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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 15 March 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 15 March 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 15 March, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 16 March, 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 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when Ministers or officials wrote to the appropriate authorities in the European Commission seeking confirmation that proposals to proceed with UK legislation on animal quarantine reform based on the outcome of the Kennedy Report (a) are compatible with single market requirements and (b) will not be opposed by the Commission. |
| (76663) | |
| 2 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on EU agricultural policy and its impact on the financial regime for tobacco grown in the EU. |
| (76953) | |
| 3 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if his Department has recorded the number of predatory birds killed by poison in the United Kingdom in the last five years. |
| (76756) | |
| 4 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will ban the sale of imported park products which are of a type that cannot legally be produced in the United Kingdom. |
| (76753) | |
| 5 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to narrow the definition of unimproved land for the purpose of calculating organic aid scheme entitlements; and what estimate he has made of the effect of such a change on the total grants payable under the organic aid scheme. |
| (76754) | |
| 6 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action he is taking to ensure the repayment of subsidies which the Commission has deemed irregular which were paid to French and German pig producers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (77130) | |
| 7 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those Ministers in his Department who were present at the recent Brit awards in an official capacity, indicating the organisation acting as their sponsor or host. |
| (76654) | |
| 8 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many representations his Department has received from the United States government on genetically-modified organisms since 1st May 1997; on what dates each representation we received; in what form each representation was made; and from which United States department each originated. |
| (77121) | |
| 9 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will place the Solicitor General's skeleton argument and appendices used in the Hamilton v Al Fayed case in the Library, together with a transcript of proceedings. |
| (77126) | |
| 10 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Attorney General, when he was first notified of (a) the libel claim by Neil Hamilton and (b) the Court of Appeal hearing on appeal from the Queen's Bench Division; when he first responded to Mr Hamilton's solicitors; when he decided to intervene in the case; when he first notified the House that he was intervening; and for what purpose. |
| (77125) | |
| 11 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Attorney General, how many secondments have been arranged in each year since 1995, between staff employed by the Serious Fraud Office and the relevant Financial Services Regulator. |
| (76971) | |
| 12 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list those Ministers in his Department who were present at the recent Brit awards in an official capacity, indicating the organisation acting as their sponsor or host. |
| (76648) | |
| 13 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Commissioners have made of the cost benefit of co-ordinating management of assets with churches of other Christian denominations in England. |
| (76043) | |
| 14 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times ministers in his Department have met their counterparts in the US government since 1st June 1998; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the name of the US counterpart at each meeting. |
| (77124) | |
| 15 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what type of aircraft the Government expects to replace the Harrier Jump-jet at the end of its service life. |
| (76088) | |
| 16 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date HMS 'Vengeance' is expected to start contractors' sea trials; what was the original planned date; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76234) | |
| 17 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what EU directives and regulations affect compensation and pension arrangements for those for whom he and his Department are responsible, both military and civilian. |
| (76960) | |
| 18 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list EU directives and regulations which impact on health and safety issues, working conditions and equality between men and women amongst military and civilian employees for whom he is responsible. |
| (76961) | |
| 19 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have claimed sexual harassment against his Department at industrial tribunals; at what cost, in each year since 1994; and how many of those actions were successful. |
| (76957) | |
| 20 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women were dismissed from Her Majesty's forces on account of pregnancy in each of the past 10 years. |
| (76956) | |
| 21 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female service personnel were discharged or dismissed on grounds of homosexuality in each of the past 10 years; how many of these, in each year, have challenged the decision at the European Court of Human Rights and at what cost to public funds, under the European Convention's (i) Article 3 (inhuman or degrading treatment), (ii) Article 8 (right to privacy), (iii) Article 10 (freedom of expression), (iv) Article 14 (freedom from discrimination) and (v) other Articles. |
| (76955) | |
| 22 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list decisions of the European Court of Human Rights over the past 10 years which relate to the responsibilities of his Department. |
| (76954) | |
| 23 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish a consultation document on the principles underlying a possible new structure of compensation arrangements for the armed forces. |
| (76959) | |
| 24 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if from April 1999 all ranks of all three services will move to a common leave allowance of 30 working days. |
| (76958) | |
| 25 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those Ministers in his Department who were present at the recent Brit awards in an official capacity, indicating the organisation acting as their sponsor or host. |
| (76647) | |
| 26 N | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what gifts of weaponry have been made by the United Kingdom Government to (a) overseas governments and (b) armed forces since 1st January 1990. |
| (76044) | |
| 27 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a list of items discussed at each of the meetings of the Chiefs of Staff since 21st December 1998. |
| (77151) | |
| 28 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates the Procurement Board has met since 1st January 1998; and if he will place in the Library a list of items discussed at each of these meetings. |
| (77150) | |
| 29 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times ministers in his Department have met their counterparts in the US government since 1st June 1998; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the name of the US counterpart at each meeting. |
| (77148) | |
| 30 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF special storage areas have been closed since 1st April 1997; for what reason these special storage areas were closed; where these special storage areas were located; and on what date each was closed. |
| (77149) | |
| 31 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the extent of non-payment of student tuition fees at universities in England and Wales during the current year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (75960) | |
| 32 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action he has taken to ensure the right of establishment of British lecturers at Italian universities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (77128) | |
| 33 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will publish the agenda for the forthcoming EU Education Council on 18th March. |
| (77157) | |
| 34 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects to publish the outcome of the current consultation exercise on special educational needs; how many responses he has received to that consultation exercise; and if he will publish those responses. |
| (76764) | |
| 35 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many times ministers in his Department have met their counterparts in the US government since 1st June 1998; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the name of the US counterpart at each meeting. |
| (77122) | |
| 36 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans the Government has to implement the curriculum recommendations of the Panel for Education for Sustainable Development. |
| (76967) | |
| 37 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils in Oxfordshire at (a) primary school, (b) Key Stage 1, (c) Key Stage 2 and (d) secondary schools were in classes of 31 or more pupils taught by one teacher in (i) January 1997, (ii) January 1998 and (iii) January 1999. |
| (76761) | |
| 38 | Mr Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish Lord Donaldson's report on Salvage and Intervention and their Command and Control; and if he will make a statement. |
| (77085) | |
| 39 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, column 164, concerning black cabs, if a taxi licensed by the Public Carriage Office will be permitted also to be licensed by another licensing authority to ply for hire outside the new Metropolitan Police District boundary. |
