Order Book Part 1

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Session 1998-98
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 2 July 1999

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 2 July 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 Friday 2 July, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Monday 5 July, 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.

FRIDAY 2nd JULY

1
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the national shares allocated in the fishing agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles.

(89712)

2
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the daily cost to the European Union for the destruction of intervention food stocks in the last year for which figures are available.

(89833)

3
   Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask Mr Attorney General, what guidance he has issued to the Crown Prosecution Service on the prosecution of asylum-seekers in transit in the United Kingdom who have been stopped for bearing false documents.

(89672)

4
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the current status of his proposals for Stonehenge.

(89434)

5
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action his Department is taking to safeguard archaeological remains at Verulamium; what plans English Heritage has to secure a management agreement for the site; and if he will make a statement.

(89405)

6
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to ensure that films supported by the National Lottery are released through British-owned distributors.

(89407)

7
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to encourage cinema owners to commit screen time to British films.

(89409)

8
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the percentage of gross box office rentals currently received by film distributors.

(89411)

9
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many British films financed in (i) 1996 and (ii) 1997 took advantage of capital gains tax reinvestment relief; what was the total value of equity investment in respect of these films; and what are the equivalent figures for the period since April 1998.

(89413)

10
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received regarding the effect on the British film industry of merging capital gains tax reinvestment relief with the enterprise investment scheme.

(89397)

11
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the Millennium Commission grants paid to date to the Landmark projects; and if he will make a statement.

(89399)

12
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions and in what circumstances English Heritage has exercised its powers to take control of an ancient monument.

(89400)

13
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out the responsibilities of English Heritage in relation to local government archaeological services.

(89404)

14
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met and when he next intends to meet (a) the British Archaeological Trust and (b) the British Council for Archaeology.

(89406)

15
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many films supported by the National Lottery have been released through British-owned distributors; and what proportion this represents of the total number of Lottery-funded films.

(89408)

16
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to replace the Media 2 programme to provide support for independent film distributors.

(89410)

17
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions have taken place with independent British film distributors regarding the establishment and remit of the Film Council.

(89412)

18
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education and Employment regarding the development of NVQs in archaeology.

(89414)

19
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were employed in local government archaeological services (a) in 1990 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.

(89403)

20
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list, for each year since the introduction of the National Lottery, (a) the percentage of income derived from sales in Scotland and (b) the percentage of charitable awards paid to Scottish-based voluntary organisations and charities.

(89659)

21
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the conclusions of the panel conducting the review of the future funding of the BBC will be published before Summer Adjournment; and if he will make a statement.

(89597)

22
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progess made in (a) planning for non-combatant evacuation operations, (b) organising joint exercises, (c) improving links between operational headquarters, (d) co-ordinating naval deployments, (e) exchanging information on peacekeeping activities, (f) millennium computer compliance solutions, (g) common resourcing of logistics and (h) arrangements for dealing with the media in the light of the St Malo Accord; which units, offices and desks are involved; and when the next ministerial meeting to discuss these issues is planned.

(89822)

23
N   Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the sites of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency visited by Defence Ministers since May 1997.

(89621)

24
   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department's computer systems are millennium compliant; how many officials of his Department are tasked on the issue and how many of them are technically qualified; and how many consultancy staff are supplementing in-house resources.

(89824)

25
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list each location where the United Kingdom has tested (a) chemical weapons, (b) biological weapons and (c) bacteriological weapons; and what steps have been taken to monitor and clean the locations after the tests.

(89734)

26
   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 30th June, on DERA, if his public/private partnership proposals for DERA will permit it to borrow freely on the private financial market.

(89811)

27
N   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer the question of 15th June tabled by the honourable Member for West Worcestershire on the public/private partnership proposals for DERA (ref. 87372).

(89599)

28
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd June, Official Report, colums 158-9, on FADEC software, when, between 1989 and June 1994, the FADEC software was re-designed on the Chinook MK2; what was the nature of the re-design work undertaken; and which contractor was responsible for carrying out the work.

(89860)

29
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd June, Official Report, column 327 on the inquiry into the loss of the RAF Chinook on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, if he will place in the Library the letters his Department has received from the public requesting the re-opening of the inquiry.

