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Session 1999-2000 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 21 July 2000 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 21 July, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

FRIDAY 21st JULY
1   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his statement of 14th December 1999, Official Report, column 254, if he will make a statement on the progress that has been made in the establishment of an inter-departmental ministerial group on animal welfare.
	(131756)
2	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on what basis the Minister has recommended 50 metres as the correct separation distance between conventional and GM crops.
	(132252)
3	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which countries are carrying out GM crop trials; and what the recommended separation distances are in each of those countries between GM and conventional crops.
	(132251)
4   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which British regions currently have no abattoir licensed to slaughter cattle under the over-30-months scheme.
	(131912)
5   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the effects of a removal of the quota system on British dairy farmers.
	(131819)
6   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the cost of compensating beef farmers for consequential losses due to restrictions placed on their herds as a result of TB outbreaks.
	(131808)
7   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts about ensuring (a) uniform implementation of integrated pollution prevention controls and (b) that disproportionate burdens are not placed on British farmers as a result of these controls; and if he will make a statement.
	(131899)
8   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will assess the possibility of allocating quotas that are being disposed of to new entrant farmers.
	(131812)
9   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the costs of establishing a map-based register of GM crop sites; and if he will make a statement.
	(131815)
10   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts about ensuring uniform and simultaneous implementation of European regulations; and if he will make a statement.
	(131817)
11   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the publicly-funded organisations which provide advice to farmers about diversification; and if he will make a statement.
	(131803)
12   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts about establishing a legal cross-border market for dairy quotas.
	(131818)
13   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what regulations deal with fertilisers and soil improvers; and what plans he has to decrease regulation in this area.
	(131809)
14   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the costs of increasing the proportion of less favoured areas covered by the Countryside Stewardship Scheme from 3 per cent. to 10 per cent.
	(131814)
15   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the costs of administering rural enterprise schemes through (a) his Department and (b) regional development agencies.
	(131816)
16   N	Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will reply to the letter of 10th May from the honourable Member for Tiverton and Honiton requesting a meeting on behalf of Mrs A. Barnes.
	(131751)
17   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the honourable Member for West Chelmsford will receive a reply to his letter of 14th April on behalf of his constituent Mr H. E. Biggs.
	(131755)
18	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the average level of profits made by (a) dairy farmers, (b) hill farmers and (c) beef farmers in each of the last five years.
	(132273)
19   N	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to her Answer of 12th July, Official Report, column 608-10W, on opinion research, what the reasons were for withholding from disclosure the three pieces of market and opinion research.
	(132007)
20   N	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have been seconded from British Nuclear Fuels Ltd to work within the Civil Service (a) during 1999-2000 and (b) currently; and to which departments they were seconded.
	(131914)
21   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he will reply to the question tabled by the honourable Member for East Surrey on 19th June concerning the Osborne Estate (reference 127308).
	(131973)
22   N	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the United Kingdom's tourism earnings has benefited the Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency, or other similar area for which figures are available, in the last two years for which figures are available; and how many new jobs connected to tourism have been created in this area in each year.
	(131668)
23   N	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action he is taking to eliminate racism in football.
	(131758)
24   N	Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what self-contained accommodation in the occupied Royal Palaces is occupied by employees of the Royal Collection Department; what rental is paid; and how the rentable values are calculated.
	(132021)
25   N	Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will update the information provided by the Department of National Heritage to the Committee of Public Accounts in Annex 1 of its report on Property Services in the English Occupied Royal Palaces, Session 1994-95; which of the officials referred to pay rent; and on what basis rent is calculated.
	(132023)
26   N	Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what sporting occasions his Permanent Secretary has been invited to this year; how many such invitations he has accepted; and at what cost to the public purse.
	(131759)
27	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much military service personnel housing is owned by his Department (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.
	(132072)
28   N	Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 10W, for what reason he did not provide information on the most recent date on which a new warship was ordered for the Royal Navy.
	(132029)
29   N	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research his Department has carried out on the level of awareness of the Access to Work scheme amongst (a) employers and (b) disabled people.
	(131820)
30   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools and colleges in rural areas have closed in each of the last five years.
