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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 25 May 2000
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 25 May, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what monitoring the Food Standards Agency has undertaken of the number of people suffering an adverse reaction to aspartame; and how many cases have so far been reported of such a reaction, broken down by symptoms suffered. |
| (124085) | |
| 2 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what were the whole-time equivalent numbers of staff at each of the regional service centre locations, and each of the Intervention Board Agency locations, on 1st May. |
| (123898) | |
| 3 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what conclusions he has reached about the future of the regional service centres and the Intervention Board Agency; and what are the resulting changes in location and employment. |
| (123897) | |
| 4 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what studies his Department is conducting into the relationship of cattle movements to the possible spread of bovine TB. |
| (123909) | |
| 5 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what controls his Department has put in place in order to monitor any threat from the importation of cattle suspected of bovine TB. |
| (123910) | |
| 6 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what information his Department collects on the alcoholic content of beverages. |
| (123597) | |
| 7 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123803) | |
| 8 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123841) | |
| 9 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123953) | |
| 10 | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what monitoring his Department undertakes of the implementation of the Animal By-Products Order 1999 requiring disposal of animal by-products by incineration or rendering. |
| (124102) | |
| 11 | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what procedures are in place to provide authority to a contractor to dispose of animal by-products under the Animal By-Products Order 1999. |
| (124082) | |
| 12 | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the UK farms where genetically-modified seed has been planted in the last two years. |
| (123961) | |
| 13 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123730) | |
| 14 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he has reviewed the National River Fishery Survey 1999 prepared by the National Federation of Anglers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124054) | |
| 15 | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when a reply will be sent to the letter from the honourable Member for Maldon and East Chelmsford to the Parliamentary Secretary, the honourable Member for Scunthorpe, of 14th March. |
| (124135) | |
| 16 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the advice he received about the contamination by GMOs of rape seed together with a list of all those who were consulted and the dates on which he first contacted them after 17th April. |
| (123832) | |
| 17 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator has made of the extent to which nightclub security firms (a) are involved in the drugs trade and (b) restrict the trade in drugs; and if she will make a statement. |
| (124099) | |
| 18 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans she has for legislation to (a) vet employees, managers and directors of nightclub security firms in respect of involvement in the drugs trade, (b) require cancellation of their contract if drugs are brought into nightclubs by them or their employees and (c) counter the drugs trade in nightclubs in other ways; and if she will make a statement. |
| (124100) | |
| 19 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by her Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123804) | |
| 20 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of her Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123848) | |
| 21 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in her Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123731) | |
| 22 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the latest Millennium Commission allocation of funds to the Dome will be repaid. |
| (123849) | |
| 23 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was his Department's budget for opinion research in the financial year 1999-2000. |
| (123850) | |
| 24 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to which body or bodies proceeds of the sale of the Millennium Dome site will be payable. |
| (123799) | |
| 25 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the payment of the additional aid to the New Millennium Experience Company has been authorised by the European Commission. |
| (124133) | |
| 26 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123805) | |
| 27 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123842) | |
| 28 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123952) | |
| 29 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what external legal advice he has taken on the classification of films shown at a cinema as (a) goods and (b) services for the purposes of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123871) | |
| 30 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123732) | |
| 31 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia tanks and armoured personnel carriers destroyed during the war in Kosovo. |
| (122636) | |
| 32 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Government has made of the views recently expressed by NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe concerning use of electronic methods against Serbia as an alternative to aerial assault. |
| (122637) | |
| 33 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to place the MODDEC contract via the Buying Agency. |
| (123587) | |
| 34 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate HMS 'Kent's' annual cost for (a) fuel, (b) wages, (c) maintenance, (d) general supplies and (e) other outlays; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123960) | |
| 35 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123835) | |
| 36 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123951) | |
| 37 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers and of what rank comprise the Special Investigations Branch; and what is the annual expenditure of the SIB broken down into relevant headings. |
| (123887) | |
| 38 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many investigations have been conducted by the Special Investigations Branch of the Royal Military Police in the past two years; how many and what percentage of investigations have led to disciplinary charges being laid against (a) serving and (b) discharged soldiers; what was the breakdown of those cases by outcome; what was the average time taken to conduct an investigation from complaint to report; who is tasked with responding to a report of the Special Investigations Branch; and what options are available for further action to be taken. |
| (123886) | |
| 39 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the most recent mission statement is of the Army in Northern Ireland. |
| (124101) | |
| 40 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 24th January, Official Report, column 67W, on the Royal Irish Regiment (a) for what reasons the report of the Special Investigations Branch of the Royal Military Police has not been made and (b) how many of the sub-sections of the Question he is in a position to respond to. |
| (123885) | |
