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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 29 June 1998
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 29 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 29 June, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 30 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 | Mrs Llin Golding (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, if he will list the officers of the House who are provided with residential accommodation. |
| (48020) | |
| 2 | Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the progress of EU negotiations on banana imports. |
| (47983) | |
| 3 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what means of transport have been used to export genetically modified pigs; and what measures have been taken to ensure they do not escape. |
| (47379) | |
| 4 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47359) | |
| 5 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the central veterinary laboratory will test animal sera submitted by British veterinary surgeons for antibodies to rabies; and what is the current scale of fees for testing by the RFFIT technique. |
| (47995) | |
| 6 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will ensure that veterinary surgeons have unrestricted access to the inactivated rabies vaccines already approved by his Department for use on domestic animals under their care; and if he will issue instructions to this effect immediately. |
| (47994) | |
| 7 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the policy reviews his Ministry is currently carrying out; and when he expects the results of each will be made public. |
| (47264) | |
| 8 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the earliest date the cull ewe trade can recommence. |
| (47268) | |
| 9 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the meetings, together with the dates and the subjects discussed, which were held with the French government to discuss the cull ewe trade in the context of the SRM ban. |
| (47269) | |
| 10 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reasons the cull ewe trade with France is not able to use the abattoirs (a) MUS in Douai, (b) CVD in Rungis, (c) Ovimpex in Rungis, (d) SNVC in Cedex, (e) Macquet in Fruges and (f) Moreville in Fruges. |
| (47270) | |
| 11 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reasons the cull ewe trade from the United Kingdom to France is restricted to four southern-based abattoirs. |
| (47271) | |
| 12 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when public consultation on the proposals of the Advisory Committee on Quarantine will (a) begin and (b) end. |
| (47866) | |
| 13 | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many pigs were exported for breeding purposes in (a) 1992, (b) 1993, (c) 1994, (d) 1995 and (e) 1996. |
| (48025) | |
| 14 | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many pigs were exported to Spain for (a) slaughter, (b) further fattening and (c) breeding in (i) 1992, (ii) 1993, (iii) 1994, (iv) 1995 and (v) 1996. |
| (48026) | |
| 15 | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 20th April, Official Report, columns 488-9, how many of the pigs exported for breeding purposes in 1997 were exported in consignments of (a) 200 to 299, (b) 300 to 399, (c) 400 to 499 and (d) over 500 pigs per lorry; and from which ports these consignments departed. |
| (48027) | |
| 16 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47360) | |
| 17 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will list the public registers which the Commissioners has responsibility for. |
| (47361) | |
| 18 | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the costs would be of introducing a concession of (a) 25 per cent., (b) 50 per cent., (c) 75 per cent. and (d) 100 per cent. on the television licence fee for (i) all pensioners, (ii) pensioners on income support, (iii) people in receipt of income support, (iv) people in receipt of disability living allowance, (v) people in receipt of attendance allowance, (vi) registered blind and (vii) registered deaf. |
| (48021) | |
| 19 | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will give a breakdown of the annual cost to the Treasury of the concessionary television licence scheme. |
| (48023) | |
| 20 | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what revenues he estimates would be generated from charging (a) hotels, (b) government offices and parliamentary buildings and (c) other organisations a licence fee for each television set within their premises of (i) 50 per cent. licence fee for organisations with less than 50 television sets and (ii) a full licence fee for organisations with over 50 television sets. |
| (48022) | |
| 21 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47362) | |
| 22 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which stadiums he has evaluated in the planning of the bid to host the 2006 World Cup. |
| (47604) | |
| 23 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received about the single occupancy supplement; and if he will list them. |
| (48005) | |
| 24 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on progress in the upgrading of Wembley Stadium; and if he will name the alternative national stadium to be used during upgrading work at Wembley. |
| (47606) | |
| 25 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will introduce legislation to limit or abolish the single occupancy supplement in hotels in the United Kingdom. |
| (48006) | |
| 26 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to host the Rugby League World Cup in the United Kingdom. |
| (47605) | |
| 27 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on progress in England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup. |
| (47607) | |
| 28 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the impact of UK accommodation and hotel rates on decisions by foreign tourists visiting the EU to include the UK in their itinerary. |
| (47977) | |
| 29 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47358) | |
| 30 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the areas for which the Government intend to apply an exemption to the right of access to personal data, as defined in the Data Protection Bill 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47381) | |
| 31 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, columns 265-6, which organisation will own the Grob 115D aircraft fleet at the end of the 10 year contract; and if this is in accordance with conventional procurement practice. |
| (48042) | |
| 32 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, columns 265-6, what proposals he has to dispose of the Bulldog trainer aircraft; and which department will receive the proceeds. |
| (48041) | |
| 33 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, columns 265-6, what incentives will be offered to the successful bidder to replace the RAF's Bulldog trainer aircraft to ensure the RAF receives a high-quality service. |
| (48043) | |
| 34 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, columns 265-6, what weighting was given to the impact on UK industry and employment in his decision on the award of the contract to replace the Bulldog trainer aircraft. |
| (48039) | |
| 35 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Royal Navy has conducted joint exercises with the Russian Navy over the last five years. |
| (48152) | |
| 36 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, columns 265-6, what assessment he has made of the employment consequences for the UK of the award of the contract for the replacement of the Bulldog trainer aircraft; and what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Education and Employment concerning the costs to public funds of those consequences. |
| (48040) | |
| 37 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd June, Official Report, column 459, concerning the lease of C-17s, what responses to the requests for proposals he has received; and what the timescale is for the responses. |
| (48009) | |
| 38 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which battalion will be assigned for public duties in Scotland for the first opening of the Scottish parliament. |
| (48033) | |
| 39 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what type and how many naval surface vessels will require to be decommissioned in 1998. |
| (48180) | |
| 40 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what action he is taking to stimulate interest in exchanges of Civil Service personnel. |
| (48181) | |
| 41 | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when Lord Neill took up his duties as Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life; what is the rate of his daily remuneration in that capacity; how many full days and part days he has contributed to the work of the Committee; and how much he has earned for doing so. |
| (48047) | |
| 42 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47357) | |
| 43 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the names, qualifications and experience of the Chairman and members of the Committee on Standards in Public Life; and if he will state the amount paid by way of expenses, allowances and fees to each of them for the last 12 months. |
| (47610) | |
| 44 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what studies his Department has evaluated into the placement of children into mainstream or special schools when a care home with education closes. |
| (47887) | |
| 45 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list (a) the primary and (b) the secondary independent schools with the facility of emotional and behavioural difficulties specialty by local authority in England. |
| (47993) | |
| 46 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidelines his Department has issued to pupil referral units on the enrolment or non-enrolment of children on their registers. |
