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Session 1997-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 23 January 1998 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 23 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 Friday 23 January, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Monday 26 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.

FRIDAY 23rd JANUARY
1	Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the proposals contained in the Reform of Quarantine Regulations Bill.
	(25265)
2	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the total cost to public funds to date of the EU ban on United Kingdom beef exports.
	(25440)
3	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the measures taken by his Department in respect of the enforcement of the ban on imports of beef from European Union member states which do not comply with United Kingdom standards on the removal of specified risk materials with particular reference to (a) the extent of reliance on the authorities in exporting countries to indicate that the necessary certification is satisfactory and (b) the application of spot checks at the point of final destruction.
	(25442)
4	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will assess the advantages of banning all beef imports from countries where the removal of specified risk materials is not a legal requirement.
	(25443)
5   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his policy towards (a) capping of aid to individual farms, (b) livestock quotas, (c) the future of milk quotas, (d) the linkage of aid to production units and (e) the linkage of aid with environmental measures.
	(25071)
6	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he estimates BSE will be eliminated from the national herd.
	(25268)
7	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what additional steps he has taken to protect pigs in the United Kingdom from swine fever in Germany.
	(25270)
8   N	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what extra funding is being made available for flood defences in Sussex; and if he will make a statement.
	(24850)
9   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for lottery grants have been made from Warrington North constituency; how many of these were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful; and what is the total value of grants approved so far.
	(24825)
10   N	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many E-mail messages were received in his Department on 5th December calling for the return of the Parthenon marbles to Greece.
	(24820)
11   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many receptions have been held in his Department since he took office; how many people have attended; and what was the total cost of these events.
	(25170)
12   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many secretarial and support staff work full-time in support of his political advisers in his Department.
	(25192)
13   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost of the refurbishment of his official residence since 1st May.
	(25183)
14   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost of media presentations and press conferences which he has given, other than those held at his Department.
	(25167)
15   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many overseas visits have been made by his Department's political advisers at public expense since 1st May.
	(25169)
16   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many official cars are available for use by Ministers in his Department; and how many new cars have been acquired for the use of Ministers in his Department since 1st May.
	(25171)
17   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the spouses of Ministers in his Department have accompanied Ministers on overseas visits; and what was the cost of their travel and other expenses.
	(25168)
18   N	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 19th January, if he will investigate the origin of the statement from an MoD source contained in the Press Association report of 1st December.
	(24986)
19	Mr Martin Caton (Gower):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list for each of the past five years the number of overseas students attending the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, indicating the name of the country and the number of students concerned.
	(25449)
20	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to promote the use of British beef in the armed forces and the agencies for which he is responsible.
	(25328)
21   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many official cars are available for use by Ministers in his Department; and how many new cars have been acquired for the use of Ministers in his Department since 1st May.
	(25174)
22   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many times the spouses of Ministers in his Department have accompanied Ministers on overseas visits; and what was the cost of their travel and other expenses.
	(25173)
23   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many overseas visits have been made by his Department's political advisers at public expense since 1st May.
	(25138)
24   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many secretarial and support staff work full-time in support of his political advisers in his Department.
	(25191)
25   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what has been the cost of media presentations and press conferences which he has given, other than those held at his Department.
	(25172)
26	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the costs over the last year, for each Government department, of satisfying requests for access by the public to information under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information; what estimate he has made of the costs for each department over the same length of time of satisfying such requests under his freedom of information proposals; and if he will make a statement.
	(25444)
27	Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what progress has been made in reducing classroom sizes in Southend since 31st July.
	(25266)
28   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many receptions have been held in his Department since he took office; how many people have attended; and what was the total cost of these events.
	(25156)
29   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what has been the cost of media presentations and press conferences which he has given, other than those held at his Department.
	(25151)
30   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many overseas visits have been made by his Department's political advisers at public expense since 1st May.
	(25153)
31   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many official cars are available for use by Ministers in his Department; and how many new cars have been acquired for the use of Ministers in his Department since 1st May.
	(25154)
32   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many times his wife has accompanied him on overseas visits; and what was the cost of her travel and other expenses.
