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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 5 June 2000
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 5 June, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. Questions handed in between Friday 26th May and Wednesday 31st May 2000 are marked thus ¶A |
| 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 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what the total cost was of the recent replacement of the House of Commons's internal mailbags; and for what reasons the former mailbags were replaced. |
| (124179) | |
| 2 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent measurements he has made of the aquatic environment off the Sussex Coast to identify the possible presence of radioactive material emanating from Cap la Hague. |
| (124231) | |
| 3 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of applications under the Slaughter Premium Scheme have been refused on deadline criteria. |
| (124202) | |
| 4 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what implications planting of oil seed rape contaminated with GM produce has for (a) the separation policy for GM crop trials and other crops and (b) the regulations governing GM crops. |
| (123762) | |
| 5 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps the Government has taken to identify which farms have been contaminated with GM products through the planting of oil seed rape. |
| (123763) | |
| 6 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to rescind permission for planting and growing GM crops on farms contaminated with GM products through the planting of oil seed rape. |
| (123764) | |
| 7 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to ensure that there is proper monitoring of crops contaminated with GM products through the planting of oil seed rape. |
| (123765) | |
| 8 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what reports he has sought from Canada as to how the contamination of oil seed rape with GM produce occurred. |
| (123766) | |
| 9 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the amount of pork and poultry meats imported into the United Kingdom during the last 12 months; and if he will give their country of origin. |
| (124672) | |
| 10 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the current number of GM trial sites. |
| ¶A (124745) | |
| 11 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd May, Official Report, column 388W, on fisheries, if the Government intends to grant legal title to fishing quota transferred between fishermen. |
| (124408) | |
| 12 N | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he intends to reply to the letters dated 3rd February, 9th March and 13th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms R. Barraclough. |
| (124465) | |
| 13 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he has any plans to close or restructure his Department's regional network. |
| (123970) | |
| 14 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what reduction in British fishing effort has been achieved so far in MAGP IV; and what reduction he hopes to gain by the end of that programme. |
| (124453) | |
| 15 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will estimate the financial effect on the Government of the EU Commissioners' proposal to achieve the required reduction in fishing for MAGP IV exclusively through cuts in fleet capacity; and what fleet cuts would be required in Britain for the remaining 18 months of the programme. |
| (124452) | |
| 16 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he was first informed that GM-contaminated oil seed rape seed had been imported into Scotland. |
| ¶A (124728) | |
| 17 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he was first informed that GM-contaminated oil seed rape seed had been imported to the UK. |
| ¶A (124742) | |
| 18 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he informed the Scottish Executive that GM contaminated oil seed rape seed had been imported to (a) the UK and (b) Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (124717) | |
| 19 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what information his Department has on the location of farms in Scotland supplied with GM-contaminated oil seed rape seed. |
| ¶A (124751) | |
| 20 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the countries which continue to ban the import of UK beef; what action is being taken to ensure the bans are lifted; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (124716) | |
| 21 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with the Swedish Board of Agriculture concerning their action on contaminated oilseed rape seed; and what action he intends to take as a result. |
| (124352) | |
| 22 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what reports he has received about conventional maize seed which was contaminated by GM maize being grown in this country. |
| (124341) | |
| 23 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the funds which are available to local authorities on application, indicating those for which the Torbay Unitary Authority has successfully applied in each of the last two years. |
| (124197) | |
| 24 N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to introduce appeal procedures in cases where farmers incur penalties for what they conceive to be genuine errors in filling in paperwork to comply with EU regulations. |
| (124676) | |
| 25 N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much frozen beef was imported to the UK by country of origin, in each of the last five years; and in each case what was the percentage of total UK consumption. |
| (124623) | |
| 26 N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish an assessment of the animal health and safety welfare standards in countries from which the United Kingdom imports frozen beef. |
| (124675) | |
| 27 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124110) | |
| 28 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what meetings prior to 17th April (a) he and (b) other ministers have held on the subject of GM-free seed purity. |
| (124166) | |
| 29 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the crop sites now growing GM oil seed rape as a result of the contamination of Advanta rapeseed with GM rapeseed will be subject to the same controls as crop sites intentionally sown with GM rapeseed for the purposes of a licensed crop trial. |
| (124160) | |
| 30 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what reports he has received concerning the date that the German authorities discovered that conventional Advanta rapeseed had been contaminated with genetically-modified rapeseed. |
| (124149) | |
| 31 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will review the separation distances between GM and non-GM crops. |
| (124164) | |
| 32 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his oral statement of 18th May, Official Report, columns 473-4, what data he has collated on distances between fields that had been used to produce conventional Advanta rapeseed and the GM crops responsible for the cross-pollination of the conventional crop. |
| (124163) | |
| 33 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans the Government had in place before 18th May to inform farmers of the contamination of conventional Advanta rapeseeds with GM rapeseeds; and what changes have been made to those plans since 18th May. |
| (124167) | |
| 34 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what obligations EU member states have to inform one another and the Commission of incidents in which conventional crop seed traded across international boundaries is found to be contaminated with genetically-modified crop seed. |
| (124150) | |
| 35 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which statutory bodies prior to 17th April had a legal responsibility to ensure the seed purity of imported supplies. |
| (124165) | |
| 36 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the proposals for development on flood plains in Northamptonshire. |
| (124140) | |
| 37 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Government was first advised by Advanta Seeds UK that supplies of its conventional rapeseed contained genetically-modified rapeseed. |
| (124143) | |
| 38 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what reports he received, prior to being made aware of the contamination of conventional Advanta rapeseed with genetically-modified seed, of similar incidents involving crop seeds imported into European Union member states, indicating when each such report was received. |
| (124145) | |
| 39 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his oral statement of 18th May, Official Report, column 473, concerning the absence of modified DNA from oil produced from GM oil seed rape, what assessment he has made of (a) whether modified DNA may be present in animal feed produced from GM oil seed rape and (b) the extent to which the elimination of genetically-modified DNA entails the elimination of other molecules not normally produced in conventional oil seed rape but produced in GM varieties. |
| (124158) | |
| 40 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on charges for land drainage. |
| (124141) | |
| 41 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the advice he has received from the (a) Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment, (b) Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes and (c) Food Standards Agency, about the risks to human health and the environment from the contamination of Advanta rape seed by GM crops. |
| (123237) | |
| 42 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the Government plans to make public the location of crop sites sown with Advanta rapeseeds contaminated with GM rapeseeds. |
| (124156) | |
| 43 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what information the Government has obtained from parties other than Advanta UK on the contamination of conventional Advanta rapeseed with genetically-modified rapeseed; and when such information was received. |
| (124148) | |
| 44 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reason the announcement about the contamination of conventional Advanta rapeseed was made on 17th May. |
| (124146) | |
| 45 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had about liability in cases where (a) conventional crop seed is contaminated with GM crop seed, (b) conventional crops are cross-pollinated by GM crops and (c) conventional crops are contaminated with genetic material from GM crops as a result of other forms of gene flow. |
| (124161) | |
| 46 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the Government will restrict the import of crop seeds described as GM-free from countries in which separation distances between GM crops and GM-free crops are less than in the United Kingdom. |
| (124157) | |
| 47 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Government was first informed that supplies of conventional Advanta rapeseed had been or may have been contaminated with genetically-modified rapeseed. |
| (124144) | |
| 48 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish in full the information made available by Advanta UK on the contamination of conventional rapeseed with genetically-modified rapeseed. |
| (124147) | |
| 49 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the Government has designated an acceptable level of seed purity in the case of conventional crop seeds in relation to contamination with GM seeds. |
| (124153) | |
| 50 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she will announce the membership of the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission. |
| (124371) | |
| 51 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124122) | |
| 52 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the minutes of the Millennium Commission meeting on 22nd May. |
| (124061) | |
| 53 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the correspondence between the Millennium Commission and his Department relating to the latest grant of additional funds to the Millennium Dome. |
| (124386) | |
| 54 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which accountants have been paid fees by the New Millennium Experience Company; and for what purpose. |
| (124385) | |
| 55 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out the distinction between his role as Chairman of the Millennium Commission and his role as Secretary of State, with particular reference to the avoidance of conflicting interests. |
| (124062) | |
| 56 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what definition he uses of a reasonable distance when determining access to (a) a leisure centre and (b) a library. |
| (124644) | |
| 57 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the population lives (a) within one mile of and (b) over three miles from (i) a leisure centre and (ii) a library in (A) rural and (B) urban areas. |
| (124497) | |
| 58 | Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received concerning the consequences for the staging of international sporting events in the United Kingdom of foreign sportsmen and women who have been convicted of a serious criminal offence being refused entry into the United Kingdom. |
| (124460) | |
| 59 N | Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will conduct an internal review under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information into the non-provision of the information requested by the honourable Member for Cardiff, Central on regional ticket sales to the Millennium Experience. |
| (124365) | |
| 60 | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what compensation arrangements apply to television licence holders who are unable to receive broadcasts as a result of transmitter failures. |
| ¶A (124738) | |
| 61 N | Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from (a) Camelot, (b) OFLOT and (c) the National Lottery Commission on the failure of the National Lottery's computer system to award accurate payouts to prize winners; if he will ensure that the National Lottery operator makes good losses of prize money caused by computer failure; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124358) | |
| 62 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average cost to organisations of making National Lottery funding applications. |
| ¶A (124724) | |
| 63 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for each year since the National Lottery began, how many Lottery funding applications from organisations in (a) Dumfries and Galloway, (b) Galloway and Upper Nithsdale parliamentary constituency were (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful, broken down by National Lottery good cause category. |
| ¶A (124723) | |
| 64 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money from the New Opportunities Fund has been allocated to Wales (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of total funding. |
| (124463) | |
| 65 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the money from the New Opportunities Fund for cancer equipment will be available in Wales. |