| (47888) | |
| 47 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidelines his Department has issued to schools on the training of teachers in approved restraint procedures. |
| (47886) | |
| 48 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many teachers have undergone training in approved restraint procedures. |
| (47885) | |
| 49 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47356) | |
| 50 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what charges are made by the Prudential Insurance Company for the management of the Teachers Pension Scheme; and if he will place the management agreement for that scheme in the Library. |
| (47596) | |
| 51 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) issue to the Access Committee for England a copy of the review which was carried out jointly by the Department of Health, Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions and Department for Education and Employment of ACE's performance. |
| (47738) | |
| 52 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many students who went to university resided at home with their parents, as a percentage of the total, in each year since 1990 including 1998 to date. |
| (47720) | |
| 53 N | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many of those aged (a) under 21, (b) 21 to 24 and (c) 25 years and over, registered in England, applied through UCAS for admission to a course of higher education for the (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1995, (iv) 1997 and (v) 1998 entry cycles; what were the numbers of the population in England aged (a) to (c) for (i) to (v); and what was the proportion of those applying as a percentage of the appropriate population cohort. |
| (47272) | |
| 54 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of the total unemployed workforce are aged over 25 years; and what targets he has set under the New Deal to reduce unemployment for those aged over 25 years. |
| (47723) | |
| 55 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what policies he is pursuing to raise the environmental awareness of further and higher education institutions, with particular regard to sustainable development practices and citizenship initiatives. |
| (48075) | |
| 56 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the criteria used in assessing the winning bids for education action zones announced on 23rd June. |
| (47825) | |
| 57 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what index of social deprivation his Department used in determining the winning bids for education action zones announced on 23rd June. |
| (47824) | |
| 58 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list those schools included in the education action zones announced on 23rd June which currently have grant-maintained status. |
| (47823) | |
| 59 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to improve the status of teachers. |
| (48165) | |
| 60 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is his latest estimate of cost for the recently announced programme of national performance targeting for secondary schools; and if he will make a statement. |
| (48179) | |
| 61 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what contracts have been signed in relation to the proposed cable car across the Thames at Greenwich peninsula. |
| (47784) | |
| 62 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the operating capacity of the Jubilee Line extension will be on 1st January 2000 in (a) trains and (b) passengers per hour. |
| (47788) | |
| 63 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to provide bathing facilities on the Greenwich peninsula. |
| (47785) | |
| 64 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Jubilee Line extension. |
| (47789) | |
| 65 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Globe Conference held in Aarhus, Denmark. |
| (47782) | |
| 66 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what checks are presently carried out on (a) approved chemicals and (b) chemicals for which approval is sought to assess their potential for endocrine disruption. |
| (47779) | |
| 67 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent research the Government has initiated into endocrine disrupting chemicals. |
| (47777) | |
| 68 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the content of, and decisions reached at, the third meeting of green ministers. |
| (47780) | |
| 69 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he plans to take to implement the Convention on Public Participation, Access to Information and Access to Justice. |
| (47774) | |
| 70 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate how many rail journeys are undertaken each year in the United Kingdom in which radioactive material is carried from (a) Sellafield, (b) Dounreay, (c) Hartlepool, (d) Dungeness and (e) Hinkley Point. |
| (47745) | |
| 71 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent measurements he has evaluated in respect of the level of radioactivity found on the outside of rail wagons used for the transport of radioactive material. |
| (47715) | |
| 72 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the representations from other countries his Department has received since 1st May 1997 in respect of the Sellafield reprocessing facility. |
| (47746) | |
| 73 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which Ministers attended the Third Meeting of Green ministers; and which Ministers were represented by officials. |
| (47781) | |
| 74 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the chemicals (a) known to cause endocrine disruption and (b) suspected of causing endocrine disruption. |
| (47778) | |
| 75 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals the United Kingdom Government has to prepare for a world-wide conference 10 years after the Rio Conference to discuss progess on sustainability. |
| (47989) | |
| 76 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions the United Kingdom Government has had about improving co-ordination in respect of the United Nations Environmental Programme and (a) the Montreal Protocol, (b) the Basel Agreement, (c) the Kyoto climate change negotiations, (d) CITES and (e) other individual environmental agreements. |
| (48030) | |
| 77 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how and when he expects the Consultation on Public Participation, Access to Information and Access to Justice agreed at the Arhus Environmental Conference to be incorporated into United Kingdom law. |
| (47990) | |
| 78 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the cost of decontaminating the Millennium Experience site at Greenwich to date. |
| (46345) | |
| 79 | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are the estimated tonnages of coal extractable by open casting from (a) contaminated land, (b) derelict land, (c) other brownfield sites and (d) greenfield sites. |
| (48260) | |
| 80 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what arrangements he proposes to protect pension benefits of existing CAA pensioners following privatisation of the National Air Traffic Services. |
| (48061) | |
| 81 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the implications of the recent proposal for widening the M25 for growth in (a) traffic and (b) carbon dioxide emissions. |
| (47988) | |
| 82 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much greenfield land he estimates has been sold, and for how much, in England in each of the last five years. |
| (47735) | |
| 83 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the cost of the recent proposal for widening the M25. |
| (47986) | |
| 84 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the environmental impact of the recent proposal for widening the M25. |
| (47987) | |
| 85 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on public funding to manufacturers to establish or expand (a) fuel cell, (b) electric and (c) solar car or component factories in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. |
| (47725) | |
| 86 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many planning permissions have been granted in each of the last five years in England for developments of (a) up to 100, (b) up to 500 and (c) up to 1,000 homes. |
| (47724) | |
| 87 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the impact of the introduction of 44 tonne lorries on rail freight. |
| (47974) | |
| 88 N | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the amount of (a) CO2, (b) SO2, (c)NOX, (d) fine particulates, (e) black smoke and (f) radiation emitted as a result of the burning of 25 mt. coal per annum in power stations. |
| (47608) | |
| 89 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of the additional traffic flow generated by M25 widening in 2005 and 2010 will be accounted for by Heathrow Terminal 5 traffic in the Government's projections. |
| (47884) | |
| 90 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the current projection of traffic volumes and speeds in the western sector of the M25 in 2005 if, (a) neither Terminal 5 or the M25 enlargement takes place, (b) Terminal 5 is built and the M25 remains at its present width, (c) Terminal 5 is not built and the M25 in widened and (d) Terminal 5 is built and the M25 is widened. |
| (47883) | |
| 91 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many near misses have been recorded over Surrey by aircraft departing from or arriving at (a) Gatwick and (b) Heathrow in each of the last 10 years. |
| (47992) | |
| 92 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to encourage local authorities to use data matching techniques with respect to benefit fraud which also require access to medical records, as provided for by the Audit Commission Bill 1998. |
| (47380) | |
