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Session 1997-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 12 March 1998 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 12 March 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 Thursday 12 March, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Friday 13 March, 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.

THURSDAY 12th MARCH
1   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32705)
2	Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 596, if he will list the figures for the number of non-scientific staff employed at Sand Hutton, York, for 1996-97 and projected for 1997-98.
	(34411)
3	Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, columns 596-7, what were the annual overhead costs of the Central Science Laboratory site at Sand Hutton, York, for 1996-97 and projected for 1997-98.
	(34412)
4	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many farmers (a) nationally and (b) in Shropshire went bankrupt in each year since 1979.
	(34271)
5	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the average subsidy paid per suckler cow producer for each year since 1979.
	(34259)
6	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to promote organic farming; and if he will make a statement.
	(34256)
7   N	Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of Forestry Commission land which has been sold in England (a) since 1981 and (b) since 1st May 1997 has a public access agreement in place.
	(33742)
8   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many cases of BSE have been confirmed in live dairy stock imported from EU countries.
	(33878)
9   N	Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment has been made of the benefits of further restricting imports of Dutch ware potatoes through (a) clinical testing and (b) a ban; what assessment he has made of the (i) risks associated with the spread of and (ii) difficulties in eradicating brown rot; and if he will make a statement.
	(33988)
10   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32703)
11   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32714)
12   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) retail outlets in total and (b) public houses, sell National Lottery scratchcards.
	(34158)
13   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) retail outlets in total and (b) public houses sell National Lottery tickets.
	(34159)
14   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the proposed out-of-school clubs are to be funded; and if he will specify the percentage of funding coming from each source.
	(34170)
15	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid made available by the Great Britain Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for the financial years 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96.
	(34265)
16	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the total grant-in-aid made available by the United Kingdom Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for the financial years 1996-97 and 1997-98; and what it is projected to be for the next three financial years.
	(34266)
17	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid projected to be made available by the United Kingdom Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for the next three financial years.
	(34251)
18	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the total grant-in-aid made available by the English Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for the financial years 1996-97 and 1997-98; and what it is projected to be for the next three financial years.
	(34264)
19	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid projected to be made available by the English Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for the next three financial years.
	(34269)
20	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid made available by the English Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for the financial years 1996-97 and 1997-98.
	(34268)
21	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid made available by the United Kingdom Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for the financial years 1996-97 and 1997-98.
	(34267)
22	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the total grant-in-aid made available by the Great Britain Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for the financial years 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96.
	(34253)
23   N	Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what would be the cost of introducing a concession of 50 per cent. on television licences for all pensioner households.
	(33468)
24   N	Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his oral Answer to the honourable Member for Bolton East of 16th February, Official Report, column 747, what was the basis of the calculation of the figure of £450 million a year with reference to the cost of extending the concessionary television licence scheme.
	(33502)
25   N	Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what would be the cost of extending the present entitlement to concessionary television licences to all pensioners over (a) 75 and (b) 80 years of age.
	(33469)
26	Mr Hugh Bayley (City of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the annual cost of maintaining (a) Land Command 2nd Divisional Headquarters and (b) Headquarters 15th Brigade in York.
	(34503)
27	Mr Hugh Bayley (City of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list by economic planning region the number of Ministry of Defence (a) service personnel and (b) civilian employees based in the United Kingdom in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997.
	(34504)
28	Mr Hugh Bayley (City of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) number and (b) annual cost of surplus civilian staff being retained on the payroll in each of the MoD top level budget areas.
	(34506)
29	Mr Hugh Bayley (City of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) number and (b) annual cost of surplus civilian staff retained on the payroll in each of the United Kingdom Land Command divisional areas.
	(34505)
30   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) outside agencies, (b) middlemen and (c) trading organisations that have been used in arms or equipment purchases connected with the Al Yamamah project (i) prior to and (ii) after the awarding of the contract.
