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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 15 June 1998
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 15 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 15 June, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 16 June, see Part 2 of this Paper. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how he proposes to ensure that soya, from supplies unsegregated between that which is genetically modified and that which is not, which is used in food, is labelled to reflect this. |
| (46077) | |
| 2 | Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to the visit of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, the honourable Member for Scunthorpe, to Banbury to consider flood damage, what estimate he made of the level of compensation payable to (a) Cherwell District Council and (b) local residents as a consequence of the recent flooding. |
| (45827) | |
| 3 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 530, what has been the cost to his Department of research into bee disease in each year since 1990. |
| (46093) | |
| 4 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he plans to introduce the new arrangements for live animal exports whereby certifying veterinarians will be nominated by the Government; and if he will make a statement. |
| (46116) | |
| 5 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he plans to announce the results of the review which he initiated in May 1997 of the arrangements for enforcing the rules on the welfare of farm animals exported live to the Continent; and if he will make a statement. |
| (46117) | |
| 6 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he plans to amend the law to require all live sheep and goats exported from the United Kingdom to be ear-tagged or tattooed to show the holding of birth; and if he will make a statement. |
| (46118) | |
| 7 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the result of the inquiry by the French Government into the failure of a number of live British calves exported to France in 1995 to reach the destinations declared in the route plans submitted to his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (46119) | |
| 8 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of a lifting of the moratorium on commercial whaling. |
| (46196) | |
| 9 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the current pressures on the stock of each species of whale. |
| (46192) | |
| 10 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of fish caught at sea by British fishing vessels were (a) landed and (b) sold for human consumption in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (46034) | |
| 11 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list all legislation affecting meat-cutting plants. |
| (46121) | |
| 12 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many head of poultry have been compulsorily slaughtered under the Zoonoses orders; and at what cost to public funds. |
| (46033) | |
| 13 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list all legislation applicable to retailers of fresh meat. |
| (46120) | |
| 14 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of their allocated haddock quota British fishing vessels have caught in the North Sea in each of the past five years. |
| (46039) | |
| 15 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of their allocated cod quota French fishing vessels have caught in the English Channel in each of the past five years. |
| (46038) | |
| 16 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is his Department's definition of coastal fisheries limits. |
| (46032) | |
| 17 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many cattle have been compulsorily slaughtered under BSE regulations; and at what cost to public funds. |
| (46061) | |
| 18 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions on the question of coastal zone management were held at the Council of Ministers on 8th June; and what were the opinions expressed by the other ministers. |
| (46040) | |
| 19 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list all legislation applicable to abattoirs. |
| (46122) | |
| 20 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the tonnage of the Spanish distant water fleet has been in each year since 1985. |
| (46035) | |
| 21 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what has been the tonnage of the British distant water fleet in each of the years since 1976. |
| (46036) | |
| 22 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research his Department has commissioned on the number of animal deaths per year resulting from the live animal export trade. |
| (46026) | |
| 23 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many hill farmers are currently affected by restrictions on the sale of produce due to radioactive fallout from Chernobyl. |
| (46011) | |
| 24 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will next be asking SEAC to consider the need for maintaining the over thirty months scheme. |
| (45499) | |
| 25 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which of the requirements of the primary and secondary legislation relating to agriculture, fisheries and food currently in force within the United Kingdom are applicable only in the United Kingdom. |
| (45498) | |
| 26 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what studies his Ministry has undertaken to compare the food safety requirements, animal welfare requirements and agrochemical safety requirements of the United Kingdom with those of each of the countries which export food to the United Kingdom. |
| (45496) | |
| 27 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which of the requirements of the primary and secondary legislation relating to agriculture, fisheries and food currently in force in the United Kingdom are also applicable in other EU countries; and if he will publish the data his Department has collated on the cost compliance for each EU member state where the requirements apply. |
| (45497) | |
| 28 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the status of rabies in bats as a notifiable disease. |
| (46197) | |
| 29 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps are taken to ensure that all dead and grounded bats are examined for rabies. |
| (46199) | |
| 30 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many bats have been examined for rabies since June 1996. |
| (46198) | |
| 31 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the branding of meat produced in the Republic of Ireland as Irish for retail sale in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the rest of the European Union. |
| (45785) | |
| 32 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the branding of domestically produced meat as British Meat for retail sale in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the rest of the European Union. |
| (45784) | |
| 33 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the research documents on rabbits published by his Department over the last 20 years. |
| (45835) | |
| 34 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what has been his Department's expenditure on research on rabbits for each of the last 10 years. |
| (45836) | |
| 35 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps his Department is taking to control the rabbit population. |
| (45837) | |
| 36 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the permanent loss of Grade 1 agricultural land since 1980. |
| (45896) | |
| 37 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 21st May, Official Report, column 483, if he will list the dates of each of the applications for national seed testing and the approximate dates by which he expects to make a proposed decision. |
| (46210) | |
| 38 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the meetings his Department has held with (a) Monsanto, (b) AgrEvo, (c) Novartis, (d) Zeneca and (e) other representatives of the biotechnology industry relating to biotechnology. |
| (46211) | |
| 39 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 14th May, Official Report, column 198, if he will list the agricultural species which are not trialed or tested for national list purposes to establish whether they have value for cultivation and use. |
| (46204) | |
| 40 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 14th May, Official Report, column 200, for what reasons he will not make available to the public the results which are held by him of seed tests and trials to establish value for cultivation and use until a proposed decision on whether the seeds should be added to the national list has been published in the Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette. |
| (46205) | |
| 41 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much money was spent in the EU in the most recent annual period for which figures are available on set aside payments. |
| (45528) | |
| 42 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the sums paid in the EU in respect of area payments in 1997; and what is the basic purpose of such payments. |
| (45530) | |
| 43 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the total amounts of fruit and vegetables in respect of which £213,000,000 was spent in 1997 on the process of market withdrawal; and if he will publish information on the subsidies paid for the destruction of such fruit and vegetables. |
| (45529) | |
| 44 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the basic purpose of the EU in spending £4,565,000,000 on the subsidising of food exports in 1997; and what plans Her Majesty's Government has for promoting reforms within the EU to reduce this level of public expenditure. |
| (45527) | |
| 45 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list each of the subsidies and other payments made to land owners and farmers in 1997; what amount was spent on each subsidy; and what is the basic purpose of each subsidy. |
| (45531) | |
| 46 | Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull): To ask Mr Attorney General, when he was first informed of the Sandline operation in Sierra Leone. |
| (45806) | |
| 47 | Mr Lawrence Cunliffe (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has granted to Sportsmatch projects in Leigh; and if he will list these projects. |
| (45965) | |
| 48 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of the creative industries in (a) the North West Region, (b) Liverpool and (c) Merseyside in terms of (i) jobs, (ii) turnover, (iii) company formation and (iv) tourism. |
| (46233) | |
| 49 | Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the total interest which accrued on prize monies not claimed for the National Lottery in the last year. |
| (45824) | |
| 50 N | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to implement the recommendations of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee's Fifth Report on the objectives and performance of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. |
| (45893) | |
| 51 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will instruct English Heritage to restore grants for the repair of mediaeval church buildings. |
| (45830) | |
| 52 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the European Commission over the listing of sporting events for terrestrial television. |
| (46050) | |
