Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 6 May 1999

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 6 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.

THURSDAY 6th MAY

1
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the UN Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (1995) with the provisions of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement.

(83400)

2
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is his Department's planned spending on research broken down by category in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2001-2 and (c) 2002-3; and what was the actual spending in 1998-99.

(83472)

3
   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he plans to publish the performance indicators for the environmentally sensitive areas in England.

(83481)

4
   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many hill livestock compensatory allowance and sheep annual premium payments were withheld or reduced as a result of overgrazing by recipients in each year between 1990 and 1998.

(83476)

5
   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the number and location of incidents where overgrazing was confirmed by the Ministry in each year between 1990 and 1998.

(83479)

6
   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many incidents of overgrazing were (a) reported and (b) investigated by the Ministry in each year between 1990 and 1998.

(83480)

7
   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask Mr Attorney General, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, column 699, on freemasons, what further plans he has in relation to the CPS lawyers who declined to say whether or not they were freemasons and those who did not respond.

(83375)

8
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what alternatives to the Civil Service Benevolent Fund his Department has sought to manage the King Edward VII Convalescent Home at Osborne.

(83358)

9
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many beds have been available for (a) residents and (b) convalescents in each of the last five years at King Edward VII Convalescent Home at Osborne.

(83363)

10
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent persons have been employed at the King Edward VII Convalescent Home at Osborne in each of the last five years.

(83360)

11
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Civil Service Benevolent Fund took over the running of King Edward VII Convalescent Home at Osborne; and what is the nature of their contract or other arrangement with (a) English Heritage and (b) his Department of the occupation of the premises.

(83365)

12
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proposals he has received from English Heritage to date for the future of the accommodation used by the King Edward VII Convalescent Home at Osborne; and by what date he has asked English Heritage to make any further proposals.

(83359)

13
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what has been the average bed occupancy rate at King Edward VII Convalescent Home at Osborne in each of the last five years broken down between (a) residents and (b) convalescents.

(83364)

14
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when it was decided that accommodation at King Edward VII Convalescent Home at Osborne would be available to other ranks as well as officers.

(83361)

15
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will establish a grant for museums to be set up in constituencies which are without them; and if he will make a statement on his Department's activities during Museums Week.

(83568)

16
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received on the identity of the perpetrators of war crimes in Kosovo.

(83402)

17
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his Department's planned spending on research broken down by category in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2001-2 and (c) 2002-3; and what was actual spending in 1998-99.

(83473)

18
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the cost of a graphite bomb.

(83465)

19
   Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of school budgets were spent on teachers' salaries in 1998-99 in (a) Northumberland and (b) Slough.

(83542)

20
   Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what factors account for the differences in standard spending assessment funding in 1999-2000 between (a) Northumberland and (b) Slough.

(83545)

21
   Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the funding made available in the 1999-2000 standard spending assessment for each (a) primary and (b) secondary pupil in (i) Northumberland and (ii) Slough.

(83544)

22
   Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average annual cost of employing a schoolteacher in 1998-99 in (a) Northumberland and (b) Slough.

(83543)

23
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the (a) number of and (b) origin of students studying at British universities from the countries of Latin America.

(83369)

24
   Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK citizens with post-graduate degrees obtained at British universities who have subsequently taken up employment abroad; and if he will make a statement.

(83356)

25
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the financial compensation package paid on the resignation of the Chief Executive of SOLOTEC.

(83377)

26
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects to announce the latest round of successful bids for technology college status.

(83467)

27
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what were the main environmental safeguards agreed under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as preconditions for granting planning permission for the second runway at Manchester Airport.

(83353)

28
   Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to provide taxi ranks at the Millennium Dome site.

(83378)

29
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what statistics his Department collates on payments by local authorities in compensation to people injured as a result of an accident arising from an inadequately maintained pavement or highway.

(83469)

30
   Mr Peter Snape (West Bromwich East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from the travel industry about the practice by airlines of separately listing the passenger service charge on air passenger tickets; what assessment he has made of the impact of the practice on the level of airfares; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (83470)

31
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will ask the Rail Regulator to launch an investigation into the circumstances which led the Health and Safety Executive to implement speed restrictions in the Severn Rail Tunnel.

(83373)

32
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the tax yield to the UK Exchequer of imposing VAT on air travel, assuming that with international agreement a similar tax was imposed by other countries.

(83351)

33
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the tax yield to the UK Exchequer of ending the duty-free concession at airports, and on aircraft, on (a) flights to Europe and (b) all flights assuming that with international agreement similar action was taken by other countries.

(83352)

34
   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the tax yield to the UK Exchequer of imposing VAT on aviation fuel at the same rate as on motor vehicle fuel, assuming that with international agreement a similar rate of tax was imposed by other countries.

(83350)

35
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what form he proposes to implement his proposals on tax avoidance set out in Inland Revenue Press Release 35.