	(25152)
33   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many secretarial and support staff work full-time in support of his political advisers.
	(25193)
34	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 effects of the Greenwich Judgement on (a) grant-maintained schools and (b) proposed foundation schools.
	(25320)
35	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research he has conducted into the manpower demand of the public sector for graduates in veterinary medicine.
	(25516)
36	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the levels of indebtedness likely to be experienced by graduates and students of veterinary medicine as a result of his proposals for the funding of higher education.
	(25514)
37	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the proceeds which will be received by Her Majesty's Treasury as a result of the imposition of tuition fees on veterinary students under his proposals for the funding of higher education.
	(25513)
38	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will estimate the total cost, including tuition fees and maintenance, of a five year veterinary course for students with a family income of (a) less than £23,000 per annum, (b) between £23,000 and £35,000 per annum and (c) over £35,000 per annum under his proposals for the funding of higher education.
	(25515)
39	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many veterinary students are currently in receipt of (a) full and (b) part maintenance grants.
	(25518)
40	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to the letter of 9th January from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education the honourable Member for Pontypridd, what estimate he has made of the extent of the deficit in veterinary graduates qualifying from United Kingdom veterinary schools.
	(25517)
41	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on his plans to reallocate resources for universities in England and Wales, with particular reference to the funding of Oxford and Cambridge universities.
	[R] (25408)
42	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the average allocation of money for each young person for the gateway to the new deal; and how this money is to be disbursed.
	(25410)
43   N	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what revenue support has been given by the Government to the Tyneside Metro in each of the last five years.
	(25075)
44   N	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what revenue support has been given by the Government to the Manchester tram system in each of the last five years.
	(25076)
45   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many official cars are available for use by Ministers in his Department; and how many new cars have been acquired for the use of Ministers in his Department since 1st May.
	(25161)
46   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many receptions have been held in his Department since he took office; how many people have attended; and what was the total cost of these events.
	(25160)
47   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the cost of media presentations and press conferences which he has given, other than those held at his Department.
	(25157)
48   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many times his wife has accompanied him on overseas visits; and what was the cost of her travel and other expenses.
	(25158)
49   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many overseas visits have been made by his Department's political advisers at public expense since 1st May.
	(25159)
50   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many secretarial and support staff work full-time in support of his political advisers.
	(25194)
51   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects the provisions of the Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 to come into force; and if he will make a statement.
	(24985)
52	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from local authorities about the cost of satisfying requests for access under legislation relating to access to personal files; and if he will make a statement.
	(25448)
53	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from local authorities about the cost of compliance with the Data Protection Act 1984; and if he will make a statement.
	(25447)
54	Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many responses his Department received to the consultation paper on the review of policy towards opencast coal; if he will list the respondents; and if he will place copies of the responses in the Library.
	(25330)
55	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will review the discharge of sewage waste into coastal waters so as to make secondary treatment a mandatory minimum.
	(25256)
56	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what reports he has received from (a) the Office of the Rail Regulator and (b) the Franchising Director on the performance of Regional Railways North East since privatisation.
	(25258)
57	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will provide a regional analysis of monies disbursed through the operation of the landfill tax environmental grant fund.
	(25257)
58	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the regulations covering the carriage of chemical products through the Channel Tunnel.
	(25259)
59	Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what compensation was paid out to the four consortia which tendered for the Weald and Downland DBFO project.
	(25404)
60	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made for each relevant local authority in England of the number and length of bridleways (a) recorded on the definitive map, (b) under consideration for registration on the definitive map and (c) eligible for consideration for registration.
	(25324)
61	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what level of funding he has allocated to (a) the maintenance of existing bridleways and (b) the creation of new bridleways and new bridleway links; and if he will make a statement.
	(25321)
62	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made on modification of the definitive map of bridleways; when this is planned to be completed; and if he will make a statement.
	(25323)
63	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the current number of (a) exclusive cycle routes, (b) cycle routes combined with bridleways and (c) canal towpaths combined with bridleways in England and Wales; and what plans he has to increase that number.
	(25322)
64	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many horse-related accidents there have been and how many related fatalities on public roads, in each of the last five years; and what measures he plans to take to improve safety in this area.