	(34033)
31   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32706)
32	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training has been (a) requested from and (b) given by his Department to members of the Kenyan Ministry of Special Protection in each of the last three years.
	(34240)
33	Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish a register of all war memorials in the United Kingdom erected since the First World War, for conflicts other than World Wars One and Two.
	(34272)
34	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the latest estimate of the cost of maintaining the British military presence in the Gulf.
	(34464)
35	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which recent independent studies on links between military nuclear weapons production sites and childhood leukaemias have been evaluated by his Department; and what assessment was made of each.
	(34453)
36	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice he has given to Her Majesty's forces personnel about their rights in the event that, having given written consent for vaccination against anthrax, they subsequently suffer illness directly related to the vaccine.
	(34515)
37	Mr Hugh Bayley (City of York):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the numbers of civil servants based in each economic planning region in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997; and if he will express the numbers as a proportion of the resident population in each region in each of those years.
	(34502)
38   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32702)
39	Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement about the future of the Next Steps policy of management reform in the civil service and about the 1997 Next Steps report.
	(34414)
40   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32707)
41	Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to change the (a) structure, (b) membership requirements and (c) responsibilities of further education college corporations.
	(34239)
42	Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to improve the professional development of (a) lecturers and (b) managers in further education colleges; and if he will make a statement on how they will benefit from the proposed general teaching council.
	(34323)
43	Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if initial teacher training courses for further education teachers will be exempt from tuition fees.
	(34238)
44	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the schools which closed in Shropshire in each year since 1979.
	(34260)
45   N	Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many county councils have music services; how many local education authorities support and finance county music centres; and how many county councils and local education authorities finance youth orchestras and boards.
	(33746)
46   N	Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures the government is taking to enable county councils and local education authorties to ensure a secure financial basis for music services.
	(33745)
47	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will allocate additional funds to Essex County Council to maintain student awards for music, dance and drama.
	(34337)
48	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to change the funding rules for primary schools whereby income is lost due to a transfer of parents from income support to family credit.
	(34236)
49   N	Mr Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his assessment of the improvement in air quality in relation to (a) benzene, (b) oxides of sulphur, (c) lead, (d) PM10s, (e) volatile organic compounds, (f) oxides of nitrogen and (g) ozone which will be achieved by the specifications for fuel quality and emissions (i) contained in the common position agreed by the Council of Ministers on the proposed Auto-Oil Directive and (ii) proposed by the European Parliament to the proposed Auto-Oil Directive.
	(33933)
50	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the potential for date-related problems with the Global Positioning Satellite (a) during 1999 and (b) at the turn of the century; how they are being resolved; and if he will make a statement.
	(34508)
51	Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish his Department's evaluation of the Bristol scheme for allowing motorcycles to use bus lanes.
	(34248)
52	Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will undertake a fully monitored experiment to assess the advantages of allowing motorcycles to use bus lanes.
	(34247)
53   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32708)
54   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the value of the rolling stock leased by Anglia Railways which was supplied by Eversholt, Angel Train Contracts and Porterbrook.
	(34035)
55   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much public money Anglia Railways spent on leasing rolling stock from Eversholt, Angel Train Contracts and Porterbrook.
	(34036)
56   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding Round IV SRB bids.
	(33401)
57   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to make announcements regarding Single Regeneration Budget Round IV bids.
	(33400)
58   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he has taken to ensure that bids from non-conurbation localities which have areas of multiple deprivation comparable with conurbation areas can compete on equal terms in respect of SRB Challenge Fund.
	(33402)
59	Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to improve the flow of public transport on roads in urban areas in England.
	(34490)
60   N	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many accidents resulting from faulty work by non-qualified electricians have been recorded by the Health and Safety Executive in the last three years.
	(33513)
61	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what factors he will take into account when assessing the advantages of extending the use of tachographs to (a) drivers and (b) vehicles other than those already covered by regulations.
	(34334)
62	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the size of the smallest vehicles that are presently required to use tachographs.
