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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 27 July 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 27 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 Tuesday 27 July, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 19 October, see Part 2 of this Paper. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, if the House of Commons composts organic waste produced on the Parliamentary Estate. |
| (93328) | |
| 2 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if it is his policy not to amend the arrangements his Department has for applying section 40 to 49 of the Animal Health Act 1981 and any subordinate legislation made under the same sections of the Act; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93213) | |
| 3 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. |
| (93456) | |
| 4 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on which occasions since 1993 his Department has received written or oral approaches from the honourable Member for Hertford and Stortford on matters relating to fruit production in Belize since 1993. |
| (93240) | |
| 5 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the impact of his proposals for Milk Marque on the access of Milk Marque's members to CAP support measures. |
| (93248) | |
| 6 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the countries visited by himself and his predecessor since 1st May 1997. |
| (92804) | |
| 7 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he intends to visit (a) Poland, (b) Hungary, (c) the Czech Republic, (d) Slovenia and (e) Estonia. |
| (92690) | |
| 8 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the effect of a ban on hunting on the risk of an outbreak of rabies in this country; and what arrangements he has made to review quarantine regulations governing the importation of animals. |
| (93484) | |
| 9 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what provision he will make for veterinary supervision and carcass disposal in accordance with European directives, following the introduction of a ban on hunting. |
| (93487) | |
| 10 | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many mink and fox factory farms there are, by county, in England and Wales. |
| (93616) | |
| 11 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will issues guidance to bee-keepers about protection from contact with genetically-modified material in cases where they wish to label their produce as organic and non-genetically modified; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93201) | |
| 12 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. |
| (93464) | |
| 13 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding programmes local drug rehabilitation and prevention organisations can apply for under the Government's anti-drugs strategy. |
| (93202) | |
| 14 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. |
| (93463) | |
| 15 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. |
| (93465) | |
| 16 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was (a) the number of staff employed by the Defence Export Services Organisation in Indonesia in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 1997-98 and (b) the budget of DESO's branch office in Indonesia in (1) 1996-97 and (2) 1997-98. |
| (93291) | |
| 17 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 19th July, Official Report, column 417, on the Child Support Agency, if deductions from pay to meet child maintenance assessments are made when this would take total deductions over the 25 per cent. limit. |
| (93371) | |
| 18 | Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to publish a consultation paper on the issue of compensation to members of the armed forces who suffer injury in the course of their duties. |
| (93555) | |
| 19 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will implement the recommendation made by the Defence Committee in its Second Report (The Appointment of the New Head of Defence Export Services HC 512) to commission a detailed assessment of the full costs and benefits of defence exports for the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93558) | |
| 20 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the terms of reference of the Technical Readiness and Risk Assessment Programme established to address the technical requirements of a United Kingdom ballistic missile defence programme; and if he will make a statement on their work since establishment. |
| (92963) | |
| 21 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for South Swindon of 21st July, Official Report, columns 534-5, about the defence response to the threat posed by biological and chemical weapons, what expenditure he plans in this area additional to the level of spending previously earmarked for (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02. |
| (93337) | |
| 22 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the operating costs in the last financial year of the units involved in biological and chemical defence tasks. |
| (93314) | |
| 23 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if HQ Land Command at Wilton has stand-by generators adequate to ensure security of electricity supply to meet all normal requirements. |
| (92964) | |
| 24 N | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the number of low-flying training flights across the Scottish borders by heavy jets at (a) 100 and (b) 250 feet for the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (93320) | |
| 25 N | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the incidence and expected future trends in tactical low-flying training over the Border Region in heavy jets. |
| (93321) | |
| 26 N | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the incidence and expected future trends in the use of Spade Adam training base for tactical low-flying training involving heavy jets. |
| (93322) | |
| 27 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Welsh colonels have served in the Royal Regiment of Wales during the past 10 years. |
| (93324) | |
| 28 N | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Welsh commanding officers are serving in the Royal Regiment of Wales. |
| (93323) | |
| 29 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimates he has made of the reduction in cost overruns for major projects in each of the next five years arising from the introduction of the Smart Procurement initiative; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93548) | |
| 30 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what health monitoring of pregnant women and children is being undertaken in Kosovo in areas affected by the use of depleted uranium weapons. |
| (93455) | |
| 31 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. |
| (93457) | |
| 32 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will provide a breakdown of the forecast administrative cost savings to be achieved under his proposals in Learning to Succeed (Cm 4392). |
| (93381) | |
| 33 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the current number of (a) local education authorities, (b) TECs and (c) local lifelong learning partnerships; and how many local learning and skills councils are planned. |
| (93378) | |
| 34 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received over the past 12 months from (a) vice-chancellors and (b) others concerning top-up fees. |
| (93379) | |
| 35 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what evidence he has of delays among local authorities in the assessment process of means for student loans and tuition fees. |
| (93380) | |
| 36 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will define the responsibilities for inspection in general further education colleges between the (i) Further Education Inspectorate and (ii) OFSTED, respectively, in connection with educational provision for persons aged 16 to 19 years in such colleges. |
| (93377) | |
| 37 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 6th July, Official Report, columns 524-5, regarding football study support centres, when he expects to be able to make an estimate of the number of pupils attending centres at (a) Birmingham City, (b) Bristol City, (c) Liverpool, (d) Manchester United, (e) Stockport County, (f) Southampton and (g) West Bromwich Albion clubs in the current year. |
| (92752) | |
| 38 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) universities, (d) colleges and (e) libraries are connected to the National Grid for Learning; and how many he estimates will be connected by the end of 1999. |
| (92739) | |
| 39 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many comments have been received from teachers via e-mail to the Web Keeper of the Virtual Teacher Centre. |
| (92741) | |
| 40 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many teachers of (a) mathematics, (b) science and (c) other subjects with (i) up to two years' experience, (ii) between two and 10 years' experience and (iii) more than 10 years' experience have left the teaching profession before reaching the age of 50 years in each of the last 20 years. |
| (93183) | |
| 41 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the impact made by the National Grid for Learning on equipment purchasing by (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools. |
| (93181) | |
| 42 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many classes taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools contained (a) 31 or more pupils and (b) 36 or more pupils in (i) May 1997 and (ii) of the most recent date for which figures are available broken down by (A) local education authority and (B) parliamentary constituency. |
| (92329) | |
| 43 N | 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 views of teachers on the National Grid for Learning. |
| (92740) | |
| 44 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many visits have been paid to (a) the further education section, (b) the higher education section, (c) the lifelong learning section, (d) the career development section, (e) the libraries section, (f) the museums and galleries section, (g) the community grids section, (h) the international networks section, (i) the Government and Agencies section and (j) the learning resource index of the National Grid for Learning. |
| (92744) | |
| 45 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the planned timetable for the issuing of an information technology needs assessment CD ROM to teachers by the Teacher Training Agency. |
| (93179) | |
| 46 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average class size in maintained secondary schools in England in (a) January 1998 and (b) January 1999. |
| (93238) | |
| 47 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many visits have been paid to (a) the Standards Site, (b) the Virtual Teacher Centre, (c) the Governor Centre, (d) the Parent Centre, (e) the Special Educational Needs Centre, (f) the National Year of Reading, (g) the Northern Ireland Network for Education, (h) the Scottish Virtual Teachers Centre and (i) the VTC Cymru of the schools section of the National Grid for Learning. |
