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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 30 October 2000
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 30 October, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which countries are excluded from North Sea fishing grounds until 31st December 2002 through accession treaties; how many vessels will subsequently have right of access; and if he will make a statement on the consequences for UK vessel access. |
| (135553) | |
| 2 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will urgently assess the case for a trial destruction of bees affected by European foul brood; and if he will offer compensation for bee keepers affected. |
| (135671) | |
| 3 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many cases have been brought before the courts in each of the last five years relating to breaches of regulations relating to BSE. |
| (135279) | |
| 4 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the outcome was of the Agriculture Council held in Luxembourg on 23rd and 24th October; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135652) | |
| 5 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many establishments were closed within the knacker industry in each of the last 10 years. |
| (135142) | |
| 6 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the knacker industry. |
| (135143) | |
| 7 N | Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 25th May on behalf of Mr Penn. |
| (135789) | |
| 8 N | Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer to the question tabled by the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire of 23rd June (ref 127374), when he intends to reply to the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire following his letter of 12th April on behalf of his constitutent Mrs Eddy; and for what reason he did not write following his Answer of 23rd June. |
| (135800) | |
| 9 | Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 16th August on behalf of his constituent Mrs Sturman. |
| (135785) | |
| 10 | Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 24th May on behalf of his constituent Mrs Brown. |
| (135777) | |
| 11 N | Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 13th July on behalf of his constituent Mr Russell. |
| (135790) | |
| 12 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the progress made by his Department since 1999 in reducing sickness absence; what targets he has agreed with the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135494) | |
| 13 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of the United Kingdom population has Internet access at home; what plans she has to extend home Internet access; and how she intends to achieve such goals. |
| (135816) | |
| 14 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many departments produced risk management frameworks relating to their statement of internal control by September; and if she will place copies in the Library. |
| (135490) | |
| 15 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what surveys have been undertaken by the Public Services Productivity Panel. |
| (135461) | |
| 16 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what seminars have been organised for Government ministers and senior civil servants on public services productivity; and if she will make a statement. |
| (135896) | |
| 17 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to National Lottery funds of extending the licence of the existing operators for (a) two months, (b) six months and (c) one year. |
| (135699) | |
| 18 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the design companies which have secured contracts from the New Millennium Experience Company together with the number of contracts in each case. |
| (135411) | |
| 19 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many different accounting systems have been operated by the New Millennium Experience Company. |
| (135412) | |
| 20 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many contracts, for what purposes, and of what aggregate value, were awarded to At Work Limited by the New Millennium Experience Company; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135413) | |
| 21 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the BBC's decision to move the BBC One evening news to 10 pm, together with consequent changes to the BBC One schedule, represents a material change under the terms set out in his Department's paper, 'BBC Public Services: Approvals'. |
| (135700) | |
| 22 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to discuss the Dome. |
| (135415) | |
| 23 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions took place between Mr. Gerbeau and (a) the board of the New Millennium Experience Company and (b) the Millennium Commission, prior to the announcement that a 12 hour party would be held on the Dome site on December 31st. |
| (135416) | |
| 24 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what undertakings he has received from the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office regarding further requests for Millennium Commission funds for the Dome. |
| (135414) | |
| 25 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what date he expects Sport England to have received the repayment of £20 million of National Lottery money due as a result of the decision to exclude athletics from the redeveloped Wembley Stadium. |
| (135701) | |
| 26 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the party planned for the Millennium Dome on 31st December, indicating the financial arrangements agreed between the New Millennium Experience Company and the Ministry of Sound. |
| (135325) | |
| 27 N | Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the engagements that were accepted by the Minister for the Arts with non-governmental bodies over the past year; and if he will list in each case (a) if he fulfilled the engagement, (b) if the engagement was cancelled and by whom and (c) if he was represented by another person. |
| (134635) | |
| 28 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the level of returns from the Lottery to the good causes in the next licence period. |
| (135903) | |
| 29 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the impact on ticket sales of the selection process for the next Lottery operator. |
| (135904) | |
| 30 | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Wembley National Stadium Ltd. will repay £20m of National Lottery funds to Sport England. |
| (135712) | |
| 31 | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what arrangements have been agreed for the repayment of £20m of National Lottery funding by Wembley National Stadium Ltd. to Sport England. |
| (135710) | |
| 32 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of National Lottery grants has been spent on the Dome during 2000 to date. |
| (135577) | |
| 33 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the arrangements for auditing organisations in receipt of National Lottery grants are robust. |
| (135909) | |
| 34 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received about tax relief and exemptions for community and amateur sports clubs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135649) | |
| 35 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received about charitable status for community and amateur sports clubs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135648) | |
| 36 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the establishment of the UK Sports Institute. |
| (135647) | |
| 37 | Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will report progress on applications for free television licences for people aged 75 years and over and the timetable for issuing licences and refunds. |
