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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 24 July 1998
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 24 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 Friday 24 July, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Monday 27 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 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52305) | |
2 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52588) | |
3 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proposals his Department has to promote diversification in farming. |
(52118) | |
4 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on recent trends in farmers' incomes. |
(52119) | |
5 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the recent trends in the number of hill farmers. |
(52114) | |
6 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the age profile of (a) livestock and (b) hill farmers. |
(52116) | |
7 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what initiatives his Department has taken to attract young people to farming. |
(52117) | |
8 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what initiatives he is taking to protect auction markets for livestock. |
(52120) | |
9 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the future of hill farming in England. |
(52113) | |
10 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the trends in the number of livestock farms. |
(52115) | |
11 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52292) | |
12 | Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many representations he has received opposing the Gordon Committee's recommendations to remove live coverage of cricket test matches played in England from the events listed under Part IV of the Broadcasting Act 1996; and how many of those representations have been from honourable Members. |
(52451) | |
13 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52577) | |
14 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what national sporting tournaments he has planned in order to celebrate the millennium. |
(52606) | |
15 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on proposals for a national centre of excellence for Rugby League. |
(52604) | |
16 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to bring stages of the Tour de France to the United Kingdom. |
(52605) | |
17 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what new initiatives he has taken to promote cricket in schools at a junior level. |
(52631) | |
18 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the impact on soccer in England of UEFA's proposed ban on multi-club ownership. |
(52332) | |
19 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 20th July, Official Report, column 424, what proportion of the number of people who will have had some experience in the forces will be under the age of 35 years in 2015 and will have had experience in the Army. |
(52124) | |
20 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his Department's estimate of the explosive power of the nuclear warheads deployed on the Trident submarine system. |
(51884) | |
21 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the current and planned levels of expenditure on NATO commitments over the planning period; and if he will make a statement. |
(51890) | |
22 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the sub strategic role for Trident submarines; and if he will make a statement. |
(51893) | |
23 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals have been put to the NATO Council of Ministers for a no first use policy on the deployment of nuclear weapons. |
(51954) | |
24 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52312) | |
25 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52575) | |
26 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) UK aerospace companies and (b) other UK companies, would directly benefit from the leasing or purchase of the Boeing C-17 aircraft. |
(52069) | |
27 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of Vickers production of the Challenger 2 battle tank. |
(52112) | |
28 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his Department's role in discussions relating to the creation of a unified Europe-wide defence and aerospace company. |
(52122) | |
29 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs which would be generated from the purchase or lease of the Boeing C-17 aircraft in the UK. |
(52070) | |
30 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the tender specifications for the competition for the near term requirement for an outsized cargo heavy lift capability will allow as many potential bidders as possible to tender for the contract. |
(52068) | |
31 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the different types of aircraft able to use the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers; and if he will assess the potential for using the Eurofighter aircraft on the carriers. |
(52111) | |
32 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many cars are currently made available from the Government Car Service for the use of the Prime Minister; and how many cars were made available to his predecessor in 1996-97. |
(52316) | |
33 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52307) | |
34 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to his Answer of 20th July, Official Report, column 362, if he will estimate the cost of the second wave of research planned for later in the year. |
(52234) | |
35 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people his Department is committed to employing during this calendar year under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52580) | |
36 N | Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received concerning the (a) beneficial and (b) negative effects of the policy of the Employment Service not to accept vacancies which specified an upper age limit. |
(51638) | |
37 N | Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the impact of the policy of the Employment Service not to accept vacancies specifying an upper age limit. |
(51639) | |
38 N | Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what progress he has made towards the publication of a non-statutory code of practice on age discrimination. |
(51640) | |
