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Session 1998-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 24 June 1999 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 24 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 24th JUNE
1	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 250, if a provisional agenda was available to him prior to the council meeting.
	(88219)
2	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will instruct all operational staff of the Meat Hygiene Service to record in writing complaints made to them by staff or management of slaughterhouses, meat cutting plants and poultry processing plants concerning the conduct or performance of Meat Hygiene Service staff and to forward those records to the Chief Executive of the Meat Hygiene Service for response within a reasonable time, and require that those records be available for inspection by auditing staff of the Joint Food Safety and Standards Group.
	(88292)
3	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if raw meat products produced from whole carcases in meat processing plants, in premises which come under the supervision of local authority enforcement officers, fail to meet hygiene standards, more frequently than meats produced from whole carcases in cutting plants which come under the supervision of the Meat Hygiene Service.
	(88395)
4	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many representations he has received on conversion qualifications to allow meat hygiene inspectors and environmental health officers to qualify as official veterinary surgeons.
	(88282)
5	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps are taken to ascertain whether, in respect of allegations being made as to contraventions by owners, managers or staff of slaughterhouses of the meat hygiene or specified risk material regulations, there are mitigating circumstances or other factors which would indicate that to continue or initiate proceedings would not be in the public interest.
	(88296)
6	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations (a) he and (b) his officials have made to the European Union Commission as to the composition of the EU Food and Veterinary Office.
	(88287)
7	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what information he has given to Meat Hygiene Service Personnel on their future roles under the Food Standards Agency.
	(88291)
8	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans his Department has to ensure that the performance of the Meat Hygiene Service is independently monitored.
	(88279)
9	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if staffing of the European Union Food and Veterinary Office is allocated on the basis of national quotas.
	(88295)
10	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what criteria are used by official veterinary surgeons employed by the Meat Hygiene Service to determine whether wool fibres on the surfaces of dressed lamb carcases, transferred during the slaughtering process, comprise unacceptable contamination; and what quantity of fibre is permitted.
	(88290)
11	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with and what communication he has received from, EU Commission officials on the establishment of the Food Standards Agency.
	(88285)
12	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the definition of the term critical control point used in the hazard analysis and critical control points system; and how many critical control points there should be in (a) a typical slaughterhouse, (b) a red meat cutting plant and (c) a poultry processing plant operation; and at what stages in each operation.
	(88289)
13	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many professional grade officials are employed by the European Union Food and Veterinary Office; and how many are (a) United Kingdom citizens, (b) qualified veterinarians and (c) qualified environmental health officers.
	(88221)
14	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if applicants for (a) professional posts in the European Union Food and Veterinary Office and (b) public service posts with the UK Government or its agencies are permitted to canvas in support of their applications.
	(88299)
15	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will establish an expert multi-disciplinary audit of the Meat Hygiene Service independent of the Joint Food Safety and Standards Group.
	(88286)
16	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the current arrangements for auditing the performance of the Meat Hygiene Service.
	(88396)
17	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish details of the performance assessments of official veterinary surgeons and their inspection teams.
	(88281)
18	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with (a) the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and (b) the British Veterinary Association concerning the English language skills of foreign-trained veterinary surgeons seeking employment in this country.
	(88294)
19	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the level of official supervision in (a) meat processing plants supervised by local authorities and (b) cutting plants supervised by the Meat Hygiene Service.
	(88298)
20	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reasons the complete skinning of bovine heads is required in instances where no part is to be used for human consumption.
	(88284)
21	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many inspections of UK food premises were made by officials of the European Union Food and Veterinary Office in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 1998-99; and what was the purpose of those inspections.
	(88288)
22	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (i) the microbiological results of the Meat Hygiene Service's policy of requiring the trimming of contamination from freshly-dressed carcases, and (ii) if the Meat Hygiene Service procedure had resulted in an overall reduction in the incidence of E. coli 0157 in carcase meat.
	(88297)
23	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will establish an independent inquiry, chaired by a senior lawyer, into the performance and activities of his Department's legal department, in respect of their proceedings against the owners, managers and staff of slaughterhouses for alleged contraventions of the meat hygiene and specified risk material regulations.