| 41 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 18th May, Official Report, column 204W, on AWE Llanishen, if, when the site is free from contamination, it will be suitable for (a) housing and (b) light industry development; and on what basis he expects the site to be free from contamination by autumn next year. |
| (123781) | |
| 42 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123733) | |
| 43 | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MOD properties in Scotland are used for civilian and irregular occupancies; and how many such properties he expects to be disposed of in the next three years. |
| (123914) | |
| 44 | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance he gives to the Defence Housing Executive and Defence Estates concerning the disposal of surplus housing stock. |
| (123873) | |
| 45 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123806) | |
| 46 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123846) | |
| 47 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what help is given to prisoners on leaving prison to enter the New Deal Gateway; and if this help is monitored. |
| (123879) | |
| 48 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if discharged remand prisoners are given help to enter the New Deal Gateway. |
| (123881) | |
| 49 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research his Department has (a) carried out and (b) commissioned into the reasons for which people leave the unemployment register whilst remaining unemployed instead of entering the New Deal Gateway. |
| (123880) | |
| 50 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to increase the flexibility of the New Deal Gateway in order to cope with those clients with severe social problems. |
| (123883) | |
| 51 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures he is taking to alert school leavers to the availability of New Deal options. |
| (123878) | |
| 52 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123950) | |
| 53 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, columns 291-93W, if he will list those New Deal for Schools allocations, about which information is held by Shropshire LEA, which do not relate wholly to Shrewsbury and Atcham; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123911) | |
| 54 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123734) | |
| 55 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will break down by subject the instructors in service in maintained schools in England in January, as referred to in Statistical First Release 13/2000; and how many of these instructors have the same basic maths and English qualifications as qualified teachers. |
| (123589) | |
| 56 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of media campaigns in reducing the incidence of drink driving. |
| (124053) | |
| 57 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make representations to other EU member states on recording seizures of CITES-listed animals and their products by weight and number; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124049) | |
| 58 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the Government's procurement policy will include a commitment to buying timber and timber products from certified legal and sustainable sources. |
| (123165) | |
| 59 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what safety standards are in place to regulate the use of hydrocarbon gases in refrigeration systems; when they were introduced; and what the safety record has been since their introduction. |
| (122858) | |
| 60 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what materials were released to air from the Byker heat station in 1995; and if the operating licence imposed a duty to record the nature of the releases. |
| (123899) | |
| 61 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the sites at which toxic ash from Byker Heat and Transfer Station, Newcastle, was spread in contravention of the operating licence; when this contravention was first reported to the Environmental Agency and when action was taken to correct it; and if the remedial action has been completed at all locations. |
| (123748) | |
| 62 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment the Environment Agency has made of the likelihood of storm flow and storm sewer overflow, into Jesmond Dene and Ouseburn, Newcastle; and what the likelihood will be if the Newcastle Great Park scheme in its present form is fully developed. |
| (123852) | |
| 63 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what investigations have been made, and what conclusions have been reached, by the Environment Agency about soil, plant and animal contamination at Byker City Farm, Newcastle; what caused those investigations to be made; and when they started. |
| (123851) | |
| 64 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the GM crop test sites that are not on his Department's website by (a) type of crop and (b) county. |
| (123916) | |
| 65 | Sir Peter Emery (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will increase the level of standard spending assessments of local authorities in respect of costs specific to provision of services in rural areas. |
| (123915) | |
| 66 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123807) | |
| 67 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he intends to designate the Welland Valley up and down stream from Market Harborough an area of outstanding natural beauty; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123904) | |
| 68 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the Government's policy on reciprocity in bilateral air service negotiations with the United States of America. |
| (123931) | |
| 69 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he is taking to remove distortions of competition as part of a bilateral airline agreement with the United States of America. |
| (123932) | |
| 70 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what methodology the Government is adopting in seeking to secure wet leasing rights for British airlines in the US market (a) as part of bilateral aviation negotiations and (b) through international agreements. |
| (123933) | |
| 71 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how the Government intends to achieve reciprocal access to the US aviation market for British charter passenger airlines and cargo carriers for whom alliances with scheduled US airlines are not an option. |
| (123934) | |
| 72 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123843) | |
| 73 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123949) | |
| 74 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress made to make the Wolverhampton--Shrewsbury--Chester rail line a priority Trans-European Network. |
| (123902) | |
| 75 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers are available to planning authorities to regulate the siting, appearance and power of mobile phone transmitter masts. |
| (124098) | |
| 76 | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the proposed EU waste incineration directive. |
| (124136) | |
| 77 | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if, following the recent issue of a public interest report by the District Auditor pursuant to an objection to the accounts of Sheringham Town Council for 1996-97, he proposes to amend the National Guidelines for Local Government Conduct, with specific reference to the exemptions contained in section 12(b) and to parish or town councillors who have been appointed to a voluntary body or charity; and if he will make a statement on the status of the Guidelines. |
| (124134) | |
| 78 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what non-departmental technical advice he has sought, and what action he will take in respect of the farm-scale evaluation of GM herbicide-tolerant crops pending his review of separation distances between the crops. |
| (123757) | |
