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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 2 July 1998
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 2 July 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 Thursday 2 July, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Friday 3 July, 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 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what contingency plans his Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when he expects them to be in place, and tested; and if he will make a statement. |
(48845) | |
2 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48877) | |
3 | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to review the Dairy Products (Hygiene) Regulations to improve their compatibility with Welfare of Animals Regulations. |
(48755) | |
4 | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the circumstances which necessitate the carrying out of unaccompanied inspections of dairy farms by inspectors from the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency when the farmer is absent at the time of the inspector's unannounced visit. |
(48754) | |
5 | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy towards the observations in paragraph 10.29 of the Official Group on Organophosphates report to Ministers. |
(48869) | |
6 | Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those countries which have an import ban on UK dairy products; and if he will make a statement. |
(48644) | |
7 N | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about the outcome of the 26th May Council in respect of CAP reform and Agenda 2000. |
(47166) | |
8 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to reduce the interval between tests for TB in cattle. |
(48585) | |
9 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list for each county the number of herd breakdowns of tuberculosis for (a) 1996, (b) 1997 and (c) 1998 to date. |
(48587) | |
10 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48635) | |
11 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contingency plans his Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when he expects them to be in place, and tested; and if he will make a statement. |
(48844) | |
12 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48880) | |
13 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to increase the popularity of the United Kingdom as a tourist destination. |
(48689) | |
14 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48643) | |
15 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what external legal advice he took on the listing of the television rights to (a) the soccer World Cup (b) the soccer European Championship and (c) the Olympic Games. |
(48337) | |
16 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans his Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when he expects them to be in place, and tested; and if he will make a statement. |
(48846) | |
17 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48878) | |
18 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48665) | |
19 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what disciplinary action, under Queen's Regulations, is being taken against Major Eric Joyce, Adjutant-General's Corps in respect of his participation in the selection process as a parliamentary candidate for the Scottish Parliament. |
(48336) | |
20 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48664) | |
21 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what contingency plans his Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when he expects them to be in place, and tested; and if he will make a statement. |
(48847) | |
22 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48882) | |
23 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many young people in the Christchurch constituency have joined the New Deal initiative since it was launched; how many have been placed into jobs; how many have been placed onto options; and how many employer agreements have been signed. |
(48816) | |
24 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects all outstanding Key Stage II assessment reports to be completed; and if he will make a statement. |
(48505) | |
25 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, for what reasons Key Stage II assessment reports were not made available for pupils at schools in Dorset during the week commencing 22nd June; and if he will make a statement. |
(48506) | |
26 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much money has been spent promoting, launching and monitoring and marketing the New Deal initiative in the Christchurch constituency. |
(48817) | |
27 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effectiveness of the A-level chemistry curriculum and exam in preparing students for degree courses in chemistry and biochemistry. |
(48744) | |
28 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to implement the recommendations concerning better contact between schools, examining bodies, the inspectorate and professional mathematicians contained in the 1995 Report, Tackling the Mathematics Problem. |
(48837) | |
29 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what changes in funding for the Council for Education in World Citizenship he is proposing for the next three years. |
(48766) | |
30 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received on funding for the Council for Education in World Citizenship. |
(48767) | |
31 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the work of the Council for Education in World Citizenship; and if he will make a statement. |
(48768) | |
32 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much funding his Department has given to the Council for Education in World Citizenship in each of the last five years. |
(48765) | |
33 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the names of the non-statutory organisations or bodies in receipt of section 17 grants or loans from his Department in 1997-98 and 1998-99, stating in each case (a) the amount, (b) whether a grant or loan, and (c) the purpose of making the grant or loan. |
(48645) | |
34 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48668) | |
35 | Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the percentage of 16 year olds in (a) Kent schools and (b) schools in other shire counties in the year 1996-97 who entered higher education. |
(48820) | |
36 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what contingency plans his Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when he expects them to be in place, and tested; and if he will make a statement. |
