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Session 1998-99 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 20 January 1999 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on  Wednesday 20 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on  Wednesday 20 January, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Thursday 21 January, see Part 2 of this Paper.

Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

WEDNESDAY 20th JANUARY
1	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much the total cost of the subsidy for tobacco producers is in the European Union in the current financial year.
	(66902)
2	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received on withdrawing the subsidy to tobacco producers in the European Union.
	(66903)
3	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will pursue with the European Commission proposals to reform the CAP by (a) abolishing the tobacco subsidy in Europe and (b) assisting pig farmers.
	(66895)
4	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the six areas designated to receive assistance under the English Objective 5b Structural Fund Programme.
	(66901)
5	Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assistance is provided to young farmers to obtain their own farm holding.
	(66871)
6	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which measures of local deprivation his Department and its agencies use in considering allocation of funds to local projects.
	(66715)
7	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the latest possible date for responses to the consultation exercise, Towards a New Direction for UK Agriculture.
	(66906)
8	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many responses his Department has received as part of the consultation exercise Towards a New Direction for UK Agriculture; and if he will publish them.
	(66905)
9	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on what date or dates the decision was taken to launch the consultation exercise, Towards a New Direction for UK Agriculture.
	(66908)
10	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much the consultation exercise Towards a New Direction for UK Agriculture cost (a) to produce and (b) in postage.
	(66909)
11	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the dates and venues of the meetings which he will be holding or attending which form part of his consultation exercise Towards a New Direction for UK Agriculture.
	(66904)
12	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what mechanisms have been devised (a) to collate and (b) to utilise the responses to the consultation exercise Towards a New Direction for UK Agriculture ahead of the deadline for the conclusion of Agenda 2000 negotiations.
	(66907)
13	Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will make a statement on the decision not to prosecute ASDA or its staff following the death of Mr Anthony Robert Stewart.
	(66848)
14	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the dimensions of the Millennium Dome are; when tickets for the Millennium Dome will first go on sale; what event is planned to mark the first tickets going on sale; how he will recruit people to perform in the central show in the Dome; how many jobs have been created by the Millennium Dome project to date; and how many people will work in the Dome when it opens.
	(66865)
15	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what account is given of value for money in the accreditation of crowns on a quality rating system for hotels.
	(66896)
16	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the annual revenue of the tourism industry in the North West for the last five years.
	(66898)
17	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the annual amount of financial support provided by his Department for tourism in the North West in each of the last five years.
	(66897)
18	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance his Department is providing to ensure that beaches in the North West are brought up to Blue Flag standard.
	(66928)
19	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which measures of local deprivation his Department and its agencies use in considering allocation of funds to local projects.
	(66723)
20   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to extend the jurisdiction of the ITC and the scope of the Broadcasting Acts to companies based abroad who, through cable, broadcast in the United Kingdom.
	(66257)
21   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to review the TV licence scheme in respect of the different rates paid by different pensioners; and if he will make a statement.
	(66253)
22   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how he intends to ensure that the political impartiality required by the Broadcasting Acts is maintained in respect of broadcasts being made in the United Kingdom by companies based abroad; and if he will make a statement.
	(66256)
23   N	Sir Peter Emery (East Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the selection of targets during the recent bombing of Iraq was influenced by reports received from any member of UNSCOM.
	(66001)
24   N	Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to modify the regulations contained in the Submarine/Fishing Vessel Interaction Code of Practice; and if he will make a statement.
	(66470)
25   N	Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to write to the honourable Member for Greenock and Inverclyde further to his statement of 12th November 1998, Official Report, column 506.
	(66359)
26   N	Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many allegations concerning a breach of the Submarine/Fishing Vessel Interaction Code of Practice have been brought to his notice in the past 15 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(66471)
27	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his estimate of the cost of the future refit of HMS 'Ark Royal'; and when he expects the refit to commence.
	(66700)
28	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel, of which ranks, are currently attached to each Royal Navy vessel (a) mothballed and (b) awaiting refit.
	(66702)
29	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if HMS 'Invincible' had a full ship's company on board when she left Portsmouth recently.
	(66698)
30	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the annual cost of the service personnel currently attached to (a) HMS 'Ark Royal' and (b) HMS 'Intrepid'.
