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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 29 October 1998
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 29 October 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 29 October, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Monday 2 November, 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 is the average time taken by his Department to reply to letters from honourable Members who have written to him regarding issues of concern to their constituents. |
| (57437) | |
| 2 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many licensed fur breeding farms there are in England and Wales. |
| (57409) | |
| 3 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the (a) tonnage and (b) value of British beef sold in the United Kingdom during September; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57438) | |
| 4 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many fatal accidents there were on farms in England and Wales during 1997. |
| (57433) | |
| 5 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what meetings his Department has had, with which bodies, following the finding of abnormal prion protein in the appendix of a patient in Torbay; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57128) | |
| 6 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recommendations have been made to his Department by the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee following the finding of abnormal prion protein in the appendix of a patient in Torbay; what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57202) | |
| 7 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee and (b) the Central Veterinary Laboratory following the finding of abnormal prion protein in the appendix of a patient in Torbay; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57201) | |
| 8 | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the incidence of rabies in each EU and EEA country in each of the last five years. |
| (57453) | |
| 9 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many veterinarians are employed by or contracted to the Meat Hygiene Service; and how many more will be necessary to comply with EU meat inspection directives. |
| [R] (57722) | |
| 10 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received from the abattoir industry urging meat inspection charges on a headage only basis. |
| [R] (57727) | |
| 11 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the impact of additional official veterinary service charges upon the viability of United Kingdom abattoirs. |
| [R] (57723) | |
| 12 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in which other EU countries meat inspection charges are levied on the industry; and at what rate. |
| [R] (57724) | |
| 13 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of standards of meat inspection carried out in other EU countries. |
| [R] (57725) | |
| 14 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many veterinarians have been recruited by the Meat Hygiene Service from outside the United Kingdom. |
| [R] (57721) | |
| 15 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if working knowledge of the English language is a condition of employment for foreign veterinarians engaged by the Meat Hygiene Service. |
| [R] (57726) | |
| 16 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proposals have been made by the EU Veterinary Committee about de-boning beef in slaughter houses (a) for the domestic market and (b) for export; and what impact these proposals will have on progress towards the restoration of beef exports from Britain. |
| (57482) | |
| 17 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the policy of the fisheries regulating authority of the Commission of the European Community in respect of (a) off-quota catches by line fishermen in the territorial waters of the United Kingdom and (b) fisheries within territorial limits of a member state shown to be self sustainable. |
| (57483) | |
| 18 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in which of his Department's publications the basis and operation of the ecu basket of curencies and national green currencies used for calculating price support for agricultural products is described; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which these mechanisms influence the net farm income available to farmers in the United Kingdom (a) currently and (b) following the introduction of the euro. |
| (57484) | |
| 19 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much additional funding he intends to provide to (a) Gloucestershire County Council and (b) nationally to Trading Standards Services in order to carry out work in connection with BSE. |
| (56783) | |
| 20 | Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Commissioners are taking to encourage the Church of England to support local schools participating in the JC2000 Millennium Arts Festival for Schools. |
| (57476) | |
| 21 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from the Prime Minister's Press Secretary regarding the proposal to change the time of News at Ten. |
| (57214) | |
| 22 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many days he spent at his Department's headquarters in (a) August, (b) September and (c) October. |
| (57203) | |
| 23 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the amount of money in (a) nominal and (b) real terms which will be available to the New Opportunities Fund in each year from 1998 to 2005. |
| (57204) | |
| 24 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has made to the ITC concerning the proposal to reschedule News at Ten. |
| (57212) | |
| 25 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list by name and stated political affiliation those persons appointed to non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
| (57306) | |
| 26 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings he has had with the task force set up to find alternatives to tobacco sponsorship of sporting events. |
| (57209) | |
| 27 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry regarding BSkyB's offer for Manchester United. |
| (57215) | |
| 28 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many representations his Department has received from schools and colleges concerning funding by the Youth Music Trust. |
| (57206) | |
| 29 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out his Department's spending plans in each of the next three years in 1998 prices. |
| (57205) | |
| 30 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for funding have been received by the Youth Music Trust; and what is their aggregate value. |
| (57207) | |
| 31 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings of the Youth Music Trust have taken place. |
| (57208) | |
| 32 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the remunerated appointments to non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department, together with the level of remuneration in each case. |
| (57216) | |
| 33 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list (a) each review announced by his Department since 1st May 1997, (b) the date of its commencement, (c) the date or proposed date of its conclusion and (d) the date, or expected date of his response in each case. |
| (57307) | |
| 34 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what would be the net saving to the defence budget of removing 198 Field Park Squadron from the TA order of battle. |
| (57582) | |
| 35 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely receipts arising from the sale of the Reigate TA Centre. |
| (57583) | |
| 36 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if receipts from the sale of TA drill halls (a) will contribute towards his Department's target of £700 million from sale of property and (b) be required to make up an element of the TA budget for the next financial year. |
| (57586) | |
| 37 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the present acreage of military land in the United Kingdom that is regarded as surplus to needs and will be offered for sale. |
| (57434) | |
| 38 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military detention establishments there are in England and Wales; and if he will list them. |
| (57436) | |
| 39 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) men and (b) women were serving sentences in military detention centres in England and Wales on 1st October. |
