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Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Both the Home Secretary and the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) have missed the point. The hon. Gentleman is at risk, indeed, of becoming the Home Secretary's Mini-Me, because today he again insisted that the only difference between them was that he thought Professor Nutt should have...

Member

Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

2 November 2009

Reference

498 c579-80

House

House of Commons

Bovine Tuberculosis

Far too many good dairy cows have been put down in my constituency of Congleton in Cheshire and elsewhere. While I welcome the progress made by the bovine TB eradication group, will the Secretary of State accept that veterinary surgeons who are members of the British Veterinary Association and the British Cattle Veterinary Association believe that he should reassess his criteria for targeting and culling badgers in certain circumstances?

Asked by

Ann Winterton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral question - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2009

Reference

498 c429

House

House of Commons

Farm-gate Milk Prices

The British herd of dairy cows is down by more than a fifth since 1997, and the number of dairy farms has halved since 2000. Will the Minister explain why dairy farmers should believe that this Government remain committed to UK production?

Asked by

Graham Stuart (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral question - Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2009

Reference

498 c435

House

House of Commons

Dartford River Crossing

My hon. Friend has championed the cause several times, and I appreciate how strongly he feels about it. There are relevant factors for his constituents, including, for example, unavailability of the discount scheme to Bexley residents. I will come to that, as well as to the general issues of delays...

Member

James Brokenshire (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

28 October 2009

Reference

498 c134-7WH

House

House of Commons

Climate Change: Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department has commissioned on the effect of farming methods on climate change.

Asked by

Andrew Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 October 2009

For answer on

27 October 2009

Answered on

27 October 2009

DEFRA has commissioned a number of studies, some of which are ongoing, to assess the environmental impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from several agricultural commodities throughout their lifecycle. This includes assessment of commodities produced in different farming systems (including organic). The most relevant studies are listed as follows:"Project AC020: A study of the scope for the application of research in animal genomics and breeding to reduce nitrogen and methane emissions from livestock based food chains—published in April 2008.""Project AC020: Developing technologies to improve the fertility of dairy cows—published in January 2008.""Project AC0206: Agriculture and climate change: turning results into practical action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—A review—published in July 2007.""Project AC0207: The translation of existing research outputs into actions that reduce pollution gas emissions from agriculture—due for imminent completion.""Project AC0208: The limits to a sustainable livestock sector in the UK—due for imminent completion.""Project AC0209: Ruminant nutrition regimes to reduce methane and nitrogen emissions—due for completion in March 2010.""Project IS0205: Determining the environmental burdens and resource use in the production of agricultural and horticultural commodities—published in August 2005.""Project IS0222: Developing and delivering environmental Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of agricultural systems—due to be completed in September 2010.""Project AC0210: Economic and environmental impacts of livestock production in the UK—due to be completed in July 2010.""Project AC0214: Roadmaps integrating RTD in developing realistic GHG mitigation options from agriculture up to 2030—due for imminent completion.""Project AC0216: Review of the Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for Agriculture produced for the Committee on Climate Change—due for imminent completion.""Project AC0219: Methane emissions by individual dairy cows under commercial conditions—due to be completed in March 2010""Project AC0310. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation—a Risk Based Approach—due for completion in April 2010.""Project AC0406: The optimisation and impacts of expanding biogas production—due for completion in January 2010.""Project WQ0106: Quantitative Assessment of Scenarios for Managing Trade-Off Between Economics, Environment and Media—completed 2009."

Subjects

Agriculture; Climate change

Date

27 October 2009

Reference

498 c228-9W; 295194

House

House of Commons

Central London Businesses

No one can dispute that the past year has been tough for businesses large and small nationwide. Their future will remain uncertain, as the climate in which they operate continues to be unpredictable, and any signs of sustainable economic recovery are likely to be tentative. One might therefore have hoped...

Member

Mark Field (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

27 October 2009

Reference

498 c54-9WH

House

House of Commons

City of London

If things are taken to an absurd level, one would have to agree. Clearly, there needs to be some regulation, not least to protect consumers. To return to the history of the City of London, I was joking with my hon. Friend the Member for West Suffolk earlier that we...

