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MetronMidsummer Computing
Mills McClure
Miro Communication Ltd.
MJN Faclities Management
MMT Computing
Mott Macdonald
Mouncey and Partners
MSB International
MSG
National Remote Sensing Centre
Nifes Consulting Group
Office Angels
Ofice
Opal
Oracle Corporation
P. E. International Plc.
PA Consulting Group
Pactum
Pentana Ltd.
Personnel Health and Safety Ltd.
Peter Goodall
Posford Duvivier
PQ 1546
PSA Monitoring and Targeting Service
Quanta Learning Systems
R T Grundy Associates
Reed Personnel
Ricardo Technical Co.
Risks and Policy Analysis
Robertson Gould
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Santa Cruz
Sapphire International
SEC Technograph
Secure Information
Siemens Nixdorf
Sema Group Systems Ltd.
Sequelogic
Sequent Computer Systems
Sherwood Computer Systems
Sir Ronald McIntosh
Softbridge
Softlab Ltd.
South West Health Authority
Span Group
Spicer and Oppenheim
SRU Ltd.
Stoy Hayward
T M Energy Consultants
Tech Op Ltd.
Timberlake Clark
Triad Special Systems Ltd.
University of Hull
University of Reading
Vauntberry
Worthy Associates
Wye College
YACC
Zergo
Arable Subsidy
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will list by county the amount of European Union arable subsidy received for the latest year for which figures are available ; and what were the figures (a) 12 months, (b) 24 months, (c) 36 months and (d) 48 months ago.
Mr. Jack : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend on 20 June 1994, Official Report, column 34. The arable area payments scheme was introduced in 1992 and the first payments were made in 1993. There are therefore no comparable figures for previous years.
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Bovine Tuberculosis
Dr. Strang : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will set out her reasons for not renewing this year the invitation to the Transport and General Workers Union to nominate representatives to the consultative panel on badgers and bovine tuberculosis.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The Transport and General Workers Union was not invited to re-nominate a representative to the consultative panel on badgers and bovine tuberculosis this year because, following a review of membership, I decided that only those organisations with a clear and direct concern in the problem needed to be represented.
Dr. Strang : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which organisations are currently invited to nominate representatives to the consultative panel of badgers and bovine tuberculosis ; and which organisations were invited to nominate representatives to the panel in the previous round of nominations.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The organisations currently invited to nominate representatives to the consultative panel on badgers and bovine tuberculosis are :
British Veterinary Association
Country Landowners Association
Fauna and Flora Preservation Society
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Mammal Society
National Cattle Breeders Association
National Farmers' Union
National Federation of Badger Groups
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Royal Society For Nature Conservation
Tenant Farmers' Association
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
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Womens' Farming UnionIn addition, there is an independent chairman and three independent members.
The organisation invited to nominate representatives to the panel in the previous round of nominations were :
British Veterinary Association
Country Landowners Association
Fauna and Flora Preservation Society
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Mammal Society
National Farmers' Union
National Federation of Badger Groups
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Royal Society For Nature Conservation
Transport and General Workers' Union
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
In addition there was an independent chairman and four independent members.
Nutrition
Ms Corston : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the mean consumption of the nutrient intakes of (a) energy, (b) fat (c) total sugars, (d) calcium, (e) iron, (f) carotene, (g) vitamins A, C, D and E, (h) potassium, (i) magnesium and (j) iron for (i) men and (ii) women aged 16 to 64 years in (1) social classes I and II (combined) and (2) social classes IV and V (combined) ; and what these figures are as a percentage of (x) the mean for the population for the population as a whole, (y) the reference nutrition Intake and (z) the lower reference nutrient Intake, in accordance with figures 5.2, 5.4, 5.14, 5.20, 5.22, 5.24, 5.26, 5.28 and 5.30 of the 1994 Report of the 1986-87 dietary and nutritional survey of British adults.
Mr. Soames : The information requested is given in the table.
