Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 12 April 2000

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 12 April, 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.

WEDNESDAY 12th APRIL

1
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, when Portcullis House will be opened.

(118820)

2
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reason, in the 1998 survey of the working party on pesticides residues, aldicarburas was not among the pesticides actively sought in retail samples of speciality potatoes.

(118803)

3
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the approvals for products containing Lindane which have been suspended, withdrawn or revoked from market authorisation in the last five years, indicating the crops for which use of the products had been approved, including off-label approvals.

(118804)

4
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what criteria were used in the 1998 survey of the working party on pesticide residues to select the countries of origin from which samples of imported speciality potatoes would be tested.

(118807)

5
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will bring forward proposals to reduce the number of (a) porpoises and (b) other marine animals caught in nets, as required by the 1992 European Habitats Directive; and if he will make a statement.

(118827)

6
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what foods and in what quantities were in storage within the European Union on 1st March.

(118832)

7
   Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which of the projects under the harbour grant scheme which had formal approval in May 1999 have been granted their grant allocation; and which of the projects in respect of which only applications had been submitted at that date, (a) have been allocated grant and (b) being processed.

(118828)

8
   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which companies have placed advertisements on websites funded by her Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies; how much revenue has been generated in each financial year since 1997 from such advertisements; and to what use the revenue raised has been put.

(118844)

9
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military married quarters were sold in the UK during 1999; and how much revenue was raised by the sales.

(118833)

10
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the basis was for his Department's statements concerning the inability of UK yards to design and build roll-on roll-off ferries to meet his Department's known requirements.

(118899)

11
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if an economic option appraisal was conducted by his Department before making the decision to put Serle's House on the open market; and if he will make a statement.

(118914)

12
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the cost of moving the Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum from Serle's House to the Guard Room in Upper Peninsula Barracks; who will bear this cost; and if he will make a statement.

(118923)

13
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the contract for the last two of the Sandown-class minehunters will be completed.

(118903)

14
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, following the decisions made at the Helsinki European Council relating to a Common Defence and Security capability of the European Union, which tasks within the remit of armed forces acting on the authority of the Council are additional to those capable of being conducted by agreement of all members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; and who is responsible for liaison between the Political and Military Committee of the European Council and the decision-making authority of NATO.

(118866)

15
N   Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if Rosyth Dockyard and the Forth Estuary are docking places for the military vessels of the UK's NATO allies.

(118644)

16
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress in the establishment of the New Deal for Disabled People.

(118371)

17
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what account has been taken of the situation of (a) disabled and (b) part-time teachers in the threshold procedures for performance-related pay.

(118372)

18
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress in the establishment of the University for Industry.

(118373)

19
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what response he has sent to the recent AUT/London University Institute of Education joint paper on the involvement of academic staff in the wider economy.

(118430)

20
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the composition, financing and operations of the 11 special educational needs regional co-ordination projects in England.

(118645)

21
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many requests for meetings with deputations of honourable Members and groups from their constituencies, his Department has received in each year since 1997, on issues relating to (a) further and (b) adult education; how many have (i) he and (ii) other ministers in his Department (1) seen and (2) refused to see; and if he will make a statement.

(118924)

22
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many requests for meetings with deputations of honourable Members and groups from their constituencies his Department has received in each year since 1997, on issues relating to school admissions policy and organisation; how many have (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department (i) seen and (ii) refused to see; and if he will make a statement.

(118925)

23
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pre-schools and playgroups in Dartford (a) have benefited and (b) are expected to benefit from the special government grants made available to relieve financial pressure on the pre-school sector.

(118821)

24
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the impact the Government's social exclusion policies are having on school attendance in Dartford.

(118822)

25
   Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Review of Gas Safety will be published.

(118904)

26
   Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the staffing structure of the units established to prepare for the establishment of the Greater London Authority.