| 79 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the consents under which the genetic transformation RT73 has been released in the UK. |
| (123758) | |
| 80 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans there are to conduct a criminal investigation into the planting in spring of this year of an oil seed rape variety after it was discovered to be contaminated with GM seeds. |
| (123755) | |
| 81 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, following the case in the Queen's Bench Division between L. Benson and Copeland Borough Council, what plans he has to seek to restore the previous position whereby the spouse of a licence holder could use a private hire vehicle for any purpose other than for hire; when the case was heard; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123875) | |
| 82 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what procedures exist for the erection of roadside memorials to commemorate the lives of those killed in accidents; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123874) | |
| 83 N | Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to commission a third party to undertake independent verification of the abnormal indivisible loads notification system, with particular reference to evaluating the robustness of the software to analyse the strength of bridge structures. |
| (123022) | |
| 84 N | Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what dates for (a) internal and (b) external implementation for the abnormal indivisible loads notification system were specified when the system was put out to tender; and what is his latest estimate of each of the dates. |
| (123023) | |
| 85 N | Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what date software was due for final delivery under Highways Agency tender no. 3-276 (Abnormal Indivisible Loads Notification System Trial); and if the software was delivered by that date. |
| (123024) | |
| 86 N | Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which (a) countries and (b) sections of the European Commission his Department consulted before announcing the change in its hydrofluorocarbons policy, referred to in DETR Climate Change Programme-HFC Policy Change. |
| (123025) | |
| 87 N | Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which countries have indicated their agreement with the change in his policy on hydrofluorocarbons, announced in DETR Climate Change Programme-HFC Policy Change; and which countries have recently announced similar changes in policy. |
| (123026) | |
| 88 N | Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which (a) engineering bodies, (b) industry bodies and (c) manufacturers in the United Kingdom air conditioning and refrigeration industry his Department consulted before announcing the change in its hydrofluorocarbons policy, referred to in DETR Climate Change Programme-HFC Policy Change. |
| (123027) | |
| 89 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123735) | |
| 90 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to use solar voltaics and small-scale wind power as part of the sustainable energy strategy at the New Millennium Village in Greenwich. |
| (124046) | |
| 91 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what consultations were held with (a) urban sociologists and (b) anthropologists on assessing ways to optimise social cohesion in the New Millennium Village in Greenwich. |
| (124047) | |
| 92 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many successful prosecutions the Environment Agency has undertaken against Southern Water; and what fines have been imposed. |
| (123752) | |
| 93 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the dates on which the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment has met to discuss the contamination by GMOs of rape seed. |
| (123833) | |
| 94 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Government first consulted English Nature about the contamination by GMOs of rape seed. |
| (123834) | |
| 95 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) investigations and (b) successful prosecutions customs officials have conducted with regard to breaches of CITES legislation in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124050) | |
| 96 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officers Customs and Excise employ whose (a) sole and (b) primary role is to enforce CITES legislation; and what plans he has to increase their number. |
| (124051) | |
| 97 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the yield from the proposed abolition of income spreading rules contained in Reform of the Taxation of Intellectual Property. |
| (124041) | |
| 98 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which other countries operate a tax similar to the exit charge for owners of intellectual property proposed in Reform of the Taxation of Intellectual Property. |
| (124043) | |
| 99 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the yield from the proposed exit charge on owners of intellectual property contained in Reform of the Taxation of Intellectual Property. |
| (124042) | |
| 100 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representation he has received following the publication of the Inland Revenue paper, reform of the Taxation of Intellectual Property. |
| (124040) | |
| 101 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost is to the Exchequer of altering the tax code of a retired individual income taxpayer (a) at the start of the tax year and (b) during the tax year, after the original tax code has been set. |
| (124037) | |
| 102 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individual tax codes of people receiving age-related income tax allowances had to be changed by the Inland Revenue in (a) April 1999, (b) May 1999, (c) April 2000 and (d) May 2000. |
| (124036) | |
| 103 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations the Treasury has consulted directly with respect to the Inland Revenue paper, Reform of the Taxation of Intellectual Property. |
| (124039) | |
| 104 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men over 65, (b) men over 80, (c) women over 60 and (d) women over 80 years completed an Inland Revenue self-assessment tax form for the tax years (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 1998-99; and in each case, what proportion of them had a nil liability for income tax and capital gains tax in that year. |
| (124035) | |
| 105 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has for simplifying the Inland Revenue's administrative rules and practices as they apply to pensioners; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124038) | |
| 106 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to abolish or reform farm averaging rules. |
| (124045) | |
| 107 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, column 294W, on poverty, if the figure of 1.2 million children to be lifted above 60 per cent. of median earnings includes tapering for (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit. |
| (123854) | |
| 108 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out for each financial year between April 1999 and April 2002 the gross actual and planned expenditure on (a) the working families tax credit and (b) the working families tax credit minus the savings on housing benefit and council tax benefit attributable to the working families tax credit. |
| (123780) | |
| 109 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, column 294W, on poverty, if the figure of £2.7 billion extra financial support for children from the working families tax credit given in chart 5.2 of the March 2000 Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report includes expenditure on the disabled person's tax credit. |
| (123855) | |