	(131900)
31	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the contribution made by Merseyside Training and Enterprise Council to the Mersey Partnership in each of the last five years.
	(132093)
32	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the likely contribution of the Merseyside Learning and Skills Council to the Mersey Partnership.
	(132094)
33	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many childcare places for under eights have been available in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by places available through (a) day nurseries, (b) pre-school playgroups and (c) child minders; and what estimate he has made of the number of such places which will be available over the period covered by the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(132402)
34	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the impact of Sure Start in Waltham Forest.
	(132375)
35	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the impact of the New Deal on reducing youth unemployment in the Greater London area.
	(132073)
36	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much section 11 funding has been allocated to each of the London borough councils in the current financial year.
	(132074)
37   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much extra has been and will be awarded in direct cash payments to each school, by name, in Hendon as a result of (a) the budget and (b) the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(131905)
38	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what Government training schemes are available to those working within the hotel industry in Wales.
	(132311)
39	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what Government training schemes are available to those working within the hotel industry in England.
	(132092)
40	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many disabled persons are employed through government supported employment schemes in the North West region.
	(132089)
41	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what funding for training is available for blind and disabled persons in the North West Region.
	(132090)
42	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what standard assessments are used in schools to assist children with learning disabilities to progress with their education.
	(132091)
43	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much has been spent on recruiting and training the assessors for the threshold application forms in connection with performance-related pay for teachers; and if he will make a statement.
	(132080)
44	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the cost of paying assessors to visit schools for the performance-related pay threshold payments; and if he will make a statement.
	(132076)
45	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the costs were of writing, printing, and distributing the printed materials associated with the performance-related pay threshold; and if he will make a statement.
	(132078)
46	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much money has been set aside as travel expenses for assessors to visit schools in connection with the performance-related threshold payments; and if he will make a statement.
	(132077)
47	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the total cost is to the Government of the performance-related pay threshold payments; what proportion this is of the £1 billion set aside for the increase in teachers' pay; and if he will make a statement.
	(132075)
48	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to the performance-related pay threshold payments for teachers, how much headteachers' training has cost the Government; and if he will make a statement.
	(132079)
49   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the costs which will be incurred if the School Teachers' Pay Review Body recommends changes to the standards set for teachers to meet the threshold requirements under performance-related pay and all applications have to be re-submitted.
	(131753)
50   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what advice he received prior to the recent court ruling on teachers' performance-related pay concerning how the (a) determination and (b) imposition of threshold standards under the teachers' performance-related pay scheme should be dealt with, with particular reference to his statutory powers.
	(131974)
51   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out the terms of contract for external assessors under the teachers' performance-related pay scheme, with particular reference to the length of term of such contracts; and what additional costs will be incurred as a result of the High Court judgement of 14th July.
	(131752)
52   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will publish the HMI report on the Sheffield Education Action Zone.
	(131754)
53	Mr David Prior (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the future of the Edinburgh Road School for Children with Special Needs in Holt, Norfolk.
	(132374)
54	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many employees in his Department are able to communicate in British Sign Language.
	(132103)
55	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many deaf people he has appointed to educational bodies in the last three years.
	(132104)
56   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what money has been provided for Public-Private Partnership initiatives to all South West local education authorities in each of the last two years.
	(131581)
57   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list those schools that have received money for Public-Private Partnership initiatives in each of the last two years.
	(131606)
58	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to the Public Service Agreement targets in Prudent for a Purpose, Cm 4807, page 114, which statistical measure he will use to define employment; how he will make cyclical adjustments for unemployment and employment; which statistical measure he will use to define unemployment for the over 18s; what will be the minimum change in employment rates to qualify as a change; and if he will make a statement.
	(132270)
59   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to relax the planning regulations with regard to the establishment of farmers' markets.
	(131811)
60	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the resignation of the Chief Executive of the Mersey Partnership.
	(132088)
61   N	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 9th May, Official Report, column 360W, concerning fifth freedom rights, for what reason the UK Government has rejected applications from Singapore for fifth freedom transatlantic rights.
	(131907)
62   N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 83W, if he will provide a breakdown of the cost to date met by his Department and the Government Office for the South East of distributing copies of draft regional planning guidance for the South East; and if he will make a statement.
