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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 5 May 1999

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 5 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

WEDNESDAY 5th MAY

1
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what evaluation his Department has undertaken of methods of resolving disputes relating to environmental matters.

(83317)

2
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the official status of the review of meat inspection charges.

(83325)

3
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, who will chair the review of meat inspection charges.

(83326)

4
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on United Christian Broadcasting's application for a broadcasting licence.

(83044)

5
N   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he intends to reply to the letter sent to him by Karen Lloyd and Sarah Varnan of Windermere Road, Kendal on 23rd February.

(83183)

6
N   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the future of the Youth Service.

(83296)

7
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of road freight in the United Kingdom originated outside the United Kingdom, in the latest year for which figures are available.

(82882)

8
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many bridges his Department believes will need to be strengthened by local authorities as a consequence of the decision to allow 40 tonne lorries on domestic journeys access to the road network.

(82883)

9
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions since March 1994, he or his predecessors have intervened during consideration of (a) a development plan and (b) an individual planning application, because the proposals would conflict with the potential to carry freight by water or rail.

(82884)

10
N   Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the volume of road traffic which is accounted for by journeys to and from places of work.

(83041)

11
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if his Department has applied the tests set out in the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's September 1997 Report on the Import and Export of Radioactive Waste to the reprocessing of German spent nuclear fuel at Sellafield.

(82469)

12
N   Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the circumstances which led to the suspension of services and the closure of Fenchurch Street Station on Wednesday, 20th April; and if he will make a statement on the measures taken to avoid future closures.

(83305)

13
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has for strengthening the Hedgerow Regulations.

(83043)

14
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he proposes for increasing the percentage of hedgerows protected in the North West Region.

(83042)

15
N   Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral statement by the Economic Secretary of 27th April, Official Report, column 243, if he will set out the basis on which the cost of exempting commercial vehicles from the fuel duty escalator was calculated; and what definition of commercial vehicles was used.

(83103)

16
N   Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect there will be on their eligibility for childcare tax credit if a parent of (a) one child and (b) two children who is in receipt of childcare tax credit takes unpaid parental leave under the Employment Relations Bill.

(83343)

17
N   Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on the income of (a) an employee whose spouse and (b) a lone parent who takes unpaid parental leave under the Employment Relations Bill and whose working families tax credit is in payment and has three months to run.

(83345)

18
N   Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on the income (a) on average and (b) by quartiles of a family in receipt of working families tax credit of the main earner taking unpaid parental leave under the Employment Relations Bill.

(83341)

19
N   Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effect will be on the income of an employee receiving working families tax credit if his or her partner takes unpaid parental leave under the Employment Relations Bill.

(83340)

20
N   Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the eligibility for the working families tax credit of an employed person who takes unpaid parental leave under the Employment Relations Bill while her employed spouse is the direct recipient of the working families tax credit.

(83344)

21
N   Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many of those who did not receive family credit but will receive working families tax credit are dual-earner couples.

(83342)

22
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in the annual debt repayments of each country taking part in the HIPC Initiative as a result of that initiative.

(82504)

23
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which countries have qualified to benefit under the HIPC Initiative to date.

(82505)

24
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has to alter the criteria for countries seeking to benefit under the HIPC Initiative.

(82506)

25
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request the First Secretary based in Geneva to visit the three Tibetans on hunger strike in Place des Nations.

(82827)

26
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reference he made to the situation in Tibet in his verbal address to the 55th UN Commission on Human Rights.

(82859)

27
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with his German counterpart on the amount of storage space for spent nuclear fuel (a) currently available and (b) under construction in Germany.

(82945)

28
N   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees of BNFL are employed in, or attached to, the British Embassy in Japan; and if he will list such persons and the nature of their relationship to the embassy.

(83039)

29
N   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Tokyo Electric Power Company concerning the possibility of allowing Japanese intermediate nuclear waste to be stored at Sellafield indefinitely.

(83264)

30
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) ensure that NHS trusts create more consultant posts in obstetrics and gynaecology and (b) restrict the creation by NHS trusts of non-consultant career-grade posts in obstetrics and gynaecology.

(83270)

31
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS and HEFCE of training specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology from entrance into medical school, through three years of general professional services and through a complete full-time specialist (CCST) training scheme.

(83268)

32
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the lack of consultant numbers in the NHS hospital obstetrics service; and if he will make a statement on the level of consultant cover on labour wards.

(83271)

33
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of obstetricians and gynaecologists who have obtained their Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training and who (a) face redundancy this year due to lack of consultant posts and (b) are still in training posts six months after obtaining their CCST.

(83269)

34
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims were submitted to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (i) in total and (ii) by the victims of rape and incest; and what percentage in each case were (a) processed, (b) awarded and (c) rejected, in each of the last five years.