| 93 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47355) | |
| 94 | Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what risk assessments have been carried out into the inhalation of trichlorotrifuoroethane vapours; and how many accidents involving this chemical have been reported to her Department in each of the last three years. |
| (48007) | |
| 95 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what advice his Department gives to those appearing at lengthy planning inquiries, concerning their liability for costs in the event of the inquiry not proceeding as planned. |
| (47985) | |
| 96 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the consultation paper on leasehold reform. |
| (47721) | |
| 97 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to facilitate the landing of Sally Line passengers from Ramsgate in Ostend; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47716) | |
| 98 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress is being made in upgrading Wembley Park Underground Station as part of the preparations associated with the bid to host the World Cup in 2006. |
| (47719) | |
| 99 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will give those local authority bus companies whose finances are sufficiently sound freedom from controls in respect of borrowing for capital investment. |
| (48012) | |
| 100 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what arrangements the Government has to ensure the safe movement of air traffic during the next five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (48144) | |
| 101 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the current estimate for the cost of completion of the new Swanwick air traffic centre at Fareham. |
| (48136) | |
| 102 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much has been spent to date on the new Swanwick air traffic centre at Fareham. |
| (48138) | |
| 103 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the estimated time for completion of the new Swanwick air traffic centre at Fareham. |
| (48163) | |
| 104 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the increase in air traffic flying in and out of London airports annually over the next five years. |
| (48164) | |
| 105 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when work started on the construction of the new Swanwick air traffic centre at Fareham. |
| (48135) | |
| 106 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many times, and on which occasions, he and his Ministers have travelled by helicopter during the current month; and at what cost to public funds. |
| (48034) | |
| 107 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) HGV occupants, (b) LGV occupants, (c) car occupants, (d) motorcyclists and (e) pedal cyclists were killed, seriously injured and slightly injured in impacts where the first point of impact of their vehicle was (i) the front, (ii) the rear, (iii) the nearside, (iv) the offside and (v) unknown for the latest year for which data are available. |
| (48155) | |
| 108 N | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what impact he expects the Millennium Experience at Greenwich to have on the local transport system. |
| (46344) | |
| 109 N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent steps he has taken to encourage (a) (i) Ministers, (ii) officials and (iii) employees of his Department and (b) other Ministers to use bicycles. |
| (47834) | |
| 110 N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of journeys to work in London are made by bicycle. |
| (47831) | |
| 111 N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many miles of dedicated cycle lanes separated from other traffic there are in London. |
| (47830) | |
| 112 N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will ensure that trains arriving in London terminals are able to carry bicycles. |
| (47836) | |
| 113 N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which of his Department's buildings in London have parking racks for bicycles available for use by visitors. |
| (47833) | |
| 114 N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with Westminster Council about bicycle traffic in the vicinity of the Palace of Westminster; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47835) | |
| 115 N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of journeys to school in London are made on bicycles. |
| (47832) | |
| 116 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how he plans to reduce the injury rate amongst (a) cyclists, (b) pedestrians and (c) motorcyclists in London; and if he will list his Department's advisers on accident reduction. |
| (48191) | |
| 117 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce into the planning system stipulations concerning the end use of minerals, aggregates and other products of the extraction industries. |
| (48032) | |
| 118 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the cost of monitoring pollution levels in the Irish Sea in each of the past 10 years. |
| (47739) | |
| 119 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the total tonnage of sewage sludge dumping in Liverpool Bay in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47740) | |
| 120 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the Janus programme; and what are the future funding levels for the programme over the next five years. |
| (47791) | |
| 121 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the level of algae blooms in Liverpool Bay. |
| (47743) | |
| 122 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory bodies that have monitored pollution levels in the Irish Sea in each of the past 10 years. |
| (47744) | |
| 123 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if information on marine pollution collected by (a) the Environment Agency, (b) the MAFF and (c) local authorities is collected on a central database. |
| (47741) | |
| 124 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on cooperation between the United Kingdom Government and the Irish Government on monitoring pollution in the Irish Sea. |
| (47742) | |
| 125 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the international 60 year programme of continuous plankton recording around the British Isles. |
| (47736) | |
| 126 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the locations of algae blooms in United Kingdom waters ranked in order of severity. |
| (47792) | |
| 127 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if it is his policy that the surplus of the Bus Employees Superannuation Trust should be returned to the BEST pensioners. |
| (48036) | |
| 128 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if additional finance will be allocated to local authorities for traffic calming schemes. |
| (48037) | |
| 129 N | Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he plans to apply the rural sparsity criteria used to allocate the £50 million rural transport grant to the calculation of standard spending assessments. |
| (47571) | |
| 130 N | Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what criteria determined the shift of resources in standard spending assessments from shire areas to metropolitan areas in the current financial year. |
| (47573) | |
| 131 N | Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what criteria were used to define rural sparsity in the allocation of the £50 million rural transport grant. |
| (47572) | |
| 132 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will arrange a meeting with the Director-General of the Health and Safety Executive and Chief Inspector of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate in respect of the current safety status of the high-activity liquid radioactive waste tanks at Sellafield. |
| (47878) | |
| 133 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many prohibition notices have been issued to BNFL at Sellafield under section 22 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, since it entered into force. |
| (47874) | |
| 134 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the operation of section 28 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. |
| (47875) | |
| 135 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many safety reports on Sellafield have been completed by the Health and Safety Executive over the last five years; and have been withheld from public release under the provisions of section 28 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. |
| (47876) | |
| 136 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made towards reaching agreement on a common European Union set of road user charges for hauliers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (48077) | |
| 137 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many public meetings have been held by the Coalfields Task Force in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales. |
| (48178) | |
| 138 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the budget for (a) the current year and (b) future years for the Coalfields Task Force. |
| (48151) | |
| 139 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what ways the Comprehensive Spending Review has taken account of sustainable development and environmental protection issues. |
| (47776) | |
| 140 N | Mr Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his oral statement of 28th April, Official Report, column 234, what factors led him to conclude that the casino industry is undertaxed compared with most other betting and gaming sectors. |
| (47820) | |
| 141 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what form the results of the Comprehensive Spending Review will be published; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47862) | |
| 142 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his policy in relation to consultation on departmental spending plans for the period 1999-2000 to 2001-2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47863) | |
