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Nursing tracking study wave III and wave IV (1990)Drugs tracking study stage 8
Drugs 1990 : Doublehead research
Organ donation : Regional research
Nursing qualitative evaluation
Cold weather postal follow-up research
Drugs 1990 : Qualitative evaluation
Nursing follow-up of campaign response : Student nurses Drugs tracking stage 9
Department of Health and Social Security
Nursing recruitment campaign evaluation
Image of the NHS
Anti-heroin campaign tracking
AIDS-drugs advertising development research
AIDS longterm tracking
Organ donor next of kin--Qualitative research
AIDS youth campaign tracking research (November 1986 and February 1987)
Tracking public attitudes to the social security reform campaign 1987
AIDS-drugs doublehead animatics research--Reaction to advertising roughs
AIDS-drugs advertising : Animatic/doublehead communication check Attitudes to nurse training
Stage 6 of a tracking survey to evaluate the anti-drugs campaigns Attitudes of West Indians and Asians to AIDS
Family credit advertising development research
Nursing recruitment--Advertising communication check
1986-87 anti-heroin campaign creative development
Anti-heroin campaign evaluation stage 4
Qualitative research into attitudes to condoms (AIDS)
AIDS anti-body test leaflet comm. check research pilot and main survey
National and regional publicity needs for the blood transfusion service
AIDS-drugs campaigns : Qualitative evaluation research
Monitoring attitudes to social security 1988
Prescribing publicity
Organ donor research
Misuse of drugs 1988-89 campaign : Advertising development research
1988 nursing recruitment campaign : Initial evaluation research Nursing careers : 1988 tracking study
Attitudes to methods of payments of benefits
Attitudes to giving blood
Determinants of labour supply behaviour families in long-term unemployment
Attitudes to unemployment and claiming benefit while unemployed Smoking among secondary schoolchildren in 1986 (DHSS/WO/SHHD)
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Space Research Corporation
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has on non-military research done by the Space Research Corporation.
Vietnam (Trade Restrictions)
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the restrictions on trade with Vietnam ; and if he has any proposals to lift them.
Mr. Redwood : The import of those goods which are normally restricted from state trading countries are totally restricted from Vietnam. The products covered by this
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embargo are matches, footwear, TV sets, gloves, headgear, some agricultural products and a wide range of textile products. The United Kingdom has, however, opened quotas for imports of a number of products as shown in the table. The import of any other goods from Vietnam is not restricted.These restrictions are subject to regular review, in the light of foreign and trade policy considerations.
In addition, goods, and technical documents for such goods, listed in schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989, as amended, require an export licence before they can be exported to any country.
I have no proposals to remove such controls for Vietnam. However, together with our partners in the Co-ordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls--COCOM--we are currently examining the scope for modifications to the list of goods subject to export control.
Product |Quota level
|(1990)
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Tableware of porcelain, china or pottery;
ornaments or statuettes |£23,100
Bedlinen, tablelinen, curtains; synthetic yarn
and woven fabrics of synthetic yarn (MFA
categories: 20, 23, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40) |7 tonnes
Footwear Industry
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what Government assistance will be given to the British shoe industry in the coming months.
Mr. Leigh : Firms in the footwear industry can apply for assistance from a range of Government schemes for encouraging enterprise and good practice.
Levitt Group
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will meet the chairman of FIMBRA to discuss the introduction of systematic investigations for its larger members in the light of the Levitt group collapse.
Mr. Redwood : I meet the chairmen of the self-regulating organisations under the Financial Services Act, including FIMBRA, from time to time to discuss a range of regulatory issues.
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps to ensure that more thorough procedures in relation to capital adequacy will in future prevent the occurrence of further cases similar to the Levitt Group collapse.
Mr. Redwood : Rules and procedures relating to the capital adequacy of persons carrying on investment business are a matter for the Securities and Investments Board and the regulatory bodies recognised under the Financial Services Act.
Cyprus (Defence Equipment)
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps have been taken to ensure that defence equipment and munitions supplied to Cyprus have not been re-exported in a manner that is inconsistent with Government policy ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Lilley : Defence and defence-related equipment for sale to Cyprus or elsewhere which is subject to export control under the Export Goods (Control) Order 1989 requires an export licence, for which my Department is the issuing authority.
