Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 17 June 1998

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 17 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 Wednesday 17 June, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Thursday 18 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.

WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE

1
   Mr Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much grant aid from the Fishing Vessels (Safety Improvements) (Grants) Scheme 1995 and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Structures (Grants) Regulations 1995 has been paid to fishing vessels over 12 metres in length in each year since 1995.

(46476)

2
   Mr Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the total amount of levies collected in each of the last five years by the Sea Fish Industry Authority from landings from fishing vessels (a) over 12 metres and (b) under 12 metres in length.

(46475)

3
   Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what factors underlie the compensation rates paid to (a) dairy farmers and (b) lowland suckler producers.

(46458)

4
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Millennium Commission money has been apportioned to Wales.

(46289)

5
N   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans are being assessed by his Department relating to the 2006 World Cup bid in respect of the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium.

(46252)

6
N   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions have taken place between his Department and the partners involved in the Wembley Stadium refurbishment plans.

(46251)

7
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his estimate of the overall cost of Project Horizon.

(45845)

8
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Project Horizon frigates the United Kingdom will purchase.

(45843)

9
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his estimate of the (a) delivery date and (b) in-service date of the first Project Horizon frigate.

(45844)

10
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he estimates the first contract to build a Project Horizon frigate will be placed.

(45846)

11
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to protect British (a) public funds and (b) exporters where defence exports on a Government to Government basis are paid for in oil and gas; and how he seeks to protect the volume and value of such exports from falling oil and gas prices.

(46468)

12
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries have benefited from (a) the Defence Military Assistance Fund, (b) the Defence Policy Fund and (c) the Defence Sales Fund since 1988; and what criteria have been used for disbursements from (i) the Defence Policy Fund and (ii) the Defence Sales Fund.

(46490)

13
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sums have been generated by commercial exploitation levies since 1992.

(46489)

14
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department's inquiry into the retention of the death penalty in military law will be completed.

(45740)

15
   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the maintained special schools in the United Kingdom, by local education authority and indicate the special educational needs for which each school caters.

(46427)

16
   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the average length of time taken to statement a child, and how many statements are currently outstanding in each local education authority.

(46438)

17
   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance his Department has issued to local education authorities on the needs of children with ADD/ADHD.

(46428)

18
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to develop and promote research into and incentives for the recycling of plastics.

(45987)

19
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement about the discussions he has had with the British Diabetics Association concerning driving licences for diabetics.

(46281)

20
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from (a) the Merchant Navy Association and (b) others about the establishment of a Merchant Navy Day on 3rd September.

(45536)

21
   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 32, on how many occasions he has not answered written questions from honourable Members on the grounds that he considered a matter to be closed.

(46363)

22
   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what conditions the Highways Agency required to be placed on the planning application for the new Environment Agency offices in Cumbria; what was the cost of complying with them; and which organisation paid.

(46371)

23
N   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what account the Environment Agency is taking of the levels of technetium 99 in (a) seaweed and (b) lobsters in the Solway Firth in setting discharge authorisation levels for the Sellafield plant.

(45867)

24
N   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he intends to take to reduce radiation levels arising from technetium 99 in the Solway Firth.

(45869)

25
N   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to reduce liquid discharges from the Sellafield plant.

(45866)

26
N   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the relationship between current levels of radiation from technetium 99 in the Solway Firth and EU intervention levels.

(45868)

27
   Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when talks will resume on the United States of America-United Kingdom Air Services agreement.

(46429)

28
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when LCR expect to complete the Channel Tunnel Rail Link if Railtrack fails to exercise its option relating to the second phase of construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

(46470)

29
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 637, relating to the future of NATS, if he will make a statement on the powers attaching to the golden share.

(46474)

30
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, within what timescale LCR will have to find a third party or complete phase two itself if Railtrack does not exercise its option relating to the second phase of construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

(46469)

31
   Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the total sum paid in business rates by private hospitals in England in the last year for which figures are available.

(46362)

32
N   Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the area marine safety sub-committees established by his Department and the former Department of Transport.

(45777)

33
N   Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what issues have been referred by his Department to marine safety sub-committees since 1st May 1997.

(45778)

34
N   Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which marine safety sub-committees were sent a copy of the Coastguard Agency's Five Year Strategy Plan consultation document; in each case when the document was sent out; and which sub-committees have responded to the consultation document.

(45779)

35
   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cyclically-adjusted current budget supluses for 1998-99 to 2002-03 on the basis of gross domestic product growth figures of (a) 2.25 per cent. for 1998, (b) 2 per cent. for 1999, (c) 2.50 per cent. for 2000, (d) 2.50 per cent. for 2001, (e) 2.50 per cent. for 2002 and (f) 2.50 per cent. for 2003.

(46360)

36
   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will re-calculate tables (a) B24, (b) B21, (c) B17, (d) B14, (e) B13, (f) B11, (g) B9 and (h) B8 from the Financial Statement and Budget Report of March 1998, on the basis of the information in the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report of June 1998.

(46361)

37
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the regulatory framework for the supervision of financial institutions in each of the Crown dependencies.