(89859)

30
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to develop NVQs in archaeological studies.

(89401)

31
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the numbers of participants in New Deal programmes who have not obtained a job after they have completed their participation.

(89415)

32
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to increase the participation of (a) his Department and (b) other government departments in the New Deal.

(89431)

33
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the level of administration required to be carried out by employers for the operation of the New Deal.

(89565)

34
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what reports he receives on, and what assessment he has made of, the quality of recruits to the New Deal.

(89425)

35
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the future numbers of prospective New Deal recruits.

(89432)

36
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on (a) the advertising and public relations costs incurred in the promotion of the New Deal for the long-term unemployed in 1998-99 and (b) his estimate of the cost in 1999-2000.

(89427)

37
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many invitations he and his departmental colleagues have received to speak on the continuation of grammar schools; and if he will make a statement.

(89566)

38
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the effect of the national minimum wage on the costs to employers of New Deal recruits.

(89422)

39
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the role of the Employment Service to date in the development of the New Deal.

(89424)

40
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what independent assessment he has commissioned of the quality of information about the New Deal.

(89426)

41
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the proportion of people participating in the Training and Education Option of the New Deal who obtain unsubsidised employment after completion of their training; and if he will make a statement.

(89433)

42
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the other known reasons for the departure of 9 per cent. of young New Deal participants as referred to in his Department's Statistical First Release /12/1999.

(89418)

43
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Employment Service about the number of employers to be contacted about the New Deal.

(89564)

44
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what (a) consultation he has had with the Better Regulation Task Force and (b) assessment he has made of its initiatives in assessing the administrative burdens on employers of involvement in the New Deal.

(89421)

45
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to increase the number of people who became self-employed after completing their participation in the New Deal.

(89429)

46
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he proposes to take to increase the supply of New Deal recruits.

(89423)

47
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of participants in the New Deal programme have left it to become self-employed.

(89430)

48
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to change the respective shares of resources for the New Deal to be allocated to those aged (i) under and (ii) over 25 years.

(89420)

49
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent representations he has received from (a) the Trades Union Congress, (b) the Forum of Private Business, (c) the CBI, (d) the British Chamber of Commerce and (e) the Federation of Small Businesses regarding the New Deal for the long term unemployed; and what assessment he has made of them.

(89428)

50
   Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, on how many days pupils in the state primary and secondary schools will be taught in the 1998-99 academic year; and what were the comparable figures for 10, 20 and 30 years previously.

(89823)

51
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effect of attendance at football study support centres on the educational standards of the children concerned.

(89719)

52
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the cost per pupil of a pupil attending a football study support centre.

(89720)

53
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much funding for football study support centres has been obtained from (a) sponsors and (b) football clubs.

(89723)

54
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assesment he has made of the extent to which children who are (a) disaffected with school and (b) likely to become disaffected have joined football study support centres.

(89718)

55
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the Premier League and Division One football clubs providing study support centres in (a) 1999 and (b) 2000; and how many children are (i) attending and (ii) planned to attend such centres in the case of each football club.

(89721)

56
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the number of girls attending football study support centres.

(89722)

57
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 19th April, Official Report, column 435, on action zones, if he will list actual and planned expenditure in each of the last three financial years 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 in relation (1) to local recruitment measures, (2) literacy at Key Stage 3, (3) numeracy at Key Stage 3, (4) summer numeracy schools, (5) family numeracy, (6) work-related learning, (7) social inclusion--pupil support, (8) education of travellers and displaced persons and (9) expanding local authority music services.

(89622)

58
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will state the total budget announced since May 1997 for (a) local recruitment measures, (b) family numeracy, (c) summer numeracy schools, (d) numeracy at Key Stage 3, (e) literacy at Key Stage 3, (f) summer literacy schools, (g) special educational needs, (h) work-related learning, (i) Social Inclusion-Pupil Support, (j) National Grid for Learning, (k) Education for Travellers and Displaced Persons, (l) Expanding Local Authority Music Services and (m) New Deal for Schools Phase 3 stating what amount and what percentage of that budget in each financial year is to be (i) spent within his Department, agencies and non-deparmental public bodies and (ii) allocated in grants.