| (57435) | |
| 40 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the value of arms sales to Turkey by the United Kingdom in each of the last five years; and if he will list the equipment sold. |
| (57474) | |
| 41 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many properties he estimates will be required by the Defence Housing Executive in Scotland to meet the needs of service personnel at 1st April (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2005. |
| (57036) | |
| 42 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the amount of rent/violent profits abated in respect of due rent in Defence Housing Executive properties in Scotland (a) in the financial year 1996-97, (b) in the financial year 1997-98 and (c) from 1st April 1998 to date. |
| (57034) | |
| 43 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Defence Housing Executive has to (a) sell, (b) demolish and (c) otherwise dispose of housing stock in Scotland which it has identified as being surplus to requirements. |
| (57037) | |
| 44 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many eviction orders have been awarded to the Defence Housing Executive in Scotland in (a) 1996, (b) 1997 and (c) 1998 to date. |
| (57033) | |
| 45 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many evictions have been raised by the Defence Housing Executive in Scotland in (a) 1996, (b) 1997 and (c) 1998 to date. |
| (57032) | |
| 46 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Defence Housing Executive properties there are in Scotland; how many are presently occupied; how many of these are occupied by (a) serving forces personnel, (b) former forces personnel, (c) the partners of serving and former forces personnel, (d) irregular tenants, (e) tenants and (f) others, under tenancy agreements. |
| (57031) | |
| 47 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unoccupied Defence Housing Executive properties there were in Scotland in (a) 1996, (b) 1997 and (c) 1998. |
| (57035) | |
| 48 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 19th October, Official Report, column 891, on VC10 aeroplane repairs, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will write to the honourable Member for Stratford-on-Avon. |
| (57232) | |
| 49 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many persons in the Scots Guards Regiment were born in (a) Scotland, (b) the remainder of the United Kingdom, (c) the Republic of Ireland and (d) elsewhere. |
| (57589) | |
| 50 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many persons in the Irish Guards Regiment were born in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) the remainder of the United Kingdom, (c) the Republic of Ireland and (d) elsewhere. |
| (57587) | |
| 51 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many persons in the Welsh Guards Regiment were born in (a) Wales, (b) the remainder of the United Kingdom, (c) the Republic of Ireland and (d) elsewhere. |
| (57579) | |
| 52 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current strength of the Royal Irish Regiment in Northern Ireland; how many members are (a) full-time and (b) part-time; how many full-time members have (i) resigned and (ii) joined the regiment this year; and how many part-time members have (1) resigned and (2) joined the regiment this year. |
| (57580) | |
| 53 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the Officer Training Corps at Queen's University, Belfast. |
| (57588) | |
| 54 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the policy of the military garrison on the Falkland Islands in relation to the country of origin of lamb and beef purchased for its use. |
| (57469) | |
| 55 N | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many local education authorities in England and Wales maintain a system of three-point entry into primary schools. |
| (57219) | |
| 56 N | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he has issued to local education authorities in respect of the use of grants available to them under the Nursery and Grant Maintained Schools Act 1996 and subsequent legislation, for children to be educated in primary school reception classes until the term in which they attain the age of five. |
| (57218) | |
| 57 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what progress he has made in reducing class sizes for five, six and seven year olds. |
| (57141) | |
| 58 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures his Department has taken since May 1997 to improve the provision of education (a) in Coventry and (b) nationally. |
| (57142) | |
| 59 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people have found employment through the New Deal to date (a) in total and (b) in each target group. |
| (57143) | |
| 60 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many travel companies have so far pledged to offer concessions to those benefiting from the New Deal for young unemployed; and what plans he has to extend this service to other target groups. |
| (57144) | |
| 61 | Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) secondary, (b) junior and (c) infant schools under local education authority control in England and Wales were contracted out for inspection on behalf of OFSTED in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996, (iii) 1997 and (iv) 1998 to date. |
| (57489) | |
| 62 | Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many contractors are nominated by OFSTED to carry out inspections in schools in England and Wales. |
| (57490) | |
| 63 | Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) secondary, (b) junior and (c) infant schools under local education authority control in England and Wales were inspected by OFSTED in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996, (iii) 1997 and (iv) 1998 to date. |
| (57491) | |
| 64 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will assess the advantages of extending the National Grid for Learning Scheme to youth and community services for use in youth clubs. |
| (57456) | |
| 65 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools in the Chorley constituency have taken advantage of the National Grid for Learning to date. |
| (57455) | |
| 66 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he intends to extend free telephone calls to after 6 p.m. under the National Grid for Learning. |
| (57457) | |
| 67 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of intermediate labour markets in reducing long-term unemployment. |
| (56982) | |
| 68 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to local education authorities of carrying out the audit of supply of, and demand for, childcare required under the National Childcare Strategy. |
| (57698) | |
| 69 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what money has been made available to local education authorities to carry out audits of the supply of, and demand for, childcare, as required under the National Childcare Strategy. |
| (57700) | |
| 70 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the number and percentage of classroom teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools who are paid on each point of the pay spine. |
| (57699) | |
| 71 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the estimated cost to his Department of granting a right to time off for study or training for 16 and 17 year olds. |
| (57678) | |
| 72 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when his special educational needs action plan will be published; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57682) | |
| 73 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects the right to time off for study or training to become available to 16 and 17 year olds. |
| (57679) | |
| 74 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on his proposals for special educational needs. |
| (57681) | |
| 75 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects the regulations surrounding the right to time off for study or training for 16 and 17 year olds to come into force. |
| (57680) | |
| 76 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to issue guidance to local education authorities on education provision for children suffering from attention deficit disorder. |
| (57605) | |
| 77 N | Ms Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has evaluated on the role of low-emissivity glass in helping to reduce energy consumption in buildings. |
| (55081) | |
