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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 1 February 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 1 February 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 Monday 1 February, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 2 February, 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 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many fisheries inspectors there are in each member state of the European Union. |
| (68591) | |
| 2 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will require food manufacturers who support the use of non-modified organisms to make public the systems they use to ensure that their committments to non-modified organism can be verified. |
| (68620) | |
| 3 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to ensure that the Foods Standards Agency has sufficient funds for scientific research. |
| (68824) | |
| 4 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he will take to ensure the presence of scientific experience on the Governing Council of the Food Standards Agency. |
| (68918) | |
| 5 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to monitor the competence of the inspectorate attached to the Food Standards Agency and the adequacy of its staff resources. |
| (68925) | |
| 6 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the Government's badger culling scheme has measures in place (a) to record badger population densities and (b) to estimate the proportion of badgers culled. |
| (68606) | |
| 7 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the Government's badger culling scheme has been audited by external auditors. |
| (68605) | |
| 8 | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on farm incomes. |
| (68722) | |
| 9 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to seek protection for (a) Welsh and (b) English lamb under European Union law relating to food labelling requirements. |
| (68595) | |
| 10 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to assist Welsh and English lamb producers in meeting the demand for bulk food supplies. |
| (68596) | |
| 11 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 304, on Intervention Stocks, for what reason the information is not available. |
| (68965) | |
| 12 N | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement regarding (a) the slaughter of animals outside slaughterhouses without pre-stunning and (b) the operation of EC Directive 93/119. |
| (68621) | |
| 13 N | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will review UK legislation in relation to the implementation of Directive 93/119 regarding the slaughter of animals. |
| (68622) | |
| 14 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will estimate the annual tonnage of pork meat products entering the UK; and what estimate he has of the percentage of this imported meat which is produced from animals that would not meet UK (a) welfare, (b) veterinary and (c) feed regulation standards. |
| (68142) | |
| 15 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what statutory provisions prevent the introduction of a ban on the import of pork products where the pork does not meet UK welfare, veterinary and feed regulation standards. |
| (68161) | |
| 16 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to introduce compulsory labelling for imported pork products which do not meet UK welfare, veterinary and feed standards. |
| (68143) | |
| 17 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what advice he has received about genetically-modified crops from the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68629) | |
| 18 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions (a) ministers and (b) their staff have flown on Concorde since 1st May 1997; and how much the flights have cost. |
| (68851) | |
| 19 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he discussed working families tax credit with the Right honourable Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed as a policy which might be discussed by the JCCC. |
| (68366) | |
| 20 | Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he intends to reappoint the current Chairman of the Radio Authority; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68807) | |
| 21 | Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to require the Radio Authority to publish its minutes of proceedings. |
| (68809) | |
| 22 | Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the accountability procedures (a) within the Radio Authority and (b) between the Radio Authority and his Department. |
| (68808) | |
| 23 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings have taken place with the group established to examine alternative funding to tobacco sponsorship in sport in the last 12 months; and if he will list the dates of these meetings. |
| (68452) | |
| 24 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the projected annual revenue from tourism in the North West in each of the next three years. |
| (68475) | |
| 25 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grants are available to enable the conversion of farm buildings for tourism in the Chorley constituency. |
| (68476) | |
| 26 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to bring in grants to create new jobs and attractions in the tourist industry in the North West. |
| (68477) | |
| 27 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to asssist local authorities with tourism offices. |
| (68470) | |
| 28 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the amount given to each region in the United Kingdom from the National Lottery for tourism. |
| (68472) | |
| 29 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of National Lottery funding which is allocated to the North West was spent on tourism in the latest available year. |
| (68473) | |
| 30 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made so far with the group established to examine alternative funding to tobacco sponsorship in sport. |
| (68453) | |
| 31 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to establish that the bidding process for the 2006 World Cup will be free from bribery. |
| (68459) | |
| 32 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to increase financing to the North West Tourist Board. |
| (68471) | |
| 33 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the benefits which result in the North West from Government funding to the North West Tourist Board; and what checks are made to see whether value for money is achieved. |
| (68474) | |
| 34 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 11th January, Official Report, column 31, on subtitling and sign language, if he will list the cable and satellite broadcasters which his Department contacted requesting information and which of those failed to respond to that request. |
| (68244) | |
| 35 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 11th January, Official Report, column 31, on subtitling and sign language, if he will place in the Library copies of the replies which his Department has received from cable and satellite broadcasters. |
| (68245) | |
| 36 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 11th January, Official Report, column 31, on subtitling and sign language, what information was requested by his Department from cable and satellite broadcasters; and if the broadcasters were offered the opportunity to provide information to his Department in confidence. |
| (68243) | |
| 37 | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will provide financial support to households that currently receive analogue terrestrial television, but which cannot receive digital terrestrial television to enable them to receive the digital television service (a) via digital satellite television and (b) by other means. |
| (68588) | |
| 38 | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the switch-off date will be announced for analogue transmissions. |
| (68593) | |
| 39 | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will ensure that the proceeds from auctions of analogue spectrum are used to assist consumers and communities in the United Kingdom to receive the same quality of digital television service. |
| (68592) | |
| 40 | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of households in the UK which will not be directly served by digital terrestrial television. |
| (68589) | |
| 41 | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he will respond to the consultations received following the publication of Television: the Digital Future. |
| (68587) | |
| 42 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Government's consultation documents for World Heritage site nominations; and if he will list (a) the organisations consulted and (b) those which responded. |
| (68811) | |
| 43 | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the report and recommendations of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body. |
| (68819) | |
| 44 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the role of the Disposal Sales Agency in exporting surplus Saladin and Saracen vehicles to other countries since 1988. |
| (68790) | |
| 45 N | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the risk of (a) staff and (b) public exposure to fragments of irradiated nuclear fuel in and around the Clyde nuclear base. |
| (68075) | |
| 46 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent in Scotland on defence procurement in the last year for which figures are avialable; how much of that was passed to sub-contractors (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total; and what estimate he has made of the percentage of sub-contracted work which remains in Scotland. |
| (68076) | |
| 47 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the advantages of the retention of a United Kingdom based capability to manufacture nitroglycerine. |
| (68077) | |
| 48 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the management of British Aerospace concerning the maintenance of a nitroglycerine manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom. |
| (68078) | |
| 49 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from whom tenders for propellant for (a) Seawolf, (b) Sea Skua, (c) Starstreak, (d) ASRAAM, (e) Rapier and (f) MR Trigat have been invited. |
| (68079) | |
| 50 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the munitions currently used by Her Majesty' forces which are propelled by products from Royal Ordnance, Bishopton; and what steps have been taken by his Department to secure supplies of propellants following the end of production at Royal Ordnance, Bishopton. |
| (68080) | |
| 51 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which decisions on the future of the TA have been reviewed or altered by his Department since his announcement on 17th November 1998. |
| (68480) | |
| 52 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations were made to his Department by (a) honourable and Right honourable Members and (b) other individuals and bodies on the future of the TA between 4th November and 17th November 1998. |
| (68479) | |