(83371)

36
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if interest can be the first tranche of income to be set against personal allowances for the purpose of assessing income tax liability, once the 20 pence rate comes into effect.

(83372)

37
N   Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when a decision will be announced on the review of options for the future of the Royal Mint undertaken by his Department.

(83186)

38
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received concerning the introduction of a tax on currency speculation.

(83080)

39
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Ruislip-Northwood of 26th April, Official Report, column 36, on China and Tibet, if he will list those areas on which a dialogue-based approach has made limited progress; and if he will make a statement on how he intends to press China to take further action.

(83557)

40
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has blocked a Commission proposal at the Council of Ministers on the grounds of subsidiarity.

(83474)

41
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the restricted marking classification of his Department's internal history of the negotiations on United Kingdom entry to the European Economic Community.

(83398)

42
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Gosport of 26th April, Official Report, column 35, if he will list the provisions in international law which make military intervention legally justifiable.

(83547)

43
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding is available under the human rights fund; and what projects were approved for funding in 1998.

(83367)

44
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to review diplomatic immunity for serious offences committed by families of staff attached to foreign embassies and high commissions.

(83366)

45
   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what position Her Majesty's Government took on Cambodia at the recent United Nations Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva; and if he will make a statement.

(83374)

46
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent information he has received from the United States Government concerning the missile attack last year on the pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum.

(83468)

47
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received from Sudan concerning the attack on Akoc in Troc County, Bhar-el-Ghazal, Southern Sudan on 26th February.

(83084)

48
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in re-establishing an embassy in Khartoum.

(83085)

49
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many arms export licence applications his Department has (a) examined and (b) advised against granting since September 1997.

(83092)

50
   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the average length of time of an interview for an entry clearance visa in (a) Bombay, (b) New Delhi, (c) Calcutta, (d) Islamabad, (e) Dacca and (f) Karachi in the last year for which figures are available.

(83560)

51
   Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received in respect of Turkey's conflict with its Kurdish population; and if he will make a statement.

(83561)

52
   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the NHS trust and health authority appointments which were not made by the due date and which remained outstanding on 1st May.

(83395)

53
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the guide to good practice for workers in services providing assistance to those experiencing domestic violence will be published.

(83565)

54
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what types of location copies of the leaflet associated with the Breaking the Chain campaign on domestic violence have been placed, and in what numbers.

(83566)

55
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the funding for obstetrics and gynaecology to implement the proposals of the NHSE voting groups to improve standards of care given to women and babies.

(83276)

56
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to extend the contracts of those (a) specialist registrars and (b) senior registrars in obstetrics and gynaecology who have obtained their CCST but who have not found consultant posts.

(83275)

57
   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data he has collated on disabled persons who are not dying receiving terminal care.

(83376)

58
   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data he has collated on cases in which medical treatment has been given to a patient with the deliberate intention of hastening death.

(83394)

59
   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the benefits of introducing statutory registration of dental nurses.

(83397)

60
   Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to establish a specialist nurse service for multiple sclerosis patients along the lines of the breast care nurse scheme.

(83362)

61
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the Right honourable Member for Penrith and the Border of 21st April, Official Report, column 583, on the Justice and Home Affairs Council, for what reasons it was not practicable to make an earlier report to the House on the outcome of the meeting on 12th March.

(83482)

62
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he plans to request United Kingdom participation in aspects of the Schengen Agreement under Article 4 of the Protocol upon entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty.

(83483)

63
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extended sentences have been passed on (a) sexual offenders and (b) violent offenders under the provisions of section 58 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

(83346)

64
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offenders orders have been (a) applied for and (b) made under section 2 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

(83347)

65
N   Dr David Clark (South Shields):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average cost of each case in which information was supplied under the Open Government: Code of Practice on Access to Government Information in the last parliamentary session.

(83273)

66
N   Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 14th April, Official Report, column 257, which Minister in his Department will oversee the work of the Inter-departmental Working Group on the status of trans-sexual people.

(83045)

67
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the present number of police officer vacancies of all ranks within the Metropolitan Police Force; and if he will make a statement.

(83370)

68
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if all police divisions in England and Wales now have computer technology to communicate with each other; and if he will make a statement.

(83368)

69
   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are currently held in HMP Sudbury; and how many of these are serving a life sentence.

(83477)

70
   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many life prisoners at HMP Sudbury have absconded during (a) the last two months and (b) the last six months; how many of these have committed further offences for which they have been charged during the period of time they were away from the prison; and what they were charged with.

(83478)

71
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations he has received in the last 12 months in favour of a review of proxy voting.

(83466)

72
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the types of products which are required to be tested on animals; and what assessment he has made of alternative procedures.

(83329)

73
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been brought against animal breeding establishments for breaches of breeding regulations during each of the last five years.

