Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 10 June 1999

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 10 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.

THURSDAY 10th JUNE

1
   Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list (a) the criteria he used to exempt the pet of William Dowell from quarantine and (b) the powers under which the exemption was granted.

(86629)

2
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list total United Kingdom permitted landings, in tonnes, of fish under the present Common Fisheries Policy distributions; and if he will estimate discards, by tonne, of each fish type in the past 12 months.

(86730)

3
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the basis of his policy on measures set out in 1999/305/EC (OJ L118/63, of 6.5.99), on repealing restrictions on the marketing of seeds; and if he will make a statement.

(86718)

4
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how the word veterinaire is being interpreted by his Department, with respect to the enforcement of EU hygiene directives.

(86471)

5
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many (a) cereal, (b) sheep, (c) beef and (d) other livestock producers have gone out of business since 1st May 1997.

(86473)

6
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what training (a) environmental health officers and (b) meat inspectors would require to enable them to supervise meat hygiene inspections.

(86472)

7
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many pig farmers have gone out of business in the United Kingdom since 1st May 1997.

(86474)

8
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he takes to ensure that animal feedstuffs are not contaminated with additives injurious to human health.

(86467)

9
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if all honourable Members representing constituencies within the County Palatine are to receive invitations to the celebrations marking the 600th anniversary of the Duchy.

(86713)

10
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list those thoroughfares along which he is entitled to pass in a vehicle in his capacity as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to which the general public is denied equivalent access.

(86714)

11
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total monetary value was of the (a) night club tickets arranged for the Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting by Sony Entertainment and the British Phonographic Industry Ltd and (b) hospitality received.

(86656)

12
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he authorised the Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting to accept night club tickets and hospitality arranged by Sony Entertainment and the British Phonographic Industry Ltd; and what account he took of the Ministerial Code in doing so.

(86655)

13
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on his contribution to the EU meetings at Weimar on cultural and audiovisual issues, in respect of (i) European identity and history, (ii) self-regulation of the media, (iii) the Culture 2000 programme and (iv) the Commission Green Paper on Convergence.

(86364)

14
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his policy on employment of homosexuals in the Armed Forces.

(86369)

15
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Serb non-portable air defence capability remains unaffected by NATO activity; and what assessment he has made of the threat from such weapons to NATO low-flying capability.

(86733)

16
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance has been issued to troops in the Balkan theatre on measures to be taken to protect them from spent depleted-uranium weaponry.

(86359)

17
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his policy on (i) retention and (ii) deployment of women in the Armed Forces.

(86368)

18
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many patent applications have been passed to his Department under section 22 of the Patent Act 1977 in each year since its implementation; how many are still held by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the procedures followed by his Department in respect of this matter.

(85352)

19
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the value of technology developed by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency which has been made available to British industry by way of (a) licensing and (b) joint venture for each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(86370)

20
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential cost savings from cooperation between the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency and Government-funded defence research and development organisations based in NATO member states.

(86332)

21
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the operational areas opened since 1st May 1997 indicating the impact on the defence budget in each case; and if he will make a statement.

(86443)

22
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (i) current crew size and (ii) establishment of HMS 'Newcastle'; and if he will make a statement.

(86379)

23
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the incidences of failure of FADEC systems which have caused safety-critical accidents in Chinook helicopters.

(86445)

24
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the forecast cost of the refit of HMS 'Chatham' and its planned completion date; and if he will make a statement.

(86385)

25
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the Computer Weekly investigation report into the Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre, a copy of which has been supplied to him; and if he will make a statement.

(86444)

26
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships currently at sea or operational have a shortfall in crew size broken down by (i) ship and (ii) discipline; and if he will make a statement.

(86380)

27
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent review his Department has undertaken of the FADEC software fitted to Chinook helicopters; and if he will make a statement.

(86378)

28
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the long term future of HMS 'Monmouth'.

(86384)

29
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the short-term and long-term future of (a) HMS 'Birmingham' and (b) HMS 'London'; and if he will make a statement.

(86374)

30
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what brief the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency has been given for joint defence research and development with organisations from other member states of NATO.

(86333)

31
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) delays and (b) cost over-runs there are in respect of the refit of HMS 'Campbelltown'; what is the cost of the refit; when she will be ready for operational duties; and if he will make a statement.

