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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 23 June 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 23 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of damage to Stonehenge and the World Heritage Area over the period of the summer solstice; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88091) | |
| 2 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chairman of the BBC concerning the procedures for selecting the next Director General; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88149) | |
| 3 | Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evidence he has evaluated on the Russian ramjet propulsion system for a beyond visual range air to air missile. |
| (88086) | |
| 4 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current status of the emergency dry-docking facility for Trident at Rosyth; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88133) | |
| 5 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) the number of personnel currently working in the United States under the auspices of the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement, (b) which US facility they are working in and (c) their purpose for being there. |
| (88136) | |
| 6 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current status of the shiplift at Faslane; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88132) | |
| 7 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the Trawlerman IT project; for what reasons it was abandoned without use; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88134) | |
| 8 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits of UK personnel to the US under the auspices of the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement have occurred in the last 12 months. |
| (88138) | |
| 9 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits of US personnel to AWE Aldermaston have occurred in the last 12 months. |
| (88137) | |
| 10 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the annual operating costs of the US Atomic Co-ordinating Offices in London and Washington; and how many staff are currently employed in each office. |
| (88135) | |
| 11 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what use is made of the plutonium recycling facilities at Sellafield for plutonium from old nuclear weapons; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88143) | |
| 12 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide (a) a list of all joint working groups with the United States Department of Defense currently in existence, (b) a brief explanation of the purpose of each one and (c) the number of meetings that have occurred in the last two years. |
| (88131) | |
| 13 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many EIVRs have been generated as a result of exchanges of information under the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement in each of the last five years; and if he will place unclassified versions in the Library. |
| (88139) | |
| 14 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the broad areas of assistance that have been provided to date to France to aid their stockpile stewardship programme. |
| (88141) | |
| 15 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will explain the purpose of payments made to the US Government under the heading Trident Refit Feasibility Study; and if he will provide the total cost of this item. |
| (88144) | |
| 16 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many French personnel have visited AWE Aldermaston in the last 12 months. |
| (88140) | |
| 17 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flights of special nuclear material from RAF Brize Norton to the United States and vice versa have occurred in each of the last five years. |
| (88142) | |
| 18 | Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the Military Provost Guard Service. |
| (88076) | |
| 19 | Sir Peter Emery (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps his Department will take to resolve the outstanding issues concerning Devon County Council's funding for the Devon Youth Music Service. |
| (88009) | |
| 20 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent representations he has received regarding the pay and conditions of teaching staff in the further education sector; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88063) | |
| 21 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he plans to publish a White Paper on the future of further education colleges and TECs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88005) | |
| 22 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he plans to transfer responsibility for payments and financial management of European social funds to the National Assembly for Wales as part of the regionalisation programme for the European Social Fund; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87995) | |
| 23 | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what subsidies have been provided to (a) Shropshire County Council and (b) Telford & Wrekin Council to support rural bus services in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99 and (iii) 1999-2000. |
| (88148) | |
| 24 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the locations in the Cleethorpes parliamentary constituency where GM crops are being grown. |
| (87991) | |
| 25 | Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to amend legislation regarding the code of practice on local authority publicity so that local authorities must not only have regard to this code but actively enforce it. |
| (88075) | |
| 26 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people travelled with him to Mother Theresa's funeral, excluding members of the Royal Family and their private staff. |
| (88100) | |
| 27 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many of the surplus properties held by the Highways Agency are held for road schemes that have been cancelled. |
| (88088) | |
| 28 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many cars are available for the use of (a) his Department's Ministers, (b) his Department's officials and (c) executives and officials of his Department's non-governmental bodies and agencies. |
| (88087) | |
| 29 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many meetings Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of Wal-Mart; and what were the main subjects of discussion. |
| (88099) | |
| 30 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many cars are owned or leased for use by members and employees of the Environment Agency. |
| (88090) | |
| 31 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on government policy towards planning applications for out-of-town stores. |