39 N | Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he intends to publish (i) the report on his consultations for legislation and (ii) a code of practice to cover age discrimination. |
(51641) | |
40 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52313) | |
41 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many full-time students in higher education are currently enrolled on design-related courses; and how many there were (a) five and (b) 10 years ago. |
(52291) | |
42 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people, by employment service region, are (a) refusing to participate in the New Deal and (b) have had their jobseeker's allowance sanctioned as a consequence of refusal. |
(52549) | |
43 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will evaluate the cost to his Department arising from violence within families; and if he will make a statement. |
(52441) | |
44 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52589) | |
45 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to tackle skill shortages in the West Midlands. |
(51910) | |
46 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to develop the potential of modern broad band optical fibre communications within the education system; and if he will make a statement. |
(52329) | |
47 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will provide a breakdown of the items included within the £1 billion service development fund included in the Comprehensive Spending Review. |
(52252) | |
48 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to the Comprehensive Spending Review if he will publish the budget for Ofsted for the next three financial years. |
(52238) | |
49 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statment on his plans for performance related pay for teachers. |
(52253) | |
50 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on his plans to issue a green paper on teachers' pay. |
(52239) | |
51 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what funding has been allocated to further education colleges in Hampshire in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 1998-99. |
(52189) | |
52 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the decision by a National Training Organisation recognition panel to exclude the Corrugated Packaging Association from the print industry NTO. |
(52454) | |
53 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what alternative training facilities are available for the categories of people who attended the former SEAX Training Centre in Colchester. |
(52288) | |
54 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the impact on UK employment of the smuggling of (a) drink and (b) tobacco from the European mainland. |
(52294) | |
55 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he held with the Secretary of State for Health over hospital transport services prior to the publication of the Integrated Transport White Paper. |
(52317) | |
56 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he made of the advantages of including hospital transport services within the scope of the Integrated Transport White Paper. |
(52318) | |
57 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received about pollution, traffic congestion and consequent environmental damage arising from traffic on the A3 at Hindhead. |
(52319) | |
58 N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his estimate of the number of households in local authority properties who are under-occupying because their household size and structure does not justify the number of bed-spaces provided. |
(52127) | |
59 N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many local housing authorities operate incentive schemes to encourage under-occupying tenants to move to smaller properties; and how many people have moved in each of the last three years via such schemes. |
(52126) | |
60 N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the number of pre-1988 protected tenants whose bi-ennial rent reviews fall due in (a) 1st January to 31st March 1999 and (b) 1st April to 30th June 1999. |
(52125) | |
61 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52306) | |
62 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the number of council-owned properties in the London Borough of Wandsworth that have been empty for (a) over three months, (b) over six months and (c) over one year; and if he will make a statement. |
(52287) | |
63 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52587) | |
64 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will ensure that adequate investment in new rolling stock is promised by rail operators before extending rail franchises. |
(52519) | |
65 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the annual cost of collecting road tax on cars; and what estimate he has made of the cost of collecting the tax through a levy on petrol. |
(52072) | |
66 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what targets he will lay down for rail operators to meet before rail franchises are extended. |
(52518) | |
67 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he will take to ensure that adequate investment is made by water companies to meet European Union water quality targets by 2000. |
(52073) | |
68 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what initiatives he has taken to encourage public-private partnerships between bus companies and local authorities. |
(52520) | |
69 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has made to (a) the EC Commission and (b) his counterparts in each other EU Member state, about compliance and enforcement of legislation relating to tachographs; and if he will make a statement. |
(52129) | |
70 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of tachographs were inspected by his Department in the latest year for which figures are available: what was the equivalent figure in each other EU member state; and if he will make a statement. |
(52128) | |
71 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the treatment of four-by-four vehicles pulling trailers carrying goods in connection with a trade or business and with a gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tonnes or more is regulated under legislation on tachographs in the same way in each EU member state; and if he will make a statement. |
(52131) | |
72 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received concerning the compliance of other EU member states with legislation relating to tachographs. |
(52130) | |
