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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 26 March 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 26 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 Friday 26 March, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Monday 29 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 Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the impact of the recent CAP reform proposals on (a) farming in Herefordshire and (b) potato cultivation. |
| (78496) | |
| 2 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the competitive position of the dairy processing industry in each EU member state. |
| (79082) | |
| 3 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will provide a list of food substances available in the UK containing genetically-modified contents. |
| (78783) | |
| 4 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what import duties are applied by the European Union to (a) dairy products and (b) meat products from each country of supply; and what subsidies are given on the same goods exported from the EU. |
| (78942) | |
| 5 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many slaughterhouses and cutting plants were operating in the United Kingdom in the categories (a) full throughput red slaugherhouses, (b) low throughput red slaughterhouses, (c) full throughput white slaughterhouses, (d) low throughput white slaughterhouses, (e) full throughput cutting plants and (f) low throughput cutting plants in (i) December 1995, (ii) December 1996, (iii) December 1997 and (iv) December 1998; and what was the average throughput for each category in each year. |
| (79081) | |
| 6 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what progress he has made in enabling blind ex-servicemen to be accompanied on visits to France by their guide-dogs without those dogs having to be held in quarantine on their return to the UK. |
| (79042) | |
| 7 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many meetings he has had in the last three months with (a) the President of the Dairy Industry Federation and (b) the Chairman of Milk Marque; and what plans he has to meet further with either. |
| (79161) | |
| 8 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the annual cost to individual businesses of the proposed Food Standards Agency, indicating the level at which the levy will be set. |
| (79244) | |
| 9 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79283) | |
| 10 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79260) | |
| 11 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79271) | |
| 12 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79249) | |
| 13 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79272) | |
| 14 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79250) | |
| 15 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which public bodies remain outside the jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Commission for Administration. |
| (79248) | |
| 16 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which ministerial appointments remain (a) outside the scope of the Nolan rules and (b) the jurisdiction of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. |
| (79247) | |
| 17 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79262) | |
| 18 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79270) | |
| 19 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown by ethnic origin and grade of members of the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force. |
| (79051) | |
| 20 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79259) | |
| 21 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79282) | |
| 22 | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools entered pupils for the level 6 (i) Science, (ii) English and (iii) Mathematics paper in Key Stage 2 SATS tests in 1998, 1997 and 1996 broken down by (a) local education authority and (b) type of school. |
| (79329) | |
| 23 | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools in 1998, 1997 and 1996 by (a) local education authority and (b) by type of school entered no pupils for the level 6 (i) Science, (ii) English and (iii) Mathematics paper in Key Stage 2 SATS test. |
| (79245) | |
| 24 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the grant maintained schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth. |
| (79057) | |
| 25 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what advice his Department issues to schools which have their own sports grounds on the use of those grounds by the local community; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79058) | |
| 26 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the progress of the New Deal in the Greater London area. |
| (79076) | |
| 27 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will investigate the circumstances under which heads of tertiary colleges criticised in National Audit Office reports are re-employed at senior levels in organisations which provide a service to their former employers. |
| (79205) | |
| 28 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of checks made on the suitability of staff working for examination verification bodies in further education. |
| (79210) | |
| 29 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to relieve the burdens on heads of small schools who teach full-time. |
| (79078) | |
| 30 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when Derbyshire County Council will be able to bid for Sure Start funding. |
| (79077) | |
| 31 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will provide a breakdown by ethnic origin and grade of (a) teaching staff at (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) tertiary level and (b) students at university level. |
| (79052) | |
| 32 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79263) | |
| 33 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79287) | |
| 34 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what (a) representations and (b) requests for assistance he has received from local authorities on the withdrawal of insurance cover due to the threat of the millenium bug; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79211) | |