| (88119) | |
| 32 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which road schemes are (a) currently in progress and (b) planned for the next two years on motorways and trunk roads. |
| (88112) | |
| 33 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the effect has been on the annual costs of his Department of the changes in fuel duty and vehicle licence fees since May 1997. |
| (88089) | |
| 34 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what budget (a) his Department, (b) the regional offices and (c) the regional development agencies have for preparations for the euro. |
| (88095) | |
| 35 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many days over the last six months he has used (a) a car, (b) a bus and (c) a train for his official duties. |
| (88101) | |
| 36 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are (a) the cost to date and (b) the anticipated future cost of legal, financial and other professional advice in respect of the public-private partnership for the London Underground. |
| (88102) | |
| 37 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action is being taken by (a) the regional development agencies and (b) his Department to prepare businesses for the introduction of the euro. |
| (88096) | |
| 38 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many public sector houses for rent are currently empty. |
| (88098) | |
| 39 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions in the last six months he has travelled to work at his office by (a) car and (b) public transport. |
| (88097) | |
| 40 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when each of the urban development corporations was wound up; and what residual costs fall to be paid in 1999-2000. |
| (88065) | |
| 41 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if additional money beyond the £300 million so far allocated to the New Home Energy Efficiency Scheme will be required to provide the average grant to the number of homes given in his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 88, and to make grants at equivalent levels in Scotland and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88151) | |
| 42 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, columns 88-9, what obligation will there be under the New Home Energy Efficiency Scheme to target the most vulnerable households. |
| (88154) | |
| 43 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 88, if the figures for average value of grant-assisted work given there included administrative costs. |
| (88150) | |
| 44 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 87, what value of grant-assisted work was assumed in his model to calculate the reduced heating costs for an average three bedroom semi-detached house. |
| (88155) | |
| 45 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the distance of the pollen barrier at the genetically-modified farm-scale trial in Wiltshire; what is the distance which SCIMAC recommend for an isolation distance in their code of practice; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88158) | |
| 46 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 87, what is the basis for his statement that New Home Energy Efficiency Scheme and New Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Plus will substantially move households out of fuel poverty. |
| (88157) | |
| 47 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to use his power under Part VI of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to vary existing genetically-modified marketing consents issued thereunder to include a condition requiring post-release monitoring. |
| (88159) | |
| 48 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the expenditure required (i) per household and (ii) for all households in England, to achieve a minimum SAP rating of 30, and a minimum SAP increase in houses included for treatment of 10 points, in all homes with a current SAP rating of (a) less than 10, (b) less than 20, and (c) less than 30. |
| (88156) | |
| 49 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the projected estimate of the number of new households in Hampshire in 2016 (a) in 1992 and (b) at the most recent date; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88121) | |
| 50 | Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement about the consultation exercise earlier this year on tenant participation compacts. |
| (88073) | |
| 51 N | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of trials for the growing of genetically-modified crops. |
| (86788) | |
| 52 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on the balance of payments of the impact which the climate change levy will have on the chemical and steel industries in the 10 years after its introduction. |
| (88104) | |
| 53 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at which European Council Ministerial meeting the European Commission Memorandum of Understanding covering the transfer of plutonium processed in the European Union from Belgium to Japan was discussed and endorsed; what debate on the Commission proposal took place; and if a parallel memorandum covering transfer of United Kingdom plutonium to Japan has been considered by the European Council. |
| (88014) | |
| 54 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the BMA survey which asked if junior doctors were prepared to take some form of industrial action regarding the out-of-hours rates of pay and conditions of service. |
| (88068) | |
| 55 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what will be the hourly rate of pay for house officers working in hospitals on 31st December 1999 and 1st January 2000. |
| (88066) | |
| 56 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he is having with the BMA's Junior Doctors' Committee about improving the hourly rates paid to junior doctors for their work at night, weekends and bank holidays. |
| (88067) | |
| 57 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the clinical indicator data for Northern Devon Healthcare Trust for 1997-98. |
| (88071) | |
| 58 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made regarding Northern Devon Healthcare Trust's clinical performance in relation to that of other trusts. |
| (88072) | |
| 59 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the quality of discharge data for 1997-98 clinical indicators for Northern Devon Healthcare Trust. |
| (88070) | |
| 60 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the circumstances under which (a) a notice, (b) a threat of notice and (c) a request to cease advertising would be made by (i) him and (ii) the Medicines Control Agency under the Medicines (Advertising and Monitoring of Advertising) Amendment Regulations 1999 (SI 267); and if he will make a statement on the powers of the Independent Review Panel concerning such actions. |
