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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 19 January 1998
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 19 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 19 January, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 20 January, see Part 2 of this Paper. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what representations he has received about the law relating to privacy. |
| [Question Unstarred] (21483) | |
| 2 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria will be used to assess the success of Net Year. |
| [Transferred] (24006) | |
| 3 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what budget his Department has allocated to Net Year; and what proportion of the total budget for Net Year will be covered by (a) public and (b) private funds. |
| [Transferred] (24005) | |
| 4 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate she has made of the number of current and future pensioners with personal pension plans who will be affected by the changes. |
| [Transferred] (24225) | |
| 5 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the threat to (a) the environment and (b) public health of residual contamination which remains on the Millennium Experience site. |
| [Transferred] (24220) | |
| 6 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if contaminated material found at the site of the Millennium Experience has been disposed of off-site. |
| [Transferred] (24219) | |
| 7 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if contaminated material has been buried on the site of the Millennium Experience. |
| [Transferred] (24221) | |
| 8 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of (a) climate change, (b) ozone depletion, (c) air pollution and (d) industrial fishing on whale populations over the next 10 years. |
| (23400) | |
| 9 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on the populations of each whale species of the Irish proposals presently before the International Whaling Commission. |
| (23542) | |
| 10 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is his policy in respect of the applications by indigenous populations to recommence whaling. |
| (23404) | |
| 11 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with the United States Government in respect of the possible segregation of genetically-modified foods; and if he will make a statement. |
| (23405) | |
| 12 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the likely level of trade in illegal whale meat should the Irish proposals before the International Whaling Commission be accepted. |
| (23402) | |
| 13 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what reassurances he has (a) sought and (b) received from (i) South Korea, (ii) Indonesia and (iii) Taiwan that they will not resume commercial whaling should the present Irish proposals before the International Whaling Commission be accepted. |
| (23401) | |
| 14 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent communications he has had with (a) Norway and (b) Japan in respect of the Irish proposals before the International Whaling Commission; and if he will make a statement. |
| (23541) | |
| 15 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if measures to require segregation of genetically-modified crops would constitute a breach of World Trade Organisation agreements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (23406) | |
| 16 | Mrs Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has for 1998-99 to provide financial support to new entrants into farming; and on what criteria such support will be based. |
| (24361) | |
| 17 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many agricultural workers are currently covered by the provisions of the Agricultural Wages Order; how many of these he estimates have a disability; and how many incapacity permits under the Order are currently in force. |
| (23739) | |
| 18 N | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the correct procedure for disposing of over-quota dead or dying fish that are caught as a mixture of species. |
| (23744) | |
| 19 | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what will be the role of local authorities within the remit of the Food Standards Agency. |
| (24154) | |
| 20 | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what effect the establishment of the Food Standards Agency will have on the current role of local authorities in analysing food for food safety purposes. |
| (24153) | |
| 21 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if beef on the bone supplied from certified herds in Northern Ireland will be permitted to be sold throughout Europe following the removal of European Union prohibitions on the export of beef in respect of those herds. |
| (23846) | |
| 22 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what concessionary tariff arrangements are available on beef imported from Argentina; and if he will make a statement. |
| (23977) | |
| 23 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment the European Commission has made of the advantages of banning beef exports from countries which have detected BSE in their cattle. |
| (23360) | |
| 24 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what subsidies are paid to beef farmers in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) other European Union countries. |
| (23358) | |
| 25 N | Mr William Thompson (West Tyrone): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what factors underlay his Department's decision to impose a stall and tether ban on the pig industry; and what account was taken of practices in other European Union countries in formulating this policy. |
| (23845) | |
| 26 N | Mr William Thompson (West Tyrone): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research his Department has evaluated into injuries arising from the loose housing of pigs. |
| (23844) | |
| 27 N | Mr William Thompson (West Tyrone): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will assess the advantages of introducing a quota system for pig herds. |
| (23843) | |
| 28 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23745) | |
| 29 N | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what are his plans for revenue funding to support capital projects funded from the National Lottery. |
| (21453) | |
| 30 | Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the findings of Sir John Smith's report, Integrity in Football, will be acted upon by the Government's Football Taskforce. |
| (24062) | |
| 31 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23747) | |
| 32 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animals have been bred for use in experiments at Porton Down in each year from 1990 to 1997 to date; and how many of each year's total were subsequently killed without being so used. |
| (22965) | |
| 33 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the date of the last occasion on which he or his predecessor viewed (a) the conditions in which animals are kept at Porton Down and (b) an experiment to which an animal was subjected. |
| (22967) | |
| 34 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the terms of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 are applied to procedures carried out at Porton Down. |
| (22961) | |
| 35 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he is taking to introduce alternatives to animal experimentation at Porton Down; and if he will list the initiatives in this area since 1995. |
| (22962) | |
| 36 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that animal experiments undertaken at Porton Down do not breach the terms of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 in respect of the deliberate infliction of wanton physical cruelty. |
| (22964) | |
| 37 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what external procedures exist to ensure that animals held at Porton Down are allowed so far as possible to follow normal behaviour patterns and that they are properly looked after. |
| (22966) | |
| 38 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what extent he shares information obtained from animal experimentation at Porton Down with other members of NATO; and to what extent he is provided with information obtained from animal experimentation carried out in other NATO countries. |
| (22968) | |
| 39 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department was first informed of the crack in the reactor at Chapelcross Magnox station. |
| (23398) | |
