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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 22nd October on behalf of his constituent Ms Hodson.

Asked by

Lord Mawhinney (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 December 1999

Reference

341 c436W; 103084

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the expenditure profile of each head of expenditure under the Rural Development Regulation for each of the seven years of the programme. - Inc table. (Holding answer 14 December 1999).

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 December 1999

For answer on

20 December 1999

Answered on

20 December 1999

Mr. Paice: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the expenditure profile of each head of expenditure under the Rural Development Regulation for each of the seven years of the programme. [102800] Mr. Morley: [holding answer 14 December 1999]: Proposed expenditure under the England Rural Development Plan, subject to European Commission approval, and the Government's 2000 Spending Review is as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year and RDR measure 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Agri-environment 95 119 136 152 167 182 197 Farm Woodlands 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Increase in Woodland Grant 0 0 4 4 4 5 5 Scheme Less Favoured Areas 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 Rural Enterprise 0 8 12 24 36 36 36 Processing and Marketing 0 4 8 8 8 8 8 Training 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 Energy crops 0 4 5 5 5 5 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

20 December 1999

Reference

341 c442W; 102800

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Statement on the outcome of the Fisheries Council held in Brussels on 16th and 17th December; and if he will make a statement. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Jim Hood (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 December 1999

For answer on

20 December 1999

Answered on

20 December 1999

Mr. Hood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the outcome of the Fisheries Council held in Brussels on 16 and 17 December; and if he will make a statement. [103840] Mr. Morley: I represented the United Kingdom at a meeting of the EU Fisheries Council in Brussels on 16-17 December, together with Mr. John Home Robertson, Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs in the Scottish Executive and Mrs. Brid Rodgers, the Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, the first Minister from the newly devolved administration to attend an EU Council. The Council agreed by qualified majority, with France voting against, the total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas to apply in 2000 in Community waters and for Community vessels fishing in waters where catch limitations apply. Details of the final TACs are given in the following table. Following from the advice of fisheries scientists in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the Commission had initially proposed substantial cuts in many TACs, reflecting the poor state of some stocks, reduced recruitment to them or the need to bring fishing effort back to levels which will help to sustain the future availability of stocks. Working on the basis of the scientific advice but using some of the precautionary management options identified by the scientists, we were able to secure smaller cuts than originally proposed for a number of TACs including nephrops in Area VII, anglers (monk fish) in West of Scotland, the North Sea and in Area VII, and in some flat fish TACs. As a result, at the end of the negotiations, the total UK quotas agreed were some 95,000 tonnes higher in cod equivalent tonnes than in the Commission proposals. This increase reduces the estimated loss of quota value to the industry in 2000 from £70 million to £40 million. Recognising the need to take steps to promote the recovery of the badly depleted cod stock in the Irish Sea, we were able to secure a Council and Commission commitment to introduce a recovery programme, after consultation with a new regional group made up of fishermen, scientists, and administrators involved in this fishery. The Commission will for the first time use the emergency conservation powers available to it to bring forward measures closing those areas in the Irish Sea in which spawning cod congregate from February to April 2000, as a way of protecting the stock. This commitment to an EU recovery programme, which followed intensive preparatory discussions between us, the Irish and the Commission, sets an important precedent for regional co-operation under the Common Fisheries Policy and the involvement of the industry in management decisions on stock recovery. The Council also agreed on the closure from 1 January 2000 of the sandeel fishery off the Firth of Forth in the interests of protecting seabirds dependent on sandeels. This measure which is in line with scientific advice resulted from close co-operation between