	(34331)
63	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what penalties apply to employers who require employees to drive small vehicles for an unreasonably long period of time in a 24 hour period.
	(34335)
64	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in how many fatal road accidents in the last three years over-tiredness has been assessed to be a contributory factor.
	(34336)
65	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will assess the advantages of tightening the regulations to limit the number of hours per day that a professional courier may drive a vehicle.
	(34333)
66	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what regulations presently limit the number of hours per day that a professional courier may drive a vehicle, other than those covered by tachograph regulations.
	(34332)
67	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the total cost to public funds of countryside management schemes (a) nationally and (b) in Shropshire for each year since 1979.
	(34257)
68	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the number of rural railway stations that closed (a) nationally and (b) in Shropshire for each year between 1979 and 1997.
	(34270)
69   N	Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the United Kingdom (a) dunlin and (b) redshank over-wintering population covered by conservation agreements in connection with the agreements signed with the European Commission Environmental Protection Directorate at the time of approval for the Cardiff Bay Barrage; and if he will make a statement.
	(34173)
70   N	Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the timetable agreed in undertakings given to the Environmental Protection Directorate of the European Commission at the time of the approval for the Cardiff Bay Barrage for the establishment of conservation agreements for habitats of (a) dunlin and (b) redshank expressed as a percentage of the over-wintering populations in any one year.
	(34174)
71	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Environment Protection Agency regarding emissions from the National Power Drax Power Station; and if he will make a statement.
	(34242)
72	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the source of the thallium cited in tables 4.65-4.66 of the Government Agencys volume, Monitoring at Castle Cement; what was the total thallium content, gas phase and particulate phase of emissions to air on 28th and 29th October 1996; and what factors underlie the difference in thallium inputs and outputs between the No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 stacks.
	(34455)
73	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, Official Report, columns 95-96, what (a) research he has commissioned and (b) evidence he has evaluated concerning trends in the size of rooms in newly-built houses and flats.
	(34520)
74	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what undertakings he has received from First Group concerning their future intentions for North Western train services in Lancashire.
	(34462)
75	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what statistics his Department collates on the trans- national movement of waste; what form the information takes; and what public access there is to this information.
	(34457)
76	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the types and quantities of toxic waste imported into the United Kingdom in each year since 1992 for (a) recycling and (b) other processing.
	(34456)
77   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the Outline Planning Permission procedure and system; and if he will make a statement.
	(34092)
78   N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding traffic congestion in the Kingskerswell area of South Devon; and if he will make a statement.
	(34034)
79	Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he proposes to encourage the development of trams.
	(34491)
80   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March Official Report, column 559, on planning consents in the green belt, if he will list the Parliamentary constituencies in which the 573 dwellings are located and the number in each.
	(33747)
81	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to ensure that large-scale developments of new housing have enough space set aside to provide for the leisure and recreational needs of prospective residents.
	(34338)
82   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32704)
83	Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, upon what basis the choice of law clauses and exclusive jurisdiction clauses relating to English law and the English courts have been inserted into tendering contracts by H.M. Customs and Excise for civil recovery services.
	(34409)
84   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the aims and objects of the EU Code of Conduct Group established by ECOFIN.
	(34031)
85   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is Government policy not to concede taxation matters to qualified majority voting in the EU.
	(34171)
86   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the monthly average interest cost on total Government debt in (a) 1996 and (b) each month since May 1997.
	(34030)
87	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the estimated VAT refund to (a) recreational sports associations, (b) voluntary sports clubs and (c) charitable sports clubs under the Value Added Tax (Sport Physical Education and Fund Raising Events) Order 1994.
	(34255)
88   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the British Government will support the triangulation method for currency conversion between member states.
	(34087)
89   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role the Bank of England will have in assisting the European system of central banks to support the value of the currencies participating in monetary union after 2nd May.
	(34090)
90   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government proposes to provide for the compulsory conversion of Ecu bonds into Euro bonds by 1st January 1999.
