Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health |
*1 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What is the (a) length of the waiting list and (b) average waiting time for a brain scan for those aged (i) under 18 years and (ii) 18 years and over; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92584) |
*2 |
Ms Hazel Blears (Salford): What steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate care is available to terminally-ill patients admitted to general hospitals. |
| (92585) |
*3 |
Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What discussions he has held with (a) the health authority and (b) health trusts in Camden and Islington concerning the operation of the Health Action Zone. |
| (92586) |
*4 |
Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): What steps he is taking to regulate the provision of health care by the independent sector. |
| (92587) |
*5 |
Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): When he next plans to visit Redbridge to discuss the North East London health economy. |
| (92588) |
*6 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What investment his Department is making in services to combat cancer of the bowel. |
| (92589) |
*7 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on government policy relating to organ transplants. |
| (92590) |
*8 |
Mr Andrew George (St Ives): What assessment he has made of the provision of dental services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92591) |
*9 |
Norman Baker (Lewes): If he will make a statement on the use of bovine materials in vaccines. |
| (92592) |
*10 |
Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): What discussions he has had with the Home Secretary concerning the range of complementary and alternative medical treatments available in Her Majesty's prisons and Her Majesty's young offenders institutions; what was decided; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92593) |
*11 |
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar): When he plans to bring forward regulations to govern the chiropody profession. |
| (92594) |
*12 |
Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): How many casualty modernisation schemes are planned to improve security for staff. |
| (92595) |
*13 |
Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): If he will commission a study of the effect of mergers of accident and emergency units on clinical outcomes. |
| (92596) |
*14 |
Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): How many emergency cases were treated by the NHS during the years to the end of March (a) 1999, (b) 1998 and (c) 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92597) |
*15 |
Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): If he will make a statement on the financial position of the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority. |
| (92600) |
*16 |
Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): How many casualty department modernisation schemes are planned this year to improve facilities for children. |
| (92601) |
*17 |
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What instructions are being given to health authorities on the relative priority to be given to (a) reducing financial deficits and (b) maintaining standards of health care among health providers in their districts. |
| (92602) |
*18 |
Mr Bill Michie (Sheffield, Heeley): How many non-emergency in-patient cases were treated by the NHS during the year to the end of March (a) 1999 and (b) 1998. |
| (92604) |
*19 |
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What recent representations he has received on waiting times for (a) non-urgent and (b) urgent cardiac (i) operations and (ii) procedures. |
| (92605) |
*20 |
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): When he expects to issue new guidance concerning the prescribing of beta interferon for (a) relapsing remitting and (b) secondary progressive MS. |
| (92606) |
*21 |
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): If he will make a statement on his policy on the role and training of optometrists. |
| (92607) |
*22 |
Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): If he plans to accept the proposed national standards for the inspection of care homes drawn up by the Centre for Policy on Ageing earlier this year. |
| (92608) |
*23 |
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): If he will make a statement on the planned level of capital investment in the NHS over the next three years. |
| (92610) |
*24 |
Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): What has been the cost to date of establishing (a) primary care groups and (b)primary care trusts. |
| (92611) |
*25 |
Mr Colin Burgon (Elmet): What period of consultation he proposes on the draft Tobacco (Prohibition of Advertising and Promotion) Regulations. |
| (92612) |
*26 |
Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): How many patients have been waiting in excess of one year for treatment. |
| (92613) |
*27 |
Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): What recent discussions he has held with local health authorities regarding the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer in men in their areas; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92614) |
*28 |
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): What representations he has received regarding the level of the standard mortality ratio in the Barnsley area. |
| (92615) |
*29 |
Mr John Healey (Wentworth): If he will make a statement on progress in implementing the proposals in the White Paper, Smoking Kills. |
| (92616) |
*30 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What steps he is taking to tackle the growing incidence of TB. |
| (92617) |
*31 |
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): What studies he has commissioned or evaluated on the relationship between the chewing of tobacco products and the development of oral cancers. |
| (92618) |
*32 |
Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): How many action plans have been approved by his Department to help local authorities improve their performance in providing high-quality social services for children in need. |
| (92620) |
*33 |
Bob Russell (Colchester): What monitoring is carried out to ensure that IVF treatment is available in every health authority area. |
| (92621) |
*34 |
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): What investment his Department is making in services to combat osteoporosis. |
| (92622) |
*35 |
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): How many patients have been referred to a consultant by their GP but are still awaiting their first appointment with the consultant. |
| (92623) |
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Written Question tabled on Monday 18th October for answer today
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1 | Mr Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to publish the final report of the Home Office Working Party on Electoral Procedures. |
| (94816) |
2 | Mr Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made with the establishment of the Rent Service as a Next Steps executive agency. |
| (94817) |
3 | Mr Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee, if he will make a statement on arrangements for the introduction of a new e-mail system in the House. |
| (94818) |
4 | Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the recent European Central Bank's agreement on gold. |
| (94834) |
5 | Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to publish his Pre-Budget Report. |
| (94835) |