| 110 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, column 294W, on poverty, (a) when 1.2 million children will be lifted above the 60 per cent. of median household income threshold and (b) if this figure is net of those children in households whose income moves below this threshold. |
| (123853) | |
| 111 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123808) | |
| 112 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123845) | |
| 113 N | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of projected claimants of the (a) working families tax credit and (b) disabled person's tax credit for the years (i) 2000-01 and (ii) 2001-02. |
| (123798) | |
| 114 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123948) | |
| 115 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid from the landfill tax to each of the top 20 recipients among independent environmental trusts; and if he will name them. |
| (123753) | |
| 116 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to make changes to the way landfill tax credits are paid to environmental trusts. |
| (123754) | |
| 117 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 11th May, Official Report, column 477W, on an investment services directive, for what reason (a) it is proposed to upgrade the current directive and (b) a Green Paper is considered necessary. |
| (123895) | |
| 118 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123747) | |
| 119 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the mailing which was sent in 1989 to all women still paying reduced rate national insurance contributions alerting them to the impending reform to the structure of NICs; and if he will estimate the number of such letters which were issued. |
| (123882) | |
| 120 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the letter of 4th May from the Minister of State, the honourable Member for Leicester East, to the honourable Member for Mid Sussex, what estimate he has made of the number of Kosovar Albanians killed in Kosovo by forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the year leading up to June 1999; and what the basis is for the figure. |
| (122638) | |
| 121 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123947) | |
| 122 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 16th May, Official Report, column 111W, on the Intergovernmental Conference, how many copies of Cm 4595 have been distributed free; and how many were available for sale. |
| (123908) | |
| 123 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123736) | |
| 124 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if vaccines are produced using human serum for individuals who would suffer an allergic reaction to the presence of bovine material in the vaccine. |
| (124087) | |
| 125 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how long after the death of an individual that individual's medical records are kept; whether an individual's medical records are kept for a different length of time if they die from new variant CJD; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124088) | |
| 126 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent advice his Department has (a) sought and (b) received concerning the effectiveness of the purification process for removing bovine material from vaccines in the early stages of manufacture; what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of this process; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124086) | |
| 127 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on its messaging services on NHS net through BT Syntegra. |
| (124089) | |
| 128 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is of sending externally a 1Mb message from an NHS organisation. |
| (124090) | |
| 129 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department has estimated the cost of sending externally a 1 Mb message from an NHS organisation using an alternate SMPT Internet Mail system. |
| (124091) | |
| 130 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the savings to the NHS over (a) one year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years through introducing a messaging service based upon a SMPT Internet Mail system. |
| (124092) | |
| 131 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the NHS of the recent I Love You virus; and what measures he is taking to ensure that future breaches of NHS messaging services are minimised. |
| (124093) | |
| 132 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123809) | |
| 133 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Provisional Finding of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in respect of beta-interferon at the same time it is made available to those parties who submitted evidence to the Institute. |
| (123912) | |
| 134 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123839) | |
| 135 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123946) | |
| 136 | Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those health authorities which have agreed to fund the cost of drugs for use within the photo-dynamic therapy trials currently being conducted in Liverpool. |
| (123892) | |
| 137 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which institutions housing young offenders come within the definition of a children's home in section 1 of the Care Standards Bill [Lords]; what discussions he has had with the Home Office and the Youth Justice Board regarding the definition of a children's home; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123599) | |
| 138 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recent inquiry commissioned by the NFU into the alleged link between skin cancer and pylon lines; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123907) | |
| 139 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd May, Official Report, columns 420-22W, on penalth clauses, what was the cost to the private sector providers of their failure to perform to time or to standard. |
| (124132) | |
| 140 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned into the possible links between proximity to mobile phone transmitter masts and the development of cancers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124095) | |
| 141 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123737) | |
| 142 | Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Donaldson Report on amending the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124083) | |
| 143 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the opinion research projects undertaken on behalf of his Department in the financial year 1999-2000, itemising (a) focus group research, (b) quantitative surveys and (c) other market research surveys, in each case specifying when and where the results were published. |
| (123261) | |
| 144 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list how many (a) electronically powered indoor/outdoor wheel chairs and (b) wheelchair vouchers were issued by each health authority in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999; and what was the cost to each health authority. |
| (123505) | |
| 145 N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received on the welfare of animals used in circuses. |
| (122415) | |
| 146 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the activities of Al-Muhijiroon. |
| (123661) | |
| 147 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he proposes to take in respect of the activities of Salina Security Services relating to British Islamic fundamentalists and firearms and explosives training in the United States; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123666) | |
| 148 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will raise with the United States enforcement authorities the activities of Muhammed Jameel and Salina Security Services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123664) | |
