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HIV/AIDS
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the pregnant women who have been tested for AIDS over the past five years had positive test results ; and how many were informed of the result of their individual test by the appropriate medical authority.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 11 July 1991] : The information requested is not reported on a routine basis to the communicable diseases (Scotland) unit and is, therefore, unavailable.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many tests for HIV and AIDS have been carried out in each of the health board areas during (a) 1986, (b) 1987, (c) 1988, (d) 1989 and (e) 1990.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 11 July 1991] : Information about the number of HIV tests carried out in 1986, 1987 and 1988 is unavailable. The table shows the number of HIV tests reported to the communicable diseases (Scotland) unit by source health board area for 1989 and 1990.
Health Board |1989 |1990
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Argyll and Clyde |342 |244
Ayrshire and Arran |197 |257
Borders |57 |60
Dumfries and Galloway |132 |160
Fife |104 |102
Forth Valley |331 |395
Grampian |1,201 |1,433
Greater Glasgow |4,015 |3,869
Highland |220 |395
Lanarkshire |339 |263
Lothian |3,898 |3,579
Orkney |8 |15
Shetland |17 |19
Tayside |986 |1,301
Western Isles |2 |Nil
|------- |-------
|11,849 |12,092
Note: A "source health board area" is the health board area
in which
the blood specimen for HIV testing was taken by the
clinician.
NHS Reforms
Mr. Doran : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the amount of extra funding which has seen provided to each health board in Scotland to meet the cost of publicity for national health service reforms ; and what criteria is applied to the expenditure of these funds.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 17 July 1991] : Each health board has been provided with additional assistance to meet the cost of implementation of the NHS reforms. There is no separate allocation for publicity. The deployment of these resources is a matter for individual boards but I regard the use of funds to provide information about the reforms as entirely appropriate and necessary.
ENVIRONMENT
Pollution Inspectorate
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what factors he considered when he decided to transfer Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution local authority unit to Department of Environment control ; what functions the unit will undertake in the future ; how long he intends to maintain the unit at its current staffing levels ; and whether there are any plans to wind up the unit.
Mr. Trippier : The local authority unit was transferred from Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution to the air quality division of my Department on 1 April this year, the date on which part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 came into force. This was because the air quality division oversees implementation by local authorities of their new air pollution controls under part I of the Act, whereas HMIP is the central enforcing authority for integrated pollution control. There is close liaison between air quality division and HMIP.
The unit will continue to work on the preparation of guidance notes for processes prescribed for local authority air pollution control and will be responsible for regular review of the guidance. The unit will also continue to act as a pool of technical expertise and general advice in relation to the air pollution controls of part I of the Act. Staffing levels will be reviewed at the end of this year when the 78 process guidance notes have been completed. There are no plans to wind up the unit.
River Thames (Navigation)
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the names of any persons or organisations appointed by him, or the National Rivers Authority, to provide information and advice to its Thames division on matters relating to navigation.
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Mr. Baldry : Some members of the Thames Regional Rivers Advisory Committee have a particular interest or expertise in matters relating to navigation. Neither my right hon. Friend nor the National Rivers Authority have appointed any other persons or organisations to provide information or advice on this subject.
Local Plans
Sir Peter Morrison : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what relative weight he attaches in coming to decisions about local plans to local district and county councils as against outside bodies.
Mr. Yeo : In fulfilling his responsibilities in relation to development plans, the Secretary of State considers each issue on its merits, irrespective of the nature of the body that brings it to his attention.
Green Belt
Sir Peter Morrison : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what examples there are over the last 10 years of decisions to change green belt status ; and if he will list them.
Mr. Yeo : We remain fully committed to the purposes of the green belt in checking unrestricted urban sprawl, safeguarding the surrounding countryside, preventing neighbouring towns from merging, preserving the special character of historic towns, and assisting urban regeneration. Since 1979 the extent of green belts in England has more than doubled, to approximately 12 per cent. of the country. The Environment White Paper "This Common Inheritance" (Cm 1200) compares approved green belts in 1979 and 1989. My Department does not maintain a central record of individual additions or deletions from the green belt.