| 53 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to make a final decision on the listing of sporting events for terrestrial television. |
| (46051) | |
| 54 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the estimated viewing figures for television audiences for sporting events on (a) terrestrial and (b) satellite television which were taken into account by the Advisory Group on De-listing which reported to him in March. |
| (46052) | |
| 55 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance he has issued to the Arts Council on the priority to be accorded to the likely popular appeal of films in determining whether to grant them National Lottery funding. |
| (45834) | |
| 56 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what powers he has to recover National Lottery money from film companies when a grant has been obtained on a false prospectus. |
| (45831) | |
| 57 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public money was used to support the lending of (a) recorded music and (b) videos by public libraries in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (45832) | |
| 58 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 1st June, Official Report, column 45, which aspects of British seaside tourism the forum working groups are examining. |
| (46094) | |
| 59 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what sporting activities the National Endowment for Science Technology and Arts will fund; and if individual sportsmen and sportswomen will be sponsored. |
| (45564) | |
| 60 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what level authorisation was given for the participation of British troops in animal experiments in Jaegerspris, Denmark. |
| (45492) | |
| 61 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 when British troops have participated in animal experiments abroad; and on which of these occasions such experiments would not have been permitted in the United Kingdom. |
| (45494) | |
| 62 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his policy in respect of the participation of British troops in experiments which involve firing with high-velocity weapons at suspended pigs. |
| (45493) | |
| 63 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost to his Department of the attendance of (a) Ministers and (b) officials at defence and aerospace shows and trade fairs in each of the two years up to June 1998; what other costs were incurred in respect of such shows and trade fairs in each of those years; and which bodies have funded these costs. |
| (46075) | |
| 64 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost to public funds for the last two years incurred by branches of his Department other than DESO in the promotion of British defence exports. |
| (46110) | |
| 65 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on British Army training exercises involving the killing of animals; at which locations such training has taken place over the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45768) | |
| 66 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors have delayed the investigation by the Ministry of Defence Police into allegations pertaining to alleged fraud at the Army Base Nepain Organisation at Stirling, over the period 15th December 1997 to June 1998. |
| (44416) | |
| 67 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from Second World War protected personnel who had their pay deducted. |
| (46193) | |
| 68 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the extent of the deductions made from the pay of protected personnel in enemy prisons during the Second World War; and what is his policy on compensation for those affected. |
| (46195) | |
| 69 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the proportion of garments currently purchased on behalf of his Department by the Defence Clothing and Textile Agency which are manufactured within the United Kingdom. |
| (46194) | |
| 70 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the shooting of live pigs by British soldiers in Denmark. |
| (46080) | |
| 71 | Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the establishment strength of the 1st Battalion King's Own Border Regiment; and what is the current number of soldiers in the regiment. |
| (45811) | |
| 72 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who has responsibility for carrying out seismic assessments of suspicious events under the contract for a National Data Centre; and who has been carrying out assessments of nuclear tests in India and Pakistan under the same contract. |
| (45525) | |
| 73 | Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost to his Department of the production and distribution of the annual report on defence activity in 1997-98 entitled Shaping the Future Together. |
| (46139) | |
| 74 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which of his Ministers has the lead responsibility for childcare issues. |
| (45793) | |
| 75 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what (a) resources and (b) programme money was provided for the Sex and Race Equality Division in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 1998-99. |
| (45797) | |
| 76 | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the merging of Youth for Europe and the European Voluntary Service after 1999. |
| (46132) | |
| 77 | Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria are used for awarding funding under the New Deal for Schools Capital Programme Phase 2. |
| (45993) | |
| 78 | Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria he used for the recently-awarded funding under the New Deal for Schools Capital Programme Phase 2 for the North Somerset Council area. |
| (45992) | |
| 79 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what were the costs of (a) fees, (b) expenses and (c) other items paid to N.M. Rothschild and Lovell White Durrant in the course of the sale of the first tranche of student loan debt; and if he will make a statement on the nature of the financial agreements to facilitate the sale of the seond tranche of debt. |
| (45638) | |
| 80 N | Mr Terry Davis (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much money has been allocated to Birmingham under the Schools Access Initiative in each year of its operation. |
| (45766) | |
| 81 | Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the current average cost of providing a full-time nursery place in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster. |
| (45822) | |
| 82 | Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the average class size in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Barnsley and (ii) Doncaster. |
| (45823) | |
| 83 | Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to implement the recommendations contained in the report from Helen Kennedy QC relating to further education; according to what timescale; and if he will make a statement. |
| (46191) | |
| 84 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will conduct an investigation into the discrepancies between two recent inspections of Dogsthorpe School, Peterborough by OFSTED. |
| (45737) | |
| 85 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many further education colleges in Hampshire had a budget deficit in (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97 and (c) 1997-98. |
| (46005) | |
| 86 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of further education colleges in Hampshire had their funding reduced for 1997-98. |
| (46003) | |
| 87 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what were the average efficiency savings made by further education colleges in Hampshire in 1997-98. |
| (46002) | |
| 88 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will estimate the proportion of schools which have reduced playtime since the introduction of the National Curriculum. |
| (45284) | |
| 89 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to commission research into the impact of a reduction of playtime on the welfare of school children. |
| (45285) | |
| 90 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to increase the number of graduates going into science teaching in school. |
| (46060) | |
| 91 | Mr John McWilliam (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list (a) the unit cost per pupil from public funds in the last financial year for each city technology college, (b) the projected unit cost per pupil from public funds in the current financial year, (c) the combined public and private sector unit cost per pupil projected for the current financial year for each city technology college and (d) the average unit cost per pupil in secondary schools for each local authority which has a city technology college within its area; and if he will make a statement on the numbers of OFSTED inspections of city technology colleges relative to LEA schools in areas where there are CTCs. |
| (45894) | |
| 92 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects to publish his Department's response to the consultation on the Green Paper, Excellence for All Children. |
| (45972) | |
| 93 N | Gillian Merron (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what are the intended uses of the additional education funding provided by the Government to Lincolnshire County Council for (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) future years; and what information his Department has obtained from Lincolnshire County Council with regard to its actual use of additional education funding provided by the Government for each of these years. |
| (44962) | |
| 94 N | Gillian Merron (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much additional funding for education was (a) allocated and (b) received by Lincolnshire County Council in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 1998-99; and what future projections his Department has made of the education funding requirements for Lincolnshire County Council. |
| (44961) | |
| 95 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to allow endowment mortgages to be counted against income in the calculation of tuition fees payable at university; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45786) | |
| 96 N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people are currently employed in (a) his Department, (b) advisory bodies and (c) executive agencies responsible to his Department; and what the comparable figures were on 1st May 1997 or the nearest available date. |
| (44303) | |
| 97 N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people are employed by his Department who are aged between 16 and 21 years, broken down by year, and of those how many are paid (a) less than £3.60 and (b) between £3.60 and £4.00 an hour. |
| (44304) | |
| 98 N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the number of five, six and seven year old school children currently being educated in classes containing a mixture of pupils from more than one age group. |
| (44305) | |
| 99 | Mr Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many cyclists suffered minor injuries on roads in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. |
| (45798) | |
| 100 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the occasions since 1st January 1997 when the National Air Quality Standard for ozone was exceeded at Lullington Heath, giving the maximum hourly means reached for each such occasion. |
| (46076) | |