(48848) | |
37 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has consulted the number plate industry on his new number plate format proposals; and if he will make a statement. |
(48769) | |
38 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance has been issued to train operating companies with regard to the number of wheelchair spaces which should be provided on trains. |
(48745) | |
39 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how Ofwat customer service committees seek the views of water customers. |
(48892) | |
40 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many members of the Ofwat customer service committees have been appointed. |
(48889) | |
41 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many meetings of the Ofwat customer service committees have been held in the last two years; when these took place; and who attended. |
(48891) | |
42 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48875) | |
43 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to increase the share of renewable energy sources in United Kingdom energy consumption. |
(48894) | |
44 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps are being taken to enable the East Coast Main Line to connect to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. |
(48910) | |
45 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the timescale for completion of the Thameslink 2000 project. |
(48909) | |
46 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what government incentives will be given to encourage the use and development of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies. |
(48895) | |
47 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish and place in the Library a copy of the report of the Working Group of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee into the needs of disabled people in the context of proposals to discourage increasing unnecessary car use. |
(48507) | |
48 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what factors underlay the deferral of the laying of the proposed Portsmouth Harbour (Gunwharf Quays) Order. |
(48764) | |
49 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, under what powers he intends to lay the proposed Portsmouth Harbour (Gunwharf Quays) Order. |
(48763) | |
50 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce incentives to London taxi drivers to convert their vehicles to use natural gas or LPG as fuel. |
(48688) | |
51 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to charge utilities for their occupation of the highway during roadworks. |
(48555) | |
52 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the names of companies who bid for consultancy, legal and financial work on the new financial arrangements for London Underground, indicating the value of each bid. |
(48647) | |
53 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the amount Railtrack has invested on route modernisation since 1995 by route. |
(48639) | |
54 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list, as a percentage, by how much rail passenger journeys have changed in each year since privatisation; and by how much growth is predicted to rise in each of the next three years. |
(48679) | |
55 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in which publications he advertised the recently-filled post of Chief Executive of London Transport; on how many occasions these adverts appeared; and what is his policy on advertising future London Transport board appointments. |
(48636) | |
56 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to ensure that railway signalling and other electrical equipment involved in rail safety is millennium compliant; and by what date that compliance will be achieved. |
(48641) | |
57 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what effect his proposals to privatise National Air Traffic Services will have on NATS's work to ensure millennium compliance within the organisation. |
(48637) | |
58 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of his proposals for new financial arrangements for London Underground on its work to ensure millennium compliance within the organisation. |
(48634) | |
59 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the percentage of Britain's railway stations which have been upgraded by Railtrack; at what estimated cost; and by what date the full programme of works will be completed. |
(48640) | |
60 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the total number of trains operating and the total number of miles covered by them in each year since privatisation. |
(48638) | |
61 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to announce the location of the building to house the Greater London Authority. |
(48659) | |
62 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what contractual penalty LCR will incur if the company fails to complete the CTRL by the year 2007. |
(48681) | |
63 | Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to ensure that employers reduce to an acceptable level risks posed to the health and safety of employees using public roads whilst at work. |
(48748) | |
64 | Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of road deaths and injuries involve one or more vehicles driven by someone at work. |
(48747) | |
65 | Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many prosecutions have been brought against employers under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 in each of the last 10 years for failing to carry out an assessment of the risk their employees are exposed to whilst using public roads for work-related activities. |
(48746) | |
66 N | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the recent decision by One-2-One to stop using fast-track planning procedures under the General Permitted Development Order for the development of new masts; and if he will require all telecommunications operators to submit full planning applications for all proposed new masts. |
(48056) | |
67 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48661) | |
68 | Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if, following his recent announcement regarding the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the widening of the M2 is to be proceeded with. |
(48819) | |
69 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to publish the Government's consultation paper on climate change; and if he will make a statement. |
(48896) | |
70 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Minister for Local Government and Housing plans to respond to the letter of 16th April 1998 from Mr John Booth, on electoral registration. |