(118836)

27
   Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the staff posts which have been created to prepare for the establishment of the Greater London Authority, indicating the salaries of those posts and the length of their contracts.

(118837)

28
   Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many staff have been (a) appointed and (b) seconded by the Government to prepare for the establishment of the Greater London Authority.

(118838)

29
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 4th April, Official Report, column 427W, on 44 tonne lorries, what studies he has (a) carried out and (b) commissioned on the effect on (i) rail freight and (ii) the environment of allowing the use of 44 tonne lorries; if he will publish data on the expected level of direct transfers between road and rail freight following the introduction of such lorries; and if he will list the measures the shadow Strategic Rail Authority is planning to support rail freight.

(118841)

30
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 4th April, Official Report, columns 427-8W, concerning airport slots, which airports other than Heathrow are within the jurisdiction of ACL Ltd; to whom ACL is accountable for its operation of the EC Regulation; who pays the company; and if details of (a) ACL's contract and (b) the fees paid are available for public inspection.

(118868)

31
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 4th April, Official Report, column 430W, on alcohol limits for drivers in EU member states, what were (a) the nature and conclusions of the Council of Ministers' discussions on 28th March, concerning the Commission Communications, and (b) the Treaty Article on which any such harmonisation proposal would be based.

(118840)

32
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money from the Single Regeneration Budget 5 Programme, Gateways to Community Success, (a) has been and (b) is due to be, provided to fund skills development and training in the Dartford area.

(118843)

33
   Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people over pensionable age in the UK paid income tax in 1999

(118835)

34
N   Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the increase in the working families tax credit on families in Northern Ireland.

(117429)

35
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Turkish Government regarding the death sentence imposed on Abdullah Ocalan.

(118831)

36
   Mr Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to provide shade and water for visa applicants queuing at the British High Commission in Islamabad; and if he will extend the system used in respect of visa applicants at the Deputy High Commission in Karachi to Islamabad.

(118915)

37
   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the General Affairs Council held in Luxembourg on 10th and 11th April; and if he will make a statement.

(118898)

38
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the cost to public funds of Lord Levy's visit to Morocco, broken down by (a) expenses and (b) other costs.

(118791)

39
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whom the Prime Minister's special envoy met on his recent trip to Morocco.

(118794)

40
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 4th April, Official Report, column 407W, on employment in Grimsby, if he will set out the methodology used in the calculation of aggregate job losses for all constituencies in the United Kingdom.

(118867)

41
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British passport holders are resident in Zimbabwe; and how many other residents of Zimbabwe could claim a right of abode in the UK.

(118895)

42
   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he was first informed of the MI5 report about the involvement of the Algerian Government, or part of it, in serious human rights violations committed in Algeria.

(118926)

43
   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Algerian Government, and when, concerning their obligations under international law to undertake full and open investigations of human rights abuses.

(118927)

44
   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ask the Algerian Government to invite the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearance to visit Algeria, with particular reference to the treatment of women relatives of the disappeared in Algeria during recent demonstrations.

(118937)

45
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients aged 75 years and over were readmitted as an emergency within 28 days of discharge for each quarter since 1998-99; and what percentage of discharges this represents.

(118687)

46
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance he has given to local authorities about charging people receiving services under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983; what estimate he has made of the number of (a) local authorities charging people receiving services under section 117 and (b) people being charged for services under section 117; what estimate he has made of the cost of compensating people incorrectly charged for services under section 117; what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of abolishing charges for services under section 117; and if he will make a statement.

(118795)

47
N   Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce the conclusions of his assessment of the recommendations of the evaluation study by the University of York Health Economics Consortium of the Powered Wheelchair and Voucher Scheme initiatives.

(118792)

48
N   Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the charges made by each local authority in England and Wales for attendance at day centres for the physically disabled in each financial year since 1997.

(118796)

49
N   Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to continue the provision of ring-fenced funds for the EPIOC scheme and the wheelchair voucher scheme on the same basis as in 1996.

