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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 2 November 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 2 November of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the Government opposes proposals put forward by the Government of Ireland that would permit coastal whaling; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96336) | |
| 2 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if (a) honey and (b) other food, food ingredients or additives containing GM oilseed rape are permitted lawfully to be sold in the United Kingdom. |
| (96713) | |
| 3 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if it is Her Majesty's Government's policy to oppose the Irish Government's compromise proposals to allow the resumption of coastal whaling, put to this year's International Whaling Commission; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96334) | |
| 4 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has held with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on policy relating to the display of works of art during visits by foreign heads of state. |
| (96342) | |
| 5 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he held with the British Museum authorities on arrangements for the visit to the Museum by President Jiang Zemin. |
| (96341) | |
| 6 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the proposal for a £24 licence supplement for BBC digital television. |
| (96311) | |
| 7 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to require the TV licensing authorities to run television licences from the precise date when bought rather than the end of the previous month; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96985) | |
| 8 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to make official visits to tourist resorts in Cornwall in the next 12 months. |
| (95898) | |
| 9 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the Hotel Charges Group to present its findings; and if its report will be made public. |
| (95899) | |
| 10 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures he is planning to ensure an effective drug-testing regime for UK sportsmen and sportswomen. |
| (95900) | |
| 11 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food regarding the development of tourism in rural areas. |
| (95901) | |
| 12 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the state of the tourist industry in Cornwall in the current year, with particular reference to the effects of the eclipse. |
| (95902) | |
| 13 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement about the funding and marketing of the Cornish tourism industry. |
| (95903) | |
| 14 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who will determine the criteria for choosing the UK's European Capital of Culture; and by whom the decision will be made. |
| (95904) | |
| 15 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to encourage the extension of the new accommodation rating system to the whole of the UK. |
| (95905) | |
| 16 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions has he had with the National Drugs Co-ordinator about drugs and sport. |
| (95906) | |
| 17 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to make an announcement about what will stand on the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square. |
| (95907) | |
| 18 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what evaluation the Creative Task Force has made of the impact of the Internet; and if he will make a statement. |
| (95908) | |
| 19 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Home Office since 1st August regarding the impact of asylum seekers in seaside holiday resorts. |
| (95909) | |
| 20 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the relationship of the value of tourism to the holding of major sporting events. |
| (96013) | |
| 21 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the number of military personnel leaving (a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the RAF for reasons of (i) premature voluntary release, (ii) redundancy, (iii) retirement and (iv) other, for each year between and including 1989 and the current financial year indicating what percentage of each category were (1) single, (2) married without children, (3) married with children, (4) divorced without children and (5) divorced with children. |
| (95961) | |
| 22 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the 33 integrated project teams working under the Smart Procurement Initiative; what new teams are currently planned; and if he will make a statement. |
| (95963) | |
| 23 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the percentage serviceability target in 1999 for equipment being required to be available within 12 hours for (a) RAF aircraft, (b) army tanks and (c) other battle vehicles. |
| (95965) | |
| 24 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the establishment strength of (a) Tornado GR1/4, (b) Tornado F3, (c) Harrier, (d) Jaguar, (e) Nimrod, (f) Sentry, (g) Tristar, (h) Puma, (i) Sea King and (j) Chinook; how many were (i) allocated to front-line units, (ii) fully serviceable, (iii) unserviceable 1st line, (iv) unserviceable 2nd line, (v) unserviceable 3rd line, (vi) unserviceable 4th line and (vii) held in reserve use on 1st October; and what percentage of the establishment strength this represents for each category. |
| (95967) | |
| 25 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the United Kingdom total requirement for Block III Tomahawk missiles; how many have been (a) delivered and (b) used; and when he expects the Royal Navy to have the full complement of missiles required. |
| (95969) | |
| 26 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Phoenix UAV system was deployed in Kosovo. |
| (95972) | |
| 27 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 27th July, Official Report, columns 199-200, when the contract was signed with the United States Department of Defense for the replenishment on RN Tomahawk missiles; what are the delivery terms of the contract; how many replacement missiles will be purchased; at what cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (95974) | |
| 28 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of Article 3 (d) of the new ILO convention on child labour on his Department's employment and deployment practices; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96014) | |