	(25325)
65	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the Government will set up a consultation process on reform of global governance and make reform of global governance a high priority for the G7 and EU during its EU presidency.
	(25453)
66	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the Government will support the Africa Group's proposals for a long-term approach to tackling global climate change.
	(25454)
67	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how the Government plans to ensure that the matter of global warming is addressed by the (a) WTO, (b) IMF, (c) G7 and (d) OECD.
	(25480)
68	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the Government will initiate a legally-binding international agreement to reduce emissions on the basis of the convergence of countries to equal per capita emissions rights.
	(25481)
69	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many carriages and train sets were in service on the passenger rail network as at 31st March in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.
	(25274)
70	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he plans to improve spray suppression from HGVs; and if he will make a statement.
	(25273)
71	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many carriages and train sets on the passenger rail network were (a) withdrawn from service and (b) commissioned into service in each year since 1990.
	(25276)
72	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received about overcrowding of trains on the trans-Pennine routes; and if he will make a statement.
	(25275)
73	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Environment Agency levies charges that recover fully the costs of its services to companies.
	(25519)
74	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how often the Minister for Transport has had talks with BAA since 2nd May.
	(25522)
75	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions the Minister for Transport has had with BAA regarding its policy for London's airports; and if he will make a statement.
	(25521)
76   N	Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Newport West of 10th June, Official Report, column 403, when he expects to announce proposals to improve regulation of vehicles on byways.
	(25070)
77	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to relax the limits on uncontrolled disposal or release of radioactively-contaminated materials; and if he will make a statement.
	(25493)
78   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the changes in SSA methodology introduced for 1998-99, showing the effect of each change on (a) SSAs for each class of authority and (b) SSAs for each local authority in England in (i) percentage and (ii) cash terms.
	(24521)
79   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for each local authority the total amount of council tax benefit paid to residents and the figure in each case expressed as a percentage of the total council tax collected in each local authority.
	(24522)
80   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overseas visits have been made by his Department's political advisers at public expense since 1st May.
	(25181)
81   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many receptions he has held at No. 11 Downing Street since he took office; how many people have attended; and what was the total cost of these events.
	(25185)
82   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many secretarial and support staff work full-time in support of his political advisers.
	(25189)
83   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many official cars are available for use by Ministers in his Department; and how many new cars have been acquired for the use of Ministers in his Department since 1st May.
	(25182)
84   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the cost of hiring the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre for the launch of his proposals for individual savings accounts.
	(25180)
85   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the percentage increase in the (a) GDP Deflator and (b) Headline Retail Price Index in each year from 1986-87 to 1997-98; and if he will make a statement.
	(24742)
86   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effective annualised increase in public sector pay for those workers covered by the Pay Review Bodies for each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(24743)
87   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the receptions held in 11 Downing Street since 1st May 1997, indicating (a) the purpose of the event, (b) its cost to public funds and (c) any costs not payable from public funds; and if he will make a statement.
	(24778)
88   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the receptions scheduled to take place in 11 Downing Street over the next six months, indicating the purpose of each such event; and if he will make a statement.
	(24779)
89   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what use has been made of 11 Downing Street since 1st May 1997 to host receptions and meetings for Labour Party members from constituency parties and regions; and if he will make a statement.
	(24780)
90	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the approximate number of people that would lose tax exemption, and what is the estimated tax revenue which would be achieved, if the upper savings limit under the ISA scheme were set at (a) £50,000, (b) £75,000, (c) £100,000 and (d) £200,000.
	(25262)
91   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under which military list headings of an export licence the export by a UK company of ammunition production equipment to Turkey would fall.
	(25237)
92   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement concerning the banking sector, with particular reference to the status of the remaining building societies which have not converted to banks.
	(24987)
93   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of staff required to run an advance clearance department at the Inland Revenue in the event of a general tax anti-avoidance provision being implemented; and what estimate he has made of the annual operating costs of such a department.
	(24848)
94   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his Department's estimate of revenue which would be raised from taxing disability living allowance.
	(25074)
95   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications there were under each of the advance clearance procedures in tax legislation for each year since 1990.