Wind Farms
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what guidance has been made available to planning authorities concerning the siting of wind farms.
Mr. Yeo : I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Housing and Planning, to my hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk, North-West (Mr. Bellingham) on 28 March, Official Report, columns 543-44.
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what planning permission is required for the establishment of wind farms ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Yeo : The establishment of a wind farm requires planning permission under section 57 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Chester Local Plan
Sir Peter Morrison : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment in what percentage of cases he has overruled the recommendations of his panel when decisions on local plans have been considered.
Mr. Yeo : Panels are appointed by the Secretary of State to conduct examinations in public in connection with
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structure plans proposals. No comprehensive statistics are available covering the Secretary of State's decisions on panel recommendations.Sir Peter Morrison : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what account he took of the fact that Chester enjoys development area status when coming to his decision on the Chester local plan.
Mr. Yeo : The decision by the Secretary of State, in March 1990, to direct the City of Chester not to adopt the Greater Chester local plan was taken to allow full consideration of all the issues it raised, including Chester's development area status, in relation to the Cheshire county replacement structure plan now before him for approval.
Sir Peter Morrison : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether Cheshire county council had in their possession his proposals for the Chester local plan in May of this year ; to what extent his recent announcement corresponds to those proposals ; and what were the considerations which led to the changes.
Mr. Yeo : The City of Chester has prepared proposals for the Greater Chester local plan which are currently subject to a "holding" direction pending approval of the Cheshire county replacement structure plan.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment's proposed modifications to the structure plan were announced on 10 July 1991, and he has asked Cheshire county council to carry out a consultation on them.
Sir Peter Morrison : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimates he has made of the inevitably necessary development which will occur in the rural areas and villages surrounding Chester as a result of his latest proposals relating to the Chester local plan.
Mr. Yeo : The Cheshire county replacement structure plan will set the pattern of development for the county as a whole to 2001. It will be for the local authorities, including the City of Chester, to formulate detailed proposals in local plans for their areas, within the framework of the structure plan, once it is approved.
Mortgage Arrears
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what additional resources he is making available to local authorities to enable them to respond to the growth in mortgage arrears and reprossessions as revealed in recent Bank of England-sponsored research.
Mr. Yeo : The Government have already helped all borrowers by cutting base rates by 4 per cent. in the last nine months, reducing the cost of the average mortgage by over £60 a month. In addition, income support amounting to over £350 million was given to some borrowers in 1989-90 to enable them to maintain interest payments. This assistance remains available at a higher level this year. Local authorities can help by debt counselling and in some cases by offering shared ownership schemes in co-operation with housing associations.
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Advertisement Control
Mr. Shersby : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he proposes to issue the planning policy guidance note on outdoor advertisement control as promised in the Environment White Paper, "This Common Heritage."
Sir George Young : Yes. We have considered the comments made by the local authority associations and my right hon. Friend has decided to go ahead. The requirement is being issued to all local authorities today.
Local Authority Registers
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will require local authorities, under section 230 of the Local Government Act 1972, to supply his Department with aggregate information about their registers as proposed on 7 May 1991, Official Report, column 401.
Mr. Yeo : My Department and the Welsh Office have today jointly issued a consultative draft planning policy guidance note about control over the display of outdoor advertisement in England and Wales. I am arranging for copies to be placed in the Library of the House.
London Zoo
Sir Hugh Rossi : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to reply to the Fifth Report of the Environment Committee, Session 1990-91, on London zoo.
Mr. Trippier : I would like to thank the Committee for its report on London zoo. I am today placing copies of our response in the Library.
Royal Parks
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the royal parks.
Mr. Heseltine : I am pleased to able to announce today two major initiatives aimed at improving the quality of the royal parks for those who use them.
