+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.
| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry |
| *1 |
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): What steps he is taking to raise the level of innovation in the United Kingdom's industrial base.
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139531
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| *2 |
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): If he will assess the performance of manufacturing industry in the West Midlands.
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139532
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| *3 |
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): If he will make a statement on the development of biotechnology clusters.
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139533
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| *4 |
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): When he last met the Tobacco Workers Association to discuss job prospects in British tobacco manufacturing.
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139534
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| *5 |
Mr Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): What steps he is taking to ensure that the Citizens Advice Bureau service is available at a consistent level throughout England and Wales.
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139535
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| *6 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): If he will make a statement on the future of the Post Office network.
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139537
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| *7 |
Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): What plans he has to provide stronger consumer protection by way of regulation of trade associations.
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139538
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| *8 |
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): How many ex-miners and their families in the East Midlands have received mining-related health compensation in the last 12 months.
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139539
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| *9 |
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): What representations he has received on the progress of mineworkers' compensation claims.
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139540
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| *10 |
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): What action the Government has taken to encourage the development of sustainable energy.
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139542
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| *11 |
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): If he will make a statement on progress made in encouraging businesses to communicate electronically with (a) customers and (b) other businesses.
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139543
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| *12 |
Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): If he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the national minimum wage in poverty reduction.
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139544
) |
| *13 |
Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): If he will make a statement on his plans to review the reduced minimum wage for young people.
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139545
) |
| *14 |
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What contracts for the supply of goods to the Indian sub-continent have received support from the Export Credit Guarantee Department in the current year.
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(
139546
) |
| *15 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): What assessment he has made of the impact on the post office network of switching benefit payments to automated credit transfer from 2003.
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(
139547
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| *16 |
Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): How he plans to enforce consumer protection measures during the pre-Christmas shopping period.
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(
139548
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| *17 |
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): What representations he made to the Chancellor before the pre-Budget report concerning the climate change levy.
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139549
) |
| *18 |
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): What steps he is recommending small businesses to take in preparation for the United Kingdom joining the single European currency.
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139550
) |
| *19 |
Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): If he will make a statement on progress towards the establishment of a universal bank in post offices.
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139551
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| *20 |
Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): If he will make a statement on progress made in establishing centres of excellence in United Kingdom universities.
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139552
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| *21 |
Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): What discussion he has held with the Secretaries of State for Education and Employment and Social Security about the potential costs to business of the European Social Agenda.
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(
139553
) |
| *22 |
Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): What assessment he has made of the benefits to manufacturing industry of membership of the Single European Market in the last 12 months.
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(
139554
) |
| *23 |
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): What plans he has to review the law relating to the disposal of company assets following receivership; and if he will make a statement.
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(
139555
) |
| *24 |
Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): What steps he is taking to promote enterprise amongst disadvantaged communities.
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(
139556
) |
| *25 |
Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): If he will make a statement about the management of the Prototype Fast Reactor fuels at Dounreay.
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(
139557
) |
| *26 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What discussions he has held with business and industry about family-friendly employment policies; and if he will make a statement.
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(
139558
) |
| *27 |
Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): What discussions he has held with the Secretary of State for Defence on the extent to which his procurement policies are open to competition.
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(
139559
) |
| *28 |
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): If he will make statement on the future of the motor car industry in the United Kingdom.
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(
139560
) |
| *29 |
Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): What plans he has to review the law concerning the sale of fireworks.
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139561
) |
| *30 |
Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): If he will make a statement on the role that RDAs will play in supporting local business forums.
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(
139562
) |
| *31 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): What steps he is taking to improve trade with Iran.
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139563
) |
| *32 |
Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): What action his Department is taking to support the development of new business opportunities linked to universities.
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(
139564
) |
| *33 |
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): If he will hold a public inquiry on the Cefn Croes windfarm proposal in Ceredigion; and if he will make a statement.
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139565
) |
| *34 |
Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): What measures he is taking to ensure that impact assessments are effective.
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139566
) |
| *35 |
Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): If he will make a statement on the progress of the action plan for the textile industry.
