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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 9 June 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 9 June 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. |
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1 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the antibiotic marker genes, and the antibiotics to which they convey resistance, that have been used in the genetic modification of crops from which genetically-modified foods available in the United Kingdom have been produced. |
(86318) | |
2 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what food safety tests were carried out on Monsanto's genetically-modified Round-up Ready soybean after spraying with Round-up herbicide; what was the nature of the tests; what data has been supplied by Monsanto; and on what date the information was supplied. |
(86320) | |
3 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what tests have been conducted to assess the safety of feeding genetically-modified Round-up Ready soybeans to animals; who conducted the tests and when; and what data has been supplied on the feeding of Round-up Ready soybean following spraying of the crop with Round-up. |
(86319) | |
4 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what studies have been undertaken into the possible effects of antibiotic resistance gene markers retained in foods produced by the genetic modification of crops on (a) humans and (b) animals; and if he will make a statement. |
(86315) | |
5 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what arrangements are in place for monitoring the safety of feeding genetically-modified feeds to animals. |
(86306) | |
6 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on what dates Special Advisers from his Department have travelled abroad on official business since 2nd May 1997; which countries were visited on each occasion; and what were the names of the Special Advisers who travelled on each occasion. |
(86293) | |
7 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates Special Advisers from his Department have travelled abroad on official business since 2nd May 1997; which countries were visited on each occasion; and what were the names of the special Advisers who travelled on each occasion. |
(86291) | |
8 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times ministers in his Department met their conterparts in the United States Government between 1st January and 1st June 1998; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the names of the US counterparts at each meeting. |
(86290) | |
9 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Answer of 13th May, Official Report, columns 201-2, on Ministerial meetings, if he will list the departments and names of the senior officials whom the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster met in Washington between 21st and 24th June 1998. |
(86296) | |
10 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the purpose and location of his meeting with William Kennard of the United States Federal Communications Commission on 16th September 1998. |
(86287) | |
11 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the nuclear weapon exercise Dimming Sun has been postponed; when this exercise is now due to be held; and what costs have been incurred by his Department to date in organising this exercise. |
(86295) | |
12 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times ministers in his Department have met members and officials of the United States Government since 1st March; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the names of the members and officials of the United States Government at each meeting. |
(86286) | |
13 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 5th May, Official Report, column 381, if he will list the meetings which his Special Adviser and the Deputy Chief of Defence Procurement (Support) held with United States Department of Defence officials on 5th March, the location of each meeting, and the names of the US officials at each meeting. |
(86298) | |
14 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the antibiotic marker genes, and the antibiotics to which they convey resistance, that have been used in the genetic modification of plant crops. |
(86321) | |
15 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what advice he has obtained about the use of antibiotic marker genes in genetically-modified plants which provide raw materials for the production of cosmetics and perfumes. |
(86316) | |
16 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people (a) killed, (b) injured and (c) whose lives have been saved, by air bags in vehicles in the most recent year for which figures are available. |
(86300) | |
17 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many times ministers in his Department have met their counterparts in the United States Government since 30th January 1999; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved on each occasion, and the name of the US counterpart at each meeting. |
(86292) | |
18 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultations took place with the UK training industry prior to the decision to remove Vocational Training Relief from April 2000. |
(86284) | |
19 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the suitability of individual learning accounts as a replacement for Vocational Training Relief. |
(86285) | |
20 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the guidelines are for the issue of Viagra on NHS prescription, with particular reference to the general practitioner's discretion. |
(86301) | |
21 | Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have been reinstated by the General Medical Council in the last 10 years; and what has been the average length of time between their being struck off and reinstated. |
(86307) | |
22 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the antibiotics to which marker genes used in the production of genetically-modified crops convey resistance and the medical uses of those antibiotics. |
(86317) | |
23 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the scientific references used to ascertain the safety of pelargonic acid vanillyamide, as a replacement for CS spray. |
(85856) | |
24 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department gives to the Fire Service on (a) the location of and (b) distances between hydrants. |
(86299) | |
25 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 20th May, Official Report, column 434, what guidance has been issued to the police on pre-inquest disclosure to relatives of the deceased. |
(86139) | |
26 N | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured by (i) hand guns, (ii) air guns, (iii) shot guns, (iv) rifles over .22 calibre, (v) rifles of .22 calibre, (vi) submachine guns and (vii) other firearms in each of the last five years indicating how many of the deaths and injuries were (A) accidental, (B) non-accidental and (C) self-inflicted by legally-held firearms. |
(85866) | |
27 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many times (i) the Lord Chancellor and (ii) the Minister of State in the Lord Chancellor's Department have met members or officials in the United States Government since 1st June 1998; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the US departments involved on each occasion, and the names of the US members and officials at each meeting. |
(86294) | |
28 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to her Answer of 12th May, Official Report, columns 170-1, if, in exceptional circumstances, by permission or on request by the interviewees (a) the Independent Commissioner for the Holding Centres, (b) the Chairman of the Independent Commission on Police Complaints, (c) the Police Ombudsman and (d) representatives of the European Committee on the Prevention of Torture may have access to an audio recording of an interview conducted in a holding centre. |