| 143 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47366) | |
| 144 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the participants, and the organisations they represented, at Treasury seminars on individual savings accounts. |
| (47729) | |
| 145 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the Government has intervened to protect the reasonable expectations of policyholders using its powers under the Insurance Companies Act 1982; and what guidance has been given as to the meaning of the term, 'the reasonable expectation of the policy holders'. |
| (47597) | |
| 146 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of North East resident employees currently with foreign earnings who will be affected by the withdrawal of the foreign earnings deduction. |
| (47600) | |
| 147 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of employees currently receiving the foreign earnings deduction, the ranges of their foreign income, and the revenue benefit estimated in a full financial year from the withdrawal of foreign earnings deductions for employees. |
| (47599) | |
| 148 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total estimated revenue benefit in a full financial year of the withdrawal of the foreign earnings deductions. |
| (47601) | |
| 149 | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for 1996-97 the amount of MIRAS spent in Scotland and for 1997-98 and 1998-99 the estimated amount to be spent on MIRAS in Scotland. |
| (47975) | |
| 150 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received, and from whom, on incorporation of the functions of the Building Society Ombudsman into the proposed new single Ombudsman scheme within the proposed Financial Services Authority. |
| (48076) | |
| 151 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on extending the remit of the Building Society Ombudsman to allow him to deal with the complaints he receives connected to building society conversions. |
| (48065) | |
| 152 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the members of the Steering Group to set up the proposed new single Ombudsman scheme separately identifying its specialist advisers. |
| (48068) | |
| 153 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last reviewed the operation of the Office of the Building Society Ombudsman and the extent of his remit. |
| (48066) | |
| 154 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to reply to the letters dated 13th March, 16th April and 21st May sent to him by the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr D. Seyarajasinghe of 11 Kent Road West. |
| (48147) | |
| 155 N | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the consequences of VAT harmonisation on London's art market. |
| (46320) | |
| 156 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, column 274, on vehicles confiscated from smugglers, how many vehicles (a) were restored upon payment of a fee (b) were hire vehicles and (c) were restored to owners smuggling or bootlegging tobacco and alcohol. |
| (48060) | |
| 157 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the volume of correspondence sent to, and received from, honourable Members by (a) the Inland Revenue and (b) Her Majesty's Customs and Excise between (i) January to March 1996 and (b) January to March 1998. |
| (47871) | |
| 158 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the cost to the Exchequer per unemployed person per year in terms of unemployment related benefits and foregone taxes where the calculation assumes the person to have been on average earnings. |
| (48247) | |
| 159 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages of an aviation fuel tax applied (i) solely in the UK and (ii) solely in the EU; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47979) | |
| 160 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to have in place the new tax and duty regime which will follow the abolition of duty-free; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47980) | |
| 161 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many people in the constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth earn less than the proposed national minimum wage, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age, (c) full or part-time employment and (d) ethnic origin. |
| (48187) | |
| 162 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the net wage at 1998-99 prices for a single person, working 39 hours a week for (a) £3.60 an hour, (b) £3.70 an hour, (c) £4 an hour and (d) £4.26 an hour for (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000 and (iv) 2000-2001. |
| (48186) | |
| 163 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the net wage at 1998-99 prices for a married person with (a) one child and (b) two children under 12, who is the main wage earner, working 39 hours a week for (i) £3.60 an hour, (ii) £3.70 and hour, (iii) £4 an hour and (iv) £4.26 an hour for (1) 1997-98, (2) 1998-99, (3) 1999-2000 and (4) 2000-2001. |
| (48185) | |
| 164 | Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value of exports generated by the British Council. |
| (47984) | |
| 165 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47354) | |
| 166 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department holds copies of all the certificates, signed by Cabinet Ministers since 1984, under section 27 of the Data Protection Act 1984. |
| (47387) | |
| 167 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to seek to enforce EU Treaty obligations under Articles 90 and 86 and to secure the right for ferry passengers from Ramsgate to land freely in Ostend; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47717) | |
| 168 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to combat the drugs trade in Central Asia. |
| (47326) | |
| 169 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| (47330) | |
| 170 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea. |
| (47383) | |
| 171 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the state of relations between Taiwan and China. |
| (47384) | |
| 172 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Cuba to respect human rights and the conduct of elections. |
| (47386) | |
| 173 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of disclosure by Loral Space and Communications of information relating to the performance of Long March Rocheli on Pakistan's capability to deliver nuclear warheads. |
| (47790) | |
| 174 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the conduct of the election in Togo. |
| (47328) | |
| 175 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance is provided by British embassies to businesses wishing to work in Francophone Africa. |
| (47332) | |
| 176 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the safety of British citizens in Guinea Bissau. |
| (47325) | |
| 177 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the treatment of opposition parties by the Government in Guinea Bissau. |
| (47327) | |
| 178 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance is provided by British high commissions to businesses wishing to work in Anglophone Africa. |
| (47331) | |
| 179 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance is provided by the High Commission in South Africa to British exporters and investors. |
| (47334) | |
| 180 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of North Korea to respect human rights and the conduct of elections. |
| (47385) | |
| 181 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will remove responsibility for Eritrean affairs from the British Embassy in Addis Ababa. |
| (47382) | |
| 182 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance Her Majesty's Government has offered the Organisation of African Unity to carry out peace-keeping and peace-making activities. |
| (47329) | |
| 183 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards constitutional reform in Tanzania. |
| (47333) | |
| 184 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what Commonwealth initiatives have been taken to persuade the Indian and Pakistan Governments to discontinue their nuclear weapons programmes. |
| (47879) | |
| 185 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action has been taken since the meeting on 8th May, on the case of Edgar Fernandes. |
| (48246) | |
| 186 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Edmonton of 19th June, Official Report, column 327, if he discussed the case of Edgar Fernandes during his visit to Ankara. |
| (47873) | |
| 187 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 7th May, Official Report, column 488, how many of the 174 disappearances of British citizens in Turkey have been actively investigated; how many individuals have been found; how many are still missing; and what procedures and support systems exist for their families. |
| (47864) | |
| 188 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 7th May, Official Report, column 488, if he will provide a breakdown, by ethnic origin, of the 174 disappearances of British citizens in Turkey. |
| (48245) | |
| 189 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what publicity was given to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office recruitment event held on 17th June, aimed at attracting ethnic minority and disabled graduates; what criteria were used for selecting invitees; and which (a) members of the Press and (b) Press organisations, were informed in advance of the event. |
| (47865) | |
| 190 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many human embryos have been used in research projects since March 1991. |
| (47902) | |
| 191 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many additional beds will be provided in specialist spinal injuries units in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000. |
| (48063) | |
