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My Lords, does the Minister agree that the issue is not really one of flexibility but one of basic sanity? If the land is too wet to support a combine harvester, surely it is too wet to harvest the crop.

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Lord Elystan-Morgan (Crossbench)

Oral questions - Supplementary

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Answered

Date

22 October 2008

Reference

704 c1126

House

House of Lords

Agriculture: Grassland

What estimates they have made of the likely consequences of the cuts in financial support for grassland-based sustainable research to (a) Welsh agriculture in general and (b) the future of the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in particular.

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Lord Elystan-Morgan (Crossbench)

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Answered on

18 April 2006

Defra procures research to support Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government policies relevant to sustainable agriculture at a range of research establishments including the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER). As IGER is a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) research institute, its future is a matter for the BBSRC and the institute. However, as a customer for the services provided by IGER, Defra has an interest in the maintenance of areas of expertise and service provision that relate to our present and developing needs. IGER continues to be an important research partner for Defra. This is reflected in my department’s continuing significant investment; we are committed to investing over £5 million in research programmes at IGER in 2006–07. No existing research programmes have been terminated early. Defra’s needs for scientific evidence and, therefore, the expertise required within the scientific community to service these needs, are changing. This has been documented in our Science Forward Look¹ and our recent consultation document Evidence and Innovation Strategy². We look to the UK science and engineering base as a whole, including public sector research institutes, the higher education institutions and the private sector, to provide the expertise required to support the delivery of our strategic priorities. ¹ Evidence and innovation: Defra’s needs from the sciences over the next 10 years, July 2004 www.defra.gov.uk/science/publications/documents/ScienceForwardLook3rd.pdf. ² Evidence and Innovation Strategy 2005–08: consultation document issued October 2005; www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/ei-straiecty/eis-consultdoc.pdf.

Date

18 April 2006

Reference

4208; 680 c160WA

House

House of Lords

Agriculture: Funding

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 2 March (WA 86), how the 11.56 per cent. reduction in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ funding for sustainable farming and food research for 2006–07 compares in percentage terms with funding available for (a) climate change and energy; (b)...

Asked by

Lord Elystan-Morgan (Crossbench)

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Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 April 2006

Reference

4573; 680 c159WA

House

House of Lords

Agriculture: Wales

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 2 March (WA 86) stating that the Welsh Assembly Government had been consulted with regard to their evidence and innovation strategy publication, how this was achieved in the light of the fact that the publication does not make any specific reference to...

Asked by

Lord Elystan-Morgan (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 March 2006

Reference

4574; 679 c228WA

House

House of Lords

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