| (76473) | |
| 40 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy that the net proceeds from road user charges and the workplace parking levy are treated as additional to central government funding for transport in London. |
| (76472) | |
| 41 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of taxi cabs that will be affected within each suburban licensing sector by the realignment of the Metropolitan Police District. |
| (76474) | |
| 42 N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the programme to improve sewerage works announced by the Environment Minister on 1st March will include repairs to the sewerage system at Windermere in Cumbria. |
| (76667) | |
| 43 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has conducted to (a) current rent levels and (b) market rent levels in each London borough in the past year. |
| (76231) | |
| 44 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people died in road accidents (a) nationally and (b) in each region in each of the last three years. |
| (76042) | |
| 45 | Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the implications of the High Court judgement of November 1998 on the dispute between the Environment Agency and Mayer Parry Recycling Ltd; and if he will make contact with representatives of the waste paper processing industry on this matter. |
| (76968) | |
| 46 N | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 4th March, Official Report, column 845, whether notification of the visit by the Minister for London and Construction to Bromsgrove to the honourable Member for Bromsgrove was made on departmental notepaper. |
| (76763) | |
| 47 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the issues discussed at the Environment Council on 11th and 12th March, indicating the positions adopted by the UK Government. |
| (76201) | |
| 48 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those Ministers in his Department who were present at the recent Brit awards in an official capacity, indicating the organisation acting as their sponsor or host. |
| (76656) | |
| 49 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the legal advice which his Department has received on whether the plans to provide a statutory right of access to land would create a right to general compensation under the Human Rights Act 1998. |
| (76451) | |
| 50 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to prohibit high-sided vans from using the outside lane on motorways with three lanes or more in one direction. |
| (76229) | |
| 51 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will ensure that trains re-timed to arrive later than as shown in the Great Britain passenger railway timetable are included as late trains in the statistics published on punctuality. |
| (76230) | |
| 52 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of whether the UK will achieve the targets set under the EU Directive on Packaging Waste; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76983) | |
| 53 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will take steps to provide clarification of the definition of imported materials under the packaging waste regulations. |
| (76984) | |
| 54 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has (a) to approve and (b) to initiate developments relating to airports before the completion of the economic impact studies covering airports and air services announced in A New Deal for Transport; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76986) | |
| 55 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made on the study of the economic impact of regional airports and regional air services announced in A New Deal for Transport; when these studies will be completed in the (a) North of England, (b) Midlands and (c) South West; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76985) | |
| 56 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the planned fare increases for London Underground for the years 2000-05. |
| (76972) | |
| 57 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he intends to issue planning guidance on land use planning and electromagnetic fields. |
| (77083) | |
| 58 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of (a) the level of mercury pollution in groundwater, (b) its source and (c) the remedial action needed. |
| (76952) | |
| 59 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many incidents classified as air rage there have been on UK carriers in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76949) | |
| 60 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the compatibility between his proposals to extend the right of access on foot to open countryside without compensation and the Government's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. |
| (76969) | |
| 61 N | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his practice to publish lists of (a) all outstanding planning permissions for superstores, (b) all superstore planning appeals that have been approved in the past five years, with a summary of the reasons for the approval and (c) all superstore planning appeals that have been refused in the past five years, with a summary of the reasons for the refusal; and if he will make a statement. |
| (75779) | |
| 62 N | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list all superstore planning appeals that have been (a) approved and (b) rejected in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (75688) | |
| 63 N | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list all the outstanding planning permissions for superstores; and if he will make a satement. |
| (75689) | |
| 64 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford ): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussion he has had with the Rail Regulator on the obligations to be placed on Railtrack and train operating companies regarding access to railway stations for people with disabilities when Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 takes effect; and if he will list them. |
| (77158) | |
| 65 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what dates his Department has received representations from the United States government on genetically-modified organisms since 1st May 1997; in what form each representation was made; and from which United States department each originated. |
| (77116) | |
| 66 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many times ministers in his Department have met their counterparts in the US government since 1st June 1998; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the name of the US counterpart at each meeting. |
| (77117) | |
| 67 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding the amount of housing benefit subsidy clawed back through negative entitlement under the housing revenue account subsidy formula. |
| (76978) | |
| 68 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many responses he has received to his consultation document on leasehold reform; and if he will publish them. |
| (77123) | |
| 69 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to propose common standards for export credit agreements at the Cologne G8 meeting in June. |
| (77080) | |
| 70 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the average weekly earnings (i) including and (ii) excluding overtime for (x) part-time and (y) full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the Scottish local authorities and (c) Great Britain, broken down for (1) men and (2) women in (A) manual employment, (B) non-manual employment and (C) for all workers at (X) cash and (Y) constant terms for each year since 1991-92; and if he will estimate the same information for 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02. |
| (76116) | |
| 71 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in work who will have earnings above the lower earnings limit and below the threshold for paying national insurance contributions, in each year till 2001-2002. |
| (76660) | |
| 72 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what rate the children's tax credit will be reduced for families where one or more earners is a higher rate taxpayer. |
| (76662) | |
| 73 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in work have earnings below the lower earnings limit for National Insurance; and if he will provide (a) figures on the same basis for each of the last 10 years and (b) estimates of the figures for the next three years. |
| (76661) | |
| 74 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many pensioners with a marginal rate of income tax of 10 per cent. after 5th April 1999 will have income from savings. |
| (77162) | |
| 75 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the children's tax credit allowance will be available for use against investment income. |
| (76657) | |
| 76 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate on the basis of the forecast interest rates used in the Inland Revenue Press Release IR2, the average income tax relief cost per borrower as a result of his proposal to abolish mortgage interest relief in 2000-01. |
| (77129) | |
| 77 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many pensioners will have a marginal rate of income tax of (a) nil, (b) 10 per cent., (c) 23 per cent. and (d) 40 per cent. in 1999-2000. |
| (77164) | |
| 78 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many pensioners have a marginal rate of income tax of (a) nil, (b) 20 per cent., (c) 23 per cent. and (d) 40 per cent. in 1998-99. |
| (77163) | |
| 79 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date he has asked Lord Alexander to produce his report on the taxation of shipping; and if that report will be published. |
| (76845) | |
| 80 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what terms of reference he has set for Lord Alexander's review of shipping taxation. |
| (76844) | |
| 81 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Lord Alexander has been asked to complete his review of shipping taxation. |
| (76912) | |