| 192 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce a code of practice with respect to the use of data matching techniques which require access to medical or other administrative records held by health bodies in relation to anti-fraud initiatives in the NHS. |
| (47370) | |
| 193 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Audit Commission to commence data matching exercises using their powers under the Audit Commission Bill 1998; and if such matching will involve records held by local authorities. |
| (47371) | |
| 194 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the public registers which his Department have responsibility for. |
| (47352) | |
| 195 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statment on the introduction of new classes of dental auxiliaries. |
| (48013) | |
| 196 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to amend the Dentists Act 1984 to allow pilot trials to test the effectiveness of new classes of dental auxiliaries. |
| (48014) | |
| 197 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when will he publish the emergency ambulance performance statistics for the urban ambulance service 1997-98. |
| (48132) | |
| 198 | Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has recently had about the South and West Devon fast track diversion and stabilisation scheme for drug users. |
| (48148) | |
| 199 | Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the funding of the South and West Devon fast track diversion and stablisation scheme for drug users. |
| (48150) | |
| 200 | Mrs Llin Golding (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children from abroad have been adopted in the UK in each of the last 12 years. |
| (48010) | |
| 201 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS money is spent on parallel trading in drugs. |
| (47809) | |
| 202 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of drugs for use in the NHS are imported from overseas. |
| (47810) | |
| 203 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answers of 21st July 1997, Official Report, column 409 and 25th March, Official Report, column 180, if he will now send to the honourable Member for Salisbury a copy of the final submission made to him under the quinquennial review from the Microbiological Research Authority Board; and if he will make a statement about that quinquennial review. |
| (47843) | |
| 204 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) cost of extra doctors and nurses required to staff the extra 2,000 beds to be opened this year. |
| (48059) | |
| 205 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review Part 2 of the Registered Homes Act 1984. |
| (48011) | |
| 206 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the cost to the National Health Service of tattoo removal for each of the last four years. |
| (47592) | |
| 207 N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reach a decision on the future of maternity services in North Essex. |
| (47890) | |
| 208 N | Mr Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had over measures to combat hooliganism by UK citizens travelling to football matches abroad. |
| (46317) | |
| 209 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions mail sent to a child at the Medway Training Centre has been withheld. |
| (48161) | |
| 210 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) self harm and (b) attempted suicide by children have taken place at the Medway Training Centre. |
| (48160) | |
| 211 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Home Office monitor is assigned to the Medway Training Centre; and if he will indicate their experience of working with institutions for children. |
| (48162) | |
| 212 N | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Under-Secretary of State expects to reply to the letters of 19th March and 12th May from the Right honourable Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed about the treatment of Mr James by the Prison Service and the response given by the Prison Service to inquiries from his prospective employers. |
| (47821) | |
| 213 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what costs have been incurred by the public sector for unfilled places at the Medway Training Centre since its opening. |
| (48159) | |
| 214 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees at the Medway Training Centre have previous experience of working with children with a history of offending. |
| (48158) | |
| 215 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average weekly cost of keeping a child at the Medway Training Centre. |
| (48157) | |
| 216 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family or social visits to a child held at the Medway Training Centre have been stopped since its opening. |
| (41856) | |
| 217 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department holds copies of all the certificates signed by Cabinet Ministers since 1984, under section 27 of the Data Protection Act 1984. |
| (47377) | |
| 218 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the public registers which his Department have responsibility for. |
| (47351) | |
| 219 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many certificates have been signed to date under section 27 of the Data Protection Act 1984. |
| (47378) | |
| 220 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to implement the Criminal Conviction Certificate. |
| (47376) | |
| 221 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many subject access requests involved the retrieval of personal data stored on the Police National Computer in (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97, (c) 1997-98 and (d) 1998 to date; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47374) | |
| 222 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the Code of Practice as defined in section 122 of the Police Act 1997. |
| (47375) | |
| 223 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the Interpretation of the Second Principle of the Data Protection Bill 1998 creates a link to the notification requirements of that Bill. |
| (47364) | |
| 224 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many subject access requests were received by the Metropolitan Police in (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97, (c) 1997-98 and (d) 1998 to date; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47373) | |
| 225 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the provision with respect to medical purposes in Schedule 3, paragraph 8 of the Data Protection Bill 1998 differs from the corresponding provision in Article 8(3) of the Directive 95/46/EC. |
| (47363) | |
| 226 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those who have (a) been asked to contribute to his review of the financial regulatory system in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man and (b) offered contributions; and if this review will hold public evidence sessions. |
| (47726) | |
| 227 | Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Inspector of Prisons about the Chief Inspector's right to comment on Government policy; what advice he has given; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47981) | |
| 228 | Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the funding of the South and West Devon fast track diversion and stabilisation scheme for drug users. |
| (48145) | |
| 229 | Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had about the South and West Devon fast track diversion and stabilisation scheme for drug users. |
| (48149) | |
| 230 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letters dated 12th March, 16th April and 21st May sent to him by the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Abdul Wahort, 208 Park Bank Lane. |
| (48146) | |
| 231 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the relative effectiveness of the different ways police resources are spent on road policing in England and Wales. |
| (48154) | |
| 232 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Criminal Injuries Compensation Board claims are currently being processed by their Complaints Board; what percentage this constitutes of total claims; and how many complaints relate to claims originating in each year since 1990. |
| (47978) | |
| 233 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in prison in Wales are classified as mentally ill. |
| (47845) | |
| 234 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will send a British police officer to Turkey to assist in the Edgar Fernandes murder inquiry. |
| (47840) | |
| 235 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken since 25th June on the case of Edgar Fernandes. |
| (48244) | |
| 236 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to monitor the Edgar Fernandes murder investigation in Turkey; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47838) | |
| 237 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors led to the decision to send Scotland Yard officers to (a) Cambodia to investigate the case of Christopher House and (b) to the South China Sea to investigate the case of Sea Captain Sir John Bashforth. |
| (47841) | |
| 238 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the level of co-operation between British and Turkish police forces in the investigation into the death of Edgar Fernandes; and what pressure is being put on the Turkish police to speed up their investigations into the circumstances of Edgar Fernandes's death. |
| (47839) | |
| 239 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the public registers which her Department has responsibility for. |
| (47353) | |
| 240 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the depletion of coral reefs; and what initiatives the Government is taking to prevent the destruction of coral reefs. |
| (47811) | |