| (92743) | |
| 48 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the cost of the National Grid for Learning; and what projections he has made of future costs. |
| (92745) | |
| 49 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the expenditure on computers for schools by each local education authority on a per school basis in the last year. |
| (92747) | |
| 50 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to improve the teaching of information technology in schools following the annual report of the Chief Inspector of Schools; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92748) | |
| 51 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many trainees have been placed in schools or are to be placed in schools under his scheme to train 600 new maths and science teachers on the job; and how many of the trainees are graduates in (a) maths and (b) science. |
| (92749) | |
| 52 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many graduates in (a) maths, (b) physics and (c) chemistry are expected to commence teacher training in the current year; and how many commenced teacher training in each of the preceding five years. |
| (92750) | |
| 53 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) maths and (b) science teachers returning to teaching following his initiative to encourage returners to teaching. |
| (92751) | |
| 54 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the timetable for the development of the National Grid for Learning. |
| (92738) | |
| 55 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools have appointed National Lottery-approved training providers for IT training in each local authority area expressed as a proportion of schools in that area. |
| (93182) | |
| 56 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many classes taught by one teacher at Key Stage 2 contained (a) 31 or more pupils and (b) 36 or more pupils in (i) May 1997 and (ii) at the most recent date for which figures are available in each (A) local education authority and (B) parliamentary constituency. |
| (93236) | |
| 57 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many teachers have submitted comments to the Standards Site of the National Grid for Learning. |
| (92742) | |
| 58 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the sums allocated by each local authority in respect of the National Grid for Learning; and how much the sums amount to in each authority on (a) a per-pupil and (b) a per-school basis. |
| (92746) | |
| 59 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average class size for classes taught by one teacher in (a) May 1997 and (b) at the most recent date for which figures are available for (i) pupils in Key Stage 1, (ii) pupils in Key Stage 2, (iii) primary schools and (iv) secondary schools in (A) England and Wales and (B) each parliamentary constituency. |
| (93237) | |
| 60 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the number of teachers in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools who have received information technology training through National Lottery-approved training providers; and how many he expects to receive such training in the academic year 1999-2000. |
| (93180) | |
| 61 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what has been the increase in the (a) staff and (b) expenditure of the Standards and Effectiveness Unit since its inception; and what assessment he has made of the impact of this increase on (i) the bureaucratic burdens on schools and (ii) the number of circulars issued by his Department. |
| (93312) | |
| 62 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children are currently being educated at home as a result of bullying at school; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93325) | |
| 63 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to (a) review and (b) evaluate the impact of the Career Development Loan Scheme on educational training. |
| (93628) | |
| 64 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people who responded to the Survey of New Deal Leavers with Unknown Destinations stated that they had left for (a) unsubsidised work, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) income support and (d) another destination; and if he will list the other destinations. |
| (93466) | |
| 65 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the process and timetable under which a decision on any application to set up a new sixth form in a school will be taken pending the outcome of the review of the funding of sixth forms in schools, indicating the differences in approach dependent on the arrangements for funding any capital works required. |
| (93374) | |
| 66 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate of the number of primary schools teachers was used to determine the print run of the numeracy strategy documents. |
| (93373) | |
| 67 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what were the criteria used in allocating the tender to print the numeracy strategy file for teachers to a company in Italy. |
| (93376) | |
| 68 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many copies of the numeracy strategy document for teachers were ordered from the printers; how many have been printed; how many schools have not received their full allocation to date; and when further copies will be made available. |
| (93375) | |
| 69 | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many student loan accounts have been written off; what are the amounts involved on each account; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93597) | |
| 70 | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many student loan accounts exist on which payments are suspended; what are the amounts involved; and what is the amount owing on each account. |
| (93596) | |
| 71 | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress is being made on implementing the EU Landfill Directive; and when he plans to inform the waste industry of the terms of the legislation to implement the Directive. |
| (93619) | |
| 72 | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the fourth consultation paper on the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations will be issued. |
| (93620) | |
| 73 | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations will come into force; and what period industry will have to prepare for the new regime. |
| (93621) | |
| 74 | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Environment Protection (Destruction of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Injurious Substances) Regulations will be published. |
| (93638) | |
| 75 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy not to grant approval for any GM plant under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 as amended, where such plants contain antibiotic marker genes. |
| (93208) | |
| 76 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. |
| (93461) | |
| 77 N | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those who attended the first meeting of the National Countryside Access Forum; and what arrangements are being made for industry and the trade unions to be represented in the forum. |
| (93297) | |
| 78 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what contingency plans exist under which the M4 bus lane restriction may be lifted in the event of an accident causing a blockage to one or both of the other lanes of the eastbound carriageway. |
| (93588) | |
| 79 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the extra expenditure for London Underground in 2000. |
| (93539) | |
| 80 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will publish the daughter document on aviation. |
| (93537) | |
| 81 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the membership of the task force set up to monitor improvements to London Underground; when it will first meet and how often; how long it has been established; what penalties the task force will be able to impose for performance failures by London Transport; and if he will publish the terms of reference for the task force. |
| (93541) | |
| 82 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish details of the planned maintenance programme for London Underground per line over the next 12 months and details of line closures over the next 12 months. |
| (93536) | |
| 83 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish overload statistics for LATCC for each of the last 36 months. |
| (93538) | |
| 84 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his Department's estimate of the total number of employees that are entitled to an eye test provided by their employer under the Health and Safety (Display Screens Equipment) Regulations 1992. |
| (93311) | |
| 85 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers he has to ensure full evaluations take place of the cost implications of the movement of offices by the North West Regional Development Agency. |
| (93231) | |
| 86 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the experience and qualifications of Dr Joan Firth are to carry out the role of independent assessor in the appointment of the Board of the North West Development Agency. |
| (93232) | |
| 87 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if officers of the North West Development Agency have discussed with board member the merit of projects and bids supported by that Agency where a board member has had what subsequently turned out to be a conflict of interest. |
| (93446) | |
| 88 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many premises are owned by the North West Development Agency on the Lakeland Business Park at Cockermouth; what is the total rent received per annum; and what is the total square footage. |
| (93224) | |
| 89 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if, in the consideration of business by the North West Development Agency, members of the board decided for themselves whether a conflict of interest exists. |
| (93444) | |
| 90 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the North West Development Agency is supporting commercial developments in the North West of England which are in any way linked to the business interests of members of the North West Development Agency; and what the value in £ Sterling of the support being provided in each case. |
| (93442) | |
| 91 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if, in the consideration of the SRB bids, any members of the board of the North West Development Agency were required or offered to stand aside on the basis of conflict of interest. |
| (93443) | |
| 92 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the register of interests applicable in the case of the North West Development Agency. |
| (93228) | |
| 93 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many visits overseas have been made by officers of the North West Development Agency since the establishment of the Agency; to which countries; and at what cost to the taxpayer. |
| (93227) | |