| 35 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of the UK population receives fluoridated drinking water; what measures are being taken to ensure that the systems for the control of dosage will not be affected by the millennium bug; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79016) | |
| 36 N | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in Kent for 1999-2000. |
| (78897) | |
| 37 N | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in Tyne and Wear for 1999-2000. |
| (78899) | |
| 38 N | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in Northumberland for 1999-2000. |
| (78901) | |
| 39 N | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in Lancashire for 1999-2000. |
| (78896) | |
| 40 N | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in Cumbria for 1999-2000. |
| (78898) | |
| 41 N | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in the West Midlands for 1999-2000. |
| (78900) | |
| 42 N | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in North Yorkshire for 1999-2000. |
| (78902) | |
| 43 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the saving to local authorities which will arise in each of the next three years as a result of maintenance costs being transferred to new landlords when local authority housing is transferred. |
| (78979) | |
| 44 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the housing associations which have received a transfer of local government housing since 1st May 1997. |
| (78976) | |
| 45 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his Department's policy on transfers of local authority housing where tenants of one part of the proposed transfer seek a transfer to a separate landlord from tenants of another part. |
| (78978) | |
| 46 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those transfers of local authority housing stock currently under consideration where the housing estate in question is in a local authority area other than that of the landlord authority. |
| (78977) | |
| 47 N | Dr Peter Brand (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the timing of the introduction of secondary sewage treatment at the sewage works under construction at Yaverland, Sandown, Isle of Wight. |
| (78571) | |
| 48 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, from which departmental budget the cost of providing New Delhi with the buses which he offered on his recent visit will be met; and how much they will cost. |
| (79055) | |
| 49 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance his Department issues on byelaws drawn up by the privatised rail franchises. |
| (79188) | |
| 50 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of (a) the quantity and (b) the trend rate of growth of annual United Kingdom CO2 emissions generated by (i) the household sector, (ii) industry excluding power generators, (iii) power generators, (iv) the service sector and (v) other sectors. |
| (79190) | |
| 51 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the current estimate of (a) the quantity and (b) the trend rate of growth of annual CO2 emissions in respect of (i) power generation as a whole, (ii) gas-powered generators, (iii) coal-powered generators and (iv) other power producers. |
| (79191) | |
| 52 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the disabled organisations from which his Department regularly seeks views on the development of transport policy. |
| (79056) | |
| 53 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which models of new car currently on sale in the United Kingdom have under-1100cc engines. |
| (78997) | |
| 54 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the initiatives currently under way to improve the operation of the provisions of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. |
| (78966) | |
| 55 N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in a London borough for 1999-2000. |
| (78768) | |
| 56 N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in Cornwall for 1999-2000. |
| (78765) | |
| 57 N | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many council houses were sold in each English shire county in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 1998-99. |
| (78906) | |
| 58 N | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many local authority owned dwellings are empty in each English shire county; and if he will make a statement. |
| (78905) | |
| 59 N | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, before transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in each shire county in England (i) for 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99 and (iii) as proposed for 1999-2000. |
| (78907) | |
| 60 N | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in Greater Manchester for 1999-2000. |
| (78908) | |
| 61 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many planning applications since May 1997 he has called in following a resolution by the relevant local planning authority to refuse planning permission. |
| (79160) | |
| 62 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in what circumstances he plans to cap councils which over-spend; and if he will make a statement. |
| (78914) | |
| 63 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to decide on the future constitution of British Waterways. |
| (78940) | |
| 64 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people (a) were killed, (b) were seriously injured and (c) suffered minor injuries in road accidents in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (78944) | |
| 65 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in Northamptonshire for 1999-2000. |
| (78909) | |
| 66 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he last met the National Bus Pensions Trustees. |
| (79075) | |
| 67 N | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what total rent arrears in respect of council houses were owing in each council tax billing area in each shire county in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 1998-99. |
| (78774) | |