	(131972)
63	Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if a quinquennial review of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee is due; and if he will make a statement.
	(132373)
64   N	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the detrunking of the A339 through Newbury will be completed.
	(131904)
65	Mr Allan Rogers (Rhondda):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which organisations representing the UK quarrying industry have been consulted about the proposed aggregates tax.
	(132259)
66	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many hectares of contaminated brownfield land were identified in the UK in (a) 1970, (b) 1980, (c) 1990 and (d) 2000.
	(132106)
67	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to encourage research into contaminated land remediation.
	(132100)
68	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much finance has been made available for research into the remediation of contaminated land, and how many hectares of such land have been remediated, in each of the last 10 years.
	(132098)
69	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the net cost is of the Croydon Tramlink project under the Private Finance Initiative; what the value is of public sector comparators in (a) pre-risk and (b) risk adjusted terms and what risks are identified as having been transferred; and if he will make a statement.
	(132269)
70   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all the benchmarking exercises on government contracts with Electronic Data Systems; and if he will place copies of the results in the Library.
	(131906)
71   N	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 20th June, Official Report, column 168W, on opinion research, if he will list all the market and opinion research carried out by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, stating in each case if the results will be placed in the Library or the reason for not doing so.
	(132024)
72	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the face value of paper notes was, broken down by denomination, which were destroyed in the last 12 months because they were worn out.
	(132315)
73	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where worn-out bank notes are incinerated.
	(132316)
74	Mr Allan Rogers (Rhondda):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors were taken into account in considering the relative value to the environment of the introduction of the proposed aggregates tax and the rejection of the Quarry Products Association's New Deal package of voluntary measures.
	(132264)
75	Mr Allan Rogers (Rhondda):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he uses to determine whether a trade body is representative of an industry and should be consulted in the formulation of a policy decision.
	(132260)
76	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 215W, on pesticides tax, if he will list each of the meetings held with organisations named in the question.
	(132313)
77	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his statement of 18th July, Official Report, column 219, on the Spending Review, if he will publish Table A4 of Prudent for a Purpose Cm 4807 in a form which is comparable to Table C19 of the document entitled Budget 2000, HC 346.
	(132247)
78	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue yield for the next five financial years of restricting the value for the purpose of income tax of (a) the personal allowance and (b) age related allowances to the value of the basic rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement.
	(132271)
79	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which year he expects to be able to judge that the trend rate of growth had increased from 2.5 per cent by 2004; how the Inland Revenue will judge total compliance costs to business; how compliance costs are defined in his document entitled Prudent for a Purpose, Cm 4807; and if he will make a statement.
	(132267)
80	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he has revised his plans for announcements concerning debt management as referred to in his written answer of 12th June, Official Report, column 462W; and if he will make a statement.
	(132250)
81	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his statement of 18th July, Official Report, column 219, on the Spending Review, and the document entitled Prudent for a Purpose, Cm 4807, page 32, how he defines productivity for the purpose of his target of raising productivity; if his measure of gross domestic product per capita will incorporate regional price information; and if he will make a statement.
	(132248)
82	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the total British financial contribution to date to the building and equipping of the new European Parliament building in Strasbourg.
	(132108)
83   N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements were made by the consular staff in Cuba to facilitate payment for private legal assistance to Rachel McGee prior to her trial there in September 1999.
	(131908)
84   N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial assistance for the payment of private legal assistance consular staff in Cuba offered to Rachel McGee prior to her trial there in September 1999.
	(131909)
85   N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the British consular staff in Cuba were acting on the understanding that Rachel McGee had waived her right (a) to give evidence and (b) for a lawyer to represent her, at her trial there in September 1999.
	(131910)
86   N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times lawyers from the law firm that is allowed to represent foreign nationals in Cuba (a) met Rachel McGee prior to her trial in Cuba in September 1999 and (b) discussed the case with her during or after her trial.
	(131911)
87	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received regarding the demonstrations held in the Kailali district of Nepal and in Katmandu by bonded labourers demanding their freedom.
	(132308)
88	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make early representations to the Government of Nepal urging it to release bonded labourers from slavery.