(86371)

32
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy ships have been deployed for more than six months in the last two years and in each case for how long they were deployed; and if he will make a statement.

(86383)

33
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) operational state and (b) future of HMS 'Beaver'; and if he will make a statement.

(86373)

34
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the refit of HMS 'Southampton' will be completed; and at what cost.

(86450)

35
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on HMS 'Brave' over the last two years; what is the cost of holding her in a state of extended readiness over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(86372)

36
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports have been (a) made and (b) assessed by his Department relating to the computer FADEC used on Chinooks since Air Vice Marshal Jenner's statement to the Defence Committee last year; and if he will make a statement.

(86438)

37
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of the coroner's inquest into the death of army cadet Claire Louise Shore; and what arrangements he will make for his Department to respond to the findings of the inquest.

(86354)

38
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements will be in place for the safety of cadets at the army cadets' annual camp in July.

(86355)

39
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what paternity provision is available for members of the armed forces (a) as a general right and (b) when there is medical advice that the health of the mother and baby, pre or post natal, requires the presence of the father.

(86735)

40
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what grounds his Department took legal proceedings against Textron Lycoming in respect of the FADEC computer system.

(86362)

41
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received requesting the reopening of the inquiry into the loss of the RAF Chinook on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994; and if he will make a statement.

(86393)

42
N   Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps have been taken to safeguard the interests of the voluntary sector in early years services.

(85423)

43
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will place a copy of the European Presidency memorandum, Youth and Europe--Our Future, in the Library.

(86365)

44
N   Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps his Department has taken to increase the ability of parents to send their children to the school of their choice.

(85431)

45
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps have been taken by his Department to encourage parents to read to their young children.

(85408)

46
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received on his proposals for the establishment of a disability rights commission.

(85404)

47
   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each secondary school in Leicestershire for the academic year 1999-2000 (a) its official pupil capacity, (b) the number of pupils actually at the school, (c) the average cost per pupil and (d) the number of (i) teachers and (ii) full-time equivalents employed.

(86641)

48
N   Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what provisions the National Curriculum contains to ensure the teaching of literacy in primary schools.

(85427)

49
N   David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps his Department has taken to support and train headteachers.

(85391)

50
   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has for setting a target for employers to take on a specific percentage of disabled employees.

(86626)

51
   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has for improving employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

(86625)

52
   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the level of UK carbon dioxide emissions in each year from 1990 to date.

(86663)

53
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th May, Official Report, column 170, when he expects to make a decision on the recommendation of the Health and Safety Commission to implement a ban on white asbestos; and when he expects the European Commission to ratify the vote of their Technical Committee to tighten the restrictions on the import of white asbestos; and if he will make a statement.

(86651)

54
   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce legislation to permit the impounding of commercial vehicles used without a goods vehicle operator's licence; and if he will make a statement.

(86395)

55
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what organisations have been or will be invited to take part in the speed policy review; and what steps are being taken by his Department to ensure maximum involvement by professional organisations in the speed policy review process.

[R] (83649)

56
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to make available a speed policy document for consultation.

(86350)

57
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of the speed policy review announced in the white paper, A New Deal For Transport.

(86348)

58
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Railtrack plc on the possibility of granting them a public private partnership of the whole London Underground system; and if he will make a statement.

(86640)

59
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it a criminal offence to claim falsely the single person's discount for the council tax; and if he will make a statement.

(86381)

60
   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the data to substantiate the recently revised household projections.

(86357)

61
   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to publish statistics on the proportion of new development on brownfield sites; and if he will make a statement.

(86356)

62
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made on the repayment by the Italian Government of the tassa per L'Europa; and what assessment he has made of the legality of the tax within the Maastricht framework.

(86727)

63
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason a European Commissioner is entitled to be present at the meetings of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank; what means will determine which Commissioner will be present; if he has voting rights; if he is remunerated; what rules of confidentiality apply to him; and if he will make a statement.

(86731)

64
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the pay rates of Cabinet staff of European Commissioners.

(86728)

65
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 18th May, Official Report, column 338, if he will make a statement on developments at the 25th May Ecofin Council on the withholding tax.