| 40 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the administrative and judicial relationship between the Army Prosecuting Authority and the Lord Chancellor. |
| (23730) | |
| 41 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what press briefing his Department provided in respect of a letter to him from the Lord Chancellor concerning Major Eric Joyce. |
| (23734) | |
| 42 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is the current head of the Army Prosecuting Authority; and what are his other duties. |
| (23732) | |
| 43 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what circumstances his Department will initiate a prosecution against a serviceman who disobeys an order not to speak to the media. |
| (23736) | |
| 44 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to whom the Army Prosecuting Authority reports. |
| (23731) | |
| 45 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account the Army Prosecuting Authority takes of the opinions of the Lord Chancellor in determining whether or not to conduct a prosecution. |
| (23735) | |
| 46 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings Ministers held to discuss Major Eric Joyce's conduct; and what was the date of such meetings. |
| (23733) | |
| 47 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Royal Navy has to upgrade its Tomahawk Missiles to Block IV standard; and at what cost. |
| (24360) | |
| 48 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make departmental records on the dumping of radioactive waste and low-grade radioactive waste, in the Gosport Borough Council area, available to the council's environmental health officer. |
| (24059) | |
| 49 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make available records of the dumping of radioactive waste and low-grade radioactive waste, in the Havant Borough Council area, to the council's environmental health officer. |
| (24058) | |
| 50 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Royal Navy has to purchase the Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control System; and what estimate he has made of the cost. |
| (24359) | |
| 51 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of discussion of C-17 leasing on efforts to integrate (a) European aerospace companies, and (b) the aerospace industry in general. |
| (23143) | |
| 52 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the competition for Tranche 2 of the Hercules Replacement Programme and the possibility of leasing C-17 aircraft. |
| (23137) | |
| 53 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account will be taken of the importance of maintaining aerospace jobs in (a) Chorley and (b) other North-West Region constituencies in future airlift planning. |
| (23142) | |
| 54 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the (a) cost, (b) viability and (c) acceptability to the Royal Air Force of the Royal Air Force operating three types of heavy-lift aircraft. |
| (23136) | |
| 55 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Deparment has for a near-term lease of C-17 aircraft. |
| (23138) | |
| 56 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to issue the invitation to tender for the RAF's Tranche 2 airlift requirements to Lockheed Martin and Boeing/McDonnell Douglas for a full competition. |
| (23140) | |
| 57 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government will make a full public statement on his Department's requirement for an outsize cargo airlift capability within the SDR. |
| (23141) | |
| 58 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what conclusions have so far been reached as part of the SDR in relation to the future of the FLA. |
| (23139) | |
| 59 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the criteria which Booker Foodservice are required to apply in meeting the best value for money terms under their contract to supply meat to the armed forces; and if he will make a statement. |
| (23974) | |
| 60 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list by country of origin the percentage, based on value, of (a) pork, (b) lamb and (c) beef procured for the armed forces by (i) NAAFI and (ii) others for each of the five years to 1st October 1997; andif he will make a statement. |
| (23975) | |
| 61 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the contract terms which require Booker Foodservice to give full consideration to British products in procuring meat for the armed forces; and if he will make a statement. |
| (23973) | |
| 62 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if all meat and all meat products procured for the Armed Forces comply with (a) Council Directive 64/433/EEC, (b) the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No. 2) Regulations 1996 and (c) the UK specified risk material controls; and if he will make a statement. |
| (23976) | |
| 63 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will give the (a) average daily maximum temperatures, (b) average daily minimum temperatures and (c) number of days of snowfall, month by month, from the Manchester Ringway and Buxton weather stations for the most recent 12 month period available. |
| (24085) | |
| 64 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the categories of meteorological data which are currently available from the weather station at (a) Manchester Ringway and (b) Buxton. |
| (24086) | |
| 65 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the United Kingdom is contributing to the total cost of the Eurofighter; what percentage this represents of the total; what percentage of the work on the building and maintenance of the Eurofighter is to be carried out in the United Kingdom; and how many jobs will be created in the United Kingdom as a result of the project. |
| (23388) | |
| 66 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the negotiations regarding the transfer of Seaton Barracks, Plymouth, to English Partnership will be completed; and if he will make a statement about the reasons for the delay. |
| (23952) | |
| 67 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23748) | |
| 68 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will assess the availability of water supplies for the planned new households when ruling on plans to expand Stevenage. |
| (23729) | |
| 69 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which he has been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23750) | |
| 70 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the LEA area which achieved the best (a) A level results and (b) GCSE results in 1997, indicating the extent to which each operates a selective education system. |
| (24074) | |
| 71 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list his decisions on each school from which he has considered applications for grant maintained status since 1st May 1997, indicating the grounds for his decision. |
| (24081) | |
| 72 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the relative levels of performance between selective and non-selective educational systems in England and Wales. |
| (24073) | |
| 73 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the percentage of parents voting in the ballot on grant maintained status who voted (a) in favour and (b) against for each grant maintained school. |
| (24072) | |
| 74 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the regulation-making process of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 that the Government (a) is currently using and (b) has plans to use and to improve the effectiveness of the Act. |
| (23617) | |
| 75 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will legislate to abolish the threshold exempting employees from the employment provision of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. |
| (23765) | |
| 76 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much interest was accrued on funds received from the European Social Fund under Objective 5b, before they were distributed to projects via the regional Government Offices in (a) 1994, (b) 1995, (c) 1996, (d) 1997 and (e) 1998. |
| (23855) | |
| 77 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures the Government will employ to bring information about the New Deal to the attention of young unemployed deaf people. |
| (24083) | |
| 78 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if deaf awareness training will be given to those personal advisors in the New Deal Gateway who may be involved with young unemployed deaf people. |
| (24084) | |