| 149 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about links between Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, Sheikh Abu Hamza and Salina Security Services run by Muhammed Jameel; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123663) | |
| 150 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will (a) investigate the immigration status of Sheikh Abu Hamza and Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed and (b) request the United States authorities to investigate the immigration status of Muhammed Jameel; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123662) | |
| 151 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the Internet advertisement, The Ultimate Jihad Challenge. |
| (123665) | |
| 152 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason he has not replied to the letter of 30th April from the parents of the late Stephen Cameron about the award of legal aid to Kenneth Noye; and when he plans to do so. |
| (124034) | |
| 153 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123810) | |
| 154 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the level of fees payable to interpreters per hour by (a) the Immigration Service and (b) the Metropolitan Police in respect of (i) illegal entry matters and (ii) criminal matters; and if travelling time is also reimbursed. |
| (123900) | |
| 155 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those retail firms which have agreed to accept asylum seekers, vouchers as payment. |
| (123901) | |
| 156 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will roll out a further version of the CRAMS, to be known as 4.6.1, for the Probation Service in England and Wales. |
| (123594) | |
| 157 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many day releases were authorised at HMP Blantyre House during 1999. |
| (123639) | |
| 158 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the proposed probation IT system Copernicus differs from the existing system, known as CRAMS; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123590) | |
| 159 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners at HMP Blantyre House are on work and community placements. |
| (123640) | |
| 160 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Bull Information Systems will set up a Helpdesk to deal with user problems with Probation Service IT; what is the cost of the contract providing this service; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123596) | |
| 161 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults were registered at HMP Blantyre House in 1999. |
| (123643) | |
| 162 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the errors and user difficulties which are currently identified in the Case Recording and Management System for the Probation Service in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123592) | |
| 163 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons a search was authorised by the Prison Service at HMP Blantyre House on 5th May; how many staff were used on 5th May to search and secure HMP Blantyre House; what was the outcome of the search and if he will list those items found; what were the results of the drug tests on prisoners taken following the search; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123644) | |
| 164 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the new version of CRAMS will be accompanied by release notes and acceptance certificates. |
| (123595) | |
| 165 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the reconviction rate for prisoners discharged from HMP Blantyre House in the latest 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (123641) | |
| 166 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if Bull Information Systems have been given a new contract to maintain and correct faults contained in the Case Recording and Management System for the Probation Service in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123591) | |
| 167 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug tests were positive at HMP Blantyre House in 1999. |
| (123642) | |
| 168 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123847) | |
| 169 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average population was at HMP Blantyre House in 1999. |
| (123638) | |
| 170 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to publish the next HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on HMP Blantyre House; and if he will make statement. |
| (123645) | |
| 171 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many faults have been identified in the Case Recording and Management System version 4.6 for the Probation Service in England and Wales; how those faults are being prioritised; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123593) | |
| 172 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior staff have been removed from HMP Blantyre House since 4th May; and if he will will make a statement. |
| (123646) | |
| 173 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123945) | |
| 174 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research his Department has conducted into (a) short-term and (b) long-term re-offending rates for criminal offences; and if he will place copies of that research in the Library. |
| (123862) | |
| 175 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the latest year for which figures are available, how many people were convicted of, and what was the (a) average prison and (b) maximum sentence received for, (i) offences against children listed in paragraphs one, two and three of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill, (ii) assault occasioning actual bodily harm committed against a child, contrary to the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and (iii) unlawful supply of drugs to a child, contrary to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. |
| (123863) | |
| 176 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were convicted in the last five years for which figures are available of (a) offences under section 54 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, (b) offences under section 1 of the Indecency with Children Act 1960, (c) offences under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978, (d) offences under section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and (e) offences under the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 committed against persons (i) under and (ii) over the age of 16 years (1) section 1 (rape), (2) section 5 (intercourse with a girl under 13), (3) section 6 (intercourse with a girl between 13 and 16), (4) section 10 (incest by a man), (5) section 11 (incest by a woman), (6) section 12 (buggery), (7) section 13 (gross indecency), (8) section 14 (indecent assault on a girl), (9) section 15 (indecent assault on a boy), (10) section 16 (assault with intent to commit buggery), (11) section 23 (procuration of girl under 21) and (12) section 28 (causing or encouraging prostitution of, intercourse with, or indecent assault on, girl under 16); and what was the average sentence (A) received and (B) served for each offence. |
| (123600) | |
| 177 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) indictable and (b) either way offences were tried at the Crown Court in each of the last five years for which figures are available indicating for each year (i) what proportion of either-way offences reached the Crown Court (A) by the defendant electing jury trial and (B) on the direction of the magistrates, (ii) what proportion of trials for each type of offence resulted in a guilty verdict after a plea of not guilty, (iii) what proportion of trials for each type of offence resulted in a guilty plea and (iv) what proportion of trials for each type of offence resulted in an acquittal. |