(89471)

59
N   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which local authority received the highest level of support through ethnic minority achievement grant for 1999-2000.

(89439)

60
N   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which local authority contributed the greatest amount towards ethnic minority achievement grant for 1999-2000.

(89437)

61
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many man hours have been lost on work on the Jubilee Line Extension on average per month since 1st January owing to interruptions from unnecessary use of the fire alarm system.

(89398)

62
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from (a) The British Archaeological Trust and (b) the Association of Local Government Archaeology Officers regarding the effect of the local government settlement for 1999-2000 on archaeological services.

(89402)

63
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many empty homes owned by (a) government agencies and (b) local authorities were brought back into use in 1998 as a result of the developing empty property strategy promoted by his Department.

(89678)

64
   Mr John Cummings (Easington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the numbers of young, single homeless people in (a) the district council areas of (i) Easington, (ii) Durham City, (iii) Chester le-street, (iv) Derwentside, (v) Wear Valley and (b) the boroughs of (i) Sedgefield, (ii) Darlington, (iii) Sunderland and (iv) Hartlepool.

(89834)

65
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 22, on Lord Donaldson's report on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, if the report will be made available to the public.

(89395)

66
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in relation to the link road to Scratchwood Services M1, from Ellesmere Avenue NW7 (a) what vehicles are authorised to use the road, (b) who authorises use, (c) who polices unauthorised use, (d) for what purpose the link road was built, (e) whether rat running to gain access to the M1 by the link road is authorised use, (f) what consideration has been given to closing the link road and (g) what consideration has been given to measures to prevent rat running; and if he will make a statement.

(89716)

67
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what regulations exist to ensure the correct fitting of electrical systems and circuits in homes; and if he will make a statement.

(89598)

68
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the matters discussed and the outcome of the OSPAR Convention meeting in Hull on 21st to 25th June; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the submissions made by (a) the United Kingdom and (b) other OSPAR contracting parties and recognised observer organisations relevant to the United Kingdom.

(89732)

69
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the resignation of the architect responsible for designing the Millennium Urban Village at Greenwich; and if the sustainable aspects of conservation and design have been changed from the original project proposals.

(89733)

70
N   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding the harmful effect on the racing pigeon population of raptors.

(89658)

71
N   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will use his powers under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to control raptors.

(89417)

72
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 423, on the Euro (EC Seminars), at which vulnerable sectors of the population The Prince Programme was targeted.

(89826)

73
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the tax system with a view to removing measures which disadvantage, single-earner families where the wife remains at home to look after children.

(89894)

74
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reassess the married man's tax allowance to take account of the added financial responsibility of supporting a non-earning and dependent wife.

(89896)

75
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reintroduce the option of joint tax assessment for married couples, with particular reference to single-earner couples.

(89895)

76
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many life insurance ISAs are accounted for by policies with Scottish Widows.

(89353)

77
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total annual revenue that would be collected if VAT were charged at (a) 17.5 per cent. and (b) 5 per cent. on the making of arrangements for, or the underwriting of, any security or secondary security.

(89595)

78
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total annual revenue that would be collected if VAT were charged at (a) 17.5 per cent. and (b) 5 per cent. on the operation of any current, deposit or savings account as defined in subsection 8, Group 5, Schedule 9 (Exemptions) of VAT Notice 701/39 part 2.

(89594)

79
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total annual revenue that would be collected if VAT were charged at (a) 17.5 per cent. and (b) 5 per cent. on the making of any arrangements for (i) the issue, transfer or receipt of, or any dealing with, money, any security for money or any note or order for the payment of money, (ii) the making of any advance or the granting of any credit, (iii) the provision of the facility of instalment credit finance in a hire-purchase, conditional sale or credit sale agreement for which facility a separate charge is made and disclosed to the recipient of the supply of goods and (iv) the provision of administrative arrangements and documentation and the transfer of the title to the goods in connection with the provision of the facility of instalment credit finance in a hire-purchase, conditional sale or credit sale agreement for which facility a separate charge is made and disclosed to the recipient of the supply of goods if the total consideration therefore is specified in the agreement and does not exceed £10.