(83266)

35
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change (a) the name of and (b) ceremonials associated with Remembrance Day.

(83272)

36
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many linear metres of storage space at the Public Record Office are now (a) occupied by records and (b) vacant.

(83307)

37
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list those honourable Members who, since September 1998 have communicated with the Lord Chancellor's Department about the 1921, 1951 and 1961 census returns and have been informed by the Public Record Office that access to these census returns is covered by the Census Act 1920, as amended by the Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991.

(83309)

38
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list (a) the storage space occupied by the enumerators' books for the 1921-1971 decennial censuses for England and (b) the estimated cost of micro-filming each of these censuses at current prices.

(83308)

39
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the President of the Council, what changes she plans to make to the allocation of oral question time for the (a) Secretary of State for Scotland and (b) Secretary of State for Wales; and if she will make a statement.

(82828)

40
N   Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 5th May.

(82891)

41
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if British Nuclear Fuels Ltd is required to seek the (i) advice and (ii) permission of his Department before making investments in companies.

(82507)

42
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the companies of which the directors of British Nuclear Fuels Limited are directors.

(82508)

43
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the companies in which British Nuclear Fuels Limited has invested.

(82509)

44
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he was first informed of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd's investment in Pangea Resources Ltd; and if he will make a statement.

(82510)

45
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if British Nuclear Fuels Ltd sought the advice of his Department before investing in Pangea Resources Ltd.

(82511)

46
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if Ministers gave agreement for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd to invest in Pangea Resources Ltd.

(82512)

47
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department had with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office concerning British Nuclear Fuels Ltd's plan to invest in Pangea Resources Ltd prior to such investment being made.

(82513)

48
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the programme and itinerary for the visits of the biotechnology clusters team to centres in the United Kingdom and overseas.

(83314)

49
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date the Government's proposed E-envoy will (a) be appointed and (b) commence work; and what his salary will be.

(83313)

50
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate how many British jobs have been put at risk by the trade sanctions of the United States authorised by the Word Trade Organisation.

(83311)

51
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date he expects the European Union to introduce a banana regime which is in compliance with the ruling of the World Trade Organisation.

(83310)

52
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce a compensation scheme for those British firms which have been affected by the United States trade sanctions authorised by the World Trade Organisation; and if he will make a statement.

(83315)

53
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library details of the common position which was recorded at the EU Telecoms Council in Luxembourg on 22nd April on the European Directive on electronic signatures.

(83312)

54
N   Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in the United Kingdom run from home; and what initiatives his Department has taken to address the specific needs of those businesses.

(83040)

55
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 26th March, Official Report, col 444, on competitiveness, on what basis he has defined productivity performance.

(83316)

56
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the valuations assigned by the Japanese utilities to separated plutonium and mixed oxide fuel.

(82468)

57
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the material recovered from reprocessing of German spent nuclear fuel has a commercial value in the United Kingdom.

(82893)

58
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the prospects for onward sale outside the UK of the material recovered from the processing of German spent nuclear fuel.

(82892)

59
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has held with his German counterpart on the amount of storage space for spent nuclear fuel (a) currently available and (b) under construction in Germany.

(82944)

60
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the total subsidy provided by the Government to the wind generation industry to date.

(83323)

61
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate the average costs per kilowatt hours of wind-generated energy.

(83324)

62
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports he has received of instances of wind turbines having thrown broken blades to the ground.

(83318)

63
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK energy generated by wind turbines in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001 and (d) 2002.

(83320)

64
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new wind turbines will be required to meet the Government's targets on renewable energy.

(83327)

65
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the cost to date to public funds of failed applications to establish wind farms.

(83321)

66
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received opposing the establishment of new wind farms.

(83322)

67
N   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what data he has collated on the possibility that spent nuclear fuel has been imported for the purpose of sham reprocessing at Sellafield as defined by the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's September 1997 Report on the Import and Export of Radioactive Waste; in respect of which countries; and if he will make a statement.

(83265)

68
N   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the impact of the miners' compensation package for lung-related diseases in Wales.

(82113)

69
N   Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the total amount of money returned to his Department's budget from Awdurdod Cwricwlwm Cymwesterau ac Asesu Cymru (ACCAC) in 1998-99.

(82698)

70
N   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the cost of setting up the National Assembly of Wales (a) for its first year of operation and (b) for subsequent years.

(82658)

71
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the potential for increased travel by rail.

[Question Unstarred] (82098)

72
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received about devolving additional powers to the Welsh Assembly.