	(34088)
91   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the measures which British companies will be required to take in order to prepare their accounts in Euros under the triangulation method.
	(34089)
92	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the most recent statistics collated by his Department on the distribution, by income, of the benefits from tax relief on contributions to occupational and personal pensions.
	(34339)
93   N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 22nd January, reference: 0603/15.
	(34032)
94   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32709)
95   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if representatives of the British Embassy in Santiago, Chile will attend the swearing in of General Pinochet as a senator for life; and if he will make a statement.
	(34093)
96	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action (a) the United Kingdom and (b) its EU partners are taking to resolve the problem of the Bhutanese refugees currently living in camps in Nepal.
	(34512)
97	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the Government's policy towards an internationally monitored verification process to determine which of the refugee population in Nepal have a right to return to Bhutan.
	(34513)
98	Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the estimated total cost to his Department of holding the European Summit meeting in Cardiff in June 1998.
	(34495)
99	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the procedure and timescale he will follow in making a decision on the future location of GCHQ in Cheltenham, indicating progress to date.
	(34511)
100	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the quantity of arms exported to Iraq since the Gulf War originating (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) elsewhere.
	(34344)
101	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries are currently the subject of international inspections of their chemical and biological weapon capability.
	(34345)
102   N	Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a decision will be made on the visa application by Adul Rehman, Islamabad reference IMM/E2002.
	(34161)
103	Mr Marsha Singh (Bradford West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking during its presidency of the EU to facilitate the development and implementation of an EU code of conduct on the arms trade.
	(34241)
104	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to ensure that the Geneva Conference on Disarmament includes multilateral disarmament on its agenda.
	(34514)
105	Mrs Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's budget for 1998-99 is dedicated to reduction in the number of smokers.
	(34352)
106	Mrs Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action the Government is taking to reduce the number of cigarette smokers; and if he will make a statement on his Department's targets in this area.
	(34330)
107   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32710)
108	Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what management resources he is planning to make available to the development of the primary care trusts; and what estimate he has made of the costs of management that will be needed to (a) develop and (b) service these at each stage.
	(34231)
109   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he or his Department have had with representatives of the mobile phone industry concerning the possible medical effects of the use of mobile phone handsets.
	(34152)
110   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned into the possible medical effects of (a) telecommunication masts and (b) the use of mobile phone handsets.
	(34153)
111   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for the latest year for which figures are available, how many NHS prescriptions have been made (a) to all people and (b) to people aged over 60 years for each of the following neuroleptic drugs (1) chloropromaine (largactil), (2) thioridazine (melleril), (3) haloperidol (seranace, haldol, dozic), (4) promazine (sparine), (5) flupenthixol (depixol, fluanxol), (6) olanzapine (zyprexa), (7) pericyazine (neulactil), (8) risperidone (risperdol), (9) sulpiride (dolmatil, sulpitil), (10) trifluoperazine (stelazine) and (11) clozapine (clozaril); and if he will estimate the cost to the NHS of prescribing each of them.
	(33902)
112	Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further measures he proposes to reduce smoking in public places.
	(34489)
113	Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, Official Report, column 112, in what ways workforce planning arrangements have been improved to ensure that the supply of doctors reflects demand.
	(34461)
114   N	Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data his Department has collected on the numbers of people without access to public transport who use community pharmacies.
	(33741)
115	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned into the public health effects of fluoridation of the public water supply.
	(34463)
116	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many persons are suffering from relapsing-remitting MS in each health authority area in England; and what number and percentage have been prescribed beta interferon for the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(34460)
117	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of persons injured in the last 12 months as a result of pursuing a hazardous sport; and what was the cost to the NHS.
	(34458)
118	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the BMA concerning its recent report on the therapeutic uses of cannabis; and if he will make a statement.
	(34459)
119	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list NHS cardiac rehabilitation units indicating which operate an upper age limit.