| 79 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the amount spent per pupil in each unitary authority in England for 1996-97 and the projected investment per pupil for the year, indicating the percentage change between the figures. |
| (24060) | |
| 80 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he had for extending school days to accommodate the requirement for an hour a day to be given to numeracy and literacy. |
| (24165) | |
| 81 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received from voluntary organisations that are training providers for people with learning disabilities on the effects of delays of approval of ESF funds. |
| (24357) | |
| 82 | Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the numbers of classroom technicians broken down to show those employees in (a) part-time, (b) full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) all other categories. |
| (24061) | |
| 83 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23749) | |
| 84 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to ban all sales of CFCs. |
| (23410) | |
| 85 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent figures he has obtained in respect of the number of wild-caught birds imported into the United Kingdom; and what percentage of wild-caught birds imported into the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available are estimated to have been dead on arrival. |
| (22969) | |
| 86 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the Government's policy on EU Directive 96/29 in respect of the recycling of radioactive waste in consumer goods. |
| (23618) | |
| 87 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much has been spent to date in total on the proposals to build the new A27 Polegate bypass, broken down into (a) land acquisition, (b) public consultation, (c) design costs, (d) compensation payments to tenderers and (e) others. |
| (23409) | |
| 88 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review (a) the National Conditions of Carriage in general and (b) clause 45 of the conditions. |
| (23393) | |
| 89 | Mrs Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate his Department has made of the contribution of aircraft pollution to global warming. |
| (24329) | |
| 90 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 18th November, Official Report, column 133, what factors underlay the decision not to include measures to encourage the re-establishment of ancient bridleways in his plans for increasing access to the countryside. |
| (24082) | |
| 91 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the landing charges for comparable airliners at the main United Kingdom and international airports and the changes in Heathrow landing charges since BAA's privatisation. |
| (24066) | |
| 92 | Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the present average cost of constructing one mile of new motorway; and what are the figures in cash terms for (a) 1988, (b) 1978 and (c) 1968. |
| (24226) | |
| 93 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the contributions in the last five years from the Environment Agency and its predecessors to the 'Eager Beaver' River Tyne Debris Clearance vessel; and what are his reasons for discontinuing this contribution in the next financial year. |
| (23647) | |
| 94 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are the latest results of his Department's research into rain penetration in cavity walls. |
| (24238) | |
| 95 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what were the findings of the Marine Safety Agency's investigation into the recent crossing to Spain of the Pride of Bilbao; and what assessment he has made of the Agency's investigation. |
| (24056) | |
| 96 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the Marine Safety Agency's report into the recent crossing to Spain of the Pride of Bilbao. |
| (24057) | |
| 97 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the new form of driving licence will display the union flag of the United Kingdom; and what consultations he is having regarding the format of the new licence. |
| (24397) | |
| 98 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 12th January, Official Report, column 111, on ferry crews, if he will set out the criteria which the Marine Safety Agency use in assessing the ability of passenger ferry crew members to communicate in English. |
| (23725) | |
| 99 N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will advise the managements of all railway and underground stations, not to rely on charity registration as an indication of respectability. |
| (22886) | |
| 100 N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will advise the management of railway and underground stations to require a recommendation from an independent source before permitting charity collections on station land and premises. |
| (22884) | |
| 101 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the Government's policy on the purchasing for use by Government departments and agencies of (a) Brazilian mahogany and (b) other endangered timber; how the policy is implemented and monitored; in what form the results of that monitoring are published; and if he will make a statement. |
| (23847) | |
| 102 | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what consultations were undertaken prior to the decision to exclude insulin-dependent diabetics from holding driving licences for categories C1 and D1 vehicles. |
| (24223) | |
| 103 | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the number of accidents for each of the last five years involving vehicles in categories C1 and D1 driven by insulin-dependent diabetics. |
| (24222) | |
| 104 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23762) | |
| 105 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the basis for the calculation of the Retail Price Index. |
| (23394) | |
| 106 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent figures he has obtained in respect of seizures by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise of (a) illegal imports into the United Kingdom and (b) illegal transit through the United Kingdom of species protected under the CITES convention. |
| (22970) | |
| 107 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list (a) areas of expenditure and (b) the amounts involved, where (i) money has been saved and (ii) new income (1) has been raised and (2) is anticipated, which were not in the previous Government's financial plans for the two financial years ending on 1st April 2000. |
| (24224) | |
| 108 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of businesses affected by the plan to withdraw cash basis accounting for professional businesses have fewer than (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 partners. |
| (24289) | |
| 109 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the number of professional businesses that will be affected by the proposal to withdraw cash basis accounting for professional businesses, as announced by the Inland Revenue on 22nd December. |
| (24288) | |
| 110 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the number of extra audits likely to be conducted per annum as a result of the proposals announced by the Inland Revenue on 22nd December to withdraw cash basis accounting for professional businesses; and what is his estimate of the average cost of such audits. |
| (24290) | |
| 111 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the average extra tax burden faced by professional businesses as a result of the proposals announced by the Inland Revenue on 22nd December to withdraw cash basis accounting for professional businesses. |
| (24287) | |
| 112 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultations he has held with the USA Internal Revenue Service regarding the proposals announced by the Inland Revenue on 22nd December to withdraw cash basis accounting for professional businesses. |
| (24286) | |
| 113 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the extra tax revenue that will be raised by the planned withdrawal of cash basis accounting for professional business, in financial years (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-2. |
| (24285) | |
| 114 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many operations were undertaken in the past three years on behalf of Her Majesty's Government by persons who were subsequently charged with drug smuggling offences. |
| (23392) | |
| 115 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total number of deaths in each of the last five years resulting from ingesting (a) heroin, (b) alcohol, (c) ecstacy, (d) speed, (e) nicotine, (f) glue, (g) Temazepam, (h) cannabis and (i) LSD. |