(86136) | |
29 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to her Answer of 26th January, Official Report, column 191, what advice was received by Ministers on the legal permissibility of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights' recommendations on contract compliance under European law; if she subsequently sought legal opinion on contract compliance; and if she will make a statement. |
(86137) | |
30 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance the RUC has offered the Irish police following the announcement of a new inquiry into the killing of Seamus Ludlow in 1976; and if she will waive restrictions preventing witnesses and others assisting the investigation. |
(86140) | |
31 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date investigators ordered a transcript of police radio messages in the Portadown area on the night of the attack on Mr Robert Hamill; what measures have been taken to ensure the security of the original tape; if the transcript was made available to (a) prosecution lawyers and (b) defence lawyers, (c) the legal representatives of the Hamill family and (d) herself; and if she will place a copy in the Library. |
(86141) | |
32 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what dates US Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel have been in Northern Ireland in connection with the investigation of the death of Rosemary Nelson; and what has been their role in the investigation. |
(86142) | |
33 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the West Midlands Police force have spent time on secondment with the RUC in the past 10 years; what was the average length of time spent on secondment; and what was the purpose of these placements. |
(86143) | |
34 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what powers are available to the Chief Constable of the RUC to take disciplinary action against officers joining or associating with paramilitary organisations; who is responsible for discipline among police officers from England and Wales serving in the RUC on secondment; and who has responsibility for informing her if a police officer on secondment to the RUC has paramilitary associations. |
(86144) | |
35 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she has received a report of the evidence given in the course of the legal action against former chief superintendent Barry Mason of the West Midlands police that concluded on 22nd April. |
(86145) | |
36 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the enrolment at Saintfields High School in each of the three most recent years; how many applicants for admission in each of these years were refused; and what proposals there are for increasing the provision of secondary education in Saintfields. |
(86313) | |
37 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils at Killyleagh Primary School in their transfer procedures 1999 expressed a preference for Down High School; how many of these pupils have been accepted into Down High School; what were the grades of those pupils who were refused places in Down High School; and if she will make a statement. |
(86311) | |
38 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the enrolment of pupils in each of the three most recent years at (a) Killinchy Primary School, (b) Killyleagh Primary School, (c) Derryboy Primary School and (d) the primary school in Saintfield. |
(86314) | |
39 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils at Derryboy Primary School in their transfer procedures 1999 expressed a preference for Saintfields High School; how many of these pupils have been accepted into Saintfield High School; what were the grades of those applicants who were refused places in Saintfield High School; and if she will make a statement. |
(86310) | |
40 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils at Killinchy Primary School in their transfer procedures 1999 expressed a preference for (a) Down High School and (b) Down Academy; how many of these pupils were accepted into each of these schools; what were the grades of those applicants who were refused places at each of these schools; and if she will make a statement. |
(86309) | |
41 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, at which locations nursery units have been provided under the first tranch of the childhood funds; how many of these units are associated with the Council of Catholic Maintained Schools; and what assessment she has made of the extent to which the EU peace package for peace and reconciliation is being used for cross-community nursery units. |
(86312) | |
42 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of her Special Advisers travelled to Washington and New York on 15th March; and if she will list the meetings which her Special Advisers held with members and officials of the United States Government during this visit, the dates and locations of each meeting, and the names of the US ministers and officials at each meeting. |
(86288) | |
43 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times ministers in her Department held meetings with ministers and officials of the US Government between 1st January and 1st June 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved at each meeting, and the US representatives at each meeting. |
(86289) | |
44 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, what is his policy on the use of depleted uranium and cluster bombs by British forces; and if he will make a statement. |
(85351) | |
45 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place a copy of the letter sent from his chief of staff to the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party on Monday 17th May in the Library. |
(86138) | |
46 N | Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 9th June. |
(85905) | |
47 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 267, on meetings with President Clinton, how many meetings he held with members and officials of the United States Government during his visit of 21st to 25th April; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, and the names of the members and officials of the United States Government at each meeting. |
(86297) | |
48 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has for reform of the legislation which prevents transfers of protected rights from a contracted-out money purchase pension scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
(86308) | |
49 N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the results of the OFT inquiry into the funeral industry. |
(86280) | |
50 N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to review the regulations governing the funeral industry. |
(86281) | |
51 N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from the OFT about competition in the funeral industry. |
(86282) | |
52 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 17th May, Official Report, columns 252-3, on Special Advisers, if he will list the meetings which his Special Advisers held with members and officials of the United States Government between 10th and 16th October 1998, listing the dates and locations of each meeting and the names of the US ministers and officials at each meeting. |
(86283) | |
53 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact that his newly-acquired responsibilities in the National Assembly will have upon the discharge of his functions as Secretary of State. |
(85173) | |
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