	(34321)
120	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list NHS coronary care units indicating which units operate an upper age limit.
	(34322)
121	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to change the procedures of the Health Service independent review panels in respect of access by complainants to the defendant's evidence.
	(34235)
122   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the holder of his office has been successfully challenged over the last five years over a ruling which he has given in a police disciplinary case.
	(34095)
123   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in the last five years the holder of his office has overruled the recommendations of tribunals in police discipline cases.
	(34094)
124   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32711)
125   N	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, columns 17-8, to the honourable Member for Basildon, what evidence he had estimated in support of his statement concerning the failure of voter preferences for individual candidates to be translated into electoral sucess under the Belgium electoral system prior to his comments on the Belgian electoral system on 25th November.
	(34189)
126   N	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, columns 17-8, to the honourable Member for Basildon, (a) when the numerical examples he has placed in the Library were worked out and (b) when he received them.
	(34188)
127   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides have been recorded amongst immigration detainees in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement.
	(33749)
128   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions have taken place between officials of the Immigration Service and Group 4 concerning treatment of detainees; and what specialist training is given to staff involved with detainees.
	(33842)
129   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the dates on which disturbances took place at Campsfield House between January 1993 and July 1997 and in each case the numbers of detainees involved, the action taken by security staff, police and immigration officials and the subsequent Ministerial action.
	(33843)
130   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what were the detention costs per head of each immigration detention centre in for each of the last three years; and what was the average cost of (i) prison and (ii) police station detention per head for the same period.
	(33750)
131   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the review of asylum and immigration detention was announced; from whom submissions were sought; if he will list the organisations and individuals that have responded; and when he plans to make a statement on future policy.
	(33841)
132   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to raise the minimum age for playing slot machines and scratchcards to 18 years.
	(34155)
133   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence he has evaluated in respect of the numbers of people under the age of 18 years playing Pronto.
	(34160)
134   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likely financial impact on the voluntary sector of his Draft Lotteries (Frequent Draws) Bill.
	(34156)
135   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence he has evaluated concerning under age gambling on slot machines in public houses; and what action he proposes to take as a result.
	(34154)
136   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he is still receiving submissions in respect of his Draft Lotteries (Frequent Draws) Bill; when the last submission was received; and if those received after 13th February will be considered.
	(34157)
137	Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received regarding a national young person's identity card; and if he will make a statement.
	(34493)
138	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legislation covers those driving whilst under the influence of drugs.
	(34413)
139   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) population served, (b) geographical area served and (c) strength of each police force in England and Wales and the ratio of (c) in each force area to (a) and (b); and what is the ratio of police offices (i) per head of the population and (ii) to geographical area in (1) England and (2) Wales.
	(33990)
140	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to reduce the pension entitlement of convicted police officers.
	(34340)
141   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list those parliamentary questions she has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32713)
142   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance the United Kingdom is providing to the Bhutanese Refugee Assistance programme.
	(33748)
143	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what plans he has to ensure that the Millennium Dome exhibition will employ (a) induction loops, (b) video subtitles, (c) sign language and (d) textphone.
	(34342)
144   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list those parliamentary questions she has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32712)
145   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the (a) population and (b) geographical area served by the RUC; and what is the ratio of police officers (i) per head of population and (ii) to geographical area in Northern Ireland.
	(33989)
146	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid made available by the Sports Council for Northern Ireland to governing bodies of sport for each of the financial years 1992 to 1998.
	(34246)
147	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the total grant-in-aid made available by the Sports Council of Northern Ireland to governing bodies of sport for each of the financial years 1992 to 1998; and what it is projected to be for the next three financial years.
	(34244)
148	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid projected to be made available by the Sports Council for Northern Ireland to governing bodies of sport for the next three financial years.
	(34245)
149	Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the (a) level of financial investment by and (b) number of jobs created by the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland within Northern Ireland for the years 1987 to 1997.