| (23390) | |
| 116 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the impact of VAT harmonisation in the EU on London's art market. |
| (21466) | |
| 117 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the establishment of the EMU Preparation Unit in his Department, with particular reference to the terms of reference for the Unit, and its membership. |
| (24118) | |
| 118 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the cost of Mortgage Interest Relief at Source in Scotland for (i) 1995-96 and (ii) 1996-97; and what is his provisional estimate for MIRAS in Scotland for 1997-98. |
| (24393) | |
| 119 | Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the income to the Treasury from tax on air travel since implementation of the tax. |
| (24125) | |
| 120 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of government spending is allocated to the welfare state in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) each European Union country and (c) each G7 country. |
| (23359) | |
| 121 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23752) | |
| 122 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had since 1st May 1997 with representatives of the Indian government in respect of the threats to the tiger population in that country; and what were the outcomes of those decisions. |
| (22950) | |
| 123 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the income from the sale of land occupied by GCHQ in Hong Kong; and where that money has been deployed. |
| (23396) | |
| 124 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he was informed that procedures for joining the Schengen Agreement under the Treaty of Amsterdam would be subject to unanimity. |
| (24054) | |
| 125 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the conclusions of the investigations by the presidency of the European Council on the circumstances surrounding the negotiations at Amsterdam, pertaining to voting procedures used in the admission of states to the Schengen area. |
| (24052) | |
| 126 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the negotiations at Amsterdam, pertaining to the voting procedures used in the admission of states to the Schengen area, have been raised (a) at the Council of Ministers and (b) bilaterally; and by whom. |
| (24055) | |
| 127 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received in favour of the placing of BBC World Service programmes on the Internet. |
| (24051) | |
| 128 N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the application for entry clearance made by Zia Ul Haq at Karachi, reference KA 173579 will be determined. |
| (24008) | |
| 129 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what quantities of plutonium with a plutonium--240 content in the range two to 10 per cent. the United Kingdom has exported to the United States under the provisions of the 1958 US/UK Mutual Defence Agreement on atomic energy matters. |
| (24049) | |
| 130 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23761) | |
| 131 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his policy on the level of prescription charges and the availability of multiple prescriptions at discounted prices. |
| (23395) | |
| 132 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the areas where his Department's report, Policy Research Programme: providing a knowledge base for health, public health and social care, has provided the basis for improvements in information to disabled people. |
| (23357) | |
| 133 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his estimate of the proportion of medicinal drugs that are prescribed in order to counteract the consequences of other medicinal drugs. |
| (23389) | |
| 134 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to withdraw or alter the reservations and declaration by the United Kingdom government regarding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
| (24344) | |
| 135 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to involve young people in the process of preparing the Government's response to the report on the United Kingdom's performance in implementing the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. |
| (24341) | |
| 136 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to appoint (a) a United Kingdom children's rights commissioner and(b) an English children's rights commissioner. |
| (24346) | |
| 137 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the method of licensing for people performing ear-piercing and body piercing; and what plans he has to review the licensing procedure. |
| (23318) | |
| 138 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was received by each hospital trust which has a car park contract operated by Controlled Car Parking, in the last financial year for which figures are available; and if he will estimate the profit made by CCP on each contract in the last financial year for which figures are available. |
| (24166) | |
| 139 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if legislation is planned to develop those children's rights provided for by the Children's Act 1989. |
| (24336) | |
| 140 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will establish a Minister for Children. |
| (24337) | |
| 141 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) central and (b) local government progress in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
| (24335) | |
| 142 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to extend the network of children's rights officers. |
| (24334) | |
| 143 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account his Department has taken in allocating funds for breast screening of demographic changes. |
| (24340) | |
| 144 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of women aged between 65 and 75 years who attend breast screening. |
| (24339) | |
| 145 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breast screening units are not able to screen all women in the 50 to 64 years of age category every three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (24338) | |
| 146 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23759) | |
| 147 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of and how many asylum seekers were (a) granted asylum and (b) given exceptional leave to remain for each year from 1985 to 1997 inclusive. |
| (23489) | |
| 148 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in respect of Lewes Prison, if he will list for each year from 1985 to 1997 inclusive (a) the budget available to the prison, (b) the (i) average and (ii) maximum number of prisoners, (c) the number of suicides reported and (d) the number of prison officers deployed on average; and if he will make a statement. |
| (23727) | |
| 149 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits were carried out last year by his Department's inspectors to establishments authorised to undertake animal procedures; and how many of these were unannounced. |
| (22957) | |
| 150 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are taken to ensure animals held in captivity for use in experiments are allowed to follow normal behavioural patterns so far as possible; and on how many occasions in 1996 his Department's inspectors have required changes to be made to conditions of captivity. |
| (22952) | |
| 151 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what opportunities exist for pooling of data and other information obtained from animal experimentation between the United Kingdom and other countries; and what steps he is taking to encourage this. |
| (22954) | |
| 152 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the percentage of animal procedures carried out in 1996 which replicated procedures already undertaken previously (a) within the United Kingdom and (b) elsewhere. |
| (22955) | |
| 153 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) applications for asylum awaiting an initial decision and (b) appeals by asylum seekers against refusal to grant leave to stay were outstanding on 1st January. |
| (23540) | |
| 154 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been initiated in each year since 1987 for offences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and what was the outcome in each completed case. |
| (22960) | |
| 155 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reconcile respect for commercial confidentiality with his stated policy to seek to reduce the numbers of procedures carried out. |