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Males
<1>I and II
|Mean intake |Percentage of |Intake as |Intake as
|per day |total population|percentage of |percentage of
|intake |RNI |LRNI
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Nutrient
Energy (kcals) |2,470.0 |101 |<2>98 |n/a
Fat (g) |103.6 |101 |n/a |n/a
Total sugars (g) |120.6 |105 |n/a |n/a
Calcium (mg) |1,006.0 |107 |144 |252
Iron (mg) |15.0 |107 |172 |313
Carotene (mug) |2,731.0 |113 |n/a |n/a
Vitamin A (mug) (retinol equivalent). |1,735.0 |103 |248 |578
Vitamin C (mg) |96.8 |130 |242 |968
Vitamin D (mug) |4.2 |111 |n/a |n/a
Vitamin E (mg) |12.4 |106 |n/a |n/a
Potassium (mg) |3,363.0 |106 |96 |168
Magnesium (mg) |342.0 |106 |114 |180
<1> Social Class
<2> estimated average requirement
n/a not applicable
Males
<1>IV and V
|Mean intake |Percentage of |Intake as |Intake as
|per day |total population|percentage of |percentage of
|intake |RNI |LRNI
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Nutrient
Energy (kcals) |2,410.0 |98 |<2>95 |n/a
Fat (g) |100.1 |98 |n/a |n/a
Total sugars (g) |111.1 |97 |n/a |n/a
Calcium (mg) |868.0 |92 |124 |217
Iron (mg) |12.8 |91 |147 |267
Carotene (mug) |2,040.0 |85 |n/a |n/a
Vitamin A (mug) (retinol equivalent). |1,557.0 |93 |222 |519
Vitamin C (mg) |53.8 |72 |135 |538
Vitamin D (mug) |3.5 |93 |n/a |n/a
Vitamin E (mg) |12.7 |109 |n/a |n/a
Potassium (mg) |2,987.0 |94 |85 |149
Magnesium (mg) |299.0 |93 |100 |157
<1> Social Class
<2> estimated average requirement
n/a not applicable
Females
<1>I and II
|Mean intake |Percentage of |Intake as |Intake as
|per day |total population|percentage of |percentage of
|intake |RNI |LRNI
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nutrient
Energy (kcals) |1,740.0 |104 |<2>90 |n/a
Fat (g) |75.8 |103 |n/a |n/a
Total sugars (g) |91.2 |106 |n/a |n/a
Calcium (mg) |790.0 |108 |113 |198
Iron (mg) |12.9 |105 |99 |179
Carotene (mug) |2,533.0 |119 |n/a |n/a
Vitamin A (mug) (retinol equivalent). |1,722.0 |116 |287 |689
Vitamin C (mg) |96.2 |132 |241 |962
Vitamin D (mug) |3.3 |106 |n/a |n/a
Vitamin E (mg) |8.7 |101 |n/a |n/a
Potassium (mg) |2,633.0 |108 |75 |132
Magnesium (mg) |261.0 |110 |97 |174
<1> Social Class
<2> estimated average requirement
n/a not applicable
Females
<1>IV and V
|Mean intake |Percentage of |Intake as |Intake as
|per day |total population|percentage of |percentage of
|intake |RNI |LRNI
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nutrient
Energy (kcals) |1,580.0 |94 |<2>82 |n/a
Fat (g) |69.5 |95 |n/a |n/a
Total sugars (g) |78.0 |91 |n/a |n/a
Calcium (mg) |660.0 |90 |94 |165
Iron (mg) |11.6 |94 |89 |161
Carotene (mug) |1,613.0 |76 |n/a |n/a
Vitamin A (mug) (retinol equivalent). |1,217.0 |82 |203 |487
Vitamin C (mg) |55.6 |76 |140 |558
Vitamin D (mug) |2.9 |94 |n/a |n/a
Vitamin E (mg) |8.2 |95 |n/a |n/a
Potassium (mg) |2,219.0 |91 |64 |111
Magnesium (mg) |208.0 |87 |77 |139
<1> Social Class
<2> estimated average requirement
n/a not applicable
Training and Enterprise Councils
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what decisions her Department has taken in respect of TECs over the last 12 months ; and if she will make a statement on her Department's involvement with TECs over the same period.
Mr. Jack : Responsibility for training and enterprise councils lies primarily with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment.
We attach importance to the provision of education and training for the land-based industries. MAFF takes a keen interest in ensuring that the agricultural and horticultural
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