Order Book Part 1

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Session 1999-2000
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 10 March 2000

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 10 March 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 10th MARCH

1
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000, what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113977)

2
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113989)

3
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much was paid in subsidies to beef farmers in the United Kingdom in 1999.

(114249)

4
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the most recent figures are regarding the average age of farmers and the trend in average age.

(113878)

5
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many acres of farmland are owned by local authorities.

(113880)

6
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to implement Recommendation 10 of the Red Tape Working Group on the Meat Industry.

(113882)

7
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to the Government's response to Recommendation 4 of his Red Tape Working Group on the Meat Industry, whether he intends unannounced visits to replace existing procedures or be additional to them.

(113884)

8
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects to commence the next quinquennial review of the Meat Hygiene Service.

(113883)

9
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to alter the funding arrangements for national museums.

(114117)

10
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many formal bids were received in relation to the construction contract for Wembley National Stadium.

(114116)

11
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the creditors of the New Millennium Experience Company whose bills are disputed; when such bills were invoiced; and the amount in dispute in each case.

(114118)

12
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113998)

13
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113971)

14
   Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the new targets are for subtitling on (a) BBC and (b) other digital television services.

(114246)

15
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113984)

16
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113972)

17
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what studies his Department has carried out into the movement of anti-personnel landmines in flood waters.

(114370)

18
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the threat posed by anti-personnel mines to members of British armed forces deployed in relief efforts in Mozambique.

(114369)

19
   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the military aircraft exercises in the South of Scotland Tactical Training Area in the last five years which have involved aircraft from air forces other than the RAF.

(114188)

20
N   Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which select committees, other than the Defence Committee, Ministers in his Department have (a) submitted memoranda to and (b) appeared before in the present Parliament.

(112402)

21
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review his plans for the sale of Serle's House, Winchester to take account of its use as a dedicated garden of remembrance.

(114169)

22
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will offer the purchase of Serle's House, Winchester to Hampshire County Council as a price below the market level in order to protect the museum and garden; and if he will make a statement.

(114191)

23
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the reason for the withdrawal from service of (a) the L27 off-route mine and (b) the Mk7 anti-tank mine; and if he will make a statement.

(114362)

24
N   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd March, Official Report, column 325W, on peat compost, what percentage of the compost used in his Department's estate gardens is peat; when use of peat compost will be phased out on his Department's estates; and if he will make a statement.

(114144)

25
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113969)

26
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113995)

27
N   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he will reply to the question tabled by the honourable Member for Regent's Park and Kensington North on 14th February (ref. 110548) relating to child care provision.

(113925)

28
N   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd March, Official Report, column 391W, on peat compost, what percentage of the compost used in his Department's estate gardens is peat; when use of peat compost will be phased out on his Department's estates; and if he will make a statement.

(114142)

29
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he has issued on the appointment of OFSTED inspectors; how many OFSTED inspectors have been appointed in total; and how many of these are members of an ethnic minority.

(114164)

30
   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate has been made of the revenue lost to local authorities through the reduced council tax on second homes.

(114187)

31
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the public were last consulted about proposals to remedy blockages on the A3 near Hindhead; when he plans next to consult the public on this issue; if he will estimate the cost of the current study of the A3 near Hindhead; and if he has consulted the National Trust about the A3 near Hindhead.

(114368)

32
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the public will next be involved in the problem of the proposals to remedy blockages on A3 near Hindhead problem.

(114425)

33
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113992)

34
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113966)

35
   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the locations by region of (a) existing waste incinerators and (b) pending planning applications for waste incinerators.

(114150)

36
   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many of the schemes to protect sites of special scientific interest from the impact of (a) abstraction and (b) sewage effluent allowed for in Ofwat's final determination of water prices are due for completion in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04, (d) 2004-05 and (e) 2005-06.

(114152)

37
   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many schemes have been allowed for in Ofwat's final determination on water and sewerage charges to protect sites of special scientific interest from (a) abstraction and (b) sewage effluent.

(114151)

38
   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if it is his policy to regard energy from waste schemes as renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.