us, Denmark and the Commission. The Council further agreed not to reduce in 2000 the minimum landing size for plaice to 22 cm. As a result, I am pleased to confirm that this will remain at 27 cm. I successfully invoked the Hague Preference on all those stocks where it was in our overall interest to do so. The Regulation on TACs and Quotas adopted by the Council incorporates for the first time in a single Regulation the outcome of all the Community's international fisheries arrangements for 2000 between the Community and Norway, Faroes, Greenland and Iceland, and under the North West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation and the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission. The Council also adopted unanimously, with Portugal abstaining, the Regulation applying control measures for Community vessels in 2000 required under the North East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation arrangements. Commissioner Fischler confirmed that he would be meeting the Moroccan Minister of Fisheries on 20 December to initiate negotiations on a new fisheries agreement between the EU and Morocco. He also made brief presentations on a Commission report on regional meetings, which will become available and be considered from January 2000, and the Commission's proposals for further amendment of the Technical Conservation Regulation, which includes provision for a three year closure of the Firth of Forth sandeel fishery. 2000 TACs _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Stock 1999 TAC (tonnes) 2000 TAC (tonnes) Gain/Loss (%) Sandeels IIa, IV 1,000,000 1,020,000 2 Herring I, II 1,300,000 1,252,000 -4 Herring IVa,b 240,000 240,000 0 Herring IVc, VIId 25,000 25,000 0 Herring Vb, VIaN, VIb 68,000 42,000 -38 Herring Via (Clyde) 1,000 1,000 0 Herring VIIa 6,600 5,350 -19 Herring VIIe,f 1,000 1,000 0 Herring VIIg-k 21,000 21,000 0 Herring Iia, IV Ind. by-catch 30,000 36,000 20 Cod Iia, IV 132,400 81,000 -39 Cod Vb, VI, XII, XIV 11,800 7,480 -37 Cod VIIa 5,500 2,100 -62 Cod VIIb-k, VIII, IX, X 19,000 16,000 -16 Megrim Iia, IV 3,000 3,000 0 Megrim Vb, VI, XII, XIV 4,840 4,840 0 Megrim VII 22,400 17,920 -20 Dab and Flounder Iia, IV 30,070 30,070 0 Anglers Iia, IV 22,070 17,660 -20 Anglers Vb, VI, XII, XIV 8,600 8,000 -7 Anglers VII 26,670 23,000 -14 Haddock Iia, IV 88,550 73,000 -18 Haddock Vb, VI, XII, XIV 19,000 19,000 0 Haddock VII, VIII, IX, X 22,000 13,200 -40 Haddock VIIa 4,990 3,400 -32 Whiting Iia, IV 44,000 30,000 -32 Whiting Vb, VI, XII, XIV 6,300 4,300 -32 Whiting VIIa 4,400 2,640 -40 Whiting VIIb-k 25,000 22,500 -10 Hake Iia, IV 1,930 1,480 -23 Hake Vb, VI, VII, XII, XIV 30,910 23,600 -24 Lemon sole and witch Iia, IV 12,000 12,000 0 Blue whiting Iia NS 90,000 90,000 0 Blue whiting Vb, VI, VII, XII, 407,000 407,000 0 XIV Blue whiting VIIIabde 26,500 26,500 0 Nephrops Iia, IV 15,200 17,200 13 Nephrops Vb, VI 12,600 12,600 0 Nephrops VII 23,000 21,000 -9 Northern prawn Iia, IV 7,013 7,113 1 Plaice Iia, IV 102,000 97,000 -5 Plaice Vb, VI, XII, XIV 2,400 2,400 0 Plaice VIIa 2,400 2,400 0 Plaice VIId,e 7,400 6,500 -12 Plaice VIIf,g 900 800 -11 Plaice VIIh,j,k 1,350 1,350 0 Pollack Vb, VI, XII, XIV 1,100 1,100 0 Pollack VII 17,000 17,000 0 Saithe Iia, IIIb,c,d, IV 110,000 85,000 -23 Saithe Vb, VI, XII, XIV 7,500 7,000 -7 Saithe VII, VIII, IX, X 8,800 6,500 -26 Turbot and brill Iia, IV 9,000 9,000 0 Skates and rays Iia, IV 6,060 6,060 0 Mackerel Iia(EC), III, IV \ \ \ Mackerel Iia (non EC), Vb, VI, | 500,000 | 560,000 | 12 VII, VIIIabde, XII, XIV / / / Sole II, IV 22,000 22,000 0 Sole Vb, VI, XII, XIV 155 155 0 Sole VIIa 900 1,080 20 Sole VIId 4,700 4,100 -13 Sole VIIe 700 660 -6 Sole VIIf,g 960 1,160 21 Sole VIIh,j,k 720 720 0 Sprat Iia, IV 175,000 225,000 29 Sprat VIId,e 12,000 12,000 0 Spurdog Iia, IV 8,870 9,470 7 Horse mackerel Iia, IV 60,000 51,000 -15 Horse mackerel Vb, VI, VII, 265,000 240,000 -9 VIIIa,b,d,e, XII, XIV _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

20 December 1999

Reference

341 c437-40W; 103840

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will assess the extent to which meat from religious slaugher is sold to the general public without being labelled as such. - Figures on meat production do not separately distinguish meat produced from the religious slaughter of animals. (Holding...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 1999

Reference

341 c234W; 102259

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he intends to make it his policy to ensure that all meat from religiously slaughtered animals is labelled as such; and if he will make a statement. - We have no plan s to do so. (Holding answer 14 December...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 1999

Reference

341 c234W; 102256

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for each of the buildings under his Department's control how many rooms are set aside for (a) ethnic minority religious use, (b) pregnant and nursing mothers and (c) smokers. - Inc table and fact that information is not held centrally and...