| 82 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the review of shipping taxation by Lord Alexander will consider matters relating to (a) social security contributions, (b) income tax contributions and (c) linkages to training. |
| (76913) | |
| 83 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance will be provided to Lord Alexander by the Government during his review of shipping taxation; and if officials from the Inland Revenue will assist Lord Alexander during the review. |
| (76846) | |
| 84 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times (a) he and (b) his officials have met Welsh Office (i) Ministers and (ii) officials within the last six weeks to discuss matched funding for (1) Objective 1 and (2) Objective 2 in Wales. |
| (76902) | |
| 85 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many couples currently in receipt of the married couples' allowance (a) have no children, (b) have children all over the age of 16 and (c) have children all over the age of 18 years. |
| (76452) | |
| 86 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of insurance policies which will be taxed at the new rate of insurance premium tax announced in his 1999 Budget. |
| (76453) | |
| 87 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of James Archer, David Crisanti and Adrian Ezra by Credit Suisse First Boston are being investigated by the Financial Services regulator. |
| (77076) | |
| 88 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people will be affected by the loss of the tax relief for maintenance payments; and what the average amount of the tax relief lost will be. |
| (76843) | |
| 89 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many couples with children, in the tax year 2000-01, will face a loss as a result of abolition of the married couples allowance in April 2000, broken down by type of housing tenure; and what the average loss will be. |
| (76842) | |
| 90 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 420, on the Export Guarantees Committee, if he will place in the Library a list of the items discussed at the four meetings of the Committee since 1st January 1998. |
| (77154) | |
| 91 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times ministers in his Department have met their counterparts in the US government since 1st June 1998; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the name of the US counterpart at each meeting. |
| (77153) | |
| 92 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Spanish Foreign Minister concerning his recent statements about alleged criminal activity in Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76928) | |
| 93 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contact the British Embassy in Yemen has had with human rights groups in the past year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76203) | |
| 94 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance has been given to British citizens facing court proceedings in Yemen in the past year. |
| (76232) | |
| 95 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Yemen concerning human rights and cases of kidnapping. |
| (76204) | |
| 96 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on Protocol number 4 to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms; and if he will make a statement. |
| (77001) | |
| 97 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the resolution of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on control of the acquisition and possession of firearms by individuals; and if he will make a statement. |
| (77000) | |
| 98 | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what rôle United Nations forces have in the prevention of export of oil from Iraq. |
| (76933) | |
| 99 | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of barrels of oil, and the value in US dollars, exported illegally each year from Iraq to each first destination. |
| (76934) | |
| 100 | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the illegal export of oil by road from Iraq. |
| (76932) | |
| 101 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his Department's response to Russian objections to Chapters 2 and 7 of the Rambouillet text. |
| (77156) | |
| 102 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the response of his Department to the letter of 5th March from the Serbian presidency on Rambouillet. |
| (77155) | |
| 103 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the agenda for the forthcoming EU General Affairs Council of 22nd and 23rd March. |
| (77160) | |
| 104 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answers of 15th February, Official Report, column 579, on Government communications headquarters, when he expects the final cost of the compensation packages to be established. |
| (76301) | |
| 105 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent allegations about criminal activity in Gibraltar made by the Spanish Foreign Minister; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76395) | |
| 106 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent elections in Nigeria. |
| (76979) | |
| 107 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his meeting with President-elect Obasanjo. |
| (76980) | |
| 108 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Nigeria returns to full membership of the Commonwealth. |
| (76981) | |
| 109 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to provide a substantive answer to the questions tabled by the honourable Member for West Chelmsford on 22nd February, on figures published by the North East Essex Health Authority and his Department (Refs. 73118, 73119 and 73120). |
| (76205) | |
| 110 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, column 205, concerning the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care if he will set out a timetable for his consideration of, and taking of decisions on, the Commission's recommendations. |
| (77111) | |
| 111 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (i) the availability of services within the NHS for sufferers of ME/CFS and (ii) the adequacy of the present arrangements for commissioning social services. |
| (76475) | |
| 112 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, column 205, concerning the special grant for carers if the remaining £424,673 will be paid in 2000-01 and 2001-02. |
| (77112) | |
| 113 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to introduce legislation to bring ILO Convention 138 relating to children's employment into UK law; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76202) | |
| 114 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue instructions to hospitals that normal BT call charges should apply to all payphones within their hospitals. |
| (76149) | |
| 115 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists that need to be trained in England to ensure (a) the maintenance of the present level of service and (b) that his dental health targets are met. |
| (75438) | |
| 116 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the need for facilities for dento-alveola surgery. |
| (75442) | |
| 117 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the cost of clinical waste collection and water service charges to general dental practices; to what extent these costs are accounted for in the payments made to dentists for NHS work; and what plans he has to make changes in the reimbursement of dentists for these particular costs. |
| (75437) | |
| 118 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have taken place, by health authority area, in the number of child dental registrations since June 1996; and what steps have been taken to encourage the registration of children up to five years of age with a general dental practice. |
| (75441) | |
| 119 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many treatments requiring prior approval from the Dental Practice Board were submitted in each of the last three years; how many were refused; and what was the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average time taken to consider these requests. |
| (75435) | |
| 120 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists required in each health authority to provide a satisfactory level of service. |
| (75439) | |
| 121 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was (a) the public expenditure estimate and (b) the cost outturn for general dental services in England in 1997-98. |
| (75427) | |
| 122 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about current audit and peer review projects for general dental practitioners, setting out (a) his assessment of their effectiveness and value for money and (b) his future plans for such projects. |
| (75430) | |
| 123 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by health authority area the average number of dental registrations per dentist; if he will make a statement on the impact on dental health of differences in the average number; and what measures are being taken to reduce such differences. |
| (75534) | |
| 124 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, after the publication of the Poswillo Enquiry, how many general dental practitioners underwent training in anaesthesia and equipped their practices to meet the appropriate recommended safety levels; and what contribution his Department made towards this training. |
| (75429) | |
| 125 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, by health authority area, the number of dental practices (a) which accept all NHS patients, (b) whose NHS lists are closed, (c) which accept on NHS lists additional family members only and (d) which accept children for NHS treatment only if their parents are private patients. |
| (75431) | |
| 126 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in each of the last three years what percentage of all types of dental treatments was referred to a dental reference officer for scrutiny; and what percentage was declared to be (a) of poor quality and (b) invalid. |
| (75433) | |
| 127 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the development of community dental services. |
