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Energy Consumption
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the target reductions for energy consumption in the buildings occupied by his Department.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 30 April 1990] : The target reduction for energy consumption over the period April 1990 to March 1995, on buildings occupied by the Northern Ireland Office and Northern Ireland Departments, is 15 per cent. of the total energy bill for the year 1989-90.
EC Energy Development Programme
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what applications for European Community funding under the Valoren energy development programme in respect of lignite mining or peat extraction for fuel use are currently under consideration ; and if he will indicate the project name, site location, date and level of European Community funding sought.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 3 May 1990] : No such applications are under consideration.
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each of the last three years those projects which have received European Community funding under the Valoren programme in respect of lignite mining or peat extraction for fuel use, and in each case indicate the project name, site location, date and level of European Community funding.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 3 May 1990] : Since the Northern Ireland Valoren programme commenced in May 1986, £23,411.35 of European Community funding has been provided to LEDU in respect of financial assistance paid to two investment projects involving the extraction and processing of peat for fuel.
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Name and address of project |Amount of |Period of claim
|European funding
|£
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1. Cam Peat Ltd., 84 Ringsend Road, Leck, Limavady |14,260.50 |1 May 1986-31 December 1987
|5,238.35 |1 January 1988-31 December 1988
Site: Cam, Macosquin, Coleraine
2. Biofuel Products (NI), The Cutts, Dunmurry, Belfast |3,912.50 |1 May 1986-31 December 1987
No lignite mining projects have been assisted under the Valoren Programme.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Broadcasting
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Lord President of the Council what arrangements have been made to permit the BBC to broadcast a radio programme from a Committee Room of the House ; on what terms ; and whether he will make a statement.
Sir Geoffrey Howe : Arrangements have been made for a radio programme to be recorded in the Grand Committee Room. The authority for any direct broadcast from the House, other than of Proceedings of the House, is the Select Committee on House of Commons (Services) ; it is permissible, however, to record a meeting sponsored by an hon. Member, for broadcasting at a later date.
Mr. Wallace : To ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Mr. Beith), as representing the House of Commons Commission, whether any House of Commons staff are involved in the arrangements for a BBC programme to be recorded in a Committee Room of the House on 8 May ; and whether any reimbursement is being made by the BBC to the Commission for staff or other costs.
Mr. Beith : Staff of the House are available to administer Committee Rooms with regard both to sittings of Committees of the House and private meetings sponsored by hon. Members ; in the case of the meeting arranged in the name of the Leader of the House on 8 May no additional costs have been identified and the question of reimbursement does not arise.
Select Committees (Advisers)
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list for the current year by Committee the names, qualifications, experience and remuneration of advisers to Select Committees of the House.
Sir Geoffrey Howe : The appointment of specialist advisers is a matter for the Select Committee concerned. The names of the specialist advisers who assisted Select Committees during the 1988-89 Session of Parliament can be found in the most recent Sessional Return (HC(1989- 90)110). During the current Session, the following advisers have also assisted Select Committees :
Defence Committee
Mr. A. Preston
Education, Science and Arts Committee
Mr. J. Fish
Dr. D. B. Thomas
Professor J. M. Ziman
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Employment CommitteeProfessor A. Likierman
Energy Committee
Professor Sir Herman Bondi
Environment Committee
Professor J. N. Bell
Professor R. Y. Cartwright
Mr. D. Gould
Mr. R. B. Macrory
Professor R. Perry
Mr. A. J. Rosenfeld, CB
Foreign Affairs Committee
Dr. J. Barber
Sir Patrick Moberly
Mr. R. Pollock
Dr. A. Pravda
Dr. P. Sabin
Social Services Committee
Dr. B. Castleton
Dr. D. Hunter
Mr. D. Plank
Professor D. Piachaud
Mr. D. Willetts
Professor J. Wing
Mr. G. Wistow
Miss J. Young
Committee on the Televising of Proceedings of the House Mr. R. Wright
Trade and Industry Committee
Dr. C. Preston
Dr. B. Rider
Transport Committee
Professor D. Heald
Mr. E. Humphreys
Mr. F. Taylor
Mr. G. Wilkinson
Welsh Affairs Committee
Professor P. J. Cloke
Miss M. Constable
Dr. R. W. Vickerman
Dr. R. William
Advisers currently retained by select commitees have a wide range of experience and qualifications and include retired civil servants and service officers, university academics and consultants. Specialist advisers are remunerated on a per diem basis, plus travelling expenses, on the same scale as that used within the civil service for comparable appointments, which ranges between £38 and £115 per day. Details of individual remuneration are not disclosed. The total cost of specialist advice for each select committee in the financial year 1988-89 can be found in the most recent Sessional Return (HC(1989-90)110).
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OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
Zimbabwe
Mrs. Gorman : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's bilateral aid to Zimbabwe.
