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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 15 July 1998

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on  Wednesday 15 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  Wednesday 15 July, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Thursday 16 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.
 


 
WEDNESDAY 15th JULY
1  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50683)
2  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to eliminate dumping of foreign timber upon the United Kingdom market.
(50817)
3  
  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask Mr Attorney General, what representations he has received on the regional reorganisation of the Crown Prosecution Service.
(50757)
4  
N  
Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, what steps he takes to ensure that veal on sale within Refreshment Department outlets does not come from animals reared in veal crates.
(49857)
5  
N  
Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no food is for sale within Refreshment Department outlets which contains or has been produced with the aid of genetically-modified material.
(49858)
6  
N  
Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, what is his policy in respect of the availability for sale of organic produce within Refreshment Department outlets; what organic produce is currently obtained; and if he will make a statement.
(49859)
7  
  
Dr Peter Brand (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Minister is the head of the task force on alternatives to tobacco sponsorship announced on 25th November 1997; who are its members; on what dates it has met; what meetings are currently planned; and if he will make a statement on its progress to date.
(50703)
8  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50687)
9  
  
Mr Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the impact of reforms of the National Lottery on access to projects by disabled people.
(50762)
10  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50684)
11  
N  
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish the Supplementary Report of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body.
(50665)
12  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50686)
13  
  
Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to section 9.21 of the White Paper on Open Government, on what basis he stated census returns contain an explicit assurance that records will not be released for 100 years.
(50831)
14  
  
Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what financial help has been given in each of the last five years towards the education costs of young people from St Helena studying in the United Kingdom.
(50707)
15  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50681)
16  
N  
Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of environmental issues within his Department; and what specific training will be made available to staff.
(50639)
17  
N  
Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what activities relating to his environmental responsibilities his Green Minister has undertaken since being appointed.
(50640)
18  
N  
Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the current energy consumption of his Department; what targets have been set to reduce this level; and what proposals he has to include energy efficiency performance figures in his Department's annual report.
(50641)
19  
N  
Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of his Department's waste is recycled; and what future targets he has set.
(50642)
20  
N  
Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to discourage car use by his Department's employees.
(50643)
21  
  
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria were used in determining the need for an OFSTED inspection of Easternside Primary School in Middlesbrough within three years of the previous inspection.
(50874)
22  
N  
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the appeal decisions for 1996-97 and 1997-98 where one of the grounds for refusal was the protection of garden land.
(50363)
23  
N  
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to improve the quantity and quality of public information on (a) air quality and (b) water quality.
(49009)
24  
  
Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Wandsworth Borough Council on the number of council properties that have been empty for periods longer than three months.
(50704)
25  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50679)
26  
  
Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has evaluated for the re-opening of the East London Line between Dalston and Shoreditch.
(50713)
27  
  
Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what funds have been provided by his Department for the Sustrans UK project; and if he will make a statement.
(50726)
28  
  
Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which other European Union member states have introduced, or are planning to introduce, measures similar to the Air Carrier Liability Order 1998.
(50820)
29  
  
Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the representations received by his Department on the Air Carrier Liability Order 1998 indicating those in favour and those against the terms of the Order.
(50821)
30  
  
Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what date the official figures from London's local government elections and referendum held on 7th May were disseminated to libraries in London; and by whom this task was carried out.
(50822)
31  
  
Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce measures to enable individual local authorities to set their own level of fees for building regulations.
(50881)
32  
N  
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the effect on carbon dioxide emissions of the Government's moratorium on the building of gas-fired power stations.
(50212)
33  
  
Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will discuss with HM Treasury methods by which local authorities could keep the proceeds of fines relating to dog fouling.
(50826)
34  
  
Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of CO2 emission levels from the nuclear industry in the United Kingdom, with particular reference to emissions during (a) construction, (b) generation and (c) decommissioning and disposal; and if he will make a statement.
(50833)
35  
  
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many companies registered under the terms of the Packaging Regulations by (a) 1st August 1997 and (b) 1st April 1998; what income was received by the Government agency in respect of companies registering in each period; and how many prosecutions there were in each period of non-registering companies.
(50753)
36  
  
Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimates his Department has made of the costs of maintaining the UK's national and local road network in the next five years: and what research his Department has evaluated into the value for money achieved by the current maintenance programme.
(50883)
37  
  
Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much has been paid by road authorities throughout the UK in compensation to road users for accidents or damage to vehicles as a result of poorly maintained roads in each of the last five years.
(50884)
38  
  
Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the monetary value of the national and local road network in the UK.
(50882)
39  
  
Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the assets identified in the National Asset Register which are located in the city of Norwich.
(50823)
40  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50677)
41  
  
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 13th July, Official Report, column 62, (47484) what would be the circumstances in which a family with an income of £31,000 and above could receive Working Family Time Credit; and what would be the highest possible income.
(50880)
42  
  
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action HM Customs and Excise is taking to prevent the illegal import and sale of tobacco products.
(50728)
43  
  
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for human rights of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.
(50763)
44  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50682)
45  
N  
Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent developments there have been in discussions between Gibraltar and Spain regarding the use of Gibraltar airport; and if he will make a statement.
(50676)
46  
  
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what sanctions have been applied by (a) the UK, (b) the EU and (c) the G8 to (i) Pakistan and (ii) India following their detonation of nuclear devices; and if he will make a statement.
(50848)
47  
N  
Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of trends in hospital waiting lists between the first and second quarters of 1998; and if he will make a statement.
(50476)
48  
  
Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women he has appointed to National Health Service trust boards since 1st May 1997.
(50731)
49  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50688)
50  
N  
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures the NHS has introduced to improve the provision of healthcare services in Tamworth since 1st May 1997.
(50644)
51  
  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional money was made available for (a) additional beds, (b) orthopaedic operations, (c) oral surgery operations and (d) cataract operations in the Vale of York area in 1996-97.
(50756)
52  
  
Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of ending the separate registration of health visitors on public safety and quality of nursing care.
(50829)
53  
N  
Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his policy in respect of the use of plastic blinkers on pheasants; and if he will make a statement.
(50213)
54  
  
Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to the United Kingdom Government of the co-operation by UK police forces with French police over policing of World Cup matches involving teams from Scotland and England.
(50708)
55  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50680)
56  
  
Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce further regulations to control the display of pornographic magazine covers and video cases in shops accessible to children.
(50754)
57  
  
Mr Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are currently being taken by the Fire Service to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of virtual reality computer simulation in operational command training.
(50761)
58  
  
Mr Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department will take on the forthcoming report of the Chief Fire Officer and others on the nationwide trial of virtual reality computer simulation training.
(50758)
59  
  
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for reducing the backlog of applications for licences, and amendments to licences, under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
(50866)
60  
  
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications, under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, for licences, and amendments to licences, were awaiting decision on (a) 1st July 1998, (b) 1st January 1998 and (c) 1st July 1997.
(50867)
61  
  
Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the current average waiting time for decisions on applications for asylum in the United Kingdom; and what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times.
(50824)
62  
  
Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in the United Kingdom are currently held in detention.
(50832)
63  
  
Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers currently detained in the United Kingdom have been detained for (a) between one month and three months, (b) between three months and six months, (c) between six months and one year and (d) over one year.
(50825)
64  
  
Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on her Department's policy towards advising third-world countries of the dangers of importing and using asbestos.
(50705)
65  
  
Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with other countries to offer help and advice in combating sexual tourism in their countries.
(50706)
66  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many letters per day her office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50690)
67  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many letters per day his Department receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50685)
68  
N  
Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the total number of legal aid applications over the past three years for (a) criminal and (b) civil cases; and how many were refused.
(50362)
69  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many letters per day her office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50694)
70  
  
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the average primary school class size (a) by school and (b) by education and library board, in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
(50729)
71  
  
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the average class size for pupils in Key Stage 1 in primary schools in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, by Education and Library Board.
(50755)
72  
N  
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will establish an independent review of the legal processes relating to Lockerbie.
(49275)
73  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50678)
74  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50691)
75  
  
Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has for improving the (a) status and (b) performance of the Accounts Commission; and if he will make a statement.
(50868)
76  
  
Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the amounts paid by each local authority to COSLA in 1997.
(50869)
77  
  
Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of local government officers retired before normal retirement age in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(50870)
78  
  
Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will introduce measures to improve the internal audit procedures in Scottish local authorities.
(50872)
79  
  
Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for each Scottish local authority the number of staff employed in the internal audit department in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(50871)
80  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many letters per day her office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50689)
81  
  
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the honourable Member for Aylesbury will receive a substantive reply from the Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency to the letter of 7th May to the Dudley CSA office about case reference 1008385662; and if she will make a statement.
(50873)
82  
  
Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the average amount of housing cost included in the protected income of absent parents with incomes under £200 per week.
(50711)
83  
  
Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the average housing cost included in the protected income of absent parents under the current child support formula.
(50712)
84  
  
Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate how many, and what proportion of, absent parents would pay more maintenance under the formula for assessing maintenance proposed in the Green Paper on Child Support than they do currently broken down into those earning (i) £0 to £99, (ii) £100 to £149, (iii) £150 to £199, (iv) £200 to £249, (v) £250 to £299 and (vi) £300 to £400 per week.
(50709)
85  
  
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what research her Department has commissioned on the impact of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment on (a) restrictive trade practices and (b) consumers in the United Kingdom.
(50760)
86  
N  
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 in the United Kingdom of the current proposal by BNFL to acquire the nuclear assets and liabilities of Westinghouse plc.
(49008)
87  
  
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what recent consultations she has had with local authorities on the negotiations regarding the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.
(50759)
88  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many letters per day her office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50693)
89  
N  
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many exploration and appraisal wells were started each year on the UK continental shelf in (a) 1996, (b) 1997 and (c) 1998; and how many of these wells were committed through licensing agreements; and what assessment she has made of the current number of uncommitted wells.
(50126)
90  
  
Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when she plans to publish the results of the review of renewable energy policy; and if she will make a statement.
(50827)
91  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the costs of the enforcement of controls on trafficking and brokering in the UK.
(50695)
92  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the measures she has proposed to impose controls on the trafficking and brokering of strategic goods from the UK.
(50696)
93  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the suggested measures put forward in the White Paper, Strategic Export Controls, concerning the prior publication of export goods control orders.
(50697)
94  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations her Department has received from companies or individuals who engage in trafficking and brokering activities in respect of strategic goods in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement.
(50714)
95  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when her Department plans to publish the comprehensive review of the procedures by which export credit licence applications are processed.
(50698)
96  
  
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many letters per day his office receives; how many staff are employed to answer these; what targets are set in respect of such letters; and what is the current performance against targets.
(50692)
97  
  
Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact which the provisions made between the University Hospital Wales Trust and Sterile Services International Limited will have on the provision of sterile services and jobs in that sector in other NHS trusts in Wales.
(50715)
98  
  
Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects to announce (a) the results of the public enquiry and (b) his decision on Llanllyfni bypass.
(50830)
99  
  
Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what account his Department will take of the impact on the health and safety of local residents in determining whether to allow the Llanllyfni bypass to proceed.
(50828)
100  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received regarding the impact of current levels of imports of timber from the Baltic states on the United Kingdom timber processing industry.
[Transferred] (50815)
101  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received from the Forestry Industry Committee of Great Britain regarding the current level of supply of sawn timber.
[Transferred] (50819)
102  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the average selling price of softwoods harvested in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years.
[Transferred] (50816)
103  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the acreage of softwoods (a) planted and (b) harvested in each of the last 10 years.
[Transferred] (50818)
104  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the total amount of timber imported into the United Kingdom in each of the past 10 years by country of origin.
[Transferred] (50814)
105  
  
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps the Government is taking to help British industry boost its exports to China.
[Transferred] (50730)


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