(48682) | |
71 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much central government money was used in each of the past five years to help local authorities develop PFI deals for (a) road schemes and (b) other transport services; and if he will list the schemes. |
(48914) | |
72 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the total amount of money made available in each of the past five years to local authorities under the Transport Policies and Programmes system. |
(48913) | |
73 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many road schemes in each of the past five years have been built under section 106 agreements; and if he will list the schemes and their estimated total cost. |
(48916) | |
74 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the total budget of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee for 1998-99; and what was the total budget for 1997-98. |
(48657) | |
75 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money in each of the past five years each eligible local authority has received from the European Regional Development Fund; and what (a) road and (b) other transport schemes have been supported under this scheme. |
(48917) | |
76 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what additional resources (a) have been and (b) will be made available to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee in order to fulfil its responsibilities with respect to advising the Secretary of State on applications for exploration and production licences following the implementation of the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipelines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1998. |
(48656) | |
77 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the proportion of total TPP money made available to local authorities in each year for the past five years that was spent on on-going road building schemes; and if he will list the schemes. |
(48915) | |
78 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee's budget is derived from voluntary contributions from the oil and gas industry; and what restrictions are associated with the use of such funds. |
(48658) | |
79 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money has been allocated in each of the past five years to (a) road schemes and (b) other transport schemes under the Single Regeneration Budget; and which schemes have benefited. |
(48918) | |
80 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he had in Spain concerning the Donana pollution incident; and if he will make a statement. |
(48646) | |
81 | Mr Peter Temple-Morris (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of consultation by English Nature over the inclusion of part of the River Wye and its tributaries in the list of candidate special areas of conservation being sent to the European Commission under Directive 92/43. |
(48771) | |
82 | Mr Peter Temple-Morris (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the list of candidate special areas of conservation under European Directive 92/43 has been forwarded to the European Commission in advance of the intended deadline of June 1998; and when he proposes to forward outstanding candidates. |
(48770) | |
83 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what account will be taken of the increase in landfill tax levy from April 1999 when calculating local authorities' standard spending assessments for 1999-2000. |
(48911) | |
84 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his Department's role in discussions relating to the European structural funds for the period 2000 to 2006. |
(48773) | |
85 | Mr Mike Wood (Batley and Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what legislation exists to restrict the use of chemicals in the dry cleaning industry; and if he will introduce measures to increase regulation. |
(48627) | |
86 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans his Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when he expects them to be in place, and tested; and if he will make a statement. |
(48841) | |
87 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many people in (i) the constituency of Worthing West, (ii) the borough of Worthing, (iii) the district of Arun, (iv) West Sussex, (v) England, (vi) Wales, (vii) Scotland, (viii) Northern Ireland and (ix) the United Kingdom earn less than the proposed national minimum wage, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age and (c) full or part-time employment. |
(48687) | |
88 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48874) | |
89 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to receive an options paper from the Registrar General about improved access to registration records; and if he will make a statement. |
(48814) | |
90 N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his Department's policy on the question of equalising the treatment of sexes in respect of the bereavement allowance; and if he will make a statement. |
(48504) | |
91 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if ferries en route to France via the Channel Islands will after 1999 be able to sell duty free goods. |
(48756) | |
92 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if ferries which sail out of EU waters and immediately return will be able to sell duty free goods after 1999. |
(48757) | |
93 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those public corporations that will be evaluated for possible changes in fiscal rules; and when such changes are likely to be announced. |
(48760) | |
94 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amount of asset sales have been realised (a) by each land authority and (b) in total by local authorities in each of the last five years. |
(48759) | |
95 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax deduction has been made available for sponsorship of the Millennium Experience; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer in lost revenue. |
(48830) | |
96 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact on unemployment of a one per cent. increase in average earnings unmatched by any increase in productivity. |
(48556) | |
97 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48671) | |
98 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29th June, Official Report, column 53, if he will make a statement on the reviews his Department has undertaken of the potential impact on United Kingdom public funds of British Nuclear Fuels' proposed joint purchase with Morris Knudsen Engineering Company of the nuclear operations of Westinghouse; and if he will place in the Library papers relating to this agreement. |