	(24876)
96   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received (a) in favour and (b) against a general tax anti-avoidance provision.
	(24849)
97   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those provisions in tax legislation which currently provide for an advance clearance procedure.
	(24847)
98   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff at the Inland Revenue work on advance clearance procedures; and what was the cost of employing such staff in each of the last three years.
	(24877)
99   N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to publish the findings of the consultation exercise on the ISA Green Paper; and if he will place the full results in the Library at the end of the consultation period.
	(24881)
100	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where (a) Euro coins will be minted and (b) Euro notes will be printed.
	(25267)
101	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many personal pension plans were terminated in 1994-95 by individuals below the minimum pension age of the scheme; and how much had been paid into those schemes by the Exchequer in the form of income tax relief on contributions.
	(25523)
102   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many secretarial and support staff work full-time in support of his political advisers.
	(25197)
103   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many official cars are available for use by Ministers in his Department; and how many new cars have been acquired for the use of Ministers in his Department since 1st May.
	(25177)
104   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many receptions have been held in his Department since he took office; how many people have attended; and what was the total cost of these events.
	(25178)
105   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times his partner has accompanied him on overseas visits; and what was the cost of her travel and other expenses.
	(25137)
106   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what has been the cost of media presentations and press conferences which he has given, other than those held at his Department.
	(25176)
107   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many overseas visits have been made by his Department's political advisers at public expense since 1st May.
	(25179)
108   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many receptions he has held at his official residences since he took office; how many people have attended; and what was the total cost of these events.
	(25175)
109	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is taking to bring to the attention of the Algerian Government its responsibility to protect the lives of its civilians.
	(25255)
110   N	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 12th January, Official Report, columns 21-22, when he expects Israel to provide copies of the internal legislation relevant to the implementation of the origin and mutual assistance protocols annexed to the EC/Israel Interim Agreement.
	(24555)
111   N	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if Israel's current internal legislation on the application of rules of origin to exported goods (a) incorporates the same definition of the borders of Israel as that accepted by the EC and (b) distinguishes between goods produced within the internationally recognised borders of Israel and those produced in Israeli settlements outside these borders; and how the current legislation differs from that in effect before 1st January 1996 in relation to control mechanisms envisaged in the EC/Israel agreement.
	(24556)
112   N	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Israel will repay to the EC the import duty lost by mislabelling of Brazilian orange juice as Israeli.
	(24557)
113	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on the establishment of an International Criminal Court, indicating whether Her Majesty's Government will provide financial support to help create such an institution.
	(25525)
114	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women were registered as suffering from (i) AIDS and (ii) HIV by London borough council authority in December 1997.
	(25432)
115	Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on differences in practice between (a) England and Wales and (b) Scotland in respect of the capacity of general practitioners to dispense pharmaceuticals directly to their patients; and if he will assess the advantages of adopting the Scottish regime in England and Wales.
	(25441)
116   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to subject the accounts of private residential and nursing homes to a public auditing procedure.
	(24821)
117	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the criteria used to decide which hospital consultants receive distinction awards.
	(25326)
118	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of non-white hospital consultants who receive distinction awards.
	(25406)
119   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to increase the provision of district nurses in areas with the greatest health care needs.
	(24827)
120   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he intends to take to reduce premature mortality rates in deprived areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(24828)
121	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the ratio of women to men among (a) medical students, (b) house officers, (c) senior house officers, (d) registrars, (e) senior registrars, (f) consultants, (g) full-time general practitioners and (h) part-time general practitioners in the NHS.
	(25527)
122	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for health screening for men, with particular reference to high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and prostate cancer.
	(25520)
123	Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received about the pay and conditions of service and age of retirement for firemen; and what is his Department's policy on these matters.
	(25277)
124   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many official cars are available for use by Ministers in his Department; and how many new cars have been acquired for the use of Ministers in his Department since 1st May.
	(25150)
125   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times his wife has accompanied him on overseas visits; and what was the cost of her travel and other expenses.
	(25148)
126   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many secretarial and support staff work full-time in support of his political advisers.
	(25195)
127   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many receptions have been held (a) in his Department and (b) at his official residence since he took office; how many people have attended; and what was the total cost of these events.