| 29 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of serving military personnel in (a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the RAF are (i) single, (ii) married without children, (iii) married with children, (iv) divorced without children and (v) divorced with children. |
| (95959) | |
| 30 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the number of military personnel stationed at each base, both in the United Kingdom and abroad, of (a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the RAF; which of these bases have an officer in charge of families; and what recreational, social, medical and educational facilities are available at each base for forces families. |
| (95960) | |
| 31 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the organisations dedicated to service family welfare and support for (a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the RAF; which of the organisations received MoD funding in each year between and including 1989 and the current financial year, indicating the amounts received; and what proportion of the organisations' budget this represented. |
| (95962) | |
| 32 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what studies or tests are currently being undertaken by or on behalf of the MoD into non-radioactive or contaminating substitutes for depleted uranium weapons and armour; and if he will make a statement. |
| (95964) | |
| 33 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the establishment strength of (a) Warrior variants, (b) Challenger 1, (c) Challenger 2, (d) Saxon variants, (e) AVF 430 variants, (f) Sabre, (g) Striker, (h) Scimitar, (i) Spartan, (j) Sultan, (k) Samaritan and (l) Samson; how many were (i) allocated to front-line units, (ii) fully operational, (iii) unserviceable--fully operational in 24 hours, (iv) unserviceable--fully operational in seven days and (v) unserviceable--fully operational in more than seven days on 1st October; and what percentage of the establishment strength this represents for each category. |
| (95966) | |
| 34 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) planned order and (b) date of completion for each adaptation of Astute and Trafalgar class submarines to fire Tomahawk missiles; and if he will make a statement. |
| (95968) | |
| 35 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the total cost to his Department of maintaining and prosecuting the defence of the northern and southern no fly zones in Iraq each year since 1992, including projected figures for 1999; and if he will make a statement. |
| (95970) | |
| 36 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to assist in the removal of undetonated landmines from Kosovo. |
| (95973) | |
| 37 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are employed in his Department in examining arms export licence applications. |
| (97059) | |
| 38 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the multi-role armoured vehicle to enter service; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97107) | |
| 39 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department is giving to British Aerospace in connection with its bid to sell Hawk aircraft to India. |
| (95055) | |
| 40 N | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the health and safety incidents which have occurred at AWE Aldermaston since 1st October. |
| (96986) | |
| 41 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the publications issued since 1st May 1997 relating to the New Deal, the total cost per publication and the numbers of each publication which have been produced. |
| (96302) | |
| 42 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is his policy on teaching five year olds about homosexual practices. |
| (97101) | |
| 43 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to make the University for Industry learning hubs co-terminous with regional development agency or sub-regional local learning and skills/small business service boundaries; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97056) | |
| 44 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to make the Integrated Youth Service areas co-terminous with local education authority, regional development agency or sub-regional local learning and skills'/small business service boundaries; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97057) | |
| 45 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to make careers and guidance areas co-terminous with the sub-regional local learning and skills councils'/small business service boundaries; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97058) | |
| 46 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what reports he has received of safety issues concerning the 20.42 Connex train to Dartford via Greenwich on 21st October; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96852) | |
| 47 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what requests he has received from Thamesmead Town Ltd. for its rented housing stock to be transferred to a registered social landlord or landlords; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96856) | |
| 48 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what reports he has received that the lunar lights on the North Kent line at Charlton are obscured by foliage; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96854) | |
| 49 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what reports he has received regarding recent incidents where Connex trains from Dartford to Cannon Street have taken the wrong route; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96853) | |
| 50 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what requests he has received for changes to the structure of Thamesmead Town Ltd; and if he will make a statement |
| (96855) | |
| 51 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he intends to take to ensure that the ban on the international trade in whale products is not lifted at the next meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Nairobi in April 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96335) | |
| 52 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the United Kingdom has gained from the agreement made this summer to allow Fedex fifth freedom rights at Prestwick Airport. |
| (97082) | |
| 53 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how he proposes to ensure better provision of general customer information at cycle facilities provided by Railtrack and rail operators. |