| (75436) | |
| 128 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists are employed by each NHS trust in their community dental services; how many children were treated in the last year for which figures are available in each trust; and how many treatments were made. |
| (75440) | |
| 129 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of treatments requiring prior approval from the Dental Practice Board was submitted to dental reference officers for further examination in each of the last three years; what percentage was refused; and what was (a) the shortest, (b) the longest and (c) the average time taken to consider these submissions. |
| (75434) | |
| 130 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about (a) the availability of dental services in rural areas and (b) the steps being taken to improve access to dentists in rural areas. |
| (75426) | |
| 131 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each of the last five years for which figures are available (i) the percentage of fees paid to dentists deducted to cover allowable expenses and (ii) the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest income recorded for dentists. |
| (75428) | |
| 132 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of dentists' earnings was made up of non-NHS work in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (75313) | |
| 133 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults have been seen by dentists under NHS regulations in each health authority area in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
| (75533) | |
| 134 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes, by health authority area, have taken place in the number of dental registations of (a) children and (b) adults since the introduction of the 15 month registration period. |
| (75432) | |
| 135 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the value of dentists participating in information management and information technology programmes; and what plans he has to provide financial support for such in-service development. |
| (75535) | |
| 136 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list each management consultancy contract advertised by NHS organisations in the supplement to the Official Journal of the European Community in each of the last five years. |
| (76489) | |
| 137 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the levels of abuse of elderly people in care; if he will publish this assessment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76484) | |
| 138 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by NHS region the termination payments made by (a) NHS trusts and (b) health authorities to (a) chief executives, (b) other board members and (c) senior managers, for each of the last five years. |
| (76476) | |
| 139 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the total debt (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of income, of each trust and health authority at the end of each of the last five financial years. |
| (76477) | |
| 140 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by NHS region the bad debts and claims abandoned by each health authority, for each of the last five years. |
| (76486) | |
| 141 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) M1 management costs, (b) M2 management costs and (c) management consultancy costs (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of income, for each NHS trust, and each local health authority, for each of the last five financial years. |
| (76492) | |
| 142 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by region and for each of the last five years the amount spent by each health authority on home care (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of special transitional grants. |
| (76480) | |
| 143 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by region and for each of the last five years the amounts spent by each health authority on care services bought from the independent sector (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of special transitional grants. |
| (76481) | |
| 144 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by NHS region the number and value of clinical negligence claims settled by individual trusts, for each of the last five years. |
| (76488) | |
| 145 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those firms which have bid for NHS private finance initiative deals for each of the last five years; and which of those bids were successful. |
| (76487) | |
| 146 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by region, the income to each NHS trust and health authority, in each of the last 10 years for the sale of assets, land and properties; what uses this income has been put to; and what estimate he has made by region, of the income to each NHS trust and health authority, for each of the next 10 years, from the sale of assets, land and property. |
| (76478) | |
| 147 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation his Department has undertaken of the policies of (a) local authority social services departments and (b) NHS psychiatric services in respect of children excluded from school. |
| (76479) | |
| 148 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged between (a) 16 to 64, (b) 65 to 74, (c) 75 to 84 and (d) over 85 years were in residential care homes in the most recent year for which figures are available; and in each of those age groups how many were funded by (i) local authorities on a means tested basis, (ii) the individuals themselves and (iii) the Department of Social Security. |
| (76491) | |
| 149 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, by region, expenditure by the NHS on advertising in each of the last five years. |
| (76485) | |
| 150 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been admitted to NHS psychiatric care in each year since 1992. |
| (76482) | |
| 151 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data his Department collects on expenditure on NHS training and education, and its availability; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76483) | |
| 152 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to raise in the EU Health Council the health effect of EU policy in relation to tobacco growers. |
| (76935) | |
| 153 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that a patient making an allegation to the General Medical Council about the conduct of a doctor will have automatic access to all relevant notes and correspondence. |
| (76759) | |
| 154 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to expand the remit of the Medicines Control Agency to enable it to ban vitamin and other supplements to diet; and if he will make a statement on the composition and background of the members of the Medicines Control Agency. |
| (76760) | |
| 155 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what percentage NHS charges for (a) sight tests, (b) glasses, (c) travel to hospital, (d) dental treatment and (e) prescription have risen since December 1998. |
| (76757) | |
| 156 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to revise or reissue guidance on the use of pasteurised eggs. |
| (76652) | |
| 157 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those Ministers in his Department who were present at the recent Brit awards in an official capacity, indicating the organisation acting as their sponsor or host. |
| (76646) | |
| 158 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned into the possible link between heavy use of mobile phones and memory loss. |
| (76951) | |
| 159 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times since 1st January 1996 UK chief medical officers have discussed the issue of CS sprays at meetings of their group. |
| (77115) | |
| 160 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations his Department has received from the United States government on genetically-modified organisms since 1st May 1997; on what dates each representation was received; in what form each representation was made; and from which United States department each originated. |
| (77114) | |
| 161 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant nursing places there are at (a) The Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust, (b) Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, (c) Radcliffe Infirmary NHS Trust, (d) Oxfordshire Community Health NHS Trust and (e) Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust; and what the corresponding figures were 12 months ago. |
| (76762) | |
| 162 N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations have been made to him concerning (i) the number of police stations and police officers and (ii) police resources in South Cumbria by (a) members of the police and (b) honourable Members. |
| (76665) | |
| 163 N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are (a) the costs, (b) the purposes and (c) the timescale of the contract awarded to BT for new technology phones in prisons; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76664) | |
| 164 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to receive the report from the Metropolitan Police on the review of the evidence surrounding the murder of WPC Fletcher. |
| (74874) | |
| 165 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suicides there have been in prisons, remand centres and youth detention centres in each of the last 10 years; and how many were of persons under the age of 21 years. |
| (76936) | |
| 166 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on (a) the counting arrangements and (b) the procedures to be adopted in the event of a recount in the elections for the European Parliament, in relation to counting at (i) parliamentary constituency level and (ii) regional centre level. |
| (77127) | |
| 167 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 12th March, indicating the position taken by the UK Government on each item discussed. |
| (76200) | |