	(132309)
89   N	Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th July, Official Report, column 402W, what guidance he will give regarding the flying of the EU flag in terms of its precedence in relation to national flags.
	(132028)
90	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to reduce the obstacles presented to citizens from the Indian sub-continent wishing to visit their immediate family in the UK.
	(132244)
91	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's position regarding the dispute between Belize and Guatemala.
	(132266)
92   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Yemeni authorities regarding the case of George Haji; and if he will make a statement.
	(132006)
93	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the study of the options for repatriating the Ilois People to the Chagos Islands was commissioned; what it has cost to date; when it will be completed; what epidemiological studies have been undertaken of the displaced Ilois People since their evacuation from their home islands; and if he will place in the Library copies of government papers relating to the evaluation of such studies.
	(132049)
94	Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards the UN Settlement Plan for Western Sahara and the proposed referendum.
	(132050)
95   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reasons underlay the decision to require the removal of spinal cord from sheep at slaughter.
	(131813)
96   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the possibility of introducing the hazard analysis and critical control point system into the meat hygiene service.
	(131810)
97   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many cases financial responsibility for existing patients (a) in nursing homes and (b) being supported in their own homes, has been assumed by the National Health Service since the appeal decision in R. v North and East Devon Health Authority ex parte Coughlan; and if he will make a statement.
	(131750)
98   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that all future literature which forms part of National Health Service public consultations will be available in a variety of formats to enable accessibility for the sensory-impaired.
	(131747)
99   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is in relation to the production of its publications in accessible formats for the sensory-impaired.
	(131746)
100   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of Viagra to sufferers of neuropathy due to Guillain-Barre¡ Syndrome; and if he will make a statement.
	(131748)
101   N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the report on the Hammersmith Hospital/Imperial College Imaging Department commissioned by the former Secretary of State for Health, the Right honourable Member for Holborn and St. Pancras; what plans he has to implement the recommendations contained in this report; and if he will make a statement.
	(131970)
102   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the start and finishing date of the independent public inquiry into the reasons for the closure of the Mead Webber abattoir.
	(131622)
103   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the factors underlying the delay in opening the independent public inquiry into the reasons for the closure of the Mead Webber abattoir.
	(131623)
104	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital pathology laboratories there are in England; how many have unfilled vacancies; and if he will make a statement.
	(132318)
105   N	Mr David Prior (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the area covered by the Norfolk Health Authority had been waiting over 12 months for elective admission in (a) March 1997, (b) March 1998, (c) March 1999 and (d) March 2000.
	(132031)
106   N	Mr David Prior (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the area covering the Norfolk Health Authority had been waiting more than 12 months for orthopaedic surgery in (a) March 1997, (b) March 1998, (c) March 1999 and (d) March 2000.
	(132030)
107	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives on the frequency of air-changes in residential accommodation that is compatible with good health.
	(132083)
108	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what facilties his Department offers to deaf people in communicating with health trusts, health authorities and primary care groups.
	(132102)
109	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in his Department are able to communicate using British Sign Language.
	(132101)
110	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to asthma sufferers on the importance of air circulation in the domestic environment.
	(132084)
111	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has commissioned on the link between asthma and air quality in the domestic and work environment.
	(132368)
112	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to evaluate the role of air quality in home and business environments on health.
	(132085)
113	Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long the current waiting lists are at (a) Chase Farm and (b) North Middlesex Hospital.
	(132256)
114   N	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17th July to the honourable Member for South West Surrey, Official Report, columns 69-70W, concerning the numbers of patients waiting over 12 months for elective admission between March 1997 and March 2000, if he will provide the figures for West Sussex for each of those dates.
	(131829)
115	Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) the role of pathology services in the National Health Service and (b) what steps he has taken to increase recruitment and retention of staff in the pathology service.
	(132403)
116	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has held with alcohol retailers on measures they are proposing to help prevent high percentage volume beers, lagers and ciders from reaching under-age drinkers.
	(132255)
117	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the numbers of recorded incidents of criminal damage that have involved the consumption of alcohol by the perpetrator, indicating the proportion which involved under-age drinkers.
	(132243)
118	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the numbers of recorded non-vehicle related thefts (a) nationally and (b) on Merseyside that have involved the consumption of alcohol by the perpetrator, indicating the proportion which involved under-age drinkers.