| (124464) | |
| 66 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the forecasts of cash shortfall at the Dome if visitor numbers are below the present estimate for the rest of the year. |
| (123981) | |
| 67 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what forecasts he has made of the projected revenue and costs of the Millennium Dome. |
| (124478) | |
| 68 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the Millennium Dome's sponsors have paid their full agreed amount of sponsorship funding. |
| (124479) | |
| 69 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the standard adult charge for visiting the Dome; and what is the average entrance receipt achieved per visitor. |
| (123985) | |
| 70 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the total sums of (a) Lottery and (b) public money spent and pledged to the Dome project. |
| (123983) | |
| 71 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what cost savings are planned for the rest of the year at the Dome. |
| (123984) | |
| 72 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the minutes of the meeting of the Millennium Commission at which it was decided to grant an additional £29 million to the Millennium Dome. |
| (124480) | |
| 73 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the resignation of the Chairman of the New Millennium Experience Company. |
| (124483) | |
| 74 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the letter of direction for the payment of £29 million to the Dome. |
| (123980) | |
| 75 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the funds which are available to local authorities on application, indicating those for which the Torbay Unitary Authority has successfully applied in each of the last two years. |
| (124193) | |
| 76 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action he is taking to encourage lottery-funded projects to use energy from renewable sources. |
| (124679) | |
| 77 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124129) | |
| 78 | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the grant payments made from the Millennium Commission to fund the Millennium Dome including the value of those payments, and the date on which they were agreed. |
| ¶A (124741) | |
| 79 | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the projects funded by capital expenditure from his Department in each of the last six years, indicating the nature of the project, its start date and its value. |
| ¶A (124706) | |
| 80 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, columns 288-9W, concerning Operation Danish Bacon, how battlefield injuries are simulated in the exercise Operation Danish Bacon. |
| (124243) | |
| 81 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the military bases in the United Kingdom where foreign nationals are based, indicating in each case, the (a) nationality and (b) number of individuals involved. |
| (123759) | |
| 82 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the purpose of the Forest Moor Royal Naval Communications Base; and how many (a) UK and (b) US personnel work there. |
| (124209) | |
| 83 N | Mr Martin Bell (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to give British nuclear test veterans access to their records. |
| (123963) | |
| 84 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the book value of the stock-retained totals of missiles and ammunition in each year from 1989-90 to 1999-2000; in each year, what was the (a) percentage change from the previous year, (b) total stock value expended in operations, training and exercises in that year and (c) proportion devoted to war reserves; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124223) | |
| 85 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the budget of the Defence Fraud Analysis Unit for 1999-2000 and what it will be for 2000-01; how many staff are dedicated to the unit; who heads the unit and to whom they report; what relationship the Defence Fraud Analysis Unit has with the Specialist Procurement Services scrutinisation system; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123968) | |
| 86 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the original planned date of completion of the RAF unguided bomb enhancement programme; what is the current estimated in-service timetable for completion; what effect in-year budget changes have had on the in-service timetable; when he expects to place contracts against the programme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124224) | |
| 87 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to restore stocks of precision guided and non-precision guided munitions back to pre-operation levels following Operation Allied Force; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124207) | |
| 88 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of available stocks of (a) precision guided munitions and (c) non-precision guided munitions were used during operation Allied Force. |
| (124316) | |
| 89 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the targets of the Defence Fraud Analysis Unit for 1999-2000 stating in each case (a) if the target was achieved, (b) the reason for any target not being met and (c) action taken by the Defence Fraud Analysis Unit to improve target achievement performance in 2000-01; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123967) | |
| 90 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what options are being considered by his Department to ensure aircraft are able to bomb with precision in all weather conditions; when a decision will be announced on the preferred option; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124222) | |
| 91 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional funding has been made available in (a) this and (b) the previous financial year to restore deficiencies in weapons systems and spares of critical equipment, listing in each case the (i) weapons system or type of spare, (ii) deficiency identified and (iii) estimated date of deficiency rectification. |
| (124220) | |
| 92 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts have been placed to replace (a) Paveway II, (b) Paveway III, (c) RBL 755, (d) 1000lb bomb, (e) Alarm and (f) TLAM expended during operations in Kosovo, listing in each case the (i) company involved, (ii) estimated date of delivery, (iii) value of the contract and (iv) cost per unit; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124221) | |
| 93 N | Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assistance has been provided to the Government of Libya for humanitarian demining; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124560) | |
| 94 N | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to the Question tabled by the honourable Member for Ludlow on 16th May concerning warships (Ref. 122821). |
| (124484) | |
| 95 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have qualified for the bonus payments for overseas deployment under the recently introduced procedures; what delays in making these payments to service personnel there have been, and for what reason; how many claims are outstanding; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124476) | |
| 96 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the ratio of officers to enlisted personnel is in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Army and (d) Royal Marines. |
| (124477) | |
| 97 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the technical fault in Lynx helicopters; who will meet the cost and over what timescale; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124673) | |
| 98 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the cost to date of the work carried out to develop the Advanced Composite Armoured Vehicle Platform; what was the total budget provision and completion date for development and trials; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124540) | |
| 99 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what request his Department made to the US Government on the sale of training and logistics support to back up the lease of four Boeing C17 Transport Aircraft; what is the cost to his Department of this support and over what time it would run; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124555) | |
| 100 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the UK Regular Forces' (i) trained strength and (ii) trained requirement in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) 2015. |
| (123979) | |
| 101 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) core and (b) non-core training and training support activities and services which will be included in the competition to seek a long-term strategic partner to run the Army Training Estate; and if he will indicate the website where these competitions have been advertised. |
| (124362) | |
| 102 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops there were at each garrison in Northern Ireland in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001. |
| (123964) | |
| 103 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress towards the implementation of the pay-as-you-dine contractorisation of junior mess halls. |
| (123965) | |
| 104 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the United Kingdom Volunteer Reserve Forces' (including the Territorial Army), (a) establishment and (b) strength in (i) 2005, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2015. |
| (123966) | |
| 105 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of (a) the report of the Health and Safety Executive and (b) the Army Board of Inquiry into the death of army cadet Claire Louise Shore. |
| (124354) | |
| 106 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that the parents of army cadet Claire Louise Shore receive a detailed personal de-brief of the Army's Board of Inquiry proceedings. |
| (124355) | |
| 107 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Ministry of Defence police officers will receive the new single source document containing their terms and conditions of service. |
| (124353) | |
| 108 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what persons are to be disciplined as a result of the events surrounding the death of army cadet Claire Louise Shore. |
| (124356) | |
| 109 N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of overall spending on defence procurement is allocated to companies in (a) England and (b) Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (122653) | |
| 110 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd May, Official Report, column 462W, concerning the Metropolitan Police investigation of Mr Liam Clarke, what were the times and occasions when complaints were made by him to the Metropolitan Police Service concerning alleged breaches of the Official Secrets Acts following the publication of articles in The Sunday Times concerning interviews by Liam Clarke and Martin Ingland. |
| (124678) | |
| 111 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many depleted uranium shells have been (a) fired and (b) recovered from the DERA establishment at Dundrennan in each of the last three years. |
| ¶A (124697) | |
| 112 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the test firing of depleted uranium shells at the DERA establishment at Dundrennan, Kirkcudbrightshire is continuing. |
| ¶A (124718) | |
| 113 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the country of origin of trees planted on its land and that of its agencies. |
| (124633) | |
| 114 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to find land storage sites for nuclear reactors from redundant submarines. |
| (124390) | |
| 115 N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral statement of 23rd May, concerning Sierra Leone, what United Kingdom weapons and ammunition will be issued to any military organisation other than the Sierra Leone army; and how the distribution of such arms will be controlled and monitored. |
| (124055) | |
| 116 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124128) | |
| 117 | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what price the site of the former wireless transmitter station at Stubbington was sold. |
| (124682) | |
| 118 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is in respect of research carried out on animals at Porton Down; and what research is carried out there on behalf of other countries, with particular reference to defensive agent testing. |
| (124192) | |
| 119 | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how long the UK online computer training initiative will operate. |
| (124665) | |
| 120 | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how the UK online computer training initiative will be evaluated; if there will be a control group; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124663) | |
| 121 | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people he estimates will participate in the UK online computer training initiative. |
| (124664) | |
| 122 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will define those elements of citizenship studies which are affected by the new international dimension to the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (124748) | |
| 123 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the contents of the international dimension to the revised national curriculum, with particular reference to (a) values and (b) issues covered. |
| ¶A (124747) | |
| 124 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what mechanisms are (a) in place and (b) planned, to monitor the amount and proportion of Standards Fund money allocated to support mandatory training for teachers of the deaf. |
| (124468) | |
| 125 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance his Department gives to the Standards Fund to ensure adequate resources are available for mandatory training for teachers of the deaf. |
| (124467) | |
| 126 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list (a) the funding made available in each of the last five years through the Standards Fund to help LEAs with the costs of training teachers of children with special educational needs, including training leading to the mandatory qualifications and (b) the amount and the proportion of that funding spent on mandatory training for teachers of the deaf for each of the last five years. |
| (124466) | |
| 127 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent representations he has received in connection with the funding of college fees for graduates in receipt of financial support from a research council. |
| (124538) | |
| 128 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has carried out of the costs to the further education sector of the recent European Court judgement retrospectively extending pension rights to part-time employees. |
| (123976) | |
| 129 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he has issued to those conducting the current review of the higher education research assessment exercise in connection with reduction of the administration requirements of the system. |
| (124539) | |
