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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list companies fined for pollution incidents in each of the past five years, broken down by amount of fine; how many were fined more than once in that period; and what steps are taken to...

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 July 2005
Reference
436 c1965-6W;436 c1965-6W; 14008
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what timescale he has set for achieving the guide values in the Bathing Water, Shellfish Waters, Surface Water Abstraction and Freshwater Fish Directives; if the guide value contained in the Bathing Water Directive, the Shellfish Waters Directive,...

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 1999
Reference
340 c203-4W; 100340;100401;100342
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what standards of faecal coliforms in shellfish flesh or intervalvular liquid he has directed the Environment Agency to observe; and whether these standards are expressed in terms of shellfish flesh of shellfish liquid. - Inc ref to...

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 1999
Reference
340 c204W; 100339
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures the Government is taking to limit pollution from motor vehicles.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 November 1999
Reference
99018; 340 c146W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the Channel Islands about radiation emissions from the nuclear power station at Cap La Hague.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 November 1998
Reference
60111; 319 c730W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what evaluation he has made of the spread of radioactive gases over the South Coast from the French nuclear power station at Cap La Hague.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 November 1998
Reference
60107; 319 c487-8W
House
House of Commons

What representations he has made to the French Government about the levels of radioactive discharges into the English Channel from the French nuclear reprocessing plant at Cap de la Hague.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 July 1997
Reference
297 c332-3W; 6396
House
House of Commons

What is his Department's policy on proposals relating to nuclear discharges into the marine environment to be considered at the Ospar Convention meeting in September.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 July 1997
Reference
6283; 297 c128W
House
House of Commons

How many and what proportion of England's shellfish waters have been designated as safe under the Shellfish Waters Directive 79/923. - Inc fig.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 December 1996
Reference
7683; 287 c42W
House
House of Commons

If he will list the latest available figures for carbon dioxide emissions in each member state of the EU and the EEA, together with the equivalent figures for 1990; and if he will indicate the targets which have been agreed internationally for reducing them. - Including table.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 November 1995
Reference
1792; 267 c559-60W;267 c557-8W
House
House of Commons

If he will provide increased funding to the National Rivers Authority to cope with the pollution consequences of pit closures. - (Holding answer 30 October 1992).

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 November 1992
Reference
213 c20W
House
House of Commons

What consultations he has had with the National Rivers Authority about the pollution consequences of pit closures.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 October 1992
Reference
212 c952W;212 c949W
House
House of Commons

Whether he has any proposals for legislation under which all public limited companies will have to publish the level of their discharges and emissions into rivers and air.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 November 1991
Reference
199 c347W;199 c343W
House
House of Commons

What research MAFF has available on effects of red algae bloom on mussels, shellfish & crustaceans & what regard Commission has for imposing MAFF prohibited code. - Incl ref to European Commission proposal for Council Regulation on shellfish hygiene (COM (89) 648 Final).

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 June 1990
Reference
174 c132W;174 c131-2W
House
House of Commons

To give no & proportion of foreign vessels visiting British ports in each calendar year from 1979 to have been inspected, found to have serious defects, other defects & pollution defects; what is DTp target for inspections; reasons for any deviation from this target; & what proportion of vessels is...

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 February 1990
Reference
166 c786W;166 c785-6W
House
House of Commons

If Minister will make it policy to ensure that any compensation paid to individual farmers for restrictions imposed on use of nitrogenous chemical fertilisers is financed by a levy on sale of those fertilisers. - No.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 July 1989
Reference
157 c1151W;157 c1150W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to 152 c245W to estimate extent of short-term & long-term damage to aquatic flora & fauna in inland waters & estuaries caused by pollution incidents.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 June 1989
Reference
154 c315W
House
House of Commons

Further to 151 c662W, concerning installing water treatment plant to meet EEC standards, whether Minister will publish the sum of the initial projections together with his view of what constitutes a reasonable return capital on capital invested in water undertakings

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 June 1989
Reference
154 c80W;154 c79-80W
House
House of Commons

To give estimate cost of installing treatment plant to reduce pollution of water supply to EEC standard; & if water companies after privatisation will be allowed to add a margin of profit on capital employed in installation in addition to the cost of borrowing the sum required for that purpose.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 1989
Reference
152 c522W;152 c520W
House
House of Commons

To estimate proportionate contribution to pollution of water supply in toxic or other terms as defined by EEC regulations or otherwise made by manufacturing industry, agriculture, sewage works & domestic consumers of water. - Includes ref to "Assessment of Groundwater in England & Wales" (DEP 4447).

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 May 1989
Reference
152 c245W;152 c244W
House
House of Commons