(86770)

66
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the Communities budget lines frozen following the ECJ ruling of 12th May 1998 (C-106/96); and if he will make a statement on the planned unblocking of these.

(86729)

67
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what were the total funds available from the European Community in (i) 1998 and (ii) 1999 to date to the Centre for European Reform.

(86644)

68
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what European Communities monies have been provided to the Britain in Europe organisation in each of the last three years.

(86453)

69
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funds were made available from the European Communities in (i) 1998 and (ii) 1999 to date to the European Movement; and for what purposes.

(86455)

70
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is his policy to support the expenditure covered in the EU budget lines listed under the heading (a) social contacts between staff, (b) early childhood centre and other cre�ches and (c) entertainment and representation expenses; and if he will make a statement.

(86657)

71
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Inland Revenue will take to inform recruitment consultancies and clients of personnel services companies if they default on commitments in relation to tax and national insurance.

(86462)

72
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures the Inland Revenue and Contributions Agency will follow when a certified personnel service company enters voluntary liquidation or arranges an S.852 dissolution, with particular reference to the informing of agencies and other potential clients.

(86463)

73
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if non-certified agencies supplying personnel services will be required by the Inland Revenue to install new software for assessment purposes.

(86464)

74
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentage by which manufacturing industry's costs would increase as a result of his proposals for a climate change levy, in respect of changes in the cost of (a) electricity, (b) coal and (c) gas.

(86771)

75
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) make a statement on the publication on the web site of the Association of Accountancy and Business Affairs of the Sandstorm report by Price Waterhouse on BCCI and (b) place a copy of the report in the Library.

(86322)

76
   Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff, by post and grade, of HM Customs and Excise have been made redundant in Northern Ireland in 1999.

(86709)

77
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of how secure plastic bank notes are against counterfeiting; if they were considered as a replacement for the current £20 note; and if he will make a statement.

(86649)

78
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from glasshouse growers concerning the proposed Climate Change Levy; and if he will make a statement.

(86392)

79
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many senior grades at the European Commission hold secondary employment; if he will list the directors-general so engaged, with the nature of their additional employment; and if he will make a statement.

(86726)

80
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 239, if the subject matter covered in the letter from the Dutch Government of 16th July 1997 on the Amsterdam Treaty negotiations has been referred to in the content of the Home Secretary's proposal to join elements of the Schengen system.

(86717)

81
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list his Department's Internal Histories, indicating which are not due for accelerated release.

(86363)

82
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the discussions held with the US Secretary of State on 21st November and 8th December 1998 concerning Senator Pinochet's arrest.

(86457)

83
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those recommendations from Panel 2000 upon which he is planning to implement; and if he will list the costs accrued to date by Panel 2000.

(86456)

84
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will deposit in the Library the Presidency draft of an EU Charter of Rights; and if he will make a statement.

(86720)

85
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will deposit in the Library a copy of the draft Stability Pact for South East Europe.

(86721)

86
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the nature of the Government's input into the Council of Europe document, Europe Under a Single Roof.

(86646)

87
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will define the requirement for furthering European integration, as set out in European Communities budget lines, as a basis to be fulfilled by applicants under those budget lines and determining the value of the award; and what is his policy on the requirement.

(86723)

88
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the implications of the EU project to collect and destroy weapons in the Gramsh district in Albania on the combat effectiveness of the KLA; and to what bodies EU funds will be made available.

(86449)

89
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is his policy towards the funding of European Communities payments under the Belgian manure decree.

(86447)

90
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a list of the European Communities working groups, stating in each case the number of times each group has met, the nature of the UK delegation, the documents submitted to the Council and the working group's purpose.

(86761)

91
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 24th May, Official Report, column 26, to the honourable Member for Hendon, if he will place a list in the Library of (a) Internet and (b) e-mail sites for his offices overseas.

(86647)

92
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he initiated steps to remove controls on the export to Macedonia of all-wheel drive utility vehicles, heavy duty recovery vehicles and drop-sided trucks; and what assessment he has made of the effect this ban has had on relief efforts.

(86734)

93
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the Register of European Commissioners' Interest to be deposited in the Library.

(86736)

94
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which organisation holds copyright over the European 12 star flag.

(86732)

95
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UN has taken recently to help resolve the conflict in Kashmir.

(86466)

96
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about GPs redirecting out of hours calls to the local hospital; and if he will make a statement.