| 130 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on his plans for the disposition of assets held by TECs in cases where it is unclear whether all or part of their acquisition costs was derived from public funds. |
| (123977) | |
| 131 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) schools have expanded their published roll, (b) extra teachers have been recruited and (c) additional classrooms have been built, as a result of implementing the class size initiative. |
| (124076) | |
| 132 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent research he has commissioned on pupil performance in small sixth forms; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123508) | |
| 133 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the effect of the new financial arrangements on teacher recruitment in 2000-01; and if such arrangements will be available next year. |
| (124510) | |
| 134 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much money was spent per pupil attending (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the Greater London area in each of the last three years. |
| ¶A (124750) | |
| 135 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of the population lives (a) within one mile of and (b) over three miles from a job centre in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas. |
| (124671) | |
| 136 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of the population lives (a) within one mile of and (b) over three miles from a primary school in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas. |
| (124670) | |
| 137 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what definition he uses of a reasonable distance when determining access to a primary school. |
| (124668) | |
| 138 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in what ways his Department and executive agencies deliver services to meet the needs of the public as consumers, with particular reference to families. |
| (124529) | |
| 139 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what definition he uses of a reasonable distance when determining access to a job centre. |
| (124667) | |
| 140 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary school children have access to a school bus service; and what was the cost of providing such services to (i) primary and (ii) secondary children in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (124532) | |
| 141 N | Mr Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people aged over 50 years were enrolled in adult education courses and further education courses during the 1998-99 academic year in (a) England, (b) the North-East Region of England and (c) Bishop Auckland; and what proportion of the relevant population aged over 50 years this represents in each case. |
| (124208) | |
| 142 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, column 292W, on departmental initiatives, if he will list the amount originally budgeted for in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000, stating for each year the funds budgeted for which were not spent and if they were carried forward. |
| (124411) | |
| 143 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what financial support is available to students in the first 28 weeks of leave of absence for the purpose of medical treatment or therapy. |
| (123761) | |
| 144 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the average length of a post vacancy for a further education college lecturer in England; and how many posts are vacant in further education colleges in England. |
| (124176) | |
| 145 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the maximum pay for (a) a qualified teacher in England and (b) a further education college lecturer, on average, in England. |
| (124172) | |
| 146 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the reasons why the further education sector has been excluded from the South-West transition group for the local learning and skills councils; and if this is the case in other regions. |
| (124174) | |
| 147 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many further education college lecturers transferred from the further education sector to the maintained schools sector in 1999-2000. |
| (124173) | |
| 148 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the starting salary for (a) a newly qualified teacher and (b) a further education college lecturer in England. |
| (124171) | |
| 149 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of further education colleges were able to give the full recommended Association of Colleges pay award for (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000. |
| (124175) | |
| 150 N | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the number of additional young people who stayed on at school or college in the pilot areas for the education maintenance allowances. |
| (124376) | |
| 151 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the funds which are available to local authorities on application, indicating those for which the Torbay Unitary Authority has successfully applied in each of the last two years. |
| (124196) | |
| 152 N | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will place in the Library a list and a summary of responses to consultation on draft regulations and guidance for minimum nutritional standards for school lunches. |
| (124496) | |
| 153 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action he is taking to celebrate excellence among PE teachers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124681) | |
| 154 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 9th November, Official Report, column 525, on primary school pupils, when he will write to the honourable Member for South Derbyshire. |
| (124428) | |
| 155 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124127) | |
| 156 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many school pupils suffering from Guillain-Barre Syndrome have statements of special educational needs. |
| (124625) | |
| 157 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will place in the Library audited accounts of education action zones to date. |
| (124662) | |
| 158 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Cleaner Vehicles Task Force will publish its final report. |
| (124520) | |
| 159 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the concentrations of radioactive gases detectable above East Sussex which can be identified as having originated from Cap de la Hague. |
| (124236) | |
| 160 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with the French authorities in respect of emissions from Cap de la Hague. |
| (124217) | |
| 161 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent data he has obtained in respect of emissions from Cap de la Hague. |
| (124218) | |
| 162 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will seek a derogation from the EU Waste Incineration Directive for small incinerators. |
| (124321) | |
| 163 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the likely shift in consumption of fuels in incinerators as a result of the application of the EU Waste Incineration Directive, with particular reference to LPG and small incinerators. |
| (124318) | |
| 164 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the compliance with the better regulation test of proportionality of the application of the EU Waste Incineration Directive to small incinerators. |
| (124319) | |
| 165 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the compliance with small business litmus test of the application of the EU Waste Incineration Directive to small incinerators. |
| (124320) | |
| 166 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the likely change in emission of pollutants as a result of the application of the EU Waste Incineration Directive to small incinerators. |
| (124317) | |
| 167 N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the decision-making process outlined in the Appraisal Framework for Airports in the South East will allow for public consultation on the options examined during the sifting process. |
| (124628) | |
| 168 N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the timetable is for decisions to be taken after completion of the South East and East of England Regional Air Services Study in April 2001. |
| (124627) | |
| 169 N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the South East and East of England Regional Air Services Study will examine the effects of an increase in employment in the South East on (a) local businesses and (b) the environment. |
| (124629) | |
| 170 N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the construction of a new southern-aligned runway at Gatwick Airport on people within the 57 LEQ noise contour, and of the number of people within that contour who would be affected. |
| (124630) | |
| 171 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received on the rationalisation of certification schemes for the construction industry. |
| ¶A (124704) | |
| 172 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which construction industry certification schemes his Department is evaluating. |
| ¶A (124703) | |
| 173 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to rationalise the certification schemes for the construction industry. |
| ¶A (124705) | |
| 174 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 24th March, Official Report, column 701W, if (a) back-up power for controls was required at the Byker Heat Station during the 1995 failure and (b) back-up is required and available now; for what reason the releases to air following the failure cannot be quantified; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the failure to quantify such releases constitutes a breach of the operating licence. |
| (123922) | |
| 175 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the management of Connex South Central rail company on the reduced service level from Wandsworth Common Station to Victoria; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (124698) | |
| 176 N | Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn and St. Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the average increase in (a) council, (b) housing association and (c) private rents in each year since 1990-91. |
| (123982) | |
| 177 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the policy of each train operating company towards (a) automatic train protection and (b) train protection and warning system. |
| (124204) | |
| 178 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers his Department has to prevent crop contamination. |
| (123920) | |
| 179 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Railtrack and (b) all train operating companies on reducing the number of signals passed at danger. |
| (124203) | |
| 180 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, (b) the Department of Health and (c) the Cabinet Office since the discovery of the possible contamination of the Advanta Seed crop. |
| (123921) | |
| 181 N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the industrial tribunal decision in the case of Rigden/Hodgson, when he will issue employment contracts to auxiliary coastguards; if he has paid the arrears owing under the legislation on the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement about the future employment of auxiliary coastguards. |
| (123969) | |
| 182 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of water meters in higher rateable value properties on charges for customers in lower rateable value properties. |
| (124650) | |
| 183 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the current estimated cost of installing water meters in all domestic properties. |
| (124647) | |
| 184 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of domestic properties are (a) fitted with water meters and (b) pay by volume. |
| (124646) | |
| 185 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent representations he has received regarding the implications of water metering for low-income households where there are (a) children, (b) elderly and (c) people with disabilities and illnesses that require them to take frequent baths. |
| (124649) | |
| 186 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many properties in each of the council tax bands are fitted with a water meter. |
| (124648) | |
| 187 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what options he is considering to replace rateable values for calculating water charges. |
| (124645) | |
| 188 | Mr David Faber (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 24th May, Official Report, column 537W, what proposals he has for the disposal of Landau Cottage, Upton Lovell, Warminster; how the disposal will be effected; and for what reasons. |
| (124634) | |
| 189 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in what ways his Department and executive agencies deliver services to meet the needs of the public as consumers, with particular reference to families. |
| (124531) | |
| 190 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 20th April, Official Report, column 612W, on departmental initiatives, if he will list the amounts originally budgeted for in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000, stating for in each year what funds budgeted for were not spent, and if they were carried forward. |
| (124413) | |
| 191 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many properties in Herefordshire qualify for 50 per cent. council tax discount for second homes; what is the cost to the Herefordshire Council of this discount; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124536) | |
| 192 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the environmental consequences of an aggregates tax. |
| (124442) | |
| 193 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what were the volumes of recycled/secondary aggregates used in the United Kingdom in each of the past 10 years. |
| (124439) | |
| 194 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the volume of construction aggregates produced in the United Kingdom in each of the past 10 years. |
| (124438) | |
| 195 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will give a list of the 10 largest grants awarded by each of the regional development agencies in England since their inception. |
| (124237) | |
| 196 N | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what GM crops trials are being conducted within Shrewsbury and Atcham; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124473) | |
| 197 | Mr David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, under what conditions he would liberalise the UK/USA aviation agreement for air cargo; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124535) | |
| 198 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which EU legislation governs direct expenditure by London Underground Limited and its successors, in undertaking or supervising by a combination of direct and contracted operations, measures necessary to ensure the standards of operational performance required by the long-term contracts proposed by the Government. |
| (124637) | |
| 199 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what volume of (a) freight and (b) passenger traffic passed through the port of Holyhead in each of the last 10 years. |
