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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) regulatory and (b) statutory quality guidelines local authorities are required to comply with in their management of cemeteries and burial grounds relating to (i) avoidance of land pollution from decontaminated land and (ii) flooding of ground.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) regulatory and (b) statutory quality guidelines local authorities are required to comply with in their management of cemeteries and burial grounds relating to (i) avoidance of land pollution from decontaminated land and (ii) flooding of ground.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of UK carbon emissions were attributable to (a) electricity generation, (b) aviation and (c) road transport in each year since 1990.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of UK carbon emissions were attributable to (a) electricity generation, (b) aviation and (c) road transport in each year since 1990.
| CO2 emissions as a percentage of UK total Percentage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy industries | Domestic aviation | International aviation | Road transport | |
| 1990 | 34 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 19 |
| 1991 | 34 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 18 |
| 1992 | 33 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 19 |
| 1993 | 30 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 20 |
| 1994 | 30 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 20 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 20 |
| 1996 | 29 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 20 |
| 1997 | 27 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 21 |
| 1998 | 28 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 21 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 22 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 21 |
| 2001 | 30 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 21 |
| 2002 | 30 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 22 |
| 2003 | 31 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 21 |
| 2004 | 31 | 0.4 | 5.9 | 21 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what studies her Department has commissioned into the effects on fish of endocrine disrupting chemicals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what studies her Department has commissioned into the effects on fish of endocrine disrupting chemicals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures she is taking to prevent endocrine disrupting chemicals from entering the river system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures she is taking to prevent endocrine disrupting chemicals from entering the river system.
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 she plans to revise the Environment Agency's publication Policy and Practice for the Protection of Groundwater; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she plans to revise the Environment Agency's publication Policy and Practice for the Protection of Groundwater; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of whether the margins of safety allowed for in the risk assessment of pesticides are sufficient to protect the foetus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of whether the margins of safety allowed for in the risk assessment of pesticides are sufficient to protect the foetus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the extent to which the advisory committee on pesticides has complied with the guidelines on scientific analysis in policy making from the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in its consideration of the impact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the extent to which the advisory committee on pesticides has complied with the guidelines on scientific analysis in policy making from the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in its consideration of the impact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will rename the Advisory Committee on Pesticides as the Advisory Committee on Pest Management and make the appropriate consequent changes to its remit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will rename the Advisory Committee on Pesticides as the Advisory Committee on Pest Management and make the appropriate consequent changes to its remit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effects on carbon dioxide emissions of increased miles travelled due to closure of (a) post offices, (b) bank branches and (c) local retail shops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effects on carbon dioxide emissions of increased miles travelled due to closure of (a) post offices, (b) bank branches and (c) local retail shops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many significant oil spills there were in UK waters in the last seven years; where each took place; and how much oil was estimated to have been discharged in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many significant oil spills there were in UK waters in the last seven years; where each took place; and how much oil was estimated to have been discharged in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to tackle acid rain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to tackle acid rain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many significant consents to discharge trade effluent to watercourses were held by industry in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004; what percentage of these consents were monitored for compliance purposes and inspections made by the Environment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many significant consents to discharge trade effluent to watercourses were held by industry in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004; what percentage of these consents were monitored for compliance purposes and inspections made by the Environment...
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Number of significant discharge consents | 4109 | 4119 | 2858 |
| Percentage monitored for compliance purposes and inspections made by EA | 58.7 | 65.4 | 63.0 |
| Level of compliance (percentage) | 817 | 82.3 | 80.0 |
| Enforcement action taken against sites that breached consents | |||
| Cautions | 18 | 20 | 20 |
| Prosecutions | 8 | 18 | 10 |
| Percentage of consents reviewed | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Number | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Number of reviews which led to tightening of consent | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Percentage | — | — | 90 |
| Percentage of consents including List I/I I (red list) substances | 13 | 13 | 11 |
Climate change. Tenth opposition day debate (part 2). Motion negatived on division (296 to 233). Amendment agreed on question.
Climate change. Tenth opposition day debate (part 2). Motion negatived on division (296 to 233). Amendment agreed on question.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) complaints, (b) court actions and (c) fines there have been in each year since 1995 against the nuclear industry for problems related to (i) odours, (ii) water pollution, (iii) air pollution and (iv) human health impact, (A)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) complaints, (b) court actions and (c) fines there have been in each year since 1995 against the nuclear industry for problems related to (i) odours, (ii) water pollution, (iii) air pollution and (iv) human health impact, (A)...
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 (1) what research has been carried out (a) by and (b) on behalf of her Department to establish the background levels of (i) cocaine, (ii) LSD, (iii) cannabis and (iv) other recreational drugs in (A) the aquatic environment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what research has been carried out (a) by and (b) on behalf of her Department to establish the background levels of (i) cocaine, (ii) LSD, (iii) cannabis and (iv) other recreational drugs in (A) the aquatic environment...
(2) what steps she is taking to assess the impact on the environment of recreational drug residues in UK aquatic environments.
(2) what steps she is taking to assess the impact on the environment of recreational drug residues in UK aquatic environments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to determine the (a) levels of fluoxetine and norfluoxetine residues in UK aquatic environments and (b) impact on the environment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to determine the (a) levels of fluoxetine and norfluoxetine residues in UK aquatic environments and (b) impact on the environment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to ensure lakes are well oxygenated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to ensure lakes are well oxygenated.