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Antibiotics
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what his policy is on legislation at EU level on prevention of use of antibiotics in animal food. [147454]
Ms Quin: The Government are aware of concerns about the development of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria affecting humans as a result of antibiotic use in farm-animal production. We supported an EU ban on the use of four antimicrobial growth promoters which were authorised as feed additives, which came into effect on 1 July 1999. We will continue to be guided by the principles established in the report of the Joint Committee on the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry and veterinary medicines (the Swann report) 1969. This report proposed that antibiotics authorised for growth promotion should be restricted to those which have little or no application as therapeutic agents in man or animals, and which will not impair the efficacy of prescribed therapeutic drugs through the development of resistant strains of organisms.
Inspectors
Mr. Kilfoyle: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many inspectors were employed within his Department and its agencies in each year from 1992 to 2000. [145247]
Ms Quin: The number of staff with powers to enter or inspect property at 1 April in each of the years in question are set out in the table.
(1) The figures for core-MAFF include staff, in the following functions, who have statutory powers to enter or inspect property:
Plant Health and Seed Inspectorate; Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate; Egg Marketing Inspectorate; Sea Fisheries Inspectorate; Fisheries Officers; Field Officers; Veterinary Officers, advisers and managers; Animal Health Officers; Scientific Officers (Nuclear specialists)--with FSA from 1 April 2000.
(2) FRCA was formed as a MAFF agency on 1 April 1997
(3) CSL was formed from MAFF as an agency on 1 April 1994
(4) CEFAS was formed from MAFF as an agency on 1 April 1997
(5) MHS was a MAFF agency from 1 April 1995 to 31 March 2000
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Flooding
Mrs. Fiona Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to compensate farmers for the losses caused by recent flooding. [147473]
Ms Quin: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to the hon. Member for Vale of York (Miss McIntosh) on 30 January 2001, Official Report, column 137W.
Departmental Projects
Mr. Brady: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the projects undertaken for his Department by (a) outside consultants, (b) academic researchers and (c) university departments since 1 May 1997, giving the total expenditure incurred in each category. [144072]
Ms Quin: From information held centrally, outside consultants have undertaken projects to the value of £41,894,360 in the Department since 1 May 1997. A list of these projects is shown.
In respect of (b) and (c), I regret that a full reply is not possible without incurring disproportionate cost. As far as research projects are concerned, the Department funds over 1,000 of these each year, many of which are placed with academic researchers/universities. A list of all current research projects can be found on the Department's website at http://www.maff.gov.uk.
- Project
- "Managed set back" research
- 360 degree feedback training
- Accountancy projects
- ADAS study on losses to farmers following TB
- ADAS consultancy work arising from the privatisation
- Advice from experts on Flood Defence research
- Advice on countryside stewardship project
- Advice on the selection of a new member of Food from Britain Council
- Agricultural Wages Board
- Animal Health Service Papers Filing Exercise
- Animal Health Service Heads of Divisions Business Plan Workshop
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- Arable Area Payments Scheme
- Annual Staff Reports markings
- Assessment of Radioactive Waste Dumpings at Sea
- Audit of analytical services
- Audit of catering services
- Barrister (including Pupil and Expenses) in connection with GM Hearing on variety Charndon LL
- Benchmarking against the European Foundation for Quality Management Excellence Model
- Benchmarking workshops
- Better Quality services
- British Potato Council
- British survey of fertiliser practice
- BSE Consultants for Chief Veterinary Officer Group
- British Cattle Movement Service Building
- Building survey
- Selection of deputy chairman for Home Grown Cereals authority
- Catering