| (97075) | |
| 54 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he proposes to ensure that cycles can be carried on trains. |
| (97074) | |
| 55 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has made to the European Commission on his plans to retain UK responsibility for bilateral negotiations with third countries on civil aviation agreements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97079) | |
| 56 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the bids made by each local authority in their Provisional Local Transport Plan for the years 2000-01 and 2001-02 for projected local transport capital expenditure on (a) maintenance of principal highways, (b) maintenance, assessment and strengthening of bridges, (c) individual schemes costing more than £5 million and (d) individual schemes and groups of related schemes costing less than £5 million. |
| (97087) | |
| 57 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place the weekly reports he receives on signals passed at danger on the railway in the Library as soon as he receives them; and on what day of the week they will regularly appear. |
| (97084) | |
| 58 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions his Department has held with its US counterparts concerning the future of US/UK civil aviation agreements; who was present at such meetings; what were the agendas and the conclusions of the meetings; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97076) | |
| 59 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list each location on the motorway and trunk road network in England where (a) there is currently a weight restriction below the normal permitted maximum and (b) where the Highways Agency is undertaking monitoring because of concerns about the strength of a structure. |
| (97070) | |
| 60 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what increase in the EU responsibility for bilateral negotiations with third countries on civil aviation agreements the Government has agreed since 1st May 1997. |
| (97081) | |
| 61 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if it is government policy to make quality contracts subject to ministerial consent; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97072) | |
| 62 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of (a) motorways and (b) trunk roads are expected to have a residual life of (i) less than zero and (ii) zero to four years at the end of the current financial year. |
| (97067) | |
| 63 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for each local authority the submissions given in their Provisional Local Transport Plans for 2000-01 with regard to the targets required under the Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997. |
| (97088) | |
| 64 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place weekly reports on signals passed at danger on the London Underground in the Library. |
| (97085) | |
| 65 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from United Kingdom airlines concerning the future of UK/US civil aviation agreements. |
| (97077) | |
| 66 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what changes he anticipates in the defects indices for each category of road when the National Road Maintenance Condition Survey is next published. |
| (97069) | |
| 67 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will produce a table of railway signals passed at danger for each week since 5th October,showing the split between each category of SPAD. |
| (97086) | |
| 68 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if it is the Government's policy to retain responsibility for bilateral negotiations with third countries on civil aviation agreements indefinitely. |
| (97080) | |
| 69 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to ensure that secure and weatherproof cycle lockers are introduced at railway stations. |
| (97073) | |
| 70 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from the European Commission concerning his Department's present responsibility for bilateral negotiations with third countries on civil aviation agreements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97078) | |
| 71 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Highways Agency will achieve a position of steady state maintenance on the bridges and other structures on the motorway and trunk road network in England; and what he expects will be the annual expenditure requirement to maintain that position once it is achieved. |
| (97068) | |
| 72 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for each local authority the proposals for bypasses and other major road schemes made in their provisional local transport plan. |
| (97071) | |
| 73 N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many incidents of signals passed at danger have occurred on the main line betwen London Liverpool Street and Ipswich in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97090) | |
| 74 N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many incidents of signals passed at danger have occurred on the main line betwen London Liverpool Street and Southminster in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97089) | |
| 75 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will add an additional entry to Table 5.5 of the Government Actuary's report National Insurance Fund Long Term Financial Estimates (Cm 4446) giving the surplus to the National Insurance Fund for each of the years there listed if Class 1 and all other contribution rates are held constant. |
| (96243) | |
| 76 N | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate for each member state of the EU (a) net and gross contributions to the EU Budget for the last year for which figures are available, including net receipts and (b) the break down of net and gross contributions by household and population. |
| (97091) | |
| 77 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the bilateral treaties between the UK and the US (a) are still in effect and (b) were ratified in the last 30 years. |
| (96301) | |
| 78 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people are employed in his Department in examining arms export licence applications. |
| (97061) | |
| 79 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response he has made to the report of the Bishop of Coventry and his ecclesiastical colleagues on their recent visit to Baghdad and their assessment of the policy of UN sanctions against Iraq. |
