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Voluntary Initiative on Pesticides
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to make an evaluation of the success or outcome of the Voluntary Initiative on Pesticides. [166458]
Alun Michael: The Government regularly reviews progress with the Voluntary Initiative on pesticides and reports its broad conclusions in the Budget and Pre-Budget Report. In Budget 2004 the Government confirmed its view that, provided the Initiative is fully implemented, it should be the most effective way of reducing the environmental impacts of pesticide use. However, to cover the potential case that the Initiative might fail to deliver the required environmental benefits within a reasonable timescale, the Government continues to keep the options for a tax or economic instrument under review.
Waste Management
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress is being made on the introduction of Regulations to deliver the (a) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and (b) End of Life Vehicles directives. [167889]
Mr. Timms: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested is as follows:
(a) The Government have completed a consultation on their policy proposals for the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and recently published on the DTI website an assessment of stakeholders' responses to this. They are currently drafting implementing Regulations and guidance for a final consultation in late spring.
(b) The End of Life Vehicle Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2635), which came into effect on 3 November 2003, transposed a number of the provisions of the End of Life Vehicles Directive. Some related legislation was introduced shortly afterwards in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Further draft Regulations, to transpose the remaining provisions of the Directive, were the subject of a public consultation, which closed on 30 March 2004. 65 responses were received and these are now being assessed, with a view to finalising the Regulations before presentation to Parliament.
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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
J. M. W. Turner
Mr. Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received about the use of the insurance money received by the Tate Gallery following the theft of Turner works on loan to Germany in 1994; and if she will make a statement. [168087]
Estelle Morris: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State received a proposal from Dr. Selby Whittingham, Editor of the journal J. M. W. Turner, RA, about the use of the insurance money received by Tate following the theft in 1994 of two works from the Turner Bequest in its collections. These works have since been recovered. Dr. Whittingham proposed that the insurance moneys be used primarily to establish a dedicated Turner Gallery. The use of these insurance moneys is a matter for the Trustees of Tate, in discussion with the Charities Commission.
Mr. Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received about the establishment of a dedicated Turner gallery; which organisations and individuals have made representations; and if she will make a statement. [168088]
Estelle Morris: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has received representations from Dr. Selby Whittingham, Editor of the journal J. M. W. Turner R. A. about the establishment of a dedicated Turner Gallery.
Mr. Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will take steps to ensure that the works of Turner currently at the Tate and National galleries are (a) placed under the same body of trustees and (b) housed together. [168089]
Estelle Morris:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has no plans to require the National Gallery or Tate to house the works of Turner together. The housing of the collections of the National Gallery and Tate is a matter for their Trustees under their governing legislation, the Museums and Galleries Act 1992. Under the Act, the two Galleries each appoint one of their Trustees to the Board of the other.
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Mr. Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will introduce legislation to amend the Museums and Galleries Act 1992 so that it is consistent with the requirement of Turner's will that his finished pictures should be kept together. [168090]
Estelle Morris: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has no plans to introduce legislation to amend the Museums and Galleries Act 1992 in this respect. After Turner's death in 1851, the dispute over the terms of his will went to Court. In 1856, the Court decreed that 100 finished pictures, 182 unfinished pictures and 19,049 drawings and sketches were to be held in trust by the National Gallery, a decision which took precedence over the provisions in Turner's wills and codicils. The National Gallery and Tate Gallery Act 1954 effected the legal separation of the Tate Gallery from the National Gallery and the trusteeship of the Turner Bequest was transferred to the Trustees of the Tate Gallery. The Museums and Galleries Act 1992 established the Tate Gallery as a corporate body and it became Trustee of the Turner Bequest, subject to the conditions of that trust and subject to the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Trustees as established by the 1992 Act.
Recycling
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures she has put in place to ensure that her Department meets the quick win targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post-consumer waste. [165952]
Mr. Caborn: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 19 April 2004, Official Report, columns 243–44W. DCMS procures 100 per cent. recycled paper for in excess of 60 per cent. of paper for printed publications, but it has not been possible to ascertain the percentage of post consumer waste content.
Visual Arts Facilities
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many proposed new visual arts facilities her Department has been advised of since 1 January 1998; in which cities and towns they are located; and how much public funding was given in each case. [167286]
Estelle Morris: Arts Council England has awarded over £175 million of lottery capital funds to new and existing visual arts projects since 1 January 1998. Details of individual awards are set out in the tables.
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| Organisation name | Location | Approved amount (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Combined Art Gallery and Craft Centre for Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | 4,500,000 |
| Hampshire Arts Centre | Basingstoke and Havant | 500,000 |
| Colchester Arts Centre | Colchester | 5,000,000 |
| Creative Art House | Doncaster | 1,000,000 |
| Derby Playhouse | Derby | 2,500,000 |
| Spike Island | Bristol | 750,000 |
| Eastbourne Regional Cultural Quarter | Eastbourne | 2,000,000 |
| INIVA/Association of Black Photographers | London | 5,000,000 |
| Stroud Valley Artspace | Gloucestershire | 580,000 |
| Wysing Arts | Cambridge | 780,000 |
| Organisation name | Location | Approved amount (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Turner Centre | Margate | 4,100,000 |
| Future Factory and Angel Row | Nottingham | 5,000,000 |
| ACME Studios | London | 2,000,000 |
| Whitechapel Art Gallery | London | 500,000 |
| Waygood Gallery | Newcastle | 750,000 |
| Storey Gallery | Lancaster | 693,600 |
| Newlyn Art Gallery | Penzance | 1,200,000 |
| Sherborne House | Sherborne | 288,860 |
| Centre for Creative Arts | Wakefield | 4,000,000 |
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures she has taken to check projections of visitor number attendances at the new visual arts facilities against the actual figures; and if she will make a statement. [167287]
Estelle Morris: Arts Council England rigorously assesses projections of visitor numbers contained in all applications made to it for capital grants. The Arts Council also monitors all regularly funded organisations, including those receiving capital funding, through an annual, covering attendances in the previous financial year and the projected attendances in the current year.
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