| Oral Questions to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
| *1 |
Mr Tony Colman (Putney): If he will make a statement on the implementation of the Government's policy on passports for pets. |
| (87914) |
| *2 |
Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): How much money will be spent by his Department on research in the current financial year. |
| (87915) |
| *3 |
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): What progress he has made in (a) defining and (b) monitoring an effective quarantine zone around genetically-modified crop trials. |
| (87916) |
| *4 |
Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall): When he expects the date-based export scheme for beef to be operational throughout the UK. |
| (87917) |
| *5 |
Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): If he will make a statement about growth in the CAP budget over the period 2000 to 2006. |
| (87918) |
| *6 |
Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): What discussions he has had with EU partners on the control of whaling. |
| (87919) |
| *7 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What studies he has commissioned on the importance of coral in the marine food chain. |
| (87921) |
| *8 |
Mr John Healey (Wentworth): What recent representations he has received on the current state of the pig industry. |
| (87922) |
| *9 |
Mr Robert Syms (Poole): If he will make a statement about the labelling of country of origin on meat sold in Britain. |
| (87924) |
| *10 |
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington): What measures he is taking to ensure that controls on specified risk materials do not place additional burdens on the livestock industry. |
| (87925) |
| *11 |
Julia Drown (South Swindon): If the Government will introduce targets for the proportion of land that is farmed organically in the United Kingdom. |
| (87926) |
| *12 |
Mr Geraint Davies (Croydon Central): What action his Department plans to take to ensure that animal feed including genetically-modified ingredients is adequately labelled. |
| (87927) |
| *13 |
Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): What representations he has received from farmers about the level of imports of US agricultural products. |
| (87928) |
| *14 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What steps he is taking to promote safe working practices in farming. |
| (87930) |
| *15 |
Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): What steps he is taking to improve the welfare of sheep which are exported from the UK. |
| (87931) |
| *16 |
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): What steps he is taking to promote the making of sheep and goats' cheese in the north east of England. |
| (87932) |
| *17 |
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): When he expects beef to be exported to the continent. |
| (87933) |
| *18 |
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): What actions he took in response to the discovery of dioxins in Belgian poultry and dairy produce. |
| (87934) |
| *19 |
Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): What steps he is taking to improve the welfare of battery hens. |
| (87935) |
| *20 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): If he will make a statement about compliance with meat hygiene regulations in other parts of the EU. |
| (87936) |
| *21 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): If he will make a statement on the agreement at the June Agriculture Council concerning phasing out battery hens by 2012. |
| (87939) |
| *22 |
Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): If he will make a statement on the timetable for the introduction of the Food Standards Agency. |
| (87940) |
| *23 |
Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): If he will make a statement on the future of Milk Marque. |
| (87941) |
| *24 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What recent discussions he has had regarding the provision of school milk. |
| (87942) |
| *25 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What progress is being made on allowing the use of set-aside for environmental purposes. |
| (87943) |
| Oral Questions to Mr Attorney General |
| *26 |
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): What discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions about reforming the law on disclosure in criminal cases; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87904) |
| *27 |
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): What percentage of Crown Prosecution lawyers in Wales are able to conduct trials through the medium of the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. |
| [R] (87905) |
| *28 |
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): When he last met the Director of the Serious Fraud Office to discuss the failure rate of prosecutions in fraud cases. |
| (87907) |
| *29 |
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): If he will make a statement on the number of appeals against lenient sentences in the latest year for which figures are available. |
| (87908) |
| *30 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What progress he has made on improving collaboration between the Crown Prosecution Service and area police forces in order to reduce delays before cases are brought to court. |
| (87909) |
| *31 |
Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): Pursuant to his Answer of 20th May, Official Report, column 433, on prosecutions for racial hatred, how many referrals were made to him by the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration as to whether to prosecute for incitement to racial hatred in each year since 1995. |
| (87910) |
| *32 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): If he will make a statement on the implementation of the restructuring of the Crown Prosecution Service areas. |
| (87911) |
| *33 |
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): If he will make a statement on his responsibilities in relation to charities. |
| (87912) |
|
| Main
Business |
| + 1 |
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (STATUTORY
INSTRUMENTS) [Until
7.00 p.m.] |
| | Margaret Beckett
Secretary Marjorie Mowlam |
| | That, if a Statutory
Instrument or Statutory Instruments relating to a Northern Ireland matter be laid before the
House this day, a Minister of the Crown may, notwithstanding the practice of the House,
make without notice a Motion or Motions for the approval of the said Instrument or
Instruments at the sitting this day. |
| Debate may continue until
7.00 p.m. |
| + 2 |
ADJOURNMENT [Until
7.00 p.m.] |
| | The Prime Minister
That this House do now adjourn. |
| | Proposed subject for debate: Armed Forces Personnel.
