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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 7 April 1998

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 7 April 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 Tuesday 7 April, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Wednesday 8 April, 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.
 


 
TUESDAY 7th APRIL
1  
N  
Mrs Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in which other EU countries dipping sheep for the treatment or prevention of scab is compulsory.
(37844)
2  
N  
Mrs Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when (a) Australia, (b) New Zealand and (c) the United States made the dipping of sheep for the prevention of scab compulsory.
(37845)
3  
N  
Mrs Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what advice his Department gives farmers on the disposal of sheep dip, with particular reference to that containing organophosphates.
(38341)
4  
N  
Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd April, Official Report, column 656, if he will set out the reasons for his Department's commitment of £170,000 of research resources to the York Laboratory of the CSL in 1998-99; and for the absence of any commitment for similar research to (a) York in 1997-98 and (b) Norwich in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 1998-99.
(38382)
5  
N  
Kali Mountford (Colne Valley):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations his Department has made to the European Commission concerning reform of the CAP and the structural funds.
(36566)
6  
  
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will reply to the letters written by Prose Thomas (Solicitors), of Brixham, on behalf of trawler owners Captain P D and Mrs J W McLeod, to his Department on the 5th, 17th and 22nd December 1997, the 9th and 17th January 1998, and the 13th and 23rd February 1998; what the reasons are for the delay; and for what reasons he has refused to grant dispensation, relating to the trawler 'Van Dijck'.
(38384)
7  
N  
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what progress has been made in the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement.
(38313)
8  
N  
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (i) actual and (ii) peacetime establishment RAF fast jet aircrew are allocated to (a) Tornado GR, (b) Tornado F3, (c) Jaguar and (d) Harrier.
(37934)
9  
N  
Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his latest estimate of the cost to the armed forces of dealing with the millennium computer problem, including the embedded chip problem; how much has been spent to date; if he will break these figures down to distinguish between costs to (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Royal Navy; and if he will make a statement.
(37994)
10  
N  
Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answers of 30th March, Official Report, column 414, if the military exercises were carried out over the Sheffield area; what regulations govern (a) military and (b) other aircraft breaking the sound barrier; and if the sonic booms detected by Edinburgh University Seismology Unit above Sheffield, on 24th March 1997 were the result of aircraft breaking the sound barrier.
(37991)
11  
N  
Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many depleted uranium shells have been fired at the MOD/DERA base at Dundrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, in each of the years since such firing started.
(37611)
12  
N  
Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the depleted uranium shells fired at the MOD/DERA base at Dundrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire, have subsequently been recovered.
(37612)
13  
  
Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) number and (b) names of individual members of the armed forces killed while serving in Northern Ireland since 1982.
(38405)
14  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if the Head of the Home Civil Service has published guidance (a) generally, (b) on tendering procedures and (c) on publication of the findings to Ministers in respect of qualitative and quantitative research with particular reference to focus groups.
(38216)
15  
N  
Mr Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools have not taken up their entitlement under the scheme to provide £1,000 for new books which he announced on 29th January.
(37701)
16  
N  
Mr Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is his current estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of the scheme to provide £1,000 for each school for new books which he announced on 29th January.
(37702)
17  
  