	(88293)
24	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many invitations (a) he and (b) the Minister have received to visit slaughterhouses since their appointments; and how many each has visited.
	(88337)
25	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what criteria are used by veterinary officers of the Joint Food Safety and Standards Group during their routine audits of Meat Hygiene Service performance to assess the competence and performance of official veterinary surgeons.
	(88283)
26	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assistance he is giving to the establishment of farmers' markets; and if he will make a statement.
	(88168)
27   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask Mr Attorney General, what (a) representations he made, (b) correspondence he had and (c) meetings he held about (i) the creation of the vacancy for Treasury Counsel (Common Law) in May 1997 and (ii) the filling of the vacancy.
	(88016)
28   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will place in the the Library copies of the witness statements disclosed by the respondent in the case of Hayes v. Attorney General.
	(88017)
29   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list the documents disclosed by the respondent in the case of Hayes v. Attorney General and place copies in the Library.
	(88018)
30	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which ministers have visited the north west region since May 1997; and which constituencies they visited.
	(88389)
31   N	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on the pension arrangements for departmental special advisers.
	(87963)
32   N	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the average cost of providing (a) office accommodation and (b) secretarial support for (i) a departmental special adviser and (ii) one official at Grade 5 and above in the last year for which figures are available.
	(87964)
33	Valerie Davey (Bristol West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the sports co-ordinators for schools will be apportioned (a) by individual sport, (b) by school sector and (c) in other ways; and if they will include co-ordinators for swimming events.
	(88183)
34   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals he has to replace stocks of Tomahawk missiles used in the Kosovo theatre; what contracts exist with the United States for replacement of Tomahawk stocks; and if he will make a statement.
	(87829)
35   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress made with setting up the Defence Aviation Repair Agency.
	(87830)
36   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) total expenditure by his Department on Tomahawk missiles from the United States and (b) average cost of each missile, including support costs.
	(87831)
37   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to renegotiate the RAF repair, overhaul modification and upgrade contracts held by private companies once reponsibility for such contracts is transferred to the new Defence Aviation Repair Agency; which RAF repair, overhaul, modification and upgrade contracts are currently under review; and if he will make a statement.
	(87832)
38   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tomahawk missiles were (a) available for use by the British armed forces and (b) in stock on (i) 20th March and (ii) 16th June.
	(87833)
39   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tanks were (a) destroyed and (b) significantly damaged during the military action against Yugoslavia.
	(88079)
40   N	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if it is Her Majesty's Government's policy to follow the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations' guidelines on the minimum age for peacekeepers in relation to the UK members of the NATO peacekeeping force in Kosovo.
	(88015)
41   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Army infantry battalions are currently deployed in (a) Kosovo, (b) Bosnia, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Germany.
	(88125)
42   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current strength of 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment.
	(88127)
43   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force personnel are currently committed to active service operations; and what percentage are warned to deploy to such operations.
	(88124)
44   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units now not deployed in Kosovo are warned to deploy to Kosovo; and where are these units now deployed.
	(88126)
45   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army are currently deployed on operations in (a) Kosovo, (b) Bosnia and (c) Germany.
	(88128)
46	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if regular Royal Air Force pilots have been trained to fly the Antonov 124.
	(88310)
47	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Antonov 124, with a military aircraft release certificate, would meet his Department's required in-service date of 2001 under the Strategic Short-Term Airlift Programme.
	(88313)
48	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many companies will be on the tender list for the Strategic Short-Term Airlift Programme; and when the list will be announced.
	(88311)
49	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Antonov 124 has military aircraft release.
	(88309)
50   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 148, if he will place in the Library the March 1999 paper produced by his Department's Gulf Veterans' Illness Unit in respect of testing for the presence of depleted uranium.
	(87834)
51   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 146, on depleted uranium, by what means service personnel can identify a vehicle damaged by depleted uranium ammunition; and if he will make a statement.
	(87835)
52   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 148, on the radio programme, Costing the Earth, if he will place a copy of the Minister of State's contribution in the Library; and what assessment he has made of the (a) extent and (b) consequences of the use of depleted uranium ammunition.
	(87896)
53	Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the Meteorological Office in Newcastle; and if he will make a statement.
