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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she plans to hold a public consultation on the use of synthetic animal genes in GM crops.

Asked by
Michael Meacher (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 October 2011
Reference
75811; 534 c161W
House
House of Commons

This POSTnote examines the potential contribution that genetic modification of crops might bring to increasing food production in Europe, in a global context.

Type
POSTnotes
Date
15 September 2011
Reference
POST-PN-386

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the policy of her Department is on the retention of regional research hubs for groupings of crops.

Asked by
William Bain (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 August 2011
Reference
64813; 531 c1158W
House
House of Commons

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have sought a discussion in the United Nations Security Council about infringements of Resolution 1591 (2005), prohibiting bombing raids on Darfur, and about reports that chemicals released as result of the bombing raids have made the soil unsafe to grow crops.

Asked by
Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Notes
Answer received between Monday 25 July and Monday 1 August 2011.
Date
11 August 2011
Reference
11265; 729 c445WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Technology Strategy Board has completed its review of the lessons learnt from the first research competition on crop protection; and, if so, when they will publish the results.

Asked by
Baroness Byford (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Notes
Answer received between Monday 25 July and Monday 1 August 2011.
Date
11 August 2011
Reference
11167; 729 c378-9WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what programmes to develop drought-resistant or tolerant-crops are being funded by her Department.

Asked by
Lord Spellar (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 July 2011
Reference
66240; 531 c1078-80W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many regional research hubs for groupings of crops will be supported by her Department in each of the next four financial years.

Asked by
William Bain (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 July 2011
Reference
64814; 531 c508W
House
House of Commons

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Chris Huhne) and I represented the UK at the Environment Council in Luxembourg on 21 June. Stewart Stevenson, Scottish Minister for Environment and...

Member
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written statements
Date
5 July 2011
Reference
729 c9-11WS
House
House of Lords

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and I represented the UK at the Environment Council in Luxembourg on 21 June. Stewart Stevenson, Scottish Minister for Environment and Climate Change, also joined the delegation. At the beginning of the Council, the presidency presented its...

Member
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written statements
Date
5 July 2011
Reference
530 c83-5WS
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on the European Commission's legislative proposal on member state decision-making on the cultivation of genetically-modified crops.

Asked by
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 June 2011
Reference
58199; 530 c245W
House
House of Commons

Motion to take note of European Union Documents No. 12371/10, a Commission Commnication on the freedom for Member States to decide on the cultivation of genetically modified crops; No. C(2010) 4822, a Commission Recommendation on guidelines for the development of national co-existence measures to avoid the unintended presence of Genetically...

Type
Non-legislative formal proceedings
Date
15 June 2011
Reference
529 c892
House
House of Commons
My Lords, it was indeed inevitable that it would pour with rain since tabling this Question, but the situation, particularly in central and eastern England, remains severe. May I therefore ask my noble friend the Minister to ensure that due priority is given now and in the future to food production and its security in the wise use of our nation’s water resources?
Asked by
Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
14 June 2011
Reference
728 c658
House
House of Lords
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee reports (Government responses); Parliamentary committees
Committee
Science and Technology Committee
Date
8 June 2011
Reference
HC 1138 2010-12
House
House of Commons

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the cold weather in the United Kingdom on the production of brassicas.

Asked by
Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 June 2011
Reference
9468; 728 c3WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action plans they have to increase fruit and vegetable production.

Asked by
Baroness Byford (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 June 2011
Reference
9397; 728 c3-4WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in making contingency plans for the introduction of genetically modified organisms into use in agriculture in the United Kingdom, they intend to provide for zoning and other measures to allay public concerns about biodiversity.

Asked by
Lord Hunt of Chesterton (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 June 2011
Reference
9364; 728 c4WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the coalition strategy in Afghanistan includes trials of legal opiate poppy production.

Asked by
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 April 2011
Reference
8278; 727 c117-8WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their plans for eradication of opiate poppy production in Afghanistan.

Asked by
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 April 2011
Reference
8277; 727 c117WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many licences have been issued in each of the past 10 years for legal opiate poppy production in the United Kingdom and for what acreage.

Asked by
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 April 2011
Reference
8274; 727 c86WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many licences have been refused in each of the past 10 years for legal poppy production for opiate medicine manufacture in the United Kingdom.

Asked by
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 April 2011
Reference
8275; 727 c86WA
House
House of Lords