| 53 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of moving a non-infantry TA battalion HQ from South to North Wales. |
| (68478) | |
| 54 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations have been made to him on the future of the TA arising from the announcement of his decision on its restructuring on 17th November 1998. |
| (68481) | |
| 55 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost to date of Project Ash; to whom the contract was originally let; which companies have subsequently been involved; when the data-base and management aid for handling unexploded ordnance will be in service; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68074) | |
| 56 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to make a decision on a successor system to Trident. |
| (68837) | |
| 57 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the forecast operational life of the reactors at Chapelcross and Calderhall. |
| (68835) | |
| 58 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work is (a) underway and (b) planned to provide a low-yield Trident warhead able to fulfill Trident's sub-strategic role. |
| (68836) | |
| 59 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons a German Panzer IV/70(V) was disposed of from the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, in August 1998; what other examples there are of this tank in other (a) national or local museums and (b) military establishments; and what was the disposal price of the tank. |
| (68211) | |
| 60 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his Department's policy relating to the retention or disposal of captured military weapons and equipment. |
| (68212) | |
| 61 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many work permits issued for nurses in each of the last five years were (a) newly admitted one year work permits, (b) one year work permit renewals and (c) new work permits of over one year duration. |
| (68577) | |
| 62 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many applications from hospital trusts for work permits for nurses have been (a) refused and (b) reduced in duration by his Department in each of the last five years. |
| (68581) | |
| 63 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment his Department has made of the current systems used by local education authorities to educate children with emotional, behavioural and psychiatric problems who do not have recognised learning difficulties. |
| (68574) | |
| 64 | Mr Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland applied for severe hardship payments in the latest year for which figures are available. |
| (68770) | |
| 65 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the (a) number and (b) age distribution of university staff specialising in nuclear physics research. |
| (68828) | |
| 66 | Mr Keith Darvill (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the technical consultation document on pay and performance management following the Green Paper, Teachers: Meeting the Challenge of Change. |
| (68913) | |
| 67 | Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the report of the School Teachers Review Body. |
| (68914) | |
| 68 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will introduce regulations to prevent local authorities from funding the cost of any redundancies amongst local authority staff, arising from reduced use of local authority services by schools under the Government's Fair Funding proposals, from the Individual Schools Budget; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68219) | |
| 69 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to amend the Pupil Registration Regulations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68624) | |
| 70 | Mr Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when his Department expects training and enterprise councils to be able to invite bids for adult training in the financial year 1999-2000. |
| (68723) | |
| 71 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimates his Department has made of the number of teachers who would qualify to transfer to the upper salary scale proposed in his recent Green Paper, Teachers: Meeting the Challenge of Change. |
| (68529) | |
| 72 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much of the extra expenditure on education over the next three years, announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review, has been set aside to fund increases in teachers' pay in each year. |
| (68218) | |
| 73 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, from which budgetary head funds will be made available for the provision of specific digital broadcasting services to support the GCSE curriculum. |
| (68217) | |
| 74 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what role he proposes for the School Teachers' Review Body in determining salaries for teachers on the upper salary scale proposed in his recent Green Paper. |
| (68527) | |
| 75 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will estimate the total cost of increasing teachers' salaries by (a) 0.1 per cent., (b) 3.5 per cent., (c) 4.0 per cent. and (d) 4.5 per cent. |
| (68215) | |
| 76 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 11th January, Official Report, column 97, if he will set out his Department's estimate of the associated costs of the proposals for the Disability Rights Commission to undertake (a) working towards the elimination of discrimination against disabled persons, (b) promoting the equalisation of opportunities for disabled persons in all fields of activity and (c) reviewing the working of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. |
| (68532) | |
| 77 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, whether supply teachers will be eligible to apply for the performance assessment for transfer to the upper salary scale proposed in his recent Green Paper; and who would be responsible for carrying out such an assessment. |
| (68526) | |
| 78 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what consultation he has undertaken with and what representations he has received from (a) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, (b) the teacher trade unions, (c) examination boards, (d) employers' organisations and (e) further and higher education institutions, on the principle of the establishment of digital broadcasting services to support the GCSE curriculum. |
| (68214) | |
| 79 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the additional factors relating to young children used by his Department in determining the 50 local education authority areas which have been given preference in distributing funding for early education places for three-year olds. |
| (68524) | |
| 80 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate his Department has made of the additional cost to the teachers' salary bill of (a) 25 per cent., (b) 50 per cent. and (c) 75 per cent. of teachers progressing to the upper salary scale proposed in his recent Green Paper. |
| (68528) | |
| 81 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd December 1998, Official Report, column 244, if he will make a statement on the appointment of adjudicators as provided under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. |
| (68531) | |
| 82 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the cost of the television advertisement and booklet accompanying the National Year of Reading. |
| (68525) | |
| 83 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools currently have facilities to enable the reception of digital broadcasting services; and what is his estimate of how many will have such facilities by the end of (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002. |
| (68216) | |
| 84 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) profit-making organisations and (b) non-profit-making organisations have requested details of his Department's proposals to allow contractors to take over key functions of failing local education authorities, in response to his Department's recent advertisement. |
| (68530) | |
| 85 N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if the next teachers' pay award will be funded in full by central government. |
| (68718) | |
| 86 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement about the role of the Advisory Committee members of the Equal Opportunities Commission; and what remuneration members of the Committee receive. |
| (68521) | |
| 87 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each local education authority in the most recent round of bids under the infant class size plan (a) the amount bid for and (b) the amount allocated. |
| (68810) | |
| 88 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals his Department has to further regulate houses in multiple occupation. |
| (68842) | |
| 89 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to announce changes to the Packaging Waste Regulations. |
| (68247) | |
| 90 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list (a) by social services authority and (b) in total (i) the standard spending assessment for personal social services in 1998-99, (ii) the standard spending assessment for personal social services in 1999-2000, (iii) the difference between (i) and (ii), (iv) the difference expressed as a percentage, (v) the special transitional grant for 1998-99, (vi) the difference between standard spending assessment for personal social services in 1999-2000 and the standard spending assessment for personal social services in 1998-99 combined totalled with special transitional grant for 1998-99 and (vii) the difference in (vi) expressed as a percentage. |
| (68367) | |
| 91 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many night flights (a) landing and (b) taking off from Heathrow carried (i) passengers and (ii) airfreight in each of the last five years. |
| (68576) | |
| 92 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many air freight flights representing what freight tonnage were recorded (a) to and (b) from (i) Heathrow, (ii) Gatwick and (iii) Stansted in each of the last five years. |
| (68575) | |
| 93 N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the opportunities available under current legislation to take steps to reduce the risk of violence to employees whose job brings them into face to face contact with the public. |
| (68372) | |
| 94 N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to require the Health and Safety Executive to advise employers about measures that can be taken to reduce the risk to employees of violence at work. |
| (68373) | |
| 95 N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with (a) trade unions and (b) employers about violence at work; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68374) | |
| 96 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available were the (a) A62, (b) M62, (c) A66 and (d) A69 closed due to inclement weather. |
| (68168) | |
| 97 N | Dr Michael Clark (Rayleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the N-Viro product from Great Stambridge is subject to the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 and the 1996 Code of Practice for agricultural use of sewage sludge. |