	(88280)
54	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to consider first (a) United Kingdom companies and (b) companies operating in the United Kingdom when placing orders; and what further plans he has to support United Kingdom manufacturers.
	(88403)
55   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 21st May, Official report, column 475, when he expects to reach a decision on the appeal made by Rainsford School, Chelmsford, against the direction of Essex County Council to admit a pupil, whose name has been supplied to his Department.
	(88081)
56	Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list by LEA the number of additional out-of-school childcare places created under the National Childcare Strategy.
	(88187)
57	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list actual and planned expenditure in each financial year by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on (a) market research, (b) conferences, (c) direct mail, (d) advertising and publicity, (e) opinion polling, (f) web sites, (g) hospitality, (h) central administration costs and (i) external consultants and advisers on (i) summer literacy schools, (ii) the National Grid for Learning, (iii) the New Deal for Schools Phase 3 and (iv) special educational needs.
	(88182)
58	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the education initiatives launched since May 1997 under which specific grants are allocated (a) through the Standards Fund and (b) by other means, stating in each case and for each financial year the funding provided by central government.
	(88170)
59	Dan Norris (Wansdyke):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many classes for pupils aged five to seven years in (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire had more than 30 pupils in each year from 1992 to date.
	(88218)
60	Dan Norris (Wansdyke):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many classes for pupils aged five to seven years in (a) South Gloucestershire and (b) Bath and North East Somerset had 30 or fewer pupils in each year from 1992 to date.
	(88213)
61	Dan Norris (Wansdyke):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children aged five to seven years in (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire were in classes of more than 30 pupils in each year from 1992 to date.
	(88217)
62	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Faversham and Mid-Kent dated 24th April about the definition of a parent in a ballot on grammar schools.
	(88196)
63	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects to announce the results of his consultation on teaching.
	(88165)
64	Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment the Environment Agency has made of the damage caused by cormorants to inland fishing.
	(88194)
65	Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will name those authorities in receipt of the area cost adjustment and the additional SSA which they received for 1999-2000.
	(88188)
66	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the number of car journeys made to out-of-town supermarkets in the last year for which figures are available.
	(88328)
67	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of planning applications for wind farms which have been refused; how many appeals against such refusals have been made and in each case on what grounds.
	(88394)
68	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many local authorities do not make housing provision for single mothers under the age of 18 years.
	(88393)
69	Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his oral Answer of 13th April, Official Report, column 11, on sites of special scientific interest, when he expects to announce how the Government intends to proceed.
	(88336)
70	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the latest agenda of the Environment Council of 24th-25th June prior to the meeting.
	(88169)
71	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of journeys were on foot in the most recent year for which data is available.
	(88162)
72	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many officials in his Department are directly employed promoting walking policies; and what proportion this figure represents of the total number of people employed by his Department.
	(88163)
73	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what additional funding he plans to make available for the A5/M1 link road in Bedfordshire.
	(88171)
74	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Railtrack regarding the introduction of 12 car trains between North Kent and London.
	(88203)
75	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Railtrack regarding the introduction of trackside equipment to allow North Kent Networker trains to make use of their REGEN braking system.
	(88202)
76	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussion he has had with Railtrack regarding the upgrading of the power supply on North Kent lines to allow longer trains to run.
	(88204)
77	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has held with Railtrack regarding the completion of new track signalling systems for North Kent commuter lines.
	(88201)
78	Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of pollution and (b) threat of pollution arising from spillages from oil storage tanks with insecure stop-cocks; and if he will make a statement.
	(88195)
79	Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what studies into passenger levels on the London Underground have been commissioned by his Department since 1st May 1997.
	(88431)
80	Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what studies have been carried out into the practical effects of the closure of the London Underground Northern Line between Moorgate and Kennington stations from 3rd July until 6th September.
	(88427)
81	Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he was first informed that the engineering works on the Circle Line might necessitate the suspension of the Circle Line service.
	(88429)
82	Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what studies have been carried out into the practical effects of the closure of the London Underground Circle Line between Gloucester Road and High Street Kensington stations from 12th June to 15th August.
	(88430)
83	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual (a) worldwide and (b) UK revenues, assuming international agreement, from a tax on international currency speculation set at (i) 0.1 per cent., (ii) 0.25 per cent. and (iii) 0.5 per cent.