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139567
) |
| *36 |
Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): What recent representations he has received concerning the European Union's Shipbuilding Intervention Fund.
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139568
) |
| *37 |
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): What discussions he has had with the European Commission regarding his proposals for a national bank in post offices.
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139569
) |
Main Business |
| + 1 | DISQUALIFICATIONS BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments [allotted day]. [Up to 3 hours]
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| For a Motion to disagree, see separate Paper.
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| Proceedings shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion three hours after their commencement (Order of 29th November).
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| + 2 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND COURT SERVICES BILL: Consideration of Lords Amendments in lieu of Lords Amendments disagreed to. [Until any hour]
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| Debate may continue until any hour if the 7.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.
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| At 7.00 p.m.
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| + | BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE [No debate]
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| The Prime Minister
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| That, at this day's sitting, the Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill, consideration of any Lords Messages and Amendments that may be received and the Business of the House Motion in the name of Margaret Beckett may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 15).
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| + 3 | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [No debate]
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| Mr Secretary Prescott
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| That the draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000, which were laid before this House on 20th November, be approved.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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| + 4 | BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE [Until any hour]
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| Margaret Beckett
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| That, at this day's sitting and the sitting on Friday 1st December—
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| (i) the Speaker shall not adjourn the House until any Messages from the Lords shall have been received, and
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| (ii) if the House has completed its consideration of any Messages received from the Lords and the Lords have adjourned their sitting, the Speaker shall adjourn the House without Question put.
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| Debate may continue until any hour if the 7.00 p.m. Business Motion is agreed to.
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| + 5 | HUMAN RIGHTS (JOINT COMMITTEE) [No debate after 7.00 p.m.]
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| Margaret Beckett
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| That the Lords Message [12th July] communicating a Resolution, That it is expedient that a Joint Committee of both Houses be appointed—
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| to consider and report on: |
| (a) matters relating to human rights in the United Kingdom (but excluding consideration of individual cases);
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| (b) proposals for remedial orders, draft remedial orders and remedial orders made under section 10 of and laid under Schedule 2 to the Human Rights Act 1998; and
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| (c) in respect of draft remedial orders and remedial orders, whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to them on any of the grounds specified in House of Lords Standing Order 73 (Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments);
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| (a) in relation to any document containing proposals laid before the House under paragraph 3 of the said Schedule 2, its recommendation whether a draft order in the same terms as the proposals should be laid before the House;
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| (b) in relation to any draft order laid under paragraph 2 of the said Schedule 2, its recommendation whether the draft order should be approved;
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| and to have power to report to the House on any matter arising from its consideration of the said proposals or draft orders; and |
| to report to the House in respect of any original order laid under paragraph 4 of the said Schedule 2, its recommendation whether: |
| (a) the order should be approved in the form in which it was originally laid before Parliament; or
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| (b) that the order should be replaced by a new order modifying the provisions of the original order; or
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| (c) that the order should not be approved,
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| and to have power to report to the House on any matter arising from its consideration of the said order or any replacement order,
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| Margaret Beckett
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| (Upon consideration of the Lords Message), To move, That this House concurs with the Lords in the said Resolution.
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| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.
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| + 6 | SELECT COMMITTEES (JOINT MEETINGS) [No debate after 7.00 p.m.]
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| Margaret Beckett
Mr Paddy Tipping
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| That, for the next Session of Parliament, Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) be amended as follows:
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| Line 37, before the word `European' insert the words `Environmental Audit Committee or with the'.
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| Line 46, before the word `European' insert the words `Environmental Audit Committee or with the'.
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| Line 48, at the end insert the words:—
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| `(4A) notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (4) above, where more than two committees or sub-committees appointed under this order meet concurrently in accordance with paragraph (4)(e) above, the quorum of each such committee or sub-committee shall be two.'
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| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 7.00 p.m.
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| Note:
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| The House may be asked to consider any Lords Messages which may be received.
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| Subject to progress of Business, a Royal Commission is expected.