| 241 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations to the European Commission to set up a contracted-out expert network of advisers in reproductive and sexual health. |
| (48262) | |
| 242 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations to the European Commission to spend 300 million ecu on reproductive health issues as committed following the Cairo conference. |
| (48261) | |
| 243 N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if it is the Government's policy that the World Bank should be allowed to give support to India and Pakistan following their recent announcement of nuclear testing. |
| (47609) | |
| 244 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to commission further reviews of the implications for development of proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment; and if she will make a statement. |
| (48058) | |
| 245 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47350) | |
| 246 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is the estimated cost of the investigation and preparation of the Private Finance Initiative for projects connected with Derbyshire magistrates' courts. |
| (48076) | |
| 247 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the operating cost of Swindlincote Magistrates' Court in (a) 1995-96 and (b) 1996-97. |
| (48079) | |
| 248 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assumptions have been made on the disposal value of Swadlincote Magistrates' Court and on the period it may be vacant and unsold. |
| (48080) | |
| 249 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is the estimated additional revenue cost of providing and resourcing 11 as against nine courts in Derby in the proposed reorganisation of the county's magistrates' courts. |
| (48078) | |
| 250 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place a copy in the Library of the business case of the Derbyshire Magistrates' Courts Committee for reorganizing the county's magistrates' courts. |
| (48130) | |
| 251 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what arrangements would be made to accommodate the local Probation Service and to provide its services in South Derbyshire, and at what cost should the proposed closure of Swadlincote Magistrates' Court proceed. |
| (48129) | |
| 252 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many licence applications and of what type were dealt with in Swadlincote Magistrates' Court in (a) 1995-96 and (b) 1996-97. |
| (48128) | |
| 253 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, how many park and ride car parking spaces will be provided for the Millennium Dome. |
| (47822) | |
| 254 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what plans the Government has to offer park and sail facilities to the Millennium Dome. |
| (47787) | |
| 255 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what plans he has to discourage the use of private cars by visitors to the Dome. |
| (47812) | |
| 256 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, where the park and ride car parks for the Millennium Dome will be located. |
| (47786) | |
| 257 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, how emissions from the Blackwall Tunnel ventilation system are released into the atmosphere. |
| (48141) | |
| 258 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, by what means the Blackwall Tunnel ventilation system will emit air into the roof of the Millennium Dome. |
| (48134) | |
| 259 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what plans there are for the evacuation of the Millennium Dome in the case of high levels of emission from the Blackwall Tunnel ventilation system. |
| (48140) | |
| 260 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, how the atmosphere within the Millennium Dome will be monitored for pollution levels. |
| (48139) | |
| 261 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, under what circumstances the Blackwall Tunnel ventilation system will be activated. |
| (48143) | |
| 262 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, how visitors to the Millennium Dome will be notified of emissions from the Blackwall Tunnel ventilation system. |
| (48142) | |
| 263 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, by what means the Blackwall Tunnel ventilation system will be activated. |
| (48133) | |
| 264 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, at what level of emission from the Blackwall Tunnel ventilation system the warning system would be activated within the Millennium Dome. |
| (48137) | |
| 265 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which hospital services the Government is obliged to maintain at the Mater Hospital, Belfast under the terms of the 1971 Deed of Arrangement. |
| (47868) | |
| 266 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the recommendations by Professor Donaldson's Medical Review Panel on (a) the development of a Province-wide comprehensive strategic plan for maternity services and (b) the problem of smaller obstetric units without 24-hour on-site paediatric cover. |
| (47870) | |
| 267 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what extension plans have been (a) prepared for the Mater Hospital, Belfast and (b) approved by the Department of Health. |
| (47869) | |
| 268 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the public registers which her Department has responsibility for. |
| (47349) | |
| 269 N | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of those aged (a) under 21, (b) 21 to 24 and (c) over 25 years and over, registered in Northern Ireland, applied through UCAS for admission to a course of higher education for the (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996, (iv) 1997 and (v) 1998 entry cycles; what were the numbers of the population in Northern Ireland aged (a) to (c) for (i) to (v); and what was the proportion of those applying as a percentage of the appropriate population cohort. |
| (47266) | |
| 270 | The Reverend Ian Paisley (North Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the public subsidies Ulsterbus has received for the purchase of vehicles, indicating the amounts and dates of the subsidies paid. |
| (47872) | |
| 271 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the President of the Council, if she will list each honourable Member who has had more than (a) one, (b) two and (c) three adjournment debates in the current Parliament. |
| (46467) | |
| 272 | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings have taken place between Government Ministers and their Pakistani counterparts since 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (48183) | |
| 273 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Prime Minister, what is the current membership of the public sector pay review bodies. |
| (48153) | |
| 274 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages of a wholly-elected second chamber; and if he will make a statement. |
| (48031) | |
| 275 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, how many applications for information from (a) his Office and (b) the Office of Public Service have been made since 1st May 1997 under the code of practice on access to Government information; what areas of work the applications covered; and how many applications have been turned down. |
| (47880) | |
| 276 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what environmental issues were considered when planning and implementing the EU Cardiff Summit, in respect of (a) energy use, (b) transport arrangements and (c) use of recyclable materials for catering; and what actions were taken. |
| (47882) | |
| 277 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47348) | |
| 278 | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for each of the years 1986 to 1996 inclusive the number of deaths in Scotland as a result of hypothermia. |
| (47970) | |
| 279 | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) consultations there were between doctors and GPs in 1997, (b) how many of those consultations were for asthma and (c) how many were for other respiratory system diseases, excluding influenza. |
| (47973) | |
| 280 | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for each month in 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98 (a) capital expenditure and (b) revenue expenditure on the NHS in Scotland. |
| (47972) | |
| 281 | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for each month in the years 1994, 1995 and 1996 the number of admissions to hospital from people suffering from hypothermia. |
| (47971) | |
| 282 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library the minutes of meetings of the Fisheries and Oil Consultative Group since its incorporation in September 1995. |
| (47991) | |
| 283 N | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of those aged (a) under 21, (b) 21 to 24 and (c) over 25 years and over, registered in Scotland, applied through UCAS for admission to a course of higher education for the (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996, (iv) 1997 and (v) 1998 entry cycles; what were the numbers of the population in Scotland aged (a) to (c) for (i) to (v); and what was the proportion of those applying as a percentage of the appropriate population cohort. |
| (47267) | |
| 284 N | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage and number of (a) pensioners and (b) pensioners on income support are (i) in receipt of disability living allowance, (ii) in receipt of attendance allowance, (iii) registered blind and (iv) registered deaf. |
| (47917) | |
| 285 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list the public registers which her Department has responsibility for. |
| (47347) | |
| 286 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans she has to use data matching techniques with respect to benefit fraud which require access to medical records, as provided for by the Audit Commission Bill 1998. |
| (47369) | |