	(88226)
84	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the (i) advantages and (ii) disadvantages of the imposition by the UK of taxation upon borrowings in foreign currencies by UK domestic companies; what discussions he has had on such proposals in respect of other countries vulnerable to currency stocks in relevant international economic fora; if he will estimate the taxation income for the United Kingdom of a 1 per cent. tax rate; and if he will make a statement.
	(88327)
85	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the impact of (i) a 20 per cent. withholding tax (a) with and (b) without, an exemption on interest earnings abroad and (ii) a requirement for the provision of information on capital income to the tax authority of a relevant country, (A) fraud, (B) money-laundering, (C) reduced bank transparency and (D) the movement of funds to overseas tax havens; and if he will make a statement.
	(88399)
86	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis the calculation of the revenue generated from the introduction of climate change levy was made; and if he will make a statement.
	(88199)
87	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his targets in terms of income from national insurance contributions and allowances for energy efficiency agreements on an industry by industry basis; and if he will make a statement.
	(88225)
88	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the net financial impact on the Government following the introduction of the climate change levy, in terms of the reduction of national insurance contributions for (a) central Government employees and (b) local Government and public services employees; and if he will make a statement.
	(88322)
89	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the advantages of basing the climate change levy on the amount of carbon dioxide released; and if he will make a statement.
	(88387)
90	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the (a) benefits and (b) disadvantages of applying the climate change levy to domestic consumers; and if he will make a statement.
	(88323)
91	Ms Claire Ward (Watford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress is being made on the implementation of Inland Revenue 35.
	(88222)
92   N	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has to improve the fiscal position of people over retirement age.
	(87077)
93	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place summaries of notes received from the Government of the Russian Federation about NATO's action in Kosovo during the course of the conflict in the Library.
	(88331)
94	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to the Russian Federation Government concerning the level of civilian control over its military; and if he will make a statement.
	(88330)
95	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the current proposals presented to the United Nations relating to Iraq from (i) the UK, (ii) France and (iii) other nations; and what response Iraq has made to each.
	(88326)
96	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the proposed cultural representation in Lithuania of (a) France and (b) Germany; and if he will make a statement.
	(88324)
97	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the British Council on their proposed representation in Lithuania; how many staff, of what grades, will be deployed and at what annual cost; and if he will make a statement.
	(88325)
98	Jane Griffiths (Reading East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the recommendations of the UN Group of Experts on Cambodia for the establishment of an ad hoc international tribunal outside Cambodia to try senior Khmer Rouge leaders are implemented; and if he will make a statement.
	(88189)
99	Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the outcome of the General Affairs Council held in Luxembourg on 21st and 22nd June; and if he will make a statement.
	(88334)
100	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the agenda for the EU-Latin America/Caribbean summit of 25th to 29th June prior to the meeting.
	(88332)
101	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress is being made towards voter registration in East Timor in preparation for the referendum on 8th August.
	(88321)
102	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the United Nations Security Council on violence in East Timor.
	(88319)
103	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received concerning intimidation and displacement of the population in East Timor.
	(88320)
104	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the likely increase in the birth rate during public holidays at the start of the new Millennium.
	(88404)
105	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) reports and (b) research have been produced by the Women's Unit; when these were produced; and which have been published.
	(88388)
106	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to health authorities on measures to reduce non-consultant waiting times.
	(88391)
107	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned into the running costs of NHS trusts, with particular reference to (a) cost and quality of service and (b) overheads, buildings and plant.
	(88390)
108	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets he has set health care trusts for the eradication of temporary contracts; and if he will make a statement.
	(88392)
109	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total amount spent on the National Health Service in Lancashire from April 1998 to April 1999.
	(88312)
110	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is taking to improve security for staff working in accident and emergency departments.
	(88340)
111	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he proposes to publish a new National Health Service circular on the use of beta-interferon in the treatment of multiple sclerosis to replace Health Service Circular 1999/101.
	(88191)
112	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the proposed health service circular on the use of beta-interferon in the treatment of multiple sclerosis will distinguish between its value in treating relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis and secondary progressive multiple scleroris.
	(88190)
113	Dan Norris (Wansdyke):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made on reducing management posts in the NHS.