| (123861) | |
| 178 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Kudlip Sander. |
| (123601) | |
| 179 N | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Maidstone and The Weald, of 2nd March, Official Report, column 377W, on the Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill, what proportion of the total number of Crown Court defendants in either way cases is represented by the 14,000 defendants who would be tried in the magistrates' courts, indicating (a) the total assumed number of such defendants, (b) the proportion of the total who are assumed to plead guilty, (c) the proportion of the total that are assumed to have been tried according to the evidence, (d) the proportion of the 14,000 assumed to have pleaded guilty in the Crown Court, (e) the proportion of the 14,000 assumed to have been fully tried in the Crown Court, (f) the proportion of those fully tried which it is assumed would have been convicted and (g) the average sentences which it is assumed those convicted would have received. |
| (123856) | |
| 180 N | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Maidstone and The Weald, of 2nd March, Official Report, column 377W, on the Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill, of the 14,000 defendants assumed to have remained in the magistrates' court, what proportion (a) would have pleaded guilty, (b) would have been fully tried and (c) would have been convicted; what is the average length of trial assumed in the magistrates' court; what legal prosecution and defence costs are assumed in the cases of (i) plea of guilty and (ii) full trial; what proportion of those convicted are assumed to have received a custodial sentence and of what length; what profile of sentences of non-custodial sentence is assumed in relation to what proportion of the remainder; and on what basis assumptions as to the relevant length of sentence have been made. |
| (123857) | |
| 181 N | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Maidstone and The Weald, of 2nd March, Official Report, column 377W, on the Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill, what average remand times have been assumed in respect of Crown Court cases, and magistrates' court cases; in relation to savings from shorter sentences; what profile of offences has been assumed and what average sentence has been assumed in relation to each such offence in the Crown Court and the magistrates' court; and how many relevant previous convictions have been assumed in each case. |
| (123858) | |
| 182 N | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Maidstone and The Weald, of 2nd March, Official Report, column 377W, on the Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill, how many separate hearings have been assumed in the Crown Court, and in the magistrates' court, in relation to each case. |
| (123860) | |
| 183 N | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Maidstone and The Weald, of 2nd March, Official Report, column 377W, on the Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill, what has been taken as the average length and costs of a contested trial in (a) the Crown Court and (b) the magistrates' court; and what are the equivalent figures in each court in respect of cases where the defendant eventually pleads guilty. |
| (123859) | |
| 184 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers currently serving in the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police have served on the force for (a) less than five years, (b) more than five and less than 10 years, (c) more than 10 and less than 15 years, (d) more than 15 and less than 20 years and (e) more than 20 years. |
| (123959) | |
| 185 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers currently serving in the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police have served on the force for (a) less than five years, (b) more than five and less than 10 years, (c) more than 10 and less than 15 years, (d) more than 15 and less than 20 years and (e) more than 20 years. |
| (123958) | |
| 186 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been taken to assess the number of persons detained at ports under anti-terrorism powers for less than an hour and variations year by year in the frequency of stops that fall short of the minimum duration required for the purposes of the formal recording process; if the Independent Assessor has powers and resources available to advertise his address in the Irish community press to facilitate making contact with individuals who may have relevant experiences to relate; and what measures he will take to form an independent assessment of the effect and perceptions of emergency legislation among the travelling public and Irish community in particular. |
| (123957) | |
| 187 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each fire authority, grouped into (a) London area, (b) metropolitan areas, (c) shire counties and (d) shire unitary authorities for each year from 1992 to date, (i) the number of fire call-outs, (ii) the average call out time for urban areas and rural areas, (iii) the number of fatalities and injuries, (iv) the number of fatalities and injuries per head of population and (v) the totals of (i) to (iv) for each grouped fire authority (a) to (d); and if he will make a statement. |
| (123903) | |
| 188 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the functions of the (a) board of management and (b) joint supervisory body of Europol; what representation the United Kingdom has on both bodies; and how many of its staff are seconded from United Kingdom police forces. |
| (123893) | |
| 189 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the proposed contributions of each member state of the European Union to Europol for (a) 2000 and (b) 2001, indicating the basis for such payments, and the main items of planned expenditure in each year. |
| (123894) | |
| 190 | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were sentenced under section 53(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 in each year since 1997; and what were their (a) ages and (b) gender. |
| (123936) | |
| 191 | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reduce the number of offences which may attract a sentence under section 53(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. |
| (123938) | |
| 192 | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders were serving sentences under section 53(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 on 1st April for each year since 1997; and how many of them were serving their sentences in (a) local authority secure accommodation, and (b) Young Offenders Institutions. |
| (123937) | |
| 193 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123738) | |
| 194 | Mr Peter Temple-Morris (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a decision will be made on the repatriation of Liam Grogin to the Republic of Ireland, to serve the remainder of his sentence there. |
| (123913) | |
| 195 | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 20th April, Official Report, column 592W, when a reply will be sent to the letter from the honourable Member for Maldon and East Chelmsford to the Minister of State, the honourable Member for Hornsey and Woodgreen, of 24th January. |
| (124142) | |
| 196 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in her Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123739) | |
| 197 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 29th March, Official Report, column 185W, on the Seychelles, how financial assistance provided by her Department for the Seychelles was spent in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 1998-99. |
| (123962) | |