| 68 N | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what total rent arrears in respect of council houses were owing in each metropolitan area in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 1998-99. |
| (78775) | |
| 69 N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax at Band D for a council billing area, after transitional relief grant and council tax benefit, in (i) Bedfordshire, (ii) Buckinghamshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Cheshire, (v) Devon, (vi) Dorset, (vii) Durham, (viii) East Sussex, (ix) Essex, (x) Gloucestershire, (xi) Hampshire, (xii) Hertfordshire, (xiii) Nottinghamshire and (xiv) West Yorkshire for 1999-2000. |
| (78910) | |
| 70 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79253) | |
| 71 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79276) | |
| 72 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of eligible single-parent households claimed the additional person's allowance in each of the last five years. |
| (79041) | |
| 73 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what method tax revenue from the new energy tax will be collected by energy utitlities. |
| (79192) | |
| 74 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that its proposed energy tax is compliant with (a) the rules of EU Single Market and (b) the rules of the World Trade Organisation. |
| (79189) | |
| 75 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish a review of the estimated £1.5 billion of mis-sold endowment mortgages on the same basis as the recent pensions mis-selling review. |
| (79187) | |
| 76 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of widows who will (a) lose bereavement tax credit in the 1999-2000 budget and (b) be eligible for the new benefits which replace the tax credit. |
| (79089) | |
| 77 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the numbers of higher rate taxpayers who will pay a 46 per cent. marginal rate of income tax consequent upon the tapering of the child tax credit (a) in total, (b) where the taxpayer is the sole earner in the family and (c) where the taxpayer is the sole higher rate taxpayer in the family. |
| (79091) | |
| 78 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue implications in 1999-2000 and 2000-01 of the abolition of bereavement tax credit for widows and its replacement by benefits. |
| (79090) | |
| 79 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of numbers of the companies which will pay corporation tax at (a) 10 per cent. and (b) a marginal rate of 22.5 per cent. |
| (79080) | |
| 80 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what accounting convention underlies the treatment of working families' tax credit as a tax reduction; and when the Government adopted that convention. |
| (79088) | |
| 81 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the projected revenue implications in 1999-2000 and 2000-01 of the abolition of dividend tax credits of non-taxpaying pensioners (a) on the assumption that savers fully switch into ISAs and (b) on the assumption that there is no switching. |
| (79087) | |
| 82 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government adopted the international national accounting convention which requires mortgage interest tax relief to be shown as public expenditure for budgetary purposes. |
| (79059) | |
| 83 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what duties Mr Charlie Whelan has undertaken for Treasury ministers since 4th January. |
| (79000) | |
| 84 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times Mr Charlie Whelan has visited HM Treasury since 4th January. |
| (79003) | |
| 85 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact on employment of a 5 per cent. increase in the value of the pound against the euro, assuming no other changes of policy or external circumstance over a two-year period. |
| (79213) | |
| 86 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further plans he has to transfer taxation on motorists from vehicle excise duty to petrol; and if he will make a statement. |
| (78915) | |
| 87 | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many property transactions worth (a) over £250,000 and (b) over £500,000 took place in 1998; and how many of these related to (i) commercial property, (ii) domestic property and (iii) intellectual property. |
| (79045) | |
| 88 | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of stamp duty revenue from property transactions worth (a) over £250,000 and (b) over £500,000 in 1998 related to (i) domestic property, (ii) commercial property and (iii) intellectual property. |
| (79044) | |
| 89 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79251) | |
| 90 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79274) | |
| 91 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many suspected or actual cases of human rights violations connected with vessels operating in the waters surrounding the Falklands took place in each of the last three years. |
| (79039) | |
| 92 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the payments due to be made by the European Commission to those commissioners who recently resigned. |
| (79156) | |
| 93 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the four British officials who were expelled on 7th March were visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| (79165) | |
| 94 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence the Democratic Republic of Congo presented to his Department in support of the detention and expulsion of British Embassy staff and four British officials on 7th March. |
| (79164) | |
| 95 | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the outcome of the General Affairs Council held in Brussels on 22nd and 23rd March; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79095) | |
| 96 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the Algerian Government, bilaterally and through the EU, to co-operate with the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearance and to facilitate a visit to the country in order to conduct an independent investigation of disappearance cases. |
| (79014) | |
