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That this House congratulates the Russian mine rescue workers who tunnelled through 50 metres of rock in record time to save 11 of the 13 coalminers trapped for seven days by a sudden influx of water at the Zapadnay coal mine in Southern Russia; and sends sympathies to the families...

Primary sponsor

Michael Clapham (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

30 October 2003

Reference

1847

House

House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa. (Inc ref to HC 116, HC 690 and HC 339 2002/03).

Lead member

Tony Baldry

Answering member

Hilary Benn

Department

Department for International Development

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

26 June 2003

Reference

407 c339-78WH

House

House of Commons

Rep* and 3R:Marine Safety Bill 2002/03

Marine Safety Bill. Report stage (formal). Third reading debate. Agreed to on question. Passed

Lead member

Brian Iddon

Answering member

David Jamieson

Department

Department for Transport

Type

Debates on bills

Date

16 May 2003

Reference

405 c640-54

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent guidance on emergency planning has been issued to local authorities. - Inc ref to 3 February 2003, 399 c3WS and 'The Decontamination of people exposed to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) substances or material: Strategic National Guidance,...

Asked by

Michael Fallon (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 March 2003

Reference

102134; 401 c69W

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will provide a breakdown of how the £1 million contribution to the Emergency Operation Appeal in the Western Sahara will be spent. - Inc figures.

Asked by

John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 February 2003

For answer on

24 February 2003

Answered on

24 February 2003

John Barrett: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will provide a breakdown of how the £1 million contribution to the Emergency Operation Appeal in the Western Sahara will be spent. [98583] Clare Short: My Department is contributing £1 million to the World Food Program to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to populations affected by drought and crop failure within the Western Sahel. Assistance will be focussed mainly in Mauritania, but will also include Cape Verde, Senegal, The Gambia, and Mali. WFP has identified that 578,550 persons are affected by severe food insecurity or are in need of emergency intervention to prevent deterioration in their food and nutritional status. The operation is planned to last twelve months and will distribute 55,365 tons of food. 120,000 people in the Aftout region of Mauritania, the most severely affected area, will receive full ration enriched meals (2,100 Kcal); a further 384,550 beneficiaries in Mauritania, Cape Verde, Senegal and The Gambia will receive reduced ration meals (1,800 kcal); and 74,000 beneficiaries in the regions of Kayes and Koulikoro in Mali will receive cereal rations only (1,050 kcal). My Department is making available a further £570,804 to Oxfam, who will act as an implementing partner for WFP. Oxfam are well established within the region and will distribute the food supplied by WFP. Oxfam will undertake targeted food distribution to 36,280 of the most vulnerable people in the Aftout region, along with the provision of seeds, tools, pesticides and fencing materials to support vegetable gardening. Further capacity building measures will include studies into safe drinking water, food security and nutritional surveillance.

Date

24 February 2003

Reference

98583; 400 c274-5W;400 c272-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the estimated cost is to the Government of funding for the Bournemouth University Disaster Management Centre course at the Command and Staff College in Nigeria. - Inc figure.

Asked by

John Barrett (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 February 2003

Reference

98585; 400 c274W;400 c272W

House

House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on emergency planning

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on emergency planning.

Lead member

Tom Brake

Answering member

Douglas Alexander

Department

Cabinet Office

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

12 February 2003

Reference

399 c283-305WH

House

House of Commons

Falconer of Thoroton, Lord

Lords statement on What guidance has been published for the emergency services and other responding agencies on the decontamination of people exposed to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear substances or material. [HL 1457]. - Includes ref to The Strategic National Guidance on the Decontamination of People Exposed to Chemical, Biological,...

Asked by

Lord Berkeley (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 February 2003

Reference

HL 1457; 644 c8WA

House

House of Lords

Written statement on publication of the Strategic National Guidance on the decontamination of people exposed to chemical, biological or nuclear substances or material

Written statement on publication of the Strategic National Guidance on the decontamination of people exposed to chemical, biological or nuclear substances or material. (In Library (Dep 03/363) and at www.ukresilience.info)

Member

John Denham (Labour)

Department

Home Office

Type

Written statements

Date

3 February 2003

Reference

399 c3WS

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Department has made of the effect of devolution on comprehensive contingency provision in the United Kingdom.

Asked by

Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 January 2003

Reference

86601; 397 c597-8W;397 c595-6W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements are made to ensure that contingency provision exists to safeguard the public in the event of a major civil disaster; when such arrangements were last updated; and what changes were made.

Asked by

Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 January 2003

Reference

397 c598W;397 c596W; 86596

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what common standards are set across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in order to ensure good and proper contingency provision; and what arrangements exist for their inspection.

Asked by

Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 December 2002

For answer on

14 January 2003

Answered on

14 January 2003

Tom Brake: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what common standards are set across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in order to ensure good and proper contingency provision; and what arrangements exist for their inspection. [86598] Mr. Blunkett: I have been asked to reply. Consistency between the guidance documents is ensured by liaison between the Cabinet Office and the devolved Administrations, who work together to deliver co-ordinated contingency planning across the United Kingdom. The core guidance documents for contingency planning arrangements for England and Wales are: "Dealing With Disaster" (3rd Edition) and "Standards for Civil Protection in England and Wales" produced by the Home Office in October 1999. A revised version of "Dealing With Disaster" is scheduled for publication in the first half of 2003. The arrangements are under the oversight of the Cabinet Committee on Civil Contingencies and Resilience which I chair. Emergency planning in Scotland is a devolved responsibility. In Scotland and Northern Ireland the guidance reflects the principles and methodology of the above documents but is adapted to take account of local circumstances. The main guidance document in Scotland is: "Dealing With Disaster Together" produced by the Scottish Executive Justice Department. In Northern Ireland, the key documents are: "A Guide to Emergency Planning in Northern Ireland", which is currently under review, and "Northern Ireland Standards in Civil Protection". Auditing is carried out by a range of bodies. For example, the emergency services are monitored by service inspectorates, and the National Audit Office monitors the work of central Government Departments.