| 94 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the persons Dr Joan Firth interviewed for possible appointment to the Board of the North West Development Agency. |
| (93233) | |
| 95 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what special circumstances arose in the case of the English Partnership offices in Cockermouth which distinguish them from other offices in the department where valuations have been published in the last 10 years. |
| (93234) | |
| 96 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the tenants of all premises on the Lakeland Business Park at Cockermouth. |
| (93225) | |
| 97 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many visits overseas have been made by board members of the North West Development Agency since the establishment of the Agency; to which countries; and at what cost to the taxpayer. |
| (93226) | |
| 98 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on which occasions since 1993 his Department has received written or oral approaches from the honourable Member for Hertford and Stortford on matters relating to shipping since 1993. |
| (93241) | |
| 99 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what dates since the appointment of officers to the Shadow North West Development Agency and since the formal establishment of the North West Development Agency, officers of the Agency have met members of Cumbria Tourist Board. |
| (93445) | |
| 100 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will permit access by honourable Members to the data held by the Government Office of the North-West relating to nomination to the Board of the North West Development Agency. |
| (93229) | |
| 101 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, to what extent changes in costs of mileage allowances arising from the transfer of government offices are treated as a factor in the taking of decisions on such transfers. |
| (93230) | |
| 102 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he is taking in response to complaints about prices and standards of service at motorway service areas. |
| (93360) | |
| 103 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Inspector completed his report into Belmont Stables, Mill Hill; and when he expects to announce his decision. |
| (93223) | |
| 104 N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has for Scottish representation on the proposed strategic rail authority. |
| (91624) | |
| 105 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he will take to prevent Thames Water from requiring domestic water customers who have received planning permission for home extensions since 1990 to have a water meter; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93544) | |
| 106 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of the budget of the Energy, Environment and Waste Directorate is allocated specifically to the promotion of energy-efficient street lighting on main trunk roads and motorways. |
| (93359) | |
| 107 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much has been spent by local authorities on the maintenance of existing street lighting outside built-up areas in the past financial year. |
| (93349) | |
| 108 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what evidence he has that local planning authorities, lighting professionals and members of the public follow the guidelines published in 1997 by his Department and the Countryside Commission in the report, Lighting in the Countryside: Towards Good Practice. |
| (93357) | |
| 109 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what were the values of the contracts awarded to each manufacturer who has supplied street lighting equipment to his Department and local authorities in the past financial year. |
| (93344) | |
| 110 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much his Department has spent on the new and additional street lighting outside built-up areas in the past financial year. |
| (93354) | |
| 111 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much his Department has spent on the maintenance of existing street lighting outside built-up areas in the past financial year. |
| (93351) | |
| 112 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list government initiatives currently underway to correct existing poorly designed and installed street lighting in rural and urban streets. |
| (93356) | |
| 113 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much has been spent by local authorities on the maintenance of existing street lighting in built-up areas in the past financial year. |
| (93350) | |
| 114 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the manufacturers who have supplied street lighting equipment to his Department and local authorities in the past financial year. |
| (93345) | |
| 115 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans his Department has to promote the use of energy-efficient street lighting to local authorities. |
| (93346) | |
| 116 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much his Department has spent on the maintenance of existing street lighting in built-up areas in the past financial year. |
| (93352) | |
| 117 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much has been spent by local authorities in providing new and additional street lighting outside built-up areas in the past financial year. |
| (93353) | |
| 118 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how the report Lighting in the Countryside: Towards Good Practice, jointly published by his Department and the Countryside Commission in 1997, is made accessible to local authorities, professionals and members of the general public. |
| (93358) | |
| 119 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much his Department has spent on new and additional lighting of motorways outside built-up areas in the past financial year. |
| (93355) | |
| 120 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what statistics his Department collects on the (a) installation and (b) maintenance of street lighting carried out by local authorities each year. |
| (93343) | |
| 121 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many experiments the Highways Agency plans to undertake with (a) high-occupancy vehicle lanes, (b) bus and taxi lanes and (c) no-car lanes. |
| (93372) | |
| 122 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the rules and restrictions governing the use of non-UK driving licences in the United Kingdom. |
| (93338) | |
| 123 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to announce his decisions on implementing the recommendations contained in the Urban Task Force Report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93300) | |
| 124 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of capital receipts have been spent on (a) building new properties and (b) renovating existing properties since the capital receipts initiative was introduced. |
| (93299) | |
| 125 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish White Papers on urban and rural policy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93306) | |
| 126 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the Green Paper on housing policy announced in the last Budget; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93307) | |
| 127 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many responses he has received to the consultation paper, Licensing Houses in Multiple Occupation--England; when he expects to announce his decisions on the proposed new licensing scheme; whether those decisions will be included in the Green Paper on housing policy; when he plans to consult on the standards applicable to the licensing scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93305) | |
| 128 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much has been spent from the Single Regeneration Budget on (a) building new social housing, (b) renovating existing social housing and (c) private sector renovation schemes; and how much matching funding from other sources has been put into SRB schemes to be spent on (i) building new social housing, (ii) renovating existing social housing and (iii) private sector renovation schemes in each Regional Development Agency area for each year since the SRB was introduced. |
| (93298) | |
| 129 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what meetings he has had with elected representatives, council officials and community groups from within the Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority area on the future management of the Sussex Downs. |
| (93252) | |
| 130 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, following the inauguration of the South Eastern Development Agency, what the role of the Government Office of the South East will be. |
| (93253) | |
| 131 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people are currently employed by the Government Office of the South East; and how many were employed in (i) 1998 and (ii) 1997. |
| (93255) | |
| 132 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what factors underlie the delay in announcing proposals for the future of the Sussex Downs Conservation Board. |
| (93256) | |
| 133 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will be in a position to make a firm announcement on the future of the Sussex Downs Conservation Board. |
| (93251) | |
| 134 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the estimated out-turn is of the Government Office of the South East for the current financial year. |
| (93254) | |
| 135 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the Green Paper on Housing Policy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93546) | |
| 136 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the expenditure of English Partnerships in Greater London in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (93590) | |
| 137 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the expenditure of English Partnerships in (a) the Objective 2 Area in Lee Valley, (b) Park Royal and (c) other assisted areas in Greater London in each year since their inception; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93591) | |
| 138 N | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the Chancellor of the Exchequer's policy is on the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Region's proposal for dealing with the problem of overhanging debt and early debt repayment premiums relating to the transfer of housing stock by Burnley Borough Council. |
| (93091) | |
| 139 N | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his policy on resolving problems relating to overhanging debt and early debt repayment premiums relating to the Housing Stock Transfer Programme. |
| (93093) | |
| 140 N | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the consultation paper on overhanging debt and early debt repayment premiums affecting the Housing Stock Transfer Programme. |
| (93092) | |
| 141 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that children are carried safely in cars. |
| (93600) | |
| 142 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what further steps he is taking to improve trans-Pennine rail communications. |
| (93599) | |