(48922) | |
99 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he takes to ensure that payments made from European structural funds towards projects in Wales and Scotland are additional to the expenditure blocks defined by the Barnett formula; and if he will make a statement. |
(48818) | |
100 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy not to support a reduction in the size of the EU structural funds for the period 2000 to 2006 in a manner which will lessen the chances of those NUTS 2 areas which, on current criteria, would qualify for Objective I status, from so qualifying. |
(48899) | |
101 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 29th June, Official Report, column 24, if he will make a statement on those areas contained in the new NUTS 2 areas for Wales. |
(48822) | |
102 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingency plans his Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when he expects them to be in place, and tested; and if he will make a statement. |
(48849) | |
103 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48871) | |
104 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of the French authorities in their investigation of the death in Paris of Mr Roderick Henderson. |
(48887) | |
105 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many meetings with the French authorities officials of the British Embassy have raised the investigation into the death in Paris of Mr Roderick Henderson; at what levels the matter has been raised; and if he will list the meetings concerned. |
(48888) | |
106 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he or his Ministers have had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials of the French government at which the investigation into the death in Paris of Mr Roderick Henderson has been raised. |
(48865) | |
107 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48669) | |
108 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his Department's role in discussions relating to the future of the European structural funds for the period 2000 to 2006. |
(48775) | |
109 | Mr Joe Benton (Bootle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the comparative costs and benefits of a standard Ford ambulance with (a) a Tri Star manufactured in Canada and (b) a Chevrolet manufactured in the U.S.; and if he will make a statement. |
(48758) | |
110 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48879) | |
111 | Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the guidance issued to local authorities on the funding arrangements for residential care as regards (a) individuals whose ordinary residence is established and (b) individuals placed by another authority; and if he will make a statement. |
(48907) | |
112 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are currently taken to inform patients about the adverse reactions that may occur in association with the use of Lariam (Mefloquine) and to ensure that groups vulnerable to the most serious adverse neuropsychiatric reactions associated with Lariam are not prescribed the drug. |
(48750) | |
113 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on the basis of what prior trials and other research Lariam (Mefloquine) was granted marketing authorisation in the UK in 1989; and if he will make a statement. |
(48749) | |
114 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the timescale for the disposal of Health Services Accreditation. |
(48680) | |
115 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria will be used to judge the best offer for Health Services Accreditation. |
(48685) | |
116 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many expressions of interest in Health Services Accreditation had been received by the closing date for application. |
(48683) | |
117 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the process to be used for the disposal of Health Services Accreditation. |
(48684) | |
118 N | Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to enhance the role of pharmacists in the delivery of primary care. |
(48235) | |
119 N | Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to involve community pharmacists in promoting health advice to men over 40 years of age. |
(48236) | |
120 N | Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of consultations general practitioners carry out which could be effectively dealt with by (a) a pharmacist and (b) another member of a primary health care team. |
(48237) | |
121 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to allow people with MS to have their amalgam fillings replaced free of charge with fillings made from other non-mercury based materials. |
(48921) | |
122 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48662) | |
123 | Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the names of the organisations and their senior directors who have formally expressed an interest in running the Link Services Centres for Kent County Council. |
(48821) | |
124 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the study presented to the American Association of Immunologists and Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Conference in San Francisco in May by Dr V. K. Singh on autism and the MMR Vaccine. |
(48835) | |
125 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency plans his Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when he expects them to be in place, and tested; and if he will make a statement. |
(48850) | |
126 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48872) | |
127 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisons the Minister of State, the honourable Member for Gateshead East and Washington West, plans to visit in July and August. |
(48924) | |
128 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will offer the assistance of Scotland Yard to the French police in their investigation the death of Mr Roderick Henderson in Paris. |
(48864) | |
129 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans there are to improve prisoners' access to condoms. |
(48762) | |
130 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans there are to include condoms in the health pilot schemes currently providing disinfectant tablets to Class IV drug users in prisons. |
(48761) | |
131 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the proposed timescale for implementing the recommendations relating to vulnerable witnesses in the report Speaking up for Justice, June 1998. |
(48686) | |