| 287 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will place a copy of the code of practice, which relates to data matching by her Department with respect to benefit fraud, in the Library. |
| (47368) | |
| 288 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many subject access requests were received by the Contributions Agency in (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97, (c) 1997-98 and (d) 1998 to date; and if she will make a statement. |
| (47367) | |
| 289 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what are the range of maturity values at two years and 10 years after commencement of the pension plans of each approved personal pension plan provider; and what assessment she has made of variations of maturity values, and the reasons for them, under the pensions review. |
| (47728) | |
| 290 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, to what extent present rules for means-tested benefits include paid-up or lapsed personal plans in the calculation of savings; and what plans she has to review these rules. |
| (47731) | |
| 291 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many approved personal pension plans were active in each of the last four years; how many were terminated before retirement; and how many new plans were taken out. |
| (47598) | |
| 292 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the earnings disregards limits for means-tested benefits will be revised to take account of the announcement of minimum wage rates. |
| (47732) | |
| 293 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate the total number of active approved personal plans which are financed solely by rebated national insurance contributions in each of the last four years. |
| (47594) | |
| 294 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of rebate-only approved personal pension plans on future means-tested social security entitlements and expenditure. |
| (47730) | |
| 295 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate the number of occupational pensions subject to transfer to personal pension plans in the last five years; how many of these transfers were caused by early leavers transfers; and whether the past practices of early leaver benefits will be covered in the Pensions Review. |
| (47593) | |
| 296 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will express the present earnings disregards limits for each means-tested benefit in terms of permitted hours of work under the proposed minimum wage rates. |
| (47733) | |
| 297 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what information she has collated on lapse rates from approved personal plans by (a) provider, (b) region and (c) socio-economic group; and what extra information on lapse rates she has sought in the course of the Pensions Review. |
| (47727) | |
| 298 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate the likely yield less charges of an approved personal pension plan based solely on rebated national insurance contributions; and on what assumptions of future growth that estimate is based. |
| (47595) | |
| 299 | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the amount of housing benefit expenditure in Scotland for 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98, broken down into (a) the private rented sector, (b) housing association sector and (c) the public sector. |
| (47976) | |
| 300 | Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will extend the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1974) until the interdepartmental funding review has completed its report. |
| (48008) | |
| 301 N | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans she has to realign local Benefits Agency boundaries so as to make them coterminous with local authority boundaries. |
| (47490) | |
| 302 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects to publish the conclusions of the review of the Child Support Agency. |
| (47901) | |
| 303 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made as part of the energy review of the potential for offshore windpower generation. |
| (47783) | |
| 304 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the representations from other countries her Department has received since 1st May 1997 in respect of the Sellafield reprocessing facility. |
| (47747) | |
| 305 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will publish the environmental criteria applied to the recent energy review. |
| (47775) | |
| 306 | Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, for which Latin American countries her Department has export promoters. |
| (47982) | |
| 307 | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is the total value of (a) exports to and (b) imports from Pakistan for each of the last five years for which records are available; what are the major categories of exports and imports; and if she will make a statement. |
| (48182) | |
| 308 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what proposals she has to ensure that children do not view unsuitable material on the Internet. |
| (47889) | |
| 309 | Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement about the future ownership of the Midland Bluebird Bus Company. |
| (47842) | |
| 310 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for the nuclear reprocessing industry on the United Kingdom of the decision by the German government to ban the transport of spent fuel. |
| (48074) | |
| 311 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the public registers which her Department has responsibility for. |
| (47346) | |
| 312 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is the value of grants of selective assistance and other regional incentives awarded to De la Rue Gateshead in the last four years; and if the terms of the grants for machinery allow for the transfer of equipment outside the United Kingdom. |
| (47734) | |
| 313 N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how far into the decommissioning timetable the United Kingdom will be able to fulfil its treaty obligations in relation to the reprocessing of nuclear material at Dounreay. |
| (47718) | |
| 314 N | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when a decision will be announced on the Monopolies and Mergers Commission's ruling on First Choice having to sell Midland Bluebird bus company. |
| (47549) | |
| 315 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, columns 227-8, what assessment she has made of the costs to public funds of the employment and industrial consequences of the award of the contract for the replacement of the Bulldog trainer aircraft to Bombardier Services. |
| (48044) | |
| 316 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, columns 227-8, what assessment she offered to the MoD concerning the employment and industrial implications of the contract award for the replacement of the Bulldog trainer aircraft. |
| (48045) | |
| 317 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd June, Official Report, columns 227-8, what assessment she has made of the employment and trade impact of the award of the contract for the replacement of the Bulldog trainer aircraft to Bombardier Services. |
| (48046) | |
| 318 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what grants were given to Volvo Bus Corporation at the time of its relocation to Irvine; what assistance was received from the New Towns Commission; and if she will make a statement on its proposed relocation to Poland. |
| (47737) | |
| 319 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, for what reasons no decision has been made public on how her review of section 508 of the Corporation Taxes Act 1988 will affect the Milk Development Council; and when she expects the review to be (a) completed and (b) published. |
| (47813) | |
| 320 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 18th June, Official Report, column 321, if he will publish the National Grid Company's advice to him detailing the benefits of black start capacity in relation to the security of supply for London and the South East. |
| (48190) | |
| 321 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, on which dates, and for what period of time, her Department's inspectors investigating the conduct of Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare in respect of share dealing interviewed him. |
| (48131) | |
| 322 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 17th June, Official Report, column 242, if she will assess (a) the statement by Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare in the Evening Standard of 9th June concerning Sir Nicholas Lloyd and (b) subsequent statements by Sir Nicholas Lloyd as possible new evidence which could justify the appointment of inspectors to investigate the alleged insider dealing in Anglia shares in 1994. |
| (48253) | |
| 323 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make it her policy to publish her Department's inspectors' reports; and if she will make a statement. |
| (48252) | |
| 324 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many hours were spent by her inspectors in the investigation into the conduct of Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare in respect of share dealing. |
| (47867) | |
| 325 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make it her policy for interviews carried out by her Department's inspectors into allegations of insider trading to be (a) tape-recorded and (b) video-recorded. |
| (48250) | |
| 326 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will pass the report of her Department's 1994 investigation into the conduct of Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare in respect of share dealings on to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a request for an opinion whether (a) the report and (b) facts disclosed subsequently constitute sufficient reason for the inquiry to be re-opened. |
