Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence |
*1 |
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): What plans he has to use the experience and data acquired from the current air campaign over Yugoslavia to assist in the drawing up of criteria for future defence procurement contracts. |
| (82578) |
*2 |
Helen Jones (Warrington North): How many troops are currently deployed in Macedonia. |
| (82579) |
*3 |
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): What proportion of the Army's Land Command is currently committed to operations. |
| (82580) |
*4 |
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): What plans he has to review his Strategic Defence Review following NATO military action in Yugoslavia. |
| (82581) |
*5 |
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): What discussions he has had about a new generation of nuclear weapons; and if he will make a statement. |
| (82582) |
*6 |
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden): What assessment he has made of the availability of weapons systems equipment to British forces in the Balkans. |
| (82583) |
*7 |
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): If he will make a statement on the progress of the Army's ethnic recruitment drive. |
| (82584) |
*8 |
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): How many troops are currently deployed in Macedonia. |
| (82585) |
*9 |
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): What discussions have taken place between his Department and the Foreign Office on the long-term implications for the international nuclear disarmament process of NATO's decision not to redefine the role nuclear weapons play in NATO's new strategic concept. |
| (82586) |
*10 |
Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What contingency plans NATO has made for the stationing of British land forces in Kosovo. |
| (82587) |
*11 |
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): What measures his Department is taking to address over-stretch in the armed forces. |
| (82588) |
*12 |
Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): If he will make a statement on the current security situation in Kosovo. |
| (82589) |
*13 |
Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): If he will make a statement on funding for the Royal Army Medical Corps. |
| (82590) |
*14 |
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): If he will make a statement on the position of former servicemen discharged on the basis of their sexual orientation. |
| (82591) |
*15 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What is the estimated tonnage of ordnance dropped on oil and chemical plants in Yugoslavia since 24th March; and what estimate he has made of resulting emissions of (a) ammonia, (b) benzene, (c) chlorine, (d) mercury, (e) phosgene and (f) sulphur dioxide. |
| (82592) |
*16 |
Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): What decisions were made at the NATO Summit in Washington regarding the non-proliferation of (i) nuclear weapons and (ii) weapons of mass destruction; and if he will make a statement. |
| (82593) |
*17 |
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): If he will announce his plans for safeguarding the War Memorial and Buildings of Staff College Camberley; and if he will make a statement. |
| (82595) |
*18 |
Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch): If he will make a statement on the planned gift of guided missiles to Saudi Arabia. |
| (82596) |
*19 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What proportion of the Territorial Army is currently deployed on operations. |
| (82597) |
*20 |
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): If he will review the proposed reorganisation of the Parachute Regiment following operations in Kosovo. |
| (82598) |
*21 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): How many (a) Scots and (b) non-Scots are currently serving in the UK armed forces. |
| (82599) |
*22 |
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the air campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to date. |
| (82600) |
*23 |
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): What role British troops are currently playing in providing humanitarian support in South East Europe. |
| (82601) |
*24 |
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What skill shortages he has identified within Her Majesty's Forces. |
| (82602) |
*25 |
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): How many British troops are currently deployed in Bosnia. |
| (82603) |
*26 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): What progress has been made in determining the future use of the old and the new ranges in Shoeburyness. |
| (82604) |
*27 |
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): What proportion of RAF Strike Command is currently committed to operations. |
| (82606) |
*28 |
Mr Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What steps are being taken to adapt the Army's tactical doctrine to the more flexible role defined for it by the Strategic Defence Review. |
| (82607) |
*29 |
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): If he will make a statement on the progress of the Eurofighter programme. |
| (82608) |
*30 |
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): What plans he has to change the resource assumptions made in the Strategic Defence Review. |
| (82609) |
*31 |
Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): What role British troops are playing in assisting the humanitarian relief effort for Kosovar Albanian refugees. |
| (82610) |
*32 |
Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What is the current deployment of the Trident submarine fleet. |
| (82611) |
*33 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What is the current cost of garrisoning the Falklands. |
| (82612) |
Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, and to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission |
*34 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the role of the Commissioners in respect of Church schools. |
| (82613) |
*35 |
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Commissioners have to dispose of their shares in GEC. |
| (82614) |
*36 |
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church Commissioners have to celebrate the millennium. |
| (82615) |
*37 |
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the ethical investment policies of the Church Commissioners. |
| (82616) |
*38 |
Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what sources of advice are available to the Church Commissioners on the need of social housing in inner urban areas. |
| (82617) |
*39 |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the sale of British Aerospace shares by the Church of England. |
| (82618) |
*40 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the Commissioners' plans to encourage parishes to carry out risk assessments in relation to crime against churches. |
| (82619) |
*41 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Commissioners have to give assistance to churches for the cost of repairs. |
| (82620) |
*42 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what factors the Commissioners took into account when deciding to dispose of its holding in BAe. |
| (82621) |
*43 |
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what recent representations he has received on the state of the Commission's properties in Essex. |
| (82622) |
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
SELECT COMMITTEES |
1 |
Social Security and Employment Sub-Committee |
4.00 p.m.
4.15 p.m. |
Room 19 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Single Work-focused Gateway Pilots. |
| Witnesses: One Plus, the Carers' National Association and the Children's Society (at 4.15 p.m.); the British Council of Disabled People and RADAR (at approximately 5.15 p.m.). |
2 |
Information |
4.30 p.m. |
Room 13 (private) |
3 |
Public Accounts |
4.30 p.m. |
Room 15 (public) |
| Subject: HM Customs & Excise: The Red Channel. |
| Witnesses: Dame Valerie Strachan, DCB, Chairman, Mr Michael Norgrove, Director, Operations (Compliance), HM Customs & Excise. |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
|
Written Questions tabled on Friday 7th May for answer today++ |
1 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to issue guidance to employers and employees on the Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999. |
| (83901) |
2 | Mr Keith Darvill (Upminster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the carry-over of unused fishing effort allocations within the EU Multi Annual Guidance Programme (MAGP IV). |
| (83902) |
3 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for the merger of the Military Survey and Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (JARIC) Defence Agencies. |
| (83904) |
4 | Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for the future location of the headquarters of the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency. |
| (83905) |
5 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the Government's fuel poverty policy proposals. |
| (83906) |
|