| 198 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Mozambique. |
| (123918) | |
| 199 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects her Department supports in Fiji. |
| (123917) | |
| 200 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, for what reason the Lord Chancellor has not replied to the letter of 30th April from the parents of the late Stephen Cameron about the award of legal aid to Kenneth Noye; when he plans to do so; and what the circumstances are in which such an award can be made. |
| (124033) | |
| 201 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by the Lord Chancellor's Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123811) | |
| 202 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123831) | |
| 203 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many committals for sentence there were at the Crown Court by magistrates in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (123864) | |
| 204 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123741) | |
| 205 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123812) | |
| 206 N | Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the demilitarisation measures taken in the past year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123506) | |
| 207 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123836) | |
| 208 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123944) | |
| 209 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the report commissioned by his Department, from Mr Tony Gallagher of The Queen's University of Belfast, into the Transfer Procedure at 11 plus, will be (a) completed and (b) published; what were the costs of commissioning and producing this report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123872) | |
| 210 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is his estimate of the cost of providing ambulance services for the annual 12th July celebrations. |
| (123889) | |
| 211 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the applications for judicial review of a decision of the Parades Commission since its creation, in each case describing the (a) issue involved, (b) the result of the application hearing and (c) the result of the substantive hearing and summarising of the findings of the Court. |
| (124107) | |
| 212 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the composition by gender and perceived community origin of the (a) RUC Special Branch and (b) RUC Criminal Investigation Department. |
| (123956) | |
| 213 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what income was derived in each of the past three years by each of the district health boards from charges levied for the provision of ambulance services required for open air public events; if he will list the top 10 consumers of ambulance services and the income derived from each; and what policy considerations must be taken into account in deciding whether to charge for services provided for a particular event. |
| (123888) | |
| 214 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 4th February, Official Report, column778W, on barristers, if he will (a) make a statement on correspondence with the Lord Chancellor and (b) place copies in the Library. |
| (124105) | |
| 215 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what are the process of selection and entry requirement for officers to serve in the (a) RUC Special Branch and (b) RUC Criminal Investigation Department. |
| (123955) | |
| 216 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide a breakdown from (a) 1st May 1998 to 30th April 1999 and (b) 1st May 1999 to 30th April 2000 of compensation claims against the RUC broken down into (i) new claims, (ii) claims disposed of, (iii) damages paid, (iv) plaintiff's solicitor's costs, (v) Crown solicitor's costs and (vi) Crown solicitor's outlay. |
| (123884) | |
| 217 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, (a) if he will set out the stages of disciplinary proceedings in the RUC from initial complaint to final outcome, (b) what considerations affect the time taken for the completion of each stage in the procedure, (c) when procedures were last reviewed and (d) what proposals have been adopted in the past five years to enhance the prompt and efficient administration of the system. |
| (124106) | |
| 218 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many illegal gatherings, assemblies, parades and marches have taken place in the Garvaghy Road area so far this year; in how many instances (a) organisers were identified by the police, (b) the gathering was dispersed by the police, (c) individuals were warned they were breaking the law and (d) arrests were made; what charges were brought against individuals; and what was the outcome of proceedings. |
| (123890) | |
| 219 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what undertakings he has entered into in relation to parades in the vicinity of Garvaghy Road, Portadown on 9th July with (a) the Orange Order, (b) the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition, (c) political parties and (d) the Irish Government. |
| (123954) | |
| 220 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions a Policy Appraisal Fair Treatment analysis has been conducted on aspects of the Parades Act 1998 and the functioning and practice of the Parades Commission; and if he will summarise the principal conclusions of the analyses and describe measures taken in response. |
| (124108) | |
| 221 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123742) | |
| 222 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 17th May, Official Report, columns 327-8, if, as incoming Prime Minister, he was informed of Mrs Stella Rimington's CV; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123625) | |
| 223 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, since May 1997 how many lap-top computers used by officials in his Office have been (a) lost and (b) stolen. |
| (123667) | |
| 224 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123813) | |
| 225 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123838) | |
| 226 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123943) | |
| 227 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123743) | |
| 228 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123814) | |
| 229 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123844) | |
| 230 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the number of men aged 60 to 65 years in Cleethorpes constituency who are entitled to winter fuel allowance. |
| (123877) | |
| 231 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123744) | |
| 232 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Solicitor General, how many drivers were prosecuted in the last five years for which figures are available in relation to fatal road accidents involving cyclists; and with what offences they were charged. |
| (123588) | |
| 233 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Solicitor General, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123740) | |
| 234 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to strengthen the arrangements in place to protect consumers from fraudulent claims made in advertisements, with particular reference to the penalties which can be brought to bear on those making such claims; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124084) | |
| 235 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to introduce legislation to change the structure of the Office of Fair Trading. |
| (123749) | |
| 236 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the cases where he has referred mergers to the Competition Commission (a) on the advice of and (b) against the advice of the Director General of the Office of Fair Trading. |
| (123782) | |
