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Tallow
Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to whom tallow was sold by her Department and its non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003; and for what purposes it was sold. [107816]
Alun Michael: In 2002 and 2003, the following companies were contracted to incinerate OTMS tallow:
- Pointons;
Prosper De Mulder (PDM);
JG Pears;
Lisburn Proteins;
Canterbury Mills;
William Forrest;
Dundas Chemicals; and
Ulster farm by products.
Water Resources (Cambridge Area)
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the adequacy of water resources to sustain the proposed expansion in the number of homes to be built in Cambridge and its environs in (a) the next 10 years and (b) from 2014 and 2024. [108529]
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Mr. Morley: Along with the other water supply companies, Cambridge Water and Anglian Water Services produce water resources plans, which look forward 25 years. These plans are updated annually by the companies, and are reviewed by the Environment Agency for consistency with its national and regional water resources strategies. The proposed housing expansion in and around Cambridge will be factored into this process.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Children's Clubs
Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if she will make a statement on the vetting procedure required for staff employed by British firms operating children's holiday clubs abroad; [107937]
- (2) what measures are required by British holiday companies to ensure staff employed to look after children in (a) hotel clubs and (b) holiday camps are properly qualified. [107938]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Regulation 15 of The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tour Regulations 1992 states that all Tour Operators are held liable for their customer's safety, this would include children using holiday camps and clubs.
The Federation of Tour Operators, who represent 90 per cent. of Tour Operators, recommend in their code of practice that all members should make sure that their children's clubs are supervised at all times by staff who are qualified in child care.
Advertising
Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department spent on advertising in each of the last five financial years; what the most expensive campaign was in each of these years; and how much these campaigns cost. [109175]
Ms Hewitt: The information requested is as follows:
| FinancialYear | Advertising expenditure(via COI) | Most expensive campaign | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | 13,760,086 | Action 2000 (all campaigns) | 8,207,738 |
| 1999–2000 | 13,341,889 | Action 2000 (all campaigns) | 11,619,875 |
| 2000–01 | 12,686,309 | National Minimum Wage | 3,505,047 |
| 2001–02 | 7,128,875 | UK Online for Business | 2,509,823 |
| 2002–03 | (3)12,284,379 | SBS business link | (3)6,014,079 |
(3) Provisional
Trade (Agricultural Products)
Mr. John Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the Government will support efforts to ensure that poor countries can protect agricultural products that are important in terms of (a) food security and (b) rural livelihoods; and what plans the Government have to (i) press for reductions in tariffs for these products and (ii) set limits on the numbers of products that can be protected. [108531]
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Ms Hewitt: As part of the current WTO negotiations on agriculture, the Chair of the WTO agriculture negotiations committee, Stuart Harbinson, produced draft agriculture modalities, which included two key proposals aimed at promoting and protecting developing countries' food security and rural livelihoods:
- 1. developing countries should be allowed to designate a certain number of agricultural products as 'special products' and only minimum tariff reductions would be required on these; and
2. a new special safeguard should be introduced to enable developing countries to protect developing country producers against import surges.
Export Controls
Mr. Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will extend the provisions in her Department's Consultation Document on Draft Orders to be made under the Export Control Act 2002 so as to apply the new provision on technical assistance to UK nationals knowingly or unknowingly supplying information on weapons of mass destruction. [106034]
Nigel Griffiths: The scope of the control on the provision of technical assistance in relation to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was drawn up after consultation on the draft Export Control Bill which sought views on the Bill and on the Government's proposals for the content of the secondary legislation. The scope of this control is in line with both the new WMD controls on the transfer by any means of technology and with the WMD provisions contained in the EC Dual-Use Regulation. The EC Dual-Use Regulation requires member states to control the physical export and electronic transfer of dual-use goods or technology which the exporter or transferor knows, or has been informed, is or may be intended use in connection with WMD.
The new control on the provision of technical assistance applies to anyone in the UK or any UK person anywhere.
Correspondence
David Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the hon. Member for Walsall, North will receive a reply to his letter of 27 February 2003 regarding a constituent. [107209]
Ms Hewitt [holding answer 4 April 2003]: I replied to my hon. Friend the Member for Walsall, North on the 5 April 2003.
E-Envoy
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the meetings Ministers in her Department have had with the e-Envoy since his appointment. [105632]
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Ms Hewitt: Since the e-Envoy's appointment in January 2001 DTI Ministers have met him on the following occasions:
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
- 5 July 2001
16 July 2001
3 December 2001
4 December 2001
13 February 2002
11 June 2002
4 September 2002
19 November 2002
10 March 2003
- 23 January 2001
12 February 2001
22 March 2001
5 April 2001
23 April 2001
2 May 2001
14 June 2001
28 June 2001
12 July 2001
11 September 2001
11 October 2001
16 October 2001
23 October 2001
13 November 2001
3 December 2001
13 February 2002
6 June 2002
14 November 2002
12 February 2003
31 March 2003
- 3 April 2003
- 11 July 2001
Energy
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement, in relation to her Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which her Department is responsible, on (a) the amount of energy consumed, (b) spending on (i) energy and (ii) energy efficiency measures, (c) the amount saved through energy efficiency measures and (d) energy policy in each of the last five years. [108870]
Ms Hewitt: Details of energy consumed and spending on energy and energy efficiency measures are published in the annual Sustainable Development in Government (formerly Greening Government) report. For ease of reference, details relating to my Department and Executive Agencies for each of the last five years are reproduced in the table.
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| Period | Energy consumed (KWh) | Energyspend (£) | Energy efficiency measures spend (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 51,557,126 | 2,312,915 | 30,000 |
| 1998–99 | 51,509,804 | 1,847,819 | 30,000 |
| 1999–2000 | 55,744,148 | 2,117,249 | 30,000 |
| 2000–01 | 57,762,613 | 2,095,491 | 60,000 |
| 2001–02 | 51,412,380 | 1,968,873 | 105,000 |
The data in columns two and three are aggregates for my Department and its Executive Agencies, the data in column four relates solely to my Department. Disaggregated data could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Definitive quantification of the amount of energy saved through energy efficiency measures is affected by a number of variables such as weather conditions, floor area and number and activities of building occupant, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
My Department's energy is managed within an ISO 14001 certified environmental management system, and energy policy is based on the environmental policy objectives of conserving natural resources and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
Hywel Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the United Kingdom oil supply was refined within Wales in the last three years; and how much this represented per head of population. [107535]
Mr. Wilson [holding answer 7 April 2003]: There are only two refineries in Wales and the required information is, therefore, regarded as commercially restricted. However, at the end of 2001, refinery processing capacity in Wales was about one-fifth of the total refinery processing capacity of the UK.
Hywel Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the UK (a) electricity and (b) gas supply originated in Wales in the last three years. [107536]
Mr. Wilson [holding answer 7 April 2003]: Electricity figures for Wales are not available before 2000. It is estimated that about 8 per cent. of the UK's electricity was generated in Wales in 2000 and the same proportion in 2001.
For gas, no supplies originate in Wales, although one pipeline from the Liverpool Bay field comes ashore in Wales.
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