| (22956) | |
| 156 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes will be required to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to comply with the terms of the Government's White Paper on Freedom of Information. |
| (22958) | |
| 157 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget he plans for Lewes Prison for the forthcoming year; and what estimate he has made of the maximum number of prisoners that will be held in Lewes Prison over that period. |
| (23728) | |
| 158 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to increase substantially the penalties available for failure to adhere to the conditions laid down as part of project licences under the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. |
| (22959) | |
| 159 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 588 officers who suffered cross-contamination effects during the CS Gas trials between 1st March and 31st August 1996 have (a) reported this cross-contamination as minor injury, (b) taken time off work as a consequence, (c) claimed compensation and (d) been awarded compensation, stating the amount in each case. |
| (24283) | |
| 160 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals bred or otherwise obtained for use in animal experimentation in 1996 were subsequently killed without being so used; and what this was as a percentage of animals used. |
| (22951) | |
| 161 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking (a) within the EU and (b) within the UN to discourage animal experimentation. |
| (22953) | |
| 162 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated concerning the reliability of the results derived from animal testing and their applicability in respect of humans. |
| (22963) | |
| 163 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what controls exist over the holding and supply of data by mobile phone companies of information pinpointing the locations from which calls are made from individually identifiable mobile phones. |
| (23619) | |
| 164 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to end the practice of holding males aged under 18 years in adult prisons whilst on remand. |
| (23726) | |
| 165 N | Mrs Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has conducted into the effect of legislation to facilitate the civil recovery of damages from criminals on the level of crime against businesses. |
| (23949) | |
| 166 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many lawfully held firearms there were in England and Wales at the latest available date. |
| (24362) | |
| 167 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral statement of 25th November, Official Report, column 812, whether he will publish the calculations on which his statement, regarding the proportionality of the Sainte-Lague and d'Hondt divisors, was based; if he will calculate the number of seats that would be won by each party in Scotland under the (a) d'Hondt and (b) Sainte-Lague divisors using the 1994 European Election results; and if he will make a statement. |
| (24398) | |
| 168 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearm licences have been revoked in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available and in total in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (24364) | |
| 169 N | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what divisors were used to calculate the allocation of seats between the regions of England in the European Parliamentary Elections Bill. |
| (24043) | |
| 170 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list each category of firearm which can be currently held legally by private individuals; how many licences have been issued for each of those categories of firearm in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available and in total in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (24363) | |
| 171 | Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences issued under the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925 have been cancelled in the last 10 years. |
| (24065) | |
| 172 | Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal obligation there is on local authorities to hold copies of licences issued under the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925; and what procedure is available for a holder of a licence to cancel a licence when it is no longer needed. |
| (24063) | |
| 173 | Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were listed in total on the licences issued under the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925 in each of the last 10 years. |
| (24064) | |
| 174 N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the quantity of illegal arms in circulation in England and Wales and on the impact on the illegal arms trade of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997. |
| (23490) | |
| 175 N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his current estimate of the sums paid under the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 Compensation Scheme to handgun owners (a) since the commencement of the scheme and (b) once full compensation has been paid. |
| (23544) | |
| 176 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on future developments relating to Wandsworth Prison. |
| (24392) | |
| 177 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects places on the Gaming Board to become vacant; and what procedure will be adopted for filling such vacancies. |
| (24284) | |
| 178 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the totals of those (a) held in custody and (b) who received jail sentences subsequently following allegations that they have been dealing in (i) heroin, (ii) ecstasy and (iii) cannabis in each of the last eight years; and what proportion they represent of the totals charged in each category. |
| (23387) | |
| 179 N | Mr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received concerning the funding of projects organised and administered by community and voluntary organisations. |
| (21443) | |
| 180 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison establishments in England and Wales have a formal policy which states that the seclusion of mentally ill patients within the health care centre should be governed by guidance in the Code of Practice for Mental Health of 1983. |
| (23854) | |
| 181 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prison establishments in England and Wales have produced a health care plan for prisoners setting out the aims and objectives of the Prison Health Service. |
| (23853) | |
| 182 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a patient's charter in respect of the provision of health care within the Prison Service. |
| (23852) | |
| 183 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the operation of the Court Welfare Service. |
| (24116) | |
| 184 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis to conclude his investigation into the alleged perjury of Jonathan Aitken. |
| (21606) | |
| 185 N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice his Department issues to the owners of premises approached by charities for permission to make collections who wish to verify the standing of the charity; and if he will make a statement. |
| (22885) | |
| 186 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the appointment of Ms Perkins as a non-executive director of Littlewoods. |
| (24237) | |
| 187 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the length of time applicants for British citizenship wait before receiving decisions on their cases. |
| (24291) | |
| 188 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23758) | |
| 189 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what account she takes of the threats which exist to the future of the tiger population in India in deciding her Department's policy towards India. |
| (22949) | |
| 190 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what democracy building programmes her Department has commissioned in Kenya since 1st May 1997. |
| (24229) | |
| 191 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in implementing the aid measures outlined in the joint statement between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of Montserrat. |
| (24236) | |
| 192 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list by country the projects funded by the United Kingdom aid programme administered by non-governmental organisations. |
| (24232) | |
| 193 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to promote democracy and good government in the Great Lakes region of Africa. |