Asked by

Lord Blencathra (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 December 1999

For answer on

15 December 1999

Answered on

15 December 1999

Mr. Maclean: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for each of the buildings under his Department's control how many rooms are set aside for (a) ethnic minority religious use, (b) pregnant and nursing mothers and (c) smokers. [102338] Mr. Morley: This information is not held centrally and with around 200 properties on the MAFF estate, gathering the information would involve disproportionate cost. We have the following figures for 19 of our major sites (including London HQ offices, HQ offices in York and Guildford and our Regional Service Centres): _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rooms set aside for: Number (a) Ethnic minority religious use 0 (b) Pregnant and nursing mothers 6 (c) Smoking 28 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Some of our larger sites have more than one building, which accounts for there being more smoking rooms than sites. Most of the Department's sites have first-aid rooms and/or meeting rooms. These areas are flexible and are made available to meet any reasonable requests from staff, including religious use and needs of pregnant and nursing mothers.

Date

15 December 1999

Reference

341 c232-3W;341 c233W; 102338

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his reasons for deciding not to pursue an early-retirement scheme for farmers; and if he will estimate the projected cost of such a scheme. - (Holding answer 14 December 1999).

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 1999

Reference

341 c233-4W;341 c234W; 102799

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of the total workforce in his Department is registered as disabled; and what steps he is taking to encourage the employment of disabled people within his Department.

Asked by

David Crausby (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 1999

Reference

341 c231W; 101668

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the results of the Flood Defence Review.

Asked by

Damian Green (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 1999

Reference

101448; 341 c230-1W;341 c231W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions regarding the impact on the Environment Agency of cuts in the fisheries budget.

Asked by

Lord Blencathra (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 1999

Reference

341 c232W; 102398

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much his Department has spent on fisheries in each of the past five years; and what is his estimate of spending on fisheries in each of the next three years. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Lord Blencathra (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 December 1999

For answer on

15 December 1999

Answered on

15 December 1999

Mr. Maclean: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much his Department has spent on fisheries in each of the past five years; and what is his estimate of spending on fisheries in each of the next three years. [102397] Mr. Morley: Grant in aid paid by the Department of the Environment to the National Rivers Authority, the Environment Agency's predecessor, for salmon and freshwater fisheries work was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 1994-95 {1}11.1 1995-96 {1}9.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} England and Wales Details of grant in aid paid by MAFF to the Environment Agency are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 1996-97 {1}7.5 1997-98 {1}7.4 1998-99 {2}22.1 1999-2000 {3}4.8 2000-01 {3}4.8 2001-02 {3}3.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} England and Wales. {2} In 1998-99 there was a temporary change in the rules whereby all revenue from licence fees was returned to Treasury but with an equivalent increase in grant in aid. The underlying figure for MAFF grant in aid is £7.9 million, which included a one-off additional payment of £0.5 million to assist the enforcement of the salmon conservation byelaws. {3} England only.

Date

15 December 1999

Reference

341 c232W; 102397

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if Financial Instruments Fisheries Guidance grants received by (a) the Scottish fishing fleet and (b) the England fishing fleet will be mainly funded by the United Kingdom under the Fontainebleau arrangement.

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 1999

Reference

341 c231-2W; 102177

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the country of origin of meat sold in his Department's buildings in the UK; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 13 December 1999).

Asked by

Paul Keetch (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 December 1999

Reference

341 c181W; 102457

House

House of Commons

Adjournment debate on co-ordination of government policy relating to animals

Adjournment debate on co-ordination of government policy relating to animals.

Lead member

Norman Baker

Answering member

Elliot Morley

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

14 December 1999

Reference

341 c246-54

House

House of Commons

Adjournment debate on sale of Foresty Commission land

Adjournment debate on sale of Foresty Commission land.

Lead member

Huw Edwards

Answering member

Elliot Morley

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

9 December 1999

Reference

340 c1096-102

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the total amount of agri-environment or general agricultural support expended, in the most recent period for which figures are available, on SSSI land in England; and if he will break down the figure in different types of expenditures. -...

Asked by

Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 1999

Reference

340 c556W; 101290

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library the Skeletons of Argument for the Crown in R v. Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and Regions ex parte Factortame (a) in the Court of Appeal and (b) in...

Asked by

Lord Lyell of Markyate (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 1999

Reference

340 c554W; 101137

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he plans to take to press the European Commission to submit to the Council the report and proposals on intensive pig farming required by Article 6 of Council Directive 91/630; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 December 1999

Reference

340 c528W; 101636

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on (a) the timescale in section 32 of the Cologne Council Conclusions for integrating environmental issues and sustainable development into fisheries matters and (b) current discussions on the discard system. - Inc ref to 336...

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 December 1999

Reference

340 c526W; 100997

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the sale of Forestry Commission forest land.

Asked by

Huw Edwards (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 December 1999

Reference

340 c526-7W; 101370

House

House of Commons

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