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| At the end of the sitting:
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| 7 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Administration of Housing Benefit (Ms Karen Buck).
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| This debate will not take place if the Business of the House Motion in the name of Margaret Beckett is agreed to or a Message is received from the Lord Commissioners.
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Written Questions tabled on Wednesday 29th November for answer today++
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| 1 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will commission an ecological assessment of (a) Peros Banhos and (b) Saloman in the British Indian Ocean Territory before any return of Ilois people from Mauritius.
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(
141223
) |
| 2 |
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the total cost to the NHS of the `Beat Flu: Use a Jab' advertising campaign.
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(
141257
) |
| 3 |
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the latest advice that he has received concerning the availability of influenza vaccine to those with NHS prescriptions seeking to follow the advice given in the `Beat Flu: Use a Jab' advertising campaign; and if he will make a statement.
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(
141258
) |
| 4 |
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the use of the Warrior armoured vehicle.
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(
141259
) |
| 5 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the progress being made on the appointment of the board members of the local learning and skills councils.
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(
141260
) |
| 6 |
Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to assess the past performance of, and future options for, the National Investment and Loans Office.
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|
(
141279
) |
| 7 |
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of child tax credit forms have been returned since they have been issued.
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141280
) |
| 8 |
Mr Geraint Davies (Croydon Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the EU inter-governmental legal requirements of transferring the assets of the European Steel and Coal Community to the European Community budget.
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(
141281
) |
| 9 |
Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much London Transport has spent to date on consultancy costs for the London Underground public-private partnership; and what forecast he has made of total expenditure on consultancy costs.
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(
141282
) |
| 10 |
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the measures in his welfare reform programme which will assist disabled people to take up work.
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(
141224
) |
| 11 |
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which environmentally damaging subsidies departments have committed themselves to (a) reducing and (b) eliminating during the review of spending before the publishing of Spending Review 2000 (Cm 4807); and if he will make a statement.
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(
141225
) |
| 12 |
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to review the criteria used by the Crown Prosecution Service in granting contact orders in cases of domestic violence.
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|
(
141226
) |
| 13 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if bulging in railway line products supplied to Railtrack from Italy has implications for Railtrack's renewal programme.
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(
141227
) |
| 14 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will secure from Railtrack an assurance that all strings of railway lines imported and used on the national rail network comply with Railtrack specifications.
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|
(
141228
) |
| 15 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will secure from Railtrack an assurance that all rail track products used on the national railway network are as individual pieces of equipment traceable as to (a) country of manufacture and (b) name of manufacturer.
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|
(
141229
) |
| 16 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of Railtrack's (a) current and (b) future renewal programme involves the use of heat-treated rails.
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|
(
141230
) |
| 17 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the safety and usage implications for the life of railway lines arising out of the use of (a) heat-treated and (b) non-heat-treated railway lines on the national rail network.
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|
(
141231
) |
| 18 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions Railtrack has been served with enforcement orders relating to its operations since 1994.
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|
(
141232
) |
| 19 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list all train derailments since 1994.
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|
(
141233
) |
| 20 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of Railtrack's compliance with condition No 7 of its operations licence in relation to the number of broken rails in each year since 1994.
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|
(
141234
) |
| 21 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place a copy of the Balfour Beatty maintenance audit report on railway stewardship of August in the Library.
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|
(
141235
) |
| 22 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if ultrasonic testing of railway lines at the site of the Hitchin crash included angle probe ultrasonic testing in the period prior to the crash.
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|
(
141236
) |
| 23 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if ultrasonic testing of railway lines on site throughout the UK rail network included angle probe ultrasonic testing as a matter of routine.
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|
(
141237
) |
| 24 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the implications for safety in the national rail network arising from not using angle probe techniques in the ultrasonic testing of railway lines.
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|
(
141238
) |
| 25 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if levels of asymmetry tolerance in relation to railway lines imported from Italy in 2000 have implications for the safety of the national rail network.
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|
(
141239
) |
| 26 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if levels of asymmetry tolerance in relation to railway lines imported from Corus operations in France have implications for the safety of the national rail network.