(46493)

38
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the average annual real terms percentage increase in public spending on education in the UK between 1979-80 and 1997-98.

(46461)

39
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate what the control total would be for 1998-99 if the welfare-to work programme, spending funded by capital receipts programme and expenditure funded by the National Lottery were included.

(46437)

40
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of education spending would be required in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 in order to ensure that it was 0.1 per cent. higher as a proportion of GDP than in 1998-99, assuming the economy grows by two and a quarter per cent. in 1998, two per cent. in 1999 and two and a half per cent. in 2000.

(46434)

41
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of education spending would be required in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 in order to maintain it at the same proportion of GDP as in 1998-99, assuming the economy grows by two and a quarter per cent. in 1998, two per cent. in 1999 and two and a half per cent. in 2000.

(46430)

42
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of take-up rates for (a) the working family tax credit and (b) the childcare tax credit.

(46460)

43
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of education spending would be required in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 if the rate of increase were to be maintained at the same real terms rate as over the 10 years to 1997-98.

(46431)

44
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much capital spending on education increased (a) on average over the period 1978-79 to 1997-98 and (b) in 1998-99.

(46432)

45
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require each future appointee to the Monetary Policy Committee to have had experience in running a business.

(46364)

46
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require a published statement from each member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee of their loans, mortgages, overdrafts and interest bearing accounts.

(46367)

47
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if personal imports of alcohol and tobacco from France are taken into account in calculating the RPI.

(46459)

48
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require each member of the Monetary Policy Committee to give a reasoned explanation for their views on any interest rate changes proposed by the Committee.

(46366)

49
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require each member of the Monetary Policy Committee to publish after each interest rate change a statement of its effects on their personal finances.

(46365)

50
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to address the current problems in Kosovo; and what co-operation it has sought from other EU and European countries on this issue.

(46055)

51
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he expects to publish the Social Service White Paper before the summer adjournment.

(46424)

52
N   Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the role of community health councils, with particular reference to their independence vis-a-vis local health authorities and the regional offices of the NHS; and if chairmen and members of community health councils can be removed before their appointment period expires.

(46133)

53
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the costs of introducing universal screening of children for cystic fibrosis.

(45983)

54
   Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to publish details of the public appointments made by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the involvement of members of the local community on NHS boards.

(46426)

55
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are (a) the allocations of the latest round of funds to reduce waiting lists for each health authority and (b) the amounts allocated per patient waiting per health authority; and if he will make a statement on the basis of the allocation of waiting list funds.

(46284)

56
   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the impact of introducing centralised payment of health trust bills.

(46368)

57
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of efficiency gains achieved since 1st May 1997.

(46436)

58
N   Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in respect of how many cases of hip joint replacement operations conducted in England and Wales since 1980, patients have been readmitted to hospital for further hip replacement surgery within (a) five years and (b) 10 years of the original operation.

(45776)

59
   Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many closed circuit television schemes have been installed by each London borough council.

(46370)

60
   Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responsibility the Metropolitan Police has for the installation of closed circuit television schemes.

(46369)

61
N   Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will announce the results of local bids for CCTV under round four of the CCTV challenge competition.

(46096)

62
   Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence he has evaluated on the relative re-offending rates of those convicted of sexual offences and those convicted of other categories of offence.

(46492)

63
   Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to allow the disclosure of lost or spoiled evidence in criminal proceedings to be permitted as grounds for an appeal.

(46293)

64
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what contingency plans have been made to maintain the supply of power to the Millennium Dome in the event of a collapse of the power supply system.

(46457)

65
   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has made to the Government of the United States of America regarding the proposed employment by Sinn Fein of Ms Rita O'Hare in the United States of America.

(46308)

66
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons the families and victims of the convicted paedophile W. J. McGary were not informed of his release on 2nd April.

(45741)

67
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the RUC Case Unit was informed of the release of W. J. McGary.

(45742)

68
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the normal procedures followed and the relevant agencies involved when the release of a paedophile is pending, including informing the victims and their families.

(45743)

69
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the investigation into the complaint of Mr David Andrews concerning the circumstances surrounding the release of W. J. McGary will be completed; if the (a) evidence taken and (b) conclusions reached will be published; and if the RUC officers involved in the case and the independent High Court witnesses have been or will be interviewed.

(45744)

70
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 11th May, Official Report, column 19, if he will re-examine the basis on which on 6th October 1995 the then Lord Advocate wrote to the honourable Member for Linlithgow confirming that proof of the case against two Libyans accused of the destruction of Pan Am 103 does not depend on the evidence of Mr James T. Thurman.

(44909)

71
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library on a monthly basis a report on those archaeological discoveries his advisers assess to be (a) significant and (b) less significant in the course of excavations relating to work on the building to house the Scottish Parliament, together with relevant diagrams conveying information relating to each stratum uncovered of the Holyrood site.

(44647)

72
N   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the 1994-95 HMIPI study into radioactive doses received by people living or working on selected merse sites.

(45863)

73
N   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the radiation monitoring stations on the West Coast of Scotland between the English border on the Solway and Cape Wrath; and what factors underlie the siting of these stations.