| 78 N | Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many responses were received to his Department's consultation paper on the funding of home improvement agencies; how many were (i) in favour of the proposal to include funding in revenue support grant without ring fencing and (ii) against; and by how much each local authority will (a) gain and (b) lose at the end of the three-year period if the proposals are implemented. |
| (57308) | |
| 79 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what consideration he will give to the health, environmental and proliferation implications of further moves towards the full operation of the British Nuclear Fuels Mixed Oxide Fuel Plant at Sellafield in his assessment of the Environment Agency's proposed decision on the plant. |
| (57221) | |
| 80 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the proposed decision by the Environment Agency to allow the British Nuclear Fuels Mixed Oxide Fuel Plant at Sellafield to proceed to the next stage of commissioning. |
| (57222) | |
| 81 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans exist to review the passenger capacities of Stansted and Gatwick Airports. |
| (57421) | |
| 82 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the procedure of westerly preference for incoming flights to Heathrow Airport. |
| (57417) | |
| 83 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the actual level of passenger movement at (a) Stansted and (b) Gatwick Airports in 1997. |
| (57420) | |
| 84 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 256, on aircraft noise, what steps have been taken to monitor aircraft noise levels on incoming flights to Heathrow Airport; and what progress has been made in reviewing noise limits on those flights. |
| (57422) | |
| 85 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the passenger capacity at (a) Stansted and (b) Gatwick Airports in (i) 1997 and (ii) 1998. |
| (57419) | |
| 86 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plan he has to develop a national strategy for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. |
| (57145) | |
| 87 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has received to improve the shipment of goods from the West Midlands. |
| (57138) | |
| 88 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has received to improve public transportation in the West Midlands. |
| (57139) | |
| 89 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he has taken to encourage the pursuit of the Government's biodiversity objectives on land managed by Government agencies; and what steps he has taken to encourage local authority biodiversity action plans. |
| (57146) | |
| 90 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he has taken to encourage biodiversity-friendly business practices. |
| (57147) | |
| 91 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his plans to reduce the level of carbon dioxide and other noxious gases in the atmosphere from motor vehicles in the United Kingdom. |
| (57140) | |
| 92 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the links between public transport and social exclusion. |
| (56981) | |
| 93 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Corby of 26th October, Official Report, column 7, what plans the Driving Standards Agency has to re-establish a test centre in Stafford. |
| (57486) | |
| 94 | Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many superstores and supermarkets of the single storey uncompartmentalised warehouse type of (a) over 2,000 square metres and (b) over 4,000 square metres were built in (i) 1990 to 1995, (ii) 1996, (iii) 1997 and (iv) 1998 to date. |
| (57674) | |
| 95 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how (a) computers and (b) CD-Roms were disposed of after the demise of Teesside Development Corporation in April. |
| (57613) | |
| 96 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to equalise travel concessions for male and female pensioners. |
| (57467) | |
| 97 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if an application is pending before the European Court of Justice on equalising the age at which pensioners may be entitled to travel concessions. |
| (57693) | |
| 98 | Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those housing associations which have exceeded the Housing Corporation's rent target in 1997-98, showing in each case the (a) average rent levels, (b) percentage above target, (c) overhead costs as a percentage of total costs and (d) chief executive's emoluments. |
| (57463) | |
| 99 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the evidence referred to in paragraph 3.5 of the White Paper, Modern Local Government, that councillors wish to spend more time in direct contact with those they represent. |
| (57465) | |
| 100 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects the Jubilee Line extension to be operational. |
| (57606) | |
| 101 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will give the current construction cost estimate for the Jubilee Line extension; and what was the estimate a year ago. |
| (57466) | |
| 102 N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to control the extraction and sale of limestone pavement. |
| (56914) | |
| 103 | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposal the Government has to provide resources to councils to enable the setting up of the National Land Use Database proposed in the White Paper, Planning for the Communities of the Future; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57416) | |
| 104 N | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many accidents have occurred on that part of the A140 located in Suffolk since May 1997. |
| (57197) | |
| 105 N | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many accidents have occurred on the A14 between Bury St. Edmunds and Stowmarket since May 1997. |
| (57196) | |
| 106 N | Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the inquiry into the future location of Barnet Football Club is due to report. |
| (57114) | |
| 107 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to amend the remit of the Advisory Committee on Releases into the Environment; and what proposals for public participation in any decision relating to such changes he intends to make. |
| (57412) | |
| 108 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what scientific evidence he took into account in agreeing with the industry to permit farm-scale planting of herbicide-tolerant genetically-modified seeds. |
| (57424) | |
| 109 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the applications for the marketing of genetically modified oilseed rape which are currently being reviewed at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology; what is the scope and purpose of the review; if he will publish the result of the review at the same time as it is made available to the Advisory Committee on Releases into the Environment; and what consultation will be undertaken before the Committee makes its recommendations. |
| (57423) | |
| 110 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what seeds will be permitted to be planted under the recent agreement between industry and the Government concerning the planting of genetically-modified herbicide-tolerant seeds; what regulatory consents currently apply to such seeds; if the seeds which will be planted thereunder, or the seeds derived from such planting, will be sold or otherwise marketed; if the seeds which will be planted thereunder will be authorised for such planting under Part II or Part III of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 or otherwise; what companies will be authorised to plant the seeds and over what period of time; where the seeds will be planted; if public participation will be allowed in the monitoring; and who will carry out that monitoring. |
| (57452) | |
| 111 | Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the regulations requiring local authorities to ensure that vehicles licensed for private hire are distinguished in their markings from those licensed as Hackney carriages. |
| (57603) | |
| 112 | Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many prosecutions of eligible companies failing to register under the terms of the packaging recovery note provisions have taken place since the scheme was introduced. |
| (57602) | |
| 113 | Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many companies have registered under the terms of the packaging recovery note provisions in each of the years of its operation. |