(114149)

39
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those stations and length of line which are currently the responsibility of London Underground Limited which under his PPP proposals would become the responsibility of (a) London Underground's proposed supervisory subsidiary companies and (b) the PPP contracting companies and their sub-contractors; and if he will make a statement.

(114192)

40
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the latest date by which decisions will be taken about the two deep-level tube PPP contracts; and what residual powers the Mayor of London will have on this matter once the contracts have been allocated.

(114193)

41
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library the evidence which underlay his conclusion in respect of the value for money provided by (a) the PPP for the London Underground and (b) the letting of separate contracts for the same work by London Underground; and if he will make a statement.

(114194)

42
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was his Department's role in the authorisation of London Underground Limited's expenditure, between 20th March 1998 and 13th November 1999, on consultancy work in respect of the PPP and restructuring of London Underground; what estimate he has made of the final cost of the consultancy for this purpose; and if he will list (a) the consultants concerned, and the amount paid to each, and (b) summarise the work each of them has been asked to do.

(114197)

43
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the invitation documents sent to consortiums selected to bid for the two deep-level tube PPP contracts, together with the draft contract for the proposed PPP; and if he will list the members of each consortium which was selected.

(114195)

44
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what provision there is (a) for prescribing in which newspapers public notices of applications for vehicle operating licences must be posted, and (b) of stipulating whether these should be (i) local and (ii) regional newspapers.

(114319)

45
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will amend the regulations and processes involved in granting vehicle operating licences for premises to bring them within the process for determining planning applications.

(114320)

46
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the process of posting public notices of applications for vehicle operating licences in a newspaper circulating in the place where the premises to be licensed are situated.

(114318)

47
   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he is issuing to local planning authorities about the balance between (a) industrial and commercial development and (b) housing on brownfield sites.

(114154)

48
   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he is issuing to local planning authorities about height restrictions on new housing build in (a) urban, (b) suburban and (c) rural areas.

(114153)

49
   Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the law to allow tree preservation orders to be designated for defined areas as well as for individual trees.

(114245)

50
   Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will review the immunity of Crown land from tree preservation orders.

(114244)

51
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list in rank order the 20 local authorities with the highest percentage of their area's housing falling in Band A of the council tax, indicating in each case the percentage of the total housing stock that is (a) unfit and (b) vacant.

(114341)

52
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will take steps to afford the landscape in areas of outstanding natural beauty the same degree of protection as that which applies in the national parks.

(114340)

53
   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his oral statement of 7th March, Official Report, columns 863-65, on planning, what assessment he has made of the predicted need for new houses in Suffolk by (a) 2005 and (b) 2020.

(114343)

54
   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent representations he has received from trade bodies requesting business rate relief to be granted to licensed public houses in rural areas.

(114342)

55
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) homeowners and (b) ethnic minority homeowners there were in Britain in each year since 1990.

(113885)

56
   Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, as of 1st April 1999, which of the executive and advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) were required to publish annual reports, (b) were required to publish annual accounts, (c) were subject to a full audit by the National Audit Office, (d) were under the jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Ombudsman or other ombudsmen, (e) had their own complaints procedure, (f) were required to observe the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, (g) possessed a register of members' interests, (h) allowed the public to inspect a register of members' interests, (i) were subject to a public right to attend board meetings or committee meetings, (j) were obliged to release reports of meetings, (k) were subject to a public right to inspect agendas of meetings, (l) were subject to a public right to see minutes of meetings, (m) were required to hold public meetings, (n) (i) maintained an Internet site and (ii) were developing an Internet site and (o) had been subject to a quinquennial review within the last year, including a continuing review.

(114168)

57
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113994)

58
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113968)

59
N   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the questions tabled by the honourable Member for Regent's Park and Kensington North on 14th and 15th February (ref. 110547 and 111271) relating to child care costs.

(113926)

60
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanism will replace tax credits in giving financial support to charities; and if he will make a statement.

(114335)

61
   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to bring forward amendments to the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts arising from the recent consultation exercise; and if he will make a statement.

(114248)

62
   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many submissions were received in his consultation on industrial and provident societies; in what format the submissions were published; what were the main representations made to him by the Co-operative Movement; and if he will make a statement.