The first is a review, to be carried out by a group under the chairmanship of Dame Jennifer Jenkins, which will concentrate in the first place on Hyde park and Kensington gardens. The second is the contracting out, from February next year, of the ground maintenance and related work in eight of the royal parks.
Hyde park and Kensington gardens are enjoyed by millions of people-- Londoners and tourists alike. But we need to be sure they are really providing what people want today. London's royal parks should fully reflect the city's status as a major world capital. Quality and excellence should be on display for all to see.
I believe we need to take an open minded and imaginative look at what the parks are for and what they should provide. I have therefore asked Dame Jennifer Jenkins to chair a review group whose task will be to consider the role and use of Hyde park and Kensington gardens in the present, in the past and in the future.
The members of the review group bring a wealth of experience and expertise. They will produce a report for a conference under ministerial chairmanship early in 1992, following which new policy guidance will be drawn up.
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The royal parks have a well deserved reputation for high quality horticulture. We want to develop this, and where possible improve standards. However, opportunities for this are limited in the public sector. In the private sector there is the enterprise and initiative to develop this horticultural excellence and bring it to a wider public. We therefore wish to help raise standards in the contracting industry as a whole by giving the private sector the chance to do high- quality work in the important locations that the royal parks provide. Once firms gain more experience of working to higher standards, they can use that experience so that the rest of the country can benefit. The Government have therefore decided to put out to tender the ground maintenance and related work currently undertaken in-house in the royal parks. The gardens at Buckingham palace and Clarence house will be excluded from these arrangements and responsibility for these gardens will be transferred to the royal household.The contracts will be let in about six months time. They will be drawn up in a way which ensures high horticultural standards. I hope that those commercial bodies with reputations for good horticultural quality in related areas such as nurseries will wish to join in tendering for this prestige work as well as firms already working in this area.
Staff currently employed by the Department in the royal parks will be entitled to civil service rates of redundancy compensation, and we will want the chosen contractors to offer all the staff a job interview. Staff who occupy lodges in the parks will be able to remain in occupation.
Overall management of the parks will remain the Secretary of State's responsibility. In so far as that relates to horticultural quality, I am very pleased to say that the president of the Royal Horticultural Society has accepted an invitation to advise the Secretary of State on matters of horticultural quality in the parks both before and after the contracts are let.
This decision represents both a challenge and an opportunity. It is an important point in the history of the royal parks.
Pollution Control
Mr. Gould : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action has been taken to develop tougher controls over vehicle emissions within the European Community, including smoke and oxides of nitrogen from heavy diesel vehicles and carbon dioxide from internal combustion engines.
Mr. Chope : I have been asked to reply.
On 26 June the EC Council of Ministers adopted an amending directive setting tighter limits on emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) by new cars and light vans. Among other things, the directive will require almost all new petrol-engined cars from the end of 1992 to use three-way catalytic converters and to run on unleaded petrol. Apart from meeting the same limits for gaseous emissions, diesel cars and light vans will need to comply with a strict limit on paticulates (smoke). The directive will be introduced into United Kingdom law by regulations to be laid later this year.
On 18 March the EC Council of Ministers reached a common position on an amending directive prescribing stricter limits on the same gaseous emissions from diesel-engined trucks and buses over 3.5 tonnes. Limits on emissions of particulates are also set for the first time.
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There will be two stages, the first to take effect in 1992-93 and the second in 1995-96, with the potential for a third, starting in 1999. The 1992-93 stage substantially reduces the limit for emissions of NOx and establishes limits for particulate emissions. The 1995-96 goes further with NOx reduction, so that the limit value will be less than half its present value and reduces the particulate.Both directives set ambitious targets with a challenging but industrially realistic timetable, putting the United Kingdom and its EC partners on a course for substantial longer-term progress in improving the quality of air in our towns and cities.
The European Commission has yet to present to the Council of Ministers its proposals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Business Rates
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals against assessment of uniform business rates for 1990-91 in each county in England have been (a) lodged and (b) heard ; and how many are still awaiting decision.
