| *1 |
Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates he has made of under-registration on the electoral registers which will be used in the next General Election; and if he will make a statement. |
| 10547 |
| *2 |
Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his current estimate of the proportion of the prison population that re-offends after being released. |
| 10548 |
| *3 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will seek to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to allow cannabis to be prescribed by medically qualified doctors. |
| 10549 |
| *4 |
Sir David Knox (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the number of honourable Members. |
| 10550 |
| *5 |
Sir Michael Shersby (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis on current manning levels and prospects for recruitment during 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. |
| 10552 |
| *6 |
Mr Hugh Bayley (York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of crimes notified to the police were cleared up in the latest year for which figures are available. |
| 10553 |
| *7 |
Mr Peter Butler (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the future of Woodhill Prison. |
| 10554 |
| *8 |
Mr Walter Sweeney (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the overall levels of recorded crime for the last three years for which figures are available. |
| 10555 |
| *9 |
Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the findings of the British Crime Survey regarding the proportion of adults living in inner city areas who were victims of violent crime once or more during 1995. |
| 10556 |
| *10 |
Mr Warren Hawksley (Halesowen and Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives the Prison Service is taking to control prisoners' access to drugs. |
| 10557 |
| *11 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the extent to which the European Court of Justice has the power to determine issues relating to national border controls. |
| 10558 |
| *12 |
Mr Thomas McAvoy (Glasgow, Rutherglen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the finding of the British Crime Survey regarding the proportion of adults that were victims of violent crime once or more during 1995. |
| 10559 |
| *13 |
Mr Nick Hawkins (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of how many more police officers will be on the beat in 1997 than (a) 1979 and (b) 1992. |
| 10560 |
| *14 |
Sir Colin Shepherd (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of CCTV cameras which have been installed in town centres since the Government's CCTV Challenge Competition in 1996. |
| 10561 |
| *15 |
Mr John Whittingdale (South Colchester and Maldon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government is taking to reduce the rate of re-offending amongst young offenders. |
| 10562 |
| *16 |
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the treatment of category A prisoners in Her Majesty's prisons. |
| 10563 |
| *17 |
Ms Liz Lynne (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the crime prevention policies adopted in the United States of America. |
| 10564 |
| *18 |
Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to encourage further community crime prevention initiatives. |
| 10565 |
| *19 |
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving the use of, or carrying of, (a) knives, (b) guns and (c) other offensive weapons were committed in each of the last two years for which statistics are available. |
| 10566 |
| *20 |
Mr Chris Davies (Littleborough and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of police officers serving in England on 31st March 1997. |
| 10568 |
| *21 |
Mr Jacques Arnold (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the strength of the police forces in (a) 1979 and (b) 1997. |
| 10569 |
| *22 |
Mr David Jamieson (Plymouth, Devonport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the need for extra resources for Devon and Cornwall police in regard to the protests over the improvements to the A30 in Devon. |
| 10570 |
| *23 |
Mr David Amess (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received about fire service provisions in Essex. |
| 10571 |
| *24 |
Ms Joyce Quin (Gateshead East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received concerning the treatment of remand prisoners. |
| 10572 |
| *25 |
The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received concerning visas for voluntary and religious workers in the United Kingdom. |
| 10573 |
| *26 |
Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the millennium compliance of the computer systems for which his Department is responsible. |
| 10574 |
| *27 |
Mr John Gunnell (Morley and Leeds South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for which public appointments to bodies dealing with Home Office areas of responsibilities applicants are asked to indicate their membership of the freemasons. |
| 10575 |
| *28 |
Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the level of youth crime in Wolverhampton. |
| 10576 |
| *Q1 |
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 23rd January. |
| 10577 |
| *Q2 |
Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 23rd January. |
| 10578 |
| *Q3 |
Mr Thomas McAvoy (Glasgow, Rutherglen): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 23rd January. |
| 10579 |
| *Q4 |
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 23rd January. |
| 10580 |
| *Q5 |
Mr Peter Bottomley (Eltham): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 23rd January. |
| 10581 |
| *Q6 |
Mr John McFall (Dumbarton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 23rd January. |
| 10582 |
| *Q7 |
Mr Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 23rd January. |
| 10583 |
| *Q8 |
Mr Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 23rd January. |
| 10584 |
| *Q9 |
Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 23rd January. |
| 10585 |
| *Q10 |
Mr David Amess (Basildon): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 23rd January. |
| 10586 |