(114308)

63
   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Bank of England will respond to the Treasury on progress by the banking industry in addressing the issues and recommendations highlighted by the Social Exclusion Unit's Policy Action Team Report No. 3; and if he will make a statement.

(114358)

64
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113987)

65
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113975)

66
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to encourage further parliamentary exchanges with China.

(114159)

67
N   Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his letter to the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of 2nd February concerning his investigation into allegations of a breach of the ban on the export of leg irons, if he will list those US authorities and their departments from whom he enlisted assistance; what form of record was written and to whom in the course of this assistance; and if he will place copies of this material in the Library.

(112932)

68
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the non-Iraqi recipients of money paid from the UN escrow account for the Oil for Food Programme in 1999, broken down by the amount each received and the purpose for each payment.

(114367)

69
N   Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which select committees, other than the Foreign Affairs Committee, Ministers in his Department have (a) submitted memoranda to and (b) appeared before in the present Parliament.

(112403)

70
N   Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations were made to the South African Government by Her Majesty's Government about (a) the visit to South Africa en route to Mozambique by members of Her Majesty's forces, (b) the arrangements for Her Majesty's forces personnel to leave the aircraft whilst at a South African airbase and (c) facilities to be provided for members of Her Majesty's forces to use whilst on this stopover in South Africa; what responses were received to such representations; and what reply was given to the South African response.

(113923)

71
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress made in implementing (a) Stage I and (b) Stage II of UNMIK's general strategy for Kosovo.

(113876)

72
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in respect of each of the last eight months how many civilian police officers were requested by the head of UNMIK in Kosovo.

(113872)

73
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political and security situation in southern Serbia.

(113870)

74
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from (a) the US State Department and (b) the EU partner countries on the political and security situation in (i) Kosovo, (ii) Montenegro and (iii) Serbia.

(113875)

75
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit (a) Kosovo and (b) Montenegro.

(113869)

76
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in respect of each of the last eight months how many UN civilian police officers were (a) committed and (b) deployed to Kosovo, broken down by nationality.

(113873)

77
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress made in setting up a local Kosovo police force.

(113874)

78
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) international border police, (b) special police units and (c) international police were deployed in performing civil disorder management in Kosovo.

(113871)

79
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he held discussions with Lord Levy about Lord Levy's visits to the Middle East dated (a) 9th to 10th April 1999, visit to Syria, (b) 5th to 7th June 1999, visit to Jordan, (c) 7th to 10th June 1999, visit to Syria, (d) 8th October 1999, visit to Egypt, (e) 9th to 11th October 1999, visit to Oman, (f) 11th and 12th October 1999, visit to Qatar, (g) 12th to 14th October 1999, visit to Bahrain, (h) 29th November to 1st December 1999, visit to Syria, (i) 2nd and 3rd February, visit to Syria, (j) 3rd February, visit to Lebanon and (k) 3rd February, visit to Egypt.

(113877)

80
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what has been the total amount of private sector payments made to Her Majesty's Government for staff working (a) in and (b) in conjunction with British embassies in each of the last three years.

(114314)

81
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which companies make payments to Her Majesty's Government in relation to staff connected to British embassies.

(114313)

82
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria are used for issuing diplomatic credentials to private sector employees seconded to work in British embassies.

(114312)

83
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the personnel seconded or released by private sector companies to work in British embassies who are currently accorded diplomatic status.

(114311)

84
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will terminate the secondment of the BNFL employee working as atomic energy counsellor in the British Embassy in Tokyo.

(114196)

85
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the private companies who pay Her Majesty's Government a fee for the placement of an employee in a trade support position in a British diplomatic post; if he will list each occurrence of such an arrangement, including payments made; and if he will make a statement on Government policy on such business-to-government agreements at diplomatic posts.

(114155)

86
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is his estimate of the amount of money the Iraqi authorities could have spent on the purchase of medicines since sanctions started.

(114122)

87
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to ensure that there is adequate medicine to allow Iraqi civilians to receive the treatment needed.

(114119)

88
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received of medicine brought into Iraq since sanctions started which has not been used for ordinary Iraqi civilians.

(114123)

89
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the Government's estimate of the number of children in Iraq who are likely to lack adequate medical treatment as a result of UN sanctions.