Mr. Key : The information requested cannot be provided on a county basis at a reasonable cost.
Nationally, some 705,000 appeals against valuation matters had been received by 31 May 1991. About 45,000 of these have been settled and 660,000 await decision. The arrangements and timing of appeal hearings is the responsibility of valuation and community charge tribunals which are independent bodies.
The table shows the numbers of 1990 rating appeals which at the end of May 1991 were outstanding at valuation and community charge tribunals in England.
1990 Rating appeals outstanding at
the end of May 1991 at
Valuation and Community Charge
tribunals in England
|Number
-------------------------------------
Avon |8,892
Bedfordshire |4,442
Berkshire |7,904
Birmingham |13,328
Buckinghamshire |<1>6,075
Cambridgeshire |6,876
Cheshire |9,719
Cleveland |<1>7,651
Cornwall |5,177
Coventry/Solihull |4,573
Cumbria |6,506
Derbyshire |8,971
Devon |10,139
Dorset |8,484
Durham |<1>7,406
East Sussex |6,484
Essex North |5,761
Essex South |7,242
Gloucestershire |5,359
Hampshire North |5,074
Hampshire South |8,472
Hereford/Worcester |8,136
Hertfordshire |10,887
Humberside |8,002
Isles of Scilly |59
Isle of Wight |1,214
Kent |13,850
Lancashire |15,588
Leicestershire |7,879
Lincolnshire |6,374
London Central |29,935
London North East |17,964
London North West |25,706
London South East |17,711
London South West |19,911
Manchester North |12,052
Manchester South |16,364
Merseyside |14,175
Norfolk |7,945
North Yorkshire |9,471
Northamptonshire |5,956
Northumberland |3,779
Nottinghamshire |8,356
Oxfordshire |6,924
Shropshire |4,289
Somerset |4,784
South Yorkshire |13,122
Staffordshire |9,877
Suffolk |<1>5,924
Surrey |11,526
Tyne and Wear |15,790
Warwickshire |5,395
West Midlands West |14,135
West Sussex |7,160
West Yorkshire |24,455
Wiltshire |4,365
<1> At end April.
Chlorofluorocarbons (India)
Mr. Gould : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide figures for the assistance that the Government have so far provided to India to help in its plans to phase out CFCs since September 1990.
Mrs. Chalker : I have been asked to reply.
We financed a consultancy to advise the Government of India on a strategy for phasing out the use of CFCs. The consultancy's second phase, completed in December 1990, cost £176,000. We have since confirmed our willingness to help implement the consultancy's findings, once the Government of India have signed the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer.
CIVIL SERVICE
Civil Service College
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will state the maximum salary payable to the chief executive of the Civil Service college, including any performance-related element, and the length of time of the chief executive's contract.
Mr. Renton : The chief executive of the Civil Service college is on the standard civil service grade 3 pay range and is eligible for the performance-related element appropriate to that grade. Her contract is for three years.
Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service when the last annual report for the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency was published ; and when the next one is due.
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Mr. Renton : The Recruitment and Assessment Services (RAS) Agency was established on 1 April 1991. Its first annual report, covering the financial year 1991-92, will be published in July 1992. On its inception, RAS took over the executive functions of the former Civil Service Commission. The commissioners' report, covering the period January 1990 to March 1991, is due to be published shortly.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service (1) if he will list the new forms of alternative working patterns introduced into the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency since its establishment as an executive agency ; and if he will give a break-down by grade of the numbers of staff taking up each new working pattern ;
(2) if he will list those new facilities for staff including nurseries and health care schemes which have been introduced in the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency since its establishment as an executive agency ;
(3) what appointments from the private sector have been made to the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency at grade 7 or above since its establishment as an agency ; and if he will list the post, grade and maximum salary payable, including any performance-related element ;
(4) what group bonus schemes are in operation in the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency ; and if he will state the cash amount per person awarded in the last year for which figures are available, and the conditions attached to its award ;
(5) how many staff were in post on the date that the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency was established as an executive agency ; and how many staff are in post now ;
(6) how much was spent on events and publicity surrounding the launch of the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency as an executive agency ; and whether the cost was borne by the parent department or the new agency.