| (57601) | |
| 114 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to allow local democratically-elected authorities to agree alternative structures for political leadership other than those proposed in the Government's Local Government White Paper. |
| (57683) | |
| 115 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to extend the additional powers and freedoms proposed for the beacon councils to all democratically-elected councils in England and Wales. |
| (57676) | |
| 116 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to repeal the present legislation in respect of compulsory competitive tendering; and what plans he has to introduce best value for local authority service delivery. |
| (57677) | |
| 117 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when and for what reasons Nigeria was removed from the list of countries eligible for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. |
| (57694) | |
| 118 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast for world economic growth was originally used to calculate the debt sustainability ratios of countries in the Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative; and what assessment he has made of the impact of revised forecasts for growth on the Government's forecast for debt sustainability. |
| (57695) | |
| 119 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps will be taken to revise the debt sustainability ratios used in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative to take account of revised estimates of world growth for 1998. |
| (57696) | |
| 120 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it policy to veto any EU proposals regarding the introduction of a European income tax. |
| (57123) | |
| 121 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his policy in respect of the repayment of dividend tax credits to non taxpayers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57121) | |
| 122 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to veto any EU proposals regarding the harmonisation of income tax rates. |
| (57122) | |
| 123 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the national currency reserves of member states proceeding to stage 3 of European Monetary Union will be (a) deposited and (b) subsequently available for use by the European Central Bank; if those amounts will be published; and what authority within the Central Bank will be required for them to be used. |
| (57485) | |
| 124 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the main items of income and expenditure of the general budget of the European Community and the contributions and receipts of the United Kingdom, for each year since 1973 calculated at 1996 prices. |
| (57458) | |
| 125 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is Her Majesty's Government's policy on the proposed European Union withholding tax on dividends. |
| (57459) | |
| 126 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what body will act as lender of last resort in (a) each individual EMU member and (b) Europe as a whole when the European Central Bank comes into operation. |
| (57460) | |
| 127 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the (a) policy and (b) operational decisions of the European Central Bank will, after 1st January 1999, be the responsibility of its (i) Governing Board, (ii) Executive Council and (iii) Presidency. |
| (57462) | |
| 128 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his policy towards future negotiations relating to the British rebate from the EU. |
| (57415) | |
| 129 N | Mr John Townend (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total cost to public funds of claims by employees and the public for compensation in respect of (a) personal injury and (b) employment protection in the latest available year. |
| (56766) | |
| 130 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral statement by the Economic Secretary of 26th October, Official Report, column 75, what is the size (a) in absolute terms and (b) as a percentage of each department's spending head of the margins to cover uncertainties built into departmental spending plans. |
| (57594) | |
| 131 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 35, if he will make it his policy that honourable Members should be able to obtain without payment tabulations of data sets which have been paid for from public funds and which are available from the Data Archive. |
| (57220) | |
| 132 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received about the level of tax on car users. |
| (57470) | |
| 133 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will calculate the total income received by Her Majesty's Government from all forms of car tax, vehicle excise duty, VAT on car sales, and hydro-carbon taxes in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99 to date. |
| (57471) | |
| 134 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the annual budget of the Foreign Policy Centre; what proportion is charged to public funds; and if he will list the source of private funding. |
| (57585) | |
| 135 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the proposed annual salary of the Director Designate of the Foreign Policy Centre. |
| (57584) | |
| 136 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the advantages of the policy input available from the Foreign Policy Centre relative to that from (a) his Department's (i) Policy Board, (ii) Policy Planning Unit, (iii) Research Department, (iv) High Commissioners, Ambassadors and overseas missions and (v) London-based desk offices, (b) his special advisers, (c) the intelligence services, (d) other government departments, (e) the Royal Institute of International Affairs and (f) other academic institutions for the study of international affairs. |
| (57590) | |
| 137 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the decision made by the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg regarding the case of Mrs Lozidou v. Turkey. |
| (57475) | |
| 138 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department provided VIP facilities for Senator Pinochet's visit to the UK in October 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57233) | |
| 139 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of Amnesty International are planned to be seconded to his Department; when they will commence working with Ministers; and by whom they will be paid. |
| (57234) | |
| 140 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the diplomatic posts and embassies which are being examined for potential closure; and when he plans to announce his conclusions. |
| (57237) | |
| 141 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from Amnesty International concerning (a) China and (b) Argentina. |
| (57235) | |
| 142 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the 20 principal emerging markets for British business. |
| (57285) | |
| 143 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the newspapers and journals in which he plans to place advertisements for the post of British Consul-General in New York. |
| (57236) | |
| 144 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy not to enter into negotiations with the Argentinian President and his delegation over the status of the Falklands; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57115) | |
| 145 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the British Government owned buildings and estates held abroad and the latest estimate of their value. |
| (57238) | |
| 146 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of (a) Greek and (b) Turkish fighter planes based in Cyprus. |
| (57591) | |
| 147 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's role as a guarantor power for the Republic of Cyprus. |
| (57592) | |
| 148 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made concerning the stationing of foreign fighter planes in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57593) | |
| 149 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when (a) he and (b) his officials were first informed that Senator Pinochet had entered the United Kingdom on his current visit. |
| (57426) | |
| 150 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements were made by his officials to receive Senator Pinochet when he arrived at Heathrow Airport for his current visit. |
| (57425) | |