(86376)

97
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what ways Quality Protects management action plans will improve the quality of services for children with disabilities in England and Wales.

(86377)

98
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what performance indicators his Department has developed to quantify improvements in services for disabled children.

(86382)

99
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the persons and organisations he met when he visited Kidderminster hospital.

(86441)

100
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what notice was given to local interest groups in advance of his recent visit to Kidderminster hospital.

(86442)

101
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made prior to his visit to Kidderminster of the availability of local interest groups for meetings.

(86439)

102
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) persons and (b) organisations representing communities in Shropshire he met when he visited Kidderminster hospital.

(86440)

103
   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how, where pre-publication approval of specific advertisements has been undertaken by the Medicines Control Agency secretariat, the MCA will ensure that pre-approvals by them do not unduly influence decisions by the same officials following a complaint after publication of the advertisement on whether that advertisement is in breach of the Medicines (Advertising) Regulations.

(86660)

104
   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how, under the new procedures to be adopted by the Medicines Control Agency under the provisions of the Medicines (Advertising and Monitoring of Advertising) Amendment Regulations 1999, he will ensure that the precedents needed to ensure consistency in future advertising decisions are routinely made publicly available.

(86659)

105
   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances a notice, a threat of a notice or a request to cease advertising will be made by Ministers or Medicines Control Agency officials under the Medicines (Advertising and Monitoring of Advertising) Amendment Regulations 1999; and if the Independent Panel will have the right to consider whether such a notice, threat of issue of notice or request has been properly issued.

(86658)

106
   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal advice he has received in connection with the legality under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights of the new procedures to be adopted by the Medicines Control Agency under the provisions of the Medicines (Advertising and Monitoring of Advertising) Amendment Regulations 1999; and if he will place a copy of that legal advice in the Library.

(86661)

107
   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the new procedures to be adopted by the Medicines Control Agency under the provisions of the Medicines (Advertising and Monitoring of Advertising) Amendment Regulations 1999 give a company, to which the Agency issues a notice that it is minded to take action, the right to a full oral hearing before the Independent Review Panel at which all evidence can be challenged and questioned.

(86662)

108
   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the outcome of the Health Council held in Luxembourg on 8th June; and if he will make a statement.

(86639)

109
   Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made with the sale of the Devonshire Royal Hospital in Buxton by NHS Estates.

(86465)

110
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the rest requirements for an on-call rota for junior hospital doctors, pursuant to the Health Service Circular 1998/240; and if he will list those health authorities and hospitals in which the requirements of that circular are being observed.

(86708)

111
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) the health authorities in which junior hospital doctors can be on call and working for periods of (i) 24 hours, (ii) 32 hours, (iii) 36 hours, (iv) 48 hours and (v) any longer continuous period and (b) those specialties or areas of hospital medicine in which such hours on call and working most frequently occur.

(86707)

112
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place for the recruitment of consultant gynaecologists in North Yorkshire NHS trusts; and if he will make a statement.

(86476)

113
   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given to health authorities on oncology drug spending following the publication of the report by CERT on oncology drug expenditure in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(86624)

114
   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the proportion of the total amount spent on oncology drugs in each of the past five years which has been paid for by private healthcare insurance; and what proportion of the total spending for each of these years has been spent within clinical studies.

(86632)

115
   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the total spending on oncology drugs for each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement.

(86628)

116
   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies his Department has undertaken into oncology drug funding by health authorities; and if he will make a statement.

(86633)

117
   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the per capita spending on oncology drugs for each health authority in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement.

(86627)

118
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 20th May, Official Report, column 425, how much compensation has been paid (a) to persons left with surgical detritus inside them following an operation and (b) to the relatives of those who died as a consequence of such negligence in each of the last three years.

(86650)

119
   Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the percentage increase in pay for trainee and newly-qualified (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) biomedical scientists in each year from 1990 to 1999.

(86468)

120
   Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places were available for biomedical scientists in each year from 1990 to 1999; and how many such places were filled.

(86469)

121
   Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to return salary levels for biomedical scientists within the NHS in comparison to doctors to the level which obtained in 1984; and if he will make a statement.