| (95458) | |
| 80 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the security situation in the Kosovo towns of (a) Mitrovica and (b) Orahovac. |
| (96945) | |
| 81 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the borders between (a) Kosovo and Albania and (b) Kosovo and Macedonia are adequately secured; and who controls them. |
| (97063) | |
| 82 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the number of Kosovo Albanians killed by the Yugoslav Army, Serbian security forces and paramilitaries in Kosovo during the Operation Allied Force. |
| (96949) | |
| 83 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the planned 3,000 police officers for Kosovo have been deployed since 10th June. |
| (96947) | |
| 84 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the ethnic composition is of the Kosovo Transitional Council; how many times the Council has met since 10th June; and if it is still operational. |
| (97066) | |
| 85 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government has provided to the international effort to identify and investigate mass graves in Kosovo. |
| (97064) | |
| 86 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the South Eastern Europe Regional Table periodic report to the OSCE has been produced; and if he will place a copy in the Library. |
| (96946) | |
| 87 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the Kosovo Liberation Army's demilitarisation has been conducted in accordance with the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and a consequent Demilitarisation Agreement. |
| (97083) | |
| 88 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which international organisation has the mandate to function as the primary investigative and prosecutional agency for criminal acts committed on the territory of Kosovo between March 1998 and 10th June 1999. |
| (96948) | |
| 89 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what security undertaking has been made by NATO to Montenegro since the end of operation Allied Force. |
| (96944) | |
| 90 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the Kosovo Serbs' proposal regarding establishment of (a) Serb enclaves within Kosovo and (b) Serb defence forces. |
| (97065) | |
| 91 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the latest position in Kosovo. |
| (95052) | |
| 92 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the termination payment awarded to Clive Uren by Eastbourne Hospitals NHS Trusts. |
| (96333) | |
| 93 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the financial surplus or deficit position of (a) the London regions, (b) each of London's health authorities and (c) each of London's hospital trusts after the first six months of financial years (i) 1999-2000 and (ii) 1998-99; and what was the target for the end of 1999-2000. |
| (96984) | |
| 94 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK companies are able to supply the separate mumps, measles and rubella vaccines. |
| (97108) | |
| 95 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days off work have been taken by NHS employees each year since 1990 owing to sickness; how much this time off has cost the NHS; how many days off work have been taken by NHS employees each year since 1990 owing to stress; how much this time off has cost the NHS; what assessment he has made of stress levels amongst staff in the NHS; what proposals he has to reduce stress levels amongst NHS staff; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97116) | |
| 96 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is (a) the largest town or city without a publicly-funded CCTV system and (b) the smallest town or village with a publicly-funded CCTV system. |
| (96306) | |
| 97 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances agencies under his control match images derived from CCTV camera recordings against digitised (a) passport photographs, (b) driver licence photographs and (c) police photograph databases; and what controls he operates to prevent misuse of CCTV camera recordings. |
| (96310) | |
| 98 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent evidence he has to establish the effect of CCTV on displacement of crime from CCTV surveillance areas to areas without CCTV. |
| (96304) | |
| 99 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much departmental money has been spent on CCTV for each of the last three years; and how much matched funding this has attracted in each of these years. |
| (96308) | |
| 100 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number of times per day a person in London will on average be caught on publicly-funded CCTV. |
| (96303) | |
| 101 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of CCTV systems in (a) reducing crime levels and (b) increasing detection rates, with particular reference to the report funded by the Scottish Office into the effectiveness of CCTV in Glasgow. |
| (96307) | |
| 102 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate (a) the number of (i) police, (ii) other public sector and (iii) private operators of CCTV systems and (b) the number of active CCTV cameras in England. |
| (96305) | |
| 103 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers he has to regulate the visibility of (a) public and (b) private CCTV systems. |
| (96309) | |
| 104 N | Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Greenock and Inverclyde will receive a reply to his letter of 27th September concerning the Immigration and Asylum Bill. |
| (96857) | |
| 105 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to meet his target of processing asylum applications within six months. |
| (96937) | |
| 106 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his provisional timetable for offering to competitive tender the administration of the asylum voucher scheme and for awarding a contract. |
| (96935) | |
| 107 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his planned timetable for the establishment of a Next Steps agency for asylum seeker support; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96939) | |
| 108 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on how he proposes to phase-in the transfer to the planned new arrangements for asylum support of people who will already be asylum seekers on 31st March 2000. |
| (96938) | |
| 109 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his provisional timetable for offering to competitive tender the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers and for awarding a contract. |