Mr. Renton : This is a matter for the chief executive of the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency and I have asked him to write to the hon. Member direct.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will state the maximum salary payable to the chief executive of the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency including any performance-related element ; and the length of time of the chief executive's contract.
Mr. Renton : The chief executive of the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency is on the standard civil service grade 3 pay range and is eligible for the performance-related elements appropriate to that grade. His contract is for five years.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the quality of service performance indicators adopted by the Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency since its establishment as an executive agency identifying separately those quality of service performance indicators already operative prior to agency status.
Mr. Renton : I have either set, or made specific plans to introduce, demanding quality of service performance targets for the Recruitment and Assessment Services (RAS) Agency in the following areas : Customer departments' and agencies' satisfaction with
overall service
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administration (including timeliness)outcome of recruitment scheme
Growth in
size of customer base
degree of repeat business
amount of business gained by recommendation from existing customers
During 1990-91 the former Civil Service Commission introduced a formal "sign off" reporting and feedback system.
The commission supplied details of the outcome of a particular recruitment scheme to its customer departments and agencies who, in turn, completed and returned questionnaires giving their views on various aspects of the services provided.
On the basis of these forms, an overall satisfaction rating of 82 per cent. was achieved. The target is to increase this to 85 per cent. during 1991- 92. For 1991-92, a separate rating for administration (which will include the success-rate in achieving agreed timetables) is being developed. I have set a target to meet agreed timetables in 80 per cent. of cases in 1991-92 and improve on this in future years.
Specific targets will be set by 30 September 1991 for the turnround of correspondence etc. in the light of first six months' experience of the agency's operation.
In the longer term I have asked RAS to measure and monitor growth by reference to the size of the customer base, degree of repeat business and the amount of business gained by recommendation from existing customers.
I will be looking for improvements in each of these categories over the next few years. In addition, RAS will introduce regular in-depth customer surveys, the first of which will be carried out in March 1992.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Planning Statistics
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish indices of the Welsh Office, Scottish Office and the United Kingdom planning total, excluding privatisation receipts and the reserve, with 1978 -79=100 in (a) cash and (b) constant prices.
Mr. Mellor : The information requested for the years 1984-85 to 1993 -94 is set out as follows. Much of the higher growth for the Welsh Office reflects changes in the coverage of the Welsh programme. In 1990-91, for example, the Welsh Office took over from the Department of Social Security responsibility for the payment of rent rebate subsidy to local authorities, to form part of the housing revenue account subsidy to authorities in Wales. The figures given are consistent with data published in the statistical supplement to the 1990 Autumn Statement (Cm. 1520) ; they do not take account of the community charge related changes announced on 17 January and in the Budget. Corresponding figures for earlier years are not available.
|Welsh Office |Scottish |Planning total
|Office |(excluding
|privatisation
|proceeds and
|the Reserve)
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Cash
1984-85 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0
1985-86 |104.5 |102.5 |103.3
1986-87 |114.2 |107.4 |108.8
1987-88 |123.3 |111.6 |114.5
1988-89 |134.9 |120.9 |118.3
1989-90 |143.3 |127.5 |129.4
1990-91 |168.8 |139.1 |144.5
1991-92 |186.2 |158.0 |156.8
1992-93 |192.2 |163.9 |165.4
1993-94 |198.6 |168.4 |171.3
Real terms<1>
1984-85 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0
1985-86 |99.1 |97.2 |98.0
1986-87 |104.7 |98.5 |99.8
1987-88 |107.3 |97.0 |99.6
1988-89 |109.3 |98.0 |95.9
1989-90 |109.2 |97.2 |98.6
1990-91 |119.1 |98.1 |101.9
1991-92 |123.9 |105.2 |104.3
1992-93 |122.1 |104.1 |105.1
1993-94 |121.9 |103.4 |105.1
<1> Figures adjusted to remove the effect of general inflation as
measured by the GDP market price deflator adjusted to remove the
distortion caused by the abolition of domestic rates.
