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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department is taking to reduce the amount of tropical plywood used in the United Kingdom.

Asked by
Derek Wyatt (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 December 2003
Reference
143221; 415 c907-8W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional incentives will be made available to the forestry industry to produce renewable products for use in power stations. - (Holding answer 22 October 2003).

Asked by
Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 October 2003
Reference
133883; 412 c159-60W;412 c167-8W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what improvements she plans to make to the forestry infrastructure to allow greater amounts of wood residue to reach power generators. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by
Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 October 2003
Reference
133798; 411 c637W;411 c641W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from representatives of (a) the Forestry Commission and (b) private operators in the forestry industry about the level of employers' compulsory liability insurance premiums. - (Holding answer 17 September 2003).

Asked by
Huw Edwards (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 September 2003
Reference
130425; 410 c908W;410 c906W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet the Association of British Insurers to discuss the level of employers' compulsory liability insurance premiums in the forestry industry.

Asked by
Huw Edwards (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 September 2003
Reference
130426; 410 c759W;410 c757W
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers
Date
16 July 2003
Reference
HC 839 2002/03
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what comparative studies her Department has undertaken with other European countries which have introduced subsidies for wood-fired power stations; what impact such subsidies have been seen to have had on the availability of wood for other purposes; and if she...

Asked by
Lord Bellingham (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 2003
Reference
407 c682-3W;407 c684-5W; 119178;119179;119180
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd January, 398 c439W, on paper supplies, whether any of the paper or paper products supplied to his Department by Premier Paper are supplied by Stora Enso's Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland; and what assessment has been made...

Asked by
Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 June 2003
Reference
117546; 407 c662W;407 c664W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 514W, on paper supplies, whether any of the paper or paper products supplied to his Department by Premier Paper are supplied by Stora Enso's Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland; and what assessment has...

Asked by
Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
117545; 407 c224W
House
House of Commons

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the situation in the British Countryside. Motion withdrawn.

Lead member
Lord Palmer
Answering member
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Parliamentary proceedings
Date
11 June 2003
Reference
649 c216-79
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd January, 398 c357W, on paper supplies, whether any of the paper or paper products supplied to his Department by Premier Paper are supplied by Stora Enso's Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland; and what assessment...

Asked by
Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 June 2003
Reference
117573; 406 c922W;406 c924W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the Government is taking to encourage the use of non-food crops to generate electricity; and if she will make a statement. - Includes figures.

Asked by
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2003
Reference
117136; 406 c722-3W;406 c722W
House
House of Commons

Written statement on launch of Forest Enterprise England (to replace Forest Enterprise alongside separate bodies for each country) and the continuing work of Forest Research.

Member
Elliot Morley (Labour)
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written statements
Date
2 April 2003
Reference
402 c59WS
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the UK position on the Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Ministerial Conference in April.

Asked by
Barry Gardiner (Labour)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 March 2003
Reference
101325; 401 c354W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase plantation of trees to boost the supply of wood available as fuel in the UK; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by
Lindsay Hoyle (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 March 2003
Reference
101291; 401 c376W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget from that allocated to her Department under the Department Expenditure Limit set in the Comprehensive Spending Review of 2002 is for each year from 2001-02 to 2005-06 for (a) Environmental Protection; (b) Water Services; (c)...

Asked by
Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 February 2003
Reference
99288; 400 c750-1W;400 c743W
House
House of Commons

Further to their report Sustainable Development in Government (page 7), what proportion of the £19 million expenditure on timber goes to United Kingdom producers; what plans are in place to encourage the use of United Kingdom timber; and what methods are in place to ensure that United Kingdom production is...

Asked by
Baroness Byford (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 February 2003
Reference
HL 1639; 644 c185-6WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what difficulties were experienced by (a) the Forestry Commission and (b) DEFRA staff with the two closing dates per year for the Woodland Grant Scheme, in each year since 2000.

Asked by
Diana Organ (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 February 2003
Reference
96861; 399 c856W;399 c854W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the difficulties with the 31st October deadline were for applicants for the Woodland Grant Scheme referred to by the Forestry Commission in its circular to interested parties dated 16th December 2002. - (Holding answer 10 February 2003).

Asked by
Diana Organ (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 February 2003
Reference
96862; 399 c857-8W;399 c854W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received concerning the introduction of a single closing date for the next round of the Woodland Grant Scheme for new planting. - (Holding answer 10 February 2003).

Asked by
Diana Organ (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 February 2003
Reference
96828; 399 c856W;399 c854W
House
House of Commons