Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 16 June 1998

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 16 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 Tuesday 16 June, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Wednesday 17 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.

TUESDAY 16th JUNE

1
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what new measures he has considered to prevent future flood damage in the West Midlands.

(46224)

2
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for plurality and diversity of ownership within the media industries of the proposed take-over by News International companies of Talk Radio UK Ltd; and if he will make a statement.

(46272)

3
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to prevent further expansion in the United Kingdom broadcasting sector by News International and associated companies; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which such expansion is in the public interest.

(46276)

4
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what powers (a) his Department and (b) the Radio Authority have to intervene in the take-over of one or more of the three companies holding independent national radio licences; and if he will make a statement.

(46273)

5
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote plurality and diversity of ownership within the United Kingdom media industries.

(46271)

6
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department has given guidance to the Radio Authority about the suitability of (a) topless darts, (b) bouncing dwarfs and (c) news-presenting rabbits on national radio stations; and if he will make a statement.

(46278)

7
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what statutory or other criteria the Radio Authority would assess the suitability to hold an independent national radio licence of any company taking over the current holder of such a licence; and if he will make a statement.

(46275)

8
N   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the role of the Royal Marines and Royal Air Force in Eritrea.

(46095)

9
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) men and (b) women aged over 60 years were employed by the Civil Service on 30th April.

(46023)

10
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many employees in the Civil Service have contracts of employment which permit them to retire after their 60th birthday.

(46022)

11
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the cost to public funds in the current financial year of Relay Europe Ltd.'s provision of a Mobile Information Centre to visit schools in East Sussex; and if he will make a statement.

(45980)

12
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to improve the health of schoolchildren to reduce the number of school days lost through illness.

(46222)

13
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, to what extent the University for Industry will be concerned with the provision of basic skills training to the New Deal target groups.

(45505)

14
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the total number of days schoolchildren missed during each of the last three academic years in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Coventry.

(46220)

15
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of schoolchildren have failed to attend school classes due to illness in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Coventry in each of the last three years.

(46219)

16
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many students received corporal punishment in privately-funded schools located (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in the Midlands, in the last year for which figures are available.

(45502)

17
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how the University for Industry will benefit small and medium-sized enterprises; and what steps he plans to take to raise awareness of these benefits.

(45506)

18
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average number of days lost per schoolchild as a result of failing to attend class due to illness in each of the last three years.

(46221)

19
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many instances of head lice were reported by (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last five years.

(45975)

20
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures he is discussing with schools with the aim of reducing the number of reported incidents of head lice.

(45977)

21
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what records his Department keeps on the number of reported instances of head lice.

(45976)

22
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many job vacancies were notified to the Tamworth Job Centre in each month since May 1997.

(45535)

23
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what reasons underlie the delays in publishing the White Paper on Transport; and on what date it will be published.

(46216)

24
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his policy in respect of the direct use of public funds for construction of new rail infrastructure.

(46144)

25
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what schemes are being evaluated by his Department to reduce private car use in London; and if he will make a statement.

(45568)

26
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many car parking places have been approved in developments in inner London in the past year; and what data his Department has collated on previous years.

(45567)

27
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many developments in London (a) he has called in and (b) have been referred to him due to the number of car parking spaces that are included in them.

(45569)

28
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has to encourage businesses to improve their environmental practices.

(46226)

29
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he has evaluated to maintain the current level of bio-diversity.

(46227)

30
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has to improve air quality.

(46225)

31
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the Government's policy on the draft water industry specifications for plastic sewage pipes; and what representations they have made on this matter.

(45194)

32
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions have taken place between his Department and the water companies on the draft water industry specifications for plastic sewage pipes.

(45195)

33
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations his Department has received on the draft water industry specifications for plastic sewage pipes.

(45196)

34
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the British Standards Institute will be consulting on Part 1 for a European standard for plastic piping systems for structured wall non-pressure underground drainage and sewerage systems.

(45197)

35
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many water companies have been proscecuted for polluting groundwater with sewage for each year since 1990.

(45198)

36
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers the Environment Agency has to prosecute water companies for polluting groundwater with sewage.

(45199)

37
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how the Environment Agency monitors sewage leaking into groundwater.

(45200)

38
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action the Environment Agency is able to take against jetting contractors who damage sewage pipes with high-pressure water jetting.

(45201)

39
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how his Department measures leakage from small holes in underground sewer pipes.

(45202)

40
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are the current targets for reduction in leakage from sewer pipes; and how these are measured.

(45203)

41
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how his Department monitors the effectiveness of the code of practice for removing blockages in sewer pipes which limits the pressure of the cleaning jet.

(45204)

42
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research his Department has conducted into the damage done to thin-walled plastic sewer pipes from the use of high pressure water jets to remove blockages; and what account his Department has taken of the extent to which recent design changes in jets prevent damage to the pipes.