| 168 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, Official Report, columns 267-8, if the National Criminal Intelligence Service can access the Schengen Information System without the unanimous agreement of the Schengen states. |
| (77165) | |
| 169 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, Official Report, columns 267-8, what initial increased use of Europol facilities and sharing of information has taken place since the signing of the Treaty of Amsterdam. |
| (77166) | |
| 170 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the representations he received on which he based his statement under section 1g (1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 with respect to the provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Bill. |
| (76973) | |
| 171 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd February, Official Report, column 121, if he will list the dates and locations of the meetings he has had with the US Attorney General since 1st June 1998. |
| (77152) | |
| 172 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information was obtained by unauthorised persons gaining access to the West Yorkshire Police internal communications system; and what assessment he has made of the current security of the system. |
| (76977) | |
| 173 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints he has received about the operation of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate since 1st January. |
| (76962) | |
| 174 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in Oxfordshire in (a) March 1997, (b) March 1998 and (c) March 1999; and how many he estimates there will be in March 2000. |
| (76785) | |
| 175 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, as representing the House of Commons Commission, what was the annual cost of running the House of Commons in each of the last five years; and what was the cost excluding major new building work for the latest available period. |
| (76937) | |
| 176 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has provided to Casa Alianza in the last five years. |
| (76755) | |
| 177 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list those Ministers in her Department who were present at the recent Brit awards in an official capacity, indicating the organisation acting as their sponsor or host. |
| (76655) | |
| 178 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the details of the tax treatment of future private investments in the Commonwealth Development Corporation will be available to the House before the second reading of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill. |
| (76779) | |
| 179 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in determining the tax treatment of future private investments in the Commonwealth Development Corporation. |
| (76780) | |
| 180 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times ministers in her Department have met their counterparts in the US government since 1st June 1998; and if she will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the name of the US counterpart at each meeting. |
| (77120) | |
| 181 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proposals she has to ease the debt burden for Nigeria. |
| (76965) | |
| 182 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she next plans to visit Nigeria. |
| (76966) | |
| 183 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the recommendations made by the Law Commission in its 1994 report, Administrative Law, Judicial Review and Statutory Appeals, and by Lord Woolf in Chapter 18 of his 1996 report Access to Justice. |
| (77082) | |
| 184 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list those Ministers in his Department who were present at the recent Brit awards in an official capacity, indicating the organisation acting as their sponsor or host. |
| (76650) | |
| 185 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to introduce legislation restricting the rights of foreign workers to sue their employers in British courts; and what assessment he has made of the implications of such legislation in respect of trade and human rights obligations. |
| (76998) | |
| 186 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement on the availability of places for (a) part-time and (b) full-time pre-school education for children other than those from socially disadvantaged circumstances for the school year ending 31st July, 2000. |
| (76931) | |
| 187 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people the Parades Commission employs. |
| (76914) | |
| 188 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the current Chairman of the Parades Commission was appointed; and what is his length of contract. |
| (76917) | |
| 189 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who appoints the Parades Commission Chairman; what is the (a) length of his contract and (b) level of remuneration; and who assesses the effectiveness of the Chairman's leadership of the Commission. |
| (76916) | |
| 190 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what are the various levels of remuneration within the Parades Commission. |
| (76915) | |
| 191 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations she has made under the provisions of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 to the Sentences Review Commission in respect of the application for early release by the IRA prisoner Sean Kelly. |
| (76839) | |
| 192 N | Mr Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reports she has received on the involvement of paramilitary organisations operating in Northern Ireland in illegal drug-trafficking; and if she will make a statement. |
| (74576) | |
| 193 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has (a) to approve and (b) to initiate developments relating to airports before the completion of the economic impact studies covering airports and air services announced in A New Deal for Transport; and if she will make a statement. |
| (76992) | |
| 194 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the study of the economic impact of regional airports and regional air services announced in A New Deal for Transport; when these studies will be completed in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. |
| (76991) | |
| 195 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for the week ended Saturday 6th March the number of violent incidents involving paramilitary groups which took place in Northern Ireland, indicating how many involved (a) Loyalist and (b) Republican groups. |
| (77108) | |
| 196 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for the week ended Saturday 6th March the number of (a) punishment beatings and (b) punishment shootings which took place in Northern Ireland indicating how many in each category were committed by (i) Loyalist and (ii) Republican groups. |
| (77109) | |
| 197 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement on political balance in the future make up of the Human Rights Commission. |
| (77084) | |
| 198 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the President of the Council, what provision has been made for millennium compliance-related problems for 9th September 1999; and if she will make a statement. |
| (77131) | |
| 199 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the President of the Council, if she will list those Ministers in her Department who were present at the recent Brit awards in an official capacity, indicating the organisation acting as their sponsor or host. |
| (76649) | |
| 200 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Council, what guidelines have been agreed concerning the composition of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council when sitting to determine the vires of Acts of the Scottish Parliament. |
| (76950) | |
| 201 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the Prime Minister of Spain about Gibraltar with particular reference to (a) frontier delays and (b) the allegations made by the Spainish Foreign Minister about criminal activity in Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76659) | |
| 202 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his letter to the honourable Member for Linlithgow of 9th March, if he will examine the UN's procedures in relation to the distribution of medical goods to meet humanitarian needs which have arrived in Iraq since the end of 1996; and what assessment he has made of the memorandum from the Under Secretary of the Iraqi Foreign Office on this subject, a copy of which has been sent to him. |
| (76781) | |
| 203 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish the agrenda for the forthcoming EU Political Committee meeting of 22nd March. |
| (77161) | |
| 204 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish the agrenda for the forthcoming EU Special European Council of 24th to 25th March. |
| (77159) | |
| 205 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Prime Minister, what reasons underlie the length of time taken to grant to Gibraltar the ability to passport financial services. |
| (76581) | |
| 206 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Prime Minister, how many representations he has received from the United States Government on genetically-modified organisms since 1st May 1997; on what dates each representation was received; in what form each representation was made; and from which United States department each originated. |
| (77113) | |
| 207 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what communication he has had with the President-elect of Nigeria. |
| (76964) | |
| 208 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he has taken to meet the CRE's leadership challenge. |
| (76963) | |
| 209 | Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie): To ask the Prime Minister, when the British-Irish Council will be established; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76999) | |
| 210 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the salaries (1) with and (2) without pension contributions for the chief executives and chairmen of each NHS trust in Scotland for the years (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02. |
