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Fisheries: Quotas

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas’ fishing quota advice for 2008; and if he will make a statement. [145463]

Mr. Bradshaw: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 19 June 2007, Official Report, column 1664W.


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Fishing Catches

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made with the development of the (a) North sea nephrops discard pilot schemes and (b) Irish sea discards pilot scheme; what information his Department has recorded as a result of the schemes; whether he is in a position to make recommendations as a result of the schemes; and if he will make a statement. [144527]

Mr. Bradshaw: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to him on the 15 June 2007, Official Report , column 1370W, and the 18 June 2007, Official Report , column 1431W.

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has made to his EU counterparts on (a) a community-wide discard ban and (b) the introduction of a full catch registry scheme; and if he will make a statement. [144539]

Mr. Bradshaw: At the 11-12 June Agriculture and Fisheries Council, my ministerial colleagues and I discussed the Commission's recent communication which proposes a series of discard bans in EU fisheries. I made clear that, although the UK was generally supportive of the Commission's initiative to reduce discards, we had concerns about the practical implementation of the measures proposed, particularly discard bans. We believe the Communication significantly underestimates the potential enforcement difficulties and costs associated with such measures, especially in the mixed fisheries around the UK.

Fly-tipping: East of England

Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many incidents of fly-tipping were reported in each local authority in the East of England in each of the last four years for which figures are available; and what the estimated cost was of dealing with such incidents; [144540]

(2) how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there were for fly-tipping in each local authority in the East of England in each year for which figures are available. [144541]

Mr. Bradshaw: The Flycapture database, which was set up in 2004 by DEFRA, the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association, records the number of fly-tipping incidents dealt with by the Environment Agency and local authorities and details of enforcement action. The following tables show the number of incidents and prosecutions recorded by each local authority in the East of England on Flycapture for 2004-05 and 2005-06.

Data for 2006-07 have not yet been finalised but will be available in the summer.


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East of England flycapture data for 2004-05
East of England borough Total number of incidents Estimated clearance costs recorded (£) Number of prosecutions taken to court Number of successful prosecutions

Babergh district council

343

21,035.00

0

0

Basildon district council

11,639

561,523.00

4

4

Bedford borough council

2,210

125,520.00

3

3

Braintree district council

2,154

115,105.00

0

0

Breckland district council

612

30,550.00

0

0

Brentwood borough council

502

44,447.00

0

0

Broadland district council

497

21,988.00

1

1

Broxbourne borough council

3,483

208,153.00

4

4

Cambridge city council

997

60,977.00

0

0

Castle Point borough council

349

12,658.00

0

0

Chelmsford borough council

1,048

63,635.00

0

0

Colchester borough council

195

9,069.00

1

1

Dacorum borough council

2,208

215,341.10

0

0

East Cambridgeshire district council

667

29,730.00

0

0

East Hertfordshire district council

225

14,936.93

0

0

Epping Forest district council

2,276

79,185.00

6

5

Fenland district council

1,337

84,116.00

0

0

Forest Heath district council

682

42,135.00

0

0

Great Yarmouth borough council

2,951

245,993.50

1

1

Harlow district council

2,234

127,713.00

0

0

Hertsmere borough council

36

1,391.00

0

0

Huntingdonshire district council

852

44,669.00

0

0

Ipswich borough council

341

17,888.00

0

0

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk borough council

1,842

105,501.00

0

0

Luton borough council

2,073

(1)

3

3

Maldon district council

143

6,594.00

0

0

Mid Beds district council

959

57,728.26

0

0

Mid Suffolk district council

346

16,243.00

0

0

North Hertfordshire district council

564

26,876.00

0

0

North Norfolk district council

198

12,197.00

0

0

Norwich city council

7,312

304,487.00

0

0

Peterborough city council

3,515

230,282.00

0

0

Rochford district council

416

23,328.00

0

0

South Bedfordshire district council

1,041

120,891.00

0

0

South Cambridgeshire district council

669

38,749.00

0

0

South Norfolk district council

737

50,040.00

0

0

Southend-on-Sea borough council

1,736

79,052.00

0

0

St. Albans city council

876

19,912.00

0

0

St. Edmundsbury borough council

629

31,425.00

1

1

Stevenage borough council

5,411

202,945.00

8

8

Suffolk Coastal district council

311

13,146.00

0

0

Tendring district council

578

24,960.00

0

0

Three Rivers district council

368

22,292.00

0

0

Thurrock borough council

1,571

96,054.16

(1)

(1)

Uttlesford district council

242

12,743.00

0

0

Watford borough council

672

24,950.00

4

4

Waveney district council

407

52,949.00

0

0

Welwyn Hatfield district council

1,620

133,536.00

0

0

Total

72,074

3,884,638.95

36

35

(1 )Data not available.

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