73 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent representations he has received regarding the Birmingham Northern Relief Road. |
(51912) | |
74 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will amend the provisions of the Environment Act 1995 covering the reactivation of dormant and active quarry sites to provide greater protection for (a) areas of outstanding natural beauty, (b) sites of special interest and (c) other environmentally sensitive locations; and if he will make a statement. |
(52322) | |
75 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, under what circumstances compensation is payable to residents of properties on local authority roads who suffer disruption as a result of traffic diversions resulting from the temporary closure of nearby trunk roads. |
(52373) | |
76 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many quarry sites for which mining permission has been approved since the implementation of Schedule 13 of the Environment Act 1995 are (a) wholly and (b) partly within (i) sites of special scientific interest and (ii) areas of outstanding natural beauty. |
(52321) | |
77 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many dormant quarry sites have been reactivated since the implementation of Schedule 13 of the Environment Act 1995. |
(52320) | |
78 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will change the formula for standard spending assessments to encourage local authorities to operate vehicles powered by LPG. |
(52323) | |
79 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the area of brown land in the (a) Dudley, (b) Sandwell, (c) Birmingham, (d) Wolverhampton, (e) Solihull and (f) Walsall local authorities. |
(52436) | |
80 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list (a) the standard spending assessments for 1997-98 and 1998-99, (b) the standard spending assessment for 1997-98 and 1998-99 as they would have been had the Elliot Report on area cost adjustment been implemented and (c) the difference between these two figures expressed in (i) percentage, (ii) cash and (iii) pounds per head terms for (1) Buckinghamshire County Council, (2) Aylesbury Vale District Council, (3) Chiltern District Council, (4) South Buckinghamshire District Council, (5) Wycombe District Council and (6) Thames Valley Police Authority. |
(52633) | |
81 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 effect of polychlorinated biphenyls on the marine environment in the Irish Sea. |
(52193) | |
82 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what were the annual emissions of radioactive liquid discharges from Sellafield of (a) tritium, (b) carbon 14, (c) zinc-65, (d) strontium 89, (e) strontium 90, (f) technetium 99, (g) iodine 129, (h) europium 152, (i) europium 154, (j) total Beta and (k) uranium in each of the past 20 years. |
(52195) | |
83 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the quantities of (a) synthetic chemicals, (b) mercury, (c) cadmuim, (d) lead, (e) zinc, (f) nickel and (g) arsenic released into the Irish Sea from establishments in the United Kingdom in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the proposed reduction targets for each. |
(52194) | |
84 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 effect of tributyl tin from the hulls of ships on the marine environment in the Irish Sea. |
(52192) | |
85 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 releases of (a) synthetic chemicals, (b) mercury, (c) cadmium, (d) lead, (e) zinc, (f) nickel and (g) arsenic into the marine environment by each EU country in each of the last 10 years. |
(52191) | |
86 N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he proposes to introduce legislation to provide greater public access to the open countryside. |
(52270) | |
87 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to assess the risks of pollution from waste flowing from old mine works. |
(52375) | |
88 | Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what support his Department (a) is giving and (b) plans to give to Local Agenda 21 initiatives (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000, (iii) 2000-01 and (iv) 2001-02. |
(52424) | |
89 | Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many Local Agenda 21 initiatives include allotment groups. |
(52425) | |
90 | Mr Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to announce his decisions on the applications for Transport and Works Act Orders for (a) Stratford International Station and (b) the Channel Tunnel Rail Link connection to the West Coast Main Line. |
(52593) | |
91 | Mr Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will provide a breakdown of the £3 billion benefits identified in A New Deal for Transport from the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. |
(52592) | |
92 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52302) | |
93 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what efforts he is making to raise the awareness of environmental and sustainable development issues within his Department; and what specific training will be made available to staff. |
(52374) | |
94 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what activities his Department's green minister has undertaken relating to his environmental responsibilities since being appointed. |
(52437) | |
95 N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the purpose of his most recent visit to the United States; what was the total cost to public funds; and how many people, holding what posts, accompanied him. |
(51885) | |
96 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of Customs and Excise proposals to limit VAT group relief on the activities of registered social landlords, the rents of their tenants, and housing benefit costs. |
(52455) | |
97 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the Ernst & Young ITEM Club forecast of growth for 1999 of one per cent. |
(52236) | |
98 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the significance of the symbol on the obverse of the new £2 coin; and for what reasons the phrase 'standing on the shoulders of giants' appears on the rim of the coin. |
(52434) | |
99 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52591) | |
100 | Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the net impact on United Kingdom retail trade if the Commission's option on the successor regime duty and tax-paid sales after 30th June 1999 is adopted. |