	(34237)
150	Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement on the (a) level of financial investment and (b) number of jobs created by (1) LEDU and (2) the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland within (i) North, (ii) South, (iii) East and (iv) West Belfast for the period 1987 to 1997.
	(34320)
151	Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list (a) the level of financial investment and (b) the number of jobs created by LEDU within Northern Ireland for the years 1987 to 1997.
	(34324)
152   N	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for each police division in Northern Ireland the number of (i) full-time and (ii) part-time RUCR officers.
	(34004)
153	Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Ministerial visits to schools have taken place since 1st May indicating the number to (a) controlled schools, (b) integrated schools, (c) Catholic maintained schools and (d) voluntary grammar schools.
	(34416)
154	Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the amounts paid for the years 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97 to the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools under paragraphs (a) 11, (b) 13, (c) 14 and (d) 15 of Schedule 8 of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.
	(34415)
155   N	Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the cost of financing tuition fees for the fourth year of study for Northern Ireland domiciled students studying at Scottish universities; and if she will make a statement.
	(34125)
156   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will list those parliamentary questions she has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32701)
157	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will take steps to establish a global database of information relating to millennium compliance; and if he will make a statement.
	(34507)
158   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he made to Prime Minister Netanyahu during their recent meeting concerning (a) Israeli commitments to honour existing agreements, (b) further Israeli redeployments, (c) Israeli expansion of settlements, (d) the opening of Gaza airport and (e) the resumption of final status talks.
	(34151)
159   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32715)
160   N	Mr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the proportion of schools in (a) the Strathclyde area and (b) Scotland as a whole, which do not have school boards; and if he will make a statement.
	(33691)
161	Mr John Home Robertson (East Lothian):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the reports that he has received from the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland arising from the third statutory review of electoral arrangements for local council areas; and when he expects to receive reports for the remaining areas.
	(34233)
162	Mr John Home Robertson (East Lothian):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list those wards proposed under the Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements which include electors in more than one parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement on the need for special arrangements to be adopted by returning officers to deal with elections at the same polling station on the same day.
	(34234)
163   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) population served, (b) geographical area covered and (c) strength of each police force in Scotland and the ratio of (c) in each force area to (a) and (b); and what is the ratio of police officers (i) per head of population and (ii) to geographical area in Scotland as a whole.
	(33327)
164	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid projected to be made available by the Scottish Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for the next three financial years.
	(34262)
165	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the total grant-in-aid made available by the Scottish Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for each of the financial years 1992 to 1998; and what it is projected to be for the next three financial years.
	(34261)
166	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid made available by the Scottish Sports Council to governing bodies of sport for each of the financial years 1992 to 1998.
	(34263)
167   N	Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the police forces in Scotland which have not followed the guidance of the Police Advisory Board for Scotland to provide serving officers with the opportunity to purchase a police house they inhabit at terms comparable with those available under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.
	(33991)
168   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list those parliamentary questions she has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32716)
169	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans she has to equalise benefits for widows and widowers; and if she will make a statement.
	(34254)
170   N	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if Millennium Award grants given to benefit claimants will affect the levels of benefit which they receive.
	(34121)
171	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when was the last time she exercised discretion to backdate a war pension; and on how many occasions she has so acted since 1st May 1997.
	(34347)
172	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she has discretion to backdate war pensions for those who applied for backdating before a given date.
	(34454)
173	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, on what basis, and according to what criteria, she has the discretion to backdate war pensions.
	(34348)
174	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the date and nature of the change in Government policy in respect of the discretion to backdate war pensions.
	(34346)
175   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate the effect on the National Insurance Fund in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-2001 and (c) 2001-2002 of her proposed amendments to rebates for approved personal pension schemes.
	(34096)
176   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate the effect on the National Insurance Fund in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-2001 and (c) 2001-2002 of (i) leaving unchanged the expenses loading for contracted out money purchase schemes and (ii) increasing the rebate for contracted out salary-related schemes from 4.6 per cent. to 4.79 per cent.
