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To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the decision by the Netherlands to reintroduce covid-19 restrictions.

Asked by

Rachael Maskell (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 July 2021

Reference

34532

House

House of Commons

The introduction of a universal basic income

This Commons Library debate pack briefing has been prepared in advance of a debate in Westminster Hall on "the introduction of a universal basic income" scheduled for Tuesday 13 October 2020 at 9.30 am . The debate will be led by Ronnie Cowan MP, Neil Gray MP, Clive Lewis MP...

Type

Commons Debate packs

Date

9 October 2020

Reference

CDP-2020-0096

Equine Infectious Anaemia

I wish to inform the House that on the afternoon of 6 September 2010 the chief veterinary officer for the United Kingdom confirmed equine infectious anaemia (EIA) in one horse in Northumberland following importation from the Netherlands. A single premises is currently under disease control restrictions and the infected horse...

Member

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written statements

Date

8 September 2010

Reference

515 c17-8WS

House

House of Commons

Q-Fever

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to prevent the outbreak of Q-Fever amongst goats in the Netherlands from reaching the United Kingdom.

Asked by

Lord Patten (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 January 2010

Reference

1262; 716 c301WA

House

House of Lords

Agriculture: Ring Rot

What representations they have made to the Dutch Government following the outbreak of ring rot in 2005 in Wales on the farm of John Morgan, owner of Morgrow Seed Potatoes.

Asked by

Baroness Byford (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 May 2006

Reference

5491; 682 c1WA

House

House of Lords

Ring Rot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the (a) correspondence and (b) meetings the Department has had with representatives from the Royal Netherlands embassy in connection with the outbreak of ring rot of potatoes in 2003 in Wales.

Asked by

Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 March 2006

For answer on

18 April 2006

Answered on

25 April 2006

[holding answer 18 April 2006]: A list of correspondence between the Department and representatives from the Royal Netherlands embassy, in connection with the outbreak of potato ring rot in Wales in 2003, is as follows. This includes some correspondence associated with subsequent outbreaks. There have been no meetings between the Department and the Royal Netherlands embassy to discuss this issue.

List of correspondence between DEFRA and Royal NL embassy concerning the 2003 ring rot outbreak
Type ofcorrespondence	Date	Between	Subject
Letter	1 April 2004	McIntosh/Thissen	Inviting contributions to the lessons learned review
e-mail	14 May 2004	McIntosh/Thissen	Extension to lessons learned review
Letter	26 May 2004	Thissen/McIntosh	Response to lessons learned review
Letter	9 June 2004	McIntosh/Thissen	Providing draft copy of lessons learned report
Letter	18 June 2004	McIntosh/Thissen	With thanks for contributing to the lessons
e-mail	27 August 2004	Thissen/McIntosh	Thanks for copy of draft lessons learned review
Letter	8 September 2004	Hunter/Thissen	State of affairs
Letter	13 September 2004	McIntosh/Thissen	Providing a copy of the final lessons learned review
e-mail	12 October 2004	Thissen/McIntosh	State of affairs
e-mail	6 December 2004	McIntosh/Thissen	State of affairs
e-mail	5 January 2005	McIntosh/Thissen	State of affairs
e-mail	17 January 2005	Rikken/McIntosh/Thissen	State of affairs
e-mail	25 January 2005	Rikken/McIntosh/Thissen	State of affairs
Letter	2 February 2005	Van Opstal/Thissen/Hunter	New notification Regulations
e-mail	26 April 2005	Rikken/McIntosh/Hunter	State of affairs

Date

25 April 2006

Reference

63183; 445 c984-6W;445 c984-6W

House

House of Commons

Potato Ring Rot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of whether all the potatoes identified as being infected with ring rot in this country were processed in the same grading station in Holland.

Asked by

Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 July 2005

Reference

11315; 436 c1966-7W;436 c1966-7W

House

House of Commons

Potatoes Originating in The Netherlands (Revocation) (England) Regulations 2005

SI 2005/278 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 7 March 2005

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

11 February 2005

Reference

SI 2005/278

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dutch Potatoes (Notification) (England) Order 2005

SI 2005/279 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 7 March 2005

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

11 February 2005

Reference

SI 2005/279

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

Whitty, Lord

Whether the Government of the Netherlands carries out checks on potatoes exported to the United Kingdom. [HL 5579].

