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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 21 June 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 21 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 21 June, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 22 June, see Part 2 of this Paper. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action he will take to publish as early as possible the results of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission inquiry into the selling of raw milk in Great Britain. |
| (86699) | |
| 2 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Belgian authorities notified the United Kingdom Government that some of its poultry products were contaminated with dioxins. |
| (87844) | |
| 3 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the research obtained by his Department from the Irish Republic on the subject of bovine TB. |
| (87295) | |
| 4 | Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will introduce measures to protect the health status of the pig herd from the potential threat of colonies of free-living wild boar. |
| (87958) | |
| 5 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to encourage food producers to include gluten content on their products' labels. |
| (87871) | |
| 6 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to ensure that sheep grazing on upland areas affected by radiocaesium contamination do not enter the food chain. |
| (87860) | |
| 7 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the annual cost of maintaining his Department's mouse breeding facility; and what steps are taken to ensure that no mice are bred which are surplus to requirements. |
| (87859) | |
| 8 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make publicly available on a monthly basis a list of Government consultation papers, indicating the title, summary of the proposals, the issue date and the deadline for submissions. |
| (87867) | |
| 9 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support the Government gives to encourage film companies to use British locations. |
| (87877) | |
| 10 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances Chinook helicopters are made available by his Department for travel by the Royal Family. |
| (87783) | |
| 11 N | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the role of British forces in international peace-keeping and peace enforcement missions. |
| (86538) | |
| 12 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Ulster Defence Regiment were engaged for (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) three years, in (i) 1985, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1987. |
| (87849) | |
| 13 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what talks have taken place between British Military personnel and the Chief of Staff of the Gambian armed forces in recent months; and what was the purpose of the talks. |
| (87948) | |
| 14 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage recruitment to the Territorial Army. |
| (87876) | |
| 15 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, by what means he plans to monitor the effectiveness of the recently published code of practice for age diversity in employment. |
| (87855) | |
| 16 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many year 11, 10 and 9 pupils were expelled from schools in London and the South East in 1997-98. |
| (87856) | |
| 17 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he plans to publish the Bett review on academic salaries. |
| (87841) | |
| 18 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, columns 99-100, on post-16 education, when he plans to announce his proposals for post-16 education. |
| (87866) | |
| 19 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what public funding is available towards the costs of training drivers of mobile cranes with particular reference to requirements to meet LGV licence conditions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87900) | |
| 20 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to transfer responsibility for Taxicard to Transport for London. |
| (87657) | |
| 21 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers he has to transfer responsibility for Taxicard from London boroughs to the Greater London Authority. |
| (87658) | |
| 22 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the revised World Health Organisation tolerable daily intake for dioxins (1-4 pg TEQ/Kw bw day). |
| (87843) | |
| 23 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the conclusion of the International Agency for Research on Cancer at their meeting in Lyon, February 4th to 11th, 1997, on the classification of TCDD as a known human carcinogen. |
| (87842) | |
| 24 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he is taking to encourage recycling by (a) local authorities, (b) businesses and (c) individuals. |
| (87950) | |
| 25 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he is taking to encourage a market for recycled products with particular reference to paper. |
| (87951) | |
| 26 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he is taking to encourage the use of recycled products. |
| (87952) | |
| 27 | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the outcome was of Stage II of the Financial Management and Policy Review of the Local Government Commission for England; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87903) | |
| 28 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with English Partnerships about the regeneration of Wembley around the new English National Stadium. |
| (87792) | |
| 29 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with local police and transport police about passenger safety and crowd control at Wembley Park, Wembley Central and Wembley Stadium stations. |
| (87788) | |
| 30 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he is taking to ensure that the quality of the built environment surrounding the new English National Stadium is adequate to accommodate international events. |
| (87790) | |
| 31 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he will take to ensure that the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium brings economic benefits to the local area. |
| (87845) | |
| 32 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the applicability of lessons learnt from the regeneration at Greenwich to the regeneration of Wembley. |
| (87793) | |
| 33 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Sport England and the local planning authority on the capacity of the public transport infrastructure around the new English National Stadium. |
| (87789) | |
| 34 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the Government Office for London about the SRB5 bid for Wembley submitted by the London Borough of Brent; and on what dates. |
| (87794) | |
