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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.
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.
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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