| (68370) | |
| 98 N | Dr Michael Clark (Rayleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the appraisal by the Environment Agency into the waste management licence application by Anglian Water for the N-Viro process at Great Stambridge will be completed and issued. |
| (68371) | |
| 99 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps are being taken by his Department to promote improved services on the Barking to Gospel Oak railway line. |
| (68342) | |
| 100 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce measures to give residents within 800 metres of a genetically-modified food test site the right to object to authorisation of the site. |
| (68618) | |
| 101 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has made to ensure that an up-to-date register of all genetically-modified food test sites is available to the relevant local authority. |
| (68615) | |
| 102 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action his Department has taken in response to objections from residents near to genetically-modified food test sites. |
| (68617) | |
| 103 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will report on his consideration of a moratorium on commercial licences for genetically-modified crops. |
| (68619) | |
| 104 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to provide statutory consultee status to local authorities before genetically-modified food test sites are authorised. |
| (68616) | |
| 105 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of the PFI bid submitted by Sefton Metropolitan Authority to build a new swimming and leisure complex in Crosby. |
| (66765) | |
| 106 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those (a) local authorities, (b) local authority organisations, (c) local authority interest groups and (d) other organisations which have made representations in support of proposals to limit the payment of council tax benefit subsidy in 1999-2000. |
| (68634) | |
| 107 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those (a) local authorities, (b) local authority associations, (c) local authority interest groups and (d) other organisations which have made representations (i) opposing and (ii) seeking postponement of proposals to limit the payment of council tax benefit subsidy in 1999-2000. |
| (68633) | |
| 108 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the aggregate amount of council tax subsidy to be withdrawn from local authorities in each of the years (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 as a consequence of the proposal to limit council tax benefit subsidy; and what plans he has to return the withdrawn sums to local authorities in aggregate. |
| (68632) | |
| 109 N | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to produce further proposals for taxi accessibility; what discussions he has held with (a) vehicle manufacturers and (b) suppliers to ensure the availability of vehicles which conform with taxi accessibility regulations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68641) | |
| 110 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the safety of signal equipment owned by Railtrack. |
| (68466) | |
| 111 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what safety guidelines his Department issues in relation to the maintenance and renewal of signal equipment on railway lines. |
| (68467) | |
| 112 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he intends to publish the White Paper on Aviation and Airport Policy. |
| (68341) | |
| 113 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient airport capacity to meet forecast air traffic growth in the South East up to and beyond 2015; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68333) | |
| 114 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the findings of the 1993 Study of Runway Capacity to Serve the South East. |
| (68334) | |
| 115 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the timetable for planning for new airport capacity in the South East on the competitiveness of the region. |
| (68335) | |
| 116 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the Rail Regulator concerning the cleanliness of trains on the West Coast Line; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68001) | |
| 117 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Virgin Trains on the discounting of void days from punctuality and reliability tables; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68000) | |
| 118 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce further measures to discourage fly-tipping. |
| (68627) | |
| 119 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect of global warming on sea levels. |
| (68695) | |
| 120 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if his Department's programme of investment in cleaning up water and sewage will provide assistance to local authorities wishing to transfer Housing Act sewage works to water companies. |
| (68586) | |
| 121 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what information he has received from the Eurostar consortium regarding the viability of direct Eurostar services from West Coast Main Line stations north of Watford to mainland Europe. |
| (68847) | |
| 122 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress the Driving Standards Agency has made in locating a new test centre in Stafford. |
| (68594) | |
| 123 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to invite other service providers to submit proposals for direct Eurostar services from the West Coast Main Line to mainland Europe. |
| (68849) | |
| 124 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the possible use of public subsidy to support direct Eurostar services from the West Coast Main Line to mainland Europe. |
| (68848) | |
| 125 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the local authority areas in which no concessionary bus fare scheme for pensioners is in operation. |
| (68590) | |
| 126 | Mr David Lock (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if his Department will conduct a review of the bodies which a direct labour organisation of a district council is permitted to enter into contracts with as specified in the Goods and Services Act 1970; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68567) | |
| 127 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many incinerators used for disposing of public waste materials in the UK (a) are currently operational and (b) were operational five years ago. |
| (68133) | |
| 128 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what tax incentives are available to manufacturers of motor vehicles powered by road fuel gases. |
| (68163) | |
| 129 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list (a) the recycling targets and (b) the level of achievement of these targets currently being achieved by the Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority, for (i) glass (clear and green), (ii) plastics, (iii) aluminium cans, (iv) steel cans and (v) paper and cardboard. |
| (68138) | |
| 130 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are the current official guidelines on the building of public waste incinerators near densely populated areas. |
| (68136) | |
| 131 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many HGV vehicles have converted to road fuel gases since May 1997. |
| (68164) | |
| 132 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list (a) the recycling targets for domestic and commercial waste and (b) the level of achievement of these targets by each of the unitary authorities in England (i) currently and (ii) five years ago. |
| (68137) | |
| 133 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of public waste is currently processed through (a) recycling, (b) landfill and (c) incineration. |
| (68135) | |
| 134 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the recycling targets for (i) domestic and (ii) commercial waste achieved by (a) each of the district and borough council authorities in East and West Sussex and (b) the Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority; and if he will list the comparable figures for 1994. |
| (68165) | |
| 135 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many public waste incinerators have been constructed in the UK in each of the last five years. |
| (68134) | |
| 136 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many public transport buses have converted to road fuel gases since May 1997. |
| (68162) | |
| 137 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress he has made with the reduction of discharges of radioactive waste from the BNFL base at Sellafield to near zero by the year 2020; and how this target will be achieved. |
| (68853) | |
| 138 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the criteria which apply to (a) districts seeking to attain borough status and (b) boroughs seeking to attain city status; and if he will make a statement. |
| (66804) | |
| 139 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers are available to local authorities to require owners of listed buildings to maintain them; how he monitors the performance of local authorities in discharging their duties in respect of listed buildings; and what powers he has in respect of listed buildings which a local authority fails to protect. |
| (68852) | |
| 140 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to control development on private playing fields. |
| (68566) | |
| 141 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many merchant vessels are registered under a British flag; and how many were so registered in May 1997. |
| (68613) | |
| 142 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people are currently registered as homeless; and how many were so registered in May 1997. |
| (68607) | |
| 143 N | Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the contingency plans in the event of the Jubilee Line extension not being completed in time for the Millennium Exhibition. |
| (66796) | |
| 144 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will announce the outcome of consultation on the local government finance settlement for 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68858) | |
| 145 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the total amount of (a) compensation paid to date and (b) agreed to be paid to contractors in respect of the Polegate Bypass. |
| (68568) | |
| 146 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for each local authority the reduction in council tax benefit subsidy, expressed (a) in cash and (b) as a proportion of the yield from the standard council tax, that will occur in the event that each authority's budgeted expenditure in 1999-2000 exceeds by an amount equal to 1 per cent. of its standard spending assessment the point at which benefit subsidy begins to be withdrawn; and if he will make the information available to local authorities in machine-readable form. |
| (68927) | |
| 147 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to include promoting sustainable development among the objectives of the Financial Services Authority. |