| 143 N | Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the proposed timetable for bringing into force the commencement order for the remand provisions associated with section 155(2)(b) of and Schedule 15 to the Housing Act 1996. |
| (91639) | |
| 144 N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his policy on the charging of council tax on residential moorings for narrowboats; what estimate he has made of the number of such individual moorings in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92524) | |
| 145 N | Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to receive the report from Lord Donaldson on the review of future proposals of the Coastguard Service; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93340) | |
| 146 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Inland Revenue offices in Bournemouth are not within the area of responsibility of the Director of the Inland Revenue South West Region Executive Office. |
| (93361) | |
| 147 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hypothecate the revenue received from defence export levies in order to fund arms control initiatives. |
| (93296) | |
| 148 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much inheritance tax is raised from non-UK domiciled persons (a) in total and (b) who invest in unit trusts and open-ended investment companies. |
| (93587) | |
| 149 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research he is undertaking to gauge the effectiveness of individual savings accounts in encouraging saving among those on low incomes. |
| (93316) | |
| 150 N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the amount of tobacco smuggling into the United Kingdom, broken down by country, in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (93219) | |
| 151 N | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of weekly income for a family of two adults with two children aged 10 and four years old he has set as the level which must be exceeded for that family to be lifted out of poverty if the main earner is (a) in work and receiving no benefits and (b) out of work and receiving income support, after receipt of housing and council tax benefits. |
| (93318) | |
| 152 N | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of income for a couple with the woman pregnant for the first time he has set as the level which must be exceeded for that family to be lifted out of poverty if the main earner is (a) in work and receiving no benefits and (b) out of work and receiving income support, after receipt of housing and council tax benefits. |
| (93319) | |
| 153 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to publish the final report of the Task Force on Credit Union Development; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93543) | |
| 154 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the increased take-up of the working families tax credit resulting from the Government's advertising campaign; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93609) | |
| 155 | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many former tenants of the Land Settlement Association are still being pursued for tax by the Inland Revenue in respect of their settlement of litigation with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1982. |
| (93535) | |
| 156 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work has been undertaken by the OECD to ensure the millenium-readiness of the critical computer systems of member states and for the global economy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93531) | |
| 157 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. |
| (93460) | |
| 158 N | Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional disaggregated information he plans to include in future strategic export control annual reports. |
| (93524) | |
| 159 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on the United Kingdom sponsored draft UN resolution on possible criteria for suspension of sanctions against Iraq. |
| (93512) | |
| 160 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if Her Majesty's Government will propose the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry at the General Assembly of the United Nations to investigate the crimes of Saddam Hussain. |
| (93513) | |
| 161 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to seek the extradition of a responsible member of the Iraqi regime from a third country to face charges under the Genocide Act 1969 for persecution of the Kurds of Northern Iraq and the Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq. |
| (93510) | |
| 162 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many arms export licences were issued between (a) 1st May 1997 and 10th May 1998 and (b) 10th May 1998 and 10th May 1999 to areas of high intensity conflict; and how many licence applications relating to such areas were refused in the same period. |
| (93293) | |
| 163 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the international agreements on arms control signed by Her Majesty's Government which include (a) the requirement to take into account the human rights record of the recipient states and (b) the potential which the equipment has to be used for internal repression. |
| (93290) | |
| 164 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will establish a conflict prevention council to include representatives of other departments to report on countries of high conflict potential. |
| (93295) | |
| 165 N | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the next annual report on strategic export controls will contain details of (a) the amounts of weapons and equipment contained in each category, (b) the end-users for which the export licence was granted and (c) strategic exports supported by (i) the Disposal Sales Agency and (ii) the Crown Agents. |
| (93480) | |
| 166 N | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the next annual report on strategic exports will be published; and if it will be made available through the Stationery Office. |
| (93481) | |
| 167 | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many public interest immunity certificates or equivalent documents have been provided by Ministers or officials in his Department since 3rd May 1997; and at what level each such certificate or other document has been signed. |
| (93533) | |
| 168 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information is held by the United Kingdom Embassy in Tallinn about the dates of visits by Ministers of other EU countries to Estonia since the enlargement process began; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92685) | |
| 169 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information is held by the United Kingdom Embassy in Budapest about the dates of visits by Ministers of other EU countries to Hungary since the enlargement process began; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92687) | |
| 170 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the United Kingdom will continue to recognise Mr Lukashenko as President of Belarus after the expiry of his constitutional term on 27th July; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92805) | |
| 171 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information is held by the United Kingdom Embassy in Ljubljana about the dates of visits by Ministers of other EU countries to Slovenia since the enlargement process began; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92684) | |
| 172 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information is held by the United Kingdom Embassy in Prague about the dates of visits by Ministers of other EU countries to the Czech Republic since the enlargement process began; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92686) | |
| 173 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information is held by the United Kingdom Embassy in Warsaw about the dates of visits by Ministers of other EU countries to Poland since the enlargement process began; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92688) | |
| 174 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many children by nationality, have been refused entry clearance for settlement because their parent in the United Kingdom has not had the sole responsibility for their upbringing, under paragraph 297(e) of the Immigration Rules, in each year since May 1997. |
| (93327) | |
| 175 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications by the Crown Prosecution Service for assistance in securing documents from overseas, pursuant to an investigation in the UK, he has (a) supported by making representations to foreign governments and (b) declined to support in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93556) | |
| 176 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply regarding his letter of 29th June concerning a constituent (ref. GV100/51886). |
| (93250) | |
| 177 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. |
| (93459) | |
| 178 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much in each of the last three years his Department has spent on dementia research; and how much is allocated in the Comprehensive Spending Review for the next two years. |
| (93309) | |
| 179 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities in the United Kingdom provide IVF treatment to women whose spouses have children by a previous marriage; and what was the cost of such provision to each authority in the last two financial years. |
| (92581) | |
| 180 N | Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the planned date for publication of the Government's pharmacy strategy review document; and when he expects it to be published. |
| (92966) | |
| 181 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the East Lancashire Health Authority exercise to determine accurate referral patterns, the number of patients seen and the doctors' views on whether a specialist CFC service was called for. |
| (93612) | |
| 182 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the findings of the research project, Should GP's manage chronic fatigue syndrome. |
| (93614) | |
| 183 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the findings of the NHS standing group on health and technology in respect of the latest series of priority areas for which it anticipates commissioning primary research of systematic reviews. |
| (93615) | |
| 184 N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children over the age of 14 years have not received BCG immunisation. |
| (93220) | |
| 185 N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities have reported shortages of (a) DTP, (b) haemophilus, (c) polio, (d) MMR and (e) BCG vaccines over the last 12 months. |
| (93222) | |
| 186 N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children over one year of age have received (a) polio vaccine, (b) haemophilus B vaccine and (c) DTP immunisation. |
| (93217) | |
| 187 N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children over the age of two years have not received MMR immunisation. |
| (93221) | |