(83331)

74
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the powers of the Animal Procedures Committee; what is its current membership; how members are selected; and what plans he has to change the (a) membership and (b) membership structure.

(83328)

75
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what studies he has made of the normal mortality rate of cat litters for the purpose of comparison with those used in animal experiments.

(83330)

76
   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the members of the Public Speaking in Public Places working party; and what remuneration is received by each.

(83471)

77
   Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the estimated cost of the Criminal Records Bureau providing free criminal records checks for all voluntary organisations whose primary work is with children.

(83546)

78
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the remit of the Civil Society Unit in her Department.

(83079)

79
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what were the levels of expenditure on the international AIDS vaccine initiative in (i) 1997-1998 and (ii) 1998-1999.

(83081)

80
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of that aid given in connection with the Balkans Conflict is currently being given directly to support Albanian families housing Kosovan refugees.

(83082)

81
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list those purposes for which her Department and its executive agencies require a birth certificate to be furnished by (i) employees, (ii) contractors, (iii) those applying for employment or contracts and (iv) other persons.

(83083)

82
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the seed and tools packages provided by the United Kingdom have arrived in Southern Sudan in time for spring planting.

(83086)

83
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has for primary education to form part of the humanitarian aid for Southern Sudan.

(83087)

84
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what data she has collated on the take-up of children's vaccination in Southern Sudan.

(83088)

85
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what data she has collated on current food supplies in Southern Sudan.

(83089)

86
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to ensure a supply of fishing tackle to the people of Southern Sudan before the floods begin at the end of the year.

(83090)

87
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to the development of a website to help Kosovan refugees.

(83091)

88
   John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what advice he has received from the Advisory Council on Public Records since its October 1998 meeting about the confidentiality period for decennial census returns; and if he will make a statement.

(83396)

89
   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proposals he has to monitor the impact of the Government's decision to abolish legal aid for personal injury claims.

(83349)

90
   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the number of cases currently covered by legal aid which will not be taken up by solicitors operating under conditional fee agreements as a result of failure to meet risk assessment tests demanding a (a) 55 per cent., (b) 60 per cent., (c) 65 per cent., (d) 70 per cent. and (e) 75 per cent. likelihood of success.

(83348)

91
   Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list those purposes for which her Department and its executive agencies require a birth certificate to be provided by (a) employees, (b) contractors, (c) those applying for employment or contracts and (d) other persons.

(83357)

92
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will take steps to require the publication of the (i) salary and (ii) terms and conditions of employment of (a) the President and (b) the Executive Board Members of the European Central Bank.

(83559)

93
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what instructions have been issued to (a) Foreign Office and (b) Ministry of Defence personnel concerning implementation of UNSCR 1160 in respect of enforcing an arms blockade on the KLA; what steps he has taken to ensure that they are compatible with the changes made pursuant to the Legg Report on Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement.

(83401)

94
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his meeting with Mr Romani Prodi on 14th April; what subjects were discussed; what decisions were reached; and if he will place the plans for European Commission reform submitted by Mr Prodi to that meeting in the Library.

(83541)

95
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what is his policy on the partition of Kosovo.

(83403)

96
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to announce his nominations for the two United Kingdom EU Commissioners ; and when he intends to discuss potential candidates with the President-nominate.

(83475)

97
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of defined benefit occupational pension schemes operate clawback of more than the level of the basic state pension.

(83274)

98
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many single parents were receiving benefits; what proportion of them were known to be receiving maintenance payments; and what was the average maintenance payment, in each of the last 30 years.

(83185)

99
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library the three single market scoreboards published during the Single Market Action Plan.

(83399)

100
N   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the current ECGD exposure on exports to Indonesia.

(82390)

101
   Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list list those European countries which (a) pay and (b) do not pay people on parental leave, indicating the methods used for making such payments.

(83558)

102
N   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the change in the balance of manufactured trade over the last three years.

(82388)

103
N   Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many letters and representations he has received from the Brecon Beacons National Park concerning the Talgarth Relief Road (Southern Section); and how many were (a) in favour of and (b) opposed to the scheme.

(83332)

104
N   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have benefited from the introduction of the national minimum wage.

[Question Unstarred] (82357)

105
N   Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the implementation of the national minimum wage.

[Question Unstarred] (82372)

106
N   Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector.

[Question Unstarred] (82374)

107
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that (i) Article 2 and (ii) Article 6 of the European Convention on the Fight against Corruption are enforced in United Kingdom law; and which agency will have the task of (a) investigation and (b) prosecution of offences under these articles.

[Transferred] (83569)

108
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many copies of the leaflet associated with the Breaking the Chain campaign have been printed; and at what cost.

[Transferred] (83567)

109
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives Her Majesty's Government is taking on public education to prevent violence against women.

[Transferred] (83563)

110
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when research into accommodation and support services available to households experiencing domestic violence is expected to be (a) completed and (b) published.

[Transferred] (83564)