| ¶A (124725) | |
| 200 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much was spent on the A55 in each of the last 10 years on (a) construction work and (b) maintenance. |
| ¶A (124726) | |
| 201 N | Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers the Shadow Strategic Rail Authority has to make sure the distance between a railway station platform and a train is at a safe level; which railway stations in England and Wales have a gap between the platform and the train exceeding (a) 30 centimetre and (b) 1 metre; what plans have been submitted by Railtrack to re-gauge platform heights at railways stations across Britain; and what action (i) has been taken and (ii) is planned, to implement the proposals. |
| (124455) | |
| 202 N | Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the current limit for the gap between a train and a railway station platform; what representations his Department has received regarding the dangers of large gaps between platforms and trains; what the Government are doing to ensure that the gap between a railway station platform and the train is at a safe level; who is responsible for ensuring that the gap between a train and a railway station platform is at a safe level; and what recent recommendations he has received from the Health and Safety Executive with regard to the distance between a train and a railway station platform. |
| (124454) | |
| 203 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the opinion research projects undertaken on behalf of his Department in the financial year 1999-2000, broken down by (a) focus group research, (b) quantitative surveys and (c) other market research surveys; and in each case, when and where the results were published. |
| (124631) | |
| 204 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his Department's policy is in relation to the country of origin of trees planted on its land and that of its agencies. |
| (124624) | |
| 205 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much his Department spent on opinion research in the financial year 1999-2000. |
| (124632) | |
| 206 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has instructed the local planning authorities and the Mineral Planning Authority to treat the Forest of Dean as if it were an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. |
| (124169) | |
| 207 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of granting special status for the Forest of Dean; and what advice he has given to local planning authorities concerning the Forest of Dean and the local minerals plan. |
| (124168) | |
| 208 | Mrs Diana Organ (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has agreed to the funding of the post for the Countryside Agency Co-ordinator for the project in the Forest of Dean to develop special status. |
| (124170) | |
| 209 | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) directors and (b) employees of London Transport receive company cars as a part of their remuneration. |
| (124407) | |
| 210 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other member states of the European Union about the possible contamination of the European conventional maize crop with GM maize. |
| (124342) | |
| 211 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the funds which are available to local authorities on application, indicating those for which the Torbay Unitary Authority has successfully applied in each of the last two years. |
| (124195) | |
| 212 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on which date he requested the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment Department to give advice on whether the crops of GM contaminated Hyola oilseed rape were safe for the environment, when he received the advice; and what it was. |
| (124323) | |
| 213 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library the information he provided to the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment concerning the GM contamination of Advanta Seeds UK's Hyola Spring Oilseed when he requested their advice. |
| (124324) | |
| 214 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what date his Department was informed (a) by telephone, (b) by e-mail and (c) in writing by Advanta Seeds UK that a batch of Hyola oilseed rape seed had been found to be contaminated with GM oilseed rape seed. |
| (124322) | |
| 215 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish advice given to him by English Nature on the GM contamination of Advanta Seeds UK's Hyola spring oilseed rape. |
| (124325) | |
| 216 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 485, how many prosecutions under Section 59(8) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 have been made concerning waste left by unauthorised camping. |
| ¶A (124746) | |
| 217 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124112) | |
| 218 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people have participated in the Sellers' Packs trial in Bristol; and how many transactions have been completed to date. |
| (124635) | |
| 219 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects a decision to be announced in respect of the rail franchise for the South East of England presently held by Connex. |
| (124636) | |
| 220 | Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how people from all minority groups will be encouraged to play an active role in the New Deal for Communities. |
| (124383) | |
| 221 | Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how the New Deal for Communities is affecting (a) Irish, (b) Jewish and (c) traveller communities. |
| (124382) | |
| 222 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the oral statement of 18th May, Official Report, column 474, on the introduction of a seed purity inspection system, when the process of planning this system began; when he will publish details of how the system will work; if the introduction of the system is conditional upon EU or other international agreements; how much the system will cost; and how the system's costs will be funded. |
| (124151) | |
| 223 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the planning applications for development on land classified as agricultural by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food referred to his Department since 1st May 1997; and if he will give for each one the nature of the application and the outcome of the referral. |
| (124139) | |
| 224 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans the Government has to use the provisions of the Biosafety Protocol to restrict imports of crop seeds in order to reduce the risk of contamination with GM seeds. |
| (124152) | |
| 225 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what basis he and his advisers concluded that there was no environmental risk arising out of the contamination of Advanta rapeseeds. |
| (124155) | |
| 226 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the planning applications for conversion of farm buildings referred to his Department since 1st May 1997; and if he will give for each one the nature of the application and the outcome of the referral. |
| (124138) | |
| 227 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if any of the current licensed GM crop trials taking place in the UK include procedures to test claims of sterility in the GM varieties concerned. |
| (124159) | |
| 228 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to paragraph 20 of the Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation, if an inventory exists to distinguish assets held by the Queen (a) as Sovereign and (b) as a private individual. |
| (124214) | |
| 229 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason inheritance tax is not payable on private possessions passed from one sovereign to the next. |
| (124212) | |
| 230 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he plans to reduce the number of customs officers, with particular reference to the post of intelligence officer; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124374) | |
| 231 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the Royal Trustees and the dates on which they have met since 1st May 1997. |
| (124421) | |
| 232 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the tax position in respect of the Royal Collection. |
| (124213) | |
| 233 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what variations have been notified under paragraphs 33 to 35 of the Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation. |
| (124216) | |
| 234 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions a disagreement has occurred under the terms of paragraph 31 of the Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation. |
| (124215) | |
| 235 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) Scotland, (b) East Ayrshire and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun are eligible for the working families tax credit which are (i) single parent families where the woman is the sole earner, (ii) single parent families where the man is the sole earner, (iii) couples where the male is the sole earner, (iv) couples where the female is the sole earner and (v) dual-income families. |
| (124652) | |
| 236 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give the basis of his Oral Statement of 6th April, Official Report, column 1137, that 11,000 pensioners in the Christchurch constituency will receive free colour television licences. |
| (123919) | |
| 237 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much it would cost the Exchequer to reduce the rate of employers' national insurance contributions to (a) 10 per cent., (b) 7.5 per cent., (c) 5 per cent., (d) 2.5 per cent. and (e) 0 per cent. for (i) employees aged 16 to 25, (ii) employees aged 26 to 40, (iii) employees aged 40 to 49, (iv) employees aged 50 plus years and (v) all employees. |
| (124523) | |
| 238 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what would be the cost to the Exchequer of raising the basic rate limit by (a) £500, (b) £1,000, (c) £1,500, (d) £2,000 and (e) £2,500; and how many people would cease paying any tax at 40 per cent. in each case. |
| (124524) | |
| 239 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what would be the cost to the Exchequer of allowing a married person to transfer a wholly or partly unused tax allowance to their earning spouse (a) if they are in receipt of invalid care allowance, or if their youngest child is under the age of five years, (b) if they are in receipt of invalid care allowance, or if their youngest child is under the age of 11 years, (c) if they are in receipt of invalid care allowance, or if their youngest child is under the age of 16 years, (d) regardless of these or any other responsibilities and (e) if they are in receipt of invalid care allowance. |
| (124522) | |
| 240 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the net cost to the Exchequer of exempting private medical insurance, including that provided by employers for their employees, from insurance premium tax, taking into account changes to corporation tax and income tax liability. |
| (124653) | |
| 241 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 24th May (123395), how much tax was paid in each of the years and in relation to each of the types of investment listed in the table. |
| (124456) | |
| 242 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much it will cost to reduce national insurance contributions by 0.1 per cent., using revenue from the proposed aggregates tax, over each of the first five years of the operation of the tax. |
| (124435) | |
| 243 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what will be the income of the new Quarrying Sustainability Fund for each of the first five years of its operation. |
| (124436) | |
| 244 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if there will be a guaranteed or minimum annual income for the new Quarrying Sustainability Fund. |
| (124437) | |
| 245 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue will be raised by the proposed aggregates tax over each of the first five years of its operation. |
| (124434) | |
| 246 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the change in 1998 and 1999 in (a) foreigners' holdings of sterling deposits and (b) UK residents' deposits overseas, including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. |
| (124346) | |
| 247 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultations he has had with the DTI about the tax consequences of plcs changing status to limited liability partnerships under the new limited liability partnership proposals; and what is his estimate of the effect on the public revenue. |
| (124429) | |
| 248 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what obligations are imposed on him in respect of public spending by the EU stability pact; and what contribution these have made to ensuring that divergences in the economic cycle between the UK and Europe are reduced. |
| (124349) | |
| 249 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the benefits and consequences of including asset prices in the Bank of England's inflation target; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124348) | |
| 250 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the total of UK residents' assets held (a) overseas and (b) in the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands; and what is his assessment of the effects of these holdings being overseas on the tax base in Britain. |
| (124351) | |
| 251 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what commitments have been made by the UK to the EU convergence programme; how far these have been breached; and what contributions they have made to ensuring more stability in the Sterling-Euro exchange rate. |
| (124350) | |
| 252 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has for bringing the tax regime of the proposed new limited liability partnerships into line with that applying to public limited companies; and what estimate he has made of the scale of losses to the Exchequer of public limited companies to register as limited liability partnerships. |
| (124367) | |
| 253 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the change in the amount of sterling deposits held by (a) foreigners and (b) UK residents in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man in 1999. |
| (124343) | |
| 254 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals the French Government has made to him about strengthening the role of the Euro II Committee and increasing its powers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124347) | |
| 255 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reduction to the public sector borrowing requirement resulted from PFI projects in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000; and what is his estimate for 2000-01. |
| (124409) | |
| 256 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to increase expenditure on measures relating to the enforcement of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species by HM Customs and Excise. |
| (124470) | |
