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Northern Ireland: Murder Prosecutions
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 25 March (WA 84), whether for those convicted in connection with a police murder there is a record of who the victim was; and, if not, why not. [HL2829]
Lord Rooker: Conviction data in the courts datasets do not include any details of victims. While information on police murders and those convicted could be sourced via a manual file trawl, this can only be done at disproportionate cost.
Roads: A1
Lord Monson asked Her Majesty's Government:
How the extensive roadworks currently in progress at the intersection of the B6403 and the A1 dual carriageway near Colsterworth are intended to improve road safety. [HL3200]
Lord Bassam of Brighton: The intersection of the B6403 and the Al near Colsterworth has a poor accident record. It is intended that this will be improved by closing the gap in the central reservation currently
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Schools: Milk
Baroness Byford asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 23 April (HL2989), how much of the total amount spent on school milk subsidies comes from the European Union and how much from the Government. [HL3243]
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker): In England, between September 2006 and August 2007, 33,444 kilolitres of milk was subsidised. This attracted an EU subsidy of just over £4.1 million and the Government top-up was worth just over £1.3 million.
Putting this in context, the EU subsidy is worth around 3.6p per 200 millilitre serving, the top-up is worth another 0.8p while the milk costs parents on average 18 pence per 200 millilitre serving.
Waste Management: Plastic Packaging
Lord Laird asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 22 April (WA 296) concerning the use of plastic packaging, whether the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 and the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 apply to all parts of the United Kingdom. [HL3235]
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker): The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 cover Great Britain, while Northern Ireland has its own regulations which duplicate them (the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006). The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003, which apply throughout the United Kingdom, are enforced in England, Wales and Scotland by the trading standards departments of individual local authorities and in Northern Ireland by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. In Scotland, prosecutions against infringement of the regulations are brought by the procurator fiscal. In other words, there is legislation, and an enforcement framework to implement the relevant EU legislation on packaging throughout the United Kingdom.
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