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|
(
141240
) |
| 27 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the return of railway lines imported from Italy in 2000 was related to the need to maintain safety standards on the national rail network.
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|
(
141241
) |
| 28 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if problems with the welding of railway lines imported from Italy in 2000 have implications for renewal of the national rail network.
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|
(
141242
) |
| 29 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will request Railtrack to provide details as to the nature of the contractual arrangements for the import of railway lines from Italy.
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|
(
141243
) |
| 30 |
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will discuss with Railtrack the implementation of arrangements whereby future maintenance contracts for maintenance contractors will exclude the right of Railtrack to override recommendations for maintenance and renewal made by maintenance and repair contractors and include the right of maintenance contractors to vary repair and maintenance contracts with the approval of regulatory bodies.
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|
(
141244
) |
| 31 |
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list constitutional conventions that civil servants in his Department are expected to comply with when undertaking their duties; and if he will make a statement.
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|
(
141245
) |
| 32 |
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance is provided to departments on what constitutes a constitutional convention for the purposes of the Civil Service Code; and if she will make a statement.
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|
(
141246
) |
| 33 |
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when resurfacing work is due to take place on the stretch of the M4 motorway near Dauntsey.
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|
(
141247
) |
| 34 |
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make digital hearing aids available on the NHS.
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|
(
141248
) |
| 35 |
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the (a) first public enquiry and (b) second public enquiry were (i) opened and (ii) concluded into the proposals for changes to the Otterburn training area in Northumberland National Park.
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|
(
141249
) |
| 36 |
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Otterburn training area public enquiry inspector presented his report to Ministers; and when he will announce his decision.
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|
(
141250
) |
| 37 |
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact on military training in respect of (a) the MLRS system, (b) the AS90 gun and (c) other training of the delay in constructing new infrastructure facilities at Otterburn in Northumberland.
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|
(
141251
) |
| 38 |
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the impact on (a) Catterick Garrison, (b) Salisbury Plain Training Area and (c) other training areas of the delay in constructing new infrastructure at Otterburn training area.
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|
(
141252
) |
| 39 |
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will remove Otterburn training area from the Northumberland National Park and add Kielder Forest to the National Park.
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|
(
141253
) |
| 40 |
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last discussed the Otterburn training area with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
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|
(
141254
) |
| 41 |
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what procedure the Government has established to protect the health and safety of workers on GM farm trial sites.
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|
(
141255
) |
| 42 |
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, by hospital, the location of the 41 additional critical care beds to be provided for London by 1st December; and if these beds (a) are or (b) will be fully operational by 1st December.
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|
(
141256
) |
| 43 |
Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have served prison sentences following poll tax related offences in each of the last five years; and what his estimate is of the total cost to his Department of such imprisonments.
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|
(
141261
) |
| 44 |
Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the role of the construction industry in providing (a) placements and (b) subsequent jobs under the New Deal.
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|
(
141262
) |
| 45 |
Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the role of (a) schools and (b) further education establishments in providing career options in the construction industry.
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|
(
141263
) |
| 46 |
Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the assessment of the economic implications of major new road building schemes following the publication of the `Transport and the Economy' report by the Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment; and what steps he is taking to ensure the implementation of its recommendations.
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|
(
141264
) |
| 47 |
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if, prior to the publication of a bill relating to a treaty arising from the IGC at Nice, he will publish (a) the full text of such a treaty and (b) the consolidated texts of the treaties on European Union and the European Communities showing the effect of the Treaty amendments agreed at Nice.
|
|
(
141265
) |
| 48 |
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the average student:teacher ratio for school sixth forms, further education colleges and sixth form colleges for students aged 16 to 19 was in each year from 1992-93 to 1999-2000.
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|
(
141266
) |
| 49 |
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the average revenue resource from public funds was to support full-time students aged 16 to 19 in (a) school sixth forms, (b) further education colleges and (c) sixth form colleges in each year from 1992-93 to 1999-2000.