	(25186)
128   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the cost of media presentations and press conferences which he has given, other than those held at his Department.
	(25147)
129   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas visits have been made by his Department's political advisers at public expense since 1st May.
	(25149)
130	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people sought relocation in 1997 under the Metropolitan Police's witness protection scheme; and how many were successfully rehoused, by borough.
	(25261)
131	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the adult prisons used for the accommodation of 15 and 16 year olds on remand.
	(25512)
132	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, in respect to the Compliance Cost Assessment associated with the Data Protection Bill [Lords], he will (a) place in the Library, in a form which respects commercial confidentiality, copies of the questionnaire telephone scripts used to assess the costs of compliance and all the responses received, (b) indicate the total number of individuals contacted during the consultation process, and the number of respondents with specialist knowledge of data protection matters, (c) list the organisations involved in providing information for the Assessment and (d) publish an updated version of the 1994 paper, Costs of Implementing the Data Protection Directive.
	(25450)
133	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the practice of enforced subject access in respect of the provisions of the Data Protection Bill [Lords].
	(25600)
134	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the purpose of the First Data Protection Principle in Part 1, Schedule 1 to the Data Protection Bill [Lords].
	(25599)
135	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the Data Protection Commissioner with respect to (a) enforcement of the right of data subjects under Article 12(c) of the Data Protection Directive and (b) the serving of information notices; and if he will make a statement.
	(25601)
136	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for regulations relating to the processing of personal data which (a) contain a general identifying number and (b) are subject to Clause 28(4) of the Data Protection Bill [Lords].
	(25451)
137	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new prisons are at present under construction; where they are sited; and when they are due to be completed.
	(25436)
138	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times during 1997 CS gas was used by police in the Metropolitan Police area.
	(25435)
139	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women were electronically tagged in 1997; and what was the total cost.
	(25434)
140	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons visiting prisons during 1997 were (a) found to be in possession of illegal drugs and (b) subsequently charged with an offence; and if he will make a statement.
	(25437)
141	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people served a prison sentence during 1997 for television licence fine default; and if he will make a statement.
	(25433)
142	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 20th January, Official Report, column 520, on Security Service files, what central guidance on the preservation of records of likely historical interest is currently being given to the Director General of the Security Service in addition to the requirements of the Public Records Act 1958.
	(25438)
143	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 20th January, Official Report, columns 519-20, whether individuals who were or later became honourable Members and/or Ministers will automatically have their Security Service files preserved in accordance with the criteria that they were individuals involved in important historical events.
	(25439)
144   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will defer the surrender date of handguns under the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997, until all outstanding compensation has been paid for handguns surrendered under the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997.
	(25198)
145   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to expedite the payment of compensation for owners of handguns; and if he will pay interest on all sums not paid within 30 days of surrender.
	(25072)
146	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of complaints about the police in (a) Kingston-upon-Thames and (b) Richmond-upon-Thames have been (i) upheld, (ii) dismissed and (iii) dropped by the complainant during the last year for which figures are available.
	(25526)
147	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations she has received on the nature of development in the Great Lakes region.
	(25446)
148	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations she has received on the nature of humanitarian relief in the Great Lakes region.
	(25445)
149	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the amounts of development aid given to Cambodia in the last year for which figures are available.
	(25303)
150   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many times the wives of Ministers in his Department have accompanied Ministers on overseas visits; and in each case what was the cost of their travel and other expenses.
	(25143)
151   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what has been the cost of media presentations and press conferences which he has given, other than those held at his Department.
	(25142)
152   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what has been the total cost of the redecoration and refurbishment of the offices of Ministers in his Department since 1st May.
	(25187)
153   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many overseas visits have been made by his Department's political advisers at public expense since 1st May.
	(25144)
154   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many official cars are available for use by Ministers in his Department; and how many new cars have been acquired for the use of Ministers in his Department since 1st May.
	(25146)
155   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many secretarial and support staff work full-time in support of his political advisers in his Department.
	(25190)
156   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many receptions have been held in his Department since he took office; how many people have attended; and what was the total cost of these events.