[Question Unstarred] (82100)

73
N   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department will conduct a study into how the tests for sham reprocessing recommended in the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's September 1997 Report on the Import and Export of Radioactive Waste might be incorporated into UK law; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (82826)

WEDNESDAY 5th MAY
1 N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what evaluation his Department has undertaken of methods of resolving disputes relating to environmental matters.
	(83317)
2 N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the official status of the review of meat inspection charges.
	(83325)
3 N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, who will chair the review of meat inspection charges.
	(83326)
4 N	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on United Christian Broadcasting's application for a broadcasting licence.
	(83044)
5 N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he intends to reply to the letter sent to him by Karen Lloyd and Sarah Varnan of Windermere Road, Kendal on 23rd February.
	(83183)
6 N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the future of the Youth Service.
	(83296)
7 N	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of road freight in the United Kingdom originated outside the United Kingdom, in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(82882)
8 N	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many bridges his Department believes will need to be strengthened by local authorities as a consequence of the decision to allow 40 tonne lorries on domestic journeys access to the road network.
	(82883)
9 N	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions since March 1994, he or his predecessors have intervened during consideration of (a) a development plan and (b) an individual planning application, because the proposals would conflict with the potential to carry freight by water or rail.
	(82884)
10 N	Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the volume of road traffic which is accounted for by journeys to and from places of work.
	(83041)
11 N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if his Department has applied the tests set out in the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's September 1997 Report on the Import and Export of Radioactive Waste to the reprocessing of German spent nuclear fuel at Sellafield.
	(82469)
12 N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the circumstances which led to the suspension of services and the closure of Fenchurch Street Station on Wednesday, 20th April; and if he will make a statement on the measures taken to avoid future closures.
	(83305)
13 N	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has for strengthening the Hedgerow Regulations.
	(83043)
14 N	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he proposes for increasing the percentage of hedgerows protected in the North West Region.
	(83042)
15 N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral statement by the Economic Secretary of 27th April, Official Report, column 243, if he will set out the basis on which the cost of exempting commercial vehicles from the fuel duty escalator was calculated; and what definition of commercial vehicles was used.
	(83103)
16 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect there will be on their eligibility for childcare tax credit if a parent of (a) one child and (b) two children who is in receipt of childcare tax credit takes unpaid parental leave under the Employment Relations Bill.
	(83343)
17 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on the income of (a) an employee whose spouse and (b) a lone parent who takes unpaid parental leave under the Employment Relations Bill and whose working families tax credit is in payment and has three months to run.
	(83345)
18 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on the income (a) on average and (b) by quartiles of a family in receipt of working families tax credit of the main earner taking unpaid parental leave under the Employment Relations Bill.
	(83341)
19 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effect will be on the income of an employee receiving working families tax credit if his or her partner takes unpaid parental leave under the Employment Relations Bill.
	(83340)
20 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the eligibility for the working families tax credit of an employed person who takes unpaid parental leave under the Employment Relations Bill while her employed spouse is the direct recipient of the working families tax credit.
	(83344)
21 N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many of those who did not receive family credit but will receive working families tax credit are dual-earner couples.
	(83342)
22 N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in the annual debt repayments of each country taking part in the HIPC Initiative as a result of that initiative.
	(82504)
23 N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which countries have qualified to benefit under the HIPC Initiative to date.
	(82505)
24 N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has to alter the criteria for countries seeking to benefit under the HIPC Initiative.
	(82506)
25 N	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request the First Secretary based in Geneva to visit the three Tibetans on hunger strike in Place des Nations.
	(82827)
26 N	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reference he made to the situation in Tibet in his verbal address to the 55th UN Commission on Human Rights.
	(82859)
27 N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with his German counterpart on the amount of storage space for spent nuclear fuel (a) currently available and (b) under construction in Germany.
	(82945)
28 N	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees of BNFL are employed in, or attached to, the British Embassy in Japan; and if he will list such persons and the nature of their relationship to the embassy.
	(83039)
29 N	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Tokyo Electric Power Company concerning the possibility of allowing Japanese intermediate nuclear waste to be stored at Sellafield indefinitely.
	(83264)
30 N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) ensure that NHS trusts create more consultant posts in obstetrics and gynaecology and (b) restrict the creation by NHS trusts of non-consultant career-grade posts in obstetrics and gynaecology.
	(83270)
31 N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS and HEFCE of training specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology from entrance into medical school, through three years of general professional services and through a complete full-time specialist (CCST) training scheme.
	(83268)
32 N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the lack of consultant numbers in the NHS hospital obstetrics service; and if he will make a statement on the level of consultant cover on labour wards.
	(83271)
33 N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of obstetricians and gynaecologists who have obtained their Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training and who (a) face redundancy this year due to lack of consultant posts and (b) are still in training posts six months after obtaining their CCST.
	(83269)
34 N	Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims were submitted to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (i) in total and (ii) by the victims of rape and incest; and what percentage in each case were (a) processed, (b) awarded and (c) rejected, in each of the last five years.