	(66701)
31	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make a decision on the future of HMS 'Intrepid'.
	(66699)
32   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions RAF Manston, Kent, has been used by private freight aircraft in (a) 1997 and (b) 1998; what cargo they carried; and if he will make a statement.
	(66629)
33	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was paid in each of the last five years to the US Government to guarantee the servicing of the UK Trident missile stock; and if this money is part of the estimated Trident running costs.
	(66825)
34   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the advertised days and actual number of days on which Army firing took place within each of the three firing ranges in the Dartmoor National Park for the year ended 31st December 1998.
	(66116)
35   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of callers to the Learning Direct helpline get through at the first attempt (a) on average and (b) at the busiest times.
	(66355)
36   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many calls each month to Learning Direct are provided for in the contract with his Department.
	(66354)
37   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what evidence he has of successful referrals by the Learning Direct helpline overall and broken down by (a) age, (b) sex (c) employment status, (d) region and (e) qualifications.
	(66358)
38   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to commission research on the impact of socio-economic factors on school performance tables.
	(66603)
39   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what conclusions he has drawn from his Department's internal investigations of the relationship between socio-economic factors and school performance; and if he will place a copy of results of these investigations in the Library.
	(66602)
40   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people have telephoned the Learning Direct helpline during each month of its operation.
	(66353)
41   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what are the most common areas of inquiry made to the Learning Direct helpline.
	(66357)
42   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will publish a breakdown of callers to the Learning Direct helpline by (a) age, (b) sex, (c) employment status and (d) highest qualification gained.
	(66356)
43   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the percentage of callers to the Learning Direct helpline who succeed in reaching an operator (a) on average and (b) at the busiest times.
	(66263)
44	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many persons aged 18 to 24 years have (a) been invited to join the New Deal and (b) failed to keep their appointments following such an invitation.
	(66965)
45	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many entrants to the New Deal have completed the arrangements and been placed in (a) subsidised employment, (b) training, (c) the environmental task force and (d) the voluntary sector.
	(66967)
46	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many persons aged 18 to 24 years have started the New Deal since its inception.
	(66964)
47	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many persons aged 18 to 24 years who started the New Deal subsequently (a) dropped out and (b) failed to complete the arrangements for any other reasons.
	(66966)
48	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many offenders who are subject to supervision by the Probation Service have (a) commenced the New Deal and (b) completed the arrangements.
	(66968)
49	Mr David Lock (Wyre Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) carried out on the effect of the literacy hour on reading standards amongst primary school pupils.
	(66978)
50	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which measures of local deprivation his Department and its agencies use in considering allocation of funds to local projects.
	(66718)
51	Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what discretion the Employment Service has to help with travel costs for interviews for people who have been unemployed for less than 13 weeks.
	(66822)
52	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the Better Regulation Task Force's report into the regulation of nannies.
	(66933)
53	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what factors underlay the decision to change the rules governing the regulation of nanny agencies.
	(66931)
54	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many cases the Environment Agency has taken to court concerning Petrus Oil Ltd; and if he will list the outcome of each case.
	(66853)
55	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his policy on the disposal of used oils.
	(66851)
56	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many sites are licensed for the re-refining of used oils.
	(66852)
57	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his policy concerning the timing of the payment of court costs.
	(66855)
58	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the irrecoverable costs to the Environment Agency of its cases relating to Petrus Oil Ltd indicating the amount of costs and date of court order for the Environment Agency to reimburse Petrus Oil Ltd.
	(66854)
59	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Regional Development Agency for the Northwest will be established; and where its offices will be located.
	(66733)
60	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of track maintenance carried out by Railtrack on the line between Liverpool Lime Street and Freshfield Station in Merseyside.
	(66732)
61	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the numbers of local authorities that will adopt the cabinet-style model of local government; and if he will list them.
	(66729)
62	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will give details of (a) the atmospheric-tests which have been carried out by his Department in Crosby, (b) the test results and (c) the action which is being considered as a result; and if he will make a statement.
	(66709)
63	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to make the decision process of local government more accessible to the public.
	(66730)
64	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many local authorities have offered a referendum to the public following the White Paper on local government reform.