	(88216)
114	Dan Norris (Wansdyke):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to protect children from the effects of passive smoking in public places.
	(88214)
115	Dan Norris (Wansdyke):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to restrict smoking in the workplace.
	(88215)
116	Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many long-term care beds for elderly and mentally disabled people were available in each health authority area in England on 1st May.
	(88227)
117	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral Answer of 30th March, Official Report, column 844, if he will meet Dr Niblet to discuss the number of beds in relation to demand for them at Bedford Hospital.
	(88184)
118   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times are for orthopaedic (i) initial consultation and (ii) operations in (a) Dorset, (b) Somerset and (c) Bristol; and if he will make a statement on the procedures for the referral of a patient for an operation to a hospital outside his health authority area.
	(88020)
119	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what preparations are being made by the Passport Agency for the processing of criminal record checks; and if he will make a statement.
	(88167)
120	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th May, Official Report, column 296, concerning police manpower, when he intends to publish figures for the number of police officers, per force and in total, on 31st March; and if he will make a statement.
	(88192)
121	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey of 14th June, Official Report, columns 53-4, on jury trial, if he will place in the Library a summary of the responses received during the consultation exercise concerning the proposal to remove the defendant's ability to elect for Crown Court trial in either way cases; and if he will make a statement.
	(88333)
122	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the (a) US and (b) Lithuanian authorities in connection with allegations of war crimes by Mr Aloyzas Balsys; and if he will make a statement.
	(88329)
123	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that the lead security vehicle for the Prime Minister is a British-made vehicle.
	(88161)
124	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he (a) has given and (b) plans to give to local partnerships to ensure consistency in the questions asked by local authorities and police forces for the purpose of audits under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
	(88317)
125	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 21st May, Official Report, column 467, on crime and disorder audits, if he will list those partnerships that have made road safety a priority issue.
	(88316)
126	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what priority he gives to road casualty reduction within the strategic objectives he has set for the Police Service.
	(88314)
127	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place between his Department and the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions for linking the aims and objectives for the Police Service with the National Road Safety Strategy.
	(88315)
128	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 783, what the role of F Branch of the Security Service formerly dealing with subversion currently is; what proportion of its work relates to the pensions of former F Branch employees; if the threat assessment set out on page 12 of the Home Office publication of 1998, MI5--the Security Service, with particular reference to subversion, still applies; and if the statement on page 19 that there are no investigations into subversion is still valid.
	(88224)
129	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress of the police inquiry into the murder of Jill Dando.
	(88405)
130	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the time-scale for processing passport applications at the Peterborough Passport Office received (a) by post and (b) by special arrangement with Post Office Counters.
	(88166)
131	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will survey those persons admitted to young offenders' institutions over the next three calendar months to establish how many and which had been members of uniformed youth organisations; for what duration; and what percentage of admissions this represents.
	(88420)
132	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements the Passport Agency has made with Post Office Counters for fast-tracking the processing of passport applications.
	(88164)
133	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have had (a) visits curtailed and (b) closed visits enforced because of drugs being smuggled during prison visits in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(88302)
134	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of inmates were locked in their cells for (a) less than 10 hours a day, (b) between 10 and 15 hours a day, (c) between 15 and 20 hours a day and (d) in excess of 20 hours a day in each prison and young offenders' institutions in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(88304)
135	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prison drug tests proved positive in (a) drug-free wings and (b) other wings in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(88306)
136	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dogs are currently used in the Prison Service for the purpose of detecting drugs in prison; where they are located; how many prisons do not have full-time and exclusive access to such a dog; and what the costs are of training and keeping such a dog.
	(88307)
137	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into a correlation between drug abuse and the level of opportunity for work, training or recreation in prison.
	(88305)
138	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantities of what unauthorised drugs were found in HM prisons and young offenders' institutions in each of the last five calendar years.
	(88301)
139	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests have been made on suspicion of smuggling drugs into prison, (b) prosecutions have been brought and (c) convictions have been obtained in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(88303)
140   N	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what help her Department is planning for Montenegro.
	(88116)
141   N	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department will differentiate between humanitarian aid and aid for reconstruction in relation to Serbia.
	(88117)
142   N	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement about her Department's involvement in the planned reconstruction of Kosovo.
