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If he will give details of items from endangered species seized by the Hong Kong authorities in the first half of 1990 and the prosecutions arising from such seizures. - Table given. (Holding answer 17 Oct).

Asked by
Lord Stratford (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 October 1990
Reference
178 c568W;178 c566W
House
House of Commons

Whether he will take steps to ban the import and sale of seeds of Heracleum Mantegazzianum - (Holding answer 22 Oct 90)

Asked by
Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 October 1990
Reference
178 c242W;178 c240W
House
House of Commons

What money has been allocated in the past five years by his Department to research into the spread, control and eradication of Heracleum Mantegazzianum & educating the public of the dangers of contact with Heracleum Mantegazzianum. - Includes ref to Feb 1989 Scottish agricultural colleges leaflet "Giant Hogweed: The Problem...

Asked by
Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Scottish Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 October 1990
Reference
178 c215W;178 c213W
House
House of Commons

On how many occasions in the past five years Scottish district or regional councils have used the provisions of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 to serve notice on landowners to remove a nuisance, or to recoup losses for the removal of a nuisance from privately owned land; and, of...

Asked by
Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Scottish Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 October 1990
Reference
178 c74W
House
House of Commons

How many recorded incidents there have been in the last five years of the hospitalisation of patients who have come into contact with the furocoumarins released by Heracleum Mantegazzianum. - Information is not available.

Asked by
Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 October 1990
Reference
178 c35W
House
House of Commons

How many recorded incidents there have been in the last five years of the hospitalisation of patients who have come into contact with the furocoumarins released by Heracleum Mantegazzianum. - Information not collected centrally

Asked by
Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Scottish Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 October 1990
Reference
178 c74W
House
House of Commons

How many prosecutions there have been in each of the years since 1981 under section 14(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act against landowners who have planted or caused to grow in the wild a plant listed in Schedule 9 of that Act; and whether any of these prosecutions related...

Asked by
Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Scottish Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 October 1990
Reference
178 c74W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Baroness Blatch (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
16 October 1990
Reference
522 c720-2
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary on research by Welsh Development Agency & persistence of this weed.
Asked by
Baroness Sharples (Conservative)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
16 October 1990
Reference
522 c720-2
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Baroness Blatch (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
16 October 1990
Reference
522 c720-2
House
House of Lords
What progress has been made in reducing spread of Japanese knotweed.
Asked by
Baroness Sharples (Conservative)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
16 October 1990
Reference
522 c720-2
House
House of Lords

What studies have been undertaken by DOE into use of lichen to assess extent of air pollution

Asked by
Lord Elis-Thomas (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 July 1990
Reference
177 c389W;177 c386-7W
House
House of Commons

What information is there concerning extent, environmental impact & rate of spread of Japanese knotweed; if DOE is currently funding any relevant research & if there are any proposals to control its rate of spread

Asked by
Ron Davies (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 July 1990
Reference
177 c186W
House
House of Commons

What is extent within UK of habitats listed in annex 4 to proposals for council directive on protection of natural & semi-natural habitats & of wild fauna & flora which was issued by EC on 30 March & to what extent habitats listed in annex are already covered by notified...

Asked by
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 July 1990
Reference
177 c189-90W
House
House of Commons

What action Minister has taken re the sale of crassula from aquarium shops & what advice he has received from the Nature Conservancy Council re sale of crassula as a pond & aquarium oxygenator.

Asked by
Joan Walley (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 July 1990
Reference
176 c726W
House
House of Commons

To give information on use of products of yucca plant on livestock farms.

Asked by
Ron Davies (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 July 1990
Reference
176 c613W
House
House of Commons

To secure an EC ban on transit of threatened species through the UK.

Asked by
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 June 1990
Reference
175 c158W;175 c157W
House
House of Commons

What proposals are there to promote identification programmes for scientific & popular use, development & management of European plant data base & British plant data base & other research based at natural history museum of relevance to study of climatic change.

Asked by
Tam Dalyell (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 June 1990
Reference
174 c488W;174 c487-8W
House
House of Commons

What progress has been made during Republic of Ireland presidency of EC with regard to European draft directive on protection of habitats, flora & fauna.

Asked by
Lord Wallace of Tankerness (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 June 1990
Reference
174 c157-8W;174 c157W
House
House of Commons

To give details of current stocks of animal tusks, skins, antlers & other products held by Hong Kong authorities arising from confiscation & what plans are being considered for disposal of items. - Includes table. (Holding answer 23 April 1990).

Asked by
Lord Stratford (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 May 1990
Reference
172 c206-7W;172 c205-6w
House
House of Commons