(114121)

90
   Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as of 1st April 1999, which of the executive and advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) were required to publish annual reports, (b) were required to publish annual accounts, (c) were subject to a full audit by the National Audit Office, (d) were under the jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Ombudsman or other ombudsmen, (e) had their own complaints procedure, (f) were required to observe the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, (g) possessed a register of members' interests, (h) allowed the public to inspect a register of members' interests, (i) were subject to a public right to attend board meetings or committee meetings, (j) were obliged to release reports of meetings, (k) were subject to a public right to inspect agendas of meetings, (l) were subject to a public right to see minutes of meetings, (m) were required to hold public meetings, (n) (i) maintained an Internet site and (ii) were developing an Internet site and (o) had been subject to a quinquennial review within the last year, including a continuing review.

(114166)

91
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113980)

92
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113996)

93
   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the need for further investigation into the health effects of mobile telecommunications masts.

(114189)

94
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the health problems caused by the misuse of gamma hydroxy butyrate.

(114160)

95
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the side effects from gamma hydroxy butyrate misuse in the last five years.

(114247)

96
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to monitor the way coroners and pathologists (a) handle issues of contact between grieving relatives and deceased victims of CJD and (b) implement relevant Government guidelines.

(114317)

97
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department has issued to coroners and pathologists concerning superficial contact between (a) grieving relatives and (b) bodies of deceased victims of CJD.

(114316)

98
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made as to whether new variant CJD can be contracted by means other than ingestion.

(114315)

99
   Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what extra resources will be made available to help providers deliver the National Service Framework for mental health; and when such resources will be made available to providers.

(114199)

100
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents he estimates were suffering from (a) sexually transmitted diseases and (b) Aids/HIV infections in the NHS London region in the current financial year, and in each of the last 10 financial years.

(113810)

101
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were being treated by the NHS for (a) sexually transmitted diseases and (b) Aids/HIV, in the London Region in (i) the current financial year and (ii) each of the last 10 financial years.

(113811)

102
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated by the NHS to care for and treat (a) sexually transmitted diseases and (b) Aids/HIV in the NHS London region for (i) the next financial year, (ii) the current financial year and (iii) each of the last 10 financial years.

(113812)

103
N   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, for each year since 1992 to date, the number of (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) consultants employed by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

(114124)

104
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the circumstances which led to the second cancellation of a rotator cuff repair operation for a constituent, Mr Bruce, at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre on 7th March.

(114143)

105
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113970)

106
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113997)

107
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to prevent the use of gamma hydroxy butyrate in night clubs and pubs.

(114162)

108
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the regimes to be followed in the segregation units of prisons in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(114250)

109
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate how many children arrived in the United Kingdom in 1999 as members of an asylum seeking family.

(114251)

110
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for British nationality are awaiting approval; and if he will make a statement.

(114252)

111
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the report of the Metropolitan Police on the policing of the state visit by the President of China.

(113924)

112
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have their DNA recorded on the DNA national database.

(113922)

113
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports he has received concerning inaccurate matches involving the national DNA database and DNA samples; and if he will make a statement.

(113921)

114
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent reports he has received concerning DNA evidence matched using the DNA national database being used to correct miscarriages of justice on appeal; and if he will make a statement concerning the number of such cases, the nature of the use of the DNA national database for this purpose and his future plans for its use.

(113920)

115
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) number (b) name and (c) cost of each inquiry into Cleveland Police corruption since 1992; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of these inquiries.

(114100)

116
   Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th March, Official Report, columns 661-2W, how many hours work his officials put into investigating the allegations made by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection against Harlan UK; what was the total cost of the investigation, including the cost of the time spent on it by his officials; and what plans he has to recoup that cost from the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.

(114200)

117
   Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th March, Official Report, columns 661-2W, how many allegations of breaches of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, its codes of practices and licence conditions were made by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection in their report about Harlan UK; and how many of these were substantiated by the results of the investigation made by his officials.