| 97 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Algerian Government calling on it to release all prisoners held in secret and unacknowledged detention unless they are to be charged with recognisably criminal offences. |
| (79068) | |
| 98 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will press for a resolution on Algeria at the United Nations Commission for Human Rights at Geneva. |
| (79013) | |
| 99 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the current human rights situation within Algeria. |
| (79012) | |
| 100 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to appoint additional business ambassadors. |
| (79153) | |
| 101 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many posts in his Department at (a) ambassadorial and (b) Consul-General level have been advertised in the last year. |
| (79073) | |
| 102 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations between Britain and Yemen. |
| (79072) | |
| 103 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79265) | |
| 104 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79285) | |
| 105 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on errors made by the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Hospital Trust in diagnosing breast cancer; and if he will make a statement. |
| (78939) | |
| 106 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those health authorities in the United Kingdom which prescribe beta interferon to treat ME sufferers. |
| (78994) | |
| 107 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make beta interferon universally available on the NHS. |
| (78995) | |
| 108 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the New Opportunities funding for cancer services will be allocated; what are the criteria for allocation of money under the New Opportunities Fund for cancer services; and what plans he has to increase the availability of cytotoxic drugs under this programme. |
| (79074) | |
| 109 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the criteria for allocation of money under the New Opportunities Fund for cancer services; and what plans he has to increase the availability of cytotoxic drugs under this programme. |
| (79181) | |
| 110 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of New Opportunities funding on NHS cancer services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79083) | |
| 111 | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ships were found to be unhygienic as a result of inspection of ships for nuisance; and how many special notices were served under the provisions of the Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979 in each year since 1990. |
| (78993) | |
| 112 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local education authorities send head lice nurses into schools; what is his Department's policy on head lice nurses in schools; what is the cost of providing head lice nurses to schools; and if he will make a statement. |
| (78941) | |
| 113 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his Department's policy towards treating Lymphoedema; how many health authorities provide manual Lymphatic Drainage treatment; how many specialist centres exist for the treatment of Lymphoedema; how many medical staff trained in MLD are employed in Gloucestershire; and if he will make a statement. |
| (78913) | |
| 114 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action the Government is taking to publicise free availability of spectacles for children. |
| (79050) | |
| 115 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the five most frequent sources of reported allergies deriving from (a) food, (b) over the counter medicines and (c) prescription only medicines and the number of recorded cases in each category during the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (78996) | |
| 116 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce the outcome of the consultation on MLX249; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79079) | |
| 117 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has concerning the nature and scope of the proposed forthcoming recommendations from the European Commission for possible amendments to EU Directive 75/318 in relation to herbal remedies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (78903) | |
| 118 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he received a copy of the recent report on herbal medicines in Europe from the Association of European Self-Medication Industry; if he has made copies of that report available to Right honourable and honourable Members; what response he intends to make to that report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (78904) | |
| 119 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons cystic fibrosis is not exempted from prescription charges. |
| (79162) | |
| 120 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will exempt cystic fibrosis sufferers from paying prescription charges. |
| (79163) | |
| 121 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79266) | |
| 122 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79284) | |
| 123 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department contributed to the cost of policing the Conservative Party Conference in Bournemouth in 1998; how much it plans to contribute for the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth in 1999; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79015) | |
| 124 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders have been (a) assessed for a drug treatment and testing order and (b) made subject to such an order in the pilot areas for drug treatment and testing order; and how many of those made subject to an order have subsequently breached the order. |
| (79204) | |
| 125 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 10 to 17 years olds were convicted of offences involving (a) supply and (b) possession of illegal drugs; and how many of such offences involved Class A drugs in the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (79209) | |
| 126 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of offences were committed by persistent young offenders in the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (79206) | |