| (88003) | |
| 61 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the FP10 (HP) (ad) and FP110 (MDA) forms will be amended to include buprenorphine (Subutex), to enable medical practitioners to prescribe the drug on a daily basis for a week by completing one form. |
| (87999) | |
| 62 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means recipients of Health Service Circular 1999/101 were informed that it had been withdrawn. |
| (88002) | |
| 63 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the recipients of Health Service Circular 1999/101 prior to its withdrawal on 20th April. |
| (88001) | |
| 64 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he has made recommendations on dosages of Diamorphine that can be given to patients suffering from a terminal condition. |
| (87990) | |
| 65 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many letters he has received to date (a) in support of and (b) opposed to the proposed MLX 249 Regulation. |
| (88004) | |
| 66 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number and value of unopened blister packs of drugs returned to dispensing chemists for the latest year for which figures are available. |
| (88146) | |
| 67 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received organs for transplant which originated from countries outside the EU in each of the last three years. |
| (88145) | |
| 68 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the value of medicines returned by patients to dispensing chemists for the latest year for which figures are available. |
| (88147) | |
| 69 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health service staff (a) died and (b) became ill as a result of contracting a disease or picking up an infection while in hospital for each year since 1990. |
| (88123) | |
| 70 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation he has made of the effect on the (i) capital and (ii) running costs of (a) residential homes and (b) nursing homes of the introduction of rules and regulations affecting the running of these homes in the last three years. |
| (87893) | |
| 71 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what Fiche d'Impact was undertaken by the EC on each of the legislative initiatives affecting (a) residential homes and (b) nursing homes introduced in the last three years. |
| (87895) | |
| 72 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the European Union (i) legislation and (ii) other rules introduced in the last three years which relate to the running of (a) residential homes and (b) nursing homes. |
| (87894) | |
| 73 | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what respect the Safe Harbor proposal on personal data transfers differs from the rules that will apply under the 1995 EC Data Protection Directive. |
| (88107) | |
| 74 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate ways of facilitating the use of smart cards designed for electronic government transactions as national identity cards. |
| (86801) | |
| 75 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to make advice given to Ministers public. |
| (86781) | |
| 76 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since 1994 and in which police authority areas, section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 has been used; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88093) | |
| 77 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to reimburse from central government the cost to Wiltshire local taxpayers of policing and protecting the Stonehenge World Heritage Area; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88092) | |
| 78 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the work of East European Partnerships in Russia. |
| (88013) | |
| 79 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the measures taken by his Department since May 1997 to support family mediation. |
| (88006) | |
| 80 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the availability of legal aid for family mediation under the provisions of the Access to Justice Bill [Lords]. |
| (88008) | |
| 81 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what measures his Department intends to take to promote an increased take-up of family mediation. |
| (88007) | |
| 82 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with Wal Mart; and what subjects were discussed. |
| (88120) | |
| 83 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 21st June on the G8 summit, Official Report, columns 761-4, if he will ensure that the terms of reference of the studies on the consequences of developments in biotechnology, to be undertaken by committees of the OECD and reported to next year's summit, are placed in the Library. |
| (88094) | |
| 84 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Prime Minister, if the studies of the consequences of developments in biotechnology to be undertaken by the OECD on behalf of the G8 will be published. |
| (88085) | |
| 85 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Prime Minister, what measures he will take to prevent governments providing Serbia with funds to repair bridges whilst President Milosevic remains in power. |
| (88084) | |
| 86 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of the destruction of bridges on the Danube in Serbia upon the economies of (i) Germany, (ii) Turkey, (iii) Austria, (iv) Romania and (v) Bulgaria. |
| (88083) | |
| 87 N | Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 23rd June. |
| (87660) | |
| 88 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many households in Scotland would meet the eligibility criteria for the New Home Energy Efficiency Scheme if it were to be applied in Scotland. |
| (88152) | |
| 89 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners claiming a category A retirement pension are living with another pensioner claiming a category A retirement pension. |
| (87978) | |
| 90 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what would be the net public expenditure cost of changing the rate of deemed income from capital for means-tested benefits to £1 per week for (a) each £300 of capital, (b) each £400 of capital and (c) each £500 of capital. |
| (87979) | |
| 91 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the proportion of pensioners who will be receiving (a) a full basic pension, (b) a partial basic pension and (c) no basic pension in (i) 2010, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2030 and (iv) 2040. |
| (87980) | |
| 92 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of the poorest 20 per cent. of pensioners receive (a) a full basic pension and (b) a partial basic pension. |
| (87982) | |