	(25145)
157	Mr John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will request a report from the Law Society on the matter of exclusion clauses that limit a solicitor's liability when acting as a trustee; and if he will make a statement.
	(25263)
158	Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what mechanisms are in place to establish if a person has previously been in receipt of legal aid certificates; and what methods are used to determine if the person has a history of previous fraudulent claims.
	(25306)
159	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what is the current advertising budget for the promotion of the Millennium Dome (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) overseas.
	(25269)
160	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, who is to be invited to the Millennium celebrations at the Dome on 31st December 1999; and who is to be responsible for the compilation of the invitation list.
	(25271)
161   N	Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will issue a mission statement for the Millennium Experience.
	(24824)
162   N	Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will make a statement on the Millennium Experience national programme theme, Time to Make a Difference.
	(24823)
163	Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the number of terrorist-related murders in Northern Ireland (a) since the most recent IRA ceasefire and (b) in each of the last 20 years.
	(25272)
164	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish the perceived religious affiliation by (a) number, (b) percentage and (c) gender for each public body to which her Department makes appointments.
	(25264)
165	The Reverend Ian Paisley (North Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what public money has been paid in respect of (a) political parties and (b) individuals from political parties involved in the multi-party talks for transport to London for meetings with the Government.
	(25331)
166	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the President of the Council, if she intends to make it the general practice of Government to publish the notes on clauses which accompany public bills; and if she will make a statement.
	(25489)
167	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the President of the Council, if Her Majesty's Government will in future, when drafting legislation, make use of purpose clauses making clear the intentions of Parliament.
	(25524)
168   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many secretarial and support staff work full-time in support of his political advisers.
	(25196)
169   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many times his wife has accompanied him on overseas visits; and what was the cost of her travel and other expenses.
	(25139)
170   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what has been the cost of media presentations and press conferences given by the Prime Minister, other than those held at No. 10 Downing Street.
	(25184)
171   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many receptions he has held at Chequers since he took office; how many people have attended; and what was the cost of these events.
	(25141)
172   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many overseas visits have been made by his political advisers at public expense since 1st May.
	(25140)
173	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he made to the Japanese Government to support the Chancellor's initiative to relieve the debt of highly indebted poor countries.
	(25409)
174	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, by what means he has made public the change in the ownership structure relating to the Skye Bridge; and if he will make a statement.
	(25452)
175	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment she has made of the impact on those who have taken out mortgage indemnity insurance and subsequently become unemployed of the recent court judgement that these mortgage payments constitute income which is to be set against benefits; and if she will amend the regulations to ensure that home owners are not discouraged from insuring their mortgage payments.
	(25412)
176   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the percentage uptake in respect of those entitled to receive income support among pensioners in terms of (a) numbers of people and (b) expenditure.
	(24879)
177   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many occupational pension schemes which were previously contracted-out on the contracted-out salary-related scheme basis have elected to be contracted-out as contracted-out money purchase schemes since 2nd July 1997.
	(24880)
178   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the percentage uptake in respect of those entitled to receive income support in terms of (a) numbers of people and (b) expenditure.
	(24878)
179   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people in the Warrington North constituency are (a) in receipt of family credit and (b) in receipt of income support.
	(24826)
180	Mr David Lock (Wyre Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the sums which were (a) budgeted for payment in disability working allowance in each of the last three years and (b) paid out to claimants in disability working allowance in each of the last three years.
	(25407)
181	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage and number of (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples have (i) an income not including the state pension and (ii) an income not including any state benefits of at least (1) £125 per week and (2) £150 per week.
	(25301)
182	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage and number of pensioner couples have (i) an income not including the state pension and (ii) an income not including any state benefits of at least (a) £250 per week and (b) £300 per week.
	(25302)
183	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the state pension for (a) a single person and (b) a couple will be in 1998-99; what it would have been in 1998-99 if the pension had been uprated by the higher of the retail prices index or earnings; and what estimate he has made of (i) the gross additional costs of such increases in pension and (ii) the net cost after savings in (1) means-tested benefits and (2) increased Treasury receipts from income tax.