| 127 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were committed by persistent young offenders in the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (79207) | |
| 128 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were committed by 10 to 17 years old offenders (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of all offences in the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (79208) | |
| 129 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 24th March, Official Report, column 237, what is the minimum possible tariff to be served by a person serving a life sentence following a conviction for murder. |
| (79084) | |
| 130 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been charged with offences discovered during the Lancet inquiry. |
| (79094) | |
| 131 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the cost of court proceedings to date in connection with the extradition of Senator Pinochet; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79092) | |
| 132 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Police Complaints Authority regarding the progress of the Lancet inquiry into alleged police corruption in Cleveland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79098) | |
| 133 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to monitor the progress of the Lancet inquiry into the alleged police corruption in Cleveland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79212) | |
| 134 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been determined finally in the last five years; and how many were (a) allowed and (b) refused. |
| (79296) | |
| 135 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the annual cost to (a) central government and (b) local authorities of providing financial support to persons whose rights of appeal under immigration and asylum law have been exhausted. |
| (79306) | |
| 136 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone operators work at the Immigration and Nationality Department offices in Croydon. |
| (79302) | |
| 137 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone lines exist at the Immigration and Nationality Department offices in Croydon. |
| (79303) | |
| 138 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate how many letters are at the Immigration and Nationality Department offices in Croydon unopened. |
| (79300) | |
| 139 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons whose rights of appeal under immigration and asylum law have been exhausted are receiving (a) NHS treatment, (b) state financial benefits, (c) local authority housing and (d) state education. |
| (79304) | |
| 140 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average time that is taken to answer a telephone call to the Immigration and Nationality Department offices in Croydon. |
| (79301) | |
| 141 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average number of members of the public who attended the Immigration and Nationality Department offices in Croydon per day in the last 12 months; and what is the average number of such persons interviewed by officials. |
| (79298) | |
| 142 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been made in each of the last 12 months by (a) persons already in the UK and (b) persons arriving at ports of entry. |
| (79297) | |
| 143 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the monetary cost in the past three years for which figures are available to (a) central government and (b) local government of support for asylum seekers. |
| (79305) | |
| 144 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reinstate immigration offices at airports to check the documentation of outgoing passengers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79290) | |
| 145 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what studies have been (a) made and (b) commissioned by his Department on the breakdown of crimes committed by the different ethnic minorities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79291) | |
| 146 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average time he took to respond substantively to letters from honourable Members in each of the last 12 months. |
| (79299) | |
| 147 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he proposes to take (a) to discover the whereabouts of and (b) to deport those who have lost all their appeals under immigration and asylum law and who remain unlawfully in the UK. |
| (79292) | |
| 148 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number of people who have lost all their appeals under immigration and asylum law and remain unlawfully in the UK. |
| (79289) | |
| 149 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number of asylum applicants currently in the UK with whom the authorities have lost contact. |
| (79294) | |
| 150 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to renew contact with asylum applicants with whom contact has been lost. |
| (79293) | |
| 151 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were deported from the UK in each of the last five years following final refusal of asylum applications. |
| (79295) | |
| 152 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide a breakdown of (i) the Police Service and (ii) the Prison Service in England and Wales by ethnic origin and grade. |
| (79048) | |
| 153 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79275) | |
| 154 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79252) | |
| 155 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, as representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will provide a breakdown by ethnicity and grade of employees of the House of Commons Commission. |
| (79053) | |
| 156 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent scientific re-assessment she has received of volcanic risks in Montserrat; and if she will make a statement. |
| (79060) | |
| 157 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money from the Know How Fund has been allocated to Russia in each of the last four years. |
| (78911) | |
| 158 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will state her Department's budget for (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 for global environment assistance. |
