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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has discussed the weighting given to heritage in the calculation of need for coastal defences with her counterpart in the Dutch government.

Asked by

Lord Deben (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

426 c989-90W;426 c993-4W; 193487

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcome was of the ECOFIN Council held on 21st October; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Jim Hood (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 October 2004

For answer on

1 November 2004

Answered on

1 November 2004

Mr. Hood: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the outcome was of the ECOFIN Council held on 21 October; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. [194071] Mr. Gordon Brown: The Council reviewed measures the Netherlands has taken following the Recommendation it issued under the EU's excessive deficit procedure. On the basis of a statement by the Commission, the Council took note that, at present, the action taken by the Dutch authorities in response to the Council's Recommendation of 2 June appears adequate to put an end, by 2005, to the present excessive deficit situation in the Netherlands. The Commission and the Council will continue to monitor the action taken. The Council was briefed by the Commission on last month's fiscal notifications by member states. Six member states--Greece, Germany, Italy, Hungary Slovakia and Cyprus--would record 2004 deficits significantly higher than previously reported. The Commission detailed that Greece's annual fiscal deficits were at least 2 percentage points higher than those stated in its returns every year starting from 2000. The Council looks forward to a detailed report from the Commission in time for the next ECOFIN, on Greece's deficit and debt data back to 1997. Poland highlighted the fact that Eurostat's decision on the accounting treatment of pension funds had added up to 2 percentage points to their deficit. Ministers raised concerns that statistical treatment should not result in perverse incentives to undertake necessary pension reforms and will return to the issue. The Council discussed the potential administrative burden for business of complying with legislation and regulation. The Council supported the development of a common European methodology, based on the recommendations of the EPC, to measure the administrative burden of EU legislation and regulation by, among others setting up pilot projects to determine the technical characteristics of the methodology and its application. The Council adopted Conclusions calling for the Commission to implement an administrative cost assessment for its proposals by 2005. ECOFIN will return to the topic of regulation, in particular the issue of competitiveness testing, later in the year, and regulatory reform will be discussed at 5 November European Council. The Council took note of the presentation by the Commission on: the 2003 annual report on protection of the EU's financial interests in the fight against fraud; a proposal for an anti-fraud action plan for 2004 and 2005; and a proposal for a Regulation on mutual assistance in the protection of the EU's financial interests. The Council was also briefed by the Commission on the conclusion and ratification of the EU's anti-fraud agreement with Switzerland and on a 12-year anti-contraband agreement reached by the Commission and 10 member states with Philip Morris International. The Council held an exchange of views on flexibility arrangements under the budget and the Commission's proposals for the 2007-13 period. The Council concluded that the current levels of flexibility were adequate, and that any changes to the Inter- Institutional Agreement would need to be taken in the context of the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework (2007-13). The Council received a presentation notifications by the Commission on proposals for modifying the EU's system of own resources. Over lunch, Ministers were informed of the outcome of the Eurogroup meeting held on 20 October. They discussed the EU's financial framework for the 2007-13 period and met Mr. James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, for a discussion of progress toward the Millennium Development Goals. Jon Cunliffe, Managing Director Macro-economic Policy and International Finance of the Treasury, represented the UK at ECOFIN.

Date

1 November 2004

Reference

194071; 426 c21-2W

House

House of Commons

Evidence by the Ambassador of the Netherlands on the Dutch Presidency. European Union Select Committee twenty eighth report session 2003/04.

Type

Select Committee reports; House of Lords papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

European Union Committee

Notes

Received 08.10.04

Date

14 September 2004

Reference

HL 166 2003/04

House

House of Lords

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) the Indian Government and (b) the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir concerning the decision to expel Mr Jim Borst from Kashmir.

Asked by

Andrew Mackinlay (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

424 c545W; 184989

House

House of Commons

Davies of Oldham, Lord

What proportion of gross domestic product was spent on transport investments between 1994 and 2001 in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. - Inc table for the UK. [HL 3378].

Asked by

Lord Berkeley (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 2004

Reference

HL 3378; 663 c54WA

House

House of Lords

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the rule 39 order made by the European Court of Human Rights to suspend removals from the Netherlands to Somalia pending determination of a challenge to such removals in application 15243/04; and if he...

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 June 2004

Reference

422 c1523W; 179910

House

House of Commons

Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2004

Draft SI on Extradition Act 2003 (amendment to designations). (Affirmative instrument). Together with an Explanatory Memorandum from the Home Office. Approved by Parliament. Made 20 July 2004 (SI 2004/1898). Coming into force 27 July 2004.