	(25300)
184	Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list the cost and proportion of GDP accounted for by (a) UK and (b) EU welfare benefits in each of the last 10 years.
	(25260)
185   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what has been (a) the average number of employees and (b) the total caseload of the Child Support Agency in each year since the Agency was established; and what estimates she has made in each case for the next three financial years.
	(24988)
186   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what definition of poverty is being used by her Department in its Welfare Reform Focus Files publication in relation to the estimate of the number of children living in poverty.
	(25030)
187   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list for each local authority the number of households in receipt of (a) any amount of council tax benefit and (b) council tax benefit covering 100 per cent. of council tax; and if she will give the figure in each case expressed as a proportion of the total number of households in each local authority.
	(24520)
188   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many secretarial and support staff work full-time in support of his political advisers.
	(25188)
189   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many receptions have been held in her Department since she took office; how many people have attended; and what was the total cost of these events.
	(25165)
190   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many official cars are available for use by Ministers in her Department; and how many new cars have been acquired for the use of Ministers in her Department since 1st May.
	(25166)
191   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many times her husband has accompanied her on overseas visits; and what was the cost of his travel and other expenses.
	(25163)
192   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many overseas visits have been made by her Department's political advisers at public expense since 1st May.
	(25164)
193   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what has been the total cost of the receptions held at her official residence.
	(25236)
194   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what has been the cost of media presentations and press conferences which he has given, other than those held at his Department.
	(25162)
195	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what was the amount of small arms included in each of the ML1 category export licences granted by her Department in 1995 for the export of small arms to the Channel Islands.
	(25329)
196	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what proposals the Government has to assist research into the use of hydrogen as a fuel in the internal combustion engine.
	(25492)
197   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps she plans to take to assist the marketing of a Fairtrade-labelled banana in the United Kingdom.
	(24822)
198	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assistance her Department is giving to research and development in the north-west.
	(25411)
199   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what action she is taking to ensure that the Government pays interest on debts outstanding for more than 30 days.
	(25073)
200   N	Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when her Department plans to publish its report on the Mirror Group.
	(24882)
201	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the remaining land holdings held by British Coal, indicating which are (a) in the process of passing to the Coal Authority and (b) subject to conditional planning consents relating to opencast coal mining.
	(25511)
202	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many unemployed persons under the age of 25 years there are in each constituency of Wales.
	(25315)
203	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he last met representatives of the farming industry to discuss income levels; and if he will make a statement.
	(25317)
204	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many long-term unemployed there are in each constituency in Wales.
	(25314)
205	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what mechanisms he proposes to tackle inequalities in health in Wales.
	(25309)
206	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many long term unemployed (a) men and (b) women there are in each constituency in Wales.
	(25316)
207	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many environmental health officers (a) are in post currently and (b) were in post in each year since 1990.
	(25311)
208	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what guidance he has given local education authorities on spending the extra monies allocated to them; and if he will make a statement.
	(25318)
209	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his budget for the operation of the New Deal.
	(25312)
210	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what financial allocation for administration of the New Deal in Wales each area office of the Employment Agency receives.
	(25313)
211	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures he has taken to raise standards in schools in Wales.
	(25310)
212	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he will announce his proposed reconfiguration of hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement.
	(25319)
213   N	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reasons the Safety Assessment Federation and CEOC have not been invited to participate in the International Conference on the Importance of Good Design and Manufacture of Machinery in Improving Safety in the Workplace to be held by his Department in April.
	[Transferred] (25029)
214	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the workings of the Data Protection Act 1984; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (25327)
215	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to permit employers to submit written testimony to industrial tribunals.
	[Transferred] (25304)
216	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will estimate the cost to companies of their being required to submit testimony in person at industrial tribunals.
	[Transferred] (25305)
217	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what procedures are employed by the Independent Tribunal Service to appoint the chairs and other members of (a) SSATs, (b) DATs and (c) MATs.
	[Transferred] (25405)
218	Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many tour operators, broken down by sector, over each of the last three years, have been investigated for trading without a licence.
	[Transferred] (25308)
219	Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many companies the Civil Aviation Authority licensed as tour operators, broken down by sector, over each of the last three years.
	[Transferred] (25307)

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