(118797)

50
   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the percentage of treatments carried out in hospitals in (a) health authority areas and (b) health regions other than that in which the patient was resident in each year from 1980 to date.

(118829)

51
   Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the outcome of the evaluation of the Quality Protects Management Action Plans submitted to his Department by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

(118864)

52
   Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that asylum seekers in receipt of food vouchers are able to purchase food required for dietary or religious reasons, including halal meat.

(118869)

53
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government spent on research and development in relation to methods of conducting (a) animal experiments and (b) non-animal alternatives to vivisection in 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(118826)

54
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of Kosovan refugees living in Greater London.

(118830)

55
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress with the Cybercrime Convention.

(117521)

56
N   Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to adapt prisons to conform to the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

(118793)

57
   Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the delay in the forwarding of appeals papers by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to the Appellate Authority, relating to the case of Immigration Reference No. GAN75908, Home Office Reference Number IMP01009547/2(S), PO23042/99, in accordance with assurances given to the honourable Member for Wakefield on 23rd December 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(118839)

58
   Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice (a) he and (b) his officials gave to the Chairman of the Animal Procedures Committee about the resignation of Dr David Christopher from the Animal Procedures Committee in 1997; and what advice he has given to the Chairman about Gill Langley's membership of the Committee.

(118907)

59
   Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he was informed that Gill Langley was the author of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection report on Harlan UK.

(118905)

60
   Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, following the report from Home Office officials on the credibility of the BUAV report on Harlan UK, what assessment he has made of the extent to which Gill Langley met the requirement for members of the Animal Procedures Committee to act in good faith and to the highest standards of impartiality, integrity and objectivity.

(118906)

61
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd April, Official Report, columns 366-68W, concerning applications for asylum, what grounds are required for admission of persons seeking asylum from each applicant state; what grounds have been regarded as acceptable in respect of those granted asylum; when he expects to publish complete figures for 1999; and what representations the Government has made to applicant governments about such claims.

(118865)

62
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many person-hours the Metropolitan Police have committed to date to investigating the allegations that Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare had sought to persuade a potential witness to commit perjury in the Daily Star libel case.

(118928)

63
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 5,000 additional police officers which funding from the Crime Fighting Fund will create will be allocated to the Dartford area.

(118825)

64
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 6th April, Official Report, column 596W, and his Answer to the honourable Member for Coventry South, of 27th March, Official Report, columns 1-3W, and to the honourable Member for Elmet, of 9th February, Official Report, column 172W, what estimate he has made of the change in police numbers in England and Wales between April 2002 and March 2003 following his announcement that the extra recruits under the Crime Fighting Fund will be recruited over two years rather than three; what number of police officers he plans to recruit in England and Wales in the three years to March 2003; and what are his revised estimates of the total number of police officers in England and Wales over each of the next three years.

(118805)

65
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list, for (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99 and (iii) 1999-2000, together with estimates he has made for the year 2000-01 (a) the number of applications for asylum made in each year, (b) the number of dependants of applicants for asylum applying in each year, (c) the number of asylum seekers and dependants being supported at cost to public funds, (d) the costs to public funds of supporting asylum seekers and their dependants, including costs relating to unaccompanied children, (1) in total, (2) per head of population, (3) per income tax payer, (4) per household and (5) as a percentage of total government expenditure and (e) the cost to public funds of administration associated with asylum seekers and their dependants, (A) in total, (B) per head of population, (C) per income tax payer, (D) per household and (E) as a percentage of total Government expenditure.

(118802)

66
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 6th April, Official Report, columns 599W-600W, (i) how many prisoners released on the home detention curfew scheme were released on the scheme before the end of the requisite period referred to in Section 34A(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 as inserted by Section 99 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, (ii) if any of these prisoners have been recalled to prison to serve the remainder of the requisite period, (iii) if any of these prisoners committed a further offence (a) between the date of their release and the end of the requisite period and (b) subsequently whilst on the scheme, and (iv) if he will place in the Library the procedure laid down by ministers for the release of sex offenders on the home detention curfew shceme.