| 188 N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children at school entry age have not received (a) full DTP immunisation, (b) polio vaccine and (c) MUR immunisation. |
| (93218) | |
| 189 | Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to publish updated guidance on continence services following the Review of Continence Services published on 2nd September 1988. |
| (93557) | |
| 190 | Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to issue guidance on the labelling of nuts in food products following the report of the Committee on Toxicity. |
| (93554) | |
| 191 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on behalf of haemophiliacs infected with hepatitis C through treatment with NHS blood supplies. |
| (93598) | |
| 192 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what compensation has been given to those haemophiliacs infected through treatment with NHS blood supplies with HIV. |
| (93624) | |
| 193 N | Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 10th December 1998, Official Report, column 257, on councillors, if he will list the percentage of (a) men and (b) women councillors in each local authority at the latest available date. |
| (93520) | |
| 194 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the legal advice pertaining to the Medicines (Advertising and Monitoring of Advertising) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 267) referred to by the Minister for Public Health in the Ninth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation on 28th April, Official Report, column 23. |
| (93447) | |
| 195 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will deposit in the Library all data used in the assessment of cost effectiveness of the new meningitis C vaccine. |
| (93341) | |
| 196 N | Mr Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the review of procurement processes mentioned in the Information for Health document has been carried out. |
| (92582) | |
| 197 N | Mr Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are for the NHS Information Authority to implement a standard PFI contract for IT services. |
| (92583) | |
| 198 N | Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department will take to introduce guidance to health authorities concerning compulsory labelling of ingredients produced as a result of genetic modification in meals served to hospital patients. |
| (93363) | |
| 199 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional funding he will provide to enhance ambulance and accident and emergency services' ability to protect staff and to improve decontamination facilities, as announced in the Government paper on 21st July, Defending Against the Threat from Biological and Chemical Weapons; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93096) | |
| 200 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional resources he will make available to (a) health authorities and (b) ambulance trusts in England and Wales for the preparation, provision and annual funding needed to meet the new tasks announced in the Government paper on 21st July, Defending Against the Threat from Biological and Chemical Weapons; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93098) | |
| 201 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what ways, and at what cost, his Department will co-ordinate the emergency provision of healthcare services in response to a release of biological or chemical material, as announced on 21st July in the Government paper, Defending Against the Threat from Biological and Chemical Weapons; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93097) | |
| 202 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the link between the level of prescription charges payable by a patient and a capital disregard was introduced; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93382) | |
| 203 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment was made in preparing his White Paper, Our Healthier Nation, of the effect on diabetics of changes in the prescribing of insulin and insulin pen needles. |
| (93288) | |
| 204 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations were considered from the British Diabetics Association and diabetes sufferers before producing his White Paper, Our Healthier Nation. |
| (93289) | |
| 205 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to monitor the impact of health improvement programmes on public health; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93592) | |
| 206 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional resources have been allocated to health authorities in order to implement health improvement programmes; how much each designated health authority is receiving; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93593) | |
| 207 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those health authorities in Greater London which have provided complementary and alternative therapies within the last five years for which figures are available; and what were the amounts spent in each of those years. |
| (93547) | |
| 208 N | Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the spending of public funds by community health councils is audited and scrutinised. |
| (93211) | |
| 209 N | Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the arrangements for the accountability of community health councils; and to whom they are accountable. |
| (93209) | |
| 210 N | Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the occasions in the past five years when the actions of community health councils have been subject to judicial review. |
| (93212) | |
| 211 N | Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the funding of community health councils is determined. |
| (93210) | |
| 212 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd July, Official Report, column 640, on Patient Survey, if he will list the cancer patient bodies that are being consulted about the development of cancer patient surveys; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93640) | |
| 213 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the voluntary organisations which are members of the Cancer Care Action Group; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93626) | |
| 214 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the relationship between the Centre for Health Information Quality and (a) National Cancer Forum, (b) Cancer Care Action Group and (c) the United Kingdom National Screening Committee. |
| (93623) | |
| 215 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal advice he has received in connection with the compatibility with the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights of the new procedures to be adopted by the Medicines Control Agency under the provisions of the Medicines (Advertising and Monitoring of Advertising) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I., No. 267); and if he will place a copy of all the legal advice given concerning this matter in the Library. |
| (93553) | |
| 216 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what exact circumstances a notice, a threat of a notice or a request to cease advertising will be made by Ministers or Medicines Control Agency officials under the Medicines (Advertising and Monitoring of Advertising) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 267); and if the Independent Panel will have the right to consider whether such a notice of threat of issue of notice or request has been properly issued. |
| (93552) | |
| 217 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. |
| (93458) | |
| 218 N | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average time for processing straightforward applications by the Passport Agency (a) per office and (b) in total, (i) on the last available date and (ii) in each of the last six months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92965) | |
| 219 N | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the report of the Policy Action Team relating to neighbourhood wardens; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93383) | |
| 220 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to ensure that the number of community police officers in the Sutton and Cheam constituency is maintained and that those officers continue to be dedicated to their main duties. |
| (93308) | |
| 221 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Metropolitan Police to supply new Kat neighbourhood watch reflective street signs and window stickers showing the meerkat logo to neighbourhood watch members in the constituency of Sutton and Cheam. |
| (93310) | |
| 222 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allocations have been made under the Refugee Allocation Project to (a) Camrex House, Sunderland and (b) the Balmoral Hotel Newcastle; what was the total cost of such allocations; and what was the average weekly cost of such allocations in each location. |
| (93610) | |
| 223 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the safety of (a) CS gas spray and (b) MIBK from the Chief Constable of Northamptonshire. |
| (92318) | |
| 224 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received about the length of time for which research on CS gas spray and MIBK should have continued before they were judged safe; and what timescales were suggested. |
| (92319) | |
| 225 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of prosecutions for road traffic offences have involved people with non-United Kingdom driving licences in each of the last five years. |
| (93339) | |
| 226 N | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will give instructions to the police that, when called on to deal with demonstrations by supporters of hunting accompanied by dogs they should be accompanied by police dogs. |
| (93215) | |
| 227 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources he will make available to (a) police authorities, (b) fire authorities and (c) local authority emergency planning offices in England and Wales for the preparation, provision and annual funding needed to meet the new tasks announced in the Government paper of 21st July, Defending Against the Threat from Biological and Chemical Weapons; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93095) | |
| 228 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been taken to implement in domestic law and practice the right of Russian companies to send key personnel to the United Kingdom as provided for in Articles 28 to 30 of the EC/Russian Partnership and Co-operation Agreement. |
| (93302) | |
| 229 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the regime of checks for Chinese nationals who wish (a) to extend their leave in the United Kingdom and (b) to obtain indefinite leave to remain. |
| (93303) | |
| 230 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the countries for whose nationals the fast-track service operated by the Public Caller Unit at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate for the quick determination of certain types of immigration applications is not available. |
| (93304) | |