| 237 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the (a) role, (b) size and (c) powers of the board he is proposing for the Office of Fair Trading. |
| (123750) | |
| 238 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to appoint a new Director General of the Office of Fair Trading. |
| (123751) | |
| 239 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the risks posed by vertical integration in the private healthcare sector in respect of (a) competition in the provision of private medical insurance, (b) competition in the provision of private hospital services, (c) the interests of consumers of medical insurance and (d) the interests of consumers of private hospital care; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123632) | |
| 240 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the views expressed by the OFT in November 1999, concerning further vertical integration of BUPA's private healthcare activities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123636) | |
| 241 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's policy is on vertical integration in relation to competition matters; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123637) | |
| 242 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will indicate the chapters in the report on Astra Holdings plc published by his Department to which the contents of file bundles (a) 120, (b) 121, (c) 140 and (d) 141 relate; and whether there is any part of the contents of the bundles which is not dealt with in the report. |
| (123896) | |
| 243 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the letter from the Minister of State for Energy, of 17th April to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, when he will announce a call for research and development proposals for the stationary and transport applications of work on copper and cerium oxide catalysts for solid oxide fuel cells. |
| (122497) | |
| 244 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123815) | |
| 245 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123840) | |
| 246 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123942) | |
| 247 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will impose a moratorium on the construction of pylons. |
| (123905) | |
| 248 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the recent inquiry commissioned by the National Farmers Union into the alleged link between skin cancer and pylon lines; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123906) | |
| 249 | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases have been lodged by former miners living in Amber Valley for compensation for vibration white finger. |
| (123939) | |
| 250 | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases have been lodged by former miners living in Amber Valley for compensation for emphysema and other respiratory diseases. |
| (123940) | |
| 251 | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the number of companies in Wales which are not paying the minimum wage. |
| (123935) | |
| 252 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are being taken by the Small Business Service to reduce the administrative burden on small businesses. |
| (123868) | |
| 253 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in enabling (a) consumers and (b) small businesses to have access to their credit reference files. |
| (123870) | |
| 254 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to exempt small businesses from (a) new and (b) existing regulations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123869) | |
| 255 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce an employer's charter to assist small businesses to deal with the complexities of employment legislation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123867) | |
| 256 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what conditions were attached to the most recent tranche of launch aid for Rolls Royce; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124097) | |
| 257 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he last met representatives of Rolls Royce to discuss the aero engine industry, with particular reference to employment levels. |
| (124096) | |
| 258 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports he has received concerning the sale of Advanta Seeds UK's Hyota oil seed rape seeds found to be contaminated with GM herbicide-tolerant seeds; and what action he plans to take. |
| (123756) | |
| 259 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123745) | |
| 260 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department are involved in the transatlantic business dialogue; and who was present from his Department at the TABD meeting in Brussels on 23rd May. |
| (124048) | |
| 261 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the (a) Latvian and (b) University of Berne Schwarzenberg studies on populations residing in the vicinity of radio telecommunications masts; and what is his planned programme for the further review by the Stuart Committee. |
| (123891) | |
| 262 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place copies of the results of all market and opinion research carried out by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, in the Library. |
| (123816) | |
| 263 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what statistics relating to the responsibilities of his Department are collated by parliamentary constituency, indicating the dates covered in each case. |
| (123837) | |
| 264 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what has been the net change in each year since May 1997 in the number of forms issued by his Department which (a) charities and (b) other voluntary organisations are required to complete. |
| (123941) | |
| 265 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many laptop computers used by Ministers, officials and special advisers in his Department have been (a) lost and (b) stolen since May 1997. |
| (123746) | |
| 266 N | Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the benefit to livestock farming of the Agenda 2000 reforms of the CAP. |
| [Question Unstarred] (122406) | |
| 267 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 16th March, Official Report, column 311W, what steps he has taken to ensure beekeepers take appropriate measures to contain varroa in the current season. |
| [Question Unstarred] (122411) | |
| 268 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what policies his Department has to protect the interests of consumers of private healthcare; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (123635) | |
| 269 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to remove or reform the 100 per cent. writing down allowance for UK films costing less than £15 million. |
| [Transferred] (124044) | |
| 270 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons the UK voted in favour of a postponement of an EU marketing ban on cosmetics tested on animals on 5th May. |
| [Transferred] (124052) | |
| 271 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, column 640W, on the Northern Ireland bar, if he will make a statement on (a) consultation procedures, (b) responses made and (c) conclusions reached. |
| [Transferred] (124103) | |
| 272 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, column 639W, on the Northern Ireland bar, if he will (a) make a statement on dates of correspondence with the Lord Chief Justice and (b) place copies in the Library. |
| [Transferred] (124104) | |
| 273 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioners over the age of 75 years are eligible for free TV licences in Cleethorpes constituency, broken down by electoral ward. |
| [Transferred] (123876) | |
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