(86470)

122
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications of the costs of (i) participation in the inquiry into paediatric cardiac care in Bristol and (ii) any consequent compensation for the resources available to the United Bristol Healthcare Trust and the Avon Health Authority.

(86358)

123
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 9th February, Official Report, column 144, to the honourable Member for Chesham and Amersham, what was the role of the fourth officer at the arrest of Senator Pinochet.

(86752)

124
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his Department's contribution to the formulation, within the Schengen framework, of a draft Convention on Cooperation in Matters of Criminal Proceedings for Offences Against Road Traffic Regulations and the Enforcement of Fines Imposed from Such Offences.

(86724)

125
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if legislation currently being discussed by the Council of Ministers on electronic intercepts is consistent with the 1981 Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data; and if he will make a statement.

(86719)

126
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the UK share of (i) costs and (ii) personnel for the Schengen Information System.

(86446)

127
   Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when prisoner N18072 will be subject to parole review; how long he has been custody; when he was reduced to category C status; when F75 reports were completed on him; if the Director General has responded to the request for information on the prisoner from the Chief Inspector; if the report writers at HMP Kingston recommend open conditions; and how many letters from the Worthing outside probation officer to his Department are unanswered.

(86353)

128
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the response time of a police car using its blue light in responding to emergency calls.

(86461)

129
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the cases arising from asylum applications made (a) prior to 1st July 1993 and (b) between 1st July 1993 and 31st December 1995 have been dealt with under the asylum backlog procedures; and what proportion of cases so dealt with have resulted in the granting of exceptional leave to remain.

(86642)

130
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 999 calls were received in each of the last three years by (a) police forces and (b) the Metropolitan Police; and if he will make a statement.

(86653)

131
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times this year the Liverpool office of the UK Passport Agency has turned away applicants who attended in person without serving them; and how many such applicants it turned away without serving on Friday 7th May.

(86352)

132
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the passport service provided by the Passport Agency's high street partners takes priority over the Agency's standard service.

(86334)

133
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he made of the performance of the UK Passport Agency before deciding that the agency should administer the new Criminal Records Bureau.

(86336)

134
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the passport service provided by the Passport Agency's high street partners on the Agency's standard service.

(86335)

135
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what this year's performance targets are for the UK Passport Agency for dealing with applicants by (a) telephone, (b) post and (c) personal attendance; and what assessment he has made of the UK Passport Agency's performance against each of these targets in the current year.

(86351)

136
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the proportion of cases where trial by jury having been denied by the magistrates, refused by the Crown Court, and having given rise to a subsequent conviction in the magistrates' court, are then likely to be appealed to the Crown Court; and if he will estimate the total cost involved in such cases.

(86762)

137
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list all either way offences.

(86753)

138
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the cost of appeals to the Crown Court by defendants to whom the magistrates have refused to accede to their request for jury trial in respect of either way offences; and how such overall estimated cost has been calculated.

(86760)

139
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many either way cases were tried in the Crown Court in each of the last five years for which records are available; how many were contested; how many defendants pleaded guilty; and what proportion of those which were contested resulted in a conviction for (a) all offences charged and (b) for any offence charged.

(86764)

140
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of defendants electing for trial of either way offences in the Crown Court who are persistent offenders abusing the system.

(86754)

141
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what he estimates to be the likely annual savings to the public purse of abolishing the rights of defendants to elect jury trial for either way offences, setting out how his estimate is calculated.

(86758)

142
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of their eventual sentence defendants who elect jury trial and subsequently plead guilty serve while on remand.

(86766)

143
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of defendants electing trial in the Crown Court for either way offences have (a) been convicted and (b) received sentences greater than could have been imposed by the magistrates.

(86757)

144
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of defendants electing trial in the Crown Court for either way offences subsequently plead guilty (a) to all offences of which they were charged, (b) to the most serious offence of which they were charged and (c) to an offence less serious than the most serious offence with which they were charged.

(86755)

145
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the daily cost of a trial in a contested case before (a) the Crown Court in England and Wales and (b) the Sheriff's Court in Scotland.

(86763)

146
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the cost of trials (a) in the Crown Court and (b) in the magistrates court lasting (i) one day, (ii) two days, (iii) three days, (iv) four days and (v) five days; and how such figures are calculated.