(52521) | |
101 | Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that (a) ferry companies, (b) scheduled and charter airlines and (c) hovercraft operators will be fully consulted before final decisions are agreed between United Kingdom and Commission officials on the successor regime for duty and tax-paid sales after 30th June 1999; and when the consultation process will begin. |
(52449) | |
102 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd December 1997, Official Report, column 478, what recommendations have been made by the group established to examine the financing of high technology companies; and if he will make a statement. |
(52298) | |
103 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to develop the potential of modern broad band optical fibre communications within (a) his Department, (b) the Inland Revenue and (c) Her Majesty's Customs and Excise; and if he will make a statement. |
(52325) | |
104 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the current sterling exchange rate on (a) employment and (b) manufacturing in the United Kingdom. |
(52594) | |
105 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 10th July, Official Report, column 669, what assessment he has made of the effect of current headline RPI inflation on wages and salary negotiations. |
(52548) | |
106 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the smuggling of drink and tobacco from the mainland of Europe in the last year for which figures are available. |
(52290) | |
107 | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consultations he has held with EU foreign ministers over the ban imposed by the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community on meetings between members of both Cypriot communities on the island. |
(52383) | |
108 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the EU troika visit to Iran; and if he will make a statement. |
(52267) | |
109 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimates his Department has made of the likely costs to public expenditure in (i) Hungary, (ii) the Czech Republic and (iii) Poland of membership of NATO. |
(51886) | |
110 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the cost for each of the past 10 years of the United Kingdom contribution to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe; and if he will make a statement on plans for future contributions. |
(51892) | |
111 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52315) | |
112 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52586) | |
113 N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Ministers have visited Sierra Leone since 1st May 1997; and on what dates. |
(52273) | |
114 | Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in establishing the land rights of the Tapeba Indians in the state of Ceara, Brazil; and how many hectares have been demarcated. |
(52432) | |
115 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities in England have dedicated resources for initiatives relating to the problem of rough sleeping; how much they spent in the last year for which figures are available; and on what projects. |
(52428) | |
116 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answers of 11th March, Official Report, column 614 and 18th March, Official Report, column 203, how many places in local authority secure accommodation the Government plans to provide in addition to those referred to in his Answers. |
(52382) | |
117 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52304) | |
118 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted to hospital in (a) the North West and (b) England in each of the past five years having suffered a stroke. |
(52289) | |
119 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish a public inquiry into the use of Myodil in myelography and into the associated risks of adhesive arachnoiditis; and if he will make a statement. |
(52299) | |
120 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the NHS arising from violence within families; and if he will make a statement. |
(52443) | |
121 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been unable to take up places in HIV wards in the United Kingdom over the last five years owing to a lack of beds. |
(52438) | |
122 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52576) | |
123 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop the potential of modern broad band optical fibre communications for (a) hospitals and (b) general practitioners; and if he will make a statement. |
(52328) | |
124 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Norwich North of 21st July, Official Report, column 528, regarding numbers of consultants, if he will list (a) the number of consultants for each specialty working within the Shropshire Health Authority, (b) the ratio of consultants in each specialty to patients within the Shropshire Health Authority and (c) the average national ratio of consultants in each specialty to patients. |
(52427) | |
125 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the dietary advice available to sufferers of Coeliac's disease. |
(52381) | |
126 | Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of advances in drug treatments for people with HIV/AIDS; and what plans he has to introduce drug resistance testing for people with HIV/AIDS to ensure that new drug treatments are used as cost effectively as possible across the whole of the United Kingdom. |
(52300) | |
127 N | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to allow community health councils to represent those residents of nursing homes who are not funded by the NHS. |
(52240) | |
128 N | Audrey Wise (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will open to public scrutiny the documents (a) 1406, 1948 to 1957, Emigration of 100 children to Fairbridge Farm School, Piryarra, Western Australia: reports on inspection of premises, 894024/28, (b) 1557, 1947, Information about Fairbridge Farm School, Western Australia, given to Home Office by a former worker, 903435/18 and (c) 1592, 1947 to 1949, Emigration of British children to Northcote Farm School in Australia: details of organisation of school, 904404/2 held in the Public Record Office. |
(52272) | |
129 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his statement of 21st July, Official Report, columns 914-28 on crime prevention, how much will be spent on the extension of closed circuit television in each of the next three years. |