| 231 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of stop and search have been recorded in (a) the constituency of Edmonton and (b) the borough of Enfield in each of the past five years; what proportion of those stopped and searched were (i) black and (ii) subsequently arrested. |
| (93606) | |
| 232 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the government is taking to recruit more black and minority ethnic people into the police force; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93608) | |
| 233 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been made against the Metropolitan Police in each of the last five years; what proportion of those complaints either wholly or in part concerned accusations of police racism; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93607) | |
| 234 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were received from Sri Lanka nationals in each of the last 10 years; how many of the applications have been (a) granted, (b) refused but subject to appeal, (c) refused and exhausted appeal, (d) awaiting initial decision, (e) deported and (f) left the country; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93549) | |
| 235 | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public interest immunity certificates or equivalent documents have been provided by Ministers or officials in his Department since 3rd May 1997; and at what level each such document has been signed. |
| (93534) | |
| 236 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussion he (a) has had (b) intends to have with animal welfare groups about the disposal of hounds used for hunting, following the introduction of a ban on hunting. |
| (93488) | |
| 237 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the number of hounds used for hunting. |
| (93525) | |
| 238 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of horses used for hunting in this country; and what is his assessment of the impact on these animals of a ban on hunting. |
| (93485) | |
| 239 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what have been the costs to the Metropolitan Police, in each of the last five years, of policing demonstrations about hunting. |
| (93471) | |
| 240 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) pro-hunting and (b) anti-hunting demonstrations have been held in London since May 1997. |
| (93472) | |
| 241 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the extent to which a ban on hunting will comply with the right of peaceful assembly provided for by the European Convention on Human Rights. |
| (93474) | |
| 242 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) intends to have with associations representing those whose livelihoods depend on hunting. |
| (93473) | |
| 243 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a list of the petitions submitted to his Department in each of the last two years. |
| (93468) | |
| 244 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received since May 1997 about hunting. |
| (93470) | |
| 245 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effects on equine businesses of a ban on hunting. |
| (93490) | |
| 246 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of a ban on hunting on the British horse racing industry. |
| (93476) | |
| 247 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effects on the rural economy of a ban on hunting. |
| (93491) | |
| 248 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if legislation to criminalise hunting will include provision to allow the use of hounds or terriers to follow up wild mammals injured by firearms. |
| (93479) | |
| 249 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in the past 12 months for which records are available the recommended period, in respect of persons held under Immigration Act powers, of five days in policy custody was exceeded by (a) extending, (b) renewing and (c) transferring a detainee from one station to another. |
| (93517) | |
| 250 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought, in the last 12 months for which records are available, for each of the following breaches of the Immigration Acts (i) failure to report to a medical officer (section 24(1)(d) Immigration Act 1971), (ii) failure to support and accommodate without recourse to pubic funds (section 78 Social Security Act 1986, with section 106 Social Security Administration Act 1992), (iii) obtaining leave to enter by deception (section 24(1)(aa) Immigration Act 1971), (iv) obtaining leave to remain by deception (section 24(1)(aa) Immigration Act 1971), (v) assisting the entry of another person as an illegal entrant (section 25(1)(a) Immigration Act 1971) and (vi) assisting the entry of another person as an asylum claimant (section 25(1)(b) Immigration Act 1971). |
| (93333) | |
| 251 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will repeal paragraph 297(e) and (f) of the Immigration rules. |
| (93519) | |
| 252 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total cost of immigration detention in the past 12 months; how much of this is represented by (a) designated prisons, (b) other prisons, (c) police stations, (d) Immigration Service detention facilities and (e) airport holding facilities; and what proportion of the cost is represented by ex-convicts awaiting deportation, beyond the date on which they would otherwise have been released, under section 3(5) or (6). |
| (93515) | |
| 253 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what strategies he is planning to ensure that the Nationality Directorate is able to cope with the forecast increase in applications for naturalisation expected 12 months after the granting of indefinite leave to remain to refugees and those affected by the backlog clearance programme, without lengthening current waiting periods. |
| (93336) | |
| 254 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he has reviewed the carer policy BDI 2/95. |
| (93451) | |
| 255 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 7th July, Official Report, column 427, on what criteria decisions to waive fines under the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987 are made. |
| (93449) | |
| 256 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Ministerial Group on the Family will consider the effect of the immigration rules and the nationality legislation on families with members abroad. |
| (93454) | |
| 257 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the funding of immigration advice under section 23 of the Immigration Act 1971. |
| (93452) | |
| 258 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to curtail the use of prison accommodation for those detained solely under Immigration Act powers; and by what date he expects to cease to use prison accommodation. |
| (93516) | |
| 259 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds Immigration Service staff refuse to accept those who are themselves asylum seekers, with permission to work, as interpreters or representatives of other asylum seekers at interviews. |
| (93514) | |
| 260 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many warnings have been given to employers concerning liability to prosecution under section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 for the hiring of persons who do not have authority to work in the United Kingdom in the last year. |
| (93450) | |
| 261 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) breaches of airport security have been occasioned by and (b) immigration offences have been committed by the solicitors or other representatives of persons attending interviews with the Immigration Service at airports. |
| (93335) | |
| 262 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid out in repatriation expenses under section 29 of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the past five years. |
| (93453) | |
| 263 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions to deport pursuant to section 3(5)(a) Immigration Act 1971 have been taken, in the past 12 months for (i) failure to report to a medical officer, (ii) failure to support and accommodate without recourse to public funds, (iii) obtaining leave to enter by deception, (iv) obtaining leave to remain by deception, (v) assisting the entry of another person an illegal entrant and (vi) assisting the entry of another person as an asylum claimant. |
| (93334) | |
| 264 N | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. |
| (93462) | |
| 265 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what targets have been set by her Department to increase the income of those people who are living on less than one US dollar a day. |
| (92855) | |
| 266 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Montserratians have been admitted to the United Kingdom as evacuees; how many still remain in the United Kingdom; and how many have returned to Montserrat. |
| (93627) | |
| 267 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what targets he has set for the maximum reasonable period for the Immigration Appellate Authority to wait, after an appeal has been lodged for a child refused entry clearance under paragraph 297(e) of the Immigration Rules, before it receives the explanatory statement for the case. |
| (93332) | |
| 268 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how the pioneer partnerships for the community legal service have sought to improve access to legal advice and representation by socially-excluded groups; and if he will make a statement. |
| (91637) | |
| 269 N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will reconsider the level of property value taken into account in the awarding of legal aid, with particular reference to London. |
| (92962) | |
| 270 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many telecommunication masts will be required by each company operating a mobile telephone network in Northern Ireland to complete their networks; and where in Northern Ireland a complete list of the existing and proposed masts is available to be inspected by members of the public. |
| (93637) | |
| 271 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for an employing firm situated in the council districts of (i) Londonderry, (ii) Strabane, (iii) Limavady, (iv) Coleraine and (v) Magherafelt, what geographical area the Fair Employment Commission takes into account in order to determine the percentage of (a) Roman Catholic, (b) Protestant and (c) other which should be employed so as to reflect the percentage balance of the area. |
| (93633) | |
| 272 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many telecommunication masts associated with each mobile telephone network have been erected in Northern Ireland; how many broken down by operating company are (a) under 15 metres, (b) under 30 metres and (c) over 30 metres in height; and how many masts required planning permission broken down by company as a result of (i) their height and (ii) the area of their bases. |
| (93595) | |
| 273 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what geographical area the Fair Employment Commission takes into account when determining the percentage of (a) Roman Catholic and (b) Protestant staff it employs; and what is the percentage of (i) Roman Catholic, (ii) Protestant and (iii) others, economically active in that geographical area. |