Mr Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to monitor the success of the New Deal in increasing employment rates for those young people with a history of delinquency.
(38390)
18  
N  
Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list (a) the New Deal units of delivery, (b) the partnerships and (c) the organisation taking the lead in each unit throughout the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(38098)
19  
N  
Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage, to three decimal places, of all year 2 (a) pupils, (b) boys and (c) girls, attained (i) Level 2 or better, (ii) Level 3 or better, (iii) Level 4 or better and (iv) Level 5 or better in the Key Stage 1 English SAT tests for (1) reading, (2) writing and (3) English, in each local education authority area; and what was the national average level attained per pupil and by each gender in (A) 1996 and (B) 1997.
(38160)
20  
N  
Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what support Her Majesty's Government is giving to the International Labour Organisation to eradicate child labour.
(36541)
21  
N  
Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many young people are eligible to sign up to the New Deal; how many people have signed up to the New Deal; how many businesses have signed up to support the New Deal; and what is the New Deal's total investment in the South West Hertfordshire constituency.
(38342)
22  
N  
Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much orange paint has been used in the redecoration of Employment Service offices in connection with the New Deal; and at what cost.
(38318)
23  
N  
Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to (a) higher education and (b) further education of the changes in employers' national insurance contributions announced in the Budget.
(38316)
24  
N  
Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is his estimate of the cost of refurbishing and repainting Employment Service offices in connection with the introduction of the New Deal.
(38317)
25  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will assess the advantages of selling to the National Grid excess power generated at the New En Route Centre at Swanwick.
(38391)
26  
N  
Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what provision has been made for expenditure in 1998-99 on preparing for the Greater London Authority; and when these resources will be spent.
(38319)
27  
  
Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what consultations he has had with regional bodies regarding his Department's proposals on Planning for Communities.
(38385)
28  
  
Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how the cost of decontaminating brown field land will be met where such land is made available for housebuilding.
(38386)
29  
  
Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the membership of the taskforce, headed by Lord Rogers of Riverside, set up to look at the use of recycled land; and if he will make a statement on (a) its powers and (b) the relationship between the task force and (i) regional development agencies, (ii) Government regional offices, (iii) SERPLAN and (iv) county structure plans.
(38388)
30  
  
Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the impact of his Department's proposals on Planning for Communities on counties where the structure plan has already been settled.
(38387)
31  
N  
Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will update to include the latest information from 1993-94 to 1998-99 the figures for the burden of direct and indirect taxation in the format used in the Answer of 26th February 1996, Official Report, columns 339-351, taking into account (a) changes made in the 17th March Budget and (b) revisions to figures for earlier years, providing separate figures for (i) VAT, (ii) other indirect taxes and (iii) the council tax.
(37885)
32  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 30th March, Official Report, column 441, if he will publish the findings of the public opinion research conducted by (a) Fishburn Hedges on presentational aspects of the individual savings account and (b) Ogilvy and Mather on presentational aspects of the working families tax credit.
(38217)
33  
N  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the methodology of the calculation by the Italian government of gross domestic product as published by the International Monetary Fund.
(38215)
34  
N  
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the findings of the European Monetary Institute on the suitability of member states for inclusion in European economic and monetary union, in respect of future enlargement of the Union.
(36547)
35  
N  
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the United States' authorities regarding litigation in the United States of America relating to Lloyds of London.
(38180)
36  
N  
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the net contribution of Lloyds of London to the United Kingdom balance of payments over (a) the period 1st January 1988 to 1st January 1992 and (b) 1st January 1992 to 31st December 1997.
(38178)
37  
N  
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what circumstances papers held by his Department in relation to Lloyds could be released to a grand jury in the United States of America investigating the affairs of Lloyds of London.
(38181)
38  
N  
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Securities Exchange Commission in the United States of America regarding Lloyds of London since 1st May 1997.
(38179)
39  
N  
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the future meetings to be held during the UK presidency of the EU concerning European Monetary Union.
(36564)
40  
N  
John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he proposes to take to protect the Albanian community in Kosova.
(38182)
41  
N  
John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the consequences of the decision of the Contact Group to postpone the implementation of the recommendations set out in its statement of 9th March; and if he will make a statement.
(38183)
42  
N  
Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the names of the new appointees to the Northumbria Health Care Trust, giving their (a) political affiliation and (b) remuneration.
(38099)
43  
N  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who were the members of the Northumbria NHS Trust Project Board when it chose the name which it is proposed should be used by the new trust.
(38315)
44  
N  
Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his latest estimate of the cost of resolving the millennium computer problem, including the embedded chip problem, in the National Health Service; how much money has been spent on this to date; and if he will make a statement.
(37992)
45  
N  
Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the system of hospital consultants' merit bonus awards; and if he will make a statement.
(38089)
46  
  
Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the European Commission about consultations with project beneficiaries and local communities in LDCs about the environmental impact of development cooperation programmes.
(38407)
47  
  
Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to bring about reform of the environmental assessment of EU aid during the current United Kingdom Presidency.
(38408)
48  
  
Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the European Commission about the environmental impact assessment of aid projects.
(38406)
49  
N  
Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will make a statement on levels of sickness in respect of workers involved in the construction of the Millennium Dome at Greenwich.
(37993)
50  
N  
Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what percentage of the construction workers at the Millennium Dome site in Greenwich have suffered from (a) dermatological and (b) pulmonary, including asthmatic, dysfunctions over the last six months; and how many working days have been lost as a result of (a) and (b).
(38214)
51  
N  
Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the cost of resolving the millennium computer problem in the National Health Service; how much money has been spent on this to date; and if she will make a statement.
(37933)
52  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will investigate allegations of overcharging practices in Northern Ireland banks.
(38088)
53  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish a table to show for each of the Northern Ireland Water Service divisions the number of (a) professional and technical officers, (b) higher professional and technical officers and (c) senior professional and technical officers employed, indicating the equivalent figures for the administration in each division and giving the dates of the last promotion board for these posts.
(38093)
54  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the perceived religious affiliation breakdown of the persons who were interviewed by the last promotion board of the Northern Ireland Water Service for professional and technical staff.
(38097)
55  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by how much she intends to increase water charges to each class of consumer; what sums she intends to raise in total; and for what purposes such sums will be used.
(38083)
56  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the names and addresses of the persons appointed as facilitators to aid the Parades Commission, indicating the level of payments to be made to them and the areas which have been allocated to them.
(38087)
57  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of those promoted in each of the professional and technical grades since the last Northern Ireland Water Service promotion board fall into each religious affiliation category.
(38137)
58  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement on the percentage by which the cost of (a) water, (b) household coal, (c) gas and (d) electricity for (i) domestic and (ii) industrial consumers in Northern Ireland varies from the average cost of (a) to (d) in Great Britain.
(38084)
59  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish a table to show the religious affiliation breakdown of each grade of staff in each of the Northern Ireland Water Service divisions and at Northern Ireland Water Service Headquarters.
(38091)
60  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons are employed at Northern Ireland Water Service Headquarters; and at what grade.
(38095)
61  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions the IDB has taken persons and firms considering inward investment to Northern Ireland to (a) each parliamentary constituency and (b) each council area in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years or each of the last three financial years if more convenient.
(38086)
62  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the cost of the CRISP scheme presently being carried out on Main Street Dungiven; and how much of the total cost falls to (a) the IFI, (b) the DOE, (c) the Roads Service, (d) Limavady Council, (e) NIE and (f) BT.
(38082)
63  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reports on the Northern Ireland Water Service have been published by (a) the Fair Employment Agency and (b) the Fair Employment Commission.
(38094)
64  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons appeared before the last promotion board for the Northern Ireland Water Service; and how many of those have since been promoted.
(38138)
65  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons in Northern Ireland hold a driving licence; what percentage this represents of all persons of the age of 17 years or over, broken down into those age bands used by the licensing authority.
(38085)
66  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officers of each professional and technical grade are employed at Northern Ireland Water Service Headquarters.
(38096)
67  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons at what grades are employed in design in (a) the Northern Ireland Water Service Headquarters and (b) in each division; and from where and by whom the persons working in the divisions are supervised
(38090)
68  
N  
Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what checks are carried out on claims made as to qualifications held by persons employed in each professional and technical grade and in each administrative grade in the Northern Ireland Water Service.
(38092)
69  
N  
Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his article in the Independent newspaper of 30th March, if he will publish the analysis underlying his statement, that the cost of dealing with the millennium computer problem across the public sector is up to £3 billion; and if he will make a statement.