Member

Mark Field (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

14 October 2009

Reference

497 c116WH

House

House of Commons

Pharmacies

My Lords, all too often in your Lordships' House, I find myself among a group of unqualified enthusiasts. The noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, has raised one of the most important issues facing us at this moment. Ever the optimist, I have been searching for some years—and now for some weeks—to...

Member

Lord Selsdon (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

12 October 2009

Reference

713 c83-5

House

House of Lords

Cattle: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of dairy cows which are kept in zero-grazing conditions.

Asked by

Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Date

16 September 2009

Reference

496 c2226W; 291386

House

House of Commons

Departmental Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of each contract entered into by his Department during financial year 2008-09 with (a) Alfaplan Gradenje, (b) Asbestos Removals...

Asked by

Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 July 2009

For answer on

8 July 2009

Answered on

14 July 2009

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) only has a static database of all of its contracts in the UK and overseas which was compiled in the latter part of 2008. Work is currently being undertaken to convert this to a real time database. To gather all of the contract information for 2008-09 would involve disproportionate cost so the following response reflects records kept by the two contracts teams in the FCO and FCO Services for 2008-09 which will cover a high proportion of the contracts awarded by the FCO in the UK during the period.

		Monetary value (£)	Comment
Alfaplan Gradenje	Dubrovnik Consulate Fit-Out works	53,202.37	Contract sum
Asbestos Removals Logistics Ltd	Singapore Asbestos Removal	76,614.00	Contract sum
ATG Access Ltd	Athens Perimeter Security Works	435,515	Contract sum
Bymaro	Rabat—Fire and Flood reinstatement	1,205,102	—
Controlled Building Services Ltd	Addis Ababa Office Extension	370,479.00	Contract sum
Gilbert Ash Fit-Out	Ibiza re-model and Fit-Out (Stage 1)	25,928	Contract sum
	Prague Refurbishment of Offices	498,894	Contract sum
	Georgetown Office Modifications	447,568	—
Gleeds (QS)	(See various contracts for Gleeds listed under Gleeds Building Surveying following)	—	—
Gleeds Building Surveying	Tehran—Tender analysis	4,707	Framework Consultants
	Dubai—Gatehouse OS Commission	14,547	Framework Consultants
	Basra—Office Fit-Out	63,000	Framework Consultants
	New Delhi—Strategic Review of Compound	210,502	Framework Consultants
GMW Architects	Tripoli—New Offices	40,250	Framework Consultants
	Jeddah—architectural services	14,445	Framework Consultants
	Tripoli—Architectural services	7,759	Framework Consultants
HOK International	Mexico City—Multidisciplinary services	73,376	Framework Consultants
	Boston—Architectural Duties	168,703	Framework Consultants
Jordan + Bateman	Portimao Consular Fit-Out	254,439.67	Consultant to Sherman Projectos e Servicos
	Architectural Design Services	34,560.00	Framework Consultants
	Baku—New Residence	557,506.00	Framework Consultants
	Dubai—Gatehouse architectural Commission	35,094.00	Framework Consultants
Knight Frank	Americas Property Evaluation	250,000	Contract sum
Mayfair Building Services	Caracas Safety and Rewire Works for Residential Properties	52,399.17	Contract sum
Orostream International Contracts Ltd	Kabul Internal Fit-out works	637,152.39	Contract sum
	Bogota 8th Floor Fit-Out	226,336.00	Contract sum
	Khartoum Replacement of Chillers	135,364.00	Contract sum
	Minsk Relocation of Classified Area	287,050.00	Contract sum
	Port Stanley Office Extension and Fire Precaution Works	188,010.35	Contract sum
	Podgorica New Embassy and Residence	778,000.00	Spend figure
Ove Arup	Kuala Lumpur COW services	18,913	Framework Consultant
	New Delhi—Strategic Review of Compound	13,500	Framework Consultant
	Canberra—Security works	84,116	Framework Consultant
Ridge and Partners	Podgorica New Embassy and Residence	90,000	Spend figure
	NW Europe Asbestos Surveys	77,785	Framework Consultant
	Tripoli—Asbestos Surveys	9,032	Framework Consultant
	Rabat—PM services	29,207	Framework Consultant
	Belgrade—Feasibility Study	25,000	Framework Consultant
	Ottawa Office—Upgrade	211,000	Framework Consultant
	Khartoum—Asbestos surveys	11,977	Framework Consultant
	Basra—Office fit-out	14,622	Framework Consultant
	Belgrade—Facade Repairs	22,752	Framework Consultant
	New Delhi—Asbestos Review	9,960	Framework Consultant
Toffco SDN BHD	Kuala Lumpur Repairs to Residential Block and Staff Club	19,013.04	Contract sum
	Kuala Lumpur Car Park Waterproofing works	83,992.80	Contract sum
	Kuala Lumpur: Replacement of East Perimeter Wall	276,434.00	Contract sum
Windell Ltd	Singapore Blast Enhanced Glazing	570,466.00	Contract sum
Zeal Interiors	Wellington—Office Refurbishment	215,163	—