Overseas Debt
Sir David Steel : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the amounts of sovereign debt still owed by Bangladesh, Brazil, Jamaica, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, India and Argentina to the United Kingdom Export Credits Guarantee Department, the Overseas Development Administration, or any other agency of Her Majesty's Government.
Mr. Norman Lamont : Total outstanding sovereign debts of the countries listed to the United Kingdom Overseas Development Administration are as set out in the table, to the nearest million pounds sterling as at 1 August 1990, the latest date at which figures are readily available.
The United Kingdom Export Credits Guarantee Department treats details of exposure levels to individual countries as confidential for commercial reasons. The total exposure to the countries listed, including previously rescheduled debts, is £2.13 billion.
|ODA
|£ million
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Bangladesh |0
Brazil |4
Jamaica |87
Bolivia |0
Honduras |4
Nicaragua |1
Peru |5
Philippines |6
India<1> |158
Argentina |0
|-------
Total |265
<1> Note India receives an amount
of local cost aid equivalent to
payments in respect of old aid
loans.
Economic and Monetary Union
Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how it is proposed that, pursuant to article 102(d) of the draft treaty on economic and monetary
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union, the Commission shall ensure that the specificrecommendations on the budget balance and the control of production costs of a member state are identified ;
(2) whether he will list those methods of monitoring financing of public sector deficits which will be presented in the United Kingdom, pursuant to article 109(b) of the draft treaty on economic and monetary union ;
(3) whether he will set out the appropriate measures which the Council may adopt for the avoidance of excessive deficits by a member state, pursuant to article 104 (a) of the draft treaty on economic and monetary union ;
(4) whether he will list the prerogatives of the proposed European central bank which are entitled to be safeguarded, pursuant to article 173 of the draft treaty on economic and monetary union ; (5) what factors it is envisaged will be taken into account in the guidelines on the level of earnings in member states which will be issued to the Commission, pursuant to article 102 (c) of the draft treaty on economic and monetary union ;
(6) which Committee of the European Parliament it is envisaged will assist the Commission in monitoring the implementation of the guidelines on a member state's (a) budget balances and (b) production costs, pursuant to article 102 (c) of the draft treaty on economic and monetary union ;
(7) what factors will be used by the Council to determine whether the budget deficit of a member state is excessive and thus to be avoided, pursuant to article 104 (a) of the draft treaty on economic and monetary union ;
(8) how many votes will be required in the Council of Ministers for the Council to adopt the guidelines of the Commission in respect of the United Kingdom budget balances and control of production costs, pursuant to article 102 (c) of the draft treaty on economic and monetary union ;
(9) according to what principles and objectives it is envisaged that the European system of central banks will define monetary policy, as empowered by article 4(2) of the draft treaty amending the treaty of Rome with a view to achieving economic and monetary union ; (10) if it is envisaged that the European system of central banks shall be the final arbiter of the definition of monetary policy, pursuant to article 4(2) of the draft treaty amending the treaty of Rome with a view to achieving economic and monetary union ; (11) what amendments he proposes to bring forward to the Bank of England Act 1947 to ensure that Her Majesty's Government shall not seek to influence the bank, pursuant to the requirements of article 106 (a) of the draft treaty on economic and monetary union ; (12) how many votes will be required in the Council of Ministers for the Council to adopt specific recommendations relating to the United Kingdom's budget balances and control of production costs, pursuant to article 102(d) of the draft treaty on economic and monetary union ;
(13) what factors it is envisaged the Commission will take into account in submitting guidelines relating to the budget balances of member states, pursuant to article 102(c) of the draft treaty amending the treaty of Rome with a view to achieving economic and monetary union ;
(14) whether he will list those items of production costs in respect of which the Commission will be issuing
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