| 151 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those people who contacted him or his officials about the diplomatic status of Senator Pinochet prior to the senator's arrest. |
| (57414) | |
| 152 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October, Official Report, column 1180, what is the nature of the work being done with the North Thames Task Force and the National Patients Access Team to reduce waiting lists in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area; and what is the agreed target for reducing waiting lists by March 1999 in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area. |
| (57217) | |
| 153 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the proposed White Paper for Social Services. |
| (57395) | |
| 154 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost of offering free sight tests to all people of Afro-Caribbean origin resident in the United Kingdom who are currently not exempt from payment. |
| (57224) | |
| 155 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the relative risk of contracting new variant CJD from (a) cross-contamination between patients from hospital surgical instruments used in tonsilectomies and appendectomies and (b) eating beef on the bone. |
| (57200) | |
| 156 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the findings contained in the paper by Gina Delgiudice-Asch MD and Eric Hollander MD published in CNS Spectrums May 1997 on a review of clinical observations with respect to the possible auto-immune basis of autism, a copy of which has been sent to him. |
| (56970) | |
| 157 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what quantities (a) myellin basic protein and (b) aluminium occurred in pre-1992 measles and MMR vaccine. |
| (56963) | |
| 158 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what brands of MMR vaccine were withdrawn from use in September 1992; and what notice was given to other manufacturers about this withdrawal. |
| (56964) | |
| 159 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the members of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and immunisation in the years (a) 1987, (b) 1988 and (c) 1989. |
| (56965) | |
| 160 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which medical officer approved the Pluserix and Immuruvax brands of MMR. |
| (56966) | |
| 161 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the findings contained in the paper by Robert E Weibel and others published in Paediatrics March 1998 on the links between acute encephalopathy associated and attenuated measles vaccines. |
| (56968) | |
| 162 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list each of the years since 1969 in which vaccinations or revised vaccinations were introduced for mumps, measles or rubella. |
| (56973) | |
| 163 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children below the age of five years were diagnosed as being autistic in each year since 1970. |
| (56975) | |
| 164 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if Priorix contains the same ingredients, and in the same quantities, as MMR. |
| (56977) | |
| 165 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doses were in standard batches of (a) attenuated measles vaccine and (b) MMR in the period 1986 to 1989. |
| (56978) | |
| 166 | Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, for each health authority in England and Wales, the number of ante-natal appointments routinely offered to first-time mothers. |
| (57468) | |
| 167 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Norfolk Health Trust positions are currently vacant. |
| (57488) | |
| 168 | Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the incidence of dental fluorosis in children, and its relationship to areas where the fluoride levels in the public water supply exceed one part per million. |
| (57461) | |
| 169 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from (a) organisations and (b) honourable Members regarding Sudden Death Syndrome. |
| (57136) | |
| 170 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department is supporting into the treatment of cardiac disease in otherwise healthy young people. |
| (57134) | |
| 171 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of NHS trusts which provide MRI scanning and (b) the number of trusts which use private companies to provide that service. |
| (57117) | |
| 172 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to NHS trusts on providing suitable facilities for disabled patients and visitors; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57119) | |
| 173 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people working in professions allied to medicine who have left the NHS over the past five years; and what proportion of the total NHS workforce in those professions this figure represents. |
| (57118) | |
| 174 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS trusts planning to provide new MRI services over the next five years; and, of these, how many intend to use private companies to provide that service. |
| (57116) | |
| 175 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of NHS trusts which undertake organisational stress audits; and what plans he has to issue guidance to trusts on the introduction of such audits. |
| (57120) | |
| 176 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of the Ongar War Memorial Hospital. |
| (57408) | |
| 177 | Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average annual real terms percentage increase in funding for the NHS between 1979 and 1997; and what is the equivalent figure for the next three years. |
| (57464) | |
| 178 | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives have (a) joined and (b) left the National Health Service during each of the last two years. |
| (57596) | |
| 179 | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments are made to (a) doctors and (b) midwives for undertaking pre-birth care. |
| (57595) | |
| 180 | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives have been subject to personal attack in the last year. |
| (57599) | |
| 181 | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the current average pay for midwives; and how this has varied in percentage terms in each of the last two years. |
| (57597) | |
| 182 | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are made to protect midwives undertaking night calls. |
| (57598) | |
| 183 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to encourage the establishment of a national representative group for parents of children suffering from attention deficit disorder. |
| (57604) | |
| 184 | Valerie Davey (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if signatories of the Schengen Agreement now recognise the certificate of identity otherwise known as the brown British travel documents; what has been the impact of their policy on (a) those given exceptional leave to remain in the United Kingdom and (b) those unable to obtain a travel document or passport from their own country who have indefinite leave to remain; and what steps his Department has taken on this matter. |
| (57720) | |
| 185 | Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where (a) transcripts and (b) all additional material arising out of Lord Justice Stuart Smith's scrutiny of the evidence relating to the Hillsborough disaster are held; and in what form. |
| (57477) | |
| 186 | Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if South Yorkshire Police hold (a) transcripts and (b) the additional material arising out of Lord Justice Stuart Smith's scrutiny of the evidence relating to the Hillsborough disaster on computer disk. |
| (57478) | |
| 187 | Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what length of time statements entered on the Holmes computer are retained; and what arrangements are made for their archival storage when they are removed from the computer system. |
| (57479) | |
| 188 | Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if South Yorkshire Police hold the (a) statements, (b) amended statements and (c) other documentation collected by West Midlands police during the investigation of the Hillsborough disaster on computer disk. |
| (57480) | |
| 189 | Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if statements collected by West Midlands Police in respect of the Hillsborough investigation were entered on the Holmes computer. |
| (57481) | |