| 101 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to public funds of dealing with stray dogs. |
| (45820) | |
| 102 | Mr David Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans she has to abolish the Crown exemption from non-domestic rates; and if she will make a statement. |
| (46200) | |
| 103 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, columns 515-6, concerning London Underground, if the contracts drawn up with Price Waterhouse and Freshfields to provide, respectively, financial and legal advice are fixed price contracts; and what the value or estimated value is of these contracts. |
| (46131) | |
| 104 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the National Liaison Group established to prepare a code of conduct facilitating better co-operation between the water industry and fire services, is consulting (a) insurance organisations and (b) the fire protection industry in its study. |
| (45731) | |
| 105 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the National Liaison Group established to prepare a code of conduct facilitating better co-operation between the water industry and fire services will complete its study; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45729) | |
| 106 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the membership of the National Liaison Group established to prepare a code of conduct facilitating better co-operation between the water industry and fire services, indicating which of the members represent the fire services. |
| (45730) | |
| 107 | Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish his third review of water company pricing; and if he will make a statement on the principles on which he will issue guidance to Ofwat on achieving sustainability in water management. |
| (45783) | |
| 108 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what data his Department has collated on housing spending for each London borough for 1997-98 and for the current year on (a) capital repairs and (b) new constructions and on the proportion of this which comes from (i) capital receipts and (ii) Government sources. |
| (45344) | |
| 109 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions his Department has had with Railtrack and train-operating companies concerning the electrification, upgrading and extension of services on the Barking to Gospel Oak line; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45348) | |
| 110 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what reports he has received from Railtrack concerning the condition of the Bletchley to Bicester railway line; and what assessment he has made of whether it is in a useable condition. |
| (45352) | |
| 111 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his Department's current estimate, for each London borough, of the number of (a) homeless people in temporary accommodation, (b) rough sleepers and (c) people on the waiting list for local authority accommodation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45388) | |
| 112 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what evaluation he has made of the relative levels of air pollution in London in May 1997 and May 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45345) | |
| 113 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the proportion of Railtrack income from train operating companies which comes from public subsidies to maintain services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45347) | |
| 114 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans have been put to his Department for the re-establishment of passenger rail services from Matlock to Buxton; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45349) | |
| 115 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans have been put to his Department for the re-opening of the Bletchley to Bicester railway line to passenger traffic; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45351) | |
| 116 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to make a statement on the future development of the Kings Cross Railway Lands. |
| (45353) | |
| 117 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) co-operative houses were started in 1997-98; and how many he expects to be started in the current year. |
| (45383) | |
| 118 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was his Department's expenditure on Local Agenda 21 projects for each year since 1992; what plans he has for expenditure in the current year; and what monitoring his Department undertakes of Local Agenda 21 initiatives. |
| (45385) | |
| 119 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans his Department has to enable London Buses to become a bus operator; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45346) | |
| 120 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans have been put to his Department for the re-opening of the railway line from Honeybourne to Cheltenham; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45350) | |
| 121 N | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will instruct the Planning Inspectorate Executive Agency to delay the hearing into the appeal by Taywood Homes against Bradford Metropolitan District Council's decision to refuse permission for a development at Swine Lane, Riddlesdon, until all parties are able to be present. |
| (45810) | |
| 122 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library copies of the correspondence his Department has received in the last six months concerning the implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive as it affects the offshore oil and gas industry. |
| (46009) | |
| 123 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to protect town centre shopping facilities. |
| (45287) | |
| 124 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards town centres. |
| (45289) | |
| 125 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to commission research into the impact of out-of-town shopping developments on town centres. |
| (45286) | |
| 126 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the proportion of retail turnover which takes place outside town centres. |
| (45288) | |
| 127 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to remove the restrictions on local authorities providing their own public transport services. |
| (46043) | |
| 128 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures his Department has undertaken since May 1997 to encourage local authorities to provide environmentally-friendly forms of public transport. |
| (46044) | |
| 129 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps his Department is taking to assess the success of local authorities in complying with the requirements of the Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997; if he will publish the results of his Department's findings; what action he intends to take against those authorities that are failing to meet the terms of the Act; and if he will make a statement. |
| (46045) | |
| 130 | Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce a system of guarantees on deposits for rented accommodation. |
| (45799) | |
| 131 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect on housing provision for low-income single people of the Government's policy to end the predict and provide approach to housing provision. |
| (45959) | |
| 132 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if regional development agencies will be required to consider housing demand and need as part of their regeneration strategies. |
| (46013) | |
| 133 | Mr Christopher Leslie (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Government will announce the submission of further areas to the European Commission as candidate special areas of conservation. |
| (46078) | |
| 134 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he plans to take to encourage technical improvements to ease the difficulties faced by disabled drivers. |
| (46089) | |
| 135 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the regional housing statement currently being drawn up by government offices of the regions and regional offices of the Housing Corporation will be coordinated with the formulated strategy and activities of relevant RDAs. |
| (45955) | |
| 136 N | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the final cost or expected final cost for each of the contracts to extend the North Circular Road (A406) at Fore Street N18 extending east to the Waltham Forest boundary, and in each case what was the increase and the percentage charge over the original budgeted cost; and what is the date or expected date of completion of each contract. |
| (45339) | |
| 137 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in respect of which projects the Environment Agency has opposed new housing plans because the proposed dwellings were not connected to a public sewer. |
| (45838) | |
| 138 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place copies in the Library of the Traffic Commissioner's business plans. |
| (45816) | |
| 139 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he proposes to advertise the post of chairman of London Regional Transport. |
| (45813) | |
| 140 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what directions and advice he proposes to give London Regional Transport in preparation for the establishment of a London Assembly. |
| (45814) | |
| 141 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to improve bus companies' customer service standards (a) in London and (b) elsewhere. |
| (45815) | |
| 142 N | Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 856, relating to the annual rental of the Environment Agency's new headquarters, if she will publish the name of the landlord of the premises. |
| (45826) | |
| 143 | Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the working group on the operation of present legislation for mobile homes has been set up; what the terms of reference and programme of work are to be; when the working group is expected to report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (46143) | |
| 144 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to publish the reports on the review of the Producers Responsibility Obligation (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997. |
| (46106) | |
| 145 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what statistics he has collected on the numbers of (a) local authorities and (b) transport undertakings which have converted their fleets, in whole or part, to run on compressed natural gas, LPG and electricity. |
| (46126) | |
| 146 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with companies operating depot-based vehicle fleets on the merits of converting vehicles to compressed natural gas. |
| (46127) | |
| 147 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of public toilets per 10,000 population in each local authority in England. |
| (46083) | |
| 148 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the current average time taken by local authorities to respond to complaints relating to illegal travellers. |
| (46212) | |
| 149 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 575, if he will provide a regional breakdown of the households which own or rent a second home, indicating where the second homes are located. |
| (46092) | |
| 150 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce regulation of the deposit scheme for people who rent property in the private sector. |
