Departmental Events

Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the (a) conferences, (b) seminars, (c) workshops, (d) exhibitions and (e) other conferences sponsored by her Department and which took place on non-Departmental premises in the last 12 months, broken down by title, purpose, date and cost. [104270]

Alun Michael
The following is a list of the events commissioned centrally by Defra and which were part of the Department's publicity programme. The events, incurred by Defra's centralised publicity budget were commissioned at a cost of £1.2 million.The information for each agency and non-departmental body for which Defra is responsible could only be collated at a disproportionate cost.

Shows 2002–2003 Agrivision At the NationalAgricultural Centre, StoneleighTowards Tomorrow's CountrysideSprays and Sprayers 2002Lincolnshire ShowTatton Park Flower Show 2002Fruit Focus 2002Pig and Poultry FairDevon CountyGrassland (and MUCK)Beef 2002Royal Bath and WestRoyal CornwallSouth of EnglandCerealsThree CountiesEast of EnglandBBC Gardener's World LiveRoyal NorfolkRoyal ShowHampton Court Flower ShowGreat YorkshireCLA Game FairNew Forest and HampshireSheepRoyal LancashireNorthumberland ShowNational Scrapie Plan StandThe Royal Welsh ShowAgrivision Roadshow 2002–2003The Royal Smithfield ShowDiscover DogsTown and and Country Show 2002The Supreme Cat Show 2002The National Cat Club ShowScientific Advisers PresentationsBritish Equine Event November 2002Sustainability In Public ServiceE-nabling Defra ConferenceThe Daily Mail Ideal Home ShowEvents 2002–2003Eight Regional Events On Sustainable Food and FarmingEuropean Dairy EventCareer Fair and Welcome EventsSustainable Development Strategy LaunchBritish Equine EventAbbotts Hall Farm (Agri-Environment)Skill CityInternational Food and Drink Exhibition 2003Brockhole Visitors CentreWildlife Crimes UnitMarine Stewardship EventLaunch of New Atlas of British and Irish FloraEnabling Defra EventCommunications Directorate Diversity WorkshopsCommunity Renewable Initiative WorkshopDEFRA Hunting HearingOECD LaunchESC Study Group Meeting (EU)Public Appointments SeminarsSustainable DevelopmentConferences and Seminars 2002–2003Bio Energy ConferenceFlood and Coastal Management ConferenceCountryside Stewardship Campaign, 10th AnniversaryConferenceNoise Forum ConferenceCreating the Future 2002