| (78770) | |
| 159 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement about the famine in Tanzania and her Department's response to it. |
| (78772) | |
| 160 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by her Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79255) | |
| 161 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by her Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79278) | |
| 162 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will provide a breakdown by ethnic origin and grade of (1) the judiciary, (2) members of tribunals and (3) the magistracy. |
| (79049) | |
| 163 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79273) | |
| 164 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79261) | |
| 165 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been arrested for membership of proscribed organisations since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement; how many were arrested for this offence in each year since 1969; and if she will make a statement. |
| (78912) | |
| 166 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by her Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79254) | |
| 167 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by her Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79277) | |
| 168 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to visit Nigeria. |
| (79062) | |
| 169 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what consultations will be undertaken by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in respect of the proposed incineration of Ministry of Defence radioactive waste at Grundons, Colnbrook. |
| (78999) | |
| 170 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what research he has commissioned on the health effects of the incineration of Ministry of Defence radioactive waste on people living in the vicinity. |
| (79001) | |
| 171 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what consultation will be undertaken with local authorities through whose areas Ministry of Defence radioactive waste is to be transported for eventual incineration at Grundons, Colnbrook. |
| (79004) | |
| 172 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations have been received by (a) him and (b) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency on the proposal to incinerate Ministry of Defence radioactive waste at Grundons, Colnbrook. |
| (79002) | |
| 173 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what research he has commissioned into the health effects on the population of those areas through which Ministry of Defence radioactive waste is to be transported for eventual incineration at Grundons, Colnbrook. |
| (79005) | |
| 174 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79258) | |
| 175 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79281) | |
| 176 | Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will give the dates of (i) supplementary benefit and (ii) income support for (a) a couple with two children under 11 and (b) a lone parent with one child under 11 (1) in real terms and (2) as a proportion of average earnings at each uprating since 1979. |
| (79054) | |
| 177 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if any civilians employed in war-related work have received war pensions for asbestosis since 1969. |
| (79038) | |
| 178 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of pensioner benefit units on income support receive (i) at least one full basic state pension and (ii) some payment of basic state pension. |
| (78965) | |
| 179 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what evidence will be required from pensioners claiming compensation for mis-advice given to them by benefit offices about survivors' entitlement to SERPS. |
| (78967) | |
| 180 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what records have been kept over the past 15 years by the Benefits Agency of advice given to future pensioners about their SERPS entitlement. |
| (78968) | |
| 181 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people were summoned for an all work test examination by the Birmingham Medical Services Centre in 1998; and what proportion of those were found to be exempt from such examination. |
| (79046) | |
| 182 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many meetings he has had with honourable Members to discuss the Child Support Agency; how many complaints he has received about the Agency since 1st February; and when he plans next to visit the Agency. |
| (79047) | |
| 183 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when Miss H. McNulty (DSS ref: PSC(AE)/107) can reapply for a Social Fund payment for a mobility scooter (Benefits Agency ref: PQ681/2/3/4 and 696/7 98/99). |
| (78784) | |
| 184 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79257) | |
| 185 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79280) | |
| 186 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to publish his consultation paper on renewable energy generation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (79085) | |
| 187 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what targets he has established for the generation of electricity from renewable sources. |
| (79086) | |
| 188 N | Mr Eric Clarke (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if Scottish miners will be compensated for exposure to coal dust from 1947 onwards in any handling agreement concluded in respect of Scottish cases. |
| (78758) | |
| 189 N | Mr Eric Clarke (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by what date he expects that a handling agreement will be concluded in respect of bronchitis and emphysema care involving Scottish miners. |
| (78759) | |
| 190 N | Mr Eric Clarke (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will ensure that exposure to coal dust in the period before 1954 is not discounted for the purposes of compensation in any handling agreement concluded in respect of claims for compensation by Scottish miners for bronchitis and emphysema. |
| (78757) | |
| 191 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what Biwater plants in Iraq have been financed by the ECGD. |