| 257 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures HM Customs and Excise are taking to ensure that the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species is enforced. |
| (124469) | |
| 258 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will update the statement on travel on Government business by the Treasury's special advisers deposited in the Library on 27th July 1999 to include information about the period after 13th July 1999. |
| (124123) | |
| 259 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on sea tax rebates. |
| (124198) | |
| 260 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aspects of the UK's foreign policy relate to the promotion of animal welfare; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124210) | |
| 261 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 496W, concerning his Department's spending on champagne and other wine, in which category such expenditure is recorded; what items in addition to (a) champagne and (b) other wine are recorded in this category; and how much his Department has spent on items in this category in each year since 1st May 1997. |
| (124246) | |
| 262 | Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for visit visas made in (a) India and (b) Pakistan were refused from 1st January to 30th April; and how many of the refused applications gave the reason for seeking entry as (i) attending a family funeral, (ii) attending a family wedding and (iii) visiting a seriously ill relative. |
| (124462) | |
| 263 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the support for the Government forces in Sri Lanka from Israel. |
| (124357) | |
| 264 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures he is taking to ensure that weapons supplied to the Sierra Leone army are not used by child combatants. |
| (124444) | |
| 265 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made in respect of the use of child combatants by the Sierra Leone army; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124445) | |
| 266 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 496W, if he will list the principles to be addressed in the Overseas Territories Bill. |
| (123507) | |
| 267 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals he has received from St. Helena proposing changes in the constitution of St. Helena. |
| (123925) | |
| 268 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to review the checks and acccountability in respect of actions taken by the Governor without reference to the Legislative Council or Executive Council under the constitution of St. Helena. |
| (123926) | |
| 269 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, column 259W, on the inter-governmental conference, in what manner applicant states will be permitted (a) to operate fisheries within community waters and (b) otherwise to participate in execution of common policies. |
| (124373) | |
| 270 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which published documents relating to the Court of the European Communities contain the (a) required qualifications for persons appointed to it as judges and decision makers concerning its preliminary proceedings including those conducted by the advocate general and the Court of First Instance, (b) procedures for their selection and appointment and the names of the persons appointing them and their staff; together with the names and previous experience and qualifications of the current judges and advocates general, together with the dates of their appointment and the expiry of their terms of office. |
| (124638) | |
| 271 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the results of the Ministerial meeting held on 22nd May to discuss proposals on EU institutions. |
| (123987) | |
| 272 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what items were discussed at the 22nd May Ministerial meeting on institutional changes in the EU. |
| (123986) | |
| 273 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Organisation for African Unity and (b) the United Nations, about the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124500) | |
| 274 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last held discussions with representatives of the governments of (a) Ethiopia and (b) Eritrea about the war between these two countries; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124499) | |
| 275 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many press officers were employed by his Department in (a) May 1997 and (b) May 2000. |
| (124063) | |
| 276 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if, in the discussions at the Inter-Governmental Conference, the Government has ruled out the introduction of a system of double majority voting in the Council of Ministers as an alternative to a re-weighting of votes; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124064) | |
| 277 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library the Commission's list of the 20 Treaty Articles on which a majority of member states wish to extend qualified majority voting, as stated recently by Commissioner Barnier. |
| (124068) | |
| 278 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made on the Commission's proposal to extend qualified majority voting to Article 13 of the Treaty. |
| (124066) | |
| 279 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the discussions to date in the Convention which is drafting the Charter of Fundamental Rights. |
| (124070) | |
| 280 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the European Parliament resolution of 13th April concerning the state funding of political parties. |
| (124244) | |
| 281 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the five-page document submitted to the IGC government representatives group meeting on 2nd May on the subject of qualified majority voting. |
| (124071) | |
| 282 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the European Commission on the report of the Reflexion Group on the future of the judicial system in the European Communities. |
| (124073) | |
| 283 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the reference to transnational European political parties in the Treaty of Amsterdam. |
| (124245) | |
| 284 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of the Your Britain, Your Europe visit to Leeds on 12th May; and what the budget is for the remaining roadshow events planned for 2000. |
| (124067) | |
| 285 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Commission on the report from the Florence European University Institute on the reorganisation of the European Treaties. |
| (124072) | |
| 286 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made on the Commission's proposals to extend qualified majority voting to the areas not excluded in the Government's White Paper, IGC: Reform for Enlargement. |
| (124069) | |
| 287 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the discussions to date at the Inter-Governmental Conference. |
| (124065) | |
| 288 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Answer of 1st February to the honourable Member for Tunbridge Wells, Official Report, column 541W, remains the Government's policy towards the incorporation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights into the EU treaties. |
| (124111) | |
| 289 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since 24th April 1999, (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124130) | |
| 290 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 16th December 1999, Official Report, column 309, what was the work undertaken at Mid Kent Healthcare NHS Trust in Maidstone by the former Chief Executive of Eastbourne Hospitals NHS Trust; what was the total cost of this work; and which part of the NHS funded the work. |
| (124370) | |
| 291 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) measles, (b) mumps, (c) rubella, (d) diphtheria, (e) tetanus, (f) whooping cough and (g) polio there were in each of the last 10 years. |
| (124211) | |
| 292 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd May, Official Report, column 424W, on human vaccines, what was the first date of the use of bovine material in the early stages of the manufacture of vaccines. |
| (124372) | |
| 293 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the health authorities in which the number of patients waiting more than one year for inpatient treatment has increased since May 1997. |
| (124228) | |
| 294 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the NHS press notices in which Farnham Hospital is named for the past three years. |
| (124229) | |
| 295 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the members of the expert advisory group which will oversee the commissioning and running of the pilot sites for HPV testing. |
| (124329) | |
| 296 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make electrocardiogram community testing programmes more widely available to reduce Sudden Death Syndrome fatalities in young people. |
| ¶A (124700) | |
| 297 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the causes of Sudden Death Syndrome in young people. |
| ¶A (124702) | |
| 298 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of electrocardiogram testing in identifying heart problems in young people likely to make them susceptible to Sudden Death Syndrome. |
| ¶A (124701) | |
| 299 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish a national strategy for dealing with alcohol abuse; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (124699) | |
| 300 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the work of the Reference Group in respect of structural arrangements in the NHS as they affect (a) midwives, (b) nurses and (c) health visitors. |
| (124446) | |
| 301 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met representatives of the water companies in England and Wales; and what matters were discussed. |
| (124621) | |
| 302 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to amend sections 87 to 91 of the Water Industry Act 1991; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124620) | |
| 303 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last issued guidance to health authorities in England and Wales with regard to public consultation procedures. |
| (124619) | |
| 304 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to restrict or control the ingestation of fluoride, mouth washes and dental floss by (a) adults and (b) children. |
| (124640) | |
| 305 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the research projects that he has commissioned in the last six months to study the health effects of mobile telephones; indicating in each case (a) level of funding, (b) length of study, (c) whether animals will be used, (d) membership of project team and (e) relevant research body. |
| (124639) | |
| 306 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research into the incidence of hip fractures in women aged 50 to 64 years in (a) fluoridated and (b) unfluoridated areas in England and Wales. |
| (124622) | |
| 307 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the research projects funded by his Department since 1990 that have investigated the causes of mottling, opacities and dental fluorosis in children and young adults. |
| (124641) | |
| 308 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the population lives (a) within one mile of and (b) over three miles from a GP practice in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas. |
| (124530) | |
| 309 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what ways his Department and executive agencies deliver services to meet the needs of the public as consumers, with particular reference to families. |
| (124528) | |
| 310 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what definition he uses of a reasonable distance when determining access to a GP practice. |
| (124642) | |
| 311 N | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Dorset haave been waiting for more than 13 weeks for treatment within the National Health Service as (a) outpatients and (b) in patients. |
| (124519) | |
| 312 N | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Dorset died whilst awaiting (a) surgery, (b) cancer surgery and (c) cardiac surgery in the last 12 months. |
| (124512) | |
| 313 N | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the National Health Service's ability to ensure that cancer patients in Dorset will be seen by consultants within two weeks of referal. |
| (124518) | |
| 314 N | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Dorset there are waiting for kidney dialysis treatment. |
| (124513) | |
| 315 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce the decision on the establishment of new medical schools. |
| (124495) | |
| 316 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that a full cost-benefit analysis, including financial savings accruing to all Government departments is available to support Department of Health decisions about guidance on investment in pain management. |
| (124327) | |
| 317 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the responses received to the Centre for Policy on Ageing draft document, entitled, Fit for the Future. |
| (124493) | |
| 318 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the budgetary benefits accruing to other Departments from NHS investment in pain management programmes. |
| (124360) | |
| 319 N | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Taunton of 3rd April, Official Report, column 349W, on MMR vaccines, if he will provide the (a) current and (b) projected total costs of meningitis C vaccine purchased by the NHS as part of the current vaccination programme. |
| (123166) | |
| 320 N | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts provided as at April, those occupational health and counselling services to their staff which were set out under the White Paper Working Together--Securing a Quality Workforce for the NHS. |
| (124364) | |
| 321 N | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish guidelines on the provision of counselling services for staff in the NHS. |
| (124363) | |
| 322 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total NHS trust extra contractual referrals for 1997-98 (a) from GP fundholding practices and (b) from health authorities, excluding GP fundholding practices. |
| (124380) | |
| 323 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish, for each trust completing table 1 on pages 17 to 19 of The New NHS Guidance on out of area treatment Consultation Paper, the total trust adjustment for columns B, C and D. |
| (124379) | |
| 324 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatment is available on the National Health Service for Laron Dwarfism; and what assistance his Department provides to support groups for children with growth problems as a result of this condition. |
| (124492) | |
| 325 | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health authorities are (a) closer to and (b) further from their capitation funding targets fair share than Bedfordshire. |
| (124475) | |