Each application for a licence is considered on its merits in consultation with other Departments taking into account the type of equipment, its end use and end user. If there are any reasons to doubt the end use or end user of the equipment a licence would not be issued.
There are penalties, enforceable through the courts, for any person who makes a false statement or provides information known to be false to obtain an export licence.
If the hon. Member has particular cases in mind and can provide me with information I shall investigate.
Motor Sport (Exhibition)
Mr. Roger King : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if his Department has considered an application for an exhibition relating to the British motor sport industry to be displayed in the Upper Waiting Hall.
Mr. Leigh : Yes. The Department received in November an application for an exhibition, and I am pleased to say that approval was subsequently given.
British Technology Group
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if his Department has considered an application for an exhibition about the working of the British Technology Group for display in the Upper Waiting Hall.
Mr. Leigh : I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him on 3 December. I understand that arrangements for the exhibition are in hand.
Iraq (Supergun)
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the day on which his Department was first made aware that Iraq was acquiring export material for a major gun or launcher.
Mr. Lilley [holding answer 11 December 1990] : My Department first became aware that Iraq was acquiring export material for a major gun or launcher in April of this year.
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what special checks were made of the 44 items of piping sent to Iraq which became known to be for military purposes.
Mr. Lilley [holding answer 11 December 1990] : My Department does not make physical checks on goods for export except at the request of exporters or HM Customs and Excise. The granting of licences is dependent on information about the nature and use of products which the exporter is obliged by law to provide.
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he was made aware of changes in the specifications of the steel for the Iraqi order placed with Walter Somers.
Mr. Lilley [holding answer 11 December 1990] : I understand that it was a change in the specification which
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led my hon. Friend the Member for Bromsgrove (Sir H. Miller) to approach my Department on behalf of Walter Somers.Burma
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consideration Her Majesty's Government has given to assistance regarding contracts signed between British Petroleum and the Government of Burma/Myanmar, for oil exploration.
Mr. Sainsbury [holding answer 13 December 1990] : Neither we nor BP has any knowledge of such contracts.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Human Rights (Kosovo)
Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received concerning abuse of human rights in the Kosovo region of Yugoslavia.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : We have received a number of representations from organisations and members of the public in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Cambodia
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has about the level of co- operation between the Khmer Rouge, the Khmer People's National Liberation Front and Prince Sihanouk in (a) diplomatic activity relating to the United Nations plan for Cambodia and (b) military activity relating to the continuing war in Cambodia.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The Khmer People's National Liberation Front, the Sihanoukists and the Khmer Rouge coordinate their diplomatic activity on the United Nations plan and otherwise through the coalition known as the National Government of Cambodia--NGC. We understand that, although the three parties share the objective of installing the NGC in Phnom Penh, their armed forces are autonomous and co-operate on an ad hoc basis.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has about recent arms supplies to the warring parties in Cambodia.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : China has announced that it has ceased supplying arms to the forces of the Cambodian resistance parties. The draft comprehensive settlement document agreed in Paris on 23 to 26 November by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, the co- chairmen of the Paris conference on Cambodia and the United Nations Secretary-General's representative provides for the cessation of all outside arms supplies to all the Cambodian parties.
Mr. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on Pol Pot's current role in the Khmer Rouge ; and what steps he is taking to prevent his participation in the United Nations peace plan for Cambodia.
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Mr. Lennox-Boyd : In 1985 Pol Pot renounced his principal posts in the Khmer Rouge. His sole remaining official title is head of the Academy of National Defence.
The framework document agreed by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council provides that the members of the Supreme National Council
"should be acceptable to each other".