| 35 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans the Parliamentary Under Secretary, the honourable Member for Hampstead and Highgate, has to visit Wembley to inspect the public transport infrastructure around the new English National Stadium. |
| (87791) | |
| 36 | Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what grants are available towards the cost of converting private motor vehicles to be able to use liquid petroleum gas. |
| (87959) | |
| 37 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the fuel tax escalator on car users in rural areas. |
| (87865) | |
| 38 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Recycled Content of Newsprint Bill. |
| (87798) | |
| 39 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what checks HSE inspectors undertake when they visit GM farm scale trial sites; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87861) | |
| 40 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th February, Official Report, column 245, on voluntary sports clubs, what was the outcome of the review into rate relief for non-profit making sports clubs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87874) | |
| 41 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce measures to make the carrying of a warning triangle, first aid kit and spare set of vehicle bulbs, compulsory for all car owners; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87873) | |
| 42 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will assess the benefits of abolishing the void days rule that allows rail companies to exclude certain performance data from their published figures. |
| (87862) | |
| 43 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many HSE visits to GM farm scale trial sites were unannounced as a proportion of the total number of visits for each year since the trials started; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87863) | |
| 44 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on pollution caused by older cars, lorries and buses. |
| (87898) | |
| 45 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to support the development of new technologies which can be fitted to older vehicles to reduce their emissions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87899) | |
| 46 N | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to amend Planning Policy Guidance Note 6 in respect of out-of-town shopping developments; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87770) | |
| 47 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many new lettings, in the most recent 12 months for which figures are available, by (a) local authorities and (b) other social landlords were to (i) lone parents and (ii) teenage lone parents. |
| (87777) | |
| 48 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the tax yield resulting from imposing duty on aviation fuel at the same rate as on motor vehicle fuel, assuming a similar rate of tax is imposed by other countries. |
| (86698) | |
| 49 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the United Kingdom's contribution to Brazil's financial rescue package, with particular reference to the impact of the adjustment policies required of the Brazilian Government on Brazilian citizens. |
| (87882) | |
| 50 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the United Kingdom's policy on the conditions to be attached to future financial contributions towards remedying the financial crises and preventing future ones in (a) Brazil and (b) elsewhere. |
| (87883) | |
| 51 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the United Kingdom's position as regards the responsibility of the private sector in the response to international financial crises. |
| (87881) | |
| 52 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on incorporating the social principles drafted by the World Bank into the decision-making of (a) the IMF, (b) the World Bank and (c) the United Kingdom. |
| (87884) | |
| 53 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the reassessment of the objectives of IMF policy in responding to financial crises. |
| (87880) | |
| 54 N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department was first contacted regarding the winding up of the Lund Humphries Pension Scheme; and on what date the relevant information regarding guaranteed minimum pension was supplied to the (a) scheme administrators and (b) independent trustee. |
| (87771) | |
| 55 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights record of the present Gambian Government. |
| (87947) | |
| 56 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of the Gambia with regard to the arrest and disappearance of Mr Shyngle Nyassi of the United Democratic Party. |
| (87945) | |
| 57 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the gathering of evidence in Kosovo on behalf of the War Crimes Commission. |
| (87875) | |
| 58 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance he is offering Mozambique in connection with the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. |
| (87858) | |
| 59 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there have been to the waiting times for heart by-pass surgery in each health trust since his Answer of 18th March, Official Report, columns 736-8. |
| (87851) | |
| 60 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce measures to ensure the centralised collection of information on medicines dispensed in hospitals. |
| (87857) | |
| 61 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, Official Report, column 296, on cardiac rehabilitation programmes, when he expects to publish the national service framework for coronary heart disease. |
| (87852) | |
| 62 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Joint Working Group which he set up with the Secretary of State for Education and Employment to improve the provision of therapies for children with special educational needs to complete its work. |
| (87854) | |
| 63 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to encourage recruitment of physiotherapy staff to the NHS. |
| (87800) | |
| 64 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding possible dangers to sight that may be caused by the August solar eclipse. |
| (87469) | |
| 65 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the August solar eclipse will be visible in each county in the UK; and what plans he has to publicise this information more widely. |
| (87477) | |
| 66 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish details on how Government information regarding eclipse safety can be accessed on the Internet. |
| (87479) | |
| 67 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations he has had with (a) broadcasters and (b) newspapers regarding publicising the dangers to ocular health of the solar eclipse. |
| (87482) | |
