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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

(Pursuant to reply on 06.11.2001 at 374 c145-6W) To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms included in the foot and mouth cull but not recognised as infected premises have had laboratory tests conducted for the presence of foot and mouth; and what...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 December 2001

Reference

286; 376 c845W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms included in the foot and mouth cull but not recognised as infected premises have had laboratory tests conducted for the presence of foot and mouth; and what proportion of these recorded positive results. - Inc...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2001

Reference

286; 374 c145-6W

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 level of testing for bovine TB and associated slaughtering in the national herd since 20th February. - (Holding answer 3 May 2001).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

368 c142W; 160208

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he received a report from the Canadian authorities on the causes of the Advanta seed contamination last year. - Inc ref to 8 March 2001, 364 c345-6W.

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

367 c26W; 153229

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what commercial activities are prescribed by the voluntary agreement with the GM industry on GM crop trials. - (Holding answer 8 January 2001).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 March 2001

Reference

144375; 365 c259W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the voluntary agreement with the GM industry on the conduct of crop trials in the United Kingdom (a) covers trials licensed under a Part C consent and (b) allows the harvesting and storage of GM seed from trial sites before...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 December 2000

For answer on

21 March 2001

Answered on

21 March 2001

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if the voluntary agreement with the GM industry on the conduct of crop trials in the United Kingdom (a) covers trials licensed under a Part C consent and (b) allows the harvesting and storage of GM seed from trial sites before the completion of the crop trials; [144371] (2) if fertile seed is being harvested from GM trial sites in the United Kingdom and stored. [144367] Mr. Meacher: [holding answer 8 January 2001]: I have been asked to reply. The Government and the industry body SCIMAC made a voluntary agreement in November 1999 on the conduct of the farm scale evaluations of certain GM crops. The agreement covers all GM crops including those with Part C consent under European directive 90/220. At present one of the crops involved in the evaluations, herbicide tolerant maize, has a Part C consent. The Part B consents permitting the oil seed rape, fodder beet and sugar beet to be grown in the farm scale evaluations require the crops to be destroyed on harvest. The maize in the evaluations, which has a Part C consent, is a forage variety which would be harvested for silage not seeds. The terms of the approval for herbicide use on the maize does not permit it to enter the food or feed chain and the crop is destroyed on harvest. The agreement does not permit any other field scale plantings of these crops without the approval of the Scientific Steering Committee who will take account of the relevance of the proposals to biodiversity. A number of Part B consents for small scale plantings of other GM crops are currently in force. Each specifies the fate of the crop at the end of the trial and some permit the saving of seed for further research or testing.

Date

21 March 2001

Reference

365 c259-60W; 144371;144367

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many of the samples taken from seed offered for sale and tested for purity between 1st May and 31st October were tested for the presence of GM varieties. - (Holding answer 8 January 2001).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 March 2001

Reference

144344; 364 c563W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will make the import of over-30-month beef illegal; if he will list categories of food product covered by the ban on the sale of imported over 30 month meat; what investigation the Government has undertaken into the extent of...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 December 2000