(114201)

118
   Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th March, Official Report, columns 661-2W, how many lines of text of his officials' report into the allegations made by the British Union for the Aboliton of Vivisection against Harlan UK were blanked out or removed at the request of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection before a copy was placed in the Library; what subjects these sections refer to; what reasons were given by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection for requesting that these sections of the report be blanked out or removed; if these sections include suggestions by his officers that the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection investigator was herself responsible for the breaches that formed the basis of the allegations made against Harlan UK; and if he will publish the full, unedited version of his official's report of their investigation.

(114202)

119
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to deal with beggars and squeegee merchants on the streets of Croydon.

(114259)

120
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many units of housing are currently occupied by asylum seekers; and what is the breakdown between (a) privately-rented homes, (b) charity and housing association properties, (c) local authority housing and (d) property which would not otherwise be available for housing.

(113881)

121
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ethnic minority police officers there were in each year since 1980 (a) nationally and (b) in each police force.

(113931)

122
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been for racially aggravated assault under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

(113868)

123
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from her Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113979)

124
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which her Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113990)

125
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the present British aid projects in place in Sri Lanka; and what is the value of those projects.

(114253)

126
   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what response she has made to Oxfam's campaign for universal primary education; and if she will make a statement.

(114190)

127
N   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional funding for the years 2000-01 and 2001-02 over above the bilateral country programme for Mozambique contained in the Departmental Report 1999 is to be made available for Mozambique following the recent flooding crisis.

(113927)

128
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113993)

129
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113967)

130
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in how many (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates' courts there are (i) formal arrangements for (1) victim support and (2) witness support and (ii) separate waiting areas for prosecution and defence witnesses; and in each case what proportion of the totals these figures represent.

(114339)

131
   Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, as of 1st April 1999, which of the executive and advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) were required to publish annual reports, (b) were required to publish annual accounts, (c) were subject to a full audit by the National Audit Office, (d) were under the jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Ombudsman or other ombudsmen, (e) had their own complaints procedure, (f) were required to observe the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, (g) possessed a register of members' interests, (h) allowed the public to inspect a register of members' interests, (i) were subject to a public right to attend board meetings or committee meetings, (j) were obliged to release reports of meetings, (k) were subject to a public right to inspect agendas of meetings, (l) were subject to a public right to see minutes of meetings, (m) were required to hold public meetings, (n) (i) maintained an Internet site (ii) were developing an Internet site and (o) had been subject to a quinquennial review within the last year, including a continuing review.

(114167)

132
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113985)

133
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113976)

134
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 24th January, Official Report, columns 5-6W, if he will place in the Library a copy of the assessments of Mrs Rosemary Nelson's security made by the RUC in February and August 1998.

(113472)

135
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what factors account for the delay between the Committee on the Administration of Justice informing him of the threats made to Mrs Rosemary Nelson and the police seeking originals of those threats; and if he will make a statement.

(113473)

136
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the President of the Council, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from her Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113974)

137
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which her Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113982)

138
N   Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions (a) he and (b) No. 10 policy advisors have had with the Committee of Vice Chancellors on the subject of top-up tuition fees.

(113919)

139
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will raise the killing of baby seals during his forthcoming discussions with Acting President Putin.

(114101)

140
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd February, Official Report, column 852W, which senior officials and which ministers Lord Levy met during each of his visits.

(113930)

141
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd February, Official Report, column 852W, on which occasions Lord Levy has stayed in British Government accommodation whilst carrying out official business on behalf of the Prime Minister during his visits to Israel and the Middle East.

(113928)

142
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113983)

143
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113973)

144
   Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what measure he will use to assess progress towards the achievement of the Government's objective of eliminating child poverty.

(114203)

145
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113981)

146
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113991)

147
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the savings in fraud and error in (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) income support if those area directorates with above average levels of fraud and error reduced fraud and error to the current average; and if the achievement of such a reduction by March 2002 would fulfil the relevant departmental public service agreement.

(114000)

148
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what powers are available to him to require local authorities to participate in (a) the Area Benefit Review of Housing Benefit and (b) the Housing Benefit Review.

(114004)

149
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the average savings per local authority per week have been to date from the non-redirection of benefit post scheme.

(114002)

150
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the pilot scheme giving local authorities access to departmental solicitors.

