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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the use of Burmese teak in the Lottery-funded restoration of HMS Warrior; and what assessment she has made of whether importing Burmese teak for such use is in line with Government policy...

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1572W;432 c1568W; 224768

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on the import of spent nuclear fuel into the UK for disposal.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1631W;432 c1626-7W; 224023

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department is taking in connection with the failure of the US Administration to notify the UK before March of the import into the UK since 2001 of GM maize containing an antibiotic resistant marker of...

Asked by

Michael Meacher (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 April 2005

For answer on

7 April 2005

Answered on

7 April 2005

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action her Department is taking in connection with the failure of the US Administration to notify the UK before March of the import into the UK since 2001 of GM maize containing an antibiotic resistant marker of a type that the EU had been advised to phase out; and what steps her Department is taking to prevent a recurrence of such an event with reference to (a) regulatory controls in the US and (b) the implementation of controls in the EU. [224888] Mr. Morley: This relates to the incident in the USA where some batches of Syngenta's GM maize seed intended to be Bt11 actually contained an unapproved GM maize event known as Bt10. We were informed of this incident on 22 March and issued a press release on 23 March. Our understanding is that between 2001-04 approximately 15,000 hectares of Bt10 was grown in the USA and most of the resulting grain was used in the USA. Only 18 per cent. of US corn is exported and the levels of maize exported from the US to the EU are very small indeed. The European Commission has been informed that an estimated 1,000 tonnes of Bt10 food and feed products may have entered the European Union (as distinct from the UK) since 2001. We have no evidence at this stage of any import of Bt10 into the UK. We are unaware of the original source of the figure of 170,000 tonnes which you quote. There is no evidence that 170,000 tonnes of Bt10 maize has been imported into the UK; and indeed this figure is an order of magnitude higher than the total annual maize imports into the UK from the US, which are in a range of 4,000 to 14,000 tonnes annually. Following Syngenta's disclosure on 22 March, Defra and the Food Standards Agency have been working with the European Commission and the US authorities to gain information on whether or not any contaminated maize has been imported into the UK. We continue to monitor the situation closely. We have written to maize importers to remind them of the need to check imports of maize and other crops for the presence of GMOs which have not been authorised in the European Union. It is for EU and UK importers to satisfy themselves that imported maize grain and derived products are approved for use and if material is GM that it is appropriately labelled. Our GM Inspectorate and local authority inspectors oversee this process. We understand that the US authorities consider that Bt10 does not present any concerns for human or animal health. Bt10 maize does contain an antibiotic resistance marker gene (which is not present in Bt11). Although the antibiotic resistance marker is in the process of being phased out, the European Food Safety Authority has concluded that this antibiotic resistance marker gene would have minimal, if any, impact on human health if present in GM plants. I should stress that we take incidents of this kind seriously. We do monitor the supply chain records of GM imports and take immediate action if evidence or information indicates the presence of any unauthorized GM product. Our priority is to protect the consumer and environment and ensure there is informed consumer choice.

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1663-4W;432 c1659-60W; 224888

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 make a statement on the impact of imports of African food products into western markets on farmers in the UK.

Asked by

Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1662W;432 c1658W; 224680

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on (a) UK production of poultry, (b) local employment at UK turkey factories, (c) health of UK-produced poultry and (d) public health in the UK of avian influenza introduced...

Asked by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 March 2005

For answer on

5 April 2005

Answered on

5 April 2005

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the likely impact on (a) UK production of poultry, (b) local employment at UK turkey factories, (c) health of UK-produced poultry and (d) public health in the UK of avian influenza introduced into the UK through turkeys imported from (i) Thailand, (ii) Brazil and (iii) other countries; and what plans she has to limit the level of turkey imports. [221180] Mr. Bradshaw: The Contingency Plan for Avian Influenza sets out the policies that would be implemented to control an outbreak of avian flu, and includes arrangements for protecting those who have to deal with an outbreak of avian flu in this country. This plan will be implemented whatever the source of the disease. The arrangements contribute to protecting public health for which the responsibility lies with the Department of Health. Defra has not undertaken assessments of impacts on industry (production or employment) related to hypothetical outbreaks of disease. We are not aware of any outbreaks of HPAI in Brazil and therefore consider that there is currently no risk of introducing the disease from that country. We continue to actively monitor the animal health status of countries which export animals or animal products to the EU. When Defra is officially notified of a new disease incident in an EU member state, a country on the border of the EU or one of the UK's third country trading partners, we carry out a qualitative risk analysis. Risk assessments for avian influenza have been completed and are available at: <ñhttp://www.defra.gov.uk/ animalh/diseases/monitoring/riskassess.htm >ñ Of those countries in South East Asia that are affected by outbreaks of HPAI, only Thailand was eligible to export poultry meat including turkey meat to the EU prior to their outbreaks. As soon as Defra was notified of the outbreak in Thailand, safeguard measures were put in place to ban imports of fresh poultry meat. Cooked poultry meat that has not been heat treated to at least 70C has also been banned. Imports of live poultry from the affected countries are not permitted. All poultry meat imported into the EU from third countries must enter at designated border inspection posts where it is subject to veterinary inspections to ensure import conditions are met. There have been no outbreaks of either avian influenza or Newcastle disease in the UK for seven years. The Defra Veterinary Laboratories Agency produces a quarterly report on avian surveillance which is published on the Defra website at: http://www. defra.gov.uk/corporate/vla/science/science-end-survrep- qtly.htm

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1351-2W;432 c1347-8W; 221180

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Indonesian rainforest timber has been used in (a) the new Home Office building at 2 Marsham Street, (b) the contents of the building and (c) construction of the building; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1398W;432 c1394W; 205333

House

House of Commons

Whitty, Lord

Whether bacteriological spot checks are necessary to ensure that imported feathers and baling material have been sufficiently treated to destroy all viral contamination. [HL 1978].