132 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many explanatory statements have been (a) received and (b) despatched to the Independent Appellate Authority for listing of appeals from the date on which his Department assumed responsibility for the despatch of explanatory statements following refusal of applications by entry clearance offices in British missions overseas; and if he will make a statement. |
(48742) | |
133 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to extend the remit of the Criminal Cases Review Commission to cover verdicts of guilty but insane following the recent decision of the Belfast High Court in the Iain Hay Gordon case; and if he will make a statement. |
(48901) | |
134 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48660) | |
135 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contingency plans her Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when she expects them to be in place, and tested; and if she will make a statement. |
(48839) | |
136 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how staff numbers in her Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48883) | |
137 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on discussions her Department has had with (a) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (b) the Department of Trade and Industry, regarding the implementation of the EU code of conduct on arms sales. |
(48870) | |
138 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Agriculture Council's recent decision on the EU banana regime. |
(48866) | |
139 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what targets are set for the proportion of Commonwealth Development Corporation investment that is used for small and medium sized businesses. |
(48868) | |
140 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms exist to alleviate the impact of fluctuating currency rates on overseas development aid. |
(48897) | |
141 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 21st May, Official Report, column 460, what decision was made regarding Rwanda's debt relief package on 2nd and 3rd June; and if she will make a statement. |
(48912) | |
142 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the progress made on the EU negotiating mandate for LomeĢ V. |
(48867) | |
143 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how staff numbers in the Lords Chancellor's Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48873) | |
144 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48670) | |
145 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if the @ Now Zone will include exhibits relating to regional cultural identities. |
(48832) | |
146 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what changes he has made to plans for the @ Now Zone since May 1997. |
(48826) | |
147 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if the body deciding the contents of the @ Now Zone includes representatives from the Yorkshire and Humberside Region. |
(48831) | |
148 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if sponsors in the @ Now Zone will be exclusively British. |
(48824) | |
149 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what progress he has made in defining British characteristics for the purposes of the @ Now Zone of the Millennium Dome. |
(48833) | |
150 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, who will provide the exhibits and plan the theme of the @ Now Zone. |
(48823) | |
151 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contingency plans her Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when she expects them to be in place, and tested; and if she will make a statement. |
(48840) | |
152 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how staff numbers in her Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48885) | |
153 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is her Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48663) | |
154 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the President of the Council, how staff numbers in her Office have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48881) | |
155 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the President of the Council, how many divisions in the House have occurred before 8 pm since 1st May 1997. |
(48451) | |
156 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Prime Minister, how staff numbers in his Office have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48923) | |
157 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Prime Minister, what is his office's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48672) | |
158 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contingency plans his Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when he expects them to be in place, and tested; and if he will make a statement. |
(48842) | |
159 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48876) | |
160 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to implement the recommendations concerning better contact between schools, examining bodies, the inspectorate and professional mathematicians contained in the 1995 Report, Tackling the Mathematics Problem. |
(48836) | |
161 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many teachers in each council area in Scotland in each academic year from 1993-94 to 1997-98 were employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time; and how many had (i) permanent contracts, (ii) non-permanent contracts for over 12 months, (iii) contracts for three to 12 months and (iv) contracts for less than three months. |
(48752) | |
162 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effectiveness of the higher chemistry curriculum and exam in preparing students for degree courses in chemistry and biochemistry. |
(48743) | |
163 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many teachers gaining first appointments as teachers in Scotland in each year from 1993-94 to 1997-98 in each council area were given (a) permanent full-time contracts, (b) permanent part-time contracts, (c) non-permanent contracts for over 12 months, (d) contracts for three to 12 months and (e) contracts for less than three months. |
(48753) | |
164 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48642) | |
165 N | Mr Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the number of students at Scottish universities whose permanent place of residence is in Hertfordshire. |
(48503) | |
166 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what contingency plans her Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when she expects them to be in place, and tested; and if she will make a statement. |
(48838) | |
167 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how staff numbers in her Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48884) | |