| (135912) | |
| 38 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he will publish the Government's formal response to the Better Regulation Taskforce's report on 'The Impact of Increasing Regulation--a Case Study of Hotels and Restaurants'. |
| (135829) | |
| 39 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress made at EU level on the Eurolift project for the establishment of an EU air transport command. |
| (135661) | |
| 40 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear hunter-killer submarines will be berthed in Devonport at a single time (a) awaiting rectification work and (b) whilst rectification work is being carried out. |
| (135757) | |
| 41 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hunter-killer submarines he estimates will be berthed in Devonport in order to carry out rectification work to prevent leakages in their cooling systems. |
| (135756) | |
| 42 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely duration of rectification work being carried out on hunter-killer submarines in Devonport. |
| (135752) | |
| 43 | Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the changes will be made to the armed forces pension scheme to introduce pensions for life for armed forces attributable widows. |
| (135938) | |
| 44 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the ionospheric research projects in which his Department is involved, stating in each case (a) the number of personnel involved, (b) the duration of the project and (c) the yearly and total project cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134229) | |
| 45 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental effects of ionospheric research; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134230) | |
| 46 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his Department's contribution to (a) the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Programme and (b) the European Incoherent Scatter Radar Project, stating in each case the (i) nature, (ii) duration and (iii) purpose of the contribution, including how many staff were attached to the projects and what financial support was given. |
| (134231) | |
| 47 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his Department's contribution to the Scientific and Technological Options Assessment Panel's investigation into the local, global and public health risks of ionospheric research. |
| (134235) | |
| 48 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reserves there were in the Defence Medical Services in (a) the RAF, (b) the Army and (c) the Navy in (i) 1992-93, (ii) 1993-94, (iii) 1994-95, (iv) 1995-96, (v) 1996-97, (vi) 1997-98, (vii) 1998-99 and (viii) 1999-2000. |
| (134294) | |
| 49 N | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value of the contracts awarded is for the design of the future generation of aircraft carriers. |
| (133600) | |
| 50 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to make an announcement about the contract for Roll on/Roll off vessels for his Department. |
| (135662) | |
| 51 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on K-For's efforts in preventing ethnic cleansing of Serbs in Kosovo. |
| (133096) | |
| 52 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his actions to protect HMS 'Repulse' and HMS 'Prince of Wales' as a war graves. |
| (135139) | |
| 53 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the recent contacts he has had with representatives of the Survivors' Association for HMS 'Repulse' and HMS 'Prince of Wales'. |
| (135140) | |
| 54 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former employees of his Department and the armed forces have a position on the board of directors at British Aerospace. |
| (135480) | |
| 55 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long his Department has given to BAe Systems CO Defence and Thomson Racal Defence to complete the radar counterstealth research; what response each company has made to the deadline; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135702) | |
| 56 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if (a) BAe Systems CO Defence, (b) Thomson Racal Defence and (c) the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency have responded to his Department's mandates for three year research projects; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135713) | |
| 57 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets his Department has set for Category B work to be undertaken for the purpose of inventive research; what percentage of the research budget is allotted for such research; what this represents in cash terms; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135714) | |
| 58 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government has taken to protect war graves of the HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales; what further action is planned; what cooperation is taking place between the governments of Malaysia and Singapore and the United Kingdom on this matter; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135882) | |
| 59 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what asssessment he has made of the impact of radar counterstealth technology on the exploitation of the stealth technology currently in use; if use of radar counterstealth technology will increase the ability to avoid detection; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135753) | |
| 60 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many industry proposals to conduct three-year research projects into the new innovative radar counterstealth technologies his Department is reviewing; what is the estimated cost of each proposal; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135748) | |
| 61 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the total cost (a) his Department, (b) BAe Systems CO Defence, and (c) the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency will pay to fund the study to assess future naval fire-support requirements for the Royal Navy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135745) | |
| 62 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of development and subsequent production of the 155mm naval gun; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135747) | |
| 63 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to recommend the award of the Atlantic Star to Russian convoy veterans for their service in the Arctic Ocean during World War II; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135881) | |
| 64 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what type of projectiles have been (a) fired and (b) dropped at the Luce Bay (Torrs Warren) range in the last 12 months; and if the (i) firings and (ii) bombings were at hard targets. |
| (135833) | |
| 65 N | Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish his conclusion on the report into whether the sites of HMS 'Prince of Wales' and HMS 'Repulse' should be designated under the provisions of the protection of the Military Remains Act 1986. |
| (135074) | |
| 66 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on advertising space in the recent government publication, Voices". |
| (135590) | |
| 67 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures exist in his Department for a civil servant to report actions which (a) are illegal, improper, or unethical, (b) are in breach of constitutional convention or a professional code, (c) may involve possible maladministration and (d) are otherwise inconsistent with the Civil Service Code. |
| (135452) | |
| 68 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress made by his Department since 1999 in reducing sickness absence