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Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the timetable is for introduction of the Marine Bill following consultation on the draft Bill. [135068]
Mr. Bradshaw: The Government are committed to fulfilling the 2005 manifesto commitment to introduce a Marine Bill in this Parliament. Consultation on a Marine Bill White Paper closes on 8 June. The timing of the introduction of a Bill to Parliament will depend on the responses to the consultation, further consideration within Government and the availability of parliamentary time.
Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to publish the new national ambient noise strategy. [135397]
Mr. Bradshaw: The Government plan to issue a combined national noise strategy, covering both environmental and neighbourhood noise, by the end of 2007.
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many oil spills there were at (a) residential and (b) commercial premises in each of the English regions in each of the last five years. [135586]
Ian Pearson: The information requested is set out in the following table. This represents all reported incidents to the Environment Agency. In a report commissioned by the Oil Care Campaign, An Analysis of Inland Oil and Fuel Incidents in England and Wales, published in April 2005, it was estimated that approximately a third of all such incidents are reported to the Environment Agency.
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has received on the oil and oil waste storage regulations. [135590]
Ian Pearson: My Department has received representations on a range of oil related issues, including the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001.
I also met with the Environment Industries Commission (EIC) late last year to discuss oil storage and other matters of concern.
Mr. Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions his Department has held with retailers on the reduction of packaging waste. [135654]
Mr. Bradshaw: The Government have already introduced two sets of regulations to encourage producers (including retailers) to minimise, recycle and recover packaging and reduce packaging waste.
The packaging regulations have helped to reduce the amount of packaging used around products. However, more still needs to be done to reduce the amount of packaging and packaging waste being generated in the first place. We have asked the Advisory Committee on Packaging to work with industry to find solutions to this problem and recommend ways of encouraging businesses to further reduce the amount of packaging they use.
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