	(132253)
119	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the timetable for introducing a new offence of knowingly permitting the sale of alcohol to an under-18-year-old.
	(132105)
120	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the number of recorded burglaries (a) nationally and (b) on Merseyside that involved the consumption of alcohol by the perpetrator, indicating the proportion which involved under-age drinkers.
	(132265)
121	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will discuss with alcohol retailers the display and marketing of high alcohol volume percentage beers, lagers and ciders.
	(132257)
122	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the number of recorded crimes (a) nationally and (b) on Merseyside that involve the consumption of alcohol by the perpetrator, indicating the proportion which involved under age drinkers.
	(132258)
123	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the number of recorded violent crimes (a) nationally and (b) on Merseyside that have involved the consumption of alcohol by the perpetrator, indicating what proportion involved under age drinkers.
	(132272)
124	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to discuss with the brewing industry measures they are proposing to tackle anti-social and criminal behaviour by under-age drinkers.
	(132307)
125	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the numbers of recorded incidents of criminal damage on Merseyside that have involved the consumption of alcohol by the perpetrator.
	(132274)
126	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the number of accidents caused by cyclists bumping into pedestrians on (a) pavements and (b) public carriageways in the last year for which figures are available.
	(132096)
127	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is in respect of police prosecutions of cyclists (a) going through traffic lights at red, (b) going the wrong way down one-way streets, (c) using footpaths designed for pedestrians, (d) riding on pavements, (e) exceeding the speed limit and (f) failing to carry lights.
	(132095)
128	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the numbers and proportion of recorded incidents of criminal damage on Merseyside which involved under age drinkers in each of the last three years.
	(132310)
129	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he plans to remove non-conviction information from the requirements in the checks on volunteers and staff dealing with young people.
	(132245)
130	Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the value for money represented by the full funding of the 19 year contract for the Public Safety Radio Communications System in all police forces.
	(132377)
131	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have been released to date under the home dentention curfew scheme in Cumbria; and how many have re-offended.
	(132254)
132	Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th July, Official Report, column 538W, on xenotransplantation, what happened to those primates who were not euthanased; and if he will make a statement.
	(132081)
133	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Government of Nepal regarding the situation of indigenous groups and untouchables who are the victims of bonded labour in Nepal; and if she will make a statement.
	(132312)
134   N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received of delays in the payment of pensions to former civil servants in Zimbabwe; if she will make representations to the Government of Zimbabwe calling for the timely payment of such pensions; and if she will make a statement.
	(131971)
135   N	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support for St. Helena has been provided by the British Government in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(131757)
136	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on his policy in respect of the inclusion of (a) the Legion of Mary, (b) St. Vincent de Paul, (c) Guild of Catholic Mothers, (d) St. Joseph Young Priests Society, (e) Society of St. Gregory, (f) Thomas Merton Society, (g) Catholic Women's League, (h) the Irish National Foresters and (i) the Jesuits from clause 49 (Registration of associations) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill.
	(132070)
137	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to her Answer of 12th July to the honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North, Official Report, column 582W, regarding Orders in Council, what plans she has to make Orders in Council available on the Internet.
	(132071)
138	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many people were on the list of recipients of the leaked memos from Philip Gould; and if he will make a statement.
	(132317)
139	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to reduce the barriers posed by the benefit rules to people who wish to volunteer for community projects.
	(132246)
140	Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list, by constituency, (a) the number of people who received and (b) the amount of money received in (i) cold weather payments for the years 1995-96 and 1996-97 and (ii) winter fuel allowances in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.
	(132376)
141   N	Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the circumstances in which his Department requires insurance companies to divulge redemption values of policies held by claimants.
	(132022)
142   N	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what omissions and ambiguities were found during the systematic review of the social security leaflets conducted between 1996 and 1999; and what changes were made to the leaflets in consequence.
	(131903)
143	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will assess which statistics from the Households Below Average Income series could robustly be produced on a quarterly basis.
	(132097)
144   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will provide the estimates of the proportion of the population in each county with income below 60 per cent. of median income which underlay Figure 3.6 of his Department's report, Households Below Average Income.
