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My Lords, the Government have so far committed £4.1 million to research and development on whether organophosphates cause chronic ill health in humans. None of the research so far has confirmed this suggestion.
Answered by
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c576
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. Perhaps I may take this opportunity also to thank her colleague the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, who has long shown an interest in and consistent attitude to this matter. Does the Minister agree that some of this research—notably that by Dr Mackenzie Ross of University College, London—needs urgent completion? Does she also recognise that victims of OP poisoning are increasingly concerned that every bit of research so far seems simply to have produced the result that more research is needed? Does she recognise that the point may be reached where it is more important to deal with the symptoms and to ensure that any compensation claims are dealt with than to pursue additional research endlessly and at great cost to the taxpayer? Does she recognise that the victims feel that the manufacturers’ procrastination, and the tortuous way in which government have dealt with these matters, adds to their concern? Does she recognise that many of them feel that they will be dead before there is a completion? Will she and her noble friend the Minister meet the noble Countess, Lady Mar, and me to discuss these matters?
Asked by
Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c576
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the number of quangos in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland has reduced in number in the past 10 years; and, if so, what reduction has taken place in each geographical area; and

Asked by
Lord Steinberg (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
676; 697 c128-9WA
House
House of Lords

How many quangos there are in England; and what are the costs of these quangos individually and in total.

Asked by
Lord Steinberg (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
677; 697 c128-9WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what was spent on approved premises for the Probation Service in England and Wales for each financial year since 1997-98.

Asked by
Neil Gerrard (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
469 c1292W; 175382
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what was spent on public protection for the Probation Service in England and Wales for each financial year since 1997-98.

Asked by
Neil Gerrard (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
469 c1292W; 175383
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what was spent on local management for the Probation Service in England and Wales for each financial year since 1997-98.

Asked by
Neil Gerrard (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
469 c1291-2W; 175379
House
House of Commons
What has been the total cost of government-funded research into organophosphates and human health since 1992.
Asked by
Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c576
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I recognise that the sufferers are frustrated by the current situation and wish the research to be completed as soon as possible. That is entirely natural, and I am sure that that is what wider society wishes. However, we have to ensure that the research has a good scientific basis and is excellent. I understand people’s desire for compensation, but because no link between chronic ill health and exposure to OPs has yet been proven, we are not in a position to discuss it. I would be very happy to meet the noble Lord to discuss these issues.
Answered by
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c576
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I should be very happy to contact St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, as the noble Baroness suggests.
Answered by
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c577
House
House of Lords
My Lords, there is certainly a dialogue with our American colleagues; how great that dialogue is I do not know, but I will come back to the noble Baroness. We are also aware of the literature that abounds on these issues and take careful note of what is written in scientific journals.
Answered by
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c577
House
House of Lords
My Lords, as I understand it, that research has not yet been completed and we are still looking at it. However, the Government as a whole have done an enormous amount to ensure that people still using organophosphates in sheep dip are properly protected. We have introduced many measures. We have, for example—I beg your Lordships’ pardon; I cannot read my notes—ensured that pesticides are used in a diluted form and that people using them are properly registered and licensed and that they wear proper protective clothing. It is well recognised that the Government are doing everything they can to protect those who are currently using these organophosphates, though I recognise that the problems that people now suffer result from past use of the pesticides.
Answered by
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c577
House
House of Lords
My Lords, does the Minister agree that organophosphate poisoning can lead to liver disease? Will she contact St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, which has expertise on this subject? It knows about a cluster of people with liver disease who have been connected with organophosphates.
Asked by
Baroness Masham of Ilton (Crossbench)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c577
House
House of Lords
My Lords, what has the Department of Health done as a result of the study by Dr Cherry published in the Lancet in 2002 which showed that some farm workers were genetically disposed to have a low resistance to the chemicals used in organophosphates?
Asked by
Baroness Barker (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c577
House
House of Lords
My Lords, to what degree are the Government consulting with the Americans on this issue? In the case of the Gulf War sufferers, for instance, the Americans decided a long while ago that some of their claims were well based, while as far as I know the research continues on this side of the Atlantic as if it is still a question in doubt. To what degree do we work with the Americans?
Asked by
Baroness Park of Monmouth (Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c577
House
House of Lords
My Lords, have any recent studies shown a link between organophosphate residues and the human food chain?
Asked by
Earl Howe (Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c576-7
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent on special educational needs in each English local education authority in each year since 2000.

Asked by
Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
469 c1270-82W; 173071
House
House of Commons
My Lords, as I understand it, no research has made that connection. If I am wrong, I shall certainly put it in writing to the noble Earl.
Answered by
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
18 December 2007
Reference
697 c576-7
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what net NHS expenditure was on (a) the unintended consequences of treatment, (b) health care arising from violent incidents, (c) coronary heart disease, (d) diabetes and (e) cerebrovascular disease (i) for England and (ii) in each primary care trust area, expressed (A)...

Asked by
Lord Lansley (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 December 2007
Reference
469 c1219W; 174881
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent by Yorkshireurope in the last year for which figures are available.

Asked by
Lord Pickles (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 December 2007
Reference
469 c1163-4W; 173327
House
House of Commons