| 68 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Department for Education and Employment regarding informing pupils of the dangers of the August solar eclipse before the end of the school year. |
| (87470) | |
| 69 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has issued to family doctors and other Health Service personnel regarding the treatment of injuries caused as a result of the solar eclipse. |
| (87471) | |
| 70 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he is planning to issue to parents regarding the dangers of the solar eclipse. |
| (87472) | |
| 71 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to encourage the use of indirect pinhole projectors by children wishing to observe the solar eclipse. |
| (87473) | |
| 72 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he intends to issue regarding the safety of solar viewers whose safety has not been authorised by optical bodies. |
| (87474) | |
| 73 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to advise users about the safety of solar filters or spectacles. |
| (87480) | |
| 74 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to warn people about the dangers of viewing the solar eclipse through binocular projection. |
| (87475) | |
| 75 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public advertising campaigns he intends to commission on the dangers of the solar eclipse. |
| (87476) | |
| 76 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has been given regarding damage to the retina caused by the solar eclipse; and what plans he has to publicise the fact that retina damage occurs in a painless manner. |
| (87478) | |
| 77 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of consultant eye surgeons who will be (a) on duty and (b) on call during the day of the August solar eclipse. |
| (87481) | |
| 78 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take measures to ensure the uniform availability of infertility treatment from all health authorities. |
| (87848) | |
| 79 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of Hampshire Social Services record in respect of the processing of applications from aspiring adoptive parents relative to that of other social services departments. |
| (87846) | |
| 80 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he proposes to take to accelerate social services departments' processing of applications from parents to adopt. |
| (87847) | |
| 81 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of hospital food which is thrown away annually in England and Wales. |
| (87281) | |
| 82 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who are malnourished on admission to hosptial. |
| (87282) | |
| 83 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve standards of nutritional knowledge among medical and nursing staff. |
| (87283) | |
| 84 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital trusts have published written nutritional standards; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87284) | |
| 85 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress made by the working group on ME. |
| (87872) | |
| 86 N | Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many cases under section 86 of the Mental Health Act 1983 the Mental Health Review Tribunal has refused to give its approval to removal since 1983. |
| (87467) | |
| 87 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to implement European Directive 86/609/EEC. |
| (87853) | |
| 88 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to abolish the LD50 test. |
| (87897) | |
| 89 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics he has collated regarding the use of unlicensed guns in the committing of crimes during the last three years; and if he will publish them. |
| (87850) | |
| 90 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the prisons in which prisoners are confined to cells for 22 hours a day or more; how many prisoners in each prison are so confined; and what the reasons are. |
| (87957) | |
| 91 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Torbay of 9th May, in regard to the return of Mr Melik's passport. |
| (87839) | |
| 92 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the performance of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. |
| (87838) | |
| 93 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Torbay, of 9th May in regard to the return of documents belonging to Mr and Mrs Strange. |
| (87840) | |
| 94 N | Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detained patients have been removed from the United Kingdom since 1983 under Section 86 of the Mental Health Act 1983. |
| (87468) | |
| 95 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the recent statement by the President of the Gambia on the British Government's policy of linking aid to the human rights and democratic records of recipient countries. |
| (87949) | |
| 96 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the projects for which aid has been provided to the Gambia during the last three years and the amounts for each project. |
| (87946) | |
| 97 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the timetable for the implementation of outstanding Law Commission recommendations for law reform. |
| (87781) | |
| 98 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has for legislation to implement outstanding Law Commission reports on law reform. |
| (87780) | |
| 99 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the savings in costs to public and private funds of the implementation of outstanding Law Commission recommendations over the last four years. |
| (87782) | |
| 100 | Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the changes made in Northern Ireland further education lecturers' conditions of service between 1993 and 1998. |
| (87784) | |
| 101 | Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if lecturers in Northern Ireland further education colleges prior to April 1993 were employed on conditions of service similar to the Silver Book agreement in England. |
| (87785) | |
| 102 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures she will take to encourage a public debate on the future of policing in Northern Ireland by means of the NIO Internet public service web site. |
| (87485) | |
| 103 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the submissions to the Patten Commission that have been posted on the Internet public service web site for press releases. |
| (87484) | |
| 104 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when and for what reasons, officials responsible for the Internet public service web site for press releases were authorised to include information provided by the Police Federation for Northern Ireland in an equivalent position to that of the Police Authority and the RUC. |
| (87483) | |
| 105 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list those non-governmental organisations which are itemised with links on the public service Internet web site. |
