North Cornwall DC) Exeter (City Council) Gillingham (Medway UC) Hamble River (Hampshire CC) Ilfracombe (North Devon DC) Leigh-on-Sea (Southend UC) Lyme Regis (West Dorset DC) Minehead (West Somerset DC) Newport IoW (Isle of Wight UC) Norwich (City Council) Paignton (Torbay UC) Penryn (Carrick DC) Penzance (Penwith DC) Portsmouth (City Council) Preston (BC) Ramsgate (Thanet DC) Ryde IoW (Isle of Wight UC) Salcombe (South Hams DC) Seaton Sluice (Blyth Valley DC) Southend-on-Sea (UC) Sunderland (BC) Torquay (Torbay UC) Truro (Carrick DC) Uphill (North Somerset UC) Watchet (Weymouth and Portland BC) Whitstable (Canterbury CC) Wisbech (Fenland DC) Workington (Cumbria CC) Local Authority (Fishery) Brixham (Torbay UC) Morecambe (Lancashire CC) Newbiggin (Wansbeck DC) St. Ives (Penwith DC) Sandown Pier (Isle of Wight UC) Scarborough (BC) Southwold (Waveney DC) Topsham (Exeter City Council) Whitby (Scarborough BC) Others River Dee (Environment Agency) Leeds (BWB) River Ouse (Yorkshire)(BWB) Rye (Environment Agency) Sharpness, Gloucester (BWB)

Subjects

Ports; Harbour authorities

Date

20 July 2001

Reference

5520; 372 c538-41W;372 c538-42W

House

House of Commons

Farming After Foot and Mouth

Farming after Foot and Mouth. House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/67.

Type

Commons Briefing paper

Date

20 July 2001

Reference

RP01-67

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the European Commission's proposals to (a) reduce the UK national ceiling for beef special premium claims and (b) reduce the stocking density limits.

Asked by

Martyn Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 June 2001

For answer on

10 July 2001

Answered on

10 July 2001

Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the European Commission's proposals to (a) reduce the UK national ceiling for beef special premium claims and (b) reduce the stocking density limits. [1592] Mr. Morley: The overall effect of the proposal to reduce the EU national BSP ceilings is to reduce the potential for expansion of production. Based on recent usage figures it does not imply an immediate significant reduction in production. As the UK has historically used the majority of its available ceiling we have not had to bear the more severe cuts imposed on some other member states, and suffer only a 4 per cent. cut in ceiling. Forecasts have predicted that production in 2002-03 will be almost the same level as that of 1997. This would mean that the UK would have a total number of claims below its revised ceiling and producers would not be subjected to clawback on their beef special premium claims. The overall effect of lowering of the stocking density limits on beef special premium and suckler cow premium claims, from 2.0 livestock units per hectare (LU/ha) to 1.9 LU/ha in 2002, is difficult to assess since the reduced limits will have different effects at the level of individual producers. In some cases it is possible that farmers might have to reduce claims in order to meet the stocking density limits. However all assessments will be clouded by the restocking position of farmers who have been affected by foot and mouth disease controls.

Subjects

Cattle; EU action; EU grants and loan; Livestock; Subsidy; Suckler cow premiums; Beef premiums

Date

10 July 2001

Reference

1592; 371 c486W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome of the Agricultural Council held in Luxembourg on 19th June was.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Cooperative Party)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 July 2001

For answer on

4 July 2001

Answered on

4 July 2001

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the outcome of the Agricultural Council held in Luxembourg on 19 June was. [2509] Margaret Beckett: I attended the meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers in Luxembourg on 19 June. The Council adopted by qualified majority (Spain and Netherlands opposing) measures to tackle the problems in the EU beef market resulting from the discovery of BSE in certain continental countries late last year. I was pleased to secure important exemptions for United Kingdom farmers from the measures cutting back suckler cow production, in recognition of the particular impact of FMD, as well as rejection of the excessively bureaucratic proposals to impose individual farmer quotas on beef special premiums and to reimpose the 90 head limit on individual claims. The Council also adopted--by qualified majority with Spain opposing and Portugal abstaining--rules to restrict the use of close confinement stalls for sows. This brings other countries into line with conditions already applying here. It is an important and welcome step to improve pig welfare across the Community, albeit less radically than I would have preferred. The Council also resolved to improve the welfare of animals during transport, which I urged must be given effect speedily. I updated my colleagues on the latest situation on FMD in the UK. The Council also discussed further measures on BSE, as a result of which the Commission will enact a range of further controls including an extension to the current ban on the use of animal protein in animal feed. The Council unanimously adopted conclusions following up the Copenhagen Conference on organic food and farming, and setting the framework for the European Action Plan. It unanimously agreed proposals concerning the olive oil and hops regimes, inspection and control of animal feedingstuffs, a special aid scheme for small farmers and a common position on controlling undesirable substances in animal feed. By qualified majority, it agreed common positions on the processing, use and disposal of animal by-products and on classical swine fever (Germany and Austria opposing in both cases).

Subjects

Animal welfare; Agriculture; Animal feed; Animal product; Disease; Disease control; Foot and mouth disease; EU action; Pig; Subsidy; BSE; Beef; EC Agriculture Council

Date

4 July 2001

Reference

2509; 371 c191-2W

House

House of Commons

General election results 7 June 2001

General election results 7 June 2001. House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/54.

Type

Commons Briefing paper

Date

12 June 2001

Reference

RP01-54

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the average valuation per cow has been for dairy Holstein cattle in each week of the foot and mouth epidemic - Inc table and fact that the precise information requested is not readily available (holding answer 27 April 2001).

Asked by

Lord Blencathra (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 April 2001

For answer on

10 May 2001

Answered on

10 May 2001

Mr. Maclean: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what the average valuation per cow has been for dairy Holstein cattle in each week of the foot and mouth epidemic. [159462] Ms Quin: [holding answer 27 April 2001]: The precise information requested is not readily available. The weekly average of cattle valuations received is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Week ended £ 11 March 712 18 March 662 25 March 864 1 April 810 8 April 1,007 15 April 1,006 22 April 878 29 April 1,229 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Subjects

Compensation; Cattle; Foot and mouth disease; Prices; Valuation

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

368 c292W; 159462

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the current average compensation payment is for (a) a cow and (b) a sheep. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Gerry Steinberg (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

9 May 2001

Reference

368 c240W; 159176

House

House of Commons