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Session 1998-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 5 November 1999 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 5 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.

FRIDAY 5th NOVEMBER
1	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many (a) dogs and (b) cats were exported from the United Kingdom in the last year for which information is available.
	(97614)
2	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will send a copy of the latest scientific report approving the safety of British beef to those countries which continue to ban British beef.
	(97743)
3	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those countries outside the Commonwealth which (a) have lifted their ban on British beef and (b) continue to ban British beef.
	(97742)
4	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those members of the Commonwealth which (a) have lifted their ban on British beef and (b) continue to ban British beef.
	(97741)
5	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to ensure that the sale of meat produced by illegal means, with particular reference to the use of human sewage or animal sludge, is declared illegal and is unavailable for circulation throughout the European Union.
	(97651)
6	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the approved length of time needed to convert farms to organic farming for (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the average EU member state.
	(97639)
7	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he has taken to address the lack of a business or communication strategy identified in the Coopers and Lybrand review of Common Agricultural Policy administration.
	(97674)
8	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the cost per claim was in 1998-99 in each of his Department's regional service centres for each of the Common Agricultural Policy schemes administered by them.
	(97707)
9	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will investigate differences in regulation of pesticides between the UK and other EU member states.
	(97621)
10   N	Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the current entitlement to severence pay for secretaries of state who have resigned; and what was the amount spent on such severance pay in the last twelve months, broken down by ministry.
	(97390)
11	Mr William Cash (Stone):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what opinion research the Cabinet Office has commissioned on attitudes to economic and monetary union and the European Union; which polling organisations have been awarded contracts for such research; when such contracts were awarded; and what the costs of the contracts have been.
	(97770)
12	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers are employed by each Government department, including the Prime Minister's Office; and how many there were in 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99.
	(97766)
13	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the total cost of special advisers currently employed by each Government department and by the Prime Minister's Office; and what was the total cost for each year from 1995-96 to 1998-99.
	(97606)
14   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish a list of assets sold by his Department and the value realised in each case, in each year from 1991-92 to 1998-99, together with an estimate of the value of asset sales planned in the (a) current and (b) next financial year.
	(97585)
15   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 25th October, Official Report, column 755, on the National Arts Day, if the proposal for a National Arts Day meets his criteria.
	(97477)
16   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the level of industry participation in the new harmonised accommodation rating scheme for England.
	(97476)
17	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Millennium Commission has currently allocated for flagship capital projects where the Commission contribution is £10 million or more in (a) London, (b) Birmingham, (c) Manchester, (d) Salford, (e) Liverpool, (f) Sheffield, (g) Newcastle, (h) Leeds and (i) Bristol.
	(97638)
18	Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which forces, listed in the Memorandum of Understanding with the UN on forces available for peacekeeping operations, are unavailable; what proportion of earmarked forces this represents; and if he will make a statement on the purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding.
	(97763)
19	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of HM armed forces who were in active service during the Gulf War are known to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
	(97635)
20	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the approximate weight of ordnance dropped on Iraq by allied planes in 1999; and if he will make a statement.
	(97634)
21	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Army have been medically discharged solely for post-traumatic stress disorder since 1995.
	(97637)
22	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the investigations which have been commissioned by medical officers in each year since 1990 regarding the frequency of post-traumatic stress disorder among serving members of the armed forces.
	(97636)
23	Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current figure is for slippage in respect of the landing platform docks; what the expected date of delivery is for each vessel, taking into account present slippage; what the expected date of delivery is, taking into account recovery of slippage; and if he will make a statement.
	(97753)
24   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received in the last 12 months on the RAF Chinook helicopter crash on Mull of Kintyre in 1994.
	(97235)
25   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what developments there have been in the joint MOD-industry sub-group investigating the Defence Evaluation Research Agency public-private partnership.
	(97236)
26   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the Defence Evaluation Research Agency public-private partnership.
	(97237)
27	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists served in the Balkans theatre with (a) the Army, (b) the RAF and (c) the Royal Navy in each year since 1994; with which units they served; what percentage of forces deployed to the theatre they represented; for each service in each year what was the average length of service of reservists; and if he will make a statement.
	(97615)
28	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the annual cost of storing Royal Navy nuclear material at BNFL Sellafield.
	(97643)
29	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment at Porton Down has ever been a secret germ warfare base.
	(97610)
30	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of work carried out at his Department's establishment at Nancecuke in Cornwall on the health of the local population.