Asked by

Duke of Montrose (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

671 c104WA; HL 1978

House

House of Lords

Untitled Written question

Whether there is any possibility of contaminated material being caught up and included as part of the baling process when imported bird feathers are baled after treatment. [HL 1977].

Asked by

Duke of Montrose (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

671 c104WA; HL 1977

House

House of Lords

Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (England) Regulation 2005

SI 2005/906 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 20 April 2005.

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

24 March 2005

Reference

SI 2005/906

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) viability, (b) social impact and (c) economic impact of quality requirements for Middle Eastern produce imports; when this assessment was last reviewed; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2005

Reference

432 c841W; 213234

House

House of Commons

Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

What assessment they have made of the effect on United Kingdom Armed Forces of the restriction of supply of United States weapons technology should the European Union embargo on arms sales to China be lifted. [HL 1700].

Asked by

Lord Willoughby de Broke (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2005

Reference

671 c31WA; HL 1700

House

House of Lords

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of imports from Burma was in 2004; and what the value was of each category of import.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 March 2005

For answer on

22 March 2005

Answered on

22 March 2005

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value of imports from Burma was in 2004; and what the value was of each category of import. [223426] John Healey: The total value of imports from Burma in 2004 was £74 million. The value broken down by category is available from HM Customs and Excise's website www.uktradeinfo.com and is shown in the following table: Imports from Burma into the United Kingdom, 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. SITC1 division Goods Statistical value (£) 2 03 Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic 4,716,492 invertebrates and preparations thereof 05 Vegetables and fruit 239,601 24 Cork and wood 749,090 33 Petroleum, petroleum products and related 7,513 materials 59 Chemical materials and products (NES) 3,352 61 Leather, leather manufactures (NES) and 5,181 dressed fur skins 62 Rubber manufactures (NES) 44,357 63 Cork and wood manufactures (excluding 179,437 furniture) 64 Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof 179,095 65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made up articles 64,693 etc. 66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures (NES) 81,825 69 Manufactures of metal (NES) 527,006 71 Power generating machinery and equipment 2,193 72 Machinery specialized for particular 198,660 industries 74 General industrial machinery and equipment 392,739 and machine parts (NES) 75 Office machinery (NES) and adp machinery 119,837 (NES) 76 Telecommunications and sound recording and 388,747 reproducing apparatus and equipment 77 Electrical machinery, apparatus and 401,167 appliances and electrical parts thereof (NES) 78 Road vehicles (including air cushion 69,635 vehicles) 79 Other transport equipment 7,965 81 Prefabricated buildings; sanitary, 35,337 plumbing, heating and lighting fixtures and fittings 82 Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, 3,176,896 mattresses etc 83 Travel goods, handbags and similar 20,266 containers 84 Articles of apparel and clothing 61,282,989 accessories 85 Footwear 9,887 88 Photographic and optical goods, (NES); 18,461 watches and clocks 89 Miscellaneous manufactured articles (NES) 649,087 91 Postal packages not classified according 266,383 to kind Total 73,837,891 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. NES = not elsewhere specified 1 Commodities as classified according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Rev. 3 system. 2 Figures are provisional. Source: Overseas Trade Statistics, HM Customs and Excise.

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c700-2W; 223426

House

House of Commons

Return of expenditure incurred and prosecutions under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease in imported animals for the year 2004.

Type

Unprinted papers

Date

22 March 2005

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to develop the trade relationship between the UK and Israel; if she will make a statement on bi-lateral trade between the UK and Israel.

Asked by

Meg Munn (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c674W; 222884;222885

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of bilateral trade relations between the UK and Israel (a) from 1997 to 2001 and (b) since June 2001.

Asked by

Rudi Vis (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c674-5W; 223020

House

House of Commons

HM Customs and Excise: stopping illegal imports of animal products into Great Britain. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Received 22.03.05

Date

21 March 2005

Reference

HC 365 2004/05

House

House of Commons

Contaminants in Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

SI 2005/775 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 11 April 2005.

Department

Department of Health

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

21 March 2005

Reference

SI 2005/775

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what agreements are in place with each country which exports poultry feathers to the UK on ensuring that they are not infected with avian influenza; and what measures she has put in place to ensure agreements are adhered...

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 March 2005

Reference

432 c488-9W; 221388;221390

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk of avian influenza being transmitted from imported poultry feathers.

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 March 2005

Reference

432 c490W; 221389

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of poultry feathers were imported into the UK from each East Asian country in each of the last five years.

Asked by

James Paice (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 March 2005

For answer on

18 March 2005

Answered on

18 March 2005

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what quantity of poultry feathers were imported into the UK from each East Asian country in each of the last five years. [221391] Mr. Bradshaw: UK imports of feathers from Asia, 2000-04. tonnes _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 China 827 887 1,276 827 1,867 Taiwan 768 562 795 1,000 817 Vietnam 340 246 54 9 52 Hong Kong 82 19 2 237 21 Singapore -- -- -- 15 0 Pakistan -- -- -- -- 13 India 0 1 1 0 1 Grand total 2,018 1,716 2,127 2,088 2,771 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: HM Customs and Excise Data prepared by Trade statistics, Food Chain Analysis 3, Defra 2004 data is subject to amendments until 30 June 2005

Date

18 March 2005

Reference

432 c490W; 221391

House

House of Commons

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