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Lords debate on unstarred question on whether the present biosecurity arrangements for the control of disease in agriculture and horticulture are adequate

Lords debate on unstarred question on whether the present biosecurity arrangements for the control of disease in agriculture and horticulture are adequate.

Lead member

Baroness Byford

Answering member

Lord Whitty

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Questions for short debate

Date

14 October 2004

Reference

665 c425-40

House

House of Lords

Protecting England and Wales from plant pests and diseases. Public Accounts Committee forty fourth report with proceedings and evidence (HC 208-i not printed separately).

Type

Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Committee of Public Accounts

Notes

See also NAO report HC 1186 2002/03; Received 26.10.04

Date

21 July 2004

Reference

HC 208 2003/04

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list GM products which may be imported into the UK; and in which countries each is grown prior to export. - Inc table and ref to DIR90/220/EEC and AGBIOS database website at www.agbios.com/dbase.php. (Holding answer...

Asked by

Joan Ruddock (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 June 2004

For answer on

1 July 2004

Answered on

1 July 2004

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list GM products which may be imported into the UK; and in which countries each is grown prior to export. [181029] Mr. Morley :[holding answer 28 June 2004]: The crops in the following table were approved for placing on the market under Directive 90/220/EC (Directive 2001/18's predecessor). As far as we are aware the countries listed in the third column of the table have approval to cultivate these crops but we do not know for certain whether crops are grown there for export to the EU. This information has been taken from the AGBIOS database which can be accessed on their website at www.agbios.com/dbase.php. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Crop Event/line Countries which have approval to cultivate Tobacco C/F/93/08-02 EU Soya GTS40-3-2 Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, USA, Uruguay Chicory RM3-3, RM3-4, RM3-6 EU (seed breeding only), USA Maize Bt176 Argentina, Canada, EU, Japan, USA Oilseed rape MS1, RF11 Australia, Canada, Japan, USA Oilseed rape MS1, RF21 Australia, Canada, Japan, USA Carnation 4, 11, 15, 16 Australia, EU Oilseed rape Topaz (HCN92) Canada, Japan, USA Maize T25 Argentina, Canada, EU, Japan, USA Maize MON810 Argentina, Canada, EU, Japan, Philippines, South Africa, USA Maize Bt11 Argentina, Canada, Japan, USA Carnation 66 Australia and EU Carnation 959A, 988A, 1226A, 1351A, 1363A, 1400A EU _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Consent agreed at EU level but not issued by lead Competent Authority

Date

1 July 2004

Reference

181029; 423 c362W

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been purchased under the wheat purchase programme funded by the Development Fund for Iraq; at what cost; who was contracted to supply it; what the world price for wheat was at the time of purchase; over what timescale...

Asked by

Harry Cohen (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 June 2004

For answer on

24 June 2004

Answered on

24 June 2004

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been purchased under the wheat purchase programme funded by the Development Fund for Iraq; at what cost; who was contracted to supply it; what the world price for wheat was at the time of purchase; over what time scale the wheat is supplied; under which disbursement heading it is included; how it is distributed within Iraq; and if he will make a statement. [179799] Hilary Benn: The Government of Iraq established the public food distribution system in 1990. This system of untargeted rationing has proved to be hugely costly to the Government and has undermined the country's domestic agriculture. DFID hopes to work with the Iraqi Interim Government and other donors to help reform this system, to the benefit of both Iraq's consumers and farmers, as soon as conditions allow. The amount of wheat actually purchased by the Government each year depends on the content of the "ration basket", which is decided by the Ministry of Trade (MOT) each month, depending on domestic production and existing stocks within the country. Published MOT budget information does not show the breakdown of the costs of individual public food distribution items but it is estimated that 3.5 million metric tonnes of wheat flour is required annually for the standard ration basket. Over the 12 months since the creation of the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI), if all of Iraq's public distribution system needs had been met from imports at world prices, the cost would have been around $700 million. This is likely to be an over-estimate since there would be some domestic purchases and use of stocks. The major suppliers of wheat to Iraq are Australia and the US. International export prices for wheat vary greatly depending on grade and freight distances but an average figure for 2003-04 is about $200/tonne. The MOT is responsible for purchasing grain from overseas and from domestic producers, for organising the milling contracts and the transport of the milled wheat flour to food agents. The following process describes how the food ration is distributed: 1. The MOT announces the food basket for the month and calls forward food agents to collect the ration; 2. Food and flour agents collect the coupons from households and go to the sales centre of warehouses/mills, where they receive an invoice; 3. Food agents collect foodstuffs from the warehouses/ distribution centres; 4. Wheat flour is transported to flour/food agents, which is paid for by the MOT; 5. Households then collect the ration from the food/flour agents and pay the nominal fee.

Date

24 June 2004

Reference

179799; 422 c1485-6W

House

House of Commons

Animal and plant diseases

Animal and plant diseases. Seventh opposition day debate (part 2). Motion negatived on division (235 to 132). Amendment agreed on question.

Lead member

Baroness May of Maidenhead

Answering member

Ben Bradshaw

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Opposition days

Date

29 April 2004

Reference

420 c1052-100

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department has in place effectively to monitor imports of (a) human food and (b) animal feed from (i) EU member states and (ii) EU accession states in respect of their compliance with EU regulations on...

Asked by

Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 April 2004

Reference

420 c1013W; 167417

House

House of Commons

Protecting England and Wales from plant pests and diseases. Minutes of evidence 12 January 2004.(Printed in HC 208)

Type

House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Committee of Public Accounts

Date

12 January 2004

Reference

HC 208-i 2003/04

House

House of Commons

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