	(66731)
65   N	Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will announce the date by which secondary treatment of waste water and sewage will be required under the terms of the European Union's Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive; and if he will make a statement.
	(66349)
66	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assistance his Department is providing to ensure that beaches in the North West are improved to Blue Flag standard.
	(66929)
67   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are the (a) costs to date and (b) projected costs to the public purse of work associated with the Birmingham Northern Relief Road, including (i) land purchase, (ii) legal costs and (iii) policing costs; and what contribution to these costs will be made by Midland Expressway Ltd.
	(66414)
68	Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) personal injury accidents and (b) fatalities were recorded on the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1998.
	(66734)
69	Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for which pesticides he has received unpublished scientific evidence that relates to the introduction of additional financial revenues which would lead to quantified changes in the volume of their use.
	(66867)
70	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the changes to the operational autonomy of the National Air Traffic Service which will follow its reorganisation.
	(66859)
71	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what factors underlay his decision not to (a) retain the National Air Traffic Service in public ownership and (b) privatise it completely.
	(66860)
72	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the ability of the reorganised National Air Traffic Service will be able to guarantee necessary levels of investment.
	(66861)
73	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the Civil Aviation Pension Scheme will continue to be open to (a) existing and (b) future members of staff of the National Air Traffic Service after the proposed reorganisation of the service.
	(66862)
74	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will have the power to insist on minimum staffing levels for the reorganised National Air Traffic Service.
	(66863)
75   N	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 14th January, Official Report, column 246, if he will place in the Library details of the current millennium compliance status of the organisations currently approved by the CAA; what percentage of these are fully millennium-compliant; and if he will make a statement.
	(66646)
76	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which measures of local deprivation his Department and its agencies use in considering allocation of funds to local projects.
	(66717)
77   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what planning guidance he has issued in relation to mobile homes, with particular regard to all-year round occupancy; and if he will make a statement.
	(66254)
78   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with parish councils regarding the impact of the increased audit requirements and subsequent costs on smaller parish councils; and if he will make a statement.
	(66261)
79   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to incorporate directive 97/49/EU into UK law; and if he will make a statement.
	(66252)
80   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what funds he intends to make available (a) nationally, (b) to Gloucestershire County Council and (c) to Tewkesbury Borough Council to compensate for the removal of ACT credit in 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(66255)
81	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to permit (a) comparable and (b) better-performing technology to displace catalytic converters.
	(66712)
82	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to limit increases in registered fair rents; and if he will make a statement.
	(66937)
83	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will preserve the rights of those low-income pensioners who are currently entitled to tokens redeemable against community bus and taxi fares when he implements his proposals for half-price travel passes.
	(66821)
84	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to compensate local authorities in whose area there is a disproportionate number of pensioners when he implements his proposal for half-price bus travel permits.
	(66820)
85	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to extend the powers of local government to impose lower speed limits; and if he will make a statement.
	(66710)
86   N	Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received concerning the extension of fuel duty rebate to dial-a-bus services; what assistance is currently available to (a) rural and (b) urban dial-a-bus services; and if he will make a statement.
	(66606)
87   N	Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to extend the eligibility criteria for fuel duty rebate to dial-a-bus services.
	(66605)
88   N	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in each of the last 10 years; and what are the projected numbers of new cases estimated by his Department over the next five years.
	(65821)
89	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the extent of the devaluation of capital assets worldwide as a result of the financial crisis in East Asia and South America; and what its principal effects have been on Her Majesty's Government policy.
	(66727)
90	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the excess of capital monies over presently remunerative fixed investment opportunities worldwide; and if he will make a statement.
	(66726)
91	Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the outcome of the ECOFIN Council held in Brussels on 18th January; and if he will make a statement.
	(66819)
92	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for harmonising beer duty in the United Kingdom with that of other European Union countries.
	(66970)
93	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons Customs and Excise is unable to accept VAT returns in euros; and if he will make a statement.
	(66983)
94	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take in respect of sole traders, partnerships and small companies in the construction industry who do not qualify for tax certificates as regards their position under the new deduction regulations; and if he will make a statement.