| (78761) | |
| 192 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what ECGD loans have been made available to British companies operating in Iraq whose investments were financed by the Banco Nationale di Lavoro of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. |
| (78762) | |
| 193 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many race discrimination cases have been heard at employment tribunals in London since May 1997. |
| (79006) | |
| 194 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of those employment tribunals in London which heard race discrimination cases since May 1997, included a wing member from a minority ethnic group. |
| (79010) | |
| 195 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will provide a breakdown by race of the wing members available to sit at London employment tribunals. |
| (79007) | |
| 196 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to introduce a statutory right to time off work to serve as an employment tribunal wing member. |
| (79009) | |
| 197 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he plans to take to increase the number of wing members of employment tribunals from minority ethnic groups. |
| (79008) | |
| 198 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the United Kingdom's trade balance with other EU countries in each year since 1969. |
| (78943) | |
| 199 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action he has taken to assist the hosiery and knitwear industry; and if he will make a statement. |
| (78760) | |
| 200 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps were taken by his Department to revise European Union policy to protect the United Kingdom's trading relationship with Caribbean countries within World Trade Organisation rules during the period of the United Kingdom presidency. |
| (79096) | |
| 201 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate the total cost to United Kingdom businesses of lost exports as a result of the imposition of trade sanctions on British products by the Government of the United States of America. |
| (79186) | |
| 202 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (i) representations he has received from and (ii) steps he is taking to support (a) the Scottish cashmere wool industry, (b) the United Kingdom pork industry and (c) United Kingdom candle manufacturing following the impositon of trade sanctions on such products by the Government of the United States of America. |
| (79158) | |
| 203 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure that the interests of the Caribbean banana growers are recognised in the European Union negotiations on new trading arrangements. |
| (79097) | |
| 204 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79264) | |
| 205 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79286) | |
| 206 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the cost to public funds of organising the event on investment in Poland on 10th March in Cardiff. |
| (79061) | |
| 207 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the relationship between the increase of £80 million in expenditure in Wales announced in the Budget and the £852 million indicated as the figure for Wales for the year 1999-2000 in the Treasury's comprehensive spending review on 14th July 1998; and if the £80 million is additional to the latter figure. |
| (79040) | |
| 208 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. |
| (79279) | |
| 209 | Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub-groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. |
| (79256) | |
| 210 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals have been made by the presidency of the European Union at (a) the General Affairs Council and (b) other ministerial councils concerning the development of the role of the Western European Union; on what date he expects the Treaty of Amsterdam to take effect; and if he will place related European Union and Western European Union documents in the Library. |
| [Transferred] (78998) | |
| 211 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make an immediate derogation from the quarantine regulations to enable Mr T. J. Ireland, Ty Croes, Garwdol Benmaen, Gwynedd to attend the commemoration of the Normandy Landings with his guide-dog, without the dog having to be held in quarantine on his return. |
| [Transferred] (79043) | |
| 212 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he intends to issue a prohibition order under section 3(a) of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 in connection with the case of baby Caroline Jongers. |
| [Transferred] (79243) | |
| 213 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he intends to take to ensure that parents are informed by employment agencies of the previous employment history of prospective nannies; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (79241) | |
| 214 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he intends to exercise his powers under section 5 of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 to make regulations to secure the proper conduct of employment agencies and to protect the interests of clients of such agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (79242) | |
| 215 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to secure agreement for a European Union directive to require member states to take action to eliminate racial discrimination. |
| [Transferred] (79011) | |
| 216 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the basis for maintaining the European Union banana import regime; and when he expects the publication of the arbitrator's report on the matter. |
| [Transferred] (79159) | |
| 217 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has (a) made to the United States Government to secure a lifting of the import sanctions on United Kingdom products and (b) received from the Government of the United States of America following the imposition of trade sanctions on United Kingdom and European Union export products. |
| [Transferred] (79157) | |
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