| 326 | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish figures showing how each health authority ranks in relation to their capitation funding target. |
| (124474) | |
| 327 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if Avon Health Authority has made a video called Beyond a Phase: A Practical Guide to Challenging Homophobia in Schools available to schools in the area. |
| (123573) | |
| 328 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce (a) the incidence of and (b) the mortality rate for oral cancer; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124471) | |
| 329 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the ALAMA guidelines for Occupational Medicine of 1996 regarding ill-health retirement for people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124472) | |
| 330 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 21st February, Official Report, column 778W, on influenza immunisation for healthcare workers, when he expects the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will publish their recommendations on influenza immunisation of healthcare workers for the coming winter; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124206) | |
| 331 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospital wards are kept clean and tidy at all times and that bed linen is changed frequently and whenever soiled. |
| (124219) | |
| 332 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions since 30th June 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124115) | |
| 333 N | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when a constituent of the honourable Member for Gosport, whose name has been given to him, can expect to be given a firm date for the triple heart by-pass operation for which the waiting time in January 1999 was estimated to be nine months. |
| (124230) | |
| 334 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral statement of 22nd May, Official Report, column 656, if he will make a statement on his policy in respect of the use of water cannon against crowds (a) comprised entirely of adult males, (b) comprised of adult males and adult females and (c) comprised entirely of adult females. |
| (124361) | |
| 335 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the most recent breakdown of the Police Resources Unit projections of total police service strength in England and Wales from 31st March 1999 to 31st March 2003. |
| (123975) | |
| 336 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women have been given a community service order by courts in the Greater London Area in each of the last three years. |
| (124481) | |
| 337 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who entered the United Kingdom at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stanstead and (d) Luton airports since 1st January have claimed asylum on arriving at these airports. |
| (124482) | |
| 338 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what ways his Department and its executive agencies deliver services to meet the needs of the public as consumers, with particular reference to families. |
| (124541) | |
| 339 N | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local child curfew orders have been issued in Dorset. |
| (124514) | |
| 340 N | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Chief Constable of Dorset regarding police recruitment. |
| (124527) | |
| 341 N | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in reducing the time taken between arrest and sentence for persistent young offenders. |
| (124516) | |
| 342 N | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what share of the Crime Fighting Fund for Police recruits will be allocated to Dorset. |
| (124517) | |
| 343 N | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug treatment and testing orders have been issued in Dorset. |
| (124515) | |
| 344 | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he has investigated the leaks in the press on 12th May, which stated that Mike Tyson would be granted his visa. |
| (124655) | |
| 345 | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he made of the arguments in relation to creating a precedent at the time of his authorisation of Mike Tyson's visit to the UK in January. |
| ¶A (124740) | |
| 346 | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with whom he consulted between 3rd and 17th May on Mike Tyson's visa application. |
| (124654) | |
| 347 | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, in changing the law on visa applications, he is minded to fast-track applications involving (a) weddings, (b) funerals and (c) visiting seriously ill people when in any such case there is a proven close family relationship or other reasonable cause for requesting a short visit. |
| ¶A (124739) | |
| 348 | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he took to inform himself of reasons why Mike Tyson should not be granted a visa. |
| (124656) | |
| 349 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral statement made by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State on 14th December, Official Report, column 252, on animals, when the Government introduced a ban on the use of dogs in scientific tests; and how this ban was announced. |
| (124422) | |
| 350 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 which have come into force, indicating the date on which each came into force and (b) the provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 which have yet to come into force and the projected date on which each will come into force. |
| (124443) | |
| 351 | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many formal warnings have been issued to (a) juveniles and (b) adults under powers contained in the Harassment Act 1997 in (i) Manchester, (ii) Trafford, (iii) Greater Manchester and (iv) England. |
| (124525) | |
| 352 | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been required to surrender their passports in connection with football events in the last five years. |
| (124377) | |
| 353 | Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if Steve Fitch has applied to enter the UK with Mike Tyson. |
| (124389) | |
| 354 | Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whom he met regarding Mike Tyson's recent application to enter the United Kingdom; and on what dates. |
| (124461) | |
| 355 | Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the names of the personnel seeking to enter the UK with Mike Tyson as part of his support team. |
| (124388) | |
| 356 | Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are being made on personnel seeking to enter the UK with Mike Tyson as part of his support team with regard to establishing previous convictions for serious offences. |
| (124387) | |
| 357 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the final report on the Norfolk and Greater Manchester pilot schemes in community penalties for fine defaulters and persistent petty offending; and what proposals he has to extend these schemes to other parts of the country. |
| (124683) | |
| 358 N | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data he has collated on recent crime trends in respect of (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the centre of Manchester for (i) robbery, (ii) theft from persons, (iii) theft from cars, (iv) theft of cars, (v) total crime, (vi) violent crime and (vii) sexual assaults. |
| (123800) | |
| 359 N | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with Greater Manchester Police on the setting of operational targets with respect to (a) crimes of violence and (b) overall crime. |
| (123801) | |
| 360 N | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Manchester Central of 9th May concerning issuing of letters to asylum seekers notifying refusal but delaying the issue of the removal notice; what consultation he has had with the Secretary of State for Social Security regarding its impact on benefits; if he will make it his policy to discontinue the practice; and if he will make a statement. |
| (123865) | |
| 361 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 15th May, Official Report, column 52W, on the Schengen Information System, when he made an application for participation in that system; what reply he has received; and if (a) Iceland and (b) Norway participate in the manner for which he has made application and without any additional condition. |
| (124378) | |
| 362 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 15th May, Official Report, column 61W, on police helicopers, and his letter of 18th May, what is the total cost of the air package; and what items it covers. |
| (124658) | |
| 363 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th May, Official Report, columns 219-20W, on young offenders' institutions, at which installations the eight self-inflicted deaths in 1999 took place; and what were the (a) ages and (b) gender of the residents concerned. |
| (123978) | |
| 364 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th May, Official Report, column 217W, on hunting with dogs, what steps the Government plans to take to assist the passage through both Houses of Parliament of a Private Members' Bill designed to secure a ban on hunting with dogs. |
| (124074) | |
| 365 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the funds which are available to local authorities on application, indicating those for which the Torbay Unitary Authority has successfully applied in each of the last two years. |
| (124194) | |
| 366 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reform the Obscene Publications Acts 1959 and 1964. |
| (124177) | |
| 367 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has (a) to review the effectiveness of the Video Recordings Act 1984 and (b) to ensure the public accountability of the British Board of Film Classification and the Video Appeals Committee. |
| (124178) | |
| 368 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since 27th April 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124118) | |
| 369 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she was consulted about human rights and sustainable development issues relating to the Ilisu Dam project in Turkey; and what advice she gave. |
| (124181) | |
| 370 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance her Department plans to give to St Helena during 2000. |
| ¶A (124744) | |
| 371 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement about her development aid policy towards Ethiopia. |
| (124502) | |
| 372 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the level of possible fatalities during the next three months as a result of the drought in Pakistan. |
| ¶A (124737) | |
| 373 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received from aid agencies about the drought in (a) Pakistan and (b) Sindh. |
| ¶A (124734) | |
| 374 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what request for aid her Department has received from the Pakistan Government in order to alleviate the effects of the current drought. |
| ¶A (124736) | |
| 375 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make publicly available the British High Commissioner's report on the drought in Pakistan. |
| ¶A (124735) | |
| 376 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is her Department's estimate of the number of livestock dying each week in Pakistan's drought-hit provinces. |
| ¶A (124732) | |
| 377 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to visit Pakistan in the next three months. |
| ¶A (124731) | |
| 378 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian aid is being sent to the drought-hit provinces of Pakistan. |
| ¶A (124730) | |
| 379 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is her Department's estimate of the total number of people affected by the drought in Pakistan. |
| ¶A (124733) | |
| 380 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the administration costs of her Department on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st May 2000. |
| (124572) | |
| 381 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to incorporate EU spending on development assistance into her Department's public service agreement figures on the percentage of bilateral programme resources allocated to low income countries. |
| (124562) | |
| 382 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received from the Nigerian Government about debt relief. |
| (123972) | |
| 383 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what account she takes of religious affiliation in the planning of aid programmes. |
| (124565) | |
| 384 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on opinion research in the financial year 1999-2000. |
| (123923) | |
| 385 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to what extent the supply of arms to the Sierra Leone police and army is funded by her Department. |
| (123971) | |
| 386 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list (a) British Council grant-in-aid funded by her Department and (b) the value of contracts awarded to the British Council in each year from 1979 to 2000 |
| (124566) | |
| 387 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the projects currently funded by her Department in China. |
| (124561) | |
| 388 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on her Department's aid to Nigeria in 1998-99. |
| (124060) | |
| 389 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the numbers of staff employed directly by her Department on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st May 2000. |
| (124571) | |
| 390 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the decision of the Paris Club not to discuss debt relief for Uganda at their meeting on 16th May. |
| (123973) | |
| 391 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to improve the way that the international community responds to natural disasters. |
| (124568) | |
| 392 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many press officers there were in her Department in (a) May 1997 and (b) May 2000. |
| (124570) | |
| 393 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the World Food Programme concerning farming and food security in Sierra Leone. |
| (124056) | |
| 394 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the current humanitarian situation in Angola. |
| (124563) | |
| 395 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid programmes her Department is currently funding in Sierra Leone. |
| (123924) | |
| 396 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list (a) the projects that her Department is currently funding in Mozambique, (b) their aggregate value and (c) projects postponed or ended as a result of redirection of funding to reconstruction work. |
| (124057) | |
| 397 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made towards restoring the bilateral aid programme to Pakistan. |
| (124564) | |
| 398 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the response of the European Community Humanitarian Office to the flooding in Mozambique. |
| (124569) | |
| 399 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list (a) each country that had received 100 per cent. debt relief from Her Majesty's Government by 23rd May and (b) how much aid has been cancelled in each case. |