168 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will set a maximum target for the time within which the Independent Tribunal Service has to respond to requests for statements explaining tribunals' findings on questions of fact and the reasons underlying their decisions; and if she will make a statement. |
(48815) | |
169 N | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many income support claimants there are whose claims are dealt with by the Sale office but who do not live in the Borough of Trafford. |
(47529) | |
170 N | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many income support claimants there are in the Wythenshawe and Sale East Constituency. |
(47530) | |
171 N | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many income support claimants there are whose claims are dealt with by the Wythenshawe office but who do not live in the City of Manchester. |
(47531) | |
172 | Ms Beverley Hughes (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of the Child Support Agency's resources are devoted to collecting maintenance. |
(48828) | |
173 | Ms Beverley Hughes (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what research she has evaluated on the relative financial positions of separated mothers and fathers. |
(48829) | |
174 | Ms Beverley Hughes (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of non-resident parents with a child support assessment are not paying maintenance. |
(48827) | |
175 N | Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate her Department has made of the numbers of widowers who would be entitled to a widow's pension if the current scheme for women were to be extended to men; what estimate she has made of the numbers of children of widowers who would benefit from equal treatment being extended to their fathers; and if she will make a statement. |
(48621) | |
176 N | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answers of 25th June, Official Report, columns 624-5, on Motability, if she will hold meetings with honourable Members who have a constituency interest, and with representatives of the motor manufacturing inidustry, to discuss the implications of the paper, Motability: MFL's Maintenance and Residual Value Proposals, before these proposals are implemented. |
(48594) | |
177 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many armed forces personnel are currently claiming benefits. |
(48559) | |
178 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will publish the report of the investigation into the 1991 flotation of the Mirror Group; and if she will make a statement. |
(48558) | |
179 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment her Department made of the impact on competition in the electricity generation market of proposed restrictions on the construction of gas-fired power stations. |
(48312) | |
180 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what measures she intends to adopt to promote increased competition in the electricity generation market. |
(48313) | |
181 | 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, on power generation, if she will place in the Library a copy of the National Grid Company letter to her on the benefits of black start capacity in relation to the security of supply for London and the South-East. |
(48673) | |
182 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will seek the agreement of Lady Archer and Broosk Saib to make public details of the evidence they gave to her Department's inspectors investigating the conduct of Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare in respect of share dealing. |
(48920) | |
183 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when in the autumn she will announce her policy for the Post Office. |
(48557) | |
184 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is the Government's forecast of the change in the number of coal mining jobs in the United Kingdom over the next year. |
(48591) | |
185 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations she has had from the gas industry concerning her electricity review. |
(48588) | |
186 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when she plans to complete her review of electricity pool pricing. |
(48592) | |
187 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on trends in expenditure on business innovation over the last year. |
(48338) | |
188 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, for what reasons the Business Link Innovation Credit Scheme was cancelled; and what initiatives have replaced it. |
(48339) | |
189 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, which specific proposals in her Energy Statement of 25th June, Official Report, columns 1169-85, will act to reduce consumer prices of electricity. |
(48589) | |
190 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if her pool price review will require some coal-fired power stations to switch to base load and gas stations to peak load. |
(48593) | |
191 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is her forecast of electricity prices to domestic consumers for the next three years (a) on the basis of inherited policies and (b) taking into account her statement on her review of enegy sources for power generation of 25th June. |
(48590) | |
192 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what forecast she has made of the effects on employment levels in (a) the construction and (b) the gas industry arising from her policy on new gas-fired power stations. |
(48586) | |
193 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is her Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48667) | |
194 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 499, for what reasons information relating to (a) reactor discharges and dispatches by site and (b) exports and imports of plutonium is no longer to be published; and where the details of amounts of plutonium held in the United Kingdom on behalf of foreign customers will now be published. |
(48919) | |
195 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many aircraft were involved in the transport of nuclear material from Georgia to Scotland; at what time aircraft departed Georgia and arrived in Scotland; what was the cost of (a) transporting and (b) storing the material; and if she will indicate the section of her departmental budget from which expenditures incurred on this arrangement will be drawn. |
(48834) | |
196 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Daventry of 24th June, Official Report, column 500, if she will make a statement on the specific work being conducted on safety at Sellafield by the Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee; and what is Government policy on the public disclosure of papers or other documentary materials provided to NUSAC by nuclear operators. |