| (87487) | |
| 106 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who has responsibility to (a) define the political parameters of, (b) set goals and targets for and (c) maintain and update the Government Internet web site. |
| (87486) | |
| 107 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many clinical and medical oncologists are employed per head of population in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. |
| (87870) | |
| 108 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if it is her policy that Sinn Fein should be allowed to hold an executive position in the Assembly before the IRA has started decommissioning weapons. |
| (87901) | |
| 109 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the status of her review of the state of terrorist ceasefires. |
| (87879) | |
| 110 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made towards solving the Drumcree Church parade difficulties. |
| (87878) | |
| 111 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for the week ended Saturday 12th June the number of (a) punishment beatings and (b) punishments shootings which took place in Northern Ireland, indicating how many in each category were committed by (i) Loyalist and (ii) Republican groups. |
| (87962) | |
| 112 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for the week ended Saturday 12th June the number of violent incidents involving paramilitary groups which took place in Northern Ireland indicating how many involved (a) Loyalist and (b) Republican groups. |
| (87961) | |
| 113 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the President of the Council, if she will make a statement on the Government's response to the Law Commission recommendation for parliamentary procedural reform to facilitate scrutiny of law reform bills. |
| (87779) | |
| 114 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will describe the process by which Lords Lieutenant are chosen; and what are the qualifications required, the responsibilities involved and the length of time for which an appointment is made. |
| (87960) | |
| 115 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many clinical and medical oncologists are employed per head of population in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87869) | |
| 116 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 339, on child benefit, when information by parliamentary constituency will become available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87864) | |
| 117 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for how many current recipients of housing benefit their eligible rent is below the actual rent which they pay because of (i) the single room rent rules, (ii) the average reference rent rules and (iii) either of the above; and, in each case, what is the average amount by which the eligible rent falls short of the actual rent paid. |
| (87778) | |
| 118 | Mr David Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish figures for the United Kingdom's stocks of plutonium and uranium at 31st December 1998. |
| (87837) | |
| 119 | Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to negotiate a share of the EU population coverage under the urban strand of Objective 2 of the EU Structural Funds for the United Kingdom which reflects the degree of urbanisation in the United Kingdom. |
| (87786) | |
| 120 | Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure that areas designated in the United Kingdom under the urban strand of Objective 2 of the Structural Funds will be densely populated areas made up of contiguous units with a minimum population of 100,000. |
| (87787) | |
| 121 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received about breaches of the Landmines Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87885) | |
| 122 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if a company based in the UK needs a licence to export goods covered by the Export of Goods (Control) Order to overseas subsidiaries. |
| (87955) | |
| 123 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assurances his Department seeks to ensure that explosives exported from the United Kingdom are not used in the production of anti-personnel landmines. |
| (87956) | |
| 124 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 26th May, Official Report, columns 200-1, what export licences his Department has issued since September 1998 for explosives which have RDX as a component part; and how many applications are pending. |
| (87954) | |
| 125 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 26th May, Official Report, columns 200-1, if the destinations of the four pending licences for export of goods rated ML8 to the USA are private companies. |
| (87953) | |
| 126 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list each Monopolies and Mergers Commission report received by his Department since June 1994 and give in each case (a) the date on which it was received, (b) the date on which it was published and (c) the date on which the Secretary of State's decision was announced, where it is different from (b). |
| (87313) | |
| 127 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the progress made to establish the Small Business Service. |
| (87797) | |
| 128 | Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sub post-offices in Scotland have closed (a) in total and (b) on a temporary basis since 1997; and how many have subsequently been reopened. |
| (87902) | |
| 129 N | Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what are the criteria for the selection of personnel serving on the Oil and Gas Industry Task Force. |
| (87509) | |
| 130 N | Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to change the membership of (a) the Oil and Gas Industry Task Force and (b) its working groups. |
| (87510) | |
| 131 N | Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are in place to ensure representation on the Oil and Gas Industry Task Force of parties working in the southern sector of the North Sea oil and gas industry. |
| (87511) | |
| 132 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what action he is taking to encourage recruitment of physiotherapy staff to the NHS in Wales. |
| (87799) | |
| 133 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects to publish the Waterhouse report; if the report will be published bilingually; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87795) | |
| 134 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many clinical and medical oncologists are employed per head of population in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87868) | |
| 135 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in Shrewsbury and Atcham (a) on the last date for which figures are available and (b) in May 1997. |
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