| (48249) | |
| 327 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if it is standard practice for her Department's inspectors investigating alleged insider trading to ask the subject of the investigation what factors persuaded him or her to enter the market and buy shares; and if there is a verbatim record. |
| (48251) | |
| 328 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 25th June, if she will list the penalties imposed by the courts for insider trading in each of the 20 successful prosecutions brought under the Financial Services Act 1986. |
| (48248) | |
| 329 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on United Kingdom public funds of British Nuclear Fuel's proposed joint purchase with the Morris Knudsen Engineering Company of the nuclear operations of Westinghouse Inc. |
| (47881) | |
| 330 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what dispersion modelling her Department has evaluated in respect of a breach of containment accident at the Sellafield high-activity liquid waste storage tanks, arising from (a) an earthquake, (b) a tank explosion and (c) a malicious attack. |
| (47877) | |
| 331 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how much spent fuel, in tonnes, is currently in storage in the Dounreay nuclear establishment; and of this total how much is (a) fast reactor spent fuel, (b) UK research reactor spent fuel and (c) foreign research reactor spent fuel. |
| (48029) | |
| 332 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if the TRIGA fuel from Billingham to be reprocessed under Dounreay's contract with ICI has been delivered to Dounreay. |
| (48035) | |
| 333 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his Answer of 5th June to the honourable Member for Kirkaldy, Official Report, column 385, if the Dounreay Nuclear Establishment will receive further shipments of unused plutonium fuel from the German Hanau nuclear facility. |
| (48028) | |
| 334 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will publish the future schedule of negotiations on the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment, including informal and technical meetings. |
| (48057) | |
| 335 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how the United Kingdom Government intends to fulfil its commitment in the OECD Ministerial Statement on the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment of 28th March concerning a period of assessment and further consultation; what steps have been taken in this respect; and if she will make a statement. |
| (48048) | |
| 336 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what will be Parliament's role in ratification of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment; on what timescale; and if she will make a statement. |
| (48049) | |
| 337 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if the Government will seek to renegotiate the Multilateral Agreement on Investment to take more account of environmental and labour standards. |
| (48050) | |
| 338 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the future technology base of the UK aerospace industry. |
| (48195) | |
| 339 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps her Department has taken to assist UK firms in the restructuring of the UK and European defence and aerospace industry. |
| (48194) | |
| 340 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will ensure that all Government contracts affecting UK defence and aerospace companies are awarded within Europe solely on criteria of price, performance, quality and timescale. |
| (48193) | |
| 341 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that UK companies compete on equal terms for contracts in European national defence and aerospace markets. |
| (48192) | |
| 342 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the public registers which his Department has responsibility for. |
| (47365) | |
| 343 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings he has held over the past 12 months concerning the spending of European funds at Gwent Tertiary College. |
| (48197) | |
| 344 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received over the past 12 months concerning the spending of European funds at Gwent Tertiary College. |
| (48198) | |
| 345 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with personnel of Gwent Tertiary College over the past 12 months relating to the spending of European funds at the college. |
| (48184) | |
| 346 N | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of those aged (a) under 21, (b) 21 to 24 and (c) over 25 years and over, registered in Wales, applied through UCAS for admission to a course of higher education for the (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996, (iv) 1997 and (v) 1998 entry cycles; what were the numbers of the population in Wales aged (a) to (c) for (i) to (v); and what was the proportion of those applying as a percentage of the appropriate population cohort. |
| (47265) | |
| 347 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the closure of the Phase Separations Company on Deeside Industrial Park indicating the number of jobs lost and the areas in which they have been relocated. |
| (47905) | |
| 348 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he has taken to improve management skills in the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47915) | |
| 349 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he proposes to open the new Deeside Stadium at the Deeside College; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47909) | |
| 350 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many applications there were to Welsh university institutions in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47903) | |
| 351 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to ensure that more deciduous trees will be planted; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47914) | |
| 352 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the prospects for the restoration of full development area status to North East Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47906) | |
| 353 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many jobs he estimates there are in Wales in the fishing industry. |
| (47912) | |
| 354 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his estimate of the impact upon North East Wales of the Objective 1 status granted to Merseyside with regard to (a) the preparation of industrial infrastructure and (b) inward investment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47910) | |
| 355 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the likely percentage of crops to be grown in Wales in 2008, which will be genetically modified; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47913) | |
| 356 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what are the prospects for the restoration of Objective 2 status in North East Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47907) | |
| 357 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current rate of sterling on the steel industry in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47904) | |
| 358 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures he has taken to improve access to cancer treatment in North Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47911) | |
| 359 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what monies he has earmarked for projects to celebrate the millennium; and if he will make a statement. |
| (47916) | |
| 360 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how the funding allocated to Wales for the Welsh child care strategy will be divided up; and who will be responsible for allocating the money to the different sectors. |
| (47844) | |
| 361 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will ensure that information is collected centrally about class sizes in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement. |
| (48196) | |
| 362 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many patients in each health authority area were waiting for treatment on the NHS at January for each year since 1992 broken down by medical specialty. |
| (48081) | |
| 363 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many patients in each health authority area were waiting for treatment under the NHS in January each year since 1992 for (a) six months and under, (b) six to 12 months, (c) 12 to 18 months and (d) over 18 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (48189) | |
| 364 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the average length of time patients currently remain on hospital waiting lists in each health authority in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (48188) | |
| 365 N | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, how many jobs he estimates will be created in the course of constructing the Dome at Greenwich. |
| [Question Unstarred] (46341) | |
| 366 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women in Wales he estimates will benefit from the national minimum wage. |
| [Transferred] (47846) | |
| 367 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will make the residential care allowance available to people in local authority homes as it is to those in private homes; and if she will give the reasons which underlie her decision. |
| [Transferred] (48069) | |
| 368 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria will be used to establish which publicly-owned corporations will be considered for privatisation. |
| [Transferred] (48062) | |
| 369 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those publicly-owned assets which the Government proposes to (a) privatise and (b) reconstitute as publicly-owned corporations run on commercial lines during the next four years. |
| [Transferred] (48064) | |
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