(38140)
70  
N  
Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Prime Minister, if it is his policy that the money to resolve the millennium computer problem across the public sector can be found from existing budgets; and if he will make a statement.
(38139)
71  
N  
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, what communication Her Majesty's Government has had from the government and government agencies of Israel about information received by the Home Office about the threat of anthrax in the UK received on 5th March.
(37328)
72  
N  
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the other members of the UN who have received threats pertaining to the spread of anthrax by Iraq.
(37329)
73  
N  
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on discussions between Scotland Yard and the CIA, FBI and agencies of the Department of Defense in Washington about the threat of the infiltration of anthrax spores into the United Kingdom.
(37330)
74  
N  
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the oral Answer of the Secretary of State for the Home Department of 30th March, Official Report, columns 887-8, if he will discuss with each of the host countries during his forthcoming Middle East visit the extent to which (a) Lockerbie and (b) the case of WPC Yvonne Fletcher underlie United Nations sanctions against Libya.
(38213)
75  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 30th March, Official Report, column 376, what valuation figures relating to the accommodation and furnishings provided to Ministers are prepared for tax purposes.
(38212)
76  
N  
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the projected annual balance sheet of the Seafield Centre fish farming college at Kishorn, Ross-Shire; and if he will make a statement.
(37883)
77  
N  
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Drumbeat Report and addendum into the future of the Seafield Centre fish farming college at Kishorn, Ross-Shire; if he will list all those industry companies consulted over its compilation; and if he will make a statement.
(37882)
78  
N  
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list those facilities approved by the Scottish Qualifications Authority in marine aquaculture; what plans he has in respect of the fish farming college at Kishorn, Ross-Shire, Dunstaffnage, Argyll and the North Atlantic Fisheries College at Scalloway, Shetland; and if he will make a statement.
(37884)
79  
N  
Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the number of new cases of Legg-Calves-Perthes syndrome in each of the Scottish health board areas for each of the last five years, indicating the percentage of the population which each of these figures represent.
(36812)
80  
N  
Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 17th February, Official Report, column 578, what discussions he has had with individual principals of Scottish (a) universities, (b) colleges and (c) further education colleges regarding the possibility of increasing the proportion of non-Scottish United Kingdom students who are given direct entry into second year; what conclusions were reached; what estimate he has made of the cost to Scottish educational institutions of the resultant reduction in annual full-time equivalent places; and if he will make a statement.
(38340)
81  
N  
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 19th March, Official Report, columns 738-39, how many lone parents who gained employment between: (a) 1st July and 22nd October 1997, (b) 23rd October and 30th November 1997, (c) 1st December and 31st December 1997, (d) 1st January and 31st January 1998 and (e) 1st February and 28th February 1998, are now in receipt of income support and have no earnings.
(37592)
82  
N  
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd March, Official Report, column 815, on lone parents, if she will update her earlier answer to cover the period from 23rd July 1997 to 28th February 1998.
(37593)
83  
N  
Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will publish a leaflet informing lone parents what help they can expect, and when, if they obtain paid work.
(38234)
84  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the companies he has commissioned to undertake focus group research indicating the individual projects they are undertaking and the companies that tendered for each contract.
(38218)
85  
  
Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will place in the Library a list of consultees for the Welfare Reform Review.
(38389)
86  
N  
Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations her Department has made to the European Commission over reform of EU structural funds.
(36537)
87  
N  
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the European Commission's proposals to reform the European structural funds.
(36535)
88  
N  
Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the Government's response to the European Commission's proposals for the reform of the European structural funds.
(36551)
89  
N  
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Turkish Government; and if he will make a statement.
[Question Unstarred] (36533)
90  
N  
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the procedure for reviewing prosecutions in cases where the International Court claims responsibility for determining the national location of a trial.
[Transferred] (38314)
91  
N  
Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a description of the way childcare for tax credits will operate, including the operation of the fast path to help new employees with childcare costs before their first payment of wage or salary is received; and if he will ensure all benefits agencies and jobcentres are made aware of this provision.
[Transferred] (38235)


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