| 93 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the estimated cost of raising (i) the level of income support paid to pensioners and (ii) the basic state pension and related benefits by (a) £5 per week, (b) £10 per week and (c) £20 per week. |
| (87983) | |
| 94 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of those aged 80 years and over are in each quintile of the income distribution for the population as a whole. |
| (87981) | |
| 95 N | Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what procedures his Department has established to monitor the quality of services by Business Links. |
| (87714) | |
| 96 N | Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, columns 400-1, on small businesses, what assessment was made of the level of awareness of business support services by small business owners in the research conducted since May 1997. |
| (87772) | |
| 97 | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he has taken to increase the ability of UK companies and institutions to protect their intellectual property; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88074) | |
| 98 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the extent of changes to energy savings targets for industrial sectors between 1990 and 2010; what proportion of the changes will have resulted from (a) adjustments in the economy and (b) the climate change levy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88011) | |
| 99 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures he will take to ensure that gas and electricity prices are competitive within the European Union after the climate change levy is introduced; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88012) | |
| 100 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will calculate the comparative costs of (a) electricity and (b) gas in (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) the United States of America and (iii) the EU (1) before and (2) after the climate change levy is introduced; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88105) | |
| 101 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the percentage increase in the consumption of oil, gas and electricity by (a) industry and (b) the general public since 1990; and if he will make a statement. |
| (88000) | |
| 102 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the (a) direct and (b) indirect support given by the United States government to United States aeroengine manufacturers. |
| (88122) | |
| 103 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it his policy to seek means of encouraging supermarket companies to facilitate the sale of goods produced within the vicinity of their outlets; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87996) | |
| 104 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many households in Wales would meet the eligibility criteria for the New Home Energy Efficiency Scheme if it were to be applied in Wales. |
| (88153) | |
| 105 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date his Department informed the North Wales Health Authority of its capital expenditure allocation for 1999-2000. |
| (87998) | |
| 106 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he had with (a) health authorities and (b) health trusts in Wales, during April, prior to making his decision on the comprehensive spending review settlement for the health service in Wales, (i) in general and (ii) on the impact on capital projects in their areas of the decision not to make resources available for capital developments in 1999-2000. |
| (87992) | |
| 107 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what preparations he is undertaking to develop within Wales appropriate financial management and payment systems for European Social Fund delivery for the period after 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87994) | |
| 108 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the indicative figure used by his Department for capital expenditure within the National Health Service in Wales for 1999-2000 as at 1st April; and what is the figure under his comprehensive spending review. |
| (87993) | |
| 109 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list those health sector capital schemes which had originally been intended to be commenced during the current financial year in Wales but which following the comprehensive spending review settlement made in April have not received capital allocation for 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (87997) | |
| 110 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research is currently being undertaken or commissioned by the National Radiological Protection Board on the health effects of mobile communications base stations on the neighbouring population. |
| [Transferred] (88108) | |
| 111 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what changes the Government plans in the extent of assisted areas coverage. |
| [Transferred] (88111) | |
| 112 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he proposes to take to ensure that manufacturing industry remains competitive after the introduction of the climate change levy; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (88106) | |
| 113 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect the introduction of the climate change levy will have on inward investment in each sector of industry; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (88113) | |
| 114 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the climate change levy on energy-intensive industry on (a) direct and (b) indirect employment in that industry over the next five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (88010) | |
| 115 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the climate change levy exemption is proposed for fuel consumed within the chemical reaction rather than fuel burnt to initiate the reaction within chemical industry processes. |
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| 116 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue which would be generated by charging of the climate change levy on the fuel burnt to initiate reactions within chemical industry processes. |
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| 117 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of the climate change levy on global carbon dioxide emissions caused by industry relocating to countries with less stringent environmental legislation; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 118 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the scope for other European Union countries to introduce the climate change levy at rates which are low but consistent with them achieving their Kyoto commitment; and if he will make a statement. |
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