| (24235) | |
| 194 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on assistance given by her Department to Indonesia. |
| (24230) | |
| 195 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department has received requests for assistance following the earthquake in Zhangbein, China; and if she will make a statement. |
| (24227) | |
| 196 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she expects the system of mixed credits to replace the aid-for-trade provision to be introduced; and if she will make a statement. |
| (24234) | |
| 197 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help alleviate the famine in North Korea. |
| (24228) | |
| 198 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement concerning the proportion of the United Kingdom aid programme to be devoted to bilateral assistance. |
| (24231) | |
| 199 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is the proportion of the United Kingdom aid programme devoted to emergency relief operations and disasters preparedness and prevention programmes. |
| (24233) | |
| 200 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 12th January, Official Report, column 86, what measures she proposes to prevent aid being used for military purchases from countries other than the United Kingdom. |
| (24088) | |
| 201 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 12th January, Official Report, column 86, which programmes will have a lower priority as a result of her policy to give programmes to combat poverty a higher priority; and what reductions in funding these programmes will receive. |
| (24087) | |
| 202 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she had with members of the European Commission on the presidency's policy on future markets for Associated African and Caribbean States of the European Community, concerning the marketing of bananas; and what estimates Her Majesty's Government has made of the likely loss of income to small farmers arising from recent negotiations conducted by the Commission with the World Trade Organisation. |
| (24050) | |
| 203 | Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money has been given in development assistance to (a) Burkina Faso, (b) Niger, (c) Mali and (d) Chad in each year since 1992; and what percentage was (i) bilateral and (ii) multilateral assistance; and what proportion was given for (1) emergency relief and (2) long term disaster preparedness and food security. |
| (24347) | |
| 204 | Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what money the Government plans to give (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally to (i) Burkina Faso, (ii) Niger, (iii) Mali and (iv) Chad for long-term disaster preparedness and food security in 1997-98 and 1998-99. |
| (24348) | |
| 205 | Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations the Government has received from (a) NGOs and (b) UK officials in Burkina Faso and Niger about the impending food shortages in these countries. |
| (24350) | |
| 206 | Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what response she has made to the request for international food aid issued (a) by Niger in November and (b) by Burkina Faso in December. |
| (24349) | |
| 207 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the human rights component of the training provided to senior management in the Kenyan police. |
| (24330) | |
| 208 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) she and (b) other Ministers within her Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23760) | |
| 209 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many applications for leave to appeal to the Social Security Commissioner have been (a) accepted and (b) refused by the Commissioner in each of the last 12 months. |
| (23030) | |
| 210 | Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is the additional cost to the Legal Aid Board arising from the increase in court fees since January 1997. |
| (24120) | |
| 211 | Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is the total cost to the Legal Aid Board of court fees since January 1997. |
| (24121) | |
| 212 | Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions in the last 12 months an application under Order 19 rule 3(2), to rescind an automatic reference to arbitration, has (a) been made and (b) been granted. |
| (24123) | |
| 213 | Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many district and deputy district judges are able to sit as arbitrators in small claims proceedings; and how many of those have received training in handling small claims. |
| (24119) | |
| 214 | Jacqui Smith (Redditch): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions in the last 12 months an application under Order 19 rule 3(2)(d), to rescind an automatic reference to arbitration where it would be unreasonable for the claim to proceed, having regard to the subject matter, circumstances of the parties or interests of third parties who would be affected, has (a) been made and (b) been granted. |
| (24122) | |
| 215 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23757) | |
| 216 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, pursuant to his oral Answer of 8th December, Official Report, column 660, if he will make a statement on his ticketing and transport arrangements for people from Scotland and the north of England. |
| (21607) | |
| 217 | Mr Robert McCartney (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are employed in each Northern Ireland Civil Service Department on (a) writing legislation and (b) writing procedural guidance consequent upon legislation; and what are the total and average staff costs for each department. |
| (24169) | |
| 218 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) she and (b) other Ministers within her Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23763) | |
| 219 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the President of the Council, how many questions have been tabled since 1st May for answer on the following day by (a) Labour honourable Members and (b) honourable Members from other parties; and how many in each case were subsequently answered the following day. |
| (23407) | |
| 220 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the President of the Council, when the decison was taken to employ an assistant Drugs Tzar; and how the job was advertised. |
| (23391) | |
| 221 | Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the President of the Council, which Department will be in charge of the legislation to give effect to the provisions of the Ottawa Convention. |
| (24178) | |
| 222 | Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to the Answer of the Secretary of State for Defence of 12th January, to the honourable Member for Monmouth, Official Report, column 130, if she will make it her policy to provide for the Bill to implement the Ottawa Convention to be subject to pre-legislative scrutiny. |
| (24177) | |
| 223 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, what position Her Majesty's Government took and for what reasons, at the International Criminal Court Preparatory Committee meeting held in New York in December 1997 in respect of (a) chemical weapons, (b) biological weapons and (c) nuclear weapons. |
| (23408) | |
| 224 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he raised the issue of whaling during his recent visit to Japan; and if he will make a statement. |
| (23737) | |
| 225 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, when he was informed that the procedures for joining the Schengen Agreement under the Treaty of Amsterdam would be subject to unanimity. |
| (24053) | |
| 226 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish any written permission given under paragraph 70 of the Ministerial Code for the travel of Mrs Gaynor Regan at a cost to public funds. |
| (23849) | |
| 227 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, when he now expects to meet the relatives of the victims who died in Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. |
| (24044) | |
| 228 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which he has been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23756) | |
| 229 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those applications under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code which he has received since 1st May indicating (a) the Minister on whose behalf the application was made, (b) the accompanying person, (c) the purpose, venue and dates of the visit and (d) if the application was approved or refused. |