Subjects

Contracts; Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Date

14 July 2009

Reference

496 c323-6W; 285290

House

House of Commons

Departmental Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of each contract entered into by his Department during financial year 2008-09 with (a) Alchemist Partnership Limited, (b) Avail...

Asked by

Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 July 2009

For answer on

8 July 2009

Answered on

14 July 2009

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) only has a static database of all of its contracts in the UK and overseas which was compiled in the latter part of 2008. Work is currently being undertaken to convert this to a real time database. To gather all of the contract information for 2008-09 would involve disproportionate cost so the attached response reflects records kept by the two contracts teams in the FCO and FCO Services for 2008-09 which will cover a high proportion of the contracts awarded by the FCO in the UK during the period.

		Monetary Value (£)	Comment
Alchemist Partnership Limited	Tristan da Cunha Sustainable Development Plan	53,200	—
Avail Consulting	Vetting Unit Programme	148,500.00	—
Building Services Group Ltd	Strategy and Business Consultancy Services	share of 4,000,000 framework	Framework awarded to four suppliers, total monetary value of £4m
	Dubai Gatehouse - engineering advice	41,425	Framework Consultant
Cambridge Econometrics	Consultancy Services: Impact of oil prices on global economic recovery	33,845	—
Concerto Consulting	Senior Facilities Management Advisor	174,000	—
Coombs Consulting Ltd	Management Services Internal Consultancy Support to FCOS ESG	70,000.00	—
Corporate Value Associates	Strategy and Business Consultancy Services	See Avail above	Framework awarded to four suppliers, total monetary value of £4m
Haig Consulting Ltd	Estates Related Project Management Services	511,000.00	—
Hanover Aviation Consulting Ltd	Framework Agreement for Air Brokerage Agent		DFID owned Framework. No FCO contract placed by FCO Contracts Team to date
Hay Group Management Ltd	Benchmarking for FCO Pay Grades in Asia-Pacific Region	17,000	—
Intuity Consulting Ltd	Consultancy Services for Programme and Project Mgt Services for PRISM Declassification	252,000	Annual Commitment
Jedi Systems Consulting Ltd	HMRC Support Contract	30,624.00	—
KMG LLP	Strategy and Business Consultancy Services	See Avail above	Framework awarded to four suppliers, total monetary value of £4m
Methods Consulting	Provision of Consultancy Services to FM Project	143,000	—
Minimal Risk Consultancy Ltd	Provision of Intelligence Staff in Afghanistan	387,935	—
Mott MacDonald	Basra: Hollyoaks - Additional Protection	142,082	—
Ove Arup	Kuala Lumpur - COW services	18,913	Framework Consultant
Oxford Policy Management Ltd	Provision of Economic Advice to Governments of up to five British OTs	51,000	—
PA Consulting Group	Strategy and Business Consultancy Services	See Avail above	Framework awarded to four suppliers, total monetary value of £4m
	Provision of Consultancy Services for Knowledge and Information Management Strategy	35,000.00	—
Projected Consulting Ltd	Projected Consulting Ltd	305,760.00	Configuration, Implementation and User Training for FCO Services Prism Software focusing on the Oracle Project Suites and modules and related applications
Purcon Ltd	PCMD Category Manager	47,838.00	—
Ridge and Partners	Podgorica New Embassy and Residence	90,000	Spend figure
RPS Health Safety	Madrid Asbestos Survey	7,000	Contract sum
TPS Consult	Khartoum Asbestos Survey	9,750	Contract sum
