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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that the transposition of the EC Environmental Liability Directive conforms with the Government's policy that the polluter should pay.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 February 2007

Reference

111530; 456 c439W;456 c441W

House

House of Commons

Environmental Liability Directive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effects of the transposition of the EC Environmental Liability on the capacity of environmental protection to deliver overall benefit.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 February 2007

Reference

111506; 456 c439W;456 c441W

House

House of Commons

Nuclear Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much public expenditure on matters relating to the nuclear industry there has been since 1 May 1997; and what estimate he has made of future identified public liabilities in respect of existing activities.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 May 2005

Reference

169; 434 c21W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what liability was agreed by the Office of Civil Nuclear Security in respect of the shipment of plutonium from the United States to France aboard the Pacific Teal and Pacific Pintail.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2004

Reference

200715; 428 c594W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in implementing the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

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Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 March 2004

For answer on

29 March 2004

Answered on

29 March 2004

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made in implementing the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea. [162970] Mr. Jamieson: The UK signed the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (the HNS Convention), subject to ratification, in October 1996 as a sign of intent to proceed to ratification. The necessary enabling legislation was incorporated into the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997. Certain areas of the Convention are inconsistent with equivalent provisions that exist under EU Council Regulation 44/ 2001. Until this conflict was resolved by means of EU Council Decision (2002/971/EC) of 18 November 2002, the UK was not authorised to ratify the Convention. My Department has recently conducted the first phase of public consultation on the implementation and ratification of the HNS Convention. The responses to the consultation are currently being analysed and work has commenced on the preparation of the draft legislation required to implement the Convention. The next stage will be a public consultation on the draft legislation, this should take place early this summer with a view to obtaining parliamentary approval in the autumn and ratification of the Convention before the end of the year. The HNS Convention will not enter into force until 18 months after the date on which at least 12 States are party to the Convention and certain thresholds relating to quantities of hazardous and noxious substances imported by those States have been reached. There are currently four States party to the HNS Convention: Angola, Morocco, the Russian Federation and Tonga.

Date

29 March 2004

Reference

419 c1160W;419 c1162W; 162970

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the maximum liability to the public purse arising from BNFL's United States assets. - (Holding answer 18 March 2004).

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2004

Reference

419 c517W;419 c519W; 162368

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the (a) role and (b) powers of the Nuclear and Coal Liabilities unit; when the unit was established; and what its complement of staff is, excluding secondees. - Inc figure. (Holding answer 16...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 March 2004

Reference

419 c330W;419 c332W; 161818

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the placing on businesses of a requirement for compulsory environmental liability insurance; and if she will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 June 2003

Reference

118067; 407 c6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what sum has been identified to cover possible contingent liabilities consequent on the provision of insurance services to Huntingdon Life Sciences. - No figures and inc fact that commercial confidentiality reasons prevent us from disclosing details of the sums involved.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 February 2003

Reference

94977; 399 c394W;399 c391W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list assets and liabilities of BNFL which will be (a) transferred to the Liabilities Management Authority, (b) retained by BNFL and (c) shared between each. - Includes ref to paragraph 5.5 of 'Managing the Nuclear Legacy -...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 January 2003

Reference

94973; 398 c1063W;398 c1057W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, How much public expenditure on matters relating to the nuclear industry there has been since 1st May 1997; and what estimate she has made of future identified public liabilities in respect of existing activities. (Failed OPQ) - Inc tables.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 June 2002

For answer on

11 July 2002

Answered on

11 July 2002

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much public expenditure on matters relating to the nuclear industry there has been since 1 May 1997; and what estimate she has made of future identified public liabilities in respect of existing activities. [66396] Mr. Wilson: Public expenditure on matters related to the nuclear industry in this period related primarily to the activities of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and BNFL. Regulation of the industry and the activities of UK Government Departments and the devolved Administrations with policy or other responsibilities relevant to the industry also necessarily involve public expenditure. However, precise information on the total expenditure involved in each of the years in question could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. For UKAEA, funding was provided in the form of grant and grant in aid to support fusion research and to discharge nuclear liabilities arising from past programmes. The sums provided in each year were as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Grant, and grant in aid 1997-98 199.1 1998-99 302.6 1999-2000 212.1 2000-01 241.2 2001-02 311.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. BNFL is classified as a public corporation by the Office of National Statistics. Its expenditure and income is recorded in the public sector in the national accounts and so it contributes to the statistics that monitor the Chancellor's fiscal rules. BNFL's total gross expenditure in the financial years 1997-98 to 2000-01 as reported in "Public Bodies" was as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total gross expenditure 1997-98 1,733 1998-99 2,056 1999-2000 2,968 2000-01 2,694 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The equivalent information for 2001/02 is not yet available. At 31 March 2002 the total undiscounted cost of dealing with the nuclear liabilities of BNFL and UKAEA was estimated to be £47.9 billion. The White Paper "Managing the Nuclear Legacy--A Strategy for Action" published on 4 July set out the Government's proposals for establishing--a new Liabilities Management Authority with a specific remit to ensure that these liabilities are dealt with safely, securely, cost-effectively and in ways which protect the environment.

Date

11 July 2002

Reference

388 c1086-7W;388 c1087-8W; 66396

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if the Government will review the recommendation of the 1978 Royal Commission on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury on making a change in the law of tort so that parents of children who suffer brain-damage following vaccination can take action...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 May 2000

Reference

122912; 350 c283W;350 c285W

House

House of Commons

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