| (46081) | |
| 151 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 1st June, Official Report, column 6, under what statutory authority the holder of a consent to conduct experimental trials concerning genetically-modified seeds under the deliberate release regulations may delegate third parties to conduct releases on their behalf. |
| (46207) | |
| 152 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 418, if he will make a statement on the locations, references, holders and dates of, and the crops and the modified traits covered by, the release consents for (a) the site of 494 acres and (b) the commercial seed production site covering 17.5 acres. |
| (46206) | |
| 153 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to paragraph 2.19 of his Department's annual report, what was the nature of the four requests made to his Department under the Code of Practice on Open Government in the past year which were refused. |
| (45872) | |
| 154 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the regulations and law affecting learner motorcycle riders. |
| (46189) | |
| 155 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what meetings he has had with representatives of motorcycle users to discuss integrated transport policy. |
| (46201) | |
| 156 | Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish a table showing for each education authority the amount allocated per pupil for each of the education SSA sub-blocks in 1998-99 attributable to the relevant population sparsity factor. |
| (45828) | |
| 157 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the terms upon which media and public affairs consultants have been appointed by the Audit Commission over the last five years, and the total amounts spent each year with each consultant. |
| (46109) | |
| 158 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the role of taxi vouchers pursuant to the recently announced Rural Transport initiative. |
| (45640) | |
| 159 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of income is paid in income tax and national insurance, net of child benefit and family credit, in the current tax year by (a) a single person with no children, (b) a sole earner in a married two parent, two child family, in each case on earnings of (i) half of average earnings, (ii) three quarters of average earnings, (iii) average earnings and (iv) twice average earnings. |
| (46007) | |
| 160 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what proportion of average earnings (a) a sole earner in a married two-parent, two-child family and (b) a single person with no children would start paying income tax in (i) April 1998, (ii) October 1998 and (iii) October 1999 taking into account family credit and the proposed working family tax credit; and how these figures compare with the position taking account of the equivalent benefits in 1968-69. |
| (45994) | |
| 161 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on separating capital spending plans from current spending plans for Government departments; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45490) | |
| 162 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list his engagements for 15th May to 8th June. |
| (45488) | |
| 163 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the degree to which the present debt to national income ratio is consistent with his fiscal rules. |
| (45491) | |
| 164 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to publish a series of ranges for future PSBR outturns in the annual Financial Statement and Budget Report reflecting different economic assumptions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45487) | |
| 165 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on setting long-term plans for departmental expenditure; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45489) | |
| 166 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, to the honourable Member of Hitchin and Harpenden, Official Report, columns 494-5, on the value of aid loans written off since 1979, if he will list the loans written off for Indonesia, in each case stating (a) the nature of the project, (b) the date on which the loan was written off and (c) the reason for the write-off. |
| (46128) | |
| 167 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate for each heavily-indebted poor country of debt write off (a) in 1997-98 and (b) expected in the current year from (i) public and (ii) private sources; and if he will publish all the conditions attached to agreements to which the Government is party. |
| (45382) | |
| 168 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the question from the honourable Member for Sevenoaks for answer on 14th May relating to Sandline (41914). |
| (45808) | |
| 169 | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women, working (i) full-time and (ii) part-time, in (1) Worcester and (2) Worcestershire earn less than (x) £3 per hour and (y) £3.60 per hour. |
| (46112) | |
| 170 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those circumstances in which a lower rate or basic rate taxpayer would benefit from holding equity shares through an individual savings account after 2004. |
| (45997) | |
| 171 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on revenues of each 10 per cent. reduction of tax on wine, beers and spirits. |
| (45958) | |
| 172 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the duty lost through smuggling of wines and spirits from the Continent to United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (45957) | |
| 173 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans has he made to equalise the tax on wines and spirits following the abolition of duty free. |
| (45956) | |
| 174 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on the London Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom staying out of the euro. |
| (45526) | |
| 175 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the affect on Treasury revenues of a reduction in beer duty of 10 per cent. |
| (46047) | |
| 176 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the value and number of the vehicles confiscated from smugglers and bootleggers of tobacco and alcohol in each financial year since 1994; and how the vehicles have been disposed of. |
| (45789) | |
| 177 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what differences there have been in the types and characteristics of vehicles confiscated from smugglers and bootleggers of tobacco and alcohol during the last year compared with those confiscated in previous years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45788) | |
| 178 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 585, what profit the Royal Mint has derived from seigniorage on coins issued in each of the last 10 years. |
| (46263) | |
| 179 | Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans are in place to enable the self-employed to claim working families tax credit. |
| (46265) | |
| 180 | Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements have been made to enable the Inland Revenue to deal with the anticipated increased caseload in the wake of the introduction of working family tax credits. |
| (46264) | |
| 181 | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Right honourable Member for Swansea West will receive a reply to his letter of 8th April about the impact of tax regimes on inward investment. |
| (46074) | |
| 182 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Secretary expects to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for South Suffolk of 7th April about the Green Book. |
| (45764) | |
| 183 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what view the German Foreign Secretary expressed in his recent letter on Article 73K of the Amsterdam Treaty concerning the relationship of national legislation and community legislation in the field of asylum and Immigration policy. |
| (45790) | |
| 184 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library copies of the correspondence which has been exchanged with the German Government regarding interpretation of Article 73K of the Amsterdam Treaty. |
| (45791) | |
| 185 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings Her Majesty's embassy officials have had with political parties in Brazil; and what monitoring he expects to take place of the elections due later this year. |
| (45392) | |
| 186 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed the United Kingdom's budget contribution to the Council of Europe with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. |
| (46016) | |
| 187 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has provided to Gibraltar following recent incidents involving Spanish vessels in Bristish waters. |
| (46123) | |
| 188 N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to receive Sir Thomas Legg's report. |
| (46028) | |
| 189 N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish Sir Thomas Legg's report immediately he receives it. |
| (46029) | |
| 190 N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral Answer of 6th May, Official Report, columns 721-30 on arms sales to Sierra Leone, for what reasons he did not mention the briefing on Sandline International made available to Baroness Symons before she answered questions in the House of Lords on 10th March. |
| (46059) | |
| 191 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to provide assistance to the management of the Mochovce power plant in Western Slovakia. |
| (45967) | |
| 192 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what initiatives were agreed at the recent meeting of the IGAD Partners Forum in The Hague; what role the United Kingdom Government will play in efforts to achieve peace; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45960) | |
| 193 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the United Kingdom Government is planning to make to the IGAD members and the warring parties in Sudan before the forthcoming meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in August. |
| (45961) | |
| 194 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals there currently are to increase transparency in respect of the IGAD peace talks and subsequent activities. |
| (45964) | |
| 195 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial support the United Kingdom Government has given for the IGAD peace talks; and to whom it has been given. |
| (45963) | |
| 196 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will support the establishment of a permanent secretariat for the current peace talks on Sudan under the auspices of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development. |
| (45962) | |
| 197 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list (a) the organisations belonging to and (b) the events hosted by the European Union Youth Forum funded by the European Communities; and what representations (i) he and (ii) his colleagues, have received from that organisation. |
| (46070) | |
| 198 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the expansion of Youth for Europe to non-EU countries in respect of the themes of (a) developing European solidarity and (b) developing European awareness in such. |
| (46072) | |
| 199 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the publications printed under the Building Europe Together project and released in the United Kingdom. |