Asked by

Baroness Byford (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

654 c365WA; HL 5579

House

House of Lords

Whitty, Lord

What steps the Dutch authorities are taking with regard to placing restrictions on potato movements from the farm of origin and from contiguous farms. [HL 5581].

Asked by

Baroness Byford (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

654 c365WA; HL 5581

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on preparedness for an outbreak of Avian Influenza in the UK.

Asked by

Peter Duncan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 June 2003

Reference

118326; 406 c1084-5W;406 c1086-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations her Department has received about chicken influenza in Germany and Holland and importing poultry from these countries; and if she will make a statement. - Includes ref to Animals and Animal (Import and Export) (England...

Asked by

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 June 2003

For answer on

12 June 2003

Answered on

12 June 2003

Mr. Cameron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations her Department has received about chicken influenza in Germany and Holland and importing poultry from these countries; and if she will make a statement. [117139] Mr. Morley: Aside from three written Parliamentary Questions and three letters from MPs, Defra has received letters from the National Farmers Union and the British Egg Industry Council concerning the outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) in the Netherlands and the affected part of Germany. European Community law (Council Directive 92/40/ EEC) lays down procedures for controlling AI outbreaks in EU member states. The measures taken by the Dutch and German authorities and endorsed by the European Commission follow the rules laid down in this Directive. In line with Community Law, in March 2003 Defra issued a Declaration under Regulation 27 of the Animals and Animal (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 introducing a ban on the import of live poultry, hatching eggs and racing/show pigeons from the Netherlands. Further Declarations have been issued prohibiting the import of poultry and hatching eggs from the affected part of Germany. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland introduced similar measures. The European Commission is keeping all member states informed of the AI situation in the Netherlands and in the affected part of Germany. The Government are satisfied that the German and Dutch Authorities are doing all that is needed to control the disease. Defra will continue to monitor the situation in both Germany and the Netherlands. Officials have reviewed and updated the AI contingency arrangements and the Department is in close touch with the UK poultry industry about measures we would take should AI appear here. Defra has kept the industry informed and up to date information on the AI situation may be obtained from the Defra website.

Date

12 June 2003

Reference

117139; 406 c1007W;406 c1011-2W

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 ban imports of cull day-old chicks from the Netherlands and Belgium; what steps she is taking to prevent the spread of avian influenza from continental Europe to the UK; if she will extend the import...

Asked by

George Osborne (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 May 2003

For answer on

22 May 2003

Answered on

22 May 2003

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if she will ban imports of cull day-old chicks from the Netherlands and Belgium; [113700] (2) what steps she is taking to prevent the spread of avian influenza from continental Europe to the UK; [113699] (3) if she will extend the import ban on live poultry and hatching eggs to include table eggs from the Netherlands and Belgium. [113701] Mr. Morley: In order to prevent the spread of Avian Influenza (AI) from the European Union to the UK the Department has taken the following steps. In March 2003 Defra issued Declarations under Regulation 27 of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (and equivalent legislation in the devolved territories) introducing a ban on the import of live poultry, hatching eggs and racing/show pigeons from the Netherlands and Belgium. These Declarations make it a criminal offence to import live poultry and hatching eggs into England from both the Netherlands and Belgium. A further Declaration was issued on 9 May 2003 prohibiting the import of live poultry and hatching eggs from the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have also introduced similar measures. In normal circumstances, all birds (poultry or captive birds) entering the UK from the EU must be accompanied by an EU model health certificate stating that premises and area of origin are free from AI. The Government have also banned the import from the Netherlands, Belgium and from the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany of fresh, unprocessed and non-heat treated poultry manure and litter. EU legislation does not permit trade in fresh poultry meat if it was obtained from poultry originating in established surveillance zones in those countries. In addition, action was also taken on 16 May to ban the importation into the UK of cull day old chicks from the Netherlands, Belgium and from the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. Table eggs do not present a high risk of spread of disease. Any risk would be of mechanical transmission of virus on eggs, packaging or means of transport. Controls in force in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany provide good safeguards against this risk and a ban on imports would be disproportionate. Defra has reminded egg and poultry producers in the UK about the need for stringent biosecurity measures at all times. To minimise the introduction of AI into their flocks by means of faecal contamination, poultry producers should ensure that their boots, clothing, equipment and vehicles are disinfected. Access by wild birds should be minimised, for instance by clearing up feed spillages. Officials have asked poultry producers in the UK to be vigilant for any signs of respiratory disease in birds and contact their local veterinary office immediately if they have any concerns. The Department is monitoring the AI situation in the EU. Should there be any significant changes, the risk assessment for the UK will be reviewed. Officials have reviewed and updated the Contingency Plan, are learning the lessons about the Dutch outbreak from the authorities there, and remain in close touch with the poultry industry about measures we would take should the disease appear here.