	(97645)
31	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received opposing the work of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment at Porton Down from (a) members of the public, (b) non-governmental organisations, (c) charities and pressure groups and (d) honourable Members since May 1997; if he will make it his policy to close the establishment; and when he will visit CBD Porton Down to meet the scientific and industrial staff.
	(97642)
32	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the occasions on which (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) agency staff have (i) corresponded with, (ii) met and (iii) spoken to Mr Rob Evans about the chemical and biological defence establishment at Porton Down.
	(97644)
33	Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has received binding assurances that all relevant technologies and source codes would be transferred to the United Kingdom if it acquired a United States BVRAAM.
	(97711)
34   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will undertake a review of funding for people with learning difficulties.
	(97258)
35   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many copies of Voices magazine have been published; how many have been distributed and to whom; and what was the cost of publishing this magazine.
	(97311)
36	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people have benefited from the New Deals in (a) the North West and (b) Lancashire.
	(97612)
37	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answers of 16th April, Official Report, column 381, and 1st July, Official Report, column 245, on primary school pupils, if he will list the money spent per primary age pupil (a) from local education authorities, (b) from central government and (c) in total in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 1998-99 for each local education authority ranked in descending order of total spend.
	(97646)
38   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what (a) groups and (b) organisations will be consulted during the South East and East of England Regional Air Services Study.
	(97478)
39   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when BAA submitted the result of their feasibility study into a second runway at Gatwick to his Department; and if he will publish its findings.
	(97475)
40   N	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his timetable for dealing with the report of the panel on Regional Planning Guidance for the south east of England; and what opportunities there will be for the public to have their views on the panel report taken into account.
	(97288)
41   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money has been spent through the Single Regeneration Budget in each of the last five years (a) in England as a whole and (b) in rural England.
	(97238)
42   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions his Department has had with trade representatives over the proposed pesticide tax.
	(97255)
43   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what investigations are currently under way into the auditing procedures for town and parish councils.
	(97284)
44   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions have been held between officials of his Department and representatives of the National Association of Local Councils the auditing procedures faced by town and parish councils.
	(97285)
45	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money has been spent on publications by the Government Office for the North West since its establishment.
	(97608)
46	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research his Department has undertaken into emissions from landfill sites.
	(97620)
47	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was (a) the cost of the Salisbury Transport Study led by the Government Office of the South West and (b) the fee paid to its consultants W. S. Atkins.
	(97611)
48	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the average waiting time is for (a) a driving test and (b) a driving retest; what the average waiting times were five years ago; and if he will make a statement.
	(97700)
49	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people were killed in the last year for which figures are available while working on (a) road construction, (b) road repair and maintenance and (c) road cleaning.
	(97702)
50	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what regional variations there are in the waiting times for driving tests and retests; and if he will make a statement.
	(97701)
51	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those local authorities which have disposed of their entire housing stock since 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(97622)
52	Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if all eligible claims relating to the most recent French lorry drivers' dispute have been settled.
	(97652)
53	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to bring into force the contaminated land regime in Part IIA of the Environment Protection Act 1990.
	(97755)
54	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the implications of the High Court decision in Jelson Ltd v Derby City Council for (a) the lawfulness of planning obligations requiring developers to transfer land to registered social landlords and the number of such planning obligations affected, (b) local planning authority practice and (c) Government guidance, with particular reference to Environment Circular 6/98 on affordable housing.
	(97754)
55	Dr Peter Brand (Isle of Wight):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those goods legally available in other European Community countries which cannot be brought into the United Kingdom.
	(97647)
56   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has submitted to the European Commission for the lowering of zero rating of VAT on labour-intensive services delivered directly to the final consumer.
	(97391)
57	Mr William Cash (Stone):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what opinion research the Treasury has commissioned on attitudes to economic and monetary union and the European Union; which polling organisations have been awarded contracts for such research; when such contracts were awarded; and what the costs of such contracts have been.
	(97769)
58   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with trade representatives over the proposed pesticide tax.
	(97256)
59   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages of exempting patient participation groups from VAT on their purchases of medical equipment.
	(97260)
60   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons some charitable bodies are exempt from VAT on medical equipment and others are not.
	(97261)
61	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children between the ages of five and 18 years have drowned in the UK this year; and how many drowned in the years (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997 and (d) 1998.
	(97607)
62	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the loss to the National Insurance Fund in 2001-02 and 2002-03 from the reduction of employers' contributions resulting from the introduction of a levy on business use of energy in April 2001; and what proposals he has to compensate the Fund for that loss.