(89596)

80
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the percentage of taxpayers who are higher-rate taxpayers (a) in each county in England and (b) in equivalent areas in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.

(89812)

81
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the average personal income levels for each parliamentary constituency.

(89713)

82
N   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the commitments he has made with respect to the withholding tax will apply to all forms of savings in addition to eurobonds.

(89567)

83
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the total number of (i) Commission decisions, (ii) directives, (iii) Council directives, (iv) Working Group proposals and (v) Committee opinions, agreed in 1998.

(89726)

84
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 276, concerning secondary employment of senior European Commission Staff; if he will request the information sought from the European Commission; and what his policy is on secondary employment of European Commission staff.

(89807)

85
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 116, for what reason the titles of internal histories remain classified; what the level of classification is; and how many internal histories exist.

(89808)

86
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd February, Official Report, column 197, concerning activities authorised under lines 3706 and 3708 of the EU budget, when he will deposit the substantive reply in the Library.

(89810)

87
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the continuation of the trade embargos on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, indicating the proportion of global shipping that is subject to the stop and search regime.

(89820)

88
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions Ministers from his Department have debriefed ambassadors from British business; if such ambassadors are required to declare this position in meetings with foreign representatives of government; if Government policy is discussed; and if he will make a statement.

(89821)

89
   Mr Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action his Department is taking to encourage a settlement of the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea and a cessation of the deportations between the two countries; and if he will make a statement.

(89861)

90
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ensure that when a minister of his Department next visits Turkey he or she discusses with the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Turkey the lack of response to letters that have been sent to him by the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, regarding the decision taken by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Mrs Loizidou v. Turkey; and if he will make a statement.

(89817)

91
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance he is providing the Sierra Leone Government for the pursuit of perpetrators of war crimes; and if he will make a statement.

(89606)

92
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Government policy towards Abkhazia.

(89612)

93
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the present operational status of the United Kingdom High Commission in Sierra Leone.

(89605)

94
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is his policy towards encouraging the continued deployment of ECOMOG forces in Sierra Leone; what has been the total financial cost to ECOMOG of deployment to date; what has been the total (a) cost and (b) nature of United Kingdom support to ECOMOG; and if he will make a statement.

(89657)

95
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is his assessment of the current espionage threat level from Russia.

(89609)

96
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Government policy towards the Ossetias.

(89610)

97
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates Ministers in his Department plan to be absent from the office in 1999.

(89615)

98
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the overseas visits proposed for (a) himself and (b) Ministers in his Department between 1st July and 1st December.

(89614)

99
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing for human rights in Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement.

(89607)

100
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is his policy to encourage UK trade with Chechnya.

(89613)

101
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the courtesy visits and co-operation events held with Russia since 1st May 1997, sponsored by his Department.

(89611)

102
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the effects of millennium compliance internationally on (a) 9th September 1999 and (b) 1st January 2000; and what measures he is taking to alleviate difficulties identified.

(89608)

103
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the current level of cooperation with Russia on millennium compliance; what is his assessment of the (a) readiness and (b) cost of Russian compliance; and if Russian (i) ballistic missiles and (ii) power stations are millennium compliant.

(89604)

104
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what influence he is bringing to bear on behalf of the UK Government to stop the violence in Kashmir.

(89893)

105
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what he is doing to assist the peoples of Kashmir to determine their own future.

(89892)

106
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will provide assistance to innocent people who have had lives and property damaged on either side of the Kashmir line of control by Indian forces.

(89890)

107
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received concerning whether the current shelling in and around Kashmir was caused by infiltrators.

(89891)

108
   Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of the United States of America on the future of the Indian Ocean territories.

(89676)

109
   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations Her Majesty's Government has made to the United States administration on the effects of the Helms Burton Act on Cuba; and if he will make a statement.

(89827)

110
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from his US counterpart following the statement by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in China concerning the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.

(89351)

111
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 29th June, Official Report, column 116, on MOX shipments, if he will place that advice in the Library.