| (23740) | |
| 230 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, to what extent the age of the nuclear reactor at Chapelcross was a contributory factor to the crack which was publicised by BNFL in December. |
| (23399) | |
| 231 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when his Department was first informed of the crack in the reactor at Chapelcross Magnox station. |
| (23397) | |
| 232 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the dates since 1968 on which the Chapelcross Magnox reactor has been inspected for his Department by BNFL or its predecessor. |
| (23403) | |
| 233 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his current estimate of the costs of temporary accommodation and facilities for a Scottish Parliament in each year before a new building on the Holyrood site is completed. |
| (23850) | |
| 234 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on his proposals to set up a mechanism to track paedophiles throughout the United Kingdom. |
| (23738) | |
| 235 N | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many honourable Members were briefed about the details of the proposals for siting the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood before the decision was made on the site. |
| (23538) | |
| 236 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if the Scottish office will respond separately to the UN Committee Report on the United Kingdom's performance in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
| (24343) | |
| 237 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to appoint a children's rights commissioner in Scotland. |
| (24345) | |
| 238 N | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library the reports by consultants on the various aspects of the competing sites for a Scottish Parliament. |
| (23539) | |
| 239 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to involve young people in Scotland in the process of preparing the Government's response to the report on the United Kingdom's performance in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
| (24342) | |
| 240 N | Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness and Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he expects to complete payment of the 1997 arable aid payments. |
| (23950) | |
| 241 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for each year from 1985-86 to 1996-97 the total value of discounts for the right-to-buy scheme for (a) council tenants, (b) Scottish Homes tenants, (c) new town tenants and (d) other public sector tenants in Scotland. |
| (24394) | |
| 242 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to authorise sales of standing timber belonging to the Forestry Commission prior to the Scottish Parliament taking responsibility for this matter. |
| (23743) | |
| 243 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to authorise further sales of Forestry Commission land prior to the Scottish Parliament taking responsibility for this matter. |
| (23764) | |
| 244 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the plans of Northern Ireland Electricity to lay the undersea portion of the Scotland to Northern Ireland electricity interconnector. |
| (23724) | |
| 245 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list all visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23755) | |
| 246 N | Mrs Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage of working women earn less than the national insurance contributions ceiling. |
| (23951) | |
| 247 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when she plans to announce her proposals to reform the residential care allowance. |
| (23766) | |
| 248 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate (a) the total expenditure on earnings-related statutory maternity pay, (b) the number of claimants of earnings related statutory maternity pay in 1996 and (c) the number of such claimants in each quartile of the national earnings distribution. |
| (24356) | |
| 249 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what advice, and in what form, on the possibility of therapeutic earnings is provided to new claimants of disability and incapacity benefits. |
| (24351) | |
| 250 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate the numbers and distribution of workers earning less than the lower earnings limit for national insurance contributions (a) by gender and (b) by region and nation. |
| (24354) | |
| 251 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will include in her spending reviews consideration of a free contribution credit for workers with earnings below the lower earnings limit for (a) statutory maternity pay, (b) contributing jobseekers and (c) basic retirement pension; and if she will estimate the spending consequences of the introduction of such credits. |
| (24355) | |
| 252 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for what reasons no official record of the therapeutic work experience of claimants on disability benefits is made; when guidance to Benefits Agency offices on this matter was last issued; and if this matter is under review. |
| (24352) | |
| 253 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for what reasons records on the regional effects of the Benefits Integrity Project are not maintained; and if she will ensure that such effects are measured before proceeding to any changes in benefits covered by the Project. |
| (24353) | |
| 254 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what changes in policy there have been since 1st May concerning the granting of leave to appeal to the Social Security Commissioner. |
| (23031) | |
| 255 | Ms Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate the effects of a change in the way the standard interest rate is calculated by including mortgage lenders which have converted to banks on (a) the level of the standard interest rate and (b) the cost to the Government. |
| (24400) | |
| 256 | Ms Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will change the way the standard interest rate used to make mortgage payments for unemployed home-owners is calculated to include large mortgage lenders which have converted to banks. |
| (24399) | |
| 257 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate she has made of the number of people in the Warrington North constituency who will benefit from the New Deal. |
| (23851) | |
| 258 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will bring forward proposals to exclude members' allowances received by councillors when calculating benefits and other entitlement. |
| (24156) | |
| 259 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list the most serious problems currently facing the social security system in order of priority. |
| (23848) | |
| 260 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) she and (b) other Ministers within her Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23754) | |
| 261 | Audrey Wise (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people with multiple sclerosis receive the disability living allowance at the higher rate for (a) the mobility component and (b) the care component of the benefit. |
| (24068) | |
| 262 | Audrey Wise (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many recipients of disability living allowance have multiple sclerosis. |
| (24067) | |
| 263 | Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list those areas of operation which have been contracted out within her Department and its agencies, and the (a) name of the private sector company, (b) duration of contract, (c) cost and (d) number of employees involved; and when the contract will be due for renewal. |
| (24396) | |
| 264 | Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if staff of her Department and its agencies will be allowed to submit in-house bids when contracted out operations come up for contract renewal. |
| (24395) | |
| 265 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what measures her Department is taking to support British exporters to the Argentine. |
| (24079) | |
| 266 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what actions she is taking to strengthen the industrial and manufacturing base in the Greater London area. |
| (24076) | |
| 267 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what are her Department's main objectives during the British presidency of the European Union in 1998. |
| (24075) | |