	(66980)
95	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he is taking to ensure that the Inland Revenue does not issue final reminders from more than one tax office, in cases involving pensioners who receive pensions from more than one source.
	(66982)
96	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made towards the goal set out in the G8's Birmingham Communique of all the heavily indebted poor countries being admitted to the HIPC initiative by the year 2000.
	(66742)
97   N	Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to encourage the use of ultra low sulphur petrol.
	(66449)
98	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which measures of local deprivation his Department and its agencies use in considering allocation of funds to local projects.
	(66722)
99   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the observations by the Foreign Minister of France concerning the lifting of sanctions on Iraq.
	(65397)
100	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what communication the Government has had with the Australian government since 1975 concerning investigations into the deaths of Brian Peters and Malcolm Rennie; and if he will make a statement.
	(66850)
101	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what policies the British Government intends to pursue with a view to ensuring that future decisions of the United Nations Security Council are upheld.
	(66739)
102	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the conditions of service and method of appointment of honorary consuls.
	(66869)
103	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many honorary consuls are in post.
	(66868)
104	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many honorary consuls are currently employed by the UK owned (a) tobacco, (b) armaments and (c) other industries with commercial interests in the host country.
	(66870)
105   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which officials in (a) his Department and (b) the Ministry of Defence were informed of the facility extended by the German government to British diplomats, to communicate with officials in the United Kingdom from Freetown, Sierra Leone, in the years 1997 and 1998; and on which occasions this facility was used.
	(66628)
106   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) European Union ministers about the import duties being placed by the EU on bananas and (b) the United States government about the retaliatory duties being placed on EU goods; and if he will make a statement.
	(66259)
107	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to publish the White Paper on British Overseas Territories.
	(66697)
108	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British visitors to Yemen in each of the last three years.
	(66945)
109	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to increase the number of diplomatic personnel at the British mission in Yemen.
	(66942)
110	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Yugoslav authorities in respect of the massacre at Racak.
	(66947)
111	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department first learnt that the five detainees in Yemen had been charged.
	(66940)
112	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes to Foreign Office travel advice have been made since 20th December 1998.
	(66943)
113	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals are currently imprisoned overseas; and if he will provide a breakdown by country.
	(66946)
114	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Yugoslavian Ambassador in respect of the massacre at Racak.
	(66948)
115	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the British Consul General in Aden met each of the five detainees in Yemen.
	(66939)
116	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals he estimates live in Yemen.
	(66944)
117	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to gain access to a doctor for the five detainees in Aden.
	(66941)
118	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when and how he first learnt of the kidnap of two Britons in Yemen on 17th January.
	(66938)
119   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, for each of the last 10 years, the total number of live births in the United Kingdom, and the percentage of those births delivered by caesarean section.
	(66264)
120   N	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding the establishment of a national screening programme for prostate cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	(65820)
121   N	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the current state of research into the causes and treatment of prostate cancer.
	(65822)
122	Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for improvements to nurse education and training.
	(66864)
123	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a loyalty bonus pay scheme for years of service accrued in the National Health Service.
	(66927)
124   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his implementation group will invite bids from (a) established medical schools, (b) new medical schools and (c) others for provision of 1000 additional doctors' training places; and if he will make a statement.
	(66087)
125   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the criteria recommended by the joint Department of Health and Higher Education Funding Council for England implementation group, for awarding 1,000 additional medical school places to existing medical schools, new medical schools or new models for doctor training; and if he will make a statement.
	(66088)
126	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral statement to the House on 5th November, Official Report, columns 1011-13, what assessment he has made of the call for a comprehensive system of training and qualification for all residential care workers contained in the Residential Forum's Report, A Golden Opportunity.
	(66814)
127	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department (a) gives and (b) intends to give to NHS authorities to take full account of the clinical and cost effectiveness of new and current health interventions when making decisions on funding.
	(66741)
128	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) intends to take to ensure that the guidelines set out in EL 95/97 for choosing those MS patients suitable for treatments with beta interferons are consistently implemented.
	(66740)
129	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to issue guidance on the provision of care pathways for patients with long-term medical conditions.
	(66874)
130	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with MS were prescribed Azathiopine between 1995 and 1998.