Department

Home Office

Type

Statutory instruments

Notes

DEBATE:SC (8TH) 14 JULY 2004;LH 16 JULY 2004

Date

17 June 2004

Reference

SI 2004/1898

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the itinerary was for the transport from the country of origin to the final country of destination of the potatoes which brought potato ring-rot into the UK. - Inc ref to Appendix VI of the Report (see...

Asked by

Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 May 2004

Reference

174154; 421 c831-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues in the Netherlands on similarities between the approaches taken in the UK and in the Netherlands to (a) the protection of the coastline, (b) the use of soft defences...

Asked by

Lord Deben (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 April 2004

Reference

164249; 420 c583W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the evaluation of the Netherlands' powers to require carriers to copy travel documents; and how this has influenced the Department's proposals.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 March 2004

Reference

419 c354-5W;419 c356-7W; 159530

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 26th January 2004, 417 c33W, on banned airlines, what restrictions have been placed on which aircraft operating in (a) Swiss, (b) Belgian and (c) Dutch airspace; why the restrictions have been imposed; and which airlines operate these...

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 February 2004

Reference

154570; 417 c1661W;417 c1659W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received about the case of former NATO employee Jan Willem Matser convicted of forgery and fraud in the Netherlands; what discussions he has had with the NATO Secretary General on the implications of the case; and if he...

Asked by

Harry Cohen (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 February 2004

Reference

417 c1459W; 154454

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Dutch government on prospects for a referendum in the Netherlands on a proposed European Constitution; and if he will make a statement. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 January 2004

Reference

150709; 417 c288-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether airlines operating in UK airspace are banned from (a) Swiss, (b) Belgian and (c) Dutch airspace. - Inc ref to 416 c545-6W, 12 January 2004. (Holding answer 22 January 2004).

Asked by

David Wilshire (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 January 2004

Reference

149971; 417 c33W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many visits have been made by his Department's officials or ministers to look at drugs treatment in (a) Sweden, (b) France, (c) Australia, (d) the Netherlands and (e) USA in the last six years. - (Holding answer 13 January 2004).

Asked by

Lord Mann (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 January 2004

Reference

416 c805W;416 c803W; 147764

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will seek (a) sanctions against and (b) compensation from (i) the Netherlands and (ii) other nations found to have failed adequately to check the infectivity of plants exported to the UK for commercial sale. (Holding answer...

Asked by

Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 December 2003

For answer on

6 January 2004

Answered on

6 January 2004

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she will seek (a) sanctions against and (b) compensation from (i) the Netherlands and (ii) other nations found to have failed adequately to check the infectivity of plants exported to the UK for commercial sale. [143664] Mr. Bradshaw: [holding answer 11 December 2003]: A Defra plant health official and an industry nominee recently made a visit to the Netherlands, at the invitation of the Dutch plant health authorities, to see how new EC measures against "Phytophthora ramorum" were being implemented. The visit has been the subject of misleading reports in the press. Boskoop, the main venue for sale of nursery stock in the Netherlands, was found to be fully compliant. At Aalsmeer, which is primarily a flower market, some consignments of plants were losing their plant passports when they were split up and sold on; a shortcoming which the Dutch plant heath authorities have agreed to address. Our surveillance of plants moving in trade, including those from the Netherlands, is being stepped up and plants found not to comply will continue to be destroyed. Collaboration between Forestry Commission scientists and their Dutch and German counterparts helped in 2001 to establish the link between dying trees in California and a new but minor disease on rhododendrons in Europe. We do not know how or where the pathogen arrived in Europe. Of the 330 UK findings, 70 per cent. have been on plants originating within this country, rather than imports. I do not believe it is appropriate at this stage to seek sanctions or compensation from the other countries with whom we are working to deal with this threat to European trees. The first recourse for someone who has received infected plants should be their supplier.

Date

6 January 2004

Reference

143664; 416 c268W

House

House of Commons

Home Office minute dated 17 December 2003, concerning a contingent liability consequent upon provision of an indemnity to operators of new detection technology in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

Type

Unprinted command papers

Date

17 December 2003

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what costs he estimates will be incurred by the proposed development of a joint NATO and European amphibious capability; how the chain of command within the UK/Netherlands amphibious capability will be adapted if this develops into a joint NATO and European amphibious...

Asked by

Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

415 c277-8W;415 c277W; 142284;142283

House

House of Commons

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