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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for roadside drug testing; and what assessment he has made of the (a) value and (b) effectiveness of such tests.

Asked by

Jim Cousins (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1833W;432 c1828W; 221704

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will instruct gas emergency services to carry and use equipment to test for and detect carbon monoxide.

Asked by

Barry Sheerman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1613W;432 c1608-9W; 224697

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place copies in the Library of all (a) reports, (b) memoranda, (c) audits and (d) other evaluations that were produced (i) by Boscombe Down and (ii) on behalf of Boscombe Down during flight trials of the Chinook Mark 2...

Asked by

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1747W;432 c1742W; 218162

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March, Official Report, columns 1925-6W, on Bovine Artificial Insemination, what the reasons are for the difference in the costs of official testing of bull semen in Northern Ireland and in Great Britain.

Asked by

Lord Blencathra (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

432 c1526W;432 c1522W; 224591

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce field trials of devices for detecting biological warfare agents used on the battlefield to detect levels of TB in badgers in the West Country.

Asked by

Anthony Steen (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1368W;432 c1364W; 224236

House

House of Commons

Whitty, Lord

Further to the statement by the Lord Whitty on 23 March 2005, 671 c146GC, what they understand by the phrase "we have introduced better surveillance" in relation to bovine tuberculosis and the acute risk of infection of livestock by badgers. [HL 2008]. - Inc ref to TB in Cattle -...

Asked by

Lord Hylton (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

671 c105WA; HL 2008

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers she has to enforce tuberculosis tests on dairy farmers; and how many times these powers have been used in the last three years.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1369W;432 c1365W; 220766

House

House of Commons

Whitty, Lord

Whether bacteriological spot checks are necessary to ensure that imported feathers and baling material have been sufficiently treated to destroy all viral contamination. [HL 1978].

Asked by

Duke of Montrose (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

671 c104WA; HL 1978

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many premises were assigned during the UK foot-and-mouth epidemic in 2004 to the (a) infected premises, (b) dangerous contact - 3km cull, (c) dangerous contact - contiguous cull, (d) dangerous contact - other, (e) slaughter on suspicion...

Asked by

Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 March 2005

For answer on

5 April 2005

Answered on

5 April 2005

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many premises were assigned during the UK foot and mouth epidemic in 2004 to the (a) infected premises, (b) dangerous contact--3 km cull, (c) dangerous contact--contiguous cull, (d) dangerous contact-- other, (e) slaughter on suspicion and (f) voluntary firebreak cull category; how many premises in each category were subject to laboratory testing; how many positives were identified in each category by such testing; how much compensation was paid for the value of the animals that were slaughtered at premises in each category; what the cost was of cleansing and disinfection at premises in each category; and how many animals were slaughtered at premises in each category, broken down by species. [224565] Mr. Bradshaw: [holding answer 4 April 2005]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for East Surrey (Mr. Ainsworth) on 23 March 2005, Official Report, column 838W, for the details requested at (a) to (f) , in particular at Tables (ii) and (iv). However, we are unable to identify the information separately for the voluntary firebreak cull. Compensation paid for the value of animals in each category is a follows: (a) £482,625,076 (b) £68,677,197 (c) and (d) £527,477,519 (Defra is unable to distinguish between dangerous contact--contiguous cull and dangerous contact--other) (e) £24,639,178 The information required on the cost of cleansing and disinfecting at premises in each category is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1359-60W;432 c1355-6W; 224565

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of (a) providing free sight tests for all, (b) meeting the cost of all prescription charges and (c) meeting the cost of all charges for dental care; and what estimate has...

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1244-5W; 221808

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the Secret Intelligence Service commissioned the chemical defence establishment at Porton Down to conduct experiments with the chemical LSD on service personnel; when these experiments took place; what the outcome was of the trials; how many...

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1234W; 220430

House

House of Commons

Untitled Debate on bill

Drugs Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question.

Lead member

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Answering member

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

671 c532-62

House

House of Lords

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will carry out a study of the health of veterans of the British Nuclear Test Programme.

Asked by

Betty Williams (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1213W; 223378

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost was of eye tests carried out on the NHS to (a) individuals and (b) the NHS in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1997.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2005

Reference

432 c1052-3W; 222182

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of offenders are tested for illicit drugs at the time of arrest; and what proportion of those test positive.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2005

Reference

432 c966W; 219123

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to bring dispensing opticians within the scope of NHS regulation; if he will change General Ophthalmic Services regulations to allow optometrists and ophthalmic opticians to refer patients directly to hospital eye services; what plans he has to amend...

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2005

Reference

432 c914W;432 c913W; 221960

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of differences in the (a) regulation and (b) supply of herbal products in each EU member state; and what steps he intends to take through the Herbal Medicinal Products Working Group to ensure that the requirements in...