	(66856)
131	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the specialist indicators which will be used to assess neurology services under the new NHS National Performance Framework.
	(66875)
132	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which measures of local deprivation his Department and its agencies use in considering allocation of funds to local projects.
	(66724)
133   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for research into the causes and treatment of allergies; and if he will make a statement.
	(66258)
134	Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the (a) benefits and (b) disadvantages of regulating operating department practitioners.
	(66877)
135	Mr Marsha Singh (Bradford West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to implement a a strategy communication with on the potential affect on services of the millennium bug.
	(66725)
136	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants plans to consider aldehydes; and if he will make a statement.
	(66728)
137	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further action he plans to take to reduce levels of aldehyders in ambient air; and what plans he has for further research into their sources.
	(66713)
138	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions there were to (a) Leicester General Hospital, (b) Leicester Royal Infirmary and (c) Glenfield Hospital in the last year for which figures are available.
	(66918)
139	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the services provided by Leicester General Hospital.
	(66917)
140	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the proposed merger of NHS acute hospital trusts in Leicester.
	(66916)
141	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact (a) on public funds and (b) on health service provision of the proposed merger of hospital trusts in Leicester; and if he will make a statement.
	(66919)
142	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to improve the inspection procedure for accommodation for asylum seekers (a) before the introduction of and (b) under the asylum seekers support scheme.
	(66714)
143	Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to introduce regulations permitting fixed penalties for the offence of cycling on pavements.
	(66849)
144   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the number of prosecutions in each of the last four years for which figures are available for alleged illegal operation of lotteries licensed under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976; and what, for each successful prosecution, was the fine or sentence imposed and the names of those convicted.
	(66266)
145   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the letter of 21st July (FL/98 333/1039/3 PO 10689/98) to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, what progress has been made in the joint research programme between the Forensic Science Service and the police on the development of the national DNA data-base.
	(65398)
146	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to receive the National Audit Office study into the surrender of handguns and compensation schemes.
	(66817)
147	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list how each new appointee to the Firearms Consultative Committee fulfils the criteria provided by section 22 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1998.
	(66816)
148	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what stage he has reached in the establishment of the National Family and Parenting Institute.
	(66736)
149	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements there will be for the National Family and Parenting Institute to have regard to different social, ethnic, religious, moral and spiritual values.
	(66738)
150	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what will be the arrangements for the selection and appointment of trustees for the National Family and Parenting Institute.
	(66737)
151	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will call for a report from the Chief Constable of Hampshire as to the cost of the investigation into the handling by the Devon and Cornwall Police of the Brian Parsons case.
	(66976)
152	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which measures of local deprivation his Department and its agencies use in considering allocation of funds to local projects.
	(66719)
153	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make grants to youth organisations to match in full the fee required by the Criminal Records Bureau for checks on adult volunteers.
	(66979)
154	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funds is he planning to make available for the funding of speed limit enforcement cameras.
	(66711)
155	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that revenue from fines imposed for speeding are made available to fund speed limit enforcement measures.
	(66735)
156	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the members of the Firearms Consultative Committee whom he has nominated in accordance with the provisions of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 together with the reasons for which they were appointed.
	(66936)
157	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives he has taken to promote the recruitment of special constables among members of the ethnic minority communities.
	(66935)
158	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the cost to public funds of the police appeal for Jeff and Jenny Bramley.
	(66934)
159	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the investigation which he has announced into claims of excessive expenditure by the Right honourable Member for Copeland will be completed.
	(66922)
160	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the results of the investigation into claims of excessive expenditures by the Right honourable Member for Copeland will be published.
	(66921)
161	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will conduct the investigation he announced on 17th January into claims of excessive expenditure by the Right honourable Member for Copeland.
	(66923)
162	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the terms of reference of the investigation into claims of excessive expenditure by the Right honourable Member for Copeland.
	(66920)
163	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the investigation into the claims of excessive expenditure by the Right honourable Member for Copeland will take evidence from third parties.
	(66925)
164	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the progress of the Jubilee 2000 Campaign.
	(66900)
165	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, for each of the last five years, what was (a) the highest figure and (b) the average figure given as the gross fee income by applicants to be made Queen's Counsel who were (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful.