Mrs. Chalker : I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to the hon. Member for Hendon, South (Mr. Marshall) on 24 July 1989 at column 454 and 4 December 1989 at column 9 . Figures for expenditure in 1989 should be available later this month.
Poland
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth of 26 April, Official Report, column 282, what plans exist to increase the £2.3 million so far provided for Poland under the know -how fund.
Mrs. Chalker : We expect that expenditure under the know-how fund for Poland in 1990-91 will be considerably higher than the £2.3 million spent in 1989-90. It is too soon to predict an exact figure.
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth of 26 April, Official Report, column 282, what plans exist to increase the size of the know-how fund.
Mrs. Chalker : Much of the £50 million know-how fund for Poland has yet to be committed to specific projects, and
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there are no plans to increase the size of the overall fund. As already announced, know-how funds have been extended to Hungary, East Germany and Czechoslovakia.Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth of 26 April, Official Report, columns 282-83, what is his estimate of the number of people who have benefited from the specific training provided for potential local joint venture partners with Poland.
Mrs. Chalker : The initiative under the know-how fund relating to the training of potential local joint venture partners has been introduced only recently and detailed arrangements are being worked out. A number of companies have registered their interest in the initiative in respect of Poland and we are looking carefully at their proposals.
Bilateral Aid
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table in the Official Report correlating for the last five years for which data are available (a) United Kingdom bilateral aid to (i) Burma, (ii) China, (iii) India, (iv) Indonesia, (v) Jordan, (vi) Malaysia, (vii) the Philippines, (viii) Sri Lanka, (ix) Thailand, (x) the Yemen Arab Republic in real and cash terms and (b) the proportions in each case of this aid tied to trade deals involving United Kingdom companies.
Mrs. Chalker : The answer is as follows :
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|c|United Kingdom bilateral aid 1984-1988 at current prices|c|
£ Thousands
|1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988
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Burma |821 |983 |2,945 |4,717 |2,222
China |561 |1,201 |2,190 |4,011 |28,383
India |146,537|106,466|143,481|78,464 |101,045
Indonesia |28,292 |33,649 |8,898 |12,223 |17,365
Jordan |6,105 |2,332 |5,641 |4,809 |4,091
Malaysia |4,992 |7,454 |55,494 |9,779 |10,057
Philippines |3,803 |1,840 |205 |262 |1,042
Sri Lanka |26,203 |17,316 |15,981 |18,690 |21,718
Thailand |20,036 |7,437 |4,215 |5,358 |23,244
Yemen Arab Republic |3,103 |3,104 |3,775 |5,168 |6,603
|c|United Kingdom bilateral aid 1984-1988 at constant 1988
prices|c|
£ Thousand
|1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988
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Burma |1,003 |1,137 |3,291 |5,029 |2,222
China |686 |1,390 |2,447 |4,276 |28,383
India |179,095|123,180|160,344|83,657 |101,045
Indonesia |34,578 |38,932 |9,944 |13,032 |17,365
Jordan |7,461 |2,698 |6,304 |5,127 |4,091
Malaysia |6,101 |8,624 |62,016 |10,426 |10,057
Philippines |4,648 |2,129 |229 |279 |1,042
Sri Lanka |32,025 |20,034 |17,859 |19,927 |21,718
Thailand |24,488 |8,605 |4,710 |5,713 |23,244
Yemen Arab Republic |3,792 |3,591 |4,219 |5,510 |6,603
|c|Percentage of aid and trade provision to gross
bilateral aid 1984-1988|c|
Per cent.
|1984|1985|1986|1987|1988
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Burma |30.7|31.9|69.0|79.4|29.1
China |- |- |- |27.1|80.8
India |16.7|8.3 |6.0 |0.1 |9.4
Indonesia |20.7|58.6|0.6 |8.5 |6.6
Jordan |56.3|- |- |2.7 |9.8
Malaysia |1.1 |22.3|90.3|59.3|19.3
Philippines |0.8 |4.5 |- |- |-
Sri Lanka |10.7|2.6 |48.8|28.1|20.8
Thailand |1.1 |3.1 |9.6 |4.7 |2.5
Yemen Arab Republic |- |- |- |- |18.2
Occupied Territories
Mr. Squire : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will update figures for the occupied territories in his answer of 20 April 1989 to the hon. Member for Coventry, South-East (Mr. Nellist), Official Report, columns 241-2, on Overseas Development West Bank and Gaza Strip ; and if he will give a project breakdown between (a) the territories and (b) projects with Israel.