| (76144) | |
| 211 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what were the average waiting times for each health board for (a) knee and (b) hip joint replacement operations for September (i) 1992, (ii) 1993, (iii) 1994, (iv) 1995 and (v) 1996. |
| (76152) | |
| 212 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if the guidance which excludes clinical services from Private Finance Initiative projects includes clinical staff who do not fall under the term, professions allied to medicine. |
| (76117) | |
| 213 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd February, Official Report, column 658, on waiting lists, how many patients received a first outpatient appointment within (i) nine weeks and (ii) 18 weeks of referral for (a) March 1997, (b) September 1997, (c) March 1998 and (d) September 1998. |
| (76119) | |
| 214 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) surgical waiting list figures and (b) specialist outpatient consultation figures in numerical and percentage terms for Scotland for March and September (i) 1992, (ii) 1993, (ii) 1994, (iv) 1995 and (v) 1996. |
| (76148) | |
| 215 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his estimate of (i) the number and (ii) the percentage of children in primaries (a) one, (b) two and (c) three in each local authority taught in classes of more than 31 pupils in (1) 1997-98, (2) 1998-99, (3) 1999-2000, (4) 2000-01 and (5) 2001-02. |
| (76153) | |
| 216 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish the financial targets set for each NHS trust in Scotland and the surplus or deficit incurred in each year since 1992-93. |
| (76145) | |
| 217 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what progress has been made towards making statute and case law available on the Internet; and what plans he has to charge for this service. |
| (76151) | |
| 218 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many mortgage repossession orders there were in each court district in each of the months of (a) January, February and March 1997, (b) January, February and March 1998, (c) May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December 1998 and (d) January 1999. |
| (76118) | |
| 219 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish a table showing the salaries (a) with and (b) without pension contributions for the Chief Executive and Chair of each NHS trust in Scotland for each year since 1992-93. |
| (76115) | |
| 220 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his estimate of (a) the number and (b) the percentage of children in each local authority taught in classes of 31 or more pupils in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000, (iv) 2000-01 and (v) 2001-02. |
| (76143) | |
| 221 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will issue instructions to hospitals that normal BT call charges should apply to all payphones within their hospitals. |
| (76150) | |
| 222 N | Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the contract will be signed anent the PFI project at Larkfield, Greenock; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76228) | |
| 223 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many children have been admitted to NHS psychiatric care in each year since 1992. |
| (77137) | |
| 224 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list those firms which have bid for Private Finance Initiative deals; and which of those bids were successful and where they are located. |
| (77141) | |
| 225 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of their special transitional grant was spent by each local authority (a) in the independent sector and (b) on home care in each of the last five years. |
| (77145) | |
| 226 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what evaluation his Department has undertaken of individual social services department's (a) policy and (b) psychiatric services in relation to children excluded from school. |
| (77146) | |
| 227 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much the NHS spent on advertising costs in each region in each year since 1993-94. |
| (77147) | |
| 228 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the amount of (a) bad debts and (b) claims abandoned for each health board broken down by category in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (77143) | |
| 229 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for each region and health board the level of total debt (a) in financial terms and (b) as a percentage of income in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (77144) | |
| 230 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for the last 10 years how much money was raised from the sale of surplus properties in the NHS; if he will estimate the amount to be raised in the next 10 years and what use has been made of the proceeds of these sales. |
| (77142) | |
| 231 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the termination payments made by NHS trusts and health boards to (a) chief executives and (b) general and senior managers including the numbers and amounts. |
| (77135) | |
| 232 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what has been the cost of clinical negligence claims to the NHS in (a) each region and (b) each NHS trust in each year since 1994-95. |
| (77136) | |
| 233 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what data his Department collects on expenditure on NHS training and education and its distribution. |
| (77134) | |
| 234 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list each management consultancy contract that has been advertised by NHS organisations in the supplements to the Official Journal of the European Community in each of the last five years. |
| (77139) | |
| 235 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) M1 management costs, (b) M2 management costs and (c) management consultancy costs (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of income for each NHS trust for the last five years. |
| (77140) | |
| 236 | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people in Scotland were in residential care homes in the most recent year for which figures are available aged (a) 60 to 64 years, (b) 65 to 74 years, (c) 75 to 84 years and (d) 85 years of age and over; and in each of those categories how many were funded by (i) the local authority on a means tested basis, (ii) the individuals themselves and (iii) the Department of Social Security through preserved rights. |
| (77138) | |
| 237 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what progress has been made on the study of the economic impact of regional airports and regional air services announced in A New Deal for Transport; when these studies will be completed in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76987) | |
| 238 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has (a) to approve and (b) to initiate developments relating to airports before the completion of the economic impact studies covering airports and air services announced in A New Deal for Transport; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76988) | |
| 239 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement of the future of the direct payment scheme for water charges; and what plans he has to increase the priority of water charges in the order of payments included in the direct payment scheme. |
| (77078) | |
| 240 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what discussions he has had with the Meteorological Office concerning its proposals to pilot a study of weather stations in Scotland to take account of the wind chill factor in the assessment of cold weather payments; how much such a scheme would cost; and what plans he has to initiate such a scheme. |
| (76146) | |
| 241 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the cost would have been of increasing basic pension in line with earnings since 1st May 1997; what the value of such an increase would have been to a single pensioner; what the actual increase in basic pension has been since 1st May 1997, and what the cost has been; and what the cost of the winter payments to pensioners have been in each year since 1st May 1997. |
| (76658) | |
| 242 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the standard spending assessment for councils incorporates monies to compensate councils for disregarding war pensions for housing benefit and council tax benefit. |
| (76982) | |
| 243 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the number of employees who will pay higher national insurance contributions as a result of the increase of the upper limit in (a) the standard rate and (b) the contracted out rate of national insurance contributions. |
| (76454) | |
| 244 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list those Ministers in his Department who were present at the recent Brit awards in an official capacity, indicating the organisation acting as their sponsor or host. |
| (76653) | |
| 245 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many reviews of disability living allowance were undertaken under the Benefits Integrity Project in 1997-98 and the current financial year to date; and how many reviews it is anticipated will be held in 1999-2000 under the new periodic review system. |
| (76840) | |
| 246 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will define the broad-based mechanism to check awards of disability living allowance under the new periodic review system referred to in his letter to honourable Members of 28th January. |
| (76765) | |
| 247 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many widows will be affected by the loss of the widow's bereavement allowance broken down by those aged (a) 50-55, (b) 55-60 and (c) 60 years and over; and what the average amount will be lost not including the effects of the proposed reforms to bereavement benefits. |
| (76841) | |