| | Relevant documents:
First Report from the Defence Committee of Session
1998-99, on the Strategic Defence Review: Territorial Army Restructuring (HC 70), and the
Government's Response thereto (HC 417).
Sixth Report from the Social Security Committee of
Session 1998-99, War Pensions Agency Business Plan 1999-2000 (HC
377). |
| Debate may continue until
7.00 p.m. |
| + 3 |
FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE [No
debate after 7.00 p.m.] |
| | Mr Keith Bradley
That Mr George Mudie be discharged from the Finance and
Services Committee and Mr Keith Bradley be added to the Committee. |
| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after
7.00 p.m. |
|
| COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
| STANDING COMMITTEES |
| 1 |
Standing Committee B |
9.00 a.m.
1.30 p.m. |
Room 10 (public)
(public) |
| Further to consider the Food Standards Bill. |
| 2 |
Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation |
10.00 a.m. |
Room 11 (public) |
| To consider the Value Added Tax (Abolition of Zero-Rating for Tax-Free Shops) Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1642). |
| 3 |
Tenth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation |
4.30 p.m. |
Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the draft Contracting Out (Jury Summoning Functions) Order 1999. |
| SELECT COMMITTEES |
| 4 |
Health |
10.00 a.m.
10.30 a.m. |
Room 6 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Procedures related to Adverse Clinical Incidents and Outcomes in Medical Care. |
| Witnesses: General Medical Council, UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, and Medical Defence Union. |
| 5 |
Foreign Affairs |
11.00 a.m. |
Room 16 (private) |
| JOINT COMMITTEES |
| 6 |
Draft Local Government (Organisation and Standards) Bill |
3.30 p.m. |
Room 3 (public) |
| Subject: Draft Local Government (Organisation and Standards) Bill. |
| Witnesses: MORI; Lewisham Citizens Panel. |
| [The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
|
| Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 30th June for answer today++ |
1
| Mr Christopher Leslie (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he intends to undertake a review of the Royal Parks Agency. |
| (89802) |
2
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has met the 12 local authorities he called in to discuss their increases in budget requirement and council tax; and if he will make a statement. |
| (89803) |
3
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has any proposals for new regulations relating to vehicle number plates. |
| (89804) |
4
| Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what was the outcome of the Internal Market Council held in Luxembourg on 21st June. |
| (89805) |
5
| Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on administrative support to the Territorial Army following the recent reforms. |
| (89847) |
6
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the report by the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh into the effects of exposure to organophosphorous sheep dips will be published. |
| (89848) |
7
| Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about closure of the countryside access scheme. |
| (89849) |
|
| Standing Committee Notices |
| Standing Committee A will meet on Tuesday 6th July at 10.30 a.m. to consider the Financial Services and Markets Bill. |
| Standing Committee B will meet on Tuesday 6th July at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. and Thursday 8th July at 9.00 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. further to consider the Food Standards Bill. |
| The Northern Ireland Grand Committee will meet on Thursday 8th July at 2.30 p.m. to consider the matter of the Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland. |
| The Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation will meet on Tuesday 6th July at 4.30 p.m. to consider the draft Stansted Airport Movement Limit (Amendment) Order 1999. |
| European Standing Committee B will meet on Wednesday 7th July at 10.30 a.m. to consider European Community Document No: Sec (1999) 600: 2000 Preliminary Draft Budget-Overview. |
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