(89814)

112
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he intends to have further discussions with other European Ministers regarding the safety of civilian Serbs in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement.

(89601)

113
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civilian Serbs in Kosovo have been unlawfully killed since NATO troops entered.

(89602)

114
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to publish a White Paper on the atrocities carried out in Kosovo during the Serbian rule.

(89600)

115
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to establish an armed international police force in Kosovo.

(89603)

116
   Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the guidance set out in EL 95/97 in respect of relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis remains his Department's advice to health authorities.

(89831)

117
   Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NICE to announce its first wave of therapy appraisals.

(89839)

118
   Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to issue a new health service circular in respect of multiple sclerosis.

(89850)

119
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the average waiting period for orthopaedic physiotherapy by health authority in England.

(89677)

120
   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the increase in the drug tariff to the NHS, in actual and percentage terms, of (a) Thyroxine tablets (100 mcg) per 1000, (b) Erythromycin tablets (250 mg) per 500, (c) Warfarin (5 mg) tablets per 500 and (d) chlordiazepoxide (10 mg) capsules per 500 between May 1998 and May 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(89682)

121
   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the control of drug tariff prices to the NHS for (a) generic drugs and (b) branded drugs.

(89681)

122
   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (i) percentage and (ii) amount of the NHS budget was spent on medicinal drugs in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(89675)

123
   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the terms of reference for the current review of market testing of support services for NHS support services; when the review will be completed; if he will publish the results and conclusion of the review; and if he will make a statement.

(89818)

124
   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will define the term best value as it is to be applied to NHS support services.

(89809)

125
   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts for NHS laundry services have been awarded (a) in house and (b) to the commercial sector since 1985.

(89816)

126
   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list expenditure on hospital linen and laundry services by each NHS trust in each year since 1995.

(89819)

127
   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting to receive hospital treatment in Mid-Essex Hospitals Trust hospitals at (a) March 1996, (b) March 1997, (c) March 1998 and (d) March 1999.

(89728)

128
   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients on the hospital waiting lists of the Mid-Essex Hospitals Trust had waited for treatment in March of (a) 1996, (b) 1997, (c) 1998 and (d) 1999, in excess of (i) three months, (ii) six months, (iii) nine months and (iv) 12 months.

(89729)

129
   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients referred to a consultant within the area of Mid-Essex Hospitals Trust as at March in the years (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998 and (iv) 1999 had been waiting for their first appointment with a consultant in excess of (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months and (d) 12 months.

(89730)

130
   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients received elective surgery from Mid-Essex Hospitals Trust in the years commencing (a) April 1995, (b) April 1996, (c) April 1997 and April 1998.

(89731)

131
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NHS trusts are free to use private sector insurance to obtain clinical negligence cover.

(89354)

132
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from whom the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts has sought reinsurance; and if the reinsurance was competitively tendered.

(89355)

133
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which patients qualify for free prescriptions; which illnesses qualify patients for free prescriptions; and if he will make a statement.

(89663)

134
   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list his Department's reviews of the effects on health of fluoridation of water; and what have been the results of these reviews.

(89825)

135
   Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice he has received on the compatibility of the prosecution for bearing false documents of asylum-seekers in transit with Article 31 of the 1951 UN Convention relating to the status of refugees.

(89717)

136
   Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum-seekers in transit in the United Kingdom have been stopped from their onward journey and (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for bearing a false document in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998 and (iv) 1999 to date.

(89674)

137
   Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the arrangements for (a) permitting and (b) policing demonstrations in the neighbourhood of the Palace of Westminster; who is responsible for issuing such permission; and on what authority.

(89830)

138
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the companies that are or have been responsible for (a) consultancy and project management and (b) the supply of computer hardware and software in relation to the information technology programmes which are currently being planned and implemented in (i) the Passport Agency, (ii) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and (iii) the Immigration Service; and, in each case, what penalties are included in their contracts for failure to deliver to cost, on time and to standard.

(89886)

139
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the contracts awarded in relation to computerisation of the Passport Agency, indicating in each case to whom it was awarded and on what date.

