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International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

SI 2001/1811 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 1 June 2001

Department

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

SI 2001/1811

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness Equipment Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

SI 2001/1649 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 28 May 2001

Department

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

3 May 2001

Reference

SI 2001/1649

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Organic farming. Agriculture Select Committee fifth special report - government response to committee's second report of session 2000/01 (HC 149).

Type

Select Committee reports (Government responses); House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Agriculture Committee

Date

4 April 2001

Reference

HC 410 2000/01

House

House of Commons

YOUNG CHILDREN AND THE SALE OF EMINEM CDS

That this House notes that some CDs and cassettes on sale to the public, such as those recorded by the American artist Eminem, contain obscene language and references to sexual acts; regrets that children as young as 12 have been successful in purchasing them without parental permission; further notes that...

Primary sponsor

Kerry Pollard (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

29 March 2001

Reference

504

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in what ways the construction skills certification scheme is enforced; what impact it has had; and what penalties have been used for non-compliance.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 March 2001

Reference

152483; 364 c363W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent consideration he has given to the accreditation and the status of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 28 February 2001).

Asked by

Alan Keen (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 February 2001

For answer on

1 March 2001

Answered on

1 March 2001

Mr. Alan Keen: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent consideration he has given to the accreditation and the status of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service; and if he will make a statement. [151629] Mr. Alan Johnson: [holding answer 28 February 2001]: During the course of 2000, my noble Friend the Minister for Science reviewed the Department's existing policy on accreditation. He decided to re-confirm the existing policy of recognition for the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) as the sole national body for the accreditation, against the recognised international standards, of testing and calibration laboratories and certification and inspection bodies. He confirmed the terms of the memorandum of understanding which my Department, on behalf of Government as a whole, has with UKAS and which sets out the activities for which UKAS is recognised along with a number of rights and obligations on both parties. While my noble Friend concluded that no major structural changes to the UK accreditation system were desirable, he did agree that there would be benefit in a well-targeted, UKAS-driven publicity campaign to raise the profile of UKAS accredited conformity assessment to ensure that the benefits of using UKAS accredited conformity assessment services are properly understood. Accreditation by UKAS ensures that conformity assessment bodies have been independently assessed to agreed international standards of competence and impartiality by a body which is itself subject to regular assessment and to oversight by Government. For these reasons, while there is no legal requirement for the providers of conformity assessment services to be accredited, the Government recommend the use of UKAS accredited conformity assessment wherever this is an option. The Government also advise purchasers to look for the National Accreditation Marks, which UKAS and UKAS accredited organisations are able to use under a licensing agreement with my Department, as a sign of Government recognition. My Department and a number of other Government departments are therefore supporting the UKAS Accreditation Awareness Campaign which was launched by my noble Friend on 27 November 2000. The campaign is expected to run for the next eighteen months and is aimed at increasing the understanding of accreditation within Government itself and, through a series of briefings aimed at business support agencies, within the business community in general and SMEs in particular.

Date

1 March 2001

Reference

151629; 363 c730-1W

House

House of Commons

Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (London 1988). Previously Cm 4420).

Type

Treaties; Command papers

Notes

Received 08.02.01

Date

9 February 2001

Reference

Cm 5044;Treaty 11 (2001)

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many trains are awaiting certification; how long he estimates it will take to certify these trains; what the procedure is; and what factors have delayed the process of certification.

Asked by

Anthony Steen (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 January 2001

Reference

147011; 361 c678W;361 c680W

House

House of Commons

Organic farming. Agriculture Select Committee second report, in 2 volumes with proceedings evidence (previously HC 681 i-v 1999/2000) and appendices.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 15.01.01

Date

17 January 2001

Reference

HC 149 2000/01

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received on extending the CORGI registration scheme to cover non-gas work carried out in conjunction with work on gas applicances; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures and ref to...

Asked by

Helen Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 December 2000

For answer on

21 December 2000

Answered on

21 December 2000

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what representations he has received on extending the CORGI registration scheme to cover non-gas work carried out in conjunction with work on gas appliances; and if he will make a statement. [142638] Mr. Meacher: [holding answer 18 December 2000]: The Health and Safety Commission has received a number of representations on this issue in response to its Discussion Document "Gas safety review: Options for change" and an associated shorter document "Key issues for consumers". These are summarised in the Commission's report on the outcome of the Review: "Proposals for Change", a copy of which has been placed in the Library. Non-gas work includes plumbing and electrical work not directly connected to gas safety, carried out by installers in conjunction with gas work on a combustion appliance. Only a minority of respondents to the Discussion Document expressed support for the extension of the CORGI registration scheme to cover such work. The great majority (53 out of 77, or over two-thirds) were not in favour of extending the scheme in this way. The same question raised in the associated consumer document elicited a similar balance of responses. The `non-gas' activities of installers are already subject to the general requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and associated regulations. The Commission has accepted the view that the increased prescriptive burden that an extension of the CORGI registration scheme would represent would be difficult to justify in safety terms. However, the Commission will ensure that the general health and safety requirements are duly emphasised in its Approved Code of Practice on "Standards of training in safe gas installation", which it plans to update in the light of the Review findings.

Date

21 December 2000

Reference

360 c309W; 142638

House

House of Commons

Public Service Vehicles Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2000

SI 2000/3318 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 15 January 2001.

Department

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

21 December 2000

Reference

SI 2000/3318

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of (a) the number of businesses which will engage in self-certification for the purpose of claiming relief from the climate change levy and (b) the compliance costs for the businesses concerned. - Including figure.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 December 2000

Reference

360 c160W; 143454

House

House of Commons

Vehicle Excise Duty (Reduced Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

SI 2000/3274 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 5 January 2001.

Department

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

14 December 2000

Reference

SI 2000/3274

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

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