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|
(
141267
) |
| 50 |
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to introduce changes to the regulations under the Employment Agencies Act 1973 restricting temporary to permanent fees; and if he will make a statement.
|
|
(
141269
) |
| 51 |
Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps he has taken to increase the disposable income of pensioners since 1997.
|
|
(
141268
) |
| 52 |
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 17th November, Official Report column 798W, what assumptions (a) were made in 1970 and (b) are used by the Environment Agency about the probable rise in sea levels by 2030 in the planning of sea defences; and what assessment was included in these assumptions about the contribution to the rise in sea level of man-made global warming.
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|
(
141270
) |
| 53 |
Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to make English tourist resorts more attractive to disabled tourists.
|
|
(
141271
) |
| 54 |
Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the effects of the recent construction work around Westminster Station on the structural stability of the Clock Tower.
|
|
(
141272
) |
| 55 |
Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the deadline by which accommodation businesses with 12 beds or fewer must comply with the Disability Discrimination Act 1999.
|
|
(
141274
) |
| 56 |
Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what powers he has to regulate the provision of accommodation for disabled tourists in hotels and guest houses in England.
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|
(
141275
) |
| 57 |
Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to increase public awareness of trends in the number of endangered species and their conservation.
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141276
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| 58 |
Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of poll tax has not been collected; what is its cash value; and how much has been written off as impossible to collect.
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141273
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| 59 |
Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects the Seeds (National List of Varieties) Regulations 2000 to be published; and if he will make a statement.
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(
141277
) |
| 60 |
Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what account he will take of the recent flooding in West Sussex in revising PPG25; and if he will make a statement.
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141278
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| 61 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on farm incomes.
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141283
) |
| 62 |
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for tackling variations in access to treatment for infertility; and if he will make a statement.
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141284
) |
| 63 |
Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment of candidates is undertaken and what accreditation and qualifications are available for successful students of the command course at Bramshill.
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141285
) |
| 64 |
Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions there have been between his Department and the Justice Department of the Scottish Executive on the merits of promoting Bramshill and the Scottish Police College for the proposed training centre for senior police officers in Europe; and which ministers were involved in the discussions.
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141286
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| 65 |
Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who conducted the last independent evaluation of the extended interview process used for the assessment of prospective ACPO and ACPOS rank police officers; when the evaluation was completed; and if he will make a statement.
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141287
) |
| 66 |
Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time taken is in each health authority between the authority receiving a request from a general practitioner for NHS-funded treatment for ex-servicemen suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a decision being made.
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(
141289
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| 67 |
Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines have been issued to health authorities on the subject of general practitioner applications for treatment for ex-servicemen suffering from severe post traumatic stress disorder funded by the NHS.
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(
141288
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| 68 |
Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what studies his Department has undertaken on the funding of treatment for ex-servicemen suffering from a psychiatric disability.
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141290
) |
| 69 |
Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what external accreditation process has been undertaken for the command course conducted at Bramshill.
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(
141291
) |
| 70 |
Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria in respect of (a) education and (b) training were used in selecting a candidate for the European training centre for senior police officers.
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141292
) |
| 71 |
Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he has appointed a new Chairman of the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority.
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141293
) |
| 72 |
Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how his Department has utilised the power to incur expenditure on child support reform provided under the terms of section 82 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999; and if he will set out the procedures that have been developed in relation to this and future uses of the section 82 power.
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(
141294
) |
| 73 |
Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of murder have been released from prison; and what was the length of sentences served in each of the last five years.
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141295
) |
| 74 |
Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he plans to review the implementation of the recommendations made by KPMG in December 1999 on the adequacy of the risk management systems and processes of the Export Credits Guarantee Department.
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141296
) |
| 75 |
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Iran.
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141297
) |
| 76 |
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the Questions tabled by the honourable Member for North Shropshire for Answer on 22nd November on the subject of pithing (Refs. 13617-20, 139623, 139649 and 139683).
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141298
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| 77 |
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Select Committee Report (HC 174-III) of its inquiry into the work of the Audit Commission and the second stage of the Financial Management and Policy Review of the Audit Commission; and if he will make a statement.
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141299
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