- Cattle tracing service
- British Cattle Movement Service Charging
- Charter and Service Standards
- Chief Veterinary Officer Group Filing
- Cattle Herd Registration (AIT)
- Consultancy on GIS data capture
- Consultancy work on the overgrazing MoU
- Consultant's contract as Chairman of the UNECE ammonia panel
- Consultants for new research vessel
- Contract with ATB-Landbase
- CSL Strategy
- Customer satisfaction surveys
- British Cattle Movement Service Data Capture
- Design and Supply software for the Agricultural Minimum Wage Helpline
- Development of a module on the food chain for a CD-ROM for schools
- Direct Selling Seminar
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- Disposal of Waste at Sea
- Diversity audit
- Document management
- End of Year accounts
- Ensuring Millennium Bug preparedness in the food chain
- Enteleca (Research into tourist attitudes towards regional and local foods)
- Environmentally Sensitive Areas contract for bird surveys
- EROS (Non Delta)
- Estates Review
- Evaluation of Processing and Marketing Grant scheme
- Evaluation of the LEADER+ programme for England
- Export promotion advice
- File store study
- Financial advice on tender applicants for new research vessel
- Financial consultancy to set up Capital database
- Fishing Vessel Decommissioning Scheme
- Flood Defence Management services
- Forensic accountancy advice prior to defence of Factortame claims
- FPS and AFQ Link Programmes
- Free Advice Programmes
- General Financial Ledger set-up consultancy
- Global Benchmarking study
- Global Competitiveness study
- Government Secure Internet Implementation Project
- Habitat Scheme monitoring
- Health and Safety initiative
- British Cattle Movement Service Call Logging
- Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances
- Horticultural Development Council
- British Cattle Movement Service Image Retrieval
- Independent assessor for the appointment of Board Members to the Wine Standards Board
- Information Age Government Support
- AESIS Review (IT)
- Investors in People assessment (PSD)
- British Cattle Movement Service ISO
- Ispra Wine Sampling Exercise
- British Cattle Movement Service IT
- IT Consultancy
- IT Consultancy for Fishing Vessel Register problem with Cardiff RSS lin
- IT Management
- IT Security Reviews
- IT Strategy Development
- ITAS Strategy
- JEGS 2000 (Job Evaluation and Grading System)
- Liaison (VAT advice)
- MAFF's Energy Efficiency Policy
- Maiden 2000 (MAFF Intranet)
- Management Structures consultancy
- Millennium Bug survey
- British Cattle Movement Service Millennium Cover
- Monitoring of environmentally sensitive areas
- British Cattle Movement Service New Building
- New Regional CAP Systems
- Nitrate Sensitive Areas
- British Cattle Movement Service Numeric Tagging
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- Operation Gangmaster
- Organisation of a two-month study visit for Bosnian students
- Pay and Grading consultancy
- Pay review project
- Pensions Consultant
- Pesticide Register launch
- Pilot training workshops for primary producers
- Plant Health
- British Cattle Movement Service Post Go Live Review
- Post Implementation Review of Doc Management
- Preparation of reports for Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees
- Preparation of Risk and Approval Guidance for Flood Defence projects
- Process Mapping
- Produce Studies (Poll Consultants)
- Provision of legal advice to Agricultural Wages Board
- Provision of meteorological data
- Provision of scientific advice during Branch Head's secondment to the EA
- Public Relations
- QA Audit
- Recruitment
- Relocation
- Report on aquifer response times
- Risk assessment and analysis of ash from small animal incinerators licensed to burn SRM
- Sea Fish Management Development
- Security
- Development and technical support for R&D database and work on e-Science projects
- Softward development
- Staff Attitude surveys (PSD)
- Stage II and III ESAs
- Stage IV ESAs
- British Cattle Movement Service Start-up and Testing
- Statistical training
- Stress study
- Study into fishing vessel engine power ratings
- Surveys of UK foodstocks and Food Vulnerability database
- Systems Review and upgrade
- Technical advice on methods of sampling and analysis for fertilisers
- Technical support to Quality Wine and Vine Variety Classification Committees
- Training (Personnel Division)
- Triad Group (software development)
- Unido Project
- Unix-Lan Operation Continuity
- Website design.
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