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I start by expressing my sympathy for the Minister tonight. It can never be much fun doing the late night Adjournment debate, and I am fairly sure that this is not an issue dear to his heart. This is the first time that world vegan day has been marked in...
Member
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
1 November 2011
Reference
534 c895-6
House
House of Commons

I am not quite sure which practices the hon. Gentleman is referring to. If he is talking about the average lifespan of a dairy cow, that is something that I have researched and it is in the public domain. I know that DEFRA is looking to get the average lifespan...
Member
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
1 November 2011
Reference
534 c897
House
House of Commons

The hon. Lady is saying something from a sedentary position—I will need to get this on the record, Mr Speaker—about cows on top of each other. There is no such question. The proposal at Nocton, which is now dead as a proposal anyway, did not involve a multi-storey facility. It...
Member
James Paice (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
1 November 2011
Reference
534 c900-1
House
House of Commons

I agree, but to continue to develop the point, it is not simply a matter of cash. The point is creativity. On broadband, the problem with the Cornish project implemented by the previous Government with enormous generosity was its inflexibility—£100 million spent on a region with half the surface area...
Member
Rory Stewart (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
26 October 2011
Reference
534 c407-8
House
House of Commons

I am a little troubled by the idea that the Opposition are presenting their policies to be quite so idyllic. My experience as a Cumbrian MP is that when one looks at a village such as Bampton in my constituency, what one sees is neglect. The past 10 years have...
Member
Rory Stewart (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
26 October 2011
Reference
534 c406
House
House of Commons

My Lords, I shall not detain you long. I cannot resist—given that the noble Lord, Lord Owen, was in reminiscing mood—recollecting that my Welsh father was personally appointed by Aneurin Bevan to be responsible for the inauguration of the health service in what was then the county of West Suffolk....
Member
Lord Phillips of Sudbury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
25 October 2011
Reference
731 c676-7
House
House of Lords

I thank the noble Lord for that question. I come from a horticultural background so am very much acquainted with the enormous potential for import substitution in these markets. I would like to think that the progress that is being made in yield increases from dairy cows is the sort of thing that we can see sustainably projected across the whole of agriculture. However, we need to be aware that it affects the number of viable herds in this country. That is one of the consequences of this investment in this area. However, the noble Lord is correct that giving farmers the knowledge to achieve these challenges is the most important thing.
Answered by
Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative)
Type
Oral answer to question
Date
20 October 2011
Reference
731 c378-9
House
House of Lords

The 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak cost the UK £6-9 billion. In 2010/11, the government spent £91 million compensating farmers for bovine TB. It is considering proposals for sharing costs and responsibilities for preventing and controlling disease with the livestock industry. This POSTnote examines disease threats to UK livestock,...

Type
POSTnote
Date
12 October 2011
Reference
POST-PN-392

Anaerobic digestion (AD) can divert waste from landfill and produce biogas, a source of renewable energy, and “digestate”, a fertiliser. This POSTnote examines the potential for AD in

the UK, and the main challenges connected with its development.

Type
POSTnote
Date
15 September 2011
Reference
POST-PN-387

I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. I also thank the hon. Member for Lewisham East (Heidi Alexander) and my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Amber Rudd) for calling for the debate. I pay tribute to the outstanding work of the...
Member
Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
15 September 2011
Reference
532 c1244-6
House
House of Commons

That is true. In Bangladesh I went to a village where free-range chickens were running around. We went down the road and saw a structure made of twigs which was basically a battery cage for hens. The person I was with said, ““This is progress. We are doing things the...
Member
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
15 September 2011
Reference
532 c1244
House
House of Commons

I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Amber Rudd) and my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham East (Heidi Alexander) on securing this debate. I went out to Kenya with my hon. Friend about a year ago and I shall touch on some of the things we...
Member
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
15 September 2011
Reference
532 c1242-3
House
House of Commons

I congratulate the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) on getting his Bill debated and on the characteristically entertaining way in which he has discussed it. I think the only person that we did not hear mentioned was Mrs Bone, so, as we have not heard about her for a...
Member
Helen Jones (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
9 September 2011
Reference
532 c721-3
House
House of Commons

I add my voice to the voices of others who have commended the work of my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Miss McIntosh) and her Select Committee. The Committee's report is an excellent piece of work and it is thoroughly welcome. As a Member who represents a...
Member
Anne Marie Morris (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
8 September 2011
Reference
532 c170-2WH
House
House of Commons

I would suggest that it is a failing model, and not one that we should be looking at. I should like to look at the idea of risk pooling, in which Monitor will have a role. Monitor will be required to top-slice the budgets of foundation trust hospitals to obtain...
Member
Rosie Cooper (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
6 September 2011
Reference
532 c238-9
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research her Department is supporting on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from cattle.
Asked by
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written question
Status
Answered
Date
20 July 2011
Reference
64368; 531 c1077-8W
House
House of Commons

First, I add my voice to the unanimous view of the House that the phone hacking scandal is a total and utter disgrace and that those who are found to have broken the law should face the consequences. Hacking, blagging and any similar illegal activities are absolutely despicable and we...
Member
Lord Sharma (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
20 July 2011
Reference
531 c1022-3
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the number of dairy farms in each of the last 10 years.
Asked by
Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written question
Status
Answered
Date
19 July 2011
Reference
67302; 531 c808W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many regulations that impose costs on businesses his Department has (a) introduced and (b) removed since 1 September 2010; what the net effect on the costs on businesses of such introductions and removals was; and what regulations have been excluded from...
Asked by
Chuka Umunna (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written question
Status
Answered
Date
19 July 2011
Reference
65323; 531 c950-2W
House
House of Commons

Statement Today I am publishing the Government's bovine tuberculosis eradication programme for England. The programme sets out a comprehensive and balanced package of measures to tackle TB in cattle, badgers and other animals. Nearly 25,000 cattle were slaughtered in England in 2010 because of bovine TB, which cost the country...
Member
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
19 July 2011
Reference
531 c811-3
House
House of Commons

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