	Tbilisi - BREEAM assessment	11,462	Framework Consultant
	Staff Replacements	103,885	Framework Consultant
	Staff Replacements	131,684	Framework Consultant
	Mexico City - Facility review	6,095	Framework Consultant
	Stockholm -PerimeterWall	12,200	Framework Consultant
	Buenos Aries - Perimeter Wall	30,000	Framework Consultant
	Chongqing - Post Quake Survey	14,500	Framework Consultant
	Minsk - Structural Review	6,600	Framework Consultant
	Tripoli-Blast Survey	12,000	Framework Consultant
	Kuala Lumpur - Blast Survey	25,000	Framework Consultant
	Rangoon - Feasibility study	7,800	Framework Consultant
	Tripoli - M and E survey	10,997	Framework Consultant
	Stockholm - blast glazing survey	4,240	Framework Consultant
	Brussels - Structural Survey	6,500	Framework Consultant
	Damascus - Delapidation Report	6,000	Framework Consultant
	Dubai - Gatehouse structural advise	19,200	Framework Consultant
	Pristina - Due diligence report	45,995	Framework Consultant
	Minsk - Structural Review	6,000	Framework Consultant
	Mexico city - Blast advice	16,532	Framework Consultant
	San Jose - Earthquake Report	17,800	Framework Consultant
	Khartoum - Structural Advice	5,713	Framework Consultant
	Boston - BREEAM Assessment	12,230	Framework Consultant
	Basra - Ad-hoc advice	1,000	Framework Consultant
	Tripoli - Survey report	28,540	Framework Consultant
Tribal Consulting	Provision of Strategic Partner to assist in Producing IT Training Strategy	99,000	—
UCT Ltd	Pyramid Software Development and Support IS Services and Management Information Systems	400,000.00	—
Venn Group Ltd	Provision of Security Guarding Procurement Lead	125,000	—

Subjects

Contracts; Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Date

14 July 2009

Reference

496 c320-4W; 285289

House

House of Commons

EC Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information his Department holds on the subsidies granted by the European Commission to EU member states in each of the last five years; and what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the criteria...

Asked by

Lindsay Hoyle (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written question

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 July 2009

For answer on

8 July 2009

Answered on

14 July 2009

The European Commission list direct aids to farmers as presented in Table 1. Producers must comply with a number of criteria in order to qualify, with the most significant being that production is required for receipt of coupled direct aids, but not decoupled aids.

Table 1: EU direct aids for Budget years 2004-08
€million
	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Decoupled direct aids
Single Payment Scheme	28,234	28,119	14,226	0	0
Single Area Payment Scheme	2,974	2,083	1,721	1,449	0
Separate sugar payment	206	167	0	0	0
Separate fruit and vegetables payment	0	0	0	0	0

Other direct aids
Arable Crops	1,781	1,853	7,951	17,158	17,095
Beef	1,641	1,697	2,637	7,730	7,312
Sheep and Goats	314	330	907	1,837	1,471
Dairy	0	0	1,454	1,370	0
POSEI	410	81	81	185	110
Fruit and Vegetables¹	104	202	255	483	595
Sugar	25	17	0	0	0
Rice	168	173	261	427	110
Olive groves	99	119	2,312	2,240	2,302
Tobacco	301	336	811	918	924
Silkworms	1	1	0	0	0
Cotton	248	254	0	0	0
Payments for specific types of farming and quality production	435	420	199	0	0
Other (direct aids)	—	761	958	75	0
Additional amounts of aid	563	434	316	0	0
Ancillary direct aids, small producers, agrimonetary aids, etc.)	0	0	0	4	1
Recoveries	0	0	-39	-21	-12
Total	37,505	37,046	34,051	33,856	29,908
¹ Includes starch potatoes and grain legumes.
Source:
Provisional Draft Budget 2010 and previous budgets, EC.