(45205)

43
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research his Department has evaluated into the infiltration of groundwater into sewer pipes and its impact upon the working of the sewer network.

(45206)

44
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the extent to which the draft water industry specifications for plastic sewage pipes are in line with Part H of the Building Regulations covering household drainage.

(45207)

45
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when Part H of the Building Regulations will be reviewed.

(45208)

46
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 recent decision to write off the cost of Eurostar sleeper trains.

(45533)

47
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimates his Department has made of the (a) advantages and (b) savings to business and commerce which would result from the contruction of the proposed Birmingham Northern Relief Road.

(46065)

48
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the cost benefit analysis of the construction of the proposed Birmingham Northern Relief Road.

(46064)

49
N   Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met his European Union conterparts to discuss the political implications of Economic and Monetary Union.

(44548)

50
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what circumstances he was asked to leave the room during the Meeting of the Euro XI to discuss the single currency at Senningen Castle, Luxembourg on 4th June; and what factors led to the Austrian finance minister taking the chair.

(46254)

51
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many (a) men and (b) women working (i) part-time and (ii) full-time in (1) Tamworth and (2) Staffordshire earn less than (x) £3 per hour, (y) £3.60 per hour and (z) £4 per hour; and, in each case, what is the percentage of the total number employed.

(45534)

52
N   Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed in collecting income tax in each of the five tax years prior to the introduction of self-assessment; and what was the number in the first year of self-assessment.

(45342)

53
N   Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the annual cost of collecting income tax in each of the five tax years prior to the introduction of self-assessment; and what was the estimated cost in the first year of self-assessment.

(45341)

54
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to help to secure the implementation of United Nations resolutions on self-determination in Kashmir.

(45979)

55
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request the United Nations to appoint a special rapporteur to co-ordinate an investigation into human rights abuses in Algeria.

(45978)

56
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings have taken place between embassy staff in Mexico City and human rights groups; and if he will list the organisations with which contact has been made.

(45566)

57
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official visits to the Chiapas region of Mexico have been made by officials from the UK embassy in Mexico City in the last year; and if he will make a statement.

(45565)

58
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures the Government has initiated to promote human rights in the former Soviet Union.

(45501)

59
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures the Government has taken to help to stabilise democracy within the former Soviet Union.

(45500)

60
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at what point in the drafting of United Nations Security Resolution 1132 the unambiguous reference to the arms ban applying to both the Government-in-exile of President Kabbah and its replacement was replaced by more general terminology; which governments moved the amendment; what was the position of Her Majesty's Government; if the documents relating to such will be made available to Sir Thomas Legg QC; and if he will make a statement.

(46277)

61
N   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 462, on the table purchased for the European Council in Cardiff, on what basis Mr Jones Parry informed the Foreign Affairs Committee that Her Majesty's Government had accepted the lowest price and had then negotiated a reduction in that price.

(46054)

62
N   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the names of the special advisers attached to his Department; and if he will indicate whether each of them has been positively vetted.

(46063)

63
N   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Baroness Symons was informed by officials of alleged United Nations sanctions breaking by Sandline International.

(46021)

64
N   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Ministers in (a) his Department and (b) other departments received copies of the information on alleged United Nations sanctions breaking by Sandline International prepared for Baroness Symons on 10th March; and on what date it was received by each private office.

(46019)

65
N   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Ministers in (a) his Department and (b) other departments were provided with or informed of the information on alleged United Nations sanctions breaking by Sandline International prepared for Baroness Symons on 10th March; and on what date and by what means the information was transmitted to the Ministers.

(46018)

66
N   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the information on alleged United Nations sanctions breaking by Sandline International provided for Baroness Symons on 10th March was copied to (a) his Private Office (b) the office of another Minister in his Department and (c) any other Minister of Her Majesty's Government.

(46020)

67
N   Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the advice he has received on the legal interpretation of UN Resolution 1132 provided by the United Nation's lawyers.

(46062)

68
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 686, if he proposes to make Viagra available by NHS prescription, if marketing authorisation is given in respect of the drug.

(46250)

69
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the current level of access to NHS dentistry; and what measures he is taking to increase access to dental healthcare.

(45532)

70
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the requirement for NHS trusts and health authorities to eliminate, by 31st March 1999, their aggregate net deficits brought forward at 31st March 1998, has the overall effect of eliminating the 2.2 per cent. real increase in spending planned for the English NHS as between 1997-98 and 1998-99.

(46270)

71
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the aggregate net deficit of English NHS trusts and health authorities carried forward at 31st March 1997; and what further net deficits were incurred in the year to 31st March 1998.