| (96936) | |
| 110 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his current estimate of the gross expenditure, income and net expenditure of the Immigration and Nationality Department (a) to date during the current financial year and (b) for the whole financial year 1999-2000. |
| (96940) | |
| 111 | Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the outcome of the Justice and Home Affairs Council held in Luxembourg on 29th October; and if he will make a statement. |
| (97106) | |
| 112 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to assist in the restoration of Serbia's (a) water, (b) electricity and (c) gas utilities. |
| (95971) | |
| 113 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people are employed in her Department in examining arms exports licence applications. |
| (97060) | |
| 114 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 26th July, Official Report, column 29, on animal welfare, if the Inter-departmental Minister Group on animal welfare has now been established; if he will list its membership; and if he will set out its terms of reference. |
| (96496) | |
| 115 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, what the anticipated annual running costs, including staff costs, are of the Reseach and Information Office within 10 Downing Street. |
| (96411) | |
| 116 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, under what circumstances permanent secretaries are permitted to brief the media personally. |
| (96712) | |
| 117 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if the Press Secretary to the Prime Minister can issue instructions to departmental heads of information. |
| (96339) | |
| 118 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason Rupert Murdoch was invited to lunch at 10 Downing Street on the occasion of the visit there of President Jiang Zemin; if Tibet was discussed at that meeting; and if he will make a statement. |
| (96340) | |
| 119 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the dates on which the Press Secretary to the Prime Minister has met departmental heads of information since 1st May 1997. |
| (96337) | |
| 120 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the changes of personnel holding posts within the Civil Service as departmental heads of information since 1st May 1997. |
| (96338) | |
| 121 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, what is the job description of the head of the Research and Information Office within 10 Downing Street. |
| (96332) | |
| 122 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the departmental leak investigations in progress, specifying in each case the nature of material leaked. |
| (96343) | |
| 123 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, how many leak investigations have been instigated since 1st May 1997; how many have identified the culprit; and what action has been taken in each case. |
| (96344) | |
| 124 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much was paid in social security benefits to asylum seekers in each financial year since 31st March 1992. |
| (96941) | |
| 125 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what provision his Department has made for the payment of social security benefits to asylum seekers during the financial year 2000-01. |
| (96943) | |
| 126 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is his estimate of the amount paid in social security benefits to asylum seekers so far during 1999-2000 and his estimate of the likely total of such expenditure for the entire financial year 1999-2000. |
| (96942) | |
| 127 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to improve consumer protection legislation. |
| (96312) | |
| 128 N | Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) EU Objective One and (b) EU Objective Two programmes on UK economic development; and if he will make a statement. |
| (95067) | |
| 129 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many inquiries his Department has undertaken in relation to the company affairs of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords within the last 10 years; and how many of these have been published. |
| (97100) | |
| 130 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people are employed in his Department in examining arms export licence applications. |
| (97062) | |
| 131 | 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 201, on RDX explosives, what export licences have been issued since May for explosives containing RDX; and how many applications are currently pending. |
| (97114) | |
| 132 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) EU Objective One and (b) EU Objective Two programmes on UK economic development; and if he will make a statement. |
| (95057) | |
| 133 N | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department and MAFF have completed their joint report on compensation for distant water trawlermen. |
| (96902) | |
| 134 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library the minutes of meetings of the Export Guarantee Advisory Council. |
| (97105) | |
| 135 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will set out the procedures the Export Credit Guarantee Department uses when it appoints members of the Export Guarantee Advisory Council. |
| (97103) | |
| 136 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 when he has asked for advice from the Export Guarantee Advisory Council in respect of matters relating to the operation of the Export Credit Guarantee Department. |
| (97102) | |
| 137 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) the instances since 1st May 1997 when members of the Export Guarantee Advisory Council have absented themselves from a meeting because an area in which they have declared an interest is under discussion, (b) the names of the council members concerned and (c) the items under discussion. |
| (97104) | |
| 138 N | Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of EU Objective One and Objective Two programmes on United Kingdom economic development. |
| (95037) | |
| 139 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the definition of employment for self-employed contractors contained in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill; and on what basis he has calculated the effect of such changes to the status of employment. |
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