| 190 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase the capacity of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to deal with outstanding appeals. |
| (57401) | |
| 191 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board originating in each year since 1990 (a) were completed at first instance, (b) were agreed at first instance, (c) were refused at first instance and (d) subsequently went to appeal. |
| (57397) | |
| 192 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board are yet to be resolved for each year since 1990. |
| (57399) | |
| 193 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reduce the period of time that applicants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board wait for their cases to be processed. |
| (57403) | |
| 194 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board were successful in each year since 1990. |
| (57398) | |
| 195 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been refused by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board on the grounds that the applicant did not co-operate with the Police. |
| (57402) | |
| 196 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will allow applicants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to see (a) police evidence and (b) other relevant evidence in advance of any appeal hearing. |
| (57400) | |
| 197 | Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fires were attended by rescue services in single storey uncompartmentalised warehouse style superstores of (a) over 2,000 square metres and (b) over 4,000 square metres in (i) 1990 to 1995, (ii) 1996, (iii) 1997 and (iv) 1998 to date. |
| (57675) | |
| 198 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to estimate future numbers of refugees and asylum seekers; what plans he is making for their reception; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57684) | |
| 199 N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the application for leave to remain by Mohammed Rasul Khan, reference K350692, will be determined. |
| (57309) | |
| 200 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reform the Probation Service; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57392) | |
| 201 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he was first informed that an international warrant for the arrest of Senator Pinochet had been issued; and who informed him. |
| (57413) | |
| 202 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those people who consulted him or his officials about the diplomatic status of Senator Pinochet prior to the senator's arrest. |
| (57427) | |
| 203 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his officials were informed that Senator Pinochet had entered the United Kingdom on his current visit. |
| (57396) | |
| 204 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the Spanish authorities about the extradition of Senator Pinochet; and when. |
| (57411) | |
| 205 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what provision has been made in her Department's budget in the financial years (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 as a result of the privatisation of the Commonwealth Development Corporation. |
| (57612) | |
| 206 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of her Department's budget will be made available to UK-based non-governmental organisations, in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) 2001-02. |
| (57610) | |
| 207 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the countries referred to in paragraph 16.5 of the Comprehensive Spending Review (Cm 4011) in which she currently considers that (a) her Department is able to involve itself in a partnership to eradicate poverty and (b) those where it is not possible to involve the host government in an effective partnership. |
| (57611) | |
| 208 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the numbers of possession actions (a) commenced and (b) concluded by the making of a possession order for (i) mortgagee actions and (ii) landlord actions in England for the last three years. |
| (57487) | |
| 209 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to ensure that each child with autism in Northern Ireland receives a relevant educational service; and if she will make a statement. |
| (57624) | |
| 210 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will introduce a charter for persons with autism in line with the charter adopted at the fourth Autism European Congress in May 1992; and if she will make a statement. |
| (57627) | |
| 211 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to collect information centrally on autistic children in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. |
| (57622) | |
| 212 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to instruct each education authority in Northern Ireland to provide her with information on the provision of special educational facilities for children who suffer from autism or other forms of early childhood psychosis; and if she will make a statement. |
| (57623) | |
| 213 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to issue specific guidance on services for autistic children in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. |
| (57621) | |
| 214 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to issue specific guidance on educational services for autistic children in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. |
| (57625) | |
| 215 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to ensure that educational authorities in Northern Ireland have sufficient funds to develop new services for autistic children; and if she will make a statement. |
| (57626) | |
| 216 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to market the new industrial site currently under construction on the Belfast Road, Downpatrick, in the (a) United States of America, (b) Canada, (c) Central Europe and (d) the Far East; and what have been the results of the marketing exercise. |
| (57338) | |
| 217 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the (a) states and (b) cities of the United States which introduced legislation seeking to implement the MacBride Principles following representations from Her Majesty's Government not to do so, indicating (i) whether the representations were made (A) in writing and (B) verbally and (ii) whether there was an inquiry where witnesses were subject to cross-examination and in which years; and which states and cities decided not to implement such legislation following representations from Her Majesty's Government. |
| (55632) | |
| 218 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if it is currently the policy of Her Majesty's Government to advise states and cities in the United States against legislating to implement the MacBride Principles. |
| (55631) | |
| 219 N | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the cost incurred for Northern Ireland Office staff associated with the recent visit of President Clinton and his wife to Northern Ireland in September 1998. |
| (57127) | |
| 220 N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the President of the Council, if she will seek an increase in her Vote to allow honourable Members to travel once a year to each EU member state for the purpose of meeting members of national parliaments of EU member states. |
| (57311) | |
| 221 N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the President of the Council, how many (a) Labour, (b) Conservative and (c) Liberal Democrat honourable Members took advantage of their right to annual travel to an EU institution in each year since 1994. |
| (57310) | |
| 222 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the value of reports from the security services on the potential security risks of candidates for ministerial positions; what opportunities are provided to persons so reported on to respond to those reports; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57472) | |
| 223 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to veto any EU proposals regarding the harmonisation of income tax rates. |
| (57124) | |
| 224 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to veto any EU proposals regarding the introduction of a European income tax. |
| (57125) | |
| 225 N | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Prime Minister, what proposals for additional EU expenditure were discussed at the EU Council meeting in Portschach; and what his response was. |
| (57198) | |