(45862)

74
N   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many leukaemias were (a) recorded and (b) expected in the 0 to 24 age group in the postcode sectors (i) DG5.4, (ii) DG7.1 and (iii) DG6.4 in the periods (a) 1980 to 1984, (b) 1985 to 1989, (c) 1990 to 1994, and (d) 1995 to present.

(45864)

75
N   Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, in respect of how many cases of hip joint replacement operations conducted in Scotland since 1980, patients have been readmitted to hospital for further hip replacement surgery within (a) five years and (b) 10 years of the original operation.

(45775)

76
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many of the disabled persons who have had their disability living allowance award disallowed or reduced over the last 18 months following (a) a review and (b) an appeal were suffering from (i) M.E., (ii) mental health illness, (iii) multiple sclerosis, (iv) Alzheimer's disease and (v) rheumatoid arthritis.

(46425)

77
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what procedures she has introduced to conduct audits of the disability living allowance reviews and appeals in respect of particular medical examiners.

(46292)

78
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the percentage of employees in each decile of employees' incomes who do not contribute to personal or occupational pensions.

(46491)

79
N   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate the effect on Treasury revenue of abolishing the ceiling on national insurance contributions.

(46134)

80
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if exports of equipment relating to satellite or satellite-related technolgy and communications or civil space technology and communications are covered by the export control orders.

(46482)

81
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many licences have been issued under each sub-heading of category PL 5001 of the 1996 Export Control Order, for which countries; and for what estimated quantity (a) since 1st May 1997 and (b) prior to 1st May 1997.

(46473)

82
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many licences, for which countries and in what quantities, were issued under sub-heading C of section ML7 of the 1996 Export Control Order (a) before and (b) since 1st May 1997.

(46472)

83
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many foreign visitors and delegations from which countries have been received by (a) the Atomic Energy Authority and (b) British Nuclear Fuels Limited since 1991.

(46478)

84
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what export licensing controls exist in respect of the export of civil nuclear technology and equipment; and if existing procedures are under review.

(46481)

85
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if surveillance equipment exports are controlled under the Export of Goods Control orders.

(46480)

86
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the report, the Social and Economic Effects of Dounreay's Projected Programme of Work, 1995-2005, prepared by the UK Atomic Energy Authority, in September 1995, prior to the decision on Dounreay announced on 5th June.

(45773)

87
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what consultations she held with (a) environment pressure groups, (b) local authority interest groups, (c) academic experts and (d) the Socialist Environment and Resources Association prior to her decision on the phased closure of Dounreay.

(45774)

88
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if sections 5 and 6 of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 apply to the land adjacent to the Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Centre at Winterbourne Gunner where buried ordnance has been identified; and if she will make a statement.

(46024)

89
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if Her Majesty's Government has made a declaration to The Hague in accordance with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention in connection with buried ordnance at East Gomeldon in Wiltshire; and if she will make a statement.

(46025)

90
N   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what action the Nuclear Industries Directorate has taken to investigate the effects of radiation from liquid discharges into the Irish Sea from the Sellafield plant.

(45865)

91
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will assess the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Administration's report on the failures of the Danish wind power programme.

(45986)

92
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what involvement her Department has in the exploratory work of Border Wind off the coast at Blyth in Northumberland.

(45985)

93
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to encourage off-shore wind power generation.

(45984)

94
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received on the proposed Alltami (Mold-Ewloe) Bypass; and if he will make a statement.

(46290)

95
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on road safety in Flintshire.

(46291)

96
   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will examine the aural safety of the Dolby stereo system, used in cinemas.

[Transferred] (44988)

97
   Mr Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the number of registered British fishing vessels (a) under 12 metres and (b) over 12 metres in length and the number of fishermen's lives lost from each in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (46477)

98
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when she plans to announce the result of Barking Power Station's application of 4th July 1997 to build an emergency black start facility to cover London and the South East.

[Transferred] (46456)

99
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what advice she has received from the National Grid Company about emergency black start capacity covering London and the South East.

[Transferred] (46455)

100
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the dates on which export credit loans to governments and government agencies have been rescheduled since 1990, indicating in each case for what values and with which countries.

[Transferred] (46487)

101
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, which countries have asked for the cancellation or rescheduling of export credit loans since 1st May 1997 which have not yet been agreed.

[Transferred] (46488)

102
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by how much capital spending in the NHS increased (a) on average over the period 1978-79 to 1997-98 and (b) in 1998-99.

[Transferred] (46435)

103
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by how much health spending would increase in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 if the real annual rate of increase were the same as the average rate of increase over the period 1978-79 to 1997-98.

[Transferred] (46433)

104
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by how much health spending rose as a proportion of gross domestic product between 1978-79 and 1997-98; and how much it has risen in 1998-99.

[Transferred] (46479)

105
   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what will be the Government's policy at the Portuguese conference on nuclear discharges, with particular reference to Sellafield and Dounreay discharges into the sea.

[Transferred] (46358)

106
   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the Government's policy towards nuclear discharges into the sea.

[Transferred] (46359)



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