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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the number of queen bees which have been imported in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 April 2008
Reference
197462; 474 c910W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much refuse-derived fuel was imported into the United Kingdom from each country in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 February 2008
Reference
188080; 472 c1625-6W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many samples from cargoes entering the United Kingdom from (a) outside the EU and (b) within the EU, were taken by (i) port health authorities and (ii) other public bodies, for the purposes of assessing the presence of approved and...

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 January 2008
Reference
470 c1018-9W; 177854
House
House of Commons

(2) how much was spent on enforcement of the Genetically Modified Organism Traceability and Labelling (England) Regulations by (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) other public bodies in each year since the regulations came into force.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 January 2008
Reference
470 c1018-9W; 177855
House
House of Commons
Given the plan to increase by 10 times the biofuels that we use in this country, what steps are the Government taking to make certain that they are ethically sourced and, as far as possible, from the United Kingdom, so that we do not go on contributing to the destruction of the rainforest in the name of the environment?
Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
19 April 2007
Reference
459 c432
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many shipments containing US long grain rice have been rejected at UK ports of entry for failing to comply with emergency EU legislation on GM Rice (LL601) since August 2005; and what the volume was of each shipment.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 March 2007
Reference
458 c144W; 123683
House
House of Commons

That this House notes with concern that an estimated average of 12,000 tonnes of meat products enter the country illegally each year from countries outside the EU; recognises that illegal meat imports present serious risks to both animal and human health, and threaten the survival of many species in the...

Primary sponsor
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
19 December 2006
Reference
543
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cases of bovine tuberculosis in UK cattle in the last 10 years were attributed to infection from cattle originating from Ireland; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 February 2006
Reference
443 c631W;443 c631W; 53018
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is taking to ensure that illegally logged timber on board MV Greveno does not enter the United Kingdom. (Holding answer 23 March 2004).

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 March 2004
Reference
419 c1095-6W;419 c1098W; 163172
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she will make in the Council of Ministers regarding the European Commission's decision to support a proposal to permit BT11 GM maize to be imported as food into Europe; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 February 2004
Reference
418 c419W;418 c439W; 152773
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tons of radioactive waste were shipped to the United Kingdom for storage in each year since 1997; and what the projected figures are for each of the next four years. - No figures.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 February 2004
Reference
417 c1479W;417 c1478W; 152984
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role his Department has played in assessing bacteriological samples of illegally imported meat products for the purposes of protecting public health.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 April 2003
Reference
108915; 403 c444W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) training and (b) technical advice has been provided by her Department to officers of Customs and Excise who are due to take over responsibility for anti-smuggling controls on illegal imports of meat from 11th April. -...

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 April 2003
Reference
106107; 402 c889W;402 c887W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of illegally imported meat have been seized at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick Airports since October 2002; from what countries of origin they arrived; and if she will make a statement. - Includes figures. (Holding...

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 April 2003
Reference
106106; 402 c764-5W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to seize Brazilian mahogany imported since 19th October 2001.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2002
Reference
50462; 387 c214W;387 c215W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reports of swietenia macrophylla there have been since 19th October 2001; and what the volume of imports was on each occasion since that date. - Inc figures and table.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
50461; 386 c894W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she was notified of the Brazilian Environment Agency's ban on trade in swietenia macrophylla. - My Department was made aware of the moratorium on 29 October 2001.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
50460; 386 c894W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if big leaf mahogany (swietenia macrophylla) is classified as an endangered species; and what measures she is taking to ensure that illegally logged mahogany is not used in the United Kingdom.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
50459; 386 c893-4W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she has received concerning action taken by Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in relation to trade in Brazilian mahogany since 19th October 2001; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
50456; 386 c893W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to publicise the opinion of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Secretariat contained in a memorandum dated 13th March, regarding the import of mahogany from Brazil; and if she will make...

Asked by
Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
50498; 386 c893W
House
House of Commons