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As of November 2008, the world's population is estimated to be about 6.7 billion. The world's population, on its current growth trajectory, is expected to reach nearly 9 billion by the year 2042. Does your party have any policy on the control of population growth, or does your party believe that everyone can continue to have as many children as they want, even if this means the world's population becomes too large to be supported by the world's resources?
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In view of the difficult economy, how do you propose to tackle the issue of bureaucracy in farming? A farmer now spends a large proportion of his time filling in forms and generating documents. This doesn’t play to his strengths, compromises his farming business and only serves to inform the TEN overseeing government bodies about what he is farming and why. The forms are then followed up by ten different inspectors conducting ten different audits. This is plainly nonsensical.
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Why is there still no official, national planning policy attached to supermarkets opening up in local towns (affecting local businesses and local jobs)?
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Does your party agree with the introduction of "pay-as-you-throw" schemes for household rubbish?
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Does your party support the European Commission's proposals ordering Britain's sheep farmers to electronically tag and identify every single animal in the national flock?
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Does your party support the introduction of personal carbon allowances?
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Given the UK’s failure to meet its domestic target for cutting CO2 emissions and the prospect under current policies of increasing reliance on imported oil and gas, does your party agree that there is a continuing need for nuclear generation?
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what are your policies on climate change?
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What are your views on the testing of cosmetics (and many other household products) on animals?
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What is your policy on coal-fired power stations? Should there be a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in Britain, as suggested by James Hansen, the first scientist to warn the US Congress of the dangers of climate change?
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