(89882)

140
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the information technology programmes that have been planned and those which are currently being implemented to update (a) the Passport Agency, (b) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and (c) the Immigration Service, indicating in each case (i) their purpose, (ii) what stages of implementation have been planned and (iii) when it is expected to be fully implemented.

(89885)

141
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the payments received and (b) those currently being negotiated in respect of the failure of companies to fulfil their contracts in respect of the computerisation of the (i) Immigration and Nationality Directorate and (ii) the Passport Agency since 1990.

(89887)

142
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the contracts awarded in relation to computerisation of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, indicating in each case to whom it was awarded and on what date.

(89881)

143
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement regarding the compatibility of the software and data handling systems currently being implemented in (a) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and (b) the Passport Agency.

(89884)

144
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library copies of all documents relating to the computerisation of (a) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, (b) the Document Reception Centre, (c) the Public Enquiry Office, (d) the casework programme and (e) the Passport Agency, listing those pages which have been withheld, giving the reason in each case.

(89883)

145
N   Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average cost of (a) a litmus test and (b) laboratory analysis of urine taken for drug-testing purposes in prisons.

(89473)

146
N   Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to expand the use of litmus tests in mandatory drug testing in prisons.

(89472)

147
N   Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances, under the provisions of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords], the complainant in a rape trial could be denied screening from the defendant.

(89664)

148
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been lodged by Kosovars since 1st January; how many have been processed; and what were the outcomes.

(89623)

149
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Kosovar refugees received in the United Kingdom have (a) been returned to Kosovo and (b) requested a return passage to Kosovo.

(89619)

150
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Kosovar refugees have been received in the United Kingdom; if he will list the centres receiving Kosovar refugees; and how many Kosovar refugees have left the accommodation where they were originally housed on entering the United Kingdom.

(89616)

151
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of police-operated closed circuit television cameras with forthcoming changes in European human rights legislation.

(89352)

152
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of when the prison population will return to the level at May 1997.

(89832)

153
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of installing and operating a system of recording the entry and departure of visitors to the United Kingdom.

(89829)

154
   Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the travel documents for Miss Sokcevic (Immigration Reference No. S797486) will be produced.

(89862)

155
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to whom the Video Appeals Committee is responsible; to who appoints its members; and if he will make a statement.

(89662)

156
   Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the subject of LD 50 tests on animals; and if he will make a statement.

(89724)

157
N   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which authorities have received contributions of over 50 per cent. towards ethnic minority support under section 11 since 1995.

(89438)

158
N   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specialised rescue appliances will be available in Bradford Metropolitan Area following the proposals made by West Yorkshire Fire Authority.

(89435)

159
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is the total cash payment in 1999 to date to UNHCR from her Deparment.

(89620)

160
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what overseas visits are proposed for (a) her and (b) Ministers in her Department from 1st July to 1st December.

(89617)

161
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what dates she and the Minister of State plan to be absent from the office in 1999.

(89618)

162
N   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what grant support her Department has given to (a) the Foundation for International Community Assistance and (b) the Small Enterprise Foundation in South Africa.

(89416)

163
   Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what guidance has been issued to magistrates and crown courts on the trial and sentencing of asylum-seekers who have been stopped in transit in the United Kingdom for bearing false documents.

(89673)

164
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is his estimate of the number of people in England and Wales who are both chairman of a police authority and of a magistrate's court committee where the areas of operation are approximately the same; and if he will make a statement.

(89725)

165
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many court actions for mortgage repossessions were brought at Newton County Court in each year since 1990.

(89680)

166
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if the EU Charter of Rights will include rights not presently accorded to citizens under EU law.

(89813)

167
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the official histories held by each Government department.

(89727)

168
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on Government policy towards the export of arms to Turkey.

(89836)

169
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions the acting European commissoners have represented the Commission (a) at Council of Ministers meetings, (b) at other internal Committee meetings, (c) at public events and (d) at international meetings, following the no-confidence motion at the European Parliament.

(89828)

170
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if it is Government policy to restrict spending increases allotted to EC development assistance programmes; and if he will make a statement.