	(88115)
143   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what (a) representations he made, (b) correspondence he had and (c) meetings he held about (i) the creation of the vacancy for Treasury Counsel (Common Law) in May 1997 and (ii) the filling of the vacancy.
	(88019)
144	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his Department's timetable is for implementing the remaining provisions of the Family Law Act 1996.
	(88185)
145	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if legally-aided family mediation will be available under the provisions of the Family Law Act 1996.
	(88186)
146	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement on her review of the operations to locate the disappeared in Northern Ireland.
	(88335)
147   N	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Government has for any sum exceeding the projected £70 million raised from the proposed privatisation of Belfast Harbour; and if she will make a statement.
	(88118)
148   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, what steps (a) the United Kingdom and (b) other NATO governments are taking to assist gypsies (i) suspected of having been informers for the Yugoslav authorities and (ii) who have moved out of Kosovo into other parts of Yugoslavia.
	(88078)
149   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 21st June, on Kosovo, with reference to the question from the honourable Member for Islington North, Official Report, column 772, if he will list the claims of environmental damage in Yugoslavia which had been exaggerated.
	(88077)
150	Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the total rateable value of the Pollok Centre in Glasgow; how much was paid in rates by the centre during the last financial year; and how much and what percentage of the total raised was made available to Glasgow City Council.
	(88160)
151   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to establish and publish the Poverty Audit Index.
	(87087)
152	Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many appeals against decisions of the War Pensions Agency have been (a) submitted and (b) successful in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(88223)
153	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish a breakdown of (a) the current emission levels and (b) the estimated emission levels following the introduction of the climate change levy by industrial sector; and if he will make a statement.
	(88300)
154	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed (a) directly and (b) indirectly in UK companies who use the electrolysis process; and if he will make a statement.
	(88197)
155	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 economic impact of the climate change levy on those chemical industries which are based on the electrolysis process; and if he will make a statement.
	(88198)
156	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in what way the climate change levy will promote the efficient generation of electricity; and if he will make a statement.
	(88200)
157	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of extra jobs which will be created as a result of the reduction in employers' national insurance contributions and (b) the extent of job losses in manufacturing industry following the introduction of the climate change levy; and if he will make a statement.
	(88406)
158	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 amount of energy used by UK companies in the electrolysis process within the chemical industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(88173)
159	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the emission savings that could be achieved (a) by an additional 5 per cent. tax on domestic energy consumption and (b) by the introduction of the climate change levy; and if he will make a statement.
	(88318)
160	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action he proposes to take in response to the Report on Electricity Supply Interruptions.
	(88308)
161   N	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of benefit payments made to pensioners were paid by automated credit transfer in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will provide a comparable figure for the payment of benefits by automated credit transfer to non-pensioners
	(88109)
162   N	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many rural post offices there were in Scotland, Wales and England (a) at the latest available date, (b) in 1997, (c) in 1989 and (d) in 1979.
	(88080)
163   N	Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the timetable for the compensation payments awarded by the High Court to be paid to the former miners diagnosed with vibration white finger; and how many people (a) are eligible for payments, (b) are awaiting payments and (c) have received payment in full.
	(87984)
164   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will reply to the letter of 18th May from Rosemary Maddock of Highclere, Slapton, near Kingsbridge, Devon, about a former employee of Anchorpac Ltd.
	(87986)
165	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate for each local authority social service department in Wales the cost of funding the discharge from hospital of patients of pensionable age who are currently medically fit to be discharged but are in need of respite care; and if he will make a statement.
	(88172)
166   N	Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the education budgets for each county in Wales for (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000, indicating the additional allocations of ring-fenced education funding from central government.
	(87985)
167	Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the monies available to the Environment Agency for inland fishery work for each of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (88193)
168	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the Chernobyl-type nuclear reactors, indicating those which are in operation.
	[Transferred] (88398)
169	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the safety of remaining Chernobyl-type nuclear reactors; and if he will make a statement on programmes of remedial action to which Her Majesty's Government has contributed.
	[Transferred] (88397)
170	Ms Claire Ward (Watford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of immigration cases required the production of DNA tests to prove family relationships in each of the last three years.
	[Transferred] (88220)

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