Download or read book Government Support for Beagle 2 Twelfth Report of Session 2003 04 Report Together with Formal Minutes Oral and Written Evidence written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this inquiry, by the Science and Technology Committee, was the support by the UK Government for the Beagle 2 project developed as part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express mission. The Committee found the Government showed enthusiasm for this project, but was unable to provide a guaranteed financial backing for the development of a lander, resulting in a failure to secure sufficient sponsorship income, which was subsequently seen to have a detrimental impact on the project's success. The Committee feels, that Government needs to put in place a system that can deal with major financial commitments at short notice. In hindsight, the development of the lander and orbiter separately is seen as wrong, impeding the flexible co-ordination of the mission, leading to tensions between the Beagle 2 consortium, ESA and other contractors. Further, there was a lack of co-ordinated oversight between these three groups, and therefore a failure to identify important weaknesses in the mission. Despite the failure of Beagle, the Committee does see some positive potential for future projects, both in scientific and educational benefits, but that the costs of such projects would benefit from greater participation by other organizations.
Download or read book The United Kingdom s Civil Space Activities written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-06-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report follows-on from a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (HC 359 2003-4 ISBN 0102927391) which examined the Partnership of Departments, Agencies and Research Councils that manages the UK space programme. It concludes that the Partnership does not apply risk management techniques consistently across their programmes, and in particular the Beagle 2 project had large risks that were not explicitly addressed in the appraisals of funding applications. It also finds that cost control is compromised by internal information systems and that the Partnership neither summarises the benefits across space programmes nor monitor progress against strategic objectives.
Download or read book Index to Chairmen written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Stationery Office Annual Catalogue written by Stationery Office (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sixteenth Report of Session 2003 04 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by . This book was released on 2004-04-08 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteenth report of Session 2003-04 : Documents considered by the Committee on 31 March 2004, including, Protection of animals during transport, report, together with formal Minutes
Download or read book Identifying and Tracking Livestock in England written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts and published by . This book was released on 2004-07-06 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In England, the Government spends £30 million each year on livestock identification and tracking systems, covering the birth, movement and death of cattle, sheep and pigs, in order to meet domestic and EU requirements to safeguard human and animal health, to assist in the control of farming subsidies and to improve the industry's commercial performance. Following on from a NAO report (HCP 1144, session 2002-03; ISBN 0102923574) published in November 2003, the Committee's report examines the progress made by DEFRA towards implementing livestock identification and tracking. Issues discussed include: weaknesses in the Cattle Tracing System and the Animal Movements Licensing System, efficacy in disease control, electronic notification, and sharing the benefits and costs of tracking systems in EU member states. Conclusions drawn include: the Cattle Tracing System was developed in haste, has suffered from serious technical difficulties, and is more expensive and less efficient that systems used in other EU member states; making markets responsible for reporting animal movements would reduce anomalies and save around £1 million a year; and making greater use of more efficient electronic notification methods could save around £15 million a year.
Download or read book The Draft Animal Welfare Bill written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 2004-12-08 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes previously unpublished HCP 1032-i to -xii, session 2003-04. The draft Bill was published in July 2004 (Cm 6252, ISBN 0101625227)
Download or read book Bovine TB written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 2004-07-13 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bovine TB is a disease which not only brings suffering to animals but also adversely affects farmers in economic and other terms, and has been, at least until very recently, a growing problem in the UK. The Committee's report examines measures which might form an alternative response to the problem besides the option of culling badgers. It considers developments in the vaccination of cattle and badgers; the gamma interferon test; husbandry; trace elements; and the lessons to be learnt from Ireland. The Committee concludes that a decision about culling badgers must await the outcome of the Randomised Badger Culling Trial, but a number of steps could be taken in the meantime, including testing vaccination in badgers; that farmers could be paid incentives to recruit them to the current gamma interferon field trial; and more resources should be concentrated on research into cattle vaccines. The Committee also recommends that farmers take note of ministerial comments on following best practice in good animal husbandry.
Download or read book Draft Animal Welfare Bill First Report of Session written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The draft Animal Welfare Bill (Cm 6252, ISBN 0101625227), published in July 2004, seeks to consolidate and modernise the current law in England and Wales in line with current animal welfare standards. Amongst its provisions, the draft Bill seeks to establish a duty of care to ensure the welfare of all kept animals, enabling animal welfare organisations to intervene where there is evidence an animal is being kept in conditions likely to lead to suffering, rather than having to wait for evidence that the animal has suffered abuse before legal action can be taken. The Committee's report welcomes the Government's initiative of seeking to modernise and improve animal welfare legislation and supports the introduction of the new welfare offence. However, it also highlights a number of issues which need to be addressed before a final Bill is introduced into Parliament and makes 101 recommendations suggesting modifications either to the draft Bill itself or to its underlying policy.