(89735)

171
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what is his present estimate of (a) military and (b) civilian deaths resulting from NATO air activity over Yugoslavia.

(89736)

172
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Prime Minister, what guidance he gives Ministers about letting honourable Members know in advance when they visit an honourable Member's constituency in a ministerial capacity.

(89396)

173
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, what considerations led him to conclude that the subjects for discussion within the Joint Cabinet Consultative Committee should be exempt from the code of practice on Access to Government Information.

(89837)

174
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, if the 30 year rule applies to the Joint Cabinet Consultative Committee; and if he will make a statement.

(89838)

175
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will lift the exemption from disclosure under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information of proceedings in the Joint Consultative Committee.

(89815)

176
   Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the running costs of the Secretary of State's Office for 1999-2000.

(89857)

177
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what proportion of (a) written and (b) oral questions, answered by his Department since 26th January, the reply contained an indication that this would be a matter for the Scottish Parliament after the transfer of functions.

(89806)

178
   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will state the (a) cost of and (b) numbers affected by amending the law to ensure entitlement to incapacity benefit is reliant on a requisite record of past National Insurance contributions in (i) one of the last three complete tax years, (ii) one of the last four complete tax years, (iii) one of the last five complete tax years, (iv) one of the last six complete tax years and (v) one of the last seven complete tax years.

(89714)

179
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to treat housewives as independent individuals for social security purposes.

(89888)

180
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the position under the social security system of women who stay at home in order to look after children.

(89889)

181
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will take steps to support parents who remain at home to look after their children by paying a benefit directly to the parent.

(89880)

182
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many complaints the Benefits Agency has received in the past year from people who were not paid their pensions, having reached pensionable age; what discussions he has had with the Benefits Agency about the prompt payment of benefits; and if he will make a statement.

(89660)

183
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions Ministers have held regarding the maintenance of energy supplies over the millennium.

(89858)

184
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which Minister in his Department plans to attend the Telecom '99 Conference to be held in Geneva from October 10th to 17th.

(89419)

185
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment the Government has made of the millennium computer compliance of systems relating to the (a) Channel Tunnel and (b) supply of electricity from the French power grid.

(89855)

186
   Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it his policy that all homes within the United Kingdom should be connected to mains electricity by the end of 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(89851)

187
   Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will provide grants to support the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources by households without mains electricity; and if he will make a statement.

(89852)

188
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what powers the trading standards officers have to regulate the provision of services; and if he will make a statement.

(89661)

189
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people are currently employed in the medical and pharmaceutical applications of biotechnology in the United Kingdom; and what has been the annual financial contribution of this area of biotechnology to the United Kingdom's gross domestic product from 1992 to date in actual terms and in terms of a percentage of gross domesic product.

(89715)

190
   Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the running costs of the Secretary of State's Office for 1999-2000.

(89856)

191
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had on proposals for reform of the financial and organisational structures of further education colleges.

(89853)

192
   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what action he has taken to reduce hospital waiting lists; and if he will make a statement.

(89854)

193
N   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on assisted area status and its effects on Deeside.

(89671)

194
N   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what new measures he is taking to improve (a) rail services and (b) bus services in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(89669)

195
N   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what amounts of money each of the university colleges receive in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(89668)

196
N   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what extra monies he has given to each of the local education authorities of Wales since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(89667)

197
N   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on Objective II status for Deeside.

(89670)

198
N   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on hill livestock compensation allowances.

(89665)

199
N   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his assessment of the prospects for the export of Welsh beef; and if he will make a statement.

(89666)

200
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what arrangements he has made for the translation of press releases from Government departments into the Welsh language.

(89679)

201
N   Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what exemptions are available to classic car owners from the European End of Life Vehicle Directive.

[Transferred] (89436)

202
N   Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what steps he plans to bring UK law into line with Article 2 of the 1968 Brussels Convention on court action against companies registered abroad.

[Transferred] (89349)

203
N   Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will take steps to ensure that companies are legally liable for injuries caused to overseas workers as a result of operational decisions taken in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (89350)

204
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will list those areas where the Government is planning contingency measures against the potential effects of millennium computer compliance failure in other countries.

[Transferred] (89835)