| (46068) | |
| 200 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the countries in which Europe Houses operate; what are the criteria for the establishment of a Europe House; and what discussions are taking place on the establishment of a Europe House in the United Kingdom. |
| (46069) | |
| 201 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times Panel 2000 has met; and if he will list the agenda for each occasion. |
| (46066) | |
| 202 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) organisations and (b) projects which received funding under budget lines A-3024 and A-3104 for 1997. |
| (46071) | |
| 203 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the role of the Foreign Policy Centre in developing the (a) ethical foreign policy and (b) European Union policy, of Her Majesty's Government. |
| (46067) | |
| 204 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the Governor of St. Helena implemented the Government's budget proposals without the agreement of the Legislative Council. |
| (45524) | |
| 205 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to include Gibraltar in the present progress towards air liberalisation within the EU. |
| (45817) | |
| 206 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the occasions in the last three months when the Royal Navy took action to stop reported illegal fishing in Gibraltarian waters by Spanish fishing vessels. |
| (45495) | |
| 207 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrests have been made of civilians in the sovereign bases in Cyprus in the last year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45819) | |
| 208 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals he has for the granting of full civil rights to inhabitants of the sovereign bases in Cyprus. |
| (45818) | |
| 209 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to support membership of India and Pakistan of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty as nuclear weapon states. |
| (46082) | |
| 210 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to commissioners on how best to undertake local needs assessment and planning, including carers needs, to inform local health improvement programmes. |
| (45734) | |
| 211 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue further guidance to health authorities and primary care groups on the partnership strategies that should be adopted in relation to parents and carers; and how their representation is to be secured in the commissioning process. |
| (45733) | |
| 212 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if, in response to the report Ignored and Invisible: Carers Experiences of the NHS, he will strengthen guidance to health authorities, trusts and primary health care teams on implementing the Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995. |
| (45732) | |
| 213 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to implement the recommendations contained in the report Ignored and Invisible: Carers Experiences of the NHS. |
| (45735) | |
| 214 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to declare Camden and Islington a health action zone. |
| (45386) | |
| 215 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce the form of expansion of the Whittington Hospital; what proportion of the expenditure will come from public sources; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45393) | |
| 216 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants currently in post are female. |
| (45803) | |
| 217 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many female consultants are currently in post in (a) pathology, (b) obstetrics, (c) paediatrics and (d) psychiatry. |
| (45805) | |
| 218 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the cases of food poisoning caused by the consumption of meat in each of the past 10 years, indicating the number of people who (a) were affected and (b) died in each case. |
| (46124) | |
| 219 | Mrs Llin Golding (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, columns 536-7, concerning child mental health services, what reviews of child and adolescent mental health services have been undertaken; and if his Department has obtained copies of these and related local action plans. |
| (46130) | |
| 220 | Mrs Llin Golding (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, columns 536-7, concerning child mental health services, to what extent the non-statutory sector is involved in the commissioning and provision of comprehensive mental health services for children and adolescents. |
| (46129) | |
| 221 N | Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his Department's policy on controlled trials of medical treatments. |
| (45829) | |
| 222 | Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) were treated for and (b) died of skin cancer in 1997-98. |
| (45801) | |
| 223 | Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase public awareness of the dangers of skin cancer. |
| (45800) | |
| 224 N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answers of 16th February, Official Report, column 494, 13th March, Official Report, column 377, and 1st June, Official Report, column 407, if he will provide a complete list of all inquiries currently under way which have been established under HSG(94)27, giving the full title of each inquiry, the commissioning authority in each case, the name of the chairperson in each case and, where known, the likely reporting date of each inquiry. |
| (45639) | |
| 225 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 30th March, Official Report, column 434, what steps the Government is taking to combat tuberculosis. |
| (46213) | |
| 226 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his estimate of losses in the NHS due to internal theft for each of the last 10 years. |
| (45833) | |
| 227 | Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost of providing free sight tests to men over 65 and women over 60. |
| (46058) | |
| 228 N | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to settle claim Ref. NBRF 016830 under the terms of the Firearms Compensation Scheme. |
| (45340) | |
| 229 N | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total of claims paid to handgun owners under option C of the Firearms Compensation Scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45387) | |
| 230 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 will be implemented. |
| (46230) | |
| 231 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to his Department in the last year for which figures are available of the provision of prisoner escort services; and if he will list the expiry date of each existing contract. |
| (46239) | |
| 232 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have been prosecuted under sections 1 or 2 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997; and how many prosecutions have resulted in a conviction. |
| (46229) | |
| 233 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons are currently serving a term of imprisonment for (a) driving with excess alcohol and (b) driving whilst disqualified. |
| (46235) | |
| 234 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to his Department in the last year for which figures are available of the provision of electronic monitoring services; and if he will list the expiry date of each existing contract. |
| (46240) | |
| 235 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been received by the police in respect of section 1 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (46231) | |
| 236 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to commission research comparing recidivism rates of prisoners leaving privately and publicly managed prisons. |
| (46241) | |
| 237 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were (a) convicted and (b) jailed for (i) driving with excess alcohol and (ii) driving whilst disqualified, in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
| (46236) | |
| 238 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of deaths and personal injuries resulting from air guns have been recorded in England and Wales over the last five years. |
| (45787) | |
| 239 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison inmates in England and Wales convicted of sex offences took part in a sex offenders treatment programme course during 1997. |
| (46006) | |
| 240 N | Mr David Faber (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what degree during (i) the residential, (ii) the therapeutic community-based and (iii) the 12 step prison drug treatment programmes evaluated by PDM Consulting Ltd prisoners were protected from unsupervised contact with others while in treatement. |
| (45560) | |
| 241 N | Mr David Faber (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners who tested positive for drugs whilst on (i) the residential, (ii) the therapeutic community-based and (iii) the 12 step prison drug treatment programmes evaluated by PDM Consulting Ltd were removed from the programmes. |
| (45559) | |
| 242 N | Mr David Faber (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost (a) per place and (b) per completion of (i) the residential, (ii) the therapeutic community-based and (iii) the 12 step prison drug treatment services evaluated by PDM Consulting Ltd. |
| (45556) | |
| 243 N | Mr David Faber (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often as part of (i) the residential, (ii) the therapeutic community-based and (iii) the 12 step prison drug treatment programmes evaluated by PDM Consulting Ltd, prisoners on the programmes were tested for drugs. |
| (45561) | |
| 244 N | Mr David Faber (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the full version of the evaluation by PDM Consulting Ltd of prison drug treatment services will be published; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45557) | |
| 245 N | Mr David Faber (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners on (i) the residential, (ii) the therapeutic community-based and (iii) the 12 step prison drug treatment programmes evaluated by PDM Consulting Ltd successfully completed the programmes; and what were the reasons for the failure of those who failed to complete them. |
| (45558) | |
| 246 N | Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review pension arrangements for the police and fire services. |
| (44245) | |
| 247 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to introduce legislation to amend the alcoholic drink licensing laws. |
| (45966) | |
| 248 | Ms Fiona Jones (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is given to prisons on the purchase of halal meat. |
| (46084) | |
| 249 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the English Cricket Board regarding crowd disturbances at test matches following the game against South Africa at Edgbaston on 4th June. |
| (46042) | |
| 250 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend the British Nationality Act 1981 as it affects children born to British citizen contract supplemented officers, with particular reference to those recruited by (a) the Overseas Development Administration and (b) quangos. |
| (46046) | |
| 251 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the total number of cricket-related arrests in each of the past 10 cricket seasons, broken down by (a) test matches, (b) one-day internationals, (c) Sunday league, (d) Benson and Hedges, (e) Nat West and (f) county championship games. |