Mrs. Chalker : Updated details of our assistance to the West Bank and Gaza are as follows :
|£
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NGO projects
Order of St. John
Outreach programme based on St. John
ophthalmic hospital |615,000 (1984-90)
Support for surgery, nurses training,
clinical trials |80,000 (1987-88)
Oxfam
Mennonite central committee land
reclamation and water system
construction |24,539 (1988)
Bethlehem arab society for the physically
handicapped |26,703 (1988-90)
Annahda women's association centre for
the mentally handicapped |17,800 (1988)
Oxfam (ex-progressive action for childhood education)
Early childhood resource centre |63,042 (1986-90)
Quaker Peace and Service
Middle East placement programme |51,576 (1985-89)
Action around Bethlehem, children with disability
Water catchment project |23,800 (1987-88)
Solar energy project |31,300 1987-88)
Save the children fund
Resource centre |85,500 (1988-89)
Physiotherapy training |97,300 (1988-91)
Rafah sewerage project |44,600 (1987)
Revolving loan fund |46,875 (1990)
Drinking water development project |100,000 (1990)
Small scale sewage treatment project |50,000 (1990)
Primary Health care project |25,000 (1990)
Small enterprises project |18,750 (1990)
Co-operation for development
Small enterprise revolving credit funding
programme |813,700 (1987-90)
Women's education and training
programme |74,140 (1985-89)
Gaza enterprise training scheme |28,816 (1987-88)
Universities educational fund for Palestinian refugees
(UNIPAL)
English language teaching project |37,000 (1984-89)
War on Want
Zababdeh early childhood resource
centre |58,636 (1988-89)
Abasan biscuit factory project |20,920 (1988)
Baby food production project |17,200 (1989)
Mobile clinic Gaza |8,960 (1989-90)
Appropriate health resources technologies
group (AHRTAG)
Bir Zeit community health unit |62,235 (1988-92)
United Nations association international
service (UNAIS)
Seed propagation/botanist project |20,328 (1990-92)
Food technician project |20,328 (1990-92)
Business administrator |20,328 (1990-92)
Development research project |20,328 (1990-92)
Women's cooperative worker | 6,940 (1989)
Medical aid for Palestinians (MAP)
Al Rajaa centre for special education |20,975 (1989)
Physiotherapy centres |98,736 (1989-90)
Christian aid
YMCA affected children project |22,670 (1989)
Y care international
Relief for victims of the uprising,
dependants, and training |83,000 (1987-90)
British Red Cross-ICRC
Provision of tents for emergency
housing |38,000 (1988)
World vision of Europe
Emergency relief to dependants of
victims of the uprising |24,000 (1988)
Requests from NGOs for additional funds amounting to over £1 million are under consideration.
|1989-90
|£
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Training programme |200,000
Book presentation programme |12,000
The sum of £5.5 million is being contributed through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in 1990. About £0.7 million was attributable to the United Kingdom in 1989 of the European Community programme for the West Bank and Gaza. In addition £3 million of the Community's contribution to UNRWA was attributable to the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom does not support any projects either with or in Israel.
PRIME MINISTER
Iraq (Arms Component Exports)
Q26. Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister what information the Defence Export Services Secretariat had about the export to Iraq of steel equipment for use in weapon construction.
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The Prime Minister : In the light of the charges laid against individuals on 25 April, and in the light of the continuing investigations by Customs and Excise, it would be inappropriate to give any further information.Departmental Savings
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Prime Minister what value for money savings have been achieved by the Cabinet Office in the last year ; and how much of this was as a result of advice from the central unit on purchasing.
The Prime Minister : Final figures for 1989-90 are not yet available. Provisional figures prepared for the central unit on purchasing show value for money improvements of £1,510,000 achieved by the Cabinet Office during 1989-90.
It is not possible to attribute particular value for money savings to advice from the CUP. The role of the unit is to provide advice and guidance on best purchasing practice.
Government Supply Index
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement about the Cabinet Office's decision not to participate in the Government supply index.
The Prime Minister : Because the Cabinet Office spends only a comparatively small amount on items covered by the Government supply index, full membership would not represent good value for money for the Department.
Training (Scotland)
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Prime Minister if she will seek to amend the Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners Act 1987 to include training matters in Scotland among those subject to the ombudsman's scrutiny.
The Prime Minister : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Scottish Office, on 2 May at column 587 .
Engagements
Mr. Mans : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 8 May.
Mr. Battle : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 8 May.
Mr. Wood : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 8 May.
Mr. Robert G. Hughes : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 8 May.
Mrs. Maureen Hicks : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 8 May.
Mr. Andrew Mitchell : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 8 May.
Mr. John P. Smith : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 8 May.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 8 May.
Mr. Stern : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 8 May.
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The Prime Minister : This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, including Chancellor Vranitzky of Austria and received a delegation representing the Eisenhower centennial committee led by Vice-President Quayle of the United States of America. In addition to my duties in the House, I shall be having further meetings later today. This evening I hope to have an audience of Her Majesty the Queen.
ENERGY
Power Generation
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the estimated contribution to power generation in the 1990s of (a) wind power, (b) tidal power, (c) estuary barrages and (d) geothermal power.
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