	(34097)
177   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list those parliamentary questions she has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32717)
178	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many applications for arms export licences to Turkey (a) are currently pending with her Department and (b) have been (i) approved and (ii) refused since 5th November 1997, listing the amount of equipment and the companies involved.
	(34357)
179	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what requests for supplies of tear gas and riot control equipment have been made by the Kenyan government in the last three years; and what supplies have been authorised.
	(34232)
180	Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations she has received regarding the retail price of compact discs.
	(34492)
181	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, for what reasons text telephones with large display screens, for the use of people whose hearing and sight are both impaired, are not available in the United Kingdom; and if she will amend the relevant regulations to make them available.
	(34343)
182	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the advantages of gas-fired power stations; and if she will make a statement.
	(34351)
183   N	Dr John Marek (Wrexham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 6th March, Official Report, column 808, for what reason the visit to Mauritius by one of her junior ministers has been cancelled.
	(34187)
184	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many village post offices closed (a) nationally and (b) in Shropshire in each year since 1979 for which figures are available.
	(34258)
185   N	Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, for what reasons the price of calor gas is not regulated.
	(33743)
186   N	Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will seek to regulate the price of calor gas.
	(33744)
187   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will estimate the impact of a 30 million tonnes a year coal industry on (a) sulphur and (b) carbon dioxide reduction targets.
	(34091)
188	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the additional electricity demand that will arise from the introduction of digital television; and if she will calculate the additional Carbon Dioxide emissions that will arise based on different estimates of the use of digital television.
	(34417)
189	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will state the current level of ECGD exposure in Indonesia.
	(34523)
190   N	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list those parliamentary questions he has taken eight weeks or more to answer since 1st May 1997.
	(32718)
191	Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on his Department's response to the European Commission's Agenda 2000 consultation document on agriculture.
	(34494)
192	Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans his Department has to celebrate the millennium in Wales; and at what estimated cost.
	(34509)
193	Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the total sum paid to farmers in Wales under the (a) sheep annual premium, (b) suckler cow premium, (c) hill livestock compensation allowance, (d) arable area payment, (e) Tir Cymen and (f) environmentally sensitive area payment schemes in the last full year for which figures are available.
	(34510)
194	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much has been spent by each unitary authority on (a) music tuition, (b) youth choirs, (c) orchestras and (d) brass bands in each of the last five years.
	(34349)
195	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what grants are available to help historic properties retain their traditional features; and if he will make a statement.
	(34353)
196	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will take steps to increase expenditure on music tuition in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(34354)
197	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the amount spent by each unitary authority on road maintenance in each of the last five years.
	(34350)
198   N	Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the Chairman of the Bro Taf Health Authority in relation to the suspension of major elective surgery for the remainder of the 1997-98 financial year.
	(34172)
199	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid projected to be made available by the Sports Council for Wales to governing bodies of sport for the next three financial years.
	(34252)
200	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the total grant-in-aid made available by the Sports Council of Wales to governing bodies of sport for each of the financial years 1992 to 1998; and what it is projected to be for the next three financial years.
	(34250)
201	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list, by individual governing body, the grant-in-aid made available by the Sports Council for Wales to governing bodies of sport for each of the financial years 1992 to 1998.
	(34249)
202	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will provide a comparative list of Welsh district health authorities, or combinations of district health authorities, as constituted before and after 1st April 1996.
	(34355)
203	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, what is the estimated cost of proposed changes to the Members' Smoking Room.
	[Transferred] (34410)
204	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what initiatives his Department is taking to increase the recruitment and retention of medical staff in the rural areas of Wales.
	[Transferred] (34356)
205	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will ensure that the interim District Auditors report into financial irregularities in respect of Bedford Borough Council is released immediately.
	[Transferred] (34341)
206	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of GNP the construction industry represents in each OECD and EU country.
	[Transferred] (34243)

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