Asked by

David Tredinnick (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 March 2005

For answer on

22 March 2005

Answered on

22 March 2005

Mr. Tredinnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of differences in the (a) regulation and (b) supply of herbal products in each EU member state; and what steps he intends to take through the Herbal Medicinal Products Working Group to ensure that the requirements in respect of (i) quality standards and (ii) other matters for the registration of dossiers under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive are set at a level appropriate to traditional herbal medicinal products; [222528] (2) whether he intends to make it his policy in implementing the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive fully to use all the options afforded for national flexibility; and what account he will take of the potential regulatory burden on small and medium sized enterprises; [222529] (3) when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency expects to issue a comprehensive assessment of the costs of implementation of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive; [222530] (4) when he expects the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to consult on the fees for processing registrations under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive; whether that consultation will assess the impact of the proposed fee levels upon small and medium sized enterprises; and whether in setting the date for that consultation he expects the Agency to take account of the need of such enterprises to assess the impact of those costs before deciding whether to submit registrations under the provisions of the legislation prior to the deadline of October. [222531] Miss Melanie Johnson: [holding answer 17 March 2005]: Before the European Commission brought forward proposals for the Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products (Directive 2004/24/EC) a study was carried out for the Commission on the then arrangements for regulation of herbal medicines across the European Union (EU). This demonstrated that there were significant differences between member states. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) understands from discussion with industry and regulatory authorities in other EU member states that this assessment has been widely supported, and we do not see any need to replicate the work. There are many thousands of herbal products on the market of one or more EU member state and variously falling within different categories, such as medicines, foods, food supplements, cosmetics or general consumer products. We do not see a case for commissioning a comparative assessment of the position in each member state and doubt its practicality. The main requirements on quality and on the information and data to be included in dossiers flow directly from the terms of the Directive. There are existing European guidelines on the quality and manufacturing standards for medicines, including herbal medicines. We understand that the Herbal Medicinal Products Committee, based at the European Medicines Agency, may review whether any additions or modifications to existing guidelines are desirable or whether further guidelines are required on other issues relating to the Directive. However, there is no fundamental reason why quality standards, for example as to the identity and quality of ingredients, freedom from unacceptable levels of contamination, and the claimed shelf life of the product, should be lowered for traditional herbal medicines as compared with the requirements for other medicines with a marketing authorisation. The absence of such standards in the existing United Kingdom regime for unlicensed herbal medicines has been associated with evidence of risk to public health from low quality products. The UK appointed member of the Committee has extensive scientific and practical regulatory knowledge of herbal medicines and has regular discussions with industry and other interested parties. There is a range of opportunities for industry to make its views known to the Committee and the MHRA has encouraged the UK industry to contribute actively in this area. Subject to the outcome of a further consultation on legislation to transpose the Directive into UK legislation, we intend to take advantage of the flexibility under the Directive to permit a transitional period to run until 2011 before products legally on the UK market at April 2004 are required to comply with the Directive. We also intend to permit product information to state the nature of the herbal tradition, which we believe will be helpful to consumers and to industry. The MHRA has an extensive programme of work in hand to help industry, and in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, prepare for the Directive. Measures have included: a programme of workshops for industry; around 30 meetings with individual companies to advise them on the possibility of registering their products under the Directive; extensive website guidance on the Directive; and regular discussions with the industry's Herbal Forum to identify and respond to issues of concern. The Agency has received considerable positive feedback on the help provided to industry. The MHRA gave indicative information on fee levels in the partial regulatory impact assessment published in 2003. In the light of detailed work that has taken place in the interim, updated specific proposals will be published for consultation by the early summer of 2005 along with an updated regulatory impact assessment. October 2005 is the date by which a registration scheme under the Directive must be introduced. It does not represent a deadline by which companies must apply to register products.

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c755-7W; 222528;222529;222530;222531

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a health study has been carried out by the Government since 1975 on veterans of the British Nuclear Test Programme.

Asked by

Betty Williams (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c1023W; 223379

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department is spending in 2004-05 on deployment trials to test the practicality and durability of various pinger models in gill net and tangle net fisheries off southwest England how much was spent in each of...

Asked by

Candy Atherton (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c640-1W;432 c640W; 222888

House

House of Commons

Whitty, Lord

What is the estimated cost per badger, based upon the estimated badger population in the south west and midland regions of England, of (a) providing manpower and resources for testing cattle for bovine tuberculosis; (b) the slaughter of affected cattle; (c) compensation of farmers for slaughtered livestock; and (d) damage...

Asked by

Countess of Mar (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 March 2005

Reference

671 c13-4WA; HL 1708

House

House of Lords

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