Written and Oral Questions to Ministers

ANIMALS AND PLANTS: DISEASES

13th October 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish Sir Mark Walport's study on the UK's future needs for capability in animal and plant health.

ASH DIEBACK DISEASE

13th October 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the ecological effect of ash dieback disease on the countryside.

ASH DIEBACK DISEASE

13th October 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of how many and what proportion of ash trees are likely to die from ash dieback disease.

ASH DIEBACK DISEASE

13th October 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made in identifying ash trees with resistance to ash dieback disease; and if she will make a statement.

ASH DIEBACK DISEASE

13th October 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) geographical spread and (b) effect of ash dieback disease.

ARMY RESERVE

13th October 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) new recruits and (b) former regulars entered the Army Reserve in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.

NATO

13th October 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) NATO Readiness Action Plan, (b) Alliance's Review of the Arrangements for NATO Interim Ballistic Missile Defence Capability, (c) NATO Framework Nations Concept and (d) NATO Enhanced Cyber Defence Policy.

ARMY

13th October 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Chief of the General Staff was informed of the decision to reduce the size of the Army from 94,000 to 82,000; and if he will make a statement.

NATO

6th October 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which UK units he plans to allocate to the NATO Joint Expeditionary Force.

NATO

6th October 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what size the NATO Joint Expeditionary Force will be.

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