(52522) | |
130 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will identify the oldest (a) man and (b) woman, now held in prison in England and Wales; for how long they have been in prison; and for what offence were they convicted. |
(52296) | |
131 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52314) | |
132 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those prisons that have drug-free wings. |
(52295) | |
133 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will evaluate the cost to his Department arising from violence within families; and if he will make a statement. |
(52440) | |
134 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52585) | |
135 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effects of the extra £250 million investment on crime prevention in (a) the North West and (b) Chorley. |
(52458) | |
136 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the impact on the number of police officers on the beat of the creation of a North West regional police force. |
(52459) | |
137 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the savings and efficiencies which will be created through the development of a North West regional police force based on the RDA. |
(52460) | |
138 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for North East Derbyshire of 14th July, Official Report, column 104, on driving offences, if he will provide similar figures in respect of motorists in Gloucestershire for the most recent five years for which figures are available. |
(52286) | |
139 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what guidance her Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52309) | |
140 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people her Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52582) | |
141 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance Her Majesty's Government will give to those affected by the tidal wave in Papua New Guinea. |
(52457) | |
142 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance she has sought from the United Kingdom armed forces for help in Papua New Guinea. |
(52456) | |
143 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to support the church movement in Sudan. |
(52074) | |
144 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52579) | |
145 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what communications have been sent to GPC Market Access through his Ministerial fax machine. |
(52255) | |
146 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what rules will govern the promotion by firms sponsoring zones in the Millennium Dome of themselves and their products and services in the zones sponsored. |
(52524) | |
147 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what advertising by commercial sponsors is to be allowed in the Millennium Experience brochures. |
(52525) | |
148 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance her Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52311) | |
149 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people her Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52583) | |
150 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52301) | |
151 N | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to ensure that the links between domestic abuse and child abuse will be recognised in the Scottish Strategy against domestice abuse, and that children's experiences of domestic abuse will be included. |
(52269) | |
152 N | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to follow up the research on service provision to women experiencing domestic violence in Scotland, published by the Scottish Office Central Research Unit with initiatives and research to address the needs of children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. |
(52268) | |
153 N | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what measures he is taking to ensure (a) adequate and (b) secure funding for services providing information, support and refuge to those experiencing domestic abuse. |
(52271) | |
154 N | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how he intends to facilitate consultation with children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse in developing policy, practice and provision. |
(52262) | |
155 N | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will introduce legal safeguards to prevent women and children being placed at risk of further abuse due to contact between children and abusive fathers. |
(52261) | |
156 N | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to increase access to support and protection following domestic abuse for (a) women and children from rural areas, (b) ethnic minority women and children and (c) those who have a family member with disabilities or special educational needs. |
(52260) | |
157 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52590) | |
158 N | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the consultation paper, Opportunity for Change, when he will be seeking views on how forestry can contribute to sustainable development. |
(52123) | |
159 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the impact on soccer in Scotland of UEFA's proposed ban on multi-club ownership. |
(52330) | |
160 | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place a copy of the Tweed Commissioners' report on the operation of the River Tweed Protection Order on the River Tweed in the Library. |
(52284) | |
161 | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he expects to make a final announcement about the proposed revocation of the River Tweed Protection Order; and if he will make a statement. |
(52285) | |
162 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the length of time taken over planning inquiries for (a) wind farms and (b) hydro-power projects; and if he will make a statement. |
(52445) | |
163 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on his policy for the creation of classroom assistants, indicating (a) the total amount of money made available for this purpose, (b) when the jobs will begin, (c) how such classroom assistants will be recruited, (d) what qualifications will be required and (e) the proposed rate of pay. |
(52121) | |
164 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what financial help towards housing costs is available to those claiming jobseeker's allowance who (a) are tenants and (b) have a mortgage. |