| 268 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what action her Department is taking to express the views of the United Kingdom within the European Union on the proposed abolition of the European Duty Free puchasing schemes in 1999. |
| (24080) | |
| 269 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what action she is taking to promote trade between the United Kingdom and the Argentine. |
| (24078) | |
| 270 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the value of trading between the United Kingdom and the Argentine (a) currently and (b) in each year from 1994 to 1996. |
| (24077) | |
| 271 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations she has received concerning the impact of European regulations on the London art market. |
| (21456) | |
| 272 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what discussions she has had with her United States counterpart on the subject of the Internet with particular reference to delays in reorganising the domain name system. |
| (24004) | |
| 273 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is her Department's policy on the recent policy statement from the European Commission relating to the principle of self-regulation of the Internet industry. |
| (24003) | |
| 274 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what are her priorities in respect of policies on the Internet during the United Kingdom's presidency of the European Union. |
| (24002) | |
| 275 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations her Department has received since 1st May on the operation of Amway; if she will publish her responses; what investigations her Department has made into the operations of Amway; what representatives of Amway her ministers have met since 1st May 1997; and what meetings representatives of her Department have held with individuals to discuss the operation of the company. |
| (24001) | |
| 276 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the effect that the diversion of intra-European Internet traffic to the United States, has on the United Kingdom Internet industry. |
| (24015) | |
| 277 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what investigations she has undertaken into the prices charged by telecommunications companies to United Kingdom Internet providers for leasing data circuits to other European countries. |
| (24007) | |
| 278 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what discussions she has with her European Union counterparts on (a) the Internet and (b) charges for telephone and data circuits between European countries. |
| (24016) | |
| 279 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesborough South and East Cleveland): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps her Department is taking to develop manufacturing activity in the biotechnology sector. |
| (24070) | |
| 280 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesborough South and East Cleveland): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of reductions in the level of support for biochemical engineering research and training in the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council budget. |
| (24071) | |
| 281 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesborough South and East Cleveland): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the level of Government support required in respect of biochemical engineering research and training over the next five years. |
| (24069) | |
| 282 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many export licence applications are outstanding; and how many have been outstanding for (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) more than three months. |
| (24117) | |
| 283 | Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on Government investment in the aviation industry in Scotland, including air traffic control. |
| (24124) | |
| 284 | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list those sections of United Kingdom employment law from which British merchant seafarers are presently excluded. |
| (24167) | |
| 285 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if any private companies have been licensed to provide training in riot control to the Kenyan police, military or security units. |
| (24333) | |
| 286 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many licence applications are pending for the export of tear gas and plastic bullets to Kenya. |
| (24332) | |
| 287 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many licence applications have been granted in the past five years for the export of tear gas and plastic bullets to Kenya. |
| (24331) | |
| 288 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the state of the London art market. |
| (21462) | |
| 289 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representation she has received from electricity consumers, concerning the laying of underground cables in North West Wales. |
| (24293) | |
| 290 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) she and (b) other Ministers within her Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23753) | |
| 291 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was his role in arranging meetings between the Chief Executive of Caerphilly County Council and others over the conduct of the count of the referendum vote in Caerphilly. |
| (23741) | |
| 292 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what information he received, and at what time, in respect of the count relating to the Blackwood Box during the referendum on a Welsh Assembly. |
| (23742) | |
| 293 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on his policy concerning permanent sites for travellers in Flintshire. |
| (24158) | |
| 294 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to encourage the more frequent use of Hawarden Airport. |
| (24162) | |
| 295 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what action he is taking to ameliorate the impact upon Deeside of the proposed redundancies announced by Kimberley Clark at Deeside Industrial Park. |
| (24160) | |
| 296 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how he proposes to improve road safety in the vicinity of schools in Deeside. |
| (24157) | |
| 297 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will visit Hawarden Airport; and if he will make a statement. |
| (24163) | |
| 298 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will meet Shotton and Buckley town councils to discuss investment in the rail infrastructure; and if he will make a statement. |
| (24164) | |
| 299 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with Railtrack and Northwest Railways concerning the establishment of a rail station in the vicinity of Deeside Industrial Park. |
| (24161) | |
| 300 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what action he will take to assist communities affected by unauthorised encampments of travellers in Flintshire. |
| (24159) | |
| 301 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which section of which regulation provides the statutory basis for the appointment of a chief executive to an NHS trust in Wales. |
| (23543) | |
| 302 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many modern apprenticeships have been started in 1997-98 in each TEC area to the latest date, and which of the TECs have exhausted their approved starts and budgets for 1997-98. |
| (24358) | |
| 303 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the average amount spent per pupil of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age in each of the local authorities in Wales. |
| (24168) | |
| 304 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to ensure that the development of literacy in the Welsh language is included in the Government's plans to concentrate on maths and literacy in schools. |
| (24292) | |
| 305 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from rail users concerning the differences between fare levels for journeys within Wales and for journeys from Wales to English or Irish destinations; and if he make a statement. |
| (24295) | |
| 306 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that Welsh farmers receive their grant payments on time. |
| (24294) | |
| 307 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list those visits made within the United Kingdom since 1st May on which (a) he and (b) other Ministers within his Department have been accompanied under Rule 83 of the Ministerial Code indicating (i) those persons accompanying and (ii) the cost to public funds. |
| (23751) | |
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