Date

14 January 2003

Reference

86598; 397 c598-9W;397 c596-7W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements are in place to ensure that emergency services are able to efficiently and effectively liaise and work together in the event of a major civil disaster; and what common training and instructions exist to ensure that emergency services are able...

Asked by

Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 December 2002

For answer on

19 December 2002

Answered on

19 December 2002

Tom Brake: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what arrangements are in place to ensure that emergency services are able to efficiently and effectively liaise and work together in the event of a major civil disaster; and what common training and instructions exist to ensure that emergency services are able to efficiently work and communicate together in such an event. [86597] Mr. Alexander: The Government's "Dealing with Disaster" (3rd Edition) sets out core guidance for all emergency services in achieving a co-ordinated response in the event of a major incident or disaster. The emergency procedures manuals of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), the Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association (CACFOA) and the Ambulance Services Association (ASA) all contain guidance on the management of emergencies. Because of the lead role of the police in co-ordinating the emergency services response to major incidents, the ACPO guidance sets out, in detail, the relationships and working arrangements between all of the emergency services in responding to a major incident. These arrangements are jointly exercised against different scenarios. The emergency services each have an emergency procedures sub-committee, which meets regularly to ensure that they abide by best practice in co-ordinating responses. Apart from their own individual service training and exercise schedules, the emergency services regularly run joint exercises both to train for and to validate their joint response arrangements, especially command, control, and communications. The Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College regularly hosts and runs multi-agency major incident management events. For specific scenario exercising and training, such as those around chemical plants, civil nuclear power stations and major transport arrangements (by rail, sea and air), scenario- based multi-agency exercises are regularly carried out (often as a requirement under licensing regulations). Post Exercise Reports are regularly lodged, for wider dissemination and information, at the Emergency Planning College.

Date

19 December 2002

Reference

86597; 396 c892-3W;396 c890-1W

House

House of Commons

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the need for more effective planning for emergencies between government departments, local government and the other bodies concerned

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the need for more effective planning for emergencies between government departments, local government and the other bodies concerned. Motion withdrawn.

Lead member

Lord Roper

Answering member

Baroness Harris of Richmond

Department

Home Office

Type

Parliamentary proceedings

Date

4 December 2002

Reference

641 c1185-209

House

House of Lords

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what help the UK Government has made available to (a) the Spanish and (b) the Portuguese authorities to help tackle the environmental repercussions of the Prestige oil disaster.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 November 2002

For answer on

3 December 2002

Answered on

3 December 2002

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what help the UK Government have made available to (a) the Spanish and (b) the Portuguese authorities to help tackle the environmental repercussions of the Prestige oil disaster. [84740] Mr. Jamieson: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) received a request on 13 November from the Spanish embassy via the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for offers of assistance for an at-sea clean-up operation, following an oil spill from M/V Prestige. An offer of immediate salvage and counter pollution advice and equipment was passed to the Spanish embassy. This request was repeated on 14 November by the European Commission's Civil Protection and Environmental Accidents Unit, which was assessing availability of equipment for collective help to Spain. On 14 November the MCA offered Spain a range of equipment and expertise, outlining the elements of the UK's own oil spill response capability that could be utilised in this incident. This offer was enhanced on the 19th with information about an oil spill recovery vessel--the Sefton Supporter owned by Gulf Offshore that operates in the Irish Sea. On 21 November the MCA received a further request from the European Commission's Civil Protection Co- operation Mechanism, on behalf of Spain and Portugal, for information on the availability, costs/hire charges and mobilisation time of specialised equipment for the recovery of heavy oil. On 24 November MCA's offer of assistance was accepted and, after discussion with the Spanish Authorities, three Artic lorries with specialist equipment and one flat bed lorry equipped with a 10ft crane was sent by ferry, due to arrive in La Coruna 28 November. The MCA are also sending five trained personnel to operate and help deploy this equipment. Additionally an aerial surveillance capability was requested by Spain on 27 November and this is being deployed by 3 December. The Spanish Authorities also contacted Gulf Offshore directly requesting the services of the Sefton Supporter, which arrived in La Coruna on 27 November.Defra's Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science has also contacted the scientists working on impact assessment and offered any technical assistance they may find helpful.

Date

3 December 2002

Reference

84740; 395 c669-70W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals there are to privatise the Defence Fire Service; and who would have control of the service if there were a major crisis.

Asked by

Jimmy Wray (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2002

Reference

83227; 395 c376W

House

House of Commons

Hunt of Kings Heath, Lord

Whether the National Health Service is adequately prepared to cope with terrorist attacks or disasters.

Asked by

Earl Howe (Conservative)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2002

Reference

641 c375-6

House

House of Lords

Hunt of Kings Heath, Lord

Answered by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

20 November 2002

Reference

641 c375-6

House

House of Lords

Hunt of Kings Heath, Lord

1st supplementary on improving the training of key staff in the health service and ensuring the availability of relevant equipment to cope with terrorist attacks or disasters.

Asked by

Earl Howe (Conservative)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2002

Reference

641 c375-6

House

House of Lords

Hunt of Kings Heath, Lord

Answered by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

20 November 2002

Reference

641 c375-6

House

House of Lords

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