(118806)

67
   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what factors underlay her decision to reduce aid for (a) Ethiopia and (b) Mozambique.

(118815)

68
   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what procedures have been put in place after 1st March to improve the British Government's response to natural disasters abroad.

(118814)

69
   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate she has made of the length of time it takes for food aid from Britain to reach those in need in Ethiopia.

(118812)

70
   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations she has received from the United Nations concerning the drought in Ethiopia.

(118819)

71
   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what factors underlay her decision to increase aid to Zimbabwe.

(118908)

72
   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid agencies operating in Ethiopia are funded by her Department.

(118817)

73
   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to EU Commissioner Poul Nielson about using excess rice from the EU for aid to Ethiopia.

(118813)

74
   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she expects the famine relief funded by her Department to be distributed in Ethiopia.

(118816)

75
   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the number of people affected by drought in (a) Kenya and (b) Ethiopia.

(118818)

76
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions since 1986 the (a) damages and (b) costs awarded to a successful litigant in a libel action against a national newspaper have exceeded £499,000 in the case of (a) and £699,000 in the case of (b).

(118909)

77
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when a community legal service partnership is due to be created to cover the Dartford area.

(118842)

78
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, what recent reports he has received relating to the type and extent of bomb damage in Serbia in connection with the use of uranium armament; and if he will make a statement.

(117522)

79
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the oral statement by the Secretary of State for the Home Department on 5th April, Official Report, columns 1021-9, concerning advice to Ministers, what impact the statement will have on the availability of information about the Joint Cabinet Consultative Committee, with particular reference the dates of future meetings; the names of those invited to participate; and the topics to be discussed.

(118930)

80
N   Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th April.

(118370)

81
   Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners in the UK (a) received their pension every four weeks, (b) received 12 pension payments and (c) received 13 pension payments in 1999-2000.

(118834)

82
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners in Dartford will benefit from the recent increase in the minimum income guarantee.

(118824)

83
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many households faced marginal deduction rates from employment of less than 16 hours a week that exceeded (a) 80 per cent., (b) 90 per cent. and (c) 100 per cent. (i) before the 1998 Budget, (ii) before the 1999 Budget, (iii) before the 2000 Budget and (iv) after the 2000 Budget; and if he will make a statement.

(118732)

84
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for what reasons interrupted spells as a hospital inpatient are linked for the purpose of assessing reductions in the rates of benefit which are payable.

(118912)

85
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what arrangements exist to provide income maintenance for persons who are forced to suspend a course of postgraduate education because of illness.

(118911)

86
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Wigan of 6th April, Official Report, column 534W, on PFR fuels, what criteria are applied to determine who has an interest in the options for managing the prototype fast reactor fuels at Dounreay.

(118808)

87
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Wigan of 6th April, Official Report, column 534W, on PFR fuels, if he will publish a list of those whom he considers to have an interest and are being consulted.

(118809)

88
   Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the actions of the World of Leather chain towards its customers in the month prior to its going into receivership complied with consumer protection legislation.

(118896)

89
   Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of possible job losses as a result of the World of Leather chain going into receivership.

(118897)

90
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the annual amount spent by the average consumer on (a) gas and (b) electricity where payment is by (i) a pre-payment meter and (ii) direct debit.

(118913)

91
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the Collum report on BNFL.

(118790)

92
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations have been made to him on the LD50 tests in the last six months; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (118900)

93
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations have been made to him this year on licences for the LD50 tests; if his Department examines alternative methods before granting such licences; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (118902)

94
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations have been made to him on reducing the number of dogs used in regulatory toxicology; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (118901)

95
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Dartford will benefit from the increase in the under-16 child credit in the working families tax credit.

[Transferred] (118823)