Date

22 May 2003

Reference

405 c888-9W; 113700;113699;113701

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect the British poultry industry from avian influenza. - Includes ref to Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000.

Asked by

Bill Wiggin (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 March 2003

For answer on

20 March 2003

Answered on

20 March 2003

Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to protect the British poultry industry from avian influenza. [102372] Mr. Morley: In order to protect the British poultry industry from avian influenza (AI) the Department has taken the following steps. On 21 February 2003 and 3 March 2003 Defra and the Devolved Administrations issued Declarations under Regulation 27 of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (and equivalent legislation in the devolved territories) introducing a ban on the import of live poultry and hatching eggs into the UK from Hong Kong and the Netherlands respectively following outbreaks of avian influenza in these countries. These Declarations make it a criminal offence to import live poultry and hatching eggs into the UK from both Hong Kong and the Netherlands. Following a suspicion of AI in Belgium, a further Declaration was issued on 12 March 2003 prohibiting the import of live poultry and hatching eggs from Belgium. In addition to the above, on 14 March 2003 Defra also banned the import of racing/show pigeons into England from the Netherlands and Belgium under domestic legislation due to the disease risk they presented. Similar Declarations are being introduced in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In normal circumstances, all birds (poultry or captive birds) entering the UK must be accompanied by an EU model health certificate stating that premises and area of origin are free from AI. In addition, captive bird imports into the UK from Third Countries are subject to a 30 days quarantine during which birds must be laboratory tested for avian influenza. Defra has reminded egg and poultry producers in the UK about the need for stringent biosecurity measures at all times. To minimise the introduction of AI into their flocks by means of faecal contamination, poultry producers should ensure that their boots, clothing, equipment and vehicles are disinfected. Access by wild birds should be minimised, for instance by clearing up feed spillages. Officials have asked poultry producers in the UK to be vigilant for any signs of respiratory disease in birds and contact their local veterinary office immediately if they have any concerns. The Department is monitoring the AI situation in the Netherlands and Belgium, and should there be any significant change the risk assessment for the UK will be reviewed.

Date

20 March 2003

Reference

102372; 401 c871-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps farmers can take to improve bio security to prevent avian influenza.

Asked by

Bill Wiggin (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 March 2003

Reference

102368; 401 c635-6W

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 representatives from (a) New Zealand, (b) Ireland and (c) the Netherlands on the search for a cattle vaccine against bovine TB.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 February 2003

Reference

95064; 399 c373W;399 c371W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that once the foot and mouth disease export restrictions have been lifted UK animals exported under licence to France and the Netherlands are not then re-exported to southern European countries. -...

Asked by

David Rendel (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 November 2001

Reference

13547; 374 c597W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will assess the results of recent vaccinations against foot and mouth disease in (a) The Netherlands, (b) Albania, (c) Macedonia, (d) Taiwan and (e) Algeria. - (Holding answer 1 May 2001).

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 May 2001

Reference

368 c478W;368 c480W; 159989

House

House of Commons

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