	(66957)
166	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to make the system of appointment of Queen's Counsel more transparent.
	(66975)
167	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to recover (a) the cost of the Queen's Counsel consultation procedure and (b) the related departmental staff costs from applicants.
	(66973)
168	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will state, for each of the last five years (a) the average number and (b) the highest number of unsuccessful previous applications made by applicants to be made Queen's Counsel.
	(66971)
169	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the cost of the consultation procedure for the appointment of Queen's Counsel for each of the last five years; and what the total cost was of the staff employed in work related to the appointment of Queen's Counsel for each of the last five years.
	(66972)
170	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has (a) to introduce an application fee for appointment to Queen's Counsel, (b) to review the £150 fee paid by successful applicants only and (c) to introduce an annual Queen's Counsel renewal fee.
	(66974)
171	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) High Court judges and (b) Circuit judges appointed in each of the last five years had previously been Queen's Counsel.
	(66950)
172	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to introduce a register of pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests for judges.
	(66951)
173	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, for each of the last five years, what was (a) the total number of applications to be made Queen's Counsel, (b) the number of successful applicants and (c) of (a) and (b), how many were (i) women, (ii) from ethnic minorities, (iii) below the age of 38, (iv) over the age of 50 and (v) solicitors.
	(66952)
174	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to introduce post-appointment appraisals for Queen's Counsel.
	(66949)
175	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has for abolishing the monopoly of notaries in London by the Worshipful Company of Scriveners; and if he will make a statement.
	(66977)
176	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, which measures of local deprivation his Department and its agencies use in considering allocation of funds to local projects.
	(66721)
177	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to consult outside bodies on regulations which are proposed as a result of the review of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.
	(66815)
178   N	Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement on the level of beef exports from Northern Ireland.
	(64857)
179	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will introduce salaries for select committee chairmen.
	(66813)
180	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy that government agencies which choose not to pay costs ordered by a court at the end of a case must report the detailed circumstances and the reasons for any refusal to his office.
	(66872)
181   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, what response he has made to the request by the Government of France on 22nd December that Britain and the US should disclose the results of their attack against Iraq.
	(65649)
182   N	Sir Peter Emery (East Devon):    To ask the Prime Minister, what action was taken by himself, or with President Clinton, in response to the admission by a member of the UNSCOM arms inspectors in Iraq that UNSCOM information was being passed to the Israeli Intelligence Service.
	(66002)
183   N	Sir Peter Emery (East Devon):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he was first informed that certain members or a member of the UNSCOM arms inspectors in Iraq were in touch with the Israeli Intelligence Service.
	(66003)
184   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the letter of 30th September from the Minister for Agriculture, the Environment and Fisheries to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, if he will make a statement on the outcome of his talks with the water industry and the British Retailers Consortium on the recycling of sewage sludge on farmland.
	(65399)
185   N	Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will announce the date by which secondary treatment of waste water and sewage will be required under the terms of the European Union's Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive; and if he will make a statement.
	(66350)
186   N	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the Scottish Office Development Department post-project evaluation of the socio-economic impact of the Skye Bridge is expected to be completed; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
	(66265)
187   N	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for each year since 1974 the number of people in Scotland employed in (a) agriculture and (b) ancillary trades dependent on agriculture broken down by region.
	(66604)
188   N	Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many ward beds were available in Glasgow in 1995; how many ward beds will be available in Glasgow upon the completion of the new Law Hospital; and what were the service costs for the old Law Hospital for each of the years between 1990 and 1995.
	(65956)
189   N	Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many ward beds were available in Edinburgh in 1995; how many ward beds will be available in Edinburgh upon the completion of the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; and what were the service costs for the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for each of the years between 1990 and 1995.
	(65957)
190   N	Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the projects currently being considered for PFI funding in Scotland, indicating the number of contracts with performance bonuses as well as penalties built in; which projects are build, own and operate; and if the service costs for PFI projects can be broken down into capital cost and service cost.
	(66000)
191   N	Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list (a) the size of the waiting list and (b) the average waiting time for orthodontic treatment in each health board area in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
	(66607)
192   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the number of widows who will receive reduced benefit payments following the implementation of his reform proposals.