| (124059) | |
| 400 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many basic education projects were funded by her Department in (a) Bangladesh, (b) Bolivia, (c) Burkina Faso, (d) Cambodia, (e) Colombia, (f) Ethiopia, (g) Gambia, (h) Ghana, (i) Guatemala, (j) India, (k) Kenya, (l) Malawi, (m) Mozambique, (n) Myanmar, (o) Nepal, (p) Niger, (q) Nigeria, (r) Pakistan, (s) Peru, (t) Philippines, (u) Russian Federation, (v) South Africa, (w) Southern Africa, (x) Sri Lanka, (y) Sudan, (z) Tanzania, (aa) Uganda, (bb) Zambia and (cc) Zimbabwe; and what was the aggregate cost of each one. |
| (124567) | |
| 401 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional resources she has made available to Mozambique following the recent flooding. |
| (124058) | |
| 402 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the humanitarian situation of the Eritrean refugees in Eastern Sudan. |
| (124075) | |
| 403 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124109) | |
| 404 | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to her Answer of 12th April, Official Report, column 222W, when she will make a further statement on part-time judicial appointments to tribunals. |
| (124542) | |
| 405 N | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the length of time taken to bring young offenders before the courts in each metropolitan police authority area; and what were the corresponding figures for 1997. |
| (123802) | |
| 406 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions since 24th March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124120) | |
| 407 | Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to lay before Parliament Mr Jim McDonald's annual report as Independent Assessor of Military Complaints Procedures in Northern Ireland. |
| (124534) | |
| 408 | Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will publish the Report by Mr J. J. Rowe QC on the operation during 1999 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996. |
| (124533) | |
| 409 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the serial number of (a) the weapon used in the shooting of Private Neil Clerk in Derry on 23rd April 1984, (b) the weapon used in the shooting of Martin Patten of the Royal Anglian Regiment on 21st September 1985 and (c) the weapon used in the shooting of army caterer Kurt Konig on 21st November 1985; in how many other attacks and on what dates each of these weapons are believed to have been used; and where and in whose keeping they are stored. |
| (124326) | |
| 410 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received in respect of the sentences imposed on Darren James Neil, Michael Magowan, Andrew Timothy Lea and Matthew Shane Butcher. |
| (124459) | |
| 411 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will investigate reports of an alleged breakdown of discipline at Oldpark RUC barracks in February 1998. |
| (124414) | |
| 412 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124116) | |
| 413 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to his Answer of 16th May, Official Report, column 75W, on EU asylum policy, if she will ensure that in future all such ministerial explanatory memoranda as referred to are placed in the Vote Office and listed on the relevant demand forms. |
| (124369) | |
| 414 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Council, how many names have been forwarded to the Appointments Commission by PricewaterhouseCoopers as persons who may be deemed suitable for membership of the House of Lords. |
| (124226) | |
| 415 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Council, what criteria PricewaterhouseCoopers is using to select persons who may be deemed suitable for membership of the House of Lords. |
| (124225) | |
| 416 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the President of the Council, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124121) | |
| 417 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, which (a) departments and (b) Ministers will represent the Government at the forthcoming OSPAR convention in Copenhagen on 26th June. |
| (124242) | |
| 418 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reasons he has provided no Answers to questions due for answer on 28th February (Ref. 112048 and 112049) to the honourable Member for Lewes. |
| (124375) | |
| 419 | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will designate the Queen Mother's birthday in August as a public holiday; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (124752) | |
| 420 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Prime Minister, when he will respond to the recommendations of the Sixth Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124626) | |
| 421 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates members of the Policy Unit have travelled overseas on official business since 3rd March 1999. |
| (124126) | |
| 422 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions his (a) Chief of Staff and (b) Chief Press Secretary, formed part of the official party accompanying him on overseas visits since 28th February 1999. |
| (124125) | |
| 423 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions since 2nd June 1999 special advisers of the Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124124) | |
| 424 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124119) | |
| 425 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if additional pension entitlement based on earnings will be calculated automatically; or if each pensioner will be requested to claim individually. |
| (124200) | |
| 426 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when additional pension processing will be completed; and if there will be retrospective payment of additional pension based on earnings. |
| (124201) | |
| 427 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners in receipt of basic rate state pension are awaiting re-assessment of additional pension entitlement based on earnings. |
| (124199) | |
| 428 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of decisions by adjudication officers and decision makers on disability living allowance have proceeded to (i) review stage and (ii) an independent appeal tribunal in each of the last five years. |
| ¶A (124707) | |
| 429 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many recipients of each rate of disability living allowance there have been in each of the last five years. |
| ¶A (124711) | |
| 430 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what measurements of the time taken to process an application for disability living allowance have been made in each of the last five years. |
| ¶A (124709) | |
| 431 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of independent appeals on disability living allowance cases have resulted in a decision being amended (i) upwards and (ii) downwards in each of the last five years. |
| ¶A (124708) | |
| 432 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much money has been paid out in disability living allowance in each of the last five years. |
| ¶A (124712) | |
| 433 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what have been the administrative costs of the disability living allowance in each of the last five years. |
| ¶A (124710) | |
| 434 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the average length of time it takes for a widow to receive her pension book from the date of bereavement. |
| (124233) | |
| 435 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pension books have been recalled due to errors by the Benefits Agency in each of the past three years. |
| (124235) | |
| 436 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what performance targets exist for the issue of pension books. |
| (124234) | |
| 437 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people are in (a) defined benefit private sector occupational pension schemes and (b) defined contribution private sector occupational pension schemes. |
| (124508) | |
| 438 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he will make a determination on the appeal for disability living allowance by Rachel Scully, of Birkenhead. |
| (124509) | |
| 439 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in what ways his Department and its executive agencies deliver services to meet the needs of the public as consumers, with particular reference to families. |
| (124643) | |
| 440 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what definition he uses of a reasonable distance when determining access to a benefits office. |
| (124669) | |
| 441 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage of the population lives (a) within one mile of and (b) over three miles from a benefit office in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas. |
| (124521) | |
| 442 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 4th May, Official Report, column 213W, on regeneration-related initiatives, if he will list the details requested for (a) New Deal for Disabled people, (b) New Deal for Lone Parents, (c) New Deal for the Long-term Unemployed aged 25 plus: 12 to 18 months unemployed, (d) New Deal for Long-term Unemployed aged 25 plus: 2 years plus unemployed and (e) ONE. |
| (124412) | |
| 443 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what discussions he has held with the Secretary of State for Heath regarding the impact of pain management funding decisions on social security expenditure. |
| (124359) | |
| 444 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he will extend maternity benefit to those lower-paid women who are excluded from receiving payment; how many people will be beneficiaries of this payment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124550) | |
| 445 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people in the greater Portsmouth area are using the New Deal for disabled people; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124553) | |
| 446 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people (a) in the greater Portsmouth area and (b) nationally are using the New Deal for partners; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124552) | |
| 447 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many complaints there were against the Benefits Agency in 1999-2000; what was the cost of handling these complaints; how many of these complaints are still outstanding; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124543) | |
| 448 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the cost is of setting up a performance cost management unit from 1st April in his Department; what are the key benefits of this; what savings to the cost of operating the Department will arise; what estimate he has made of the annual cost of the unit; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124556) | |
| 449 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps are taken by his Department to ensure that social security numbers are given to the right person and linked to the right department; what is the cost of this; how many incidents in the years (a) 1998-1999 and (b) 1999-2000 were found where people were (i) allocated and (ii) used the wrong national insurance number; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124557) | |
| 450 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people were recipients of winter fuel payments in 1999-2000; how many people who were eligible he estimates did not take advantage of these payments; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124546) | |
| 451 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people have claimed under the sure start maternity grant scheme; what steps his Department is taking to make sure that people eligible for this grant are aware of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124548) | |
| 452 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the cost of introducing the integrated child credit; what steps are being taken to ensure that the scheme is delivered at the planned time; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124549) | |
| 453 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he will introduce employment zones; where they will be; when the greater Portsmouth area will benefit from such a scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124551) | |
| 454 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps he is taking to ensure services to the customers of the Benefits Agency are delivered effectively and that benefits are secure against fraud and abuse; how much this costs; how many people are being investigated for fraud; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124544) | |
| 455 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the cost of implementing a national minimum income guarantee for pensioners; how he will ensure that pensioners are made aware of what they can claim; how much he is expecting to spend on public awareness campaigns; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124547) | |
| 456 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the one service operation currently piloted in 12 locations will be extended to other areas; when the Portsmouth area will be covered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124554) | |
| 457 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the extra total cost of the minimum income guarantee for pensioners over and above the cost of income support for which pensioners were previously eligible. |
| (124344) | |
| 458 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate for each financial year since 1996-97 the extra expenditure on pensions and the amount of this year's pension if the link between pensions and earnings had been restored immediately before the year in question. |
| (124345) | |
| 459 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the amount lost to benefit fraud in each of the last five years in (a) Scotland, (b) Dumfries and Galloway and (c) Galloway and Upper Nithsdale parliamentary constituency. |
| ¶A (124722) | |
| 460 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the amount lost to benefit fraud in each of the last five years in (a) Scotland, (b) Dumfries and Galloway and (c) Galloway and Upper Nithsdale parliamentary constituency as a direct result of pensions and benefits being paid via the Post Office. |
| ¶A (124721) | |
| 461 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people claim the widow's pension in (a) Scotland, (b) Dumfries and Galloway and (c) Galloway and Upper Nithsdale parliamentary constituency. |
| ¶A (124715) | |
| 462 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people in (a) Scotland, (b) Dumfries and Galloway and (c) Galloway and Upper Nithsdale parliamentary constituency have claimed support under the minimum income guarantee. |
| ¶A (124714) | |
| 463 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people (a) are eligible for and (b) claim the state pension in (i) Scotland, (ii) Dumfries and Galloway and (iii) Galloway and Upper Nithsdale parliamentary constituency. |
| ¶A (124729) | |