| 226 N | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Prime Minister, what proposals for an EU-wide direct tax were discussed at the EU Council meeting in Portschach; and what his response was. |
| (57199) | |
| 227 N | Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent assessment he has made of the compliance of (a) ministers and (b) parliamentary private secretaries with paragraph 46 of the Ministerial Code. |
| (57113) | |
| 228 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Prime Minister, when (a) he and (b) his officials were first informed that Senator Pinochet had entered the United Kingdom on his current visit. |
| (57432) | |
| 229 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those ministers with whom he has discussed the arrest of Senator Pinochet and the dates on which the discussions took place. |
| (57429) | |
| 230 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Prime Minister, when he was first informed that an international warrant for the arrest of Senator Pinochet had been issued; and who informed him. |
| (57428) | |
| 231 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the safety of the MMR vaccines and (b) the links the vaccines have with the development of autism in children; what representations he has received from abroad about the potential link with autism; what assessment he has made of the regulatory action which has been taken by other countries; and if he will make a statement. |
| (56967) | |
| 232 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will assess the findings contained in the paper by Dr Andrew Wakefield published in The Lancet on MMR vaccinations. |
| (56972) | |
| 233 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will introduce single vaccine components of MMR. |
| (56976) | |
| 234 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will assess the findings contained in the papers by Robert E. Weibel and others in Paediatrics March 1998 on the links between acute encephalopathy associated with attenuated measles vaccines. |
| (56969) | |
| 235 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will assess the findings contained in the paper by Gina Delgiudice-Asch MD and Eric Hollander MD published in CNS Spectrums May 1997 on a review of clinical observations with respect to the possible auto-immune basis or autism a copy of which has been sent to him. |
| (56971) | |
| 236 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many children below the age of five years were diagnosed as being autistic in each year since 1970. |
| (56974) | |
| 237 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will establish a review of (a) the effectiveness of and (b) side effects from the most recent national MMR vaccination campaign. |
| (56979) | |
| 238 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make more money available to youth clubs in areas with high levels of juvenile crime. |
| (57609) | |
| 239 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will extend the travel discounts afforded to pensioners to allow for reduced fares on taxis. |
| (57607) | |
| 240 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to ensure that educational authorities in Scotland have sufficient funds to develop new services for autistic children; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57615) | |
| 241 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to instruct each education authority within the meaning of section 145 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962 to provide him with information on the provision of special educational facilities for children who suffer from autism or other forms of early childhood psychosis; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57618) | |
| 242 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to issue specific guidance on education services for autistic children in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57616) | |
| 243 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to ensure that each child with autism in Scotland receives a relevant educational service; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57617) | |
| 244 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will introduce a charter for persons with autisim in line with the charter adopted at the fourth Autisim Europe Congress in May 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57614) | |
| 245 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to collect information centrally on autistic children in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57620) | |
| 246 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to issue specific guidance on services for autistic children in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57619) | |
| 247 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, in what circumstances a deaf person carrying out jury service is permitted to receive communication support from a palantypist, sign language interpreter or lip speaker; and in what circumstances a deaf juror's interpreter, palantypist or lip speaker may be excluded from a trial (a) in open court and (b) in the jury room. |
| (57600) | |
| 248 | Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to amend the current rules of intestate succession to allow surviving cohabitants or step-children who are neither the natural children of the deceased nor adopted by them to apply to a court for a discretionary provision out of the estate of the deceased. |
| (57394) | |
| 249 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he will publish the next edition of Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland. |
| (56980) | |
| 250 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the dates when the ministerial group, established to oversee anti-fraud strategy across central Government and announced in the Green Paper, Beating Fraud is Everybody's Business, has met. |
| (57126) | |
| 251 N | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if circular No. 16, issued by the President of the Independent Tribunal Service on 15th September, is compatible with the Government's assurance given on 30th March that proposed changes to the composition of social security appeal tribunals would be subject to the affirmative procedure; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57231) | |
| 252 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to introduce a compulsory element of attendance within the Lone Parent New Deal; what exemptions there will be; and if he will list the criteria for those exemptions. |
| (57404) | |
| 253 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many of those who have entered the New Deal for lone parents are still receiving income support. |
| (57406) | |
| 254 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many of those who have entered into the New Deal for lone parents are currently receiving housing benefit. |
| (57405) | |
| 255 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many cheques, and of what total value, have been returned by post and sub post offices as unclaimed by eligible pensioners for winter fuel payments. |
| (57407) | |
| 256 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) unemployed people, (b) carers, (c) sick or disabled people, (d) employees and (e) other adults, who are not members of either an occupational pension or a personal pension scheme. |
| (57149) | |
| 257 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 26, concerning pensioner incomes, if he will (a) provide corresponding figures on pensioner incomes based on his Department's Family Resources Survey for each year for which that survey has been undertaken, (b) make a statement on the differences between the results of the FRS analysis and those provided in his answer of 26th October, (c) estimate the number of pensioners in each age, sex and marital status category in each year for which the pensioner income series has been conducted and (d) estimate the 95 per cent. confidence interval for each of his income estimates based on the FES and the FRS in each category in each year. |
| (57223) | |
| 258 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the total level of expenditure or planned expenditure (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a share of GDP on (i) social security benefits excluding family credit and disability working allowance, (ii) family credit, (iii) disability working allowance, (iv) the working families tax credit, including tax expenditure and (v) the disabled persons tax credit, including tax expenditures in each year from 1978-79 to the end of the planning period. |