	(66352)
193   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what category of widows who submit their claims under the new rules will receive reduced benefit under his reform proposals.
	(66262)
194   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to amend the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 to mitigate their impact on recipients of invalid care allowance who lose their benefit on reaching retirement age.
	(66351)
195	Frank Cook (Stockton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what provisions are to be made to ensure that recipents of the proposed higher level of severe disablement allowance will not be worse off as a result of paying non-dependent deductions as a consequence of losing their entitlement to income support.
	(66969)
196	Frank Cook (Stockton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate how much of the annual cost of implementing the proposed changes to severe disablement allowance will be offset as a result of taking claimants out of income support in respect of (a) non-dependent deductions for claimants living with recipients of housing benefit, council tax benefit or housing costs allowance (b) claimants no longer receiving free prescriptions, dental or optical services and (c) claimants no longer being able to access Social Fund community care grants.
	(66997)
197	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which measures of local deprivation his Department and its agencies use in considering allocation of funds to local projects.
	(66716)
198   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how the £7 billion project for computers in the Benefits Agency is to be phased; what payback period is expected; and if he will make a statement.
	(66251)
199	Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what are the target time scales for family credit appeals to be decided.
	(66823)
200	Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if there is a target time limit for the payment of the Back to Work Bonus.
	(66824)
201	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will amend the terms of reference of the review of noise-induced hearing loss to allow it to consider the level of compensation given in civilian courts to police officers and others suffering hearing loss from service-related damage.
	(66858)
202	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what factors underlay his decision not to fund research into (a) noise-induced hearing loss and (b) hearing loss due to the aging process.
	(66857)
203	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will update his estimates, based on the Family Resources Survey 1996-97 of non take-ups of income support by persons in each age, sex and marital status group, consistent with his Answer of 19th October 1998, Official Report, columns 597-98.
	(66876)
204	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to announce the results of the consultation completed in May 1998 on the abolition of wealth warnings on commercial radio; and if he will make a statement.
	[R] (66818)
205	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to ensure that telecommunications companies advertise the rate which they are charging on telephone numbers found in advertisements and whether they are being charged whilst held in a queue; and if he will make a statement.
	(66955)
206	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the future of British aviation.
	(66930)
207	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the regulation of the telecommunications industry's call charges.
	(66954)
208	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to restrict the prices charged by telecommunications companies for their premium rate calls.
	(66956)
209	Mr David Lock (Wyre Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list in respect of foreign (a) companies and (b) governments which have been given guarantees in relation to defence and security equipment in the past three years (i) the name of the country to which defence and security equipment has been sold, (ii) the level of debt guaranteed for sales to each country in each of the last three years and (iii) the amount of that debt which was paid out by the ECGD in each of the last three years.
	(66981)
210   N	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the percentage of electrical goods currently on sale in the United Kingdom which are not millennium compliant; what steps he is taking to ensure that goods which are not millennium compliant are clearly marked as such; and if he will make a statement.
	(66645)
211	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which measures of local deprivation his Department and its agencies use in considering allocation of funds to local projects.
	(66720)
212   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action has been taken to avoid conflict of interest in respect of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science's biotechnology responsibilities and the Gatsby Trust Foundation.
	(66696)
213   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what dates the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science resigned from the boards of (a) Diatech and (b) Innotech Innovation.
	(66695)
214   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what responsibility the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science has concerning matters which relate to the Gatsby Trust Foundation.
	(66694)
215   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with aerospace companies about the civil aircraft research and development budget; and if he will make a statement on future spending on CARAD.
	(66260)
216	Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what publicity the Government has given to the provisions of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
	(66866)
217	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the total installed capacity of embedded generators for each of the last five years for which data is available.
	(66915)
218	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many units of electricity were supplied to the distribution system by embedded generators in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(66899)
219	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post office licences, formerly operated by sole traders, have been transferred to multiple retailers in the last two years.
	(66926)
220	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post office licences formerly operated by sole traders have been transferred to Alldays in each Post Office Counters Ltd region.
	(66924)
221	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of nanny agencies operating in the UK.
	[Transferred] (66932)
222	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if used oils are re-refined in EC and OECD countries.
	[Transferred] (66873)

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