| (68597) | |
| 148 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals have been made against compensation for pensions misselling; and with what results. |
| (68805) | |
| 149 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases have been referred to the police for criminal prosecution as a result of pensions misselling in the last five years. |
| (68806) | |
| 150 | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the European Court of Justice Ruling (C172/96) on the UK financial services industry; what estimate he has made of the cost of the ruling to HM Customs and Excise; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68816) | |
| 151 | Mr Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) 16 and 17 year olds in Scotland and (b) 18 to 24 year olds in Scotland are unemployed according to the ILO definition. |
| (68771) | |
| 152 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that childcare vouchers issued by employers should not be counted as part of an employee's taxable income; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68964) | |
| 153 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if decisions of the Inland Revenue General and Special Commissioners with regard to working families tax credit and disabled person's tax credit will be published. |
| (67985) | |
| 154 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of personnel the Inland Revenue will (a) recruit, (b) transfer from other departments and (c) transfer from other duties in the Inland Revenue to administer the working families tax credit and the disabled person's tax credit. |
| (67983) | |
| 155 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial assistance has been given to Nicaragua in the relief effort since Hurricane Mitch; and what assistance he will provide in the future. |
| (68468) | |
| 156 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to write off the debt of Nicaragua with UK institutions. |
| (68469) | |
| 157 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce fiscal incentives to encourage recycling of electronic capital equipment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68630) | |
| 158 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal incentives are available to industry to encourage recycling of electronic capital equipment. |
| (68631) | |
| 159 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will prepare and publish an index of the relativities between the pound and the basket of currencies which constitute the euro so that the valuation of the pound in regard to the euro after 4th January can be compared with historical values. |
| (68582) | |
| 160 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from (a) the Right honourable Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed and (b) other Liberal Democrat honourable Members concerning the working families tax credit. |
| (68336) | |
| 161 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what powers the EU is seeking to require Her Majesty's Government to double the current air passenger duty for return domestic flights within the United Kingdom; what powers Her Majesty's Government has to resist the demand; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68210) | |
| 162 N | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Chevening scholarships have been awarded, and at what cost, in each of the past five years. |
| (68337) | |
| 163 N | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Chevening scholarship programme; how many scholarships, at what cost are planned for the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68338) | |
| 164 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide details of the end-use monitoring undertaken by his Department into the use of Alvis armoured vehicles in Indonesia and East Timor since 1988. |
| (68789) | |
| 165 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will publish the first annual report on arms exports. |
| (68791) | |
| 166 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement regarding the deployment of British Saladin and Saracen armoured vehicles in East Timor by the Indonesian security forces since 1988. |
| (68788) | |
| 167 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what modifications to the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty will be required following the accession of new NATO member states. |
| (68740) | |
| 168 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what resources have been allocated by Her Majesty's Government to opposition groups in Iraq. |
| (68818) | |
| 169 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Wrexham of 19th January, Official Report, columns 436-7, for what reasons his Department describes the Bay of Gibraltar as the Bay of Algeciras; and when it first adopted this description. |
| (68523) | |
| 170 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Pendle of 27th January, Official Report, column 285, if he will make a statement on the outcome of his bilateral meeting with the Liberal Democrat spokesman on foreign affairs and defence. |
| (68947) | |
| 171 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the British Embassy in Bangkok gave in arranging to charter a helicopter for the Chancellor of the Exchequer during his attendance at the ASEM conference in September 1997; and what the cost was of the charter. |
| (68709) | |
| 172 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance Diplomatic posts in South Africa gave in arranging a charter flight for the Chancellor of the Exchequer in September 1997 to Bangkok from (a) South Africa and (b) Madagascar; and what the cost was of the flight. |
| (68708) | |
| 173 | Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to change the criteria for applications for licences for the export of conventional arms; and if he will make a statement, with specific reference to his procedure for consultation. |
| (68928) | |
| 174 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many personnel currently employed at the British High Commission in Nicosia have previously worked at the British Embassy in (a) Ankara and (b) Athens; and if he will make a statement on the inter-change of staff between the High Commission in Nicosia and the embassy at (i) Ankara and (ii) Athens. |
| (68959) | |
| 175 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on proposed changes in personnel employed at the British High Commission in Cyprus; and to which embassies or high commissions the existing personnel are being transferred. |
| (68961) | |
| 176 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many persons are employed at the United Kingdom High Commission office in Nicosia; how many of these are (a) Greek Cypriots and (b) Turkish Cypriots; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68960) | |
| 177 N | Mr Michael Trend (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 25th January, Official Report, columns 148-9, concerning Senator Pinochet, what discussions his Department held with the Chilean Embassy on 15th-16th October about the possible arrest of Senator Pinochet. |
| (68491) | |
| 178 N | Mr Michael Trend (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 25th January concerning Senator Pinochet, if his Department informed the Chilean Ambassador on 16th October that the Metropolitan Police were interested in Senator Pinochet's possible diplomatic immunity. |
| (68490) | |
| 179 N | Mr Michael Trend (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 25th January, Official Report, columns 148-9, concerning General Pinochet, if the discussions between his Department and the Metropolitan Police on 16th October 1998 took place before his Department was telephoned by the Chilean Ambassador on 16th October. |
| (68489) | |
| 180 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations with Syria. |
| (68747) | |
| 181 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those countries which his Department considers to sponsor terrorism. |
| (68744) | |
| 182 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) financial, (b) military and (c) strategic assistance given by Iran to (i) Hamas and (ii) Hizbullah. |
| (68742) | |
| 183 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans (a) he and (b) ministers in his Department have to visit Israel. |
| (68766) | |
| 184 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the preconditions placed on the normalisation of relations with Syria following Lockerbie, indicating which preconditions have been met and which have yet to be met. |
| (68768) | |
| 185 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of Scud missiles held by Iraq. |
| (68750) | |
| 186 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress made by the Palestinian Authority in combating terrorism. |
| (68711) | |
| 187 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those organisations which have maintained their fatwa on Salman Rushdie. |
| (68748) | |
| 188 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representation he has made to the Palestinian Authority about the early release of Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, leader of Hamas. |
| (68712) | |
| 189 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he has taken to prevent corrupt use of EU and British aid to the Palestinian Authority. |
| (68715) | |
| 190 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received about Iranian efforts to procure weapons of mass destruction. |
| (68717) | |
| 191 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iranian Government not to provide support to organisations whose objectives are to destabilise the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority. |
| (68767) | |
| 192 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU aid to the Palestinian Authority; and if he will place a copy of the reports on the effectiveness of the aid in the Library. |
| (68713) | |
| 193 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the percentage of Palestinians in (a) the West Bank and (b) Gaza living under the governance of the Palestinian Authority. |
| (68765) | |
| 194 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next expects to meet the Foreign Minister of Syria. |
| (68746) | |
| 195 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of Syrian troops in Lebanon. |
| (68749) | |
| 196 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress towards democracy in areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority. |
| (68751) | |
| 197 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the acquisition of long-range ballistic missiles by Iran; and if he will make a statement concerning their effect on the stability of the Middle East. |
| (68716) | |
| 198 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ascertain the whereabouts of Israeli airman Ron Arad. |
| (68745) | |
| 199 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what efforts he has made to ensure transparency in the use of EU aid to the Palestinian Authority. |
| (68714) | |
| 200 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to monitor Palestinian compliance with the agreement entered into at the Wye River Plantation. |