This was designed to exclude Pol Pot. The draft settlement document agreed in Paris on 23 to 26 November also includes comprehensive human rights provisions to guard against any return to the horrors of the past.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration was given to the inclusion of the ceasefire agreement between Hun Sen and Prince Sihanouk agreed in Tokyo in June in the United Nations framework for Cambodia.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The five permanent members of the UN Security Council took the results of the Tokyo meeting between Hun Sen and Prince Sihanouk, including the reference to voluntary self-restraint and a ceasefire, into account in elaborating their framework for a comprehensive political settlement of the Cambodia conflict.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the relationship of Son Sen and Khieu Samphan with the Khmer Rouge Government of 1975 to 1978 ; what official positions they held between 1975 and 1978 ; what positions they currently hold in the Khmer Rouge ; and whether Her Majesty's Government supported their membership of the new Supreme National Council.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : From 1975-1978, Son Sen was Vice-Premier for National Defence and a member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea central committee. He was also described in 1978 as chairman of the committee of the general staff of the Cambodian Revolutionary Army. He is now a member of the Supreme National Council, deputy head of the Party of Democratic Kampuchea, supreme commander of the Army of Democratic Kampuchea and Minister attached to the National Government of Cambodia's co-ordinating committee for national defence.
Khieu Samphan was Deputy Premier and Minister of National Defence in GRUNC- -the Royal Cambodian Government of National Unity--when the Khmer Rouge took power in April 1975. In August 1975 he was described as Deputy Premier for general affairs attached to the Premier's office and Commander-in-Chief of the Cambodian People's National Liberation Armed Forces. In 1976 he replaced Prince Sihanouk as Cambodian Head of State, becoming chairman of the praesidium of Democratic Kampuchea. He is now a member of the Supreme National Council, leader of the Party of Democratic Kampuchea and the National Government of Cambodia's Vice-Premier in charge of national defence. The framework for a comprehensive political settlement agreed by the five permanent members of the Security Council specifies that "the composition of the Supreme National Council, including the selection and number of its members, should be decided by the Cambodian parties through consultations".
We played no part in the process that led to the formation of that Supreme National Council.
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Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has any information linking Son Sen with the administration of Tuol Sleng prison during the period 1975 to 1978.Mr. Lennox-Boyd : During the period 1975-78, Son Sen was Cambodian Vice-Premier in charge of national defence. We have no information linking Son Sen with Tuol Sleng during this period.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what military, diplomatic or financial support has been provided since 1979 by Her Majesty's Government to the Cambodian non- communist resistance parties.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Although we have no dealings with the resistance coalition National Government of Cambodia, we have since 1979 provided political support for Prince Sihanouk and the Kampuchea People's National Liberation Front--KPNLF. This has included invitations to Prince Sihanouk and Son Sann to visit London for high-level talks. We have also given limited financial support in the form of humanitarian assistance for the inmates of Sihkanoukist and KPLNF camps on the Thai-Cambodian border, provided as donations in kind : foodstuffs, clothing, basic domestic equipment, and so on.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the dates of talks Her Majesty's Government have held, or intend to hold, with representatives of Prince Sihanouk, of the Khmer Rouge, the Khmer People's National Liberation Front and the Hun Sen regime as part of the political settlement for Cambodia.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : No formal talks with the Cambodian parties have been held or are planned. We maintain informal contact with the two non- communist partners in the resistance coalition and have indicated a willingness to talk to representatives of the Hun Sen regime to urge them to co-operate in restoring peace to Cambodia on the basis of the five's framework. We have no contact with the Khmer Rouge.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the dates of talks Her Majesty's Government have held with the Governments of Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and Australia about the United Nations framework plan for Cambodia ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : After each of their eight meetings in 1990, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council briefed, as a group or individually, representatives of the Governments to whom the hon. Member refers. In addition, we are in close and regular contact with the diplomatic missions of these Governments in London. Japan and Australia, as co-chairmen of two of the Paris conference committees, took part in the working group meeting in Jakarta on 9 and 10 November. In addition, we held formal bilateral talks on Cambodia with the Prime Minister of Thailand on 17 October, and with representatives of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 30 November.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many meetings have
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been held by the member states of the European Community in the last year to discuss the situation in Cambodia ; and what issues were discussed at what level of representation.Mr. Lennox-Boyd : One meeting of the European political co-operation --Asia working group convened this year specifically to discuss Cambodia. Cambodia regularly features on the agenda of EPC meetings at both official and ministerial level.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what future meetings are planned between representatives of the European Community and the Association of South-East Asian Nations to discuss the situation in Cambodia.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : There are no plans for a meeting between EC and ASEAN representatives specifically to discuss Cambodia. But we expect Cambodia to be on the agenda of the next EC-ASEAN ministerial meeting in Luxembourg on 30 and 31 May 1991.
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