| 248 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what are the current security classifications of the newsletters produced for the staff of (a) the Benefits Agency and (b) the Child Support Agency; how often each newsletter is produced; and when each newsletter was first produced. |
| (77119) | |
| 249 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many times ministers in his Department have met their counterparts in the US government since 1st June 1998; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the name of the US counterpart at each meeting. |
| (77118) | |
| 250 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make arrangements in the Review of Electricity Trading Arrangements for transparency of prices in trading contracts. |
| (76580) | |
| 251 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd March, Official Report, column 690, on the photovoltaic industry, what is his Department's budget in respect of photovoltaics; and what photovoltaic projects it plans to sponsor in developing countries in 1999-2000. |
| (77073) | |
| 252 | Mr Eric Clarke (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he will take to ensure that claims for damages for miners' bronchitis and emphysema in respect of exposure to coal dust underground before 1954 from mines in Scotland will not be treated as subject to the provisions of the Limitations Act 1954. |
| (77077) | |
| 253 N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the review of the Assisted Areas map and the timing of its conclusions. |
| (76666) | |
| 254 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the current rate of fixed capital formation (a) nationally, (b) in each region and (c) in other OECD countries. |
| (76041) | |
| 255 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria are applied by the Export Credit Guarantee Department in reaching decisions on giving support for the Ilisu Dam project in Turkey. |
| (77133) | |
| 256 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish a full environmental and social impact assessment before granting export credit insurance for British firms involved in the Ilisa Dam project in Turkey. |
| (77079) | |
| 257 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if it is part of the standard procedure that projects considered for support by the Export Credits Guarantee Department are assessed in respect of their compliance with the OECD's guidelines for the conduct of multinational enterprises. |
| (77081) | |
| 258 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will adopt World Bank policies on (a) environmental assessment, (b) involuntary resettlement and (c) the protection of cultural heritage for the screening of projects receiving support from the Export Credit Guarantee Department. |
| (77132) | |
| 259 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the oral statement by the Parliamentary Secretary (Commons) to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of 8th March, Official Report, columns 151-4, on claims for compensation by deep sea trawlermen, if he will (a) agree a date to meet the trawlermen and their representatives and (b) set out a timetable for the resolution of the claim. |
| (76927) | |
| 260 N | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to compensate all United Kingdom exporters affected by the increase in import duties in the United States; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76784) | |
| 261 N | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate (a) how many United Kingdom companies will incur increased export costs as a result of the increase in United States import tariffs, (b) how many companies Her Majesty's Government has compensated for the increase in their export costs, (c) the cost to public funds of this compensation, (d) the nature of the exports of each company and (e) the cost to United Kingdom businesses of the increase in United States import duties. |
| (76782) | |
| 262 N | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will compensate fine art publishers for the costs of the increase in United States import duties; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76777) | |
| 263 N | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will compensate Cornflower Fine Art Publishers of Reading for the increase in their export costs to the United States as a result of the increase in United States import tariffs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76778) | |
| 264 N | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the United States Government on a resolution of the present dispute over United States increased import tariffs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76783) | |
| 265 N | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made on the loss of revenue to Kew Gardens as a result of the increase in United States import duties; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76776) | |
| 266 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will ensure that, as a condition for any grant, BMW will sell cars in the UK at prices equal to or below the prices charged for the same cars elsewhere in the European Union. |
| (76758) | |
| 267 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the conclusions of the MMC investigation into Milk Marque. |
| (76901) | |
| 268 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the conclusions of the Office of Fair Trading Report of their investigation into the trading practices of the main supermarkets in the United Kingdom. |
| (76900) | |
| 269 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the recent oil pollution incident on the beaches of Rhyl and Prestatyn. |
| (76584) | |
| 270 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will meet local honourable Members to discuss the latest BHP oil pollution incident. |
| (76582) | |
| 271 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will review the guidelines relating to oil pollution around the British coast following the new information about the effect of oil pollution of less than one part per billion. |
| (76585) | |
| 272 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list all oil pollution incidents in the Irish Sea in the past 10 years, giving the size of the incident, the company responsible and the date. |
| (76583) | |
| 273 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of projected increases in COÜof6Ý2 emissions as a result of the introduction of declining rate tariffs to larger domestic consumers by Northern Electricity; and if he will make a statement. |
| (77110) | |
| 274 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many small businesses he has visited in the last year. |
| (76974) | |
| 275 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to visit India. |
| (76976) | |
| 276 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many outside organisations used the conference facilities at his offices in Victoria Street in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (76975) | |
| 277 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the difference between the public expenditure estimate for general dental services in Wales in 1997-98 and the cost outturn. |
| (75321) | |
| 278 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many adults have been seen by dentists under NHS regulations in each health authority area in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
| (75325) | |
| 279 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what changes by health authority area have taken place in dental registrations of (a) children and (b) adults since the introduction of the 15 month registration period. |
| (75332) | |
| 280 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of treatments requiring prior approval from the Dental Practices Board was submitted to dental reference officers for further examination in each of the last three years; what percentage was refused; and what was the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average time taken to consider these submissions. |
| (75310) | |
| 281 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement about current audit and peer review projects for general dental practitioners; what assessment he has made of their effectiveness, value for money and prospects for further development; and what plans he has for additional financial support. |
| (75312) | |
| 282 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects to receive the report of the Health Authorities' Chief Executives' Group on oral and maxillofacial services in South Wales. |
| (75315) | |
| 283 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of all types of dental treatment in each of the last three years was referred to a dental reference officer for scrutiny; and what percentage was declared to be (a) of poor quality and (b) invalid. |
| (75317) | |
| 284 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement about the problems of providing satisfactory dental services in rural areas and the steps taken to deal with them since 1st April 1998. |
| (75327) | |
| 285 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what changes have taken place, by health authority area, in child dental registrations since June 1996; and what steps he has taken to encourage the registration with a general dental practice of children up to five years of age. |
| (75331) | |
| 286 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the need for facilities for dento-alveola surgery. |
| (75319) | |
| 287 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists required in each health authority area to provide a satisfactory level of service. |
| (75323) | |
| 288 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, following the publication of the Poswillo Inquiry, how many general dental practitioners underwent training in anaesthesia and equipped their practices to comply with the appropriate recommended safety levels; and what contribution the Welsh Office made towards this training. |
| (75328) | |
| 289 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has for the development of community dental services. |