| 464 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much was spent in (a) Scotland, (b) Dumfries and Galloway and (c) Galloway and Upper Nithsdale parliamentary constituency on increasing benefit take-up in each of the last five years. |
| ¶A (124719) | |
| 465 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much was spent in (a) Scotland, (b) Dumfries and Galloway and (c) Galloway and Upper Nithsdale parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years on tackling benefit fraud. |
| ¶A (124720) | |
| 466 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124114) | |
| 467 N | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the discussions his Department has had on the Daewoo Technical Centre in Worthing. |
| (124458) | |
| 468 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects the second stage tests to be available in the North East of England for chronic bronchitis and emphysema under the miners' compensation schemes. |
| (123760) | |
| 469 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which departments of government were consulted on (a) human rights and (b) sustainable development issues relating to the Ilisu Dam; and on what dates. |
| (124183) | |
| 470 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action he is taking to ensure that those people who will be displaced by the Ilisu Dam project in Turkey will be consulted beforehand. |
| (124180) | |
| 471 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was consulted about the human rights implications of providing ECGD cover for the Ilisu Dam in Turkey; and what advice it gave. |
| (124184) | |
| 472 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which departments of government were consulted about the advisability of providing ECGD cover for the building of the Ilisu Dam; and on what dates. |
| (124182) | |
| 473 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the total amount received by the UK under the European Union structural funds in each of the last five years. |
| ¶A (124743) | |
| 474 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in what ways his Department and its executive agencies deliver services to meet the needs of the public as consumers, with particular reference to families. |
| (124537) | |
| 475 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 20th April, Official Report, column 645W, on regeneration, where in his Department's annual report the information requested is given. |
| (124410) | |
| 476 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals he has to increase funding for research leading to innovation in public bodies and private companies. |
| (124494) | |
| 477 | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures the Government is taking to ensure that Britain provides an environment in which SMEs can flourish. |
| (124406) | |
| 478 | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the outcome of the Internal Market Council held in Brussels on 25th May; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124666) | |
| 479 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received calling for the undergrounding of the proposed Lackenby to Shipton overhead transmission line to prevent damage from lightning storms. |
| (124227) | |
| 480 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations he has had with the (a) FSA, (b) Competition Commission and (c) Office of Fair Trading about their role in regulating limited liability partnerships. |
| (124450) | |
| 481 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations he has had with (a) the Consumers Association and (b) trading standards authorities about the possibilities of fraud arising from (i) fraudsters and (ii) disqualified and failed directors setting up limited liability partnerships. |
| (124449) | |
| 482 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals he has for stopping (a) convicted fraudsters, (b) directors censured by his Department and (c) directors of failed companies setting themselves up as limited liability partnerships; what regulatory framework such partnerships will operate under; and what sanctions can be operated against such partnerships. |
| (124368) | |
| 483 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations he has had with the Insolvency Service about the potential for disqualified and failed directors creating limited liability partnerships for new operations. |
| (124451) | |
| 484 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals he has for ensuring that limited liability partnerships set money aside for legal claims against the partnership. |
| (124366) | |
| 485 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of plcs likely to register as limited liability partnerships under his proposed new legislation. |
| (124381) | |
| 486 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to improve (a) access to and (b) the quality of advice services for small businesses. |
| (124684) | |
| 487 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what levels of compensation are available to customers of the Royal Mail's Special Delivery service following the termination of the registered post service. |
| ¶A (124727) | |
| 488 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of when the OPEC member countries' decision to restore their production to pre-March 1999 levels will be reflected in petroleum prices in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124205) | |
| 489 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to review the regulatory framework governing the promotion by businesses of premium rate telephone services so as to improve consumer protection. |
| (124677) | |
| 490 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement about the future of local Post Office advisory committees. |
| (124498) | |
| 491 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to introduce a statutory cooling off period for the purchase of time share house boats; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124511) | |
| 492 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the net cast outflow from the Export Credits Guarantee Department attributable to defence exports, broken down by (a) cost of interest rate support, (b) claims paid, (c) interest paid and (d) operating expenses, for each of the last 10 years. |
| (124661) | |
| 493 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the total sum of (a) premiums received by the Export Credit Guarantee Department and (b) claims paid out by the ECGD for each of the last 10 years in respect of defence exports. |
| (124659) | |
| 494 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to limit the provision of export credits for non-productive exports. |
| (124660) | |
| 495 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the OECD peer group review of the UK concerning the OECD convention on bribery. |
| (123974) | |
| 496 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will announce a new programme of support for offshore wind energy projects; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124680) | |
| 497 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions since 31st March 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124117) | |
| 498 | Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Ethnic Minority Business Forum will address the needs of the ethnic minority business community. |
| (124384) | |
| 499 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what changes there were each month in Welsh NHS waiting lists in each health authority area from May 1997 to July 1999. |
| (124328) | |
| 500 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact of the value of sterling upon manufacturing in Wales. |
| (124425) | |
| 501 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Lord Chancellor's Department concerning the future of rural magistrates' courts; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124426) | |
| 502 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what talks he has had with manufacturers on the areas in Wales to be covered by Regional Selective Assistance; and if he will make a statement. |
| (124423) | |
| 503 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on youth unemployment in (a) Wales, (b) Flintshire and (c) Deeside. |
| (124424) | |
| 504 N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions since 28th February 1999 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity. |
| (124113) | |
| 505 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government plans to trace the food products which may contain oil produced from British oil seed rape affected by the contamination of Advanta rapeseeds by GM rapeseeds. |
| [Transferred] (124154) | |
| 506 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government plans to publish advice to consumers wishing to avoid food containing ingredients produced from crops grown from conventional Advanta rapeseed contaminated with GM rapeseed. |
| [Transferred] (124162) | |
| 507 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his policy is in respect of the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. |
| [Transferred] (124232) | |
| 508 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the proposed aggregates tax will apply to imports of secondary/recycled and similar materials imported into the UK for use in aggregates markets. |
| [Transferred] (124430) | |
| 509 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the proposed aggregates tax will apply to imports of products manufactured with aggregate minerals. |
| [Transferred] (124447) | |
| 510 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis has been (a) carried out and (b) published by the Government on the price sensitivity of demand for primary aggregates and to quantify the impact of the proposed aggregates tax on demand for primary aggregates. |
| [Transferred] (124440) | |
| 511 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made by the Government about the impact of an aggregates tax on total vehicle mileage involved in the supply of aggregates from all sources of supply. |
| [Transferred] (124432) | |
| 512 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the effect of an aggregates tax on the UK's balance of trade in minerals and associated manufactured products. |
| [Transferred] (124431) | |
| 513 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of imported concrete products upon United Kingdom manufacturers of concrete products, following the introduction of the proposed aggregates tax. |
| [Transferred] (124448) | |
| 514 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis has been (a) carried out and (b) published by the Government about price sensitivity of demand for recycled and secondary aggregates and to quantify the impact of the proposed aggregates tax on demand for recycled and secondary aggregates. |
| [Transferred] (124441) | |
| 515 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the impact of an aggregates tax on the volume of aggregates transported by rail freight. |
| [Transferred] (124433) | |
| 516 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what purposes the former Environment Department building in Marsham Street are now used. |
| [Transferred] (124241) | |
| 517 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the annual cost of maintaining the former Environment Department offices in Marsham Street. |
| [Transferred] (124239) | |
| 518 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement regarding the future of the former Environment Department offices in Marsham Street. |
| [Transferred] (124238) | |
| 519 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the estimated value of the former Environment Department site in Marsham Street. |
| [Transferred] (124240) | |
| 520 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the use of the word pure in connection with food. |
| [Transferred] (124491) | |
| 521 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about his arms policy towards (a) Ethiopia and (b) Eritrea. |
| [Transferred] (124501) | |
| 522 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps must be taken by a proprietor in dispute with a Hackney carriage driver for whom he holds a duplicate licence. |
| [Transferred] (124559) | |
| 523 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will issue guidance to magistrates on the conduct of disputes between Hackney Carriage drivers and proprietors. |
| [Transferred] (124651) | |
| 524 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will issue guidance to magistrates on the steps to be taken by a Hackney carriage driver to secure the return of his duplicate licence which has been deposited at a magistrates' court by a proprietor. |
| [Transferred] (124558) | |
| 525 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members there are of public sector occupational pension schemes; and what is the (a) average and (b) median number of members in such schemes. |
| [Transferred] (124505) | |
| 526 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public sector occupational pension schemes are (a) in existence and (b) receiving contributions. |
| [Transferred] (124503) | |
| 527 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people transferred out of public sector occupational pension schemes owing to a change in occupation in each year since 1996. |
| [Transferred] (124507) | |
| 528 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the (a) average and (b) median length of membership of public sector occupational pension schemes. |
| [Transferred] (124506) | |
| 529 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public sector occupational pension schemes are funded (a) on a notional or pay as you go basis and (b) in the sense of holding investments. |
| [Transferred] (124504) | |
| 530 | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those water companies that charge for the payment of bills at post offices. |
| [Transferred] (124657) | |
| 531 | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the amount and (b) the proportion of heroin coming to the UK which originates in (i) Colombia, (ii) Burma, (iii) Afghanistan, (iv) Pakistan and (v) other major supplier countries. |
| [Transferred] (124526) | |
| 532 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (124674) | |
| 533 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Department is taking to liaise with the television licensing authorities to ensure that all pensioners over the age of 75 will be fully informed of when they become eligible for a free television licence; what efforts his Department is making to ensure that pensioners are given accurate information in respect of this; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (124545) | |
| 534 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Government has to introduce legislation on late payment of accounts by companies. |
| [Transferred]¶A (124749) | |
| 535 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what payments were made to post offices in each of the last five years for undertaking Benefits Agency business in (a) Scotland, (b) Dumfries and Galloway and (c) Galloway and Upper Nithsdale parliamentary constituency. |
| [Transferred]¶A (124713) | |
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