For answer on

9 March 2001

Answered on

9 March 2001

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if the Government will make the import of over-30-months beef illegal; [144247] (2) if he will list categories of food product covered by the ban on the sale of imported over-30-months meat; [144330] (3) what investigation the Government have undertaken into the extent of the illegal sale of imported over-30-months meat in the United Kingdom; what conclusions have been reached; what measures the Government have taken to prevent such sales into the British food chain; and what representations he has received regarding such sales; [144249] (4) which categories of imported animal-derived products are covered by the ban on sales of over-30-months meat; [144311] (5) what advice the Government have given to retailers, caterers and consumers on the risks, identification and avoidance of imported over-30-months meat; [144248] (6) if he will make a statement on the illegal sale of imported over-30-months beef into the British food chain. [144255] Ms Stuart: The Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 prohibit the sale of any meat from cattle over 30 months of age for human consumption (the over-30-months, or OTM, rule). The only exceptions are meat from cattle registered in the beef assurance scheme (which can be sold up to 42 months of age so long as they have tested negative for BSE) and meat from a list of 14 countries, of which none are European Union member states. The OTM rule does not apply to processed or treated meat or products that contain meat. There is, however, no ban on the import of OTM beef--it would be against European Union rules on free movement of goods to introduce unilateral measures under article 30 of the European Commission treaty restricting intracommunity trade where, as in this case, the legislative field has been occupied by the Community. The Food Standards Agency is investigating allegations that companies are importing cow beef (which would be likely to be from OTM animals) for sale for human consumption. Allegations are always followed up, including with the authorities of EU member states, but no evidence of illegal activity has been found to date. The Meat Hygiene Service (MHS), which is an Executive agency of the Food Standards Agency, enforces the OTM rule in licensed plants. If an Official Veterinary Surgeon (OVS) suspects that meat is from an over-age animal he may ask to see evidence to satisfy him that the meat is from an animal which was not over 30 months of age at slaughter. Local authorities are generally responsible for enforcement in other premises, and the checks which they carry out are determined by the authorities involved. Last November, the Food Standards Agency instructed them and the MHS to step up checks of imported beef. High levels of compliance with the OTM rule have been found and a renewed awareness of its importance has been generated in the trade which resulted in some companies tightening their procurement practices. It should be born in mind that the over-30-months rule is only the first defence against BSE and that the most risky parts of the animal, the specified risk material (SRM), such as the brain and spinal cord, are removed at slaughter. This greatly reduces the amount of infective material from older cattle, including any that could be included in imported beef products. The EU requirement, from 1 January, that over-30-months old cattle must test negative for BSE before being allowed into the food chain will provide some additional protection, though the tests are only likely to pick up infection close to the time when clinical signs of the disease appear. The agency's advice to those who may continue to feel concerned is that consumers should buy their beef and beef products from reputable sources and that they should ask their supplier for details of the origin and the source of the meat.

Date

9 March 2001

Reference

364 c370-1W; 144247;144330;144249;144311;144248;144255

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the report received from the Canadian authorities on the causes of the Advanta seed contamination last year; and if the Government has used the information in the report to reach conclusions in its review of separation distances....

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2001

Reference

151542; 364 c345-6W;364 c346W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the report of the French food agency into the screening of French cattle for BSE; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 8 January 2001).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 January 2001

Reference

144332; 361 c727W;361 c729W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what crop trials have been carried out exclusively in other countries to provide an adequate research basis for Government decisions on GM crop commercialisation; and, in particular, the inclusion of GM seed varieties on the national seed list. - (Holding answer...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c563W; 139640

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the location of each of the genetically-modified maize trials taking place in the United Kingdom. - Includes list and ref to www.environment.detr.gov.uk.

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 June 2000

For answer on

28 November 2000

Answered on

28 November 2000

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the location of each of the genetically modified maize trials taking place in the United Kingdom. [128363] Mr. Nick Brown: All the genetically modified (GM) maize under trial in the UK has a Part C marketing consent under EU Directive 90/220. This means it has undergone a detailed safety assessment and been approved for commercial release across the EU. The Directive does not require the disclosure of GM plantings with Part C approval, but the locations of Farm Scale Evaluation (FSE) trials of GM maize are available on the DETR website www.environment.detr.gov.uk, and the locations of National List trials of GM maize have been made available at civil parish level as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Variety/county Parish Sheridan Oxfordshire Stoke Talmage Somerset Brockley Yorkshire Bramham cum Oglethorpe Cambridgeshire Histon Shropshire Ercall Magna _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The locations of other trails of GM maize do not need to be notified to the Government. However, we understand that only four such trails have been undertaken this year, and that these have been very small in scale, mainly co-located with other publicised trials, and subject to the same guidelines for GM cropping as in the FSE trials, including the application of separation distances between the GM plants and equivalent non-GM plants. The industry has agreed there will be no commercial growing of GM crops until the FSE trials has been completed and evaluated.

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c562W; 128363

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the total acreage of GM crops planted in the UK under (a) Part B consents and (b) Part C consents. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 6 November 2000).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c562W; 136491

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish a full list of all GM crop trials currently licensed in this country, broken down by crop trial programme. - Includes refs to www.environment.detr.gov.uk and 355 c141W. (Holding answer 6 November 2000).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c570W;357 c563W; 136723

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which Minister is responsible for the issuing of Part C consents for GM crop trials. - (Holding answer 6 November 2000).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

136685; 357 c570W;357 c563W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what advice he has received on the lowest percentage of GM contamination that can be practically tested for in ostensibly GM-free seed supplies. - (Holding answer 19 June 2000).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 July 2000

Reference

126861; 353 c104W

House

House of Commons

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