The UK has argued forcefully for further decoupling of aid payments from production in order to reduce market distortions, and the 2008 Health Check made a step in this direction, decoupling approximately a further €3 billion of direct payments. This increases the level of decoupled support from around 89 per cent. of all direct farm payments to around 96 per cent. The payments currently scheduled for decoupling and the relevant dates are presented in Table 2.

Table 2: Direct aids scheduled to be decoupled
Sector	Current situation	When/how to be phased out
Fruit and vegetables	The EU Processed Fruit and Vegetables Regime was subject to major reform in 2007, with agreement reached on a phased approach to full decoupling:	Tomatoes for processing—1 January 2012
	Tomatoes for processing—member states may allow a maximum four year transitional period provided that the coupled element of the payment does not exceed 50 per cent. of the corresponding component of the national ceiling
	Other processing aids—member states may allow a maximum five year transitional period until at the latest 31 December 2012, provided that after 31 December 2010, the coupled proportion of the payment does not exceed 75 per cent. of the corresponding component of the national ceiling in 2011 and 2012 respectively.	Other processing aids—1 January 2013
Sugar	There are no direct aids in the sugar sector, but there is a transitional fund to help the sugar sector restructure.	The transitional aid is due to end in 2010
	There are also separate sugar payments as part of the Single Payment Scheme.

Tobacco	Progressive reduction in coupled support from 2006 to 2010.	2010

Crops	Member states may retain partial coupled payments in:	Full decoupling from 2010 and integration into Single Payment Scheme (SPS)
	Arable Crops Payments (up to 25 per cent.)
	Durum Wheat Quality Supplement (up to 40 per cent.)
	Hops (up to 25 per cent.)

Olive oil	Aid for olive groves could remain up to 40 per cent. coupled.	Full decoupling in 2010 and integration in SPS

Livestock	Member states may retain coupled payments in:	Slaughter premium for young animals, slaughter premium for adult animals and Special beef premium: Full decoupling from 2012 onwards and integration into SPS. No change in suckler cow and sheep and goatmeat.
	Suckler Cow Premium (up to 100 per cent.)
	Special beef premium (up to 75 per cent.),
	Slaughter Premium (up to 40 per cent. for adults and 100 per cent. for calves)
	Sheep and Goats (up to 50 per cent.).

Flax and Hemp	Option of 25 per cent. partial coupling as arable crops area payment. Short fibre flax to be phased out in 2008-09. Long fibre flax to be increased to €40/tonne in 2009-10.	Decouple long fibre flax processing aid and integrate into SPS from 2012.

Dried Fodder	Retain processing aid (per tonne, uniform for dehydrated and dried fodder)	Decouple processing aid and integrate into SPS in 2012

Starch potato	Aid for starch producers (60 per cent. of pre-2003 level) paid per tonne of starch delivered. A transformation aid is granted to the manufacturers per tonne of potato starch with guaranteed minimum prices within the quota limit. Finally, production refunds for starch are granted when using starch for the production of certain goods.	Decouple aid to growers and integrate into SPS from 2012 at the latest; decouple processing aid and integrate into SPS in 2012

Energy crop premium	Aid of EUR 45 per hectare for energy crops for the production of biofuels and electric and thermal energy produced from biomass	Abolish in 2010

Durum Wheat	Aid of EUR 40 per hectare, granted subject to the use of certain quantities of certified seeds of varieties recognised as being of high quality for the production of semolina or pasta.	Full decoupling and integration into SPS in 2010.