| (68710) | |
| 201 | Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make Iranian recognition of Israel a precondition for the restoration of ambassadorial links with Iran. |
| (68743) | |
| 202 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from the President of Yemen concerning Sheikh Abu Hamza al Misary. |
| (68794) | |
| 203 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 24, on head lice, what help is available to parents on low incomes for the purchase of head lice treatments. |
| (68926) | |
| 204 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will specify the unanswered questions about the appropriate use of beta interferon referred to in his Answer of 17th November, Official Report, columns 566-7, on which his Department is commissioning new research. |
| (68429) | |
| 205 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which area health authorities in England and Wales fund the prescription of the drug Aricept to treat Alzheimer's Disease. |
| (68919) | |
| 206 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 28th January, Official Report, columns 324-6, on average wages, if he will list the actual average wage paid by each of the London health authorities in each year since 1995. |
| (68962) | |
| 207 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 28th January, Official Report, columns 324-6, on average wages, if he will list the source data used. |
| (68963) | |
| 208 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of mortality rates of Afro-Caribbean women; and what plans he has for health programmes to address these womens' health needs. |
| (68741) | |
| 209 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the charging of nurses for their uniforms by colleges. |
| (68465) | |
| 210 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the reports and recommendations of the Health Pay Review bodies. |
| (68859) | |
| 211 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each health authority in (a) the West Midlands and (b) shire counties (i) the total funding allocation for health services and (ii) the funding per capita for (1) 1996-97 and (2) 1997-98. |
| (68332) | |
| 212 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) local health authorities provide placements for people with autism in communities in their area and (b) such placements there are, broken down by local health authority; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68550) | |
| 213 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with representatives of health authorities about the provisions for treatment of (a) children with (i) Kannens autism and (ii) autism spectrum disorder and (b) young persons and adults with autism spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68553) | |
| 214 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timetable he has set for the production of reports by the Working Group on CFS/ME and its sub-groups. |
| (68563) | |
| 215 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by whom in his Department the reports produced by the CFS/ME Working Group and sub-groups will be considered; and what plans he has to publish them. |
| (68562) | |
| 216 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the terms of reference of (a) the CFS/ME Working Group and (b) its children's sub-group whose membership was announced on 4th November 1998. |
| (68561) | |
| 217 | Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recommendations of the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment in respect of harmful chemicals in soft PVC toys. |
| (68916) | |
| 218 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to dissuade the publishers of teenage magazines from promoting slimming products to young teenagers by way of articles or competitions. |
| (68850) | |
| 219 N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities fund the use of stereotachic radiosurgery; and what constraints are imposed by him in respect of the funding of clinical procedures capable of being classified as in the realms of research. |
| (67709) | |
| 220 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has evaluated into the expected financial costs and savings which will occur due to implementation of the proposed mandatory sentence for repeat burglars; if he will indicate the assumptions underlying such research; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68948) | |
| 221 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of police stations in each police force are accessible to disabled people; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68957) | |
| 222 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total number of (a) initial enquiries, (b) applications and (c) successful applications, for new police force recruitment, in each police force, in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68950) | |
| 223 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the results of the internal audit into the letting of the workshop contract at HMP Coldingley to Wakenhut UK. |
| (68945) | |
| 224 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sums are owed by Wakenhut UK to the prison service in lieu of the workshop contract at HMP Coldingley; what steps are being taken by his Department in relation to this contract; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68944) | |
| 225 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces implemented all necessary measures under the new Public Safety Radio Communications project; what is the expected date of implementation in each police force; what is the total capital cost to each police force of implementing the system; what is the expected annual running cost of the system for each police force; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68951) | |
| 226 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list Her Majesty's National Inspectorate of Constabulary and Audit Commission proposals for improving police efficiency which are being implemented by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68956) | |
| 227 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the full cost to the Criminal Records Bureau of each criminal conviction certificate issued on an individual; what is the standard fee to be paid by individuals requesting a check; how many certificates he estimates will be requested per year (a) from people wishing to work in the voluntary sector, (b) from unemployed people, (c) from disabled people, (d) from all other individuals and (e) in total; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68953) | |
| 228 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visitors to prisons were found to be in possession of illegal drugs in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many were referred to the police; what action was taken in respect of those not referred to the police; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68958) | |
| 229 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the criteria used in assessments of prisons in England and Wales for the awarding of a Charter Mark; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68952) | |
| 230 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the dates his Department received each report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons and the date each report was published since May 1997; how many reports are currently being considered by his Department prior to publication; and when they were received by his Department. |
| (68955) | |
| 231 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisons in England and Wales have been awarded a Charter Mark; if he will list them by date awarded; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68954) | |
| 232 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to police forces in respect of obtaining the two per cent. efficiency gains demanded by his Department in each of the next three years; what is his policy towards police forces reducing police officer numbers to achieve these gains; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68949) | |
| 233 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the (a) cause and (b) length of suspension of Sergeant Gurpal Virdi. |
| (68739) | |
| 234 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will call for a report about events following a racist attack in Hanwell in March 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68738) | |
| 235 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when it is next proposed to create city status in England; and if he will make a statement on the criteria for judging successful applicants. |
| (68246) | |
| 236 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were (a) declarees at the point of entry and (b) non-declarees who were subsequently identified as seeking assistance in each quarter since 1st January 1997. |
| (68584) | |
| 237 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has, under interim funding arrangements for asylum seekers, to assist local authorities in respect of families who declared their intention to seek asylum at the port of entry and are eligible for benefits. |
| (68579) | |
| 238 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the costs (a) to central government and (b) to local authorities in (i) 1998-99 and (ii) 1999-2000, under interim funding arrangements for asylum seekers, in respect of (1) single adults, (2) families and (3) unaccompanied children. |
| (68578) | |
| 239 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison radio stations are operated by inmates in prisons in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68830) | |
| 240 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of hours per day during 1998 that prisoners in prisons were locked in their cells. |
| (68857) | |
| 241 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisons in England and Wales operate a pre-release programme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68832) | |
| 242 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average period of time taken by his Department to respond to complaints made to them by an inmate serving a prison sentence in England and Wales was in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68831) | |
| 243 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place those documents held by his Department relating to the Hillsborough disaster in Liverpool City Library. |
| (68854) | |
| 244 | Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from (a) South Yorkshire Police Authority and (b) South Yorkshire Police about the adequacy of their grant settlement for 1999-2000. |
| (68829) | |
| 245 | Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports he has received from (a) the South Yorkshire Police Authority and (b) South Yorkshire Police, on the costs to the South Yorkshire Police Authority of funding the defence of David Godfrey Duckenfield and Bernard Dean Murray in the cases of Adlington v Murray and Adlington v Duckenfield; and on what dates he received those reports. |
| (68844) | |