| (93636) | |
| 274 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles which did not have a vehicle excise duty disc displayed were detected on (a) the East Bank and (b) the West Bank of Londonderry during the last six months for which such figures are available. |
| (93630) | |
| 275 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the number of (i) salmon and grilse, (ii) sea trout and (iii) brown trout taken by anglers in each river in the Foyle Fisheries Commission area in each of the last 15 years. |
| (93635) | |
| 276 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for each of the last 15 years the density of (i) brown trout, (ii) sea trout and (iii) salmon parr and salmon smalts per 100 square metres, or such area as is used by the Foyle Fisheries Commission, determined by electric fishing surveys in each of the rivers in the Foyle Fisheries Commission area. |
| (93639) | |
| 277 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on which roads, and on how many occasions on each such road, radar traps were operated by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the council areas of (i) Londonderry, (ii) Limavady, (iii) Strabane and (iv) Coleraine during the last three months for which such information is available. |
| (93629) | |
| 278 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the economically active population aged 16 to 64 years in the council districts of (i) Londonderry, (ii) Strabane, (iii) Limavady, (iv) Coleraine and (v) Magherafelt are deemed by the Fair Employment Commission to be (a) Roman Catholic, (b) Protestant and (c) other; and what percentage in each council district are (1) male, (2) female and (3) self-employed. |
| (93631) | |
| 279 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by whom the progress of the Fair Employment Commission towards a pattern of fair employment is monitored and reviewed; what is the timescale for the achievement of fair employment by the Commission; and what was the timescale determined to achieve fair percentages of Roman Catholics and Protestants in 1994. |
| (93634) | |
| 280 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the sharing of telecommunication masts by telecommunications companies operating mobile telephone services in Northern Ireland. |
| (93594) | |
| 281 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the economically active population aged 16 to 64 years resident in (a) that part of Londonderry council area which lies on the West side of the River Foyle and (b) the remainder of that council area are deemed by the Fair Employment Commission to be (i) Roman Catholic, (ii) Protestant and (iii) other. |
| (93632) | |
| 282 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the President of the Council, how many honourable Members (a) underspent, (b) spent and (c) overspent their office cost allowance in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (93551) | |
| 283 N | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will inform all members of his administration that, when giving written or oral replies to parliamentary questions, they should not use the locutions, relocate, meet with and consult with, and that they should use good English. |
| (93214) | |
| 284 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to visit (a) the Czech Republic, (b) Hungary, (c) Slovenia and (d) Estonia. |
| (92691) | |
| 285 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions dates been identified with the UK Embassy in Poland for the Prime Minister to visit Poland and have subsequently been abandoned. |
| (92802) | |
| 286 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to visit Poland. |
| (92692) | |
| 287 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish a list of the public petitions submitted to the Government in each of the last two years. |
| (93469) | |
| 288 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to meet the National Cancer Forum to assess progress on implementing the Policy Framework for Commissioning Cancer Services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93625) | |
| 289 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on his continuing responsibilities relating to research on matters pertaining to shellfish farming. |
| (92278) | |
| 290 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his responsibilities are in relation to the use by police of (a) MIBK and (b) CS gas spray. |
| (92320) | |
| 291 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, by how much he has agreed to increase the Scottish block grant in each of the next three years to meet the new burdens on Scottish (a) health authorities, (b) ambulance authorities, (c) police authorities, (d) fire authorities and (e) local authorities laid out in paragraph 7 of Chapter 5 of the Ministry of Defence paper entitled, Defending Against the Threat from Biological and Chemical Weapons. |
| (93094) | |
| 292 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy in respect of transferring oral questions to other departments; and in what ways it has changed since 1st July. |
| (93243) | |
| 293 | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many mink and fox factory farms there are, by county, in Scotland. |
| (93617) | |
| 294 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what action he is taking to ensure that vulnerable people will receive their benefits over the New Year, with particular reference to people with disabilities and those receiving direct and manual payments; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93483) | |
| 295 | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people in receipt of any disability benefit are (a) HIV positive and (b) Aids patients in the current year; and what were the equivalent figures for the each of the past three years. |
| (93542) | |
| 296 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the local authorities for which Benefit Fraud Inspectorate inspections have been completed and reports remain to be published. |
| (93315) | |
| 297 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects to publish the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate report on Tower Hamlets. |
| (93448) | |
| 298 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what arrangements are made to take account of ME sufferers in estimating capacity to work in the All Work Test for invalidity benefit; what changes will be made on the introduction of the new test; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93550) | |
| 299 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many and what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children in families were in receipt of income support and jobseeker's allowance in (i) Edmonton, (ii) Enfield, (iii) Greater London and (iv) the UK, in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (93589) | |
| 300 | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the current position in relation to the war pensions case of Mr Kenneth Winter of Langford, Ref YX953640C; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93545) | |
| 301 N | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people have not received their full pension at retirement date due to failure of the new NIRS computer system; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93197) | |
| 302 N | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many complaints and representations have been received by (a) his office and (b) the Benefits Agency arising from the new NIRS computer system; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93196) | |
| 303 N | Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if export licences are required for handcuffs. |
| (93523) | |
| 304 N | Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his reply on 19th April, Official Report, column 456, what measures have been instigated by his Department to ensure that they provide accurate information about the export of tear gas and other riot control equipment. |
| (93522) | |
| 305 N | Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department has with UK arms companies prior to the establishment of licensed production agreements between UK companies and arms manufacturers overseas. |
| (93521) | |
| 306 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer on 20th July, Official Report, column 470, concerning textphones, what assessment he has made of the signage and accessibility of the public textphone network. |
| (93313) | |
| 307 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his policy is regarding regional selective assistance in the areas of highest unemployment in the North West. |
| (92861) | |
| 308 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the members of the North West Industrial Development Advisory Committee in January 1992 and the dates of their appointment. |
| (92860) | |
| 309 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will review the workings of the Industrial Development Act 1982 in relation to the management by civil servants and the treatment by regional development advisory committees of applications for regional selective assistance. |
| (92807) | |
| 310 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the members of the North West Regional Industrial Development Board. |
| (92859) | |
| 311 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Libary a list of the travel and subsistence expenses rates payable to senior civil servants in his Department. |
| (92857) | |
| 312 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if members of industrial development advisory committees are permitted to speak to honourable Members prior to the consideration of applications for regional selective assistance. |
| (92858) | |
| 313 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 14th July, Official Report, column 213, if he will make it his Department's practice to continue contacts and routinely record data and subsequent developments in the case of companies where rejection of applications for regional selective assistance have led to the cancellation of proposed investment projects. |
| (92806) | |
| 314 N | Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 14th July, Official Report, columns 212-3, what the circumstances were on the occasion when a decision taken by the North West Industrial Development Board was amended by the Secretary of State under the Industrial Development Act 1982. |
| (92862) | |
| 315 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his oral statement of 22nd July, Official Report, columns 1342-44, if he will give details of the arrangements which the European Commission has for publishing international comparisons of pump prices for diesel and petrol and the means by which UK consumers can access such information. |
| (93475) | |
| 316 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when and where he expects the pilot telephone helplines for consumers to be established; what is the estimated cost; and what restrictions will be placed upon national access to it. |
| (93342) | |