| (57148) | |
| 259 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) those companies, organisations and individuals which have so far committed sponsorship to the Millennium Exhibition at Greenwich, (b) the projects or zones to which their sponsorship is committed and (c) the amount of sponsorship still to be committed to each zone. |
| (57213) | |
| 260 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to announce the outcome of bids for the provision of catering facilities at the Millennium Exhibition at Greenwich. |
| (57210) | |
| 261 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is his latest estimate for the price of entry tickets to the Millennium Exhibition in Greenwich for (a) adults, (b) children, (c) families, (d) people with disabilities and (e) pensioners. |
| (57211) | |
| 262 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 1st June, Official Report, column 118, what is the current estimated public cost of the disqualification proceedings against the directors of Astra Holdings. |
| (57608) | |
| 263 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the prospects for the motor industry (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands. |
| (57132) | |
| 264 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what new measures he proposes to assist the motor car industry (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands. |
| (57133) | |
| 265 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people are employed in the car industry in the West Midlands. |
| (57131) | |
| 266 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the basis of his calculation of the jobs impact of the minimum wage. |
| (55085) | |
| 267 N | Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the capacity of British industry to contribute to the European Space Agency Future Launchers Programme. |
| (55385) | |
| 268 N | Mr Bill Michie (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he next expects to meet representatives of manufacturing industry to discuss the competitiveness of manufacturing industry. |
| (55051) | |
| 269 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 19th October, Official Report, columns 1048-49, on silver, if imported silver will be permitted to be submitted to assay offices for the lion stamp; and what the legal and commercial status of the lion stamp will be. |
| (57454) | |
| 270 N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the financial impact per capita of the population of the removal of Objective 5b funding in the North West region. |
| (56913) | |
| 271 N | Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what priorities he has identified for his Department in respect of assistance for small and medium sized businesses. |
| (55083) | |
| 272 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement in respect of the ICNIRP international guidelines and their relevance in determining safe exposure to the non thermal effects of electromagnetic fields. |
| (57339) | |
| 273 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list those ministers with whom he has discussed the arrest of Senator Pinochet and the dates on which the discussions took place. |
| (57430) | |
| 274 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he was first informed of the arrest of Senator Pinochet. |
| (57431) | |
| 275 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the damage caused by the floods in Wales on 23rd, 24th and 25th October. |
| (57129) | |
| 276 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations requesting aid he has received following the floods in Wales on 23rd, 24th and 25th October. |
| (57137) | |
| 277 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what aid he has given to those suffering damage from the floods in Wales on 23rd, 24th and 25th October. |
| (57130) | |
| 278 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to improve mental health provision. |
| (57442) | |
| 279 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the prospects for the steel industry in Wales, with particular reference to steel dumping into the UK from Asian producers and to energy costs. |
| (57451) | |
| 280 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how he proposes further to assist pre-school playgroups; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57440) | |
| 281 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on his policy concerning community pharmacists in North East Wales. |
| (57445) | |
| 282 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, by what amounts he has assisted MIND in Wales in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57443) | |
| 283 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his assessment of the benefits of the current assisted area status for the aerospace and steel industries in Alyn and Deeside; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57448) | |
| 284 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his assessment of the impact of the opening of pharmacies in supermarkets upon community pharmacies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57446) | |
| 285 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many registered accredited playgroups there are by county; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57441) | |
| 286 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (i) nursery, (ii) infant, (iii) primary and (iv) secondary Welsh medium schools there are; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57439) | |
| 287 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what progress he is making in tackling waiting lists for cataract operations for elderly persons in the Wrexham Maelor Hospital Trust area; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57444) | |
| 288 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what involvement he has in the restructuring of the aerospace industry; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57449) | |
| 289 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to ensure the retention of assisted area status for Alyn and Deeside; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57447) | |
| 290 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he last met leaders of the (i) CBI and (ii) TUC to discuss the competitiveness of Welsh industry; and if he will make a statement. |
| (57450) | |
| 291 N | Mr John McAllion (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has held with Post Office trade unions relating to the structure and funding of the Post Office. |
| [Question Unstarred] (55075) | |
| 292 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department collects data on the number of young people who have died from cardiac disease; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (57135) | |
| 293 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements he has made to work with the aviation industry to improve engine technology to reduce aircraft noise. |
| [Transferred] (57418) | |
| 294 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact of the eco-village in the Pembrokeshire National Park on the environment; and if he will make a statement on the implications for sustainable development of this project. |
| [Transferred] (57393) | |
| 295 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the European Parliament's proposal to change the European Convention protocol on asylum seekers to provide for temporary asylum. |
| [Transferred] (57473) | |
| 296 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for Her Majesty's Government to accede to the First Optional Protocol to the United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. |
| [Transferred] (57410) | |
| 297 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if the training for the judiciary on the implications of the Human Rights Bill [Lords] will include training relating to (a) equality and (b) disability issues. |
| [Transferred] (57697) | |
| 298 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many persons in the regular battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment were born in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) the remainder of the United Kingdom, (c) the Republic of Ireland and (d) elsewhere. |
| [Transferred] (57581) | |
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