| 246 | Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review Home Office Circular 4/1998 relating to the payment of money to officers either former or serving involved in criminal proceedings in respect of the payment of the defence costs of officers from the police budget. |
| (68845) | |
| 247 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of changes in the incidence of graffiti over the past five years. |
| (68458) | |
| 248 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the Government's initiative to prevent graffiti on public property; and what is his estimate of the annual amount of money spent on cleaning up graffiti on public property. |
| (68455) | |
| 249 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to introduce a national or regional graffiti tackling squad. |
| (68457) | |
| 250 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the provisions of the Local Authorities Cemeteries Order 1977 relating to the sale of exclusive right of burial to individual families. |
| (68560) | |
| 251 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the offences for which successful prosecutions for insider dealing have been brought since 1986. |
| (68141) | |
| 252 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions for insider dealing offences have been brought since 1986. |
| (68140) | |
| 253 | Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the procedures used at Doncaster Coroner's Court in relation to the completed inquests into the suicides of prisoners held in the Premier Prison in Doncaster in 1997. |
| (68580) | |
| 254 | Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many machine action weapons, shotguns and other firearms are currently held by United Kingdom police forces; what percentage of police personnel are trained in the use of each category of weapon; what plans are in place to increase the stock of such weapons by category, by (a) purchase, (b) lease hire or loan and (c) other arrangements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68946) | |
| 255 | Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the allocation of police grant in 1999-2000. |
| (68825) | |
| 256 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those cases of criminal prosecution relating to the activities of mercenaries and private military companies which (a) have been brought and (b) have been brought successfully since 1987. |
| (68694) | |
| 257 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total number of convictions expressed as a proportion of the total number of recorded crimes in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (68608) | |
| 258 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to bring forward proposals on safety in town centres. |
| (68783) | |
| 259 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons (a) were deported and (b) voluntarily left the UK pending deportation in January. |
| (68795) | |
| 260 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines he has issued on access of persons detained at police stations for immigration offences to honourable Members. |
| (68797) | |
| 261 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend the law on electoral registration. |
| (68796) | |
| 262 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will legislate to place the Press Complaints Commission Code of Practice on a statutory basis; and if he will include a provision banning discrimination to be exhibited in published material relating to a group of people. |
| (68920) | |
| 263 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, as representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on proposals to open the Palace of Westminster to visitors on Saturdays, Sundays and during periodic adjournments; and what plans there are to charge such visitors. |
| (68598) | |
| 264 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps Her Majesty's Government has taken to aid the preservation of coral reefs since 1st July 1998. |
| (66996) | |
| 265 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the assistance given by her Department to the relief effort in Nicaragua since Hurricane Mitch. |
| (68454) | |
| 266 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to help the people of Colombia following the earthquake. |
| (68569) | |
| 267 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is the standard of proof used to determine complaints of race or gender discrimination or prejudice against members of the judiciary by other members of the judiciary who are women or from a minority ethnic background. |
| (68488) | |
| 268 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, on what date the post of research and policy adjudicator at the Immigration Appeal Authority was created; how the person chosen was selected and by whom; and what steps were taken to ensure that the method of appointment was free from race and gender prejudice. |
| (68485) | |
| 269 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what are the duties of the Vice-President of Administration of the Immigration Appeal Authority; when the present appointment was made and at what salary; how many (a) informal and (b) formal complaints about the vice-president have been made since his appointment; and what was the outcome of the complaints. |
| (68487) | |
| 270 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many persons appointed to chair immigration appeal tribunals have left office before the end of their respective terms during the period of office of the present president of the immigration appeal tribunal; and how many of them are (a) women and (b) members of ethnic minorities. |
| (68482) | |
| 271 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if it is mandatory for the Chief Adjudicator of the Immigration Appeal Authority to report the nature and number of complaints of race or gender prejudice or discrimination by members of the authority about other members to his Department. |
| (68483) | |
| 272 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) informal and (b) formal complaints have been made to his Department about the activities and attitudes of immigration appeal adjudicators by other adjudicators in each of the last five years; how many were from (a) women and (b) people from ethnic minorities; and what was the outcome of each complaint. |
| (68486) | |
| 273 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the European panel of the Immigration Appeal Authority was established; for what purpose and by whom; how and by whom its membership was recommended and appointed; and what steps were taken to ensure that the method of appointment was free of race and gender prejudice. |
| (68484) | |
| 274 | Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what steps he proposes to take to reform the system of financial and administrative accountability of magistrates courts committees; and what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations of the Magistrates Courts Service Inspectorate Thematic Review of May 1998. |
| (68752) | |
| 275 | Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what action has been taken by (a) his Department and (b) HM Magistrates Courts Service Inspectorate from January 1996 to date in respect of reported incidents of fraud or gross mismanagement in relation to payments by or funding of magistrates' courts committees. |
| (68720) | |
| 276 | Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the incidents of fraud or gross mismanagement that have been brought to the attention of the Lord Chancellor's Department or Her Majesty's Magistrates Courts Service Inspectorate relating to payments by and funding of magistrates courts committees from 1st January 1996 to date. |
| (68719) | |
| 277 N | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the sets of barristers' chambers in London who have rendered services for his Department since 1st May 1997 and the remuneration made in respect of such services in each case. |
| (68623) | |
| 278 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of provision by health and social service boards in Northern Ireland of specialist placement for young persons and adults with autistic spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement. |
| (68556) | |
| 279 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to ensure that every child with autism in Northern Ireland receives a minimum of an hour's one-to-one teaching each day by a qualified teacher; and if she will make a statement. |
| (68558) | |
| 280 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many young persons and adults with autistic spectrum disorder are provided with specialist services; and if she will make a statement. |
| (68554) | |
| 281 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the provisions for children with autism; and if she will make a statement. |
| (68557) | |
| 282 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with representatives of health boards about the provision for treatment of children with (a) Kannens autism and (b) autistic spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement. |
| (68559) | |
| 283 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children with autistic spectrum disorder in Northern Ireland are educated in schools or units which specialise in teaching children with autism; and if she will make a statement. |
| (68555) | |
| 284 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for the week ended 23rd January the number of (a) punishment beatings and (b) shootings which took place in Northern Ireland, indicating how many in each category were committed by (i) Loyalist and (ii) Republican groups. |
| (68724) | |
| 285 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for the week ended 23rd January the number of violent incidents involving paramilitary groups which took place in Northern Ireland, indicating how many involved (a) Loyalist and (b) Republican groups. |
| (68725) | |
| 286 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): To ask the President of the Council, what steps she proposes to take to ensure that announcements of Government policy on matters which will be devolved take into account the roles of the National Assembly for Wales and the Scottish Parliament. |
| (68614) | |
| 287 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the flights taken by (a) himself and (b) other ministers on Concorde since 2nd May 1997. |
| (67984) | |
| 288 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the report and recommendations of the Review Body on Senior Salaries. |
| (68817) | |
| 289 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, how many Government-sponsored official histories are currently in preparation; when each was commissioned; who are the authors; what are the estimated dates of completion; and what is the estimated cost in each case. |
| (68213) | |
| 290 | Mr Michael Trend (Windsor): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 14th January, Official Report, column 266 to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, what was the basis for his statement that the Right honourable Member for Folkestone and Hythe had argued that action against Saddam Hussein should be taken only if he were removed from power. |