| 317 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the 100 products which will be the subject of international price comparison, and the date upon which such comparisons will commence. |
| (93370) | |
| 318 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the funding which his Department has given to (a) the Defence Manufacturers Association, (b) the Association of Police and Public Security Suppliers and (c) other defence, police and security industry bodies to produce market research reports. |
| (93504) | |
| 319 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the export licences granted for the export of armoured vehicles, spare parts, components or weapons to Malaysia since 1988, where the end use destination was for Indonesia. |
| (93506) | |
| 320 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the export licences granted for the export of armoured vehicles, spare parts, components and weapons to Singapore since 1988, where the end use destination was (a) Indonesia and (b) another country. |
| (93509) | |
| 321 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will extend the commitment not to provide defence-related export credits to poor highly-indebted countries to cover those (a) at risk of conflict and (b) engaged in post-conflict reconstruction. |
| (93294) | |
| 322 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the current ECGD exposure on (a) exports to Indonesia and (b) defence-related exports. |
| (93292) | |
| 323 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the export licences granted for the export of armoured vehicles, spare parts, components and weapons to Singapore and Malaysia since 1988. |
| (93508) | |
| 324 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the export licences granted for the export of armoured vehicles, spare parts, components or weapons to Sierra Leone since 1988. |
| (93507) | |
| 325 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what practical research projects he has commissioned into solar energy; what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (i) Japan and (ii) Germany on this subject; and if he will make a statement. |
| (92277) | |
| 326 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take into account tariffs on imports from the United States of America when determining the reasons for higher prices in the United Kingdom. |
| (93364) | |
| 327 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which newspapers were briefed prior to his oral statement on 22nd July on the publication of the Consumer White Paper. |
| (93235) | |
| 328 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are being considered to ensure that, under proposals to transfer decisions on mergers from Ministers to independent competition authorities, those responsible will be accountable to Parliament and the electorate. |
| (93362) | |
| 329 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which companies or organisations will be providing and updating the proposed Internet Consumer Gateway; and what is the estimated annual running cost. |
| (93365) | |
| 330 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations he has had with Yellow Pages over the proposals in the Consumer White Paper. |
| (93366) | |
| 331 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is his policy on the Multi-Fibre Agreement; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93367) | |
| 332 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the codes of practice which he regards as unsatisfactory and which his Consumer White Paper refer to as little more than sales devices. |
| (93369) | |
| 333 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Times industrial correspondent was briefed by Government sources on the Consumer White Paper prior to his oral statement on 22nd July. |
| (93326) | |
| 334 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the consumer legislation he intends to review. |
| (93368) | |
| 335 N | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 26th May, Official Report, column 200, what is the stated end use as indicated on Form A, part 1: Export Licence Application Section D7 of each of the licences, granted or pending, for the export of RDX to (a) China, and (b) the USA. |
| (93317) | |
| 336 N | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what export licences his Department has issued for HMX explosives since September 1998; and how many applications are pending. |
| (93425) | |
| 337 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the (a) outstanding contracts and (b) contracts under negotiation for the import of irradiated spent research reactor fuel from Spanish reactors. |
| (93613) | |
| 338 | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many public interest immunity certificates or equivalent documents have been provided by Ministers or officials in his Department since 3rd May 1997; and at what level each such certificate or other document has been signed. |
| (93532) | |
| 339 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many trees will be felled in the Vale of York in order to facilitate construction of the Lackenby to Shipton power lines. |
| (93245) | |
| 340 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of National Power's power stations at Blyth, on the continued need for new power lines running south through Yorkshire. |
| (93246) | |
| 341 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on National Power's plans to close its power stations at Blyth in Northumberland. |
| (93247) | |
| 342 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the requirements placed on the National Grid Company to disclose information on the number of trees to be felled in order to construct pylons in the Vale of York. |
| (93244) | |
| 343 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the countries visited by himself and his predecessors since 1st May 1997. |
| (92803) | |
| 344 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he intends to visit (a) Poland, (b) Hungary, (c) the Czech Republic, (d) Slovenia and (e) Estonia. |
| (92689) | |
| 345 N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what powers he has to ensure that members of the public are able to reach OFTEL on their enquiry lines. |
| (93057) | |
| 346 | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) domestic dog and (b) domestic cat skins have been (i) imported to and (ii) exported from the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. |
| (93618) | |
| 347 N | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what further extension he proposes to the CARAD programme. |
| (93198) | |
| 348 N | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what improvements in conditions his Department has introduced for workers on temporary employment contracts since May 1997. |
| (93199) | |
| 349 N | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received about conditions of employment for workers on temporary employment contracts; what measures he proposes to introduce to improve the legal rights for workers on temporary employment contracts; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93200) | |
| 350 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has had in relation to the impact of the climate change levy on (a) the steel industry, (b) aluminium smelting, (c) intensive energy use farming and (d) the sector of the tourism industry which is dependent on LPG for energy in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (93611) | |
| 351 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy in respect of transferring oral questions to other departments; and in what ways it has changed since 1st July. |
| (93242) | |
| 352 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the effect of the Competition Act 1998 on his proposals for Milk Marque. |
| [Transferred] (93249) | |
| 353 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what period, following the rejection of the MMC's recommendation that Milk Marque be broken-up, the Government plans that the interim measures will apply. |
| [Transferred] (93330) | |
| 354 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the MMC's conclusion that the reform of the milk selling system could not produce a competitive market for milk. |
| [Transferred] (93331) | |
| 355 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of Milk Marque's application to extend its operations into processing. |
| [Transferred] (93329) | |
| 356 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what alternative methods of fox control he recommends to replace that provided by hunting. |
| [Transferred] (93489) | |
| 357 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he plans to establish a close season for fox control, following the introduction of a ban on hunting. |
| [Transferred] (93482) | |
| 358 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the fundraising activity of local hunts and their contribution to local charities. |
| [Transferred] (93478) | |
| 359 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much energy in kilowatts was consumed in the provision of street lighting in the past financial year in (a) built-up areas and (b) outside built-up areas. |
| [Transferred] (93348) | |
| 360 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what increase or decrease in the amount of energy used per annum in providing street lighting nationally has occurred since (a) 1980, (b) 1985, (c) 1990 and (d) 1995. |
| [Transferred] (93347) | |
| 361 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to implement the recommendation of the Urban Task Force to harmonise VAT rates at (a) zero and (b) 5 per cent. for new building and conversions and refurbishments; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (93301) | |
| 362 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he intends to take to deal with the problem of mange in foxes, following the introduction of a ban on hunting. |
| [Transferred] (93477) | |
| 363 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he intends to take to encourage landowners to maintain the conservation activities currently undertaken by local hunts. |
| [Transferred] (93467) | |
| 364 N | Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tendered ballot papers were issued in (a) the 1997 General Election, (b) the 1999 European Election and (c) the 1999 and 1998 local elections. |
| [Transferred] (93216) | |
| 365 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the measures his Department takes to ensure that licensed goods are exported to the correct end-use destinations. |
| [Transferred] (93511) | |
| 366 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he will take to ensure that there is sufficient support available to farmers for the control of pest populations following the introduction of a ban on hunting. |
| [Transferred] (93486) | |
| 367 | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations have been received from overseas governments with regard to the sale of part of Britain's gold reserves; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (93622) | |
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