(86759)

147
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he proposes that magistrates should be entitled to deny jury trial to a defendant charged with an either way offence who, if convicted, they consider they would be likely to commit to Crown Court for sentence.

(86756)

148
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the additional privileges enjoyed by a prisoner in custody on remand as compared to a prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment or youth custody.

(86765)

149
   Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the procedures adopted by the police in dealing with handguns and ancillary equipment handed in under the Firearms (Amendment) Acts; and what proportion of the equipment is (a) destroyed and (b) resold.

(86452)

150
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he has taken to reduce delays and improve the service to members of the public in dealing with the Passport Agency; what plans he has to compensate customers for loss arising from failures in the Agency's service; and if he will make a statement.

(86475)

151
   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment under section 2 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 have received tariffs of (a) less than three years and (b) less than five years.

(86323)

152
   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change (a) Prison Service and (b) Parole Board procedures to ensure that prisoners with short tariffs are not unnecessarily held beyond expiry of the tariff.

(86375)

153
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a bill to modernise fire safety provision; and if he will make a statement.

(86387)

154
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a list of the papers which his Department holds in connection with experimental psychiatric research on delinquent youths at (a) the Burden Neurological Institute in Bristol, (b) Star Cross Hospital, Newton Abbott and (c) other institutions during the 1970s.

(86460)

155
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee, when honourable Members will receive the CD-ROM version of the Official Report for the 1997-98 Parliamentary Session, and what plans he has to reduce the time taken to prepare the CD-ROM.

(86397)

156
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee, if his Committee will investigate the feasibility of allowing honourable Members to submit electronically expenses claims and other standard forms to the House authorities.

(86398)

157
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to introduce a compensation scheme for litigants whose cases could not proceed because of failure in listing for which the court service is responsible; and if he will make a statement.

(86652)

158
   Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the representations he received regarding the quarantine of the pet dog of William Dowell.

(86630)

159
   Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to abolish quarantine for animals entering the United Kingdom.

(86631)

160
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what measures he is planning as part of a general settlement on Kosovo, to guarantee the (i) security and (ii) rights of non-Albanian ethnic groups in the province.

(86366)

161
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is towards the development of the Council of Europe.

(86645)

162
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his Government's response to the involvement of a British company in an arms consignment destined for Eritrea, seized at Antwerp on 7th February; what assistance has been supplied (a) to that company and (b) to the national authorities involved; and what changes to departmental procedures have resulted.

(86643)

163
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what were the reasons for the time taken in providing a full answer to the question of the honourable Member for South Holland and the Deepings of 20th May, Official Report, column 403.

(86716)

164
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what representations the Government has received from European Community institutions regarding the deployment of the Echelon system; and if he will make a statement.

(86725)

165
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what measures he is planning as part of a general settlement on Kosovo, to encourage displaced persons to return to their homes.

(86367)

166
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Prime Minister, what plans the Government has to introduce a Holocaust Remembrance day; and if he will make a statement.

(86654)

167
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, what the criteria will be for recommending the appointment of ministers in the devolved administrations to the Privy Council; and if he will make a statement.

(86648)

168
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the travel expenses of the special advisers to his Department's Ministers since May 1997.

(86454)

169
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (i) written and (ii) oral questions were answered by his Department in 1998; and how many of them were on matters which will be the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament.

(86360)

170
N   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what progress has been made in implementing the Warm Deal programme in Scotland under the New Deal.

(85407)

171
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the total rateable value of the new Buchanan Centre in Glasgow; how much would have been paid in rates by the centre during the current financial year had all units been open and occupied at the start of the financial year and occupied throughout the year; and how much and what percentage of the total raised would be made available to Glasgow City Council.

(86396)

172
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (i) entertainment and (ii) accommodation expenses, since May 1997, incurred by special advisers to his Department's Ministers while undertaking official duties.

(86451)

173
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) accommodation and (b) entertainment expenses, since May 1997, incurred by his Department's ministers while undertaking official duties.

(86391)

174
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many ministerial cars there were for the use of his Department's Ministers in May 1997; and how many ministerial cars there currently are for the use of (i) his Department's Ministers and (ii) the Ministers of the new Scottish Executive.

(86458)

175
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many cars have been purchased for the use of ministers of the new Scottish Executive.