	(97618)
63	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Birkenhead of 29th October, Official Report, column 1031, by how much the National Insurance Fund balance at the end of each year from 1997-98 to 2001-02 inclusive exceeds the minimum level recommended by the Government Actuary.
	(97617)
64	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure equal tax treatment of contributions to state and occupational pension schemes.
	(97619)
65	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages of rebating part of the climate change levy for energy intensive industries.
	(97708)
66	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages of exempting key industrial processes from the climate change levy, with particular reference to blast furnaces and electrolysis.
	(97706)
67	Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enterprise investment schemes were undertaken in (a) 1997 and (b) 1998.
	(97717)
68	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what calculation he has made of the effects of different levels of climate change levy on enabling the UK to meet the targets for reduction in greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto protocol and the Government's domestic goal for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
	(97722)
69	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the climate change levy assuming that all its costs are passed on to consumers; and if he will make a statement.
	(97623)
70	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the report by Business Strategies entitled The Climate Change Levy--Impact on the UK Economy; and if he will make a statement.
	(97625)
71	Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many copies of the European Commission booklet, The Raspberry Ice Cream War, were printed in (a) English and (b) other Community languages; what determined these numbers; and if he will make a statement.
	(97764)
72	Mr William Cash (Stone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what opinion research his Department has commissioned on attitudes to economic and monetary union and the European Union; which polling organisations have been awarded contracts for such research; when such contracts were awarded; and what the costs of such contracts have been.
	(97768)
73	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for North East Derbyshire will receive a reply to his letter of 11th September and his fax of 11th October, other than an acknowledgement of 15th September reference POH (3)5120/60 and an undated holding reply received on 16th October; and if the subsequent arrangements that he has been informed about in telephone conversations will be confirmed in writing.
	(97609)
74	Dr Peter Brand (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide a list of those health authorities that provide bug-busting kits for head lice free of charge.
	(97648)
75   N	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England are receiving services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
	(97289)
76   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to reject NICE recommendations for further commercially-sponsored clinical trials in circumstances where his Department has already ruled out such trials as uneconomic.
	(97309)
77   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many food poisoning cases in each of the last five years have been attributed to cheese made from (a) pasteurised and (b) unpasteurised milk; and what proportion of the total number of cases they represent.
	(97310)
78   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish guidelines explaining why all medications need now to be in patient packs.
	(97479)
79   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department's criteria for distributing the additional funds recently announced for increasing spending on mental health.
	(97257)
80   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria his Department uses to decide whether a patient is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and thus entitled to free treatment on the NHS.
	(97262)
81   N	Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the assets sold by his Department together with their values in each year from 1991-92 to 1998-99; and if he will estimate the value of assets planned to be sold in 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
	(96274)
82	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd November, Official Report, column 101, if he has made a provisional estimate of the aggregate increase in uniform business rates payable by NHS trusts and health authorities in England as a result of the 2000 rating revaluation.
	(97765)
83	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the question tabled for answer on 23rd July (ref. 93132).
	(97605)
84	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his assurance to the Chairman of the General Practitioners' Committee of the BMA that the freedom of GPs to refer would be unchanged remains Government policy.
	(97653)
85	Mr Bill Michie (Sheffield, Heeley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action is being taken to reduce the time between patients with non-life threatening conditions being referred by their general practitioners and their appointments with specialist consultants.
	(97650)
86	Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the advice of the UK Screening Committee on the feasibility of introducing high risk type II diabetic screening.
	(97649)
87	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter of 28th September from Mr R. Wright, a constituent.
	(97604)
88   N	Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the timescale for the supply of diphtheria, tetanus, polio and BCG vaccines.
	(97290)
89	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female prisoners are currently being held in United Kingdom gaols; and what was the average proportion of sentence served by female prisoners in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(97718)
90   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested in connection with activities related to each state visit in the last three years.
	(97263)
91   N	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who was appointed to investigate recent allegations of bullying in relation to nursing staff at HMP Liverpool and on whose authority; who set the terms of reference for the inquiry; what guidance was given on the conduct of the inquiry and the compilation of the report; and to whom he intends the report will be made available in its entirety.
	(97281)
92   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to begin the national implementation of the framework for final warning schemes, reparation orders, action plan order, child safety orders, parenting orders, and youth offending teams; and if he will make a statement on the piloting of these schemes.
	(97307)
93   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the local authorities which have used (a) local child curfew schemes, (b) anti-social behaviour orders and (c) court-ordered secure demands.