| (46048) | |
| 252 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has held with the English Cricket Board regarding their plans to control crowd behaviour during the Cricket World Cup in the United Kingdom in 1999. |
| (46049) | |
| 253 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set a minimum height requirement for police officers. |
| (45839) | |
| 254 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reintroduce the system of fixed Home Office establishments for police officer numbers. |
| (45840) | |
| 255 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid out by the English police forces in compensation cases in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (46015) | |
| 256 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue rules to police forces on the use of CS gas. |
| (46014) | |
| 257 | Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available the number of men prosecuted for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a female; what information is available about the age of the girls involved in these offences; what guidelines have been given to (a) police forces and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service about such prosecutions in relation to offences with girls aged (i) 15, (ii) 14 and (iii) 13 years of age; and if he will make a statement. |
| (46141) | |
| 258 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police and fire authorities have converted their fleets, in whole or in part, to run on compressed natural gas, LPG or electricity. |
| (46125) | |
| 259 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the income for each year since its formation of the Chief Police Officers Staff Association; what is the membership fee for each member; what amount is contributed from public funds; and if he will make a statement. |
| (46085) | |
| 260 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Association of Chief Police Officers will be subject to the Government's proposed freedom of information legislation. |
| (46115) | |
| 261 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place copies of the accounts for the Association of Chief Police Officers for each of the last five years for which they are available in the Library. |
| (46108) | |
| 262 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the officials from the Home Office Operational Police Policy Unit who have attended meetings of the Association of Chief Police Officers Sub Group on the Administration of Firearms Licensing Review Group and the dates of each such meeting in each of the last three years. |
| (46105) | |
| 263 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 1st June, Official Report, column 55, on immigration, if the criteria applied by his Department would accept a level of earned income which would be eligible for income support in a case where there is no intention to claim any form of state assistance. |
| (46010) | |
| 264 N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department last inspected the Harlan UK animal breeding establishment at Belton in north west Leicestershire; with what results; and how it ensures that the treatment of animals bred at this establishment conforms to the highest standards of animal welfare (a) at the breeding stage and (b) for the rest of their lives. |
| (44240) | |
| 265 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will amend the Sunday Trading Act 1994 to prevent shops with a relevant floor area of more than 280 square metres from trading on Easter Sunday by conducting their transactions in the open air. |
| (46190) | |
| 266 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings he has had, or plans to have, with owners of large retail outlets with a relevant floor area of more than 280 square metres who open on Easter Sunday. |
| (46214) | |
| 267 | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions it has been necessary for neighbouring prisons to provide support to Fazakerley Prison; and in what circumstances. |
| (46073) | |
| 268 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the total aid provided by Her Majesty's Government to (a) India, (b) Pakistan, and (c) China, indicating how much of this was delivered (i) government to government, (ii) through non-governmental organisations, and (iii) by other means; and if she will list in each case the projects carried out during the last two years. |
| (45974) | |
| 269 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what has been the total UK contribution under (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral agreements in respect of Amazonian environmental programmes in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) the current year; and if she will make a statement. |
| (45391) | |
| 270 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to ensure that the Multilateral Agreement in Investment is discussed at the WTO. |
| (46012) | |
| 271 | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in preparing a sustainable development plan for Montserrat; and what support the Department for International Development will provide for implementation. |
| (46087) | |
| 272 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the loss of agricultural land since 1980. |
| (45895) | |
| 273 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he plans to publish details of the proposed expansion of community legal services. |
| (45973) | |
| 274 N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what criteria he takes into account in determing an appeal under section 56 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 against the proposed closure of magistrates' courts. |
| (45771) | |
| 275 N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what guidance he gives to magistrates' court committees on the procedures they are required to follow before deciding to close courts under their jurisdiction. |
| (45767) | |
| 276 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what price the Social Security Commissioners charge to the general public per page for copies of their decisions; and what plans there are to change that price. |
| (45486) | |
| 277 | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he expects to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of 11th May regarding evidence from professional witnesses in housing eviction cases; and for what reason no acknowledgment was sent at the time. |
| (46090) | |
| 278 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will publish his replies to the letters of 9th and 24th May from Mr Richard Heller relating to Surfball. |
| (46237) | |
| 279 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will make a statement on the process by which the logo for the New Millennium Experience was chosen; what consideration was given to the use of a male figure; and if the figure chosen was designed specifically for the project. |
| (45390) | |
| 280 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, which projects Mr Martin Lambie Nairn is currently working on for the New Millennium Experience. |
| (45423) | |
| 281 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what is the cost of the logo for the New Millennium Experience; and who was responsible for choosing it. |
| (45389) | |
| 282 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what plans he has to make a large-scale model of the figure in the New Millennium Experience logo. |
| (45563) | |
| 283 | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been charged with scheduled offences in Northern Ireland since 31st August 1994 in respect of (a) offences committed prior to 31st August 1994 and (b) offences committed since 31st August 1994. |
| (46111) | |
| 284 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the numbers of firearms, indicating type, make and model, purchased by the Police Authority for Northern Ireland from United States of America sources in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. |
| (46088) | |
| 285 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what equal opportunity monitoring is conducted of students in universities in Northern Ireland; who is responsible for undertaking the monitoring; what are the proportions of Protestant and Catholic students at (a) the Queen's University, Belfast, (b) the University of Ulster at each of its campuses and (c) the Open University; and if she will make a statement. |
| (45821) | |
| 286 N | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Prime Minister, what proposals he has for a national contingency plan in the event of the failure of public and private sector computer systems to recognise the year 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45637) | |
| 287 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will ensure that officials from the Department of Trade and Industry form part of the British delegation to the Buenos Aires conference on the environment in November. |
| (45792) | |
| 288 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will show the evidence which the Crown Office has in relation to the destruction of Pan Am 103 to a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary for his scrutiny. |
| (46017) | |
| 289 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his meeting with Japanese prisoners of war on 10th June. |
| (45812) | |
| 290 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, which representatives from British Nuclear Fuels were invited to participate in the last British trade and co-operation visit to Japan. |
| (45953) | |
| 291 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the pilot schemes announced since 1st May 1997 by his Department that involve local authorities in a lead or partnership capacity; if he will list each of the local authorities involved in each case; and what revenue and capital funding each local authority will receive through the pilot in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000 and (iv) 2000-01. |
| (46041) | |
| 292 N | Mr Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what were the five main causes of death in each of the last five years for women aged 35 to 54 years indicating the numbers involved in each case. |
| (45809) | |
| 293 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library the communications from Langdon's, cost consultants, on the costs of a Scottish Parliament. |
| (46027) | |
| 294 | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what factors underlay the requirements that (a) further education institutions should make efficiency savings of five per cent. and (b) higher education institutions should make efficiency savings of one per cent. |
| (46138) | |
| 295 | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will conduct an investigation of the successes and failures of the Private Finance Initiative in further education; and what plans he has for the capital funding of further education over the next three years. |
| (46137) | |
| 296 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what dates Spanish Fishery Officers have been on board Scottish Fisheries Protection vessels; for what duration; and if he will list the vessels. |
| (46037) | |
| 297 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what percentage of primary school children were in classes of 31 or more in 1997 (a) in each authority and (b) in Scotland as a whole. |