| (68721) | |
| 291 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to visit Oman. |
| (68786) | |
| 292 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent communications he has received from the President of Yemen; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68846) | |
| 293 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to visit India; and if he will make a statement on bilateral relations. |
| (68784) | |
| 294 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the appointments to non-government bodies he has made since 1st January. |
| (68785) | |
| 295 N | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 14th January, Official Report, column 234, on Dounreay what assessment he has made of the health dangers which could result from exposure of bait collectors to fuel fragments. |
| (68139) | |
| 296 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 518, on NHSnet, what assessment he has made of the number and proportion of hospital appointments being made through NHSnet; what the average waiting time is between placing a request for information on NHSnet and obtaining the information; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68166) | |
| 297 N | Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of agencies which provide locums for temporary employment in hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement. |
| (67982) | |
| 298 N | Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to issue regulations governing the conduct of agencies which provide locums for temporary employment in hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68340) | |
| 299 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list each of the projects currently operating under (1) the National Childcare Strategy, (2) the Social Inclusion Partnerships, (3) New Deals in Scotland, (4) New Housing Partnerships, (5) Alternatives to Exclusion from School, (6) Early Intervention Schemes and (7) the Community Schools Initiative, indicating for each (a) the number of people benefitting, (b) the amount of money to date provided by (i) the Government and (ii) other bodies, (c) the estimated total number of people who will benefit and (d) the estimated total financial contribution of (x) the Government and (y) other bodies. |
| (68943) | |
| 300 N | Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will state, in respect of the original advice given by the Crown Office to the Procurator Fiscal in Dingwall over proceeding with criminal prosecutions of those people refusing to pay the Skye Bridge tolls, on what date the Procurator Fiscal requested the advice; on what date the advice was tendered; by what means; who signed the communication; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68339) | |
| 301 | Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many petrol filling stations closed in Scotland (a) in 1997 and (b) in the period 1st January to 30th June 1998. |
| (68924) | |
| 302 | Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he and his officials have held with the Director General of Fair Trading since 1st January 1998 on the issue of retail petrol supplies in rural areas of Scotland; and what was the outcome of those discussions. |
| (68922) | |
| 303 | Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many petrol filling stations in the Highlands and Islands enterprise area are supplied respectively by (a) Shell, (b) BP, (c) Esso and (d) other suppliers. |
| (68921) | |
| 304 | Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the retail petrol market in the Highlands and Islands enterprise area; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68923) | |
| 305 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the welfare implications of the requirement that farmers tag or tattoo all lambs for sale; what representations he has received on this issue; what discussions he has had with the European Union about this requirement; what estimate he has made of the additional cost to Scottish farmers of this requirement; what is the legal basis for this requirement; and for what reasons the requirement is being introduced. |
| (68002) | |
| 306 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the total number of offences by inmates referred to the police by prison governors in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68546) | |
| 307 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many cases of reported drug use there were in prison establishments in Scotland (a) in each of the last 12 months and (b) in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68544) | |
| 308 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many police officers per head of population there were in each police force and in total (a) on the last date for which figures are available, (b) in May 1998, (c) in May 1997 and (d) in April 1992. |
| (68548) | |
| 309 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many visitors to prisons were arrested for drug related offences in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68543) | |
| 310 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many police officers there were in each police force and in total (a) on the last date for which figures are available, (b) in May 1998, (c) in May 1997 and (d) in April 1992. |
| (68547) | |
| 311 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the level of purposeful activity per week undertaken by prisoners, broken down into (a) education, (b) training, (c) work and (d) rehabilitation programmes in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68545) | |
| 312 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many police stations there were, in each police force and in total (a) on the last date for which figures are available, (b) in May 1998, (c) in May 1997 and (d) in April 1992. |
| (68549) | |
| 313 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the total level of bank borrowing by Scotland's famers in each of the last 10 years; and what discussions he has had with the NFU and the Scottish clearing banks on this matter. |
| (68003) | |
| 314 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much public money has been spent in each of the last five years, in real terms, on (a) economic diversification in rural areas, (b) agricultural support indicating what percentage was from EU funds and (c) rural housing; what assessment he has made of the advantages of providing low-interest government loans to encourage economic diversification in rural Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68004) | |
| 315 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answers of 7th December 1998, Official Report, columns 31-2, on World Heritage sites, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Government's consultation documents. |
| (68839) | |
| 316 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answers of 7th December 1998, Official Report, columns 31-2, on World Heritage sites, if he will list the organisations in Scotland which (a) were consulted and (b) responded; and if he will list whom at Scottish Natural Heritage was consulted. |
| (68838) | |
| 317 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on progress on introducing the Benefit Card. |
| (68822) | |
| 318 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of people have worked for (a) 0 to five years, (b) six to 10 years, (c) 11 to 15 years, (d) 16 to 20 years, (e) 21 to 25 years, (f) 26 to 30 years and (g) 30 years or more of their working life; and if these data can be presented for (i) (1) men and (2) women and (ii) those in each income quintile. |
| (68635) | |
| 319 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claimants have been affected adversely by the introduction of NIRS II computer system; and if he will break down this total by each claimant group. |
| (68820) | |
| 320 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many payments to private pension schemes have been delayed due to computer difficulties; how many payments have been delayed (a) up to three, (b) three to six, (c) six to nine, (d) nine to 12 and (e) over 12 months, indicating the size of the compensation payments for each of these groups; and if payments will take account of changes in the equity market. |
| (68823) | |
| 321 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the number of pensioners who (a) will be eligible for the new pension income guarantee and (b) will claim the guarantee. |
| (68821) | |
| 322 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to reform the Child Support Agency; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68856) | |
| 323 | Mr Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many representations were received on the Pensions Review; and how many recommended an increase in the (a) level and (b) scope of the basic state pension. |
| (68704) | |
| 324 | Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the responses to the consultation exercise on the reform of bereavement benefits; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68915) | |
| 325 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment has been made of the number of persons who have changed accommodation as a result of the single room rent provision for those aged under 25 years. |
| (68707) | |
| 326 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to meet with welfare and voluntary sector organisations to discuss the single room rent provision for under 25 year olds. |
| (68826) | |
| 327 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what representations he has received on the single room rent provision for those aged under 25 years. |
| (68706) | |
| 328 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the impact of the single room rent provision for those aged under 25 years on (i) rent arrears and (ii) homelessness, on that age group. |
| (68702) | |
| 329 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the impact of the single room rent provision for those aged under 25 years on the take-up of employment by that group. |
| (68703) | |
| 330 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to review the single room rent provision for those aged under 25 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68700) | |
| 331 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many individuals have been subject to the single room rent provision for those aged under 25 years in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
| (68699) | |
| 332 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the level of housing benefit fraud linked to the single room rent provision for those aged under 25 years. |
| (68701) | |
| 333 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what financial assistance is available to severely disabled under-fives to enable them to attend playgroups and other pre-school provision. |
| (68696) | |
| 334 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what factors underlie the postponement until April 2001 of the extension of the higher rate mobility component of the disability living allowance to three and four year old severely disabled children who have difficulties walking. |