	(83266)
35 N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change (a) the name of and (b) ceremonials associated with Remembrance Day.
	(83272)
36 N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many linear metres of storage space at the Public Record Office are now (a) occupied by records and (b) vacant.
	(83307)
37 N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list those honourable Members who, since September 1998 have communicated with the Lord Chancellor's Department about the 1921, 1951 and 1961 census returns and have been informed by the Public Record Office that access to these census returns is covered by the Census Act 1920, as amended by the Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991.
	(83309)
38 N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list (a) the storage space occupied by the enumerators' books for the 1921-1971 decennial censuses for England and (b) the estimated cost of micro-filming each of these censuses at current prices.
	(83308)
39 N	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the President of the Council, what changes she plans to make to the allocation of oral question time for the (a) Secretary of State for Scotland and (b) Secretary of State for Wales; and if she will make a statement.
	(82828)
40 N	Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 5th May.
	(82891)
41 N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if British Nuclear Fuels Ltd is required to seek the (i) advice and (ii) permission of his Department before making investments in companies.
	(82507)
42 N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the companies of which the directors of British Nuclear Fuels Limited are directors.
	(82508)
43 N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the companies in which British Nuclear Fuels Limited has invested.
	(82509)
44 N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he was first informed of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd's investment in Pangea Resources Ltd; and if he will make a statement.
	(82510)
45 N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if British Nuclear Fuels Ltd sought the advice of his Department before investing in Pangea Resources Ltd.
	(82511)
46 N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if Ministers gave agreement for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd to invest in Pangea Resources Ltd.
	(82512)
47 N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department had with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office concerning British Nuclear Fuels Ltd's plan to invest in Pangea Resources Ltd prior to such investment being made.
	(82513)
48 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the programme and itinerary for the visits of the biotechnology clusters team to centres in the United Kingdom and overseas.
	(83314)
49 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date the Government's proposed E-envoy will (a) be appointed and (b) commence work; and what his salary will be.
	(83313)
50 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate how many British jobs have been put at risk by the trade sanctions of the United States authorised by the Word Trade Organisation.
	(83311)
51 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date he expects the European Union to introduce a banana regime which is in compliance with the ruling of the World Trade Organisation.
	(83310)
52 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce a compensation scheme for those British firms which have been affected by the United States trade sanctions authorised by the World Trade Organisation; and if he will make a statement.
	(83315)
53 N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library details of the common position which was recorded at the EU Telecoms Council in Luxembourg on 22nd April on the European Directive on electronic signatures.
	(83312)
54 N	Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in the United Kingdom run from home; and what initiatives his Department has taken to address the specific needs of those businesses.
	(83040)
55 N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 26th March, Official Report, col 444, on competitiveness, on what basis he has defined productivity performance.
	(83316)
56 N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the valuations assigned by the Japanese utilities to separated plutonium and mixed oxide fuel.
	(82468)
57 N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the material recovered from reprocessing of German spent nuclear fuel has a commercial value in the United Kingdom.
	(82893)
58 N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the prospects for onward sale outside the UK of the material recovered from the processing of German spent nuclear fuel.
	(82892)
59 N	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has held with his German counterpart on the amount of storage space for spent nuclear fuel (a) currently available and (b) under construction in Germany.
	(82944)
60 N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the total subsidy provided by the Government to the wind generation industry to date.
	(83323)
61 N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate the average costs per kilowatt hours of wind-generated energy.
	(83324)
62 N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports he has received of instances of wind turbines having thrown broken blades to the ground.
	(83318)
63 N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK energy generated by wind turbines in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001 and (d) 2002.
	(83320)
64 N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new wind turbines will be required to meet the Government's targets on renewable energy.
	(83327)
65 N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the cost to date to public funds of failed applications to establish wind farms.
	(83321)
66 N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received opposing the establishment of new wind farms.
	(83322)
67 N	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what data he has collated on the possibility that spent nuclear fuel has been imported for the purpose of sham reprocessing at Sellafield as defined by the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's September 1997 Report on the Import and Export of Radioactive Waste; in respect of which countries; and if he will make a statement.
	(83265)
68 N	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the impact of the miners' compensation package for lung-related diseases in Wales.
	(82113)
69 N	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the total amount of money returned to his Department's budget from Awdurdod Cwricwlwm Cymwesterau ac Asesu Cymru (ACCAC) in 1998-99.
	(82698)
70 N	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the cost of setting up the National Assembly of Wales (a) for its first year of operation and (b) for subsequent years.
	(82658)
71 N	Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the potential for increased travel by rail.
	[Question Unstarred] (82098)
72 N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received about devolving additional powers to the Welsh Assembly.
	[Question Unstarred] (82100)
73 N	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department will conduct a study into how the tests for sham reprocessing recommended in the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee's September 1997 Report on the Import and Export of Radioactive Waste might be incorporated into UK law; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (82826)