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Whether, in the event of ill effects being discovered to flow from genetically modified crops, they, or the firms marketing the plants, will be liable in law for damages, and, if the former, they are themselves taking out insurance against this eventuality, or, if the latter, requiring the firms to...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 April 1998
Reference
HL 1258; 588 c44WA
House
House of Lords

Various questions on the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea 1996, relating to fishermen unable to fish, implications of exemptions, damage to seabed and dumping.

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 December 1997
Reference
584 c81-3WA
House
House of Lords

On what grounds HMG have filed a claim against Iraq for environmental damage caused during the Gulf War, and what agreement within NATO precludes them from the claiming against the United States for the environmental damage from toxic waste left behind in Holy Loch by the US Forces based there.

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 March 1997
Reference
579 c93WA
House
House of Lords

What liability HMG has entered into on behalf of the British taxpayer in relation to the journey of the ship, the "Pacific Pintail" and its cargo of nuclear waste being transported from Cherbour to Japan.

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 March 1995
Reference
562 c35WA
House
House of Lords

In the case of the genetically modified virus containing a scorpion gene released into a field at Wytham, near Oxford, whether; (a) the "precautionary principle" or the "polluter pays principle" operate, and whether this experiment qualifies as an "ultra-hazardous activity" to which strict liability would apply; (b) insurance has been...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 July 1994
Reference
556 c70-1WA
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary on same.
Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
30 June 1994
Reference
556 c865
House
House of Lords
Who in law is responsible and therefore liable for damages if genetically modified virus containing a scorpion gene escapes from field at Wytham near Oxford into general environment and affects organisms other than those intended. -
Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
30 June 1994
Reference
556 c865
House
House of Lords

Whether, beyond a certain level of liability, the taxpayer would become responsible for damages due to the operation of the THORP reprocessing plant, whether the taxpayers' liability is being taken into account in cost benefit analyses being conducted by the Treasury; & whether HMG will publish the figures.

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 December 1992
Reference
540 c95-6WA
House
House of Lords

What liability towards passengers in the Channel Tunnel is being required of the operators; specifically whether there are any limitations on their liability; if so, what are these limitations; how these limitations have been decided & by whom & whether any conditions bear on them.

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 November 1992
Reference
539 c123WA
House
House of Lords

If it is lawful for a firm to insure its directors & officers against legal claims for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, at Halifax Building Society is reportedly proposing to do.

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 May 1992
Reference
537 c38WA
House
House of Lords

Whether in light of public disquiet about their interpretation of their liability towards the soldiers whose legs were blown off in Canada, HMG will examine the desirability of requiring any commercial firm contracting for the use of HMs forces comprehensively to insure those they are being permitted to employ.

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 July 1991
Reference
531 c62WA
House
House of Lords

Why Royal Ordnance plc is not being required to provide full and comprehensive insurance cover for the men they are employing in what is understood to be dangerous work; whether the firm has recognised any liability to the Ministry of Defence in the event of the men being harmed or...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 July 1991
Reference
530 c55WA
House
House of Lords

Whether it is to be inferred from Answer of 16th July 1990 521 c742 about the genetically engineered hormone BST, that it would be open to a manufacturer to plead that his liability under the Medicines Act had been voided because the Minister had licensed the product on the grounds...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 May 1991
Reference
528 c67-8WA
House
House of Lords
What international convention, or, if none, what other agreement, establishes appropriate liability provisions to cover movements of US ships carrying stocks of nerve gas from Federal Republic of Germany through English Channel, that is within either British or French territorial waters & within area of traffic management. - None.
Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
26 July 1990
Reference
521 c1793
House
House of Lords
If in event of nuclear accident tax-payer is required to endorse liability beyond #25 million even in event of negligence, including culpable negligence, on part of operators; how figure of #25 million was originally arrived at & what it is now in real terms; if figure has been re-examined in light of Chernobyl & if liability limitation applies to whole process of decommissioning nuclear power stations.
Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
17 July 1990
Reference
521 c855-6
House
House of Lords
Whether genetically engineered hormone BST would, if licensed, qualify as a "state of the art" product, liability for compensation for damage from which would not fall on the manufacturers
Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
16 July 1990
Reference
521 c742-3
House
House of Lords
To give liability of Nuclear Electric in relation to its nuclear power stations; if its liability will be limited & if so at which figure & in event of accident causing damage above that figure who will meet costs of compensation
Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 1990
Reference
520 c722
House
House of Lords
If undertaking given in Commons by Minister for Aviation & Shipping to Member for South Hams in relation to recent oil spill south of Start Point implies that HMG have withdrawn from various international Conventions that strictly limit liability of polluters of sea, whether by oil or by other substances & if HMG will now insist on full insurance cover for all kinds of pollution by ships, whatever their flag.
Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
6 June 1990
Reference
519 c1503
House
House of Lords
What is present condition of Piper Alpha; to what height above seabed & below surface it has been cut; if present condition in keeping with international law; if marked on charts as a hazard to submarines; if equipped to give warning to submarines & if responsibility lies with operating company; who is responsible for its safety; & what representations recommend reinstatement of seabed to original condition.
Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
6 February 1990
Reference
515 c827-8
House
House of Lords
What will be liability in law of operators of Channel Tunnel towards third parties (in event of fire, etc) & whether they will be required at all times to hold insurance fully to cover that liability. - Includes ref to Channel Fixed Link Treaty & Concession Agreement.
Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
28 November 1989
Reference
513 c415-6
House
House of Lords