Download or read book Wild Animals in Circuses written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by Stationery Office/Tso. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee believes the Government plans to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses from late 2015 in England, should be more clearly and tightly defined. The Committee recommends the draft Bill should have a schedule that contains a proscribed list of animals which can no longer be used in travelling circuses. They believe there should be a ban on big cat species and elephants, but not on say, camels, racoons, zebras or snakes. There should also be powers in the future to amend the list to reflect prevailing social and cultural attitudes. The Committee does not agree that clause 1(2) should be amended as suggested by the RSPCA and others to match provision in the 2012 Regulations. Clause 1 prohibits circus operators from using wild animals in travelling circuses in England for performance or exhibition. This would leave open to travelling circuses to keep wild animals and travel with them without requiring them to perform or be exhibited. The RSPCA suggests the courts should have a power to disqualify offenders from keeping wild animals. The Committee disagrees believing the present fine is an appropriate penalty as the offence does not apply to welfare and disqualification proceedings are already available under other legislation. Any ban would be desirable to apply to the whole of the UK and the Committee urges Defra to reach a co-ordinated position with their counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland before 2015.
Download or read book Thirty sixth Report of Session 2003 04 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by . This book was released on 2004-11-22 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-sixth report of Session 2003-04 : Documents considered by the Committee on 10 November 2004, including, Humane trapping standards, report, together with formal Minutes
Download or read book Draft Legislative Reform Local Government Animal Health Functions Order 2009 written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Regulatory Reform Committee and published by . This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draft Legislative Reform (Local Government) (Animal Health Functions) Order 2009 : Fourth report of session 2008-09, report, together with formal minutes and written Evidence
Download or read book Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration input from the scientific and laboratory animal communities and the public at large. The Guide incorporates new scientific information on common laboratory animals, including aquatic species, and includes extensive references. It is organized around major components of animal use: Key concepts of animal care and use. The Guide sets the framework for the humane care and use of laboratory animals. Animal care and use program. The Guide discusses the concept of a broad Program of Animal Care and Use, including roles and responsibilities of the Institutional Official, Attending Veterinarian and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Animal environment, husbandry, and management. A chapter on this topic is now divided into sections on terrestrial and aquatic animals and provides recommendations for housing and environment, husbandry, behavioral and population management, and more. Veterinary care. The Guide discusses veterinary care and the responsibilities of the Attending Veterinarian. It includes recommendations on animal procurement and transportation, preventive medicine (including animal biosecurity), and clinical care and management. The Guide addresses distress and pain recognition and relief, and issues surrounding euthanasia. Physical plant. The Guide identifies design issues, providing construction guidelines for functional areas; considerations such as drainage, vibration and noise control, and environmental monitoring; and specialized facilities for animal housing and research needs. The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals provides a framework for the judgments required in the management of animal facilities. This updated and expanded resource of proven value will be important to scientists and researchers, veterinarians, animal care personnel, facilities managers, institutional administrators, policy makers involved in research issues, and animal welfare advocates.
Download or read book The Ethics of Research Involving Animals written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics working party investigating the ethical issues of research involving animals.
Download or read book The World Health Report 2006 written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2006-03-23 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2006 World Health Report focuses on the chronic shortages of doctors, midwives, nurses and other health care support workers in the poorest countries of the world where they are most needed. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa, which has only four in every hundred global health workers but has a quarter of the global burden of disease, and less than one per cent of the world's financial resources. Poor working conditions, high rates of attrition due to illness and migration, and education systems that are unable to pick up the slack reflect the depth of the challenges in these crisis countries. This report considers the challenges involved and sets out a 10-year action plan designed to tackle the crisis over the next ten years, by which countries can strengthen their health system by building their health workforces and institutional capacity with the support of global partners.
Download or read book The Other End of the Leash written by Patricia McConnell, Ph.D. and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to communicate with your dog—using their language “Good reading for dog lovers and an immensely useful manual for dog owners.”—The Washington Post An Applied Animal Behaviorist and dog trainer with more than twenty years’ experience, Dr. Patricia McConnell reveals a revolutionary new perspective on our relationship with dogs—sharing insights on how “man’s best friend” might interpret our behavior, as well as essential advice on how to interact with our four-legged friends in ways that bring out the best in them. After all, humans and dogs are two entirely different species, each shaped by its individual evolutionary heritage. Quite simply, humans are primates and dogs are canids (as are wolves, coyotes, and foxes). Since we each speak a different native tongue, a lot gets lost in the translation. This marvelous guide demonstrates how even the slightest changes in our voices and in the ways we stand can help dogs understand what we want. Inside you will discover: • How you can get your dog to come when called by acting less like a primate and more like a dog • Why the advice to “get dominance” over your dog can cause problems • Why “rough and tumble primate play” can lead to trouble—and how to play with your dog in ways that are fun and keep him out of mischief • How dogs and humans share personality types—and why most dogs want to live with benevolent leaders rather than “alpha wanna-bes!” Fascinating, insightful, and compelling, The Other End of the Leash is a book that strives to help you connect with your dog in a completely new way—so as to enrich that most rewarding of relationships.
Download or read book How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report considers the biological and behavioral mechanisms that may underlie the pathogenicity of tobacco smoke. Many Surgeon General's reports have considered research findings on mechanisms in assessing the biological plausibility of associations observed in epidemiologic studies. Mechanisms of disease are important because they may provide plausibility, which is one of the guideline criteria for assessing evidence on causation. This report specifically reviews the evidence on the potential mechanisms by which smoking causes diseases and considers whether a mechanism is likely to be operative in the production of human disease by tobacco smoke. This evidence is relevant to understanding how smoking causes disease, to identifying those who may be particularly susceptible, and to assessing the potential risks of tobacco products.