(114086)

151
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what are the estimated total savings to date for each month during which the non-redirection of benefit post scheme has been running; and how many local authorities have been running the scheme during each of those months.

(114001)

152
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what action he is taking in respect of those area directorates where fraud in income support and jobseekers' allowance increased in the last area benefit review; and if he will make a statement.

(114003)

153
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the Area Benefit Review of Housing Benefit will include a representative sample of claims for people who do not claim either (a) income support or (b) jobseekers' allowance.

(113999)

154
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the number of (a) men and (b) women who are not claiming the benefits to which they are entitled in the (i) constituency of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (ii) Teesside Region, (iii) Northern Region and (iv) United Kingdom.

(114120)

155
   Mr Paddy Ashdown (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is his estimate of the number of sub-post offices which closed in the United Kingdom in 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.

(114165)

156
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113965)

157
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113986)

158
   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if it is his policy to regard energy from waste schemes as renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.

(114148)

159
   Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is his estimate of the extra electricity transmission lines and their cost, that will be needed by new-build homes in the South East.

(114186)

160
   Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is his estimate of the extra electricity requirement to supply the proposed new housing build in the South East.

(114184)

161
   Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it his policy to encourage the building of new power stations in the South East.

(114185)

162
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement about the establishment of the Review of the Engineering Council by the Hawley Group.

(114130)

163
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from other Government departments on the establishment of the Hawley Group.

(114128)

164
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from other Government departments following the first report of the Hawley Group.

(114127)

165
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from outside bodies concerning the Hawley Group Review of the Engineering Council.

(114129)

166
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the representative bodies of the engineering industry included in the Hawley Group.

(114126)

167
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria he used in deciding which representative bodies of the engineering industry were included in the Working Group of the Hawley Group.

(114125)

168
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, under what circumstances UK manufacturers are not required to provide end-user documentation in applying for export licences; and if he will make a statement.

(114361)

169
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which UK manufacturers are exempt from the requirement to provide end-user documentation in applying for export licences; and if he will make a statement.

(114360)

170
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who was the intended recipient in (a) the Republic of Korea and (b) Singapore the military explosives or additives for which standard individual export licences were issued between 1st January 1999 and 21st January 2000; and if he will list the named exporter in each case.

(114359)

171
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received concerning the Inspector's report closing the inquiry following the withdrawal of all compulsory purchase orders on the line of pylons from Picton to Shipton by Bellingborough; and if he will make a statement.

(114338)

172
   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications there have been for the construction of new gas-fired power stations since the impostion of the moratorium; how many have been given approval; and how many are outstanding.

(114157)

173
   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the average number of construction jobs which will be created by each of the gas-fired power stations for which approval has been sought but not yet granted.

(114156)

174
   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will lift the moratorium on the construction of new gas-fired power stations.

(114158)

175
N   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the job losses at Hydro-Agri in Immingham.

(113840)

176
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the (a) grants made to and (b) contracts agreed by his Department or its agencies at the Welding Institute near Cambridge in (i) 1998 and (ii) 1999.

(113879)

177
N   Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the honourable Member for Broxbourne will receive a reply to her letters of 21st September, 20th October, 17th November, 14th December, 11th January and 8th February relating to Mr James Gardiner, a constituent.

(113929)

178
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local newspapers and media bodies to which his Department sent news releases during the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000.

(113988)

179
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for the period 2nd May 1997 to 29th February 2000 what was (a) the number of occasions on which couriers were used to distribute news releases from his Department and (b) the total cost of using couriers to distribute news releases.

(113978)

180
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to implement the European Directive allowing a reduced rate of VAT on specified labour-intensive work relating to churches.

[Transferred] (114336)

181
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what measures he is proposing to reduce the impact of the strong pound on British farmers.

[Transferred] (114337)

182
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given on the prosecution of illicit manufacturers of gamma hydroxy butyrate.

[Transferred] (114161)

183
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the use of the Internet as a vehicle for the purchase of gamma hydroxy butyrate.

[Transferred] (114163)

184
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th January, Official Report, column 502W, on the basic state pension, what would be the real increase in the yield of national insurance contributions between 1999-2000 and 2010-11 if the total yield rose in line with average earnings.

[Transferred] (114198)