Protein crops	Aid of EUR 55.57 per hectare of protein crops (peas, field beans, lupins).	Decouple and integrate into SPS in 2012 at the latest.

Specific payment for rice	Aid per hectare, the value set according to the yields in the member states concerned	Decouple and integrate into SPS in 2012 at the latest.

Nuts	Aid per hectare granted to farmers producing nuts, with a possibility of granting additional national aid.	Decouple and integrate into SPS in 2012 at the latest.

It is a condition of all direct payments that claimants both keep their land in 'good agricultural and environmental condition' (GAEC), as defined by member states in accordance with a set EU framework, and comply with 18 statutory management requirements (existing EU regulatory environmental, public, animal and plant health and animal welfare requirements).The UK "Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)" is clear that by 2015 to 2020, CAP Pillar 1 should be phased out completely. Instead, payments to farmers should be targeted at delivering public benefits, including environmental benefits, through a re-shaped Pillar 2.

Subjects

Agriculture; Subsidies

Date

14 July 2009

Reference

496 c221-4W; 285572

House

House of Commons

Death of a Member: Lord Kingsland

My Lords, I echo the sentiments of the Leader of the House. Lord Kingsland was one of the hardest-working Members of the Opposition, balancing his life at the Bar with that of being the shadow legal affairs Minister, which allowed him to be involved in almost any aspect of legislation...

Member

Lord Strathclyde (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

13 July 2009

Reference

712 c926-7

House

House of Lords

Finance Bill

This may support the hon. Gentleman's argument. Surely an environmental tax should have the desired effect of changing behaviour. If the intention is simply to raise revenue, the number of passengers and flights should remain the same. It would be interesting to hear from the Government which of those two...

Member

Angus Brendan MacNeil (Scottish National Party)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

8 July 2009

Reference

495 c1010

House

House of Commons

Parliamentary Standards Bill

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Armstrong, addresses the House with all the wisdom and moderation appropriate for a former Cabinet Secretary. If I do not follow him in that regard, perhaps I may be forgiven. I am grateful to the Leader of the House for inviting me yesterday to...

Member

Lord Jenkin of Roding (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

8 July 2009

Reference

712 c706-8

House

House of Lords

Parliamentary Standards Bill

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that point. None of us wants to do damage to the sovereignty of Parliament. However, we will not help the reputation of Parliament if we respond to every measure to try to restore credibility and public confidence by simply boasting about the sovereignty of...

Member

Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

1 July 2009

Reference

495 c345-6

House

House of Commons

Parliamentary Standards Bill

I invite the Justice Secretary to listen to my arguments. The Bill further undermines MPs' independent capacity to represent the interests of their constituents in the national interest. As the Justice Secretary said, the House of Commons already sits shorter and shorter hours. Recesses seem to get longer and more...

Member

Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

29 June 2009

Reference

495 c110-2

House

House of Commons

Fallen Stock (Isle of Wight)

The important issue of the safe and legal disposal of fallen stock has concerned farmers in my constituency for at least four years. As the Minister will know, fallen stock—farm animals that have died of natural causes or been humanely shot or euthanised by a vet—must be disposed of safely....

Member

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

23 June 2009

Reference

494 c225-8WH

House

House of Commons

Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]

The hon. Gentleman makes an extremely good point. He serves with me on the Select Committee and came along on our visit to the Essex coast. We saw a number of cases where, for various reasons, the simplistic notion of driving the path around the entire coast will not work....

Member

James Gray (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contribution

Date

23 June 2009

Reference

494 c748-9

House

House of Commons

US Congressional debates on the financial crisis: key players, policy and future regulation

This Research Paper provides a detailed account of the key issues and perspectives raised at these hearings. Like the Treasury Select Committee in the UK, a number of influential US committees concerned with financial issues have convened hearings featuring expert witnesses from the executive branch, the federal regulators and the...

Type

Commons Briefing paper

Date

23 June 2009

Reference

RP09-58