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To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on how much money was transferred to the Board of Trustees of the High House Production Park on the closure of the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation.

Asked by
Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative)
Answering body
Communities and Local Government
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 April 2012
Reference
104113; 543 c633W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to ensure that the local community is represented on the Board of High House Production Park in Thurrock.

Asked by
Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative)
Answering body
Communities and Local Government
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 April 2012
Reference
104112; 543 c632-3W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on who has been appointed trustees of the High House Production Park in Thurrock; by whom they were appointed; and for how long.

Asked by
Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative)
Answering body
Communities and Local Government
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 April 2012
Reference
104116; 543 c633W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make an assessment of trends in levels of livestock production in each of the last five years.

Asked by
Ian Jnr Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 March 2012
Reference
99885; 542 c237W
House
House of Commons
Labour believes that public procurement should be reformed to play its part in our economic recovery and to support jobs, skills and apprenticeships here in the UK. The Government spend £2 billion a year on food and are well placed to support British farmers and food businesses by buying British. I heard what the Secretary of State said and was unclear about the percentage that is sourced from UK producers, but her latest figures show that the Department bought less than a third of its food from UK producers in 2011. Why is that, and what does she intend to do about it?
Asked by
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c867-8
House
House of Commons
In the rural strand of the growth review that we published alongside the autumn statement, we announced an export action plan which, as I indicated earlier, will be out later this month, and an innovation summit to support the agri-food industry. We also announced a new £15 million loan fund for community renewables, a £15 million fund for rural growth networks and support for mid-sized businesses to access £6 billion a year of savings available from resource efficiency.
Answered by
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c867
House
House of Commons
There is no confusion at all here. Government buying standards are mandatory across all Departments. They require food to be procured to British standards. That is compatible not only with WTO rules but with the rules that cover the operation of the EU internal market—the very basic framework that any Secretary of State or shadow Secretary of State should understand. The hon. Lady also completely overlooks the importance of our drive on exports. I remind her that in the last year alone, there has been an 11.4% increase in food and drink exports from this country to the wider world.
Answered by
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c868
House
House of Commons
As we have discussed, the situation has not changed since the hon. Lady's party was in office. The difference is that the Government have placed a requirement on all Departments to procure food to British standards. As a shadow Secretary of State, she cannot encourage the Government of the day to breach WTO rules by calling for British products. That is the distinction. We want to encourage the industry to produce more food to the high standards that we require and to encourage Government Departments and the wider public to consume food that is produced to that very high standard.
Answered by
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c867-8
House
House of Commons
I am sure the hon. Gentleman understands that World Trade Organisation rules mean that we can require purchasing to British standards in Government procurement, but we cannot require produce to be British. We adhere to those rules, and we actively promote Government buying standards involving all Departments sourcing food that is produced to British standards in order to promote those standards. In my own Department, the figure is 18%.
Answered by
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c867
House
House of Commons
Clearly nutrition is a lead for the Department of Health, but it is quite clear that meat forms part of a balanced diet. I am very proud of the fact that producers in this country produce meat to the highest standards of animal welfare, food and hygiene anywhere in the world. As we have just discussed, we actively promote the consumption of food that is produced to those very high standards within Government and among the wider public.
Answered by
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c867
House
House of Commons
Within the CAP proposals, there is an endeavour to balance the need to promote animal welfare and protection of the environment in parallel with producing food sustainably, but the important thing in concluding trade deals with non-EU countries—2012 ought to the be the year of UK trade deals as emerging markets offer great potential to our industry—is to have the higher standards to which British food is produced recognised in the wider world and at global level.
Answered by
Caroline Spelman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c868-9
House
House of Commons
I think the whole House has a perfect right to know what I had for breakfast this morning. I started with sausages, bacon and egg—only one, of course, because I am on a health kick. In tucking in, I was reassured by the fact that 90% of all the food purchased by the House is sourced in the United Kingdom, encouraging British growth and British jobs. Will the Secretary of State tell the House not what she had for breakfast—too much information already—but what proportion of food purchased by her own Department is sourced in the United Kingdom?
Asked by
Tom Harris (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c867
House
House of Commons
The Secretary of State is confused. DEFRA Ministers are simply failing to deliver jobs and growth in the UK food industry, which is the country's largest manufacturing sector. We have seen how unfair competition from abroad for egg producers has been allowed—DEFRA is supine. My hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore (Huw Irranca-Davies), the shadow food Minister, has asked many questions, yet No. 10 has not revealed how much of its food is sourced from the UK. There is confusion across Government: some Departments reply on what British produce they bought, and some reply on food that is sourced to UK standards. Will she have a word and ensure that the next time guests sit down for dinner with the Prime Minister, the food they enjoy is 100% UK-sourced and that it supports jobs in this country?
Asked by
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c868
House
House of Commons
I shall do my best, Mr Speaker. If British farmers are to compete on the world market, support systems must not simply allow British farmers to avoid creating the ranch-and-prairie environmental deserts that we clearly do not want. Does my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State believe that the common agricultural policy reforms are currently moving things in the right direction?
Asked by
Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c868-9
House
House of Commons
Many people are employed in rural areas, particularly the uplands, in livestock production. Does the Secretary of State share my concern about the conflicting messages from her Department and the Department of Health about the eating of meat, which could potentially have very damaging consequences for jobs and growth in rural areas?
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
538 c867
House
House of Commons
What steps she is taking to promote jobs and growth in the food production and environmental industries.
Asked by
Tom Harris (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
19 January 2012
Reference
90499; 538 c867
House
House of Commons

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on the restoration of oil and gas production in Libya; and when they expect the first exports to begin.

Asked by
Lord Hylton (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 October 2011
Reference
12137; 731 c24WA
House
House of Lords

SI 2011/2451. With an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Coming into force 7 November 2011.

Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Statutory instruments
Notes
Revoked by SI 2012/2573
Date
13 October 2011
Reference
SI 2011/2451
House
House of Commons; House of Lords

As required under the Animal Health Act 1981 (as amended by the Animal Health Act 2002) the Government will publish today a review of controls on the import of animal products for the financial year 2010-11. Following my first year as Minister of State responsible for agriculture and food, I...

Member
James Paice (Conservative)
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written statements
Date
13 September 2011
Reference
532 c42-3WS
House
House of Commons

My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food has today made the following Statement. As required under the Animal Health Act 1981 (as amended by the Animal Health Act 2002) the Government will publish today a review of controls on the import of animal products for...

Member
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written statements
Date
13 September 2011
Reference
730 c45WS
House
House of Lords