| (45971) | |
| 298 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what arrangements are in place to assist autistic children in Scotland; and what further proposals he has for autistic children. |
| (46242) | |
| 299 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people applied for B.Ed. teacher training courses in Scotland in each year from 1993 to 1997, broken down by country of origin of application. |
| (45970) | |
| 300 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage increase or decrease the allocation of grants to Cardonald College for the current financial year represents (a) in cash terms and (b) in real terms allowing for inflation and pay awards. |
| (46243) | |
| 301 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) number and (b) percentage of children in primary one and two were in classes of 31 or more in 1997 (i) in each authority and (ii) in Scotland as a whole. |
| (45968) | |
| 302 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what net change the introduction of fees will make in the funding of Scottish higher and further education institutions in total and individually in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-1, and (d) 2001-2. |
| (46244) | |
| 303 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people applied for post-graduate teacher training in Scotland in each year from 1993 to 1997 broken down (a) by sector of application, primary and secondary, and (b) by country of origin of application. |
| (45969) | |
| 304 N | Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he intends to announce the chairman and members of the Scottish Further Education Funding Council; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45193) | |
| 305 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list the marginal deduction rates that will apply from October 1999 to a married couple receiving (a) the working families tax credit, (b) housing benefit and (c) council tax benefit with gross weekly earnings of (i) up to £49, (ii) £50-£99, (iii) £100-£149, (iv) £150-£199, (v) £200-£249, (vi) £250-£299 and (vii) £300 and over; and what are the numbers expected to fall into each category. |
| (45999) | |
| 306 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many couples with children aged (a) under 11 years and (b) 11 years and above, working more than 16 hours per week after 1st June will be better off after the changes announced in the Budget and due to take effect in April 1999 by (i) up to £2.50, (ii) £2.51 to £5, (iii) £5.01 to £7.50, (iv) £7.50 to £10 and (v) £10.01 and above per week; and how many will remain unaffected. |
| (46000) | |
| 307 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many couples with children aged (a) under 11 years and (b) 11 years and above, claiming income support after 5th April will be better off as a result of the changes announced in the Budget and due to take effect in November by (i) up to £2.50, (ii) £2.51 to £5, (iii) £5.01 to £7.50, (iv) £7.50 to £10 and (v) £10.01 and above per week; and how many will remain unaffected. |
| (45996) | |
| 308 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many couples with children aged (a) under 11 years and (b) 11 years and above, claiming income support after 5th April, will be better off as a result of changes announced in the Budget and due to take effect in April 1999 by (i) up to £2.50, (ii) £2.51 to £5, (iii) £5.01 to £7.50, (iv) £7.50 to £10 and (v) £10.01 and above per week; and how many will remain unaffected. |
| (46001) | |
| 309 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many couples with children aged (a) under 11 and (b) 11 years and above, working more than 16 hours per week after 1st June will be better off after the changes announced in the Budget and due to take effect in November by (i) up to £2.50, (ii) £2.51 to £5, (iii) £5.01 to £7.50, (iv) £7.50 to £10 and (v) £10.01 and above per week; and how many will remain unaffected. |
| (45995) | |
| 310 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what (a) resources and (b) programme money was provided to the Women's Unit for (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 1998-99. |
| (45796) | |
| 311 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will make a statement on progress in auditing official statistics to identify gaps in data on gender. |
| (45794) | |
| 312 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans she has to present an annual report to Parliament on progress on main streaming. |
| (45795) | |
| 313 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 21st April, Official Report, columns 604-5, if she will update her Answer as regards how many lone parents who gained employment are now in receipt of income support and have no earnings, and include those who gained employment in the period (a) 1st March to 31st March and (b) 1st April to 30th April. |
| (45191) | |
| 314 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 7th April, Official Report, column 224, concerning the New Deal for Lone Parents, if she will update her Answer to cover the periods (a) 1st March to 31st March and (b) 1st April to 30th April. |
| (45192) | |
| 315 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 9th June, Official Report, columns 545-46, concerning the BIP, for what reasons she was unable to list the operational and legal issues that have prevented a review of BIP cases prior to 9th February 1998. |
| (45770) | |
| 316 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 9th June, Official Report, columns 545-46, concerning the BIP, what timescale the review is working to and when she will report its outcome. |
| (45769) | |
| 317 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when an internal audit of DLA reviews and appeals was last conducted; and if she will publish the result. |
| (46238) | |
| 318 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many post offices, and in which locations, are using the magnetic strips benefits payments card service; and how many post offices he estimates will be using this service by 31st March 1999. |
| (45562) | |
| 319 N | Mr Terry Davis (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what targets have been established by her Department for the time to be taken by the Child Support Agency to deal with claims for compensation. |
| (45765) | |
| 320 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the estimated cost of the basic retirement pension in 1999-2000 if uprated in April 1999 in line with (a) prices and (b) average earnings. |
| (45825) | |
| 321 | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many (a) pensioner households and (b) pensioners there are in Worcester. |
| (46113) | |
| 322 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for what reasons reports by the Benefits Agency Medical Service are no longer available to individuals who are appealing against a decision of the Benefits Agency until tribunal stage. |
| (46215) | |
| 323 | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps she is taking to minimise fraud in the transition from family credit to the working families tax credit. |
| (46202) | |
| 324 | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her current estimate of the extent of family credit fraud. |
| (46203) | |
| 325 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what discussions she has had since 1st May 1997 regarding means-testing of the basic state pension. |
| (46004) | |
| 326 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many complaints have been made about each Benefits Agency office in London in each year over the past five years. |
| (46187) | |
| 327 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many complaints per client have been made about each Benefits Agency office in London in each year over the past five years. |
| (46188) | |
| 328 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much has been paid in total in compensation by the CSA to people who have been successful in claims against the agency. |
| (46107) | |
| 329 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many cases have been referred to the Child Support Agency independent case examiner in each month since its inception. |
| (46086) | |
| 330 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when she intends to respond to proposals made by the three private sector consortiums involved in the ADAPT project; and if she will place a copy of the proposals in the Library. |
| (46031) | |
| 331 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the Contributions Agency expects to start processing NI returns for the current tax year using the new Nirs2 computer system. |
| (46030) | |
| 332 | Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment she has made of the impact of Section 20 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997, which confers powers to require postal services not to redirect mail and return it to the issuing authority, on benefit fraud detection. |
| (46267) | |
| 333 N | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps the Benefits Agency is taking with regard to the computerisation of benefit payments. |
| (45692) | |
| 334 N | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what research her Department has evaluated into the operation of the Anpost scheme. |
| (45694) | |
| 335 N | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what discussions have taken place with Girobank with regard to the improvement of efficiency of payments of benefits. |
| (45693) | |
| 336 N | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many of the widows who were awarded war widows' pensions in the period from January 1988 to December 1993, based (a) wholly or (b) in part on their husbands' exposure to nuclear tests, have continued to receive the pension. |
| (45190) | |
| 337 N | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claims for war widows pension were made by widows of nuclear test veterans, based wholly or in part on exposure to nuclear tests in the periods (a) January 1988 to December 1993 and (b) January 1994 to May 1998. |
| (45283) | |
| 338 N | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claims for war widows' pensions based (a) wholly and (b) in part on exposure to nuclear tests were (i) accepted and (ii) rejected in the periods (1) January 1988 to December 1993 and (2) January 1994 to May 1998. |
| (45217) | |
| 339 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when she expects to make a decision about changes to the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme. |
| (45763) | |
| 340 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement (a) on the Government's policy towards the Suzen Judgement in connection with the Acquired Rights Directive and (b) on the European Council's recent consideration of proposed changes to the Directive. |
| (45998) | |
| 341 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what recent representations she has received concerning the Multilateral Agreement on Investment; and if she will publish them. |
| (45355) | |
| 342 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what discussions her Department has held with representatives or individual members of the Group of 77 ACP countries; and if she will make a statement. |
| (45357) | |