(86394)

176
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the expenditure on (i) installation, (ii) maintenance and (iii) calls in respect of telecommunications equipment, since May 1997, in the residences and cars of his Department's ministers.

(86388)

177
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the existing pension schemes with charges at or below one per cent. to which he referred in his press statement of 2nd June; and if he will make a statement on whether these schemes meet the other proposed requirements of stakeholder pensions.

(86459)

178
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on measures taken at European Communities level to remove sanctions on Libya.

(86722)

179
   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the (a) amount and (b) percentage of energy consumed in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years that came from renewable sources.

(86664)

180
   Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the total expenditure of Business Links in each of the last three financial years; and what proportion of that was on (a) salaries and (b) administration.

(86636)

181
   Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was his Department's total expenditure on Business Links in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99; and what expenditure is planned for 1999-2000.

(86638)

182
   Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the total income of Business Links nationally broken down by (a) his Department's grants, (b) EU and other public funding, (c) charges to customers and (d) grants from Business Link national partners for (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 1998-99; and what estimate he has made for 1999-2000.

(86637)

183
   Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many departmental information society initiative local support centres have been established; and how many more are planned.

(86635)

184
   Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many written or verbal complaints were received by his Department and the Office of Fair Trading in each year from 1996 to date about (i) unfair agreement terms being applied by oil companies to operators of retail petrol sites and (ii) the actions taken by the oil companies which did not conform to the agreement signed by the operators.

(86710)

185
   Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the review of the petrol undertakings by the Office of Fair Trading will be completed; if he will publish the findings of the review; and if he will make a statement.

(86767)

186
   Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list by number and grade the officials employed full-time in monitoring the UK retail petrol market and the departments to which they belong.

(86768)

187
   Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons the Office of Fair Trading's inquiry into the retail petrol market, published in May 1998, did not include an examination of retail petrol stations located on motorway service areas.

(86769)

188
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (i) written and (ii) oral questions were answered by his Department in 1998; and how many of them were on matters which will be the responsibility of the National Assembly for Wales.

(86361)

189
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his estimate of the level of poll tax debts which remain unpaid; and if he will make a statement.

(86346)

190
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact of the world climate levy upon industry; and if he will make a statement.

(86344)

191
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on his future role.

(86341)

192
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the estimated increase in the budget for the current financial year, expressed in cash and percentage terms of the Higher Education Funding Council; and if he will make a statement.

(86337)

193
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many coal mines there are in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(86339)

194
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact upon small businesses of the flat rate levy to fund the New Food Standards Agency; and if he will make a statement.

(86345)

195
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received on higher education funding.

(86342)

196
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures he has put in place to enhance social inclusion; and if he will make a statement.

(86338)

197
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has for reform of the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

(86343)

198
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement concerning his responsibilities following the establishment of the Assembly Cabinet.

(86340)

199
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the role of the voluntary services in tackling social exclusion; and if he will make a statement.

(86347)

200
N   Mr David Lock (Wyre Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what funds his Department has allocated in the current and next two financial years to support cycling to school.

[Question Unstarred] (85392)

201
N   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what progress is being made in developing employer-involvement in the New Deal for young unemployed people.

[Question Unstarred] (85403)

202
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the national body to deliver community computer centres will be established.

[Question Unstarred] (85411)

203
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on recent developments in government action to widen participation in further education.

[Question Unstarred] (85425)

204
N   Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people in the North West have been through the New Deal since its commencement.

[Question Unstarred] (85428)

205
N   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what support has been given to schools to enable them to become accessible to those with disabilities.

[Question Unstarred] (85429)

206
   Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a national coroner service; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (86386)

207
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the restrictions proposed to be placed on Court of Auditors auditing powers over the Schengen Information System.

[Transferred] (86448)

208
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the cost of current applicant countries joining the Schengen Acquis; and whether present member states intend to share those costs.

[Transferred] (86737)

209
   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if comparative figures for the United Kingdom and other OECD countries are collated for health spending; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (86634)

210
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answers of 18th May, Official Report, column 311, if he will deposit in the Library copies of the Commission proposals referred to.

[Transferred] (86706)

211
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission, if his Committee will investigate the feasibility of allowing honourable Members to obtain audio or video clips from debates in a digital format.

[Transferred] (86399)

212
   Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is responsible for preventing the smuggling of petroleum products into Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (86715)