| (75320) | |
| 290 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many dentists are employed by NHS trusts in their community dental services; how many children were treated in the last year for which figures are available in each trust; and how many treatments were made in each trust. |
| (75322) | |
| 291 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the impact of differences between health authority areas in the average number of dental registrations per dentist on dental health; and what steps have been taken to reduce such differences. |
| (75326) | |
| 292 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of fees paid to dentists was deducted to cover allowable expenses; and what was the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest income recorded for dentists in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (75311) | |
| 293 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the dental practice incentive scheme and the extent to which it has led to an increase in (a) the number of general dental practitioners and (b) the number of adults and children being seen and treated under NHS regulations. |
| (75314) | |
| 294 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement about the impact of (a) the fluoridation of water and (b) the cessation of fluoridation of water in Anglesey on the dental health of children; and what studies his Department has conducted on the impact of fluoridation and of the withdrawal of fluoridation on the general health of the population. |
| (75316) | |
| 295 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many treatments requiring prior approval from the Dental Practices Board were submitted in each of the last three years; how many were refused; and what was the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average time taken to consider these requests. |
| (75318) | |
| 296 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the advantages of dentists participating in information management and technology programmes; and what financial support he intends to provide for such in-service development. |
| (75329) | |
| 297 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list, by health authority area, dental practices (a) which accept all NHS patients, (b) whose NHS lists are closed, (c) which accept additional family members only on NHS lists and (d) which accept children for NHS treatment only if parents are private patients. |
| (75333) | |
| 298 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists that need to be trained in Wales to ensure (a) the maintenance of the present level of service and (b) that his dental health targets are met. |
| (75324) | |
| 299 N | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the cost of clinical waste collection and water service charges for general dental practices; to what extent these costs are accounted for in the payments made to dentists for NHS work; and what plans he has to make changes to the reinbursement of dentists in respect of these costs. |
| (75330) | |
| 300 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the future of fur farming. |
| (76997) | |
| 301 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the prospects for organic farming in Wales. |
| (76993) | |
| 302 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the effect of the CAP Reform, on environmental improvement. |
| (76996) | |
| 303 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the recently announced Reform of the CAP and its effect on the farming community of Alyn and Deeside. |
| (76995) | |
| 304 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assistance he will give to beef farmers to switch into (a) organic beef and (b) other products; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76994) | |
| 305 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people in Wales are in residential care homes in the most recent year for which figures are available in the (a) 16 to 64, (b) 65 to 74, (c) 74 to 84 and (d) 85 years and over age groups; and in each of those categories if he will list the numbers funded by (i) the local authority on a means tested basis, (ii) the individuals themselves and (iii) the Department of Social Security through presented rights. |
| (76906) | |
| 306 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list (a) for the last 10 years how much money was realised from the sale of surplus properties by the NHS in Wales, (b) for the next 10 years how much money he estimates will be realised from the sale of surplus properties by the NHS in Wales and (c) who holds the proceeds of such sales. |
| (76924) | |
| 307 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list (a) for the last five years all those surplus NHS properties in Wales that realised more than £100,000 when sold and (b) for the next five years all those surplus NHS properties which he expects will realise more than £100,000. |
| (76926) | |
| 308 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list those firms that have bid for private finance initiative deals in Wales; which of these bids were successful; and to what the bids related. |
| (76923) | |
| 309 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much the NHS spent on advertising costs in each region in Wales in each year since 1993-94. |
| (76904) | |
| 310 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many times he has met Treasury officials and ministers during the last six weeks to discuss matched funding for (a) Objective 1 and (b) Objective 2. |
| (76919) | |
| 311 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many clinical negligence claims in Wales were settled by individual trusts in the last year. |
| (76922) | |
| 312 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many children in Wales have been admitted to psychiatric care for each year since 1992. |
| (76907) | |
| 313 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the amount spent on home care by each local authority in Wales as a percentage of their special transitional grant for the last five years. |
| (76911) | |
| 314 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the (a) M1 management costs, (b) M2 management costs and (c) management consultancy costs (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of income for each NHS trust in Wales for the last five years. |
| (76920) | |
| 315 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the level of abuse of elderly people in difficult care environments in the last five years. |
| (76905) | |
| 316 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will provide up to date information on termination payments made by NHS trusts or health authorities in Wales to (a) chief executives and (b) general and senior managers including the numbers and amounts. |
| (76908) | |
| 317 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what evaluation his Department has undertaken of (a) individual social services department's policy and (b) individual psychiatric services in relation to children excluded from school in the last five years. |
| (76903) | |
| 318 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) Objective 1 and (b) Objective 2 money is forecast to come to Wales from Europe in each of the next five years; and whether the total amount of matched funding will be drawn from existing Welsh Office budgets. |
| (76918) | |
| 319 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what has been the cost of clinical negligence claims against the NHS in each region in Wales in each year since 1994-95. |
| (76909) | |
| 320 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the amount as a percentage of their special transitional grant for the last five years spent by each local authority in Wales in the independent sector. |
| (76910) | |
| 321 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will publish for each area and health authority in Wales the level of total debt (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of income. |
| (76921) | |
| 322 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the amount of (a) bad debts and (b) claims abandoned in Wales for each health authority in each region for the last five years. |
| (76925) | |
| 323 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has (a) to approve and (b) to initiate developments relating to airports before the completion of the economic impact studies covering airports and air services announced in A New Deal for Transport; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76990) | |
| 324 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what progress has been made on the study of the economic impact of regional airports and regional air services announced in A New Deal for Transport; when these studies will be completed in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (76989) | |
| 325 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what surveys he has undertaken of the provision of advisory services by (a) citizen's advice bureaux, (b) law centres, (c) local authorities and (d) voluntary bodies in each London borough; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the level of provision. |
| [Transferred] (76233) | |
| 326 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list all those (a) food and (b) health food products on which he has received advice from his civil servants since 1st May 1997 as being a cause for concern. |
| [Transferred] (76651) | |
| 327 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what has been the acreage of reforestation undertaken in the United Kingdom during each of the last three years; and if he will list the areas of the country where this has taken place. |
| [Transferred] (77002) | |
| 328 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidelines or advice he has issued concerning the reference of matters subject to investigation by the Financial Services Regulator to the Serious Fraud Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (76970) | |
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