| 343 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, which multi-national companies she has consulted on the future of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment; and if she will publish their replies. |
| (45354) | |
| 344 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on progress with the Multilateral Agreement on Investment. |
| (45356) | |
| 345 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what discussions she has held concerning the environmental aspects of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment; and if she will make a statement. |
| (45384) | |
| 346 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what action she is taking to raise the profile of the Foresight programme. |
| (45874) | |
| 347 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will place in the Library copies of the correspondence her Department has received in the last six months concerning the implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive as it affects the offshore oil and gas industry. |
| (46008) | |
| 348 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what recent representations she has received from the Royal Society on harmonising the dates accorded to patents in different counties; and if she will urge the Council of Ministers to adopt the US system of having research note-books signed daily, and notarised by a lawyer at regular intervals. |
| (45762) | |
| 349 | Mrs Eileen Gordon (Romford): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on Eastern Electricity's Eco Power Pricing Scheme. |
| (46232) | |
| 350 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is her Department's policy on the Government's target to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 20 per cent. by the year 2010. |
| (46234) | |
| 351 | Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if her reappraisal of metrication policy is complete; and when she expects to publish the results. |
| (46142) | |
| 352 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she has powers to re-examine, or cause to be re-examined by some other authority, closed DTI investigations into alleged insider share dealing. |
| (46140) | |
| 353 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how the new British designs, to be displayed in the Millennium Dome are selected; and how the quality of the design is assessed. |
| (45727) | |
| 354 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the new British designs to be displayed in the Millennium Dome. |
| (45728) | |
| 355 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what testing has been conducted on products bearing the Millennium Mark; and what assessment she had made of the government's legal liability if products are found to be faulty. |
| (45738) | |
| 356 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what budget has been given to the Design Council to select British designs for display in the Millennium Dome. |
| (45724) | |
| 357 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many new British designs have been approved for display in the Millennium Dome. |
| (45726) | |
| 358 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if the yacht 'Zefyr 43', will be on display in the Millennium Dome. |
| (45736) | |
| 359 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what guidance she has given to the Design Council on selecting British designs for inclusion in the Millennium Dome; and what checks are being made to ensure the quality of the products. |
| (45723) | |
| 360 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what investigations she has made into allegations that the Zefyr 43, a Millennium product endorsed by the Design Council is not suitable for such recognition. |
| (45722) | |
| 361 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps have been taken to implement Commission decision 92/1941 EURATOM of 4th March 1992, in respect of remediation of waste management arrangements at Dounreay. |
| (45873) | |
| 362 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, on what date she received the proposals prepared by the Atomic Energy Authority on the future of Dounreay. |
| (45871) | |
| 363 | Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to prevent registered keys being cut without proper identification, by limiting the availability of key blanks to authorised key cutters and locksmiths. |
| (46266) | |
| 364 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the pilot schemes announced since 1st May 1997 by his Department that involve local authorities in a lead or partnership capacity; if he will list each of the local authorities involved in each case; and what revenue and capital funding each local authority will receive through the pilot in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000 and (iv) 2000-01. |
| (46053) | |
| 365 | Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with LEAs about vandalism to school buildings. |
| (45952) | |
| 366 | Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to reduce vandalism in schools. |
| (45951) | |
| 367 | Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his estimate of the cost of vandalism to school buildings in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (45950) | |
| 368 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the prospects for exporting beef produced in Wales. |
| (45884) | |
| 369 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he has taken to facilitate the co-ordination of the Mid Wales Development and the Welsh Development Agency; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45891) | |
| 370 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the future of Meadowsleigh Hospital, Flintshire. |
| (45878) | |
| 371 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many cases of food poisoning were registered in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45885) | |
| 372 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the potential for building new housing developments on brownfield sites; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45880) | |
| 373 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on class sizes in Wales. |
| (45887) | |
| 374 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what initiative he has taken to ensure cleaner beaches in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45882) | |
| 375 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what research his Department has evaluated into the link between diesel engine emissions and lung disease in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45875) | |
| 376 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to improve the (a) Wrexham-Birkenhead rail line, (b) Central Wales line and (c) Wrexham-Shrewsbury-Hereford-Cardiff line; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45889) | |
| 377 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the North Wales Region of the WDA; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45892) | |
| 378 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the future of Dobshill Hospital, Flintshire. |
| (45879) | |
| 379 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many environmental health officers were in post in Wales in (a) 1990 and (b) 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45886) | |
| 380 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the consequences for the Welsh Development Agency of the setting up of regional development agencies in England; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45881) | |
| 381 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what sums were allocated to assisted places in Wales in (a) 1990 and (b) 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45888) | |
| 382 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how he proposes to reduce waiting lists in North East Wales. |
| (45877) | |
| 383 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures he proposes to encourage (a) cycling and (b) greater use of public transport in North East Wales. |
| (45890) | |
| 384 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the members of the board of the Welsh Development Agency. |
| (45883) | |
| 385 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what new financial resources have been devoted to tackling waiting lists in the district hospital trusts at Wrexham and Bodelwyddan. |
| (45876) | |
| 386 N | Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will (a) make a statement on and (b) list the dates of occasions on which his Department had meetings with (i) the Chairman, Chief Executive and/or other senior personnel of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation and (ii) the Director of National Museums and Galleries of Wales to discuss the future of the Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum and its Pier Head site within the last three months. |
| (45725) | |
| 387 N | Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 545, if he will make a statement on the notification procedure to his Department by Cardiff Bay Development Corporation of payments made by it to ABP under the Scott Harbour rental guarantee scheme; how much of the £1.4 million maximum has so far been paid to ABP; on which date or dates such payments started; and if he will make a statement. |
| (45772) | |
| 388 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many calls there have been to the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust since 1st April 1998 during standby time after midnight; and how many of these calls have resulted in an ambulance arriving at the scene of the emergency within performance standards. |
| (46114) | |
| 389 N | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects to write to the honourable Member for Blaeneau, Gwent to provide information in response to the question for answer on 23rd April relating to Gwent Tertiary College (reference 39440). |
| (45954) | |
| 390 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Independent Commission on the Voting System to report. |
| [Question Unstarred] (44259) | |
| 391 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many current medical students in the United Kingdom are female. |
| [Transferred] (45802) | |
| 392 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many professors in medical schools are female. |
| [Transferred] (45804) | |
| 393 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will provide details of government grants provided to car manufacturers to establish or expand car or component factories in the UK in each of the last five years. |
| [Transferred] (46091) | |
| 394 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 21st May, Official Report, column 483, if he will indicate whether any tests and trials are being or have been conducted in respect of each of the national seed list applications under Regulation 11(1) of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 1982, indicating the names of the persons conducting the tests and the dates thereof. |
| [Transferred] (46209) | |
| 395 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 21st May, Official Report, column 483, if he will provide the corresponding genetically-modified release consents in respect of each of the national seed list applications, indicating the application and consent numbers and dates and, if different from the national list applicants, the applicants' names. |
| [Transferred] (46208) | |
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