(48908) | |
197 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on her Department's role in discussions relating to the European structural funds for the period 2000 to 2006. |
(48774) | |
198 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what are her Department's relative priorities in securing and facilitating industrial and commercial development as between (a) the regions of England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland. |
(48900) | |
199 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what contingency plans his Department is making in the event of the failure of computer systems to recognise the year 2000; when he expects them to be in place, and tested; and if he will make a statement. |
(48843) | |
200 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998. |
(48886) | |
201 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects to approve the revised strategy, April 1998, of the Dyfed Powys Health Authority. |
(48652) | |
202 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the discretionary capital allocation available to the (a) Carmarthen and (b) Llanelli NHS Trusts for 1998-99. |
(48648) | |
203 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his estimate of the cost to the proposed Carmarthenshire NHS Trust (a) to put in place common systems and (b) to standardise processes across the Trust. |
(48649) | |
204 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will provide a breakdown of the potential savings of £350,000 per annum cited in paragraph 4.2.5 of his recently published consultation document on his proposal to dissolve the existing NHS trusts in the Dyfed Powys Health Area. |
(48653) | |
205 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the assumption contained in paragraph 4.4.2 of his consultation document on proposals to dissolve the existing NHS trusts in the Dyfed Powys Health Authority Area that Dyfed Powys Health Authority will receive financial support of £36 million between 1999-2000 and 2001-2002. |
(48650) | |
206 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his estimate of the cost of establishing the slimline headquarters for his proposed Carmarthenshire NHS Trust. |
(48651) | |
207 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the previous examples of the mergers of small to medium-sized NHS trusts cited at paragraph 1.4 of his recently published consultation document on his proposals to dissolve existing NHS trusts in the Dyfed Powys Health Authority Area. |
(48654) | |
208 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his estimate of the total cost in a full year of increasing the pay of the 33 per cent. of the staff of the Llanelli/Dinefwr NHS Trust, referred to at paragraph 4.1.6 of his recently published consultative document on his proposals to dissolve the existing NHS trusts in the Dyfed Powys Health Authority Area, to the comparable pay of the majority of the staff of the Carmarthen NHS Trust. |
(48655) | |
209 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the extent of (a) audit and (b) other inspection activity carried out by his Department on the capital grants received by Rhuddlan Borough Council. |
(48751) | |
210 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many capital grants and for what purpose the former Rhuddlan Borough Council received from his Department and its agencies in the last 10 years of its existence; and which have final grant claims outstanding. |
(48741) | |
211 N | Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the Chairman of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation concerning the adjudication by the Parliamentary Commissioner into the Friends of the Earth complaint regarding refusal of information on the Gwent Levels mitigating works and bird reserve; and if he will make a statement. |
(48624) | |
212 N | Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if his review of the Cardiff Bay Barrage is based on the principle of retaining the 1994 cap and economising on ancillary projects. |
(48622) | |
213 N | Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what provision he has made for increasing the grant-in-aid to the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation in association with the completion of his costs cap review; what increased barrage project costs he has already approved; and what increases in costs have been submitted for approval. |
(48625) | |
214 N | Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date he commenced his review of the total costs of the Cardiff Bay Barrage; when he expects to complete his review of the barrage cost cap; and if he will place a copy of the completed review in the Library. |
(48623) | |
215 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his Department's average response time to correspondence from members of the public; and how such response times are monitored. |
(48666) | |
216 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the precise specifications of the new NUTS 2 areas in Wales; if Eurostat has accepted these areas for the purposes of evaluating structural fund allocations for the period 2000 to 2006; and if he will estimate the value of European structural funds which have been paid to projects within each of the new NUTS 2 areas in Wales during the last five years, or during such similar period for which figures are conveniently available. |
(48825) | |
217 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what progress has been made on proposals to re-establish the export of whole lamb carcases to France; and if he will make a statement. |
(48772) | |
218 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make it his policy that no binding contract for the construction of a new building for the National Assembly of Wales is entered into until after the National Assembly has been elected. |
(48898) | |
219 N | Gillian Merron (Lincoln): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what progress he has made in seeking alternatives to quarantine. |
[Question Unstarred] (47171) | |
220 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to encourage the building of new production capacity for solar products in the United Kingdom. |
[Transferred] (48893) | |
221 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the United Kingdom's civil stockpile of plutonium, with particular reference to the risk of nuclear proliferation. |
[Transferred] (48931) | |
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