	(97306)
94   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the European Commission to publish a draft directive on racism and xenophobia.
	(97286)
95   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the number of asylum seekers who are currently (a) supported by local authorities and (b) in receipt of social security benefits.
	(97584)
96   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the state of millennium compliance in (a) the Passport Agency and (b) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
	(97287)
97	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number of (a) police officers and (b) civilian employees employed in the Hillingdon Division of the Metropolian Police for the years 1993 to 1998 inclusive.
	(97616)
98	Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff were employed in Staffordshire Police Force in each year since 1979.
	(97767)
99   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, as representing the House of Commons Commission, from what budget heading costs for Scottish Grand Committee meetings will be allocated.
	(97587)
100	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the implications of the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Mr Kevin Perks and seven other community charge protesters that their rights had been violated by refusal to grant them legal aid.
	(97719)
101	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if it is the Government's intention to appeal against the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Mr Kevin Perks and seven other community charge protesters.
	(97720)
102	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people were refused legal aid in cases of non-payment of community charge.
	(97721)
103   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the President of the Council, what proposals she has for the Scottish Grand Committee to meet in Scotland.
	(97586)
104	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will meet representatives of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths to discuss ways in which there could be a more coherent public service response to the causes of unexpected infant deaths.
	(97716)
105	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to combine the responsibilities of the Home Office and Department of Health with those of other departments in order (a) to institute infant death response teams of trained police and specialist nurses to visit and support families within 24 hours, (b) to provide for inquests held by specialist pathologists and (c) to institute case conferences to consider and agree the cause of death.
	(97715)
106   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Benefits Agency has publicised the consequences of changes to benefit and pension entitlements over the last 14 years.
	(97308)
107	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will seek to amend the Child Support Acts so that the provision of false information to the Agency relating to income and declared and undeclared earnings is treated as fraud and a criminal offence under the Acts.
	(97713)
108	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many British citizens living overseas and in receipt of frozen pensions retired (a) before 1979, (b) between 1979 and 1992 and (c) since 1992.
	(97744)
109	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many British citizens living overseas who retired before 1979 were in receipt of frozen pensions in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
	(97745)
110   N	Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims for compensation from miners and miners' widows have been received to date for (a) vibration white finger and (b) chronic bronchitis and emphysema in (i) South Yorkshire, (ii) Yorkshire and (iii) the UK.
	(97283)
111   N	Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is his estimate of the compensation that will be paid out over the next three years to miners and miners' widows for (a) vibration white finger and (b) chronic bronchitis and emphysema in (i) South Yorkshire, (ii) Yorkshire and (iii) the UK.
	(97282)
112	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on carbon dioxide emissions of the conversion of oil to gas; and if he will make a statement.
	(97627)
113	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what penalties will be applied to the United Kingdom if it fails to meet the legally-binding Kyoto greenhouse gas emission targets; and if he will make a statement.
	(97626)
114	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises in manufacturing of the introduction of the climate change levy; and if he will make a statement.
	(97640)
115	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he has taken to provide direct support to manufacturing industry to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
	(97632)
116	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the increase in energy use between 1990 and 1998 by (i) industry, (ii) the domestic sector, (iii) transport, (iv) consumer and (v) other; and if he will make a statement.
	(97631)
117	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which sector of the economy he has identified as the fastest-growing consumer of energy; and if he will make a statement.
	(97629)
118	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will rank the sectors of the economy according to their percentage consumption of the UK's total energy, indicating the percentages in each case; and if he will make a statement.
	(97630)
119	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the industrial sectors already with high energy efficiency will assist in achieving Kyoto targets; and if he will make a statement.
	(97641)
120	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which sectors of industry he has assessed as having substantial opportunities to reduce their energy consumption; and if he will make a statement.
	(97624)
121	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the ability of small and medium sized enterprises to make the necessary investment to reduce their energy usage to meet Kyoto requirements; and if he will make a statement.
	(97633)
122	Mr Ian Taylor (Esher and Walton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures the Government propose to take to enhance the competitive environment in the UK for divisions of multinational companies to stimulate them to continue to make major investments in the UK, with particular reference to those operating in the ice-cream industry.
	(97752)
123   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what checks are made and controls imposed by his Department on arms manufacturers and arms brokers before they are granted permission to advertise on his Department's website.
	(97389)
124	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual number of sudden infant deaths.
	[Transferred] (97714)
125	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to implement the draft European Energy Products Directive, Article 13, in granting exemptions to electrolytic processes; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (97628)

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