	(131749)
145	Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to give assistance to those industries affected by the US-EU dispute over farmers; and if he will make a statement.
	(132372)
146   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the tendering process for consultants supplying business information to farmers under the Action Plan for Farming.
	(131806)
147   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much it will cost the Government to supply each post office with (a) internet provision and (b) computer terminals for public access.
	(131901)
148   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate how many farmers will benefit from the business advice announced in the Action Plan for Farming; and if he will make a statement.
	(131804)
149   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many rural businesses have received advice from the Small Business Service in the last 12 months.
	(131902)
150   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate the cost per consultant of supplying advice to farmers through the Small Business Service.
	(131807)
151   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many consultants will be employed by the Small Business Service to provide advice specifically to farmers as a result of the announcement in the Action Plan for Farming.
	(131805)
152   N	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 518W, on opinion research, if he will list the information held centrally on the results of his Department's market and opinion research, stating in each case which of these results will be placed in the Library.
	(132008)
153	Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will provide compensation for former fishermen who lost their livelihoods following the settlement of the Cod Wars with Iceland in the 1970s.
	(132249)
154	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the report on the threat posed by near earth objects, currently being prepared by the Near Earth Object Task Force, will be published; and if he will make a statement.
	(132086)
155   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for which Ford plant regional selective assistance was offered.
	(131827)
156   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the payments of regional selective assistance to Vauxhall Motors Ltd. and Ford Motor Co. Ltd. have received EU approval.
	(131828)
157   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when Toyota received (a) offers and (b) payment of regional selective assistance as detailed in a press release on 14th June 1999.
	(131825)
158   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many offers of regional selective assistance made since May 1997 have received EU approval.
	(131826)
159   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date he expects to start paying the recently announced grants to the coal industry.
	(131821)
160   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much regional selective assistance (a) Rover Group Ltd., (b) Jaguar Cars Ltd., (c) Peugeot Motor Co. Plc, (d) Vauxhall Motors Ltd. and (e) Ford Motor Co. Ltd. have received since May 1997.
	(131822)
161   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which non-motor companies have received offers of regional selective assistance; and how many have received their first payment.
	(131823)
162   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when, and for what purposes, Rover was recently granted regional selective assistance; and whether that was separate from the £129 million grant.
	(131824)
163	Mr Allan Rogers (Rhondda):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria he uses to determine whether a trade body is representative of an industry and should be consulted in the formulation of a policy decision.
	(132261)
164	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 20th June, Official Report, column 145W, on public holidays, when he will announce the date of the bank holiday in 2002 to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
	(132314)
165	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to promote the Design in Business Week in the Autumn.
	(132082)
166	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been made available by his Department for the purposes of research into bioremediation in each of the past 10 years.
	(132099)
167	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Secretary concerning the prospects for manufacturing in Wales in relation to (a) the strength of sterling and (b) the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(132380)
168	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Secretary concerning prospects for the steel plants in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(132381)
169	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Secretary about the implementation of working families tax credit; and if he will make a statement.
	(132378)
170	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Secretary concerning the extra cash totals under the Comprehensive Spending Review for the (a) NHS, (b) education and (c) transport; and if he will make a statement.
	(132382)
171	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Secretary concerning the reform of the NHS in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(132379)
172   N	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assistance will be provided to local councils in England which have had areas classified as having Objective 2 status following the spending review.
	[Transferred] (131913)
173	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how capability for electronic service delivery is defined in his document entitled Prudent for a Purpose.
	[Transferred] (132268)
174	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women have benefited from the introduction of the national minimum wage to date.
	[Transferred] (132107)
175	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities in areas to which asylum seekers are being dispersed have designated a named individual as a contact for the National Asylum Support Service and the Home Office; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (132383)
176	Mr Allan Rogers (Rhondda):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his policy is in determining whether a trade body is representative of an industry.
	[Transferred] (132262)
177	Mr Allan Rogers (Rhondda):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of an industry must a trade body represent to be considered representative of that industry.
	[Transferred] (132263)
178	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to protect consumers who insured their motor vehicles with Drake Insurance plc and who have now had their policies cancelled.
	[Transferred] (132087)

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