| (68698) | |
| 335 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what (a) financial and (b) other assistance is available to severely disabled under-fives who have difficulties in walking to allow access to the Motability scheme. |
| (68697) | |
| 336 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the report produced by Cheryl Weaver into the London Organised Fraud Investigation Team. |
| (68564) | |
| 337 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the current situation of the employees of the London Organised Fraud Investigation Team. |
| (68565) | |
| 338 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will introduce annual adjustments to pensions for pensioners who now reside overseas; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68520) | |
| 339 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when Mr Price of Coalpit Heath, a constituent, can expect the appeal against the withdrawal of his disability living allowance lodged on 27th October 1998 to be heard. |
| (68585) | |
| 340 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what rates of tariff are currently applicable to United Kingdom imports of catering tableware from the United States of America, and of similar United Kindom exports into the USA; what action he is taking to reduce the difference; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68369) | |
| 341 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of proposals to extend the Working Time Directive to the United Kingdom sector of the Continental Shelf in respect of (a) cost and (b) safety; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68368) | |
| 342 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement about the current responsibility of the Central Arbitration Committee and his plans for extending them. |
| (68628) | |
| 343 N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had about extending the domestic gas supply network in the United Kingdom; and what proposals there are for such extensions. |
| (68377) | |
| 344 N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the annual financial benefit to the average three-bedroomed household of using domestic gas for heating and hot water relative to other forms of heating. |
| (68376) | |
| 345 N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many households in the United Kingdom were not connected to the mains domestic gas supply in (i) 1994-95, (ii) 1995-96, (iii) 1996-97 and (iv) 1997-98. |
| (68375) | |
| 346 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to announce the name of the Government's Special Representative on the Digital Economy. |
| (68167) | |
| 347 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the amounts of export credit guarantee covers provided to Alvis for the export of armoured vehicles to Indonesia and for the provision of upgrade components since 1988. |
| (68780) | |
| 348 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the licences granted for (a) Alvis and (b) GKL Group for the export of (i) armoured vehicles, (ii) components and (iii) weapons to Singapore since 1988. |
| (68781) | |
| 349 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the visits his officials have undertaken to audit open individual export licences held by Alvis since 1988. |
| (68787) | |
| 350 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the (a) open individual export licences which have been given to Alvis for the export of armoured vehicles to (i) Indonesia, (ii) Kenya, (iii) Belarus, (iv) Colombia, (v) Turkey, (vi) Sri Lanka, (vii) Malaysia, (viii) Singapore and (ix) Nigeria and (b) equipment that has been exported under such licences, since 1988. |
| (68779) | |
| 351 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the licences granted to Alvis Vehicles Ltd or Alvis's subsidiary companies for (a) the export of Saracen and Saladin armoured vehicles and (b) the supply of upgrade packages for Saracen and Saladin armoured vehicles to Indonesia since 1988. |
| (68792) | |
| 352 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the export licences granted to (a) Alvis and (b) GKL Group for the transfer of (i) ammunition, (ii) machine guns and (iii) larger calibre guns to Indonesia since 1988. |
| (68782) | |
| 353 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has for assistance to indigenous industries located outside areas qualifying for regional selective assistance. |
| (68460) | |
| 354 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what publicity his Department has given to its Internet web sites dedicated to Trade UK for small and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will list the web sites. |
| (68463) | |
| 355 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to assist the establishment of free local telephone calls to encourage wider use of the Internet among small and medium-sized enterprises. |
| (68464) | |
| 356 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the local electronic commerce support centres in the North West; and how many small and medium-sized enterprises use their services. |
| (68462) | |
| 357 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will bring forward proposals for grants towards the creation for new jobs in the Chorley constituency. |
| (68461) | |
| 358 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to encourage recycling of electronic equipment. |
| (68626) | |
| 359 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure that the procedure for registering and protecting intellectual property rights for patents is harmonised across the European Union. |
| (68551) | |
| 360 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to reply to the letter of 8th January from the honourable Member for Aylesbury about an export licence application of Aylesbury Automation Ltd. |
| (68769) | |
| 361 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects the compensation scheme for ex-miners suffering from chronic bronchitis and emphysema to become operative. |
| (68542) | |
| 362 | Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the EU code of conduct on arms exports. |
| (68929) | |
| 363 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when (a) Juniper Communications Ltd, (b) Juniper Productions Ltd, (c) Kaizuka Films Ltd, (d) Spring Communication Ltd and (e) Attractions Ltd ceased trading. |
| (68793) | |
| 364 | Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to implement the recommendations of the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment in respect of the sale of soft PVC toys. |
| (68917) | |
| 365 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Export Credits Guarantee Department cover was provided to Alvis for the export of armoured vehicles to Indonesia and the provision of upgrade components. |
| (68705) | |
| 366 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library details of the licensing of military contracts to Jakarta in the last five years. |
| (68843) | |
| 367 N | Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the bid by a US company for Lucas Varity and its potential effects on the West Midlands. |
| (68522) | |
| 368 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the (a) role, (b) recent work and (c) membership of the Renewable Energy Advisory Committee. |
| (68855) | |
| 369 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if provision for the support of electricity generation from tidal energy sources will be included in his next scheme for non-fossil fuel obligations. |
| (68827) | |
| 370 N | Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he met (a) the Chairman and (b) the Chief Executive of British Aerospace plc during 1998; and what subjects were discussed on each occasion. |
| (68625) | |
| 371 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on his responsibilities following the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales. |
| (68552) | |
| 372 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on his policy for housing in Wales. |
| (68600) | |
| 373 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what guidance he has given to the North Wales region of the WDA with regards to a strategy for inward investment, job creation and infrastructure in Alyn and Deeside; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68583) | |
| 374 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the percentage of (a) five year olds, (b) six year olds and (c) seven year olds educated in class sizes of 30 or less (i) currently and (ii) in May 1997. |
| (68612) | |
| 375 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many whole-time equivalent teachers are currently employed in Wales; and how many were employed in May 1997. |
| (68519) | |
| 376 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many education action zones have been set up in Wales. |
| (68611) | |
| 377 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to introduce education action zones in Wales. |
| (68610) | |
| 378 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many general practitioners were registered in Wales in May 1997; and how many are currently registered in Wales. |
| (68456) | |
| 379 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the total expenditure on primary and secondary education in Wales expressed as a proportion of the GDP of Wales; and what was the proportion in May 1997. |
| (68609) | |
| 380 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects the report of the North Wales Child Abuse Inquiry to be published. |
| (68841) | |
| 381 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received concerning the level of funding for the Arts Council of Wales for 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (68812) | |
| 382 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if commercial aquaculture ventures are eligible for EU aquaculture development grants in Wales; and what changes to procedures relating to the availability and administration of these grants his Department has introduced for the coming year. |
| (68840) | |
| 383 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received concerning the implementation of the Working Time Directive in the mining industry. |
| [Transferred] (68912) | |
| 384 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reason the Council of Ministers has resolved to apply the Committee Directive on the Registration Documents for Vehicles (EC 65/98) five years after the entry into force of that Directive. |
| [Transferred] (68966) | |
| 385 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent communications (a) he and (b) other ministers have had with their counterparts in the Irish Government with regard to the crash of the Aer Lingus aircraft in 1968; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (68833) | |
| 386 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what (a) summaries and (b) microfiche records of the report of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch into the Aer Lingus Viscount crash of 24th March 1968 have been retained. |
| [Transferred] (68834) | |
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