To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her Answer of 22 March 2006, Official Report, column 444W, on soil guideline values, when officials from her Department met officials from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister over the last 12 months to discuss...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her Answer of 22 March 2006, Official Report, column 444W, on soil guideline values, when officials from her Department met officials from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister over the last 12 months to discuss...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her Department's policy is on applications for the use of borehole soakways on brownfield sites with surface drainage constraints.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her Department's policy is on applications for the use of borehole soakways on brownfield sites with surface drainage constraints.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Government Decontamination Service has the capacity to operate in response to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents abroad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Government Decontamination Service has the capacity to operate in response to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents abroad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what opportunities interested institutions and individuals will have to comment on the draft radioactively contaminated land exposure assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what opportunities interested institutions and individuals will have to comment on the draft radioactively contaminated land exposure assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) assessment she has made of and (b) research she has (i) commissioned and (ii) evaluated on the impact on surrounding agricultural land of (A) building, (B) operating and (C) decommissioning nuclear power stations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) assessment she has made of and (b) research she has (i) commissioned and (ii) evaluated on the impact on surrounding agricultural land of (A) building, (B) operating and (C) decommissioning nuclear power stations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what criteria she uses in deciding whether to include upland farms covered by restrictions due to Chernobyl radioactive fall-out in areas to be designated under the revised radioactive land contamination regime.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what criteria she uses in deciding whether to include upland farms covered by restrictions due to Chernobyl radioactive fall-out in areas to be designated under the revised radioactive land contamination regime.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many sites have been identified as radioactively contaminated within the scope of Part IIA of the Environment Act 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many sites have been identified as radioactively contaminated within the scope of Part IIA of the Environment Act 1990.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on property development on contaminated brownfield sites, especially Littleport near Ely.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on property development on contaminated brownfield sites, especially Littleport near Ely.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who is responsible for protecting water supplies from tampering; and what measures are taken to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who is responsible for protecting water supplies from tampering; and what measures are taken to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the (a) economic and (b) animal health impacts of the pollution of silage by earth.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the (a) economic and (b) animal health impacts of the pollution of silage by earth.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK hazardous waste landfills are licensed to receive contaminated soils.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK hazardous waste landfills are licensed to receive contaminated soils.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department has allocated to the Environment Agency for the development and delivery of training to local authority staff working on land affected by contamination in each year since Part IIA of the Environmental Protection...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department has allocated to the Environment Agency for the development and delivery of training to local authority staff working on land affected by contamination in each year since Part IIA of the Environmental Protection...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much contaminated soil has been disposed of to landfill since the coming into force of regulations implementing the EU Waste Framework Directive; and what the figure was in the equivalent period prior to the coming into force...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much contaminated soil has been disposed of to landfill since the coming into force of regulations implementing the EU Waste Framework Directive; and what the figure was in the equivalent period prior to the coming into force...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) the Environment Agency have had with Corby Borough Council concerning the decontamination of the land formerly occupied by the British Steel ironworks at Corby.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) the Environment Agency have had with Corby Borough Council concerning the decontamination of the land formerly occupied by the British Steel ironworks at Corby.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what sub-groups have been set up to the Soil Guideline Values Taskforce; when she expects them to report to the Taskforce; and if she will make a statement; what the aims of the Soil Guideline Values Taskforce are;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what sub-groups have been set up to the Soil Guideline Values Taskforce; when she expects them to report to the Taskforce; and if she will make a statement; what the aims of the Soil Guideline Values Taskforce are;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the work of the taskforce on soil guidance values; and when she expects this group to report formally on the outcomes of their work and meetings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the work of the taskforce on soil guidance values; and when she expects this group to report formally on the outcomes of their work and meetings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much financial assistance has been given to meet the capital costs of site investigation and clean up of contaminated land in each of the last three years (a) in total and (b) broken down by local authority;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much financial assistance has been given to meet the capital costs of site investigation and clean up of contaminated land in each of the last three years (a) in total and (b) broken down by local authority;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial assistance she makes available to local authorities to compensate residents living on contaminated land where the owners of the land have gone into liquidation; and if she will make a statement; if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial assistance she makes available to local authorities to compensate residents living on contaminated land where the owners of the land have gone into liquidation; and if she will make a statement; if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to reverse long-term land degradation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to reverse long-term land degradation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has commissioned on the duration of damage to (a) soil and (b) ground water on land that was used for (i) munitions production or (ii) fireworks production; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has commissioned on the duration of damage to (a) soil and (b) ground water on land that was used for (i) munitions production or (ii) fireworks production; and if she will make a statement.