(52372) | |
165 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her oral statement of 17th July, Official Report, columns 703-6, what estimate she has made of the loss of council tax rebate and housing benefit for persons who receive the minimum income supplement; and if she will make a statement. |
(51883) | |
166 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate she has made of the number of pension advisers to be recruited by her Department and of their total cost. |
(51888) | |
167 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate she has made of the current number of pensioners who (a) receive council tax benefit and housing benefit and (b) are eligible for them but do not claim. |
(51891) | |
168 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate her Department has made of the number of members of the state earnings related pension scheme in each of the last 10 years. |
(51887) | |
169 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate she has made of (a) the expenditure costs of the state earnings related pension scheme per member and (b) the comparative costs for members of private pension schemes and occupational schemes. |
(51889) | |
170 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what guidance her Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52310) | |
171 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people claimed disablement benefit for (a) vibration white finger and (b) carpal tunnel syndrome in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; and how many of these had been employed in the mining industry. |
(52446) | |
172 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of those over the retirement age have (a) not paid any national insurance contributions and (b) paid insufficient to qualify for a full contributory pension. |
(52526) | |
173 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of those of working age have never paid national insurance contributions. |
(52523) | |
174 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of the population claiming social security benefits have (a) never paid national insurance contributions and (b) not paid sufficient national insurance contributions to qualify for the contributory benefit claimed; and if he will quantify the total expenditure for (a) and (b) for (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 1997-98 and the estimated expenditure for (1) 1998-99, (2) 1990-2000, (3) 2000-01 and (4) 2001-02. |
(52545) | |
175 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will evaluate the cost to her Department arising from violence within families; and if she will make a statement. |
(52442) | |
176 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people her Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52584) | |
177 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many lone parents in Staffordshire, listed by Benefits Agency district, were in receipt of income support on the most recent date for which figures are available; and how many dependants were in lone parent families on that date. |
(51911) | |
178 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans she has to develop the potential of modern broad band optical fibre communications within her Department and its agencies; and if she will make a statement. |
(52327) | |
179 | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list for (i) a lone mother with two children aged under 11 years and (ii) a married couple with two children aged under 11 years, gross weekly earnings and net week incomes taking into account child benefit and family credit/working families tax credit, income tax and NICs in January 1998, at (1) 50 per cent., (2) 75 per cent. and (3) 100 per cent. of average (A) female and (B) male manual earnings, assuming (a) the existing tax and benefit systems, (b) that working families' tax credit was in place and (c) that the lone mothers had childcare costs of £78 a week in each case. |
(52333) | |
180 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when she will announce the results of the second round of bids for the New Deal for Disabled People and the levels of funding allocated. |
(52237) | |
181 | Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners who received increased awards from their occupational pension scheme after the point of retirement. |
(52380) | |
182 N | Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on progress in her review of the rules governing the conduct of employment agencies. |
(51642) | |
183 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what guidance her Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52308) | |
184 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, for what reasons the environmental impact assessment on Sombrero Island was not carried out during the bird nesting season. |
[Transferred] (51256) | |
185 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to review the regulations covering the fire-resistance of materials used in the manufacture of household furniture. |
(52377) | |
186 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many people her Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52581) | |
187 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps she has taken to assist United Kingdom exporters in respect of problems faced as a result of current levels of sterling. |
(52634) | |
188 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps her Department is taking to encourage management and employee training and development in SMEs. |
(51829) | |
189 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps she is taking to introduce and improve accessibility within the United Kingdom to modern broad band optical fibre communications; and if she will make a statement. |
(52326) | |
190 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when she expects to receive the Monopolies and Mergers Commssion's report on milk marketing. |
(52453) | |
191 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when she plans to take leave during the summer adjournment; and who will be in charge in her absence. |
(52190) | |
192 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 20th July, Official Report, column 405, on parliamentary questions, for what reasons the text of the Answer to Q25826 was not (a) printed in the relevant Hansard daily part and (b) delivered to the office of the Right honourable Member for Wokingham. |