(46269)

72
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the English NHS trusts and health authorities are required, by 31st March 1999, to eliminate their aggregate net deficits brought forward at 31st March 1998.

(46268)

73
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the publications since 1st January 1989 accredited to Dr David Clark, which were notified to him before Dr Clark's appointment to the Animal Procedures Committee.

(46256)

74
N   Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the extra costs incurred by probation services for every 1,000 extra added to the daily prison population; and if he will make a statement.

(46259)

75
N   Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total case load undertaken by probation services; what was the average case load per probation officer; what was the real terms change in the level of his Department's funding for probation services in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(46260)

76
N   Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many probation officers have been made redundant over the last 12 months; how many redundancies are currently planned; how many new probation staff are required to implement the proposals in the Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]; and if he will make a statement.

(46261)

77
N   Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received expressing concern over the adequacy of resources available for probation services to fulfil their statutory obligations; and if he will make a statement.

(46258)

78
   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to pursue extradition proceedings against Ms Rita O'Hare.

(46283)

79
   Mr Cecil Walker (Belfast North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which schools are under consideration for major capital works; what the estimated cost is of each project; on what dates the DENI recognised that each school satisfied categories 1, 2 or 3 of the school capital priorities schedule or equivalent; and on what dates her Department approved in principle the appointment of an architect to put in place a suitable scheme.

(46282)

80
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, if he will list the Labour Party events which have taken place since 14th May 1997 at (a) 10 Downing Street, (b) 11 Downing Street, (c) Carlton House Terrace and (d) Chequers.

(46257)

81
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects to publish the 1997 report of the Commissioner into the operation of the Interception of Communications Act 1985.

(46255)

82
N   Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    To ask the Prime Minister, if ambassadors' telegrams to the Foreign Office are routinely copied to No. 10 Downing Street.

(45861)

83
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates negotiations took place with the US Government with regard to the importation of nuclear material from Georgia; on what date it was first discussed that low-grade nuclear material would form part of the consignment; and which UK representatives were involved in these discussions.

(46249)

84
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with President Clinton on the transfer of nuclear waste from Georgia to Dounreay; and what data the US Government gave him on this material.

(46248)

85
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he was first notified of the recommendation to close the commercial reprocessing facility at Dounreay; when the Government received the report recommending the closure; which (a) ministers and (b) officials received this report; and if he will place a copy of the report in the Library.

(46262)

86
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he was notified that 9 kilogrammes of low-grade nuclear waste was included in the consignment of nuclear material brought to Dounreay from Georgia; and what quantity of low-grade nuclear waste was proposed when he agreed to receive the material into the United Kingdom.

(46246)

87
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Prime Minister, who made the decision to accept the 9 kilogrammes of low-grade nuclear waste from Georgia for reprocessing at Dounreay; when it was made; and which ministers were informed.

(46247)

88
N   Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received regarding the extent of the powers of the Scottish Parliament to give policy and direction to National Lottery distributors in Scotland.

(45842)

89
N   Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what consultation he is undertaking in relation to the scope the Scottish Parliament will have to set policy and direction for National Lottery distributors in Scotland.

(45981)

90
N   Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what are the expected administrative costs of introducing tuition fees in Scotland in 1998-99.

(45860)

91
N   Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the expected savings are to his Department arising from (a) the abolition of maintenance grants and (b) the introduction of tuition fees; and what is the expected additional expenditure from the Scottish Office to finance student loans in each of the financial years 1998-99 to 2003-04.

(45841)

92
N   Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, to which National Lottery distributors in Scotland the Scottish Parliament will have powers to give policy and financial direction.

(45982)

93
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimated savings have resulted from the work of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate.

(46223)

94
N   Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if employees who apply for unpaid parental leave from work and whose incomes are low, will be able, under her proposals for extending parental leave, to receive state benefits.

(46145)

95
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how much has been invested in research and development in the aerospace industry by the (a) private sector and (b) government in each of the last three years.

(46217)

96
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what measures she is taking to safeguard workers' rights to form unions.

(45503)

97
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what measures she is taking to protect workers who are associated with trade union organisations from discrimination by their employers.

(45504)

98
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans he has to increase private funding for science research.

(46218)

99
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when officials were first notified that the consignment of nuclear material from Georgia included (a) weapons-grade and (b) low-grade nuclear material; who provided the details of the low-grade nuclear material in the consignment; on which dates each minister in each department was informed by her officials that the Georgian consignment contained low-grade nuclear material; which public bodies were informed of the presence of the low-grade material; and on what dates.

(46245)

100
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what powers (a) her Department (b) the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and (c) the Office of Fair Trading would have to intervene in any proposed take-over of one or more of the three companies holding independent national radio licences; and if she will make a statement.

(46274)

101
N   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the discussions held during his recent visit to Turkey.

[Question Unstarred] (44520)



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