All 2 Debates between Owen Paterson and Karl McCartney

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Debate between Owen Paterson and Karl McCartney
Thursday 21st November 2013

(11 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Owen Paterson Portrait Mr Paterson
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I am grateful to the hon. Lady. We look at various regulations the whole time. We are studying that matter and we will make announcements in due course.

Karl McCartney Portrait Karl MᶜCartney (Lincoln) (Con)
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T4. My right hon. Friend is no doubt aware that Lincolnshire produces a quarter of the nation’s food and does quite well in recycling waste, but with 15 million tonnes of food across the country going to waste annually, what steps is his Department taking to encourage the uptake of anaerobic digestion?

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Debate between Owen Paterson and Karl McCartney
Wednesday 6th July 2011

(13 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Owen Paterson Portrait Mr Paterson
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It is almost impossible to stress how closely we are now working. Last week, I met Eamon Gilmore, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and I had several discussions in the last week with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence. I also recently saw the Garda commissioner. The Garda is to be wholly congratulated on its recent raid at Hackballscross in County Louth, where a significant amount of lethal matériel was apprehended. I am delighted to confirm that the co-operation with the PSNI gets better from month to month.

Karl McCartney Portrait Karl MᶜCartney
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that at a time of such pressure on the public finances, the exceptional deal to the give the PSNI an extra £200 million over the next four years is a clear demonstration that this Government will always stand by Northern Ireland?

Owen Paterson Portrait Mr Paterson
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving me the chance to remind the House that we endorsed £50 million last year and a further unprecedented £200 million over the next four years. We are absolutely determined to bear down on the current threat, and I am delighted that Matt Baggot, the Chief Constable, to whom I spoke this morning, confirmed that we

“have the resources, the resilience and…the commitment”

to meet that threat.