(52235) | |
193 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to increase the target percentage of electricity to be generated from renewable sources of energy by 2010. |
(52444) | |
194 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will increase in real terms Government spending on direct research and development of renewable sources of energy; and if she will make a statement. |
(52433) | |
195 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how much money she plans to allocate to research into renewable energy technologies in each of the years covered by the Comprehensive Spending Review. |
(52439) | |
196 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is the current level of Government funding of research into (a) offshore wind farms, (b) onshore wind farms, (c) tidal wave power schemes and (d) photovoltaic panels; and what was the value of departmental spending for each in real terms for each of the last four years. |
(52452) | |
197 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what initiatives his Department (a) has taken and (b) proposes to take to tackle social exclusion in Wales. |
(52435) | |
198 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what are the Government's priorities for expenditure in tackling social exclusion in Wales. |
(52429) | |
199 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the factors underlying differences in his Department's spending priorities for tackling social exclusion in Wales relative to those in (a) England and (b) Scotland. |
(52431) | |
200 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what funding will be made available for tackling social exclusion in Wales in 1998-99. |
(52450) | |
201 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much money will be dedicated to tackling social exclusion in Wales in 1999-2000. |
(52426) | |
202 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which health authorities in Wales have dedicated resources for initiatives related to the problem of rough sleeping; how much they spent in the last year for which figures are available; and on what projects. |
(52430) | |
203 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what guidance his Department issues to those constructing buildings for which it is responsible on the use of materials containing asbestos. |
(52303) | |
204 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people his Department is committed to employing during 1998 under (a) the subsidised job option and (b) the unsubsidised job option of the New Deal programme. |
(52578) | |
205 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the number of university graduates who attended Welsh secondary schools who are pursuing their careers outside Wales. |
(51448) | |
206 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the percentage of people over 65 years of age resident in Wales who were not economically active in Wales, in the last year for which figures are available. |
(51449) | |
207 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of written parliamentary questions tabled for answer by the Welsh Office on a named day under S.O. No. 22 (4) have been answered substantively on the named day since 1st May 1997. |
(51450) | |
208 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many policy initiatives announced by his Department since 1st May were announced (a) by means of a statement to the House prior to a press conference and (b) by a press conference. |
(51451) | |
209 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the most recent GDP figures for Powys. |
(51452) | |
210 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what economic indicator data the Welsh Office collects for each unitary authority in Wales. |
(51453) | |
211 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council financial level of research studentships for postgraduate students. |
[Transferred] (52071) | |
212 | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the cost of removing from water supplies phosphate derived from (a) point sources and (b) diffuse sources to make them potable, in (i) 1994-95, (ii) 1995-96, (iii) 1996-97 and (iv) 1997-98. |
[Transferred] (52547) | |
213 | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the cost of removing (a) pesticides, (b) nitrates and (c) phosphates from water supplies to make them potable, in (i) 1994-95, (ii) 1995-96, (iii) 1996-97 and (iv) 1997-98. |
[Transferred] (52546) | |
214 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when the recent legislation concerning the arbitration of employment cases will come into force. |
[Transferred] (52632) | |
215 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what was the total revenue from sales of British Coal land and assets in each year since privatisation. |
[Transferred] (52447) | |
216 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is her Department's policy on the use of the proceeds from the sale of British Coal land and assets. |
[Transferred] (52448) | |
217 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will instruct OFGAS to draw up plans for the removal of pressurised gas storage bullets from residential areas; and if she will make a statement. |
[Transferred] (52324) | |
218 | Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the cost of administering the contracting out of SERPS in the last year for which figures are available. |
[Transferred] (52379) | |
219 | Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the cost of administering SERPS in the last year for which figures are available. |
[Transferred] (52378) | |
220 | Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the cost to her Department of funding the contracted out element of SERPS in the last year for which figures are available. |
[Transferred] (52376) | |
221 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful prosecutions there have been in each of the last five years for smuggling (a) alcohol and (b) tobacco into the United Kingdom from mainland Europe. |
[Transferred] (52297) | |
222 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what initiatives he has taken to support the United Kingdom brewing industry. |
[Transferred] (52635) | |
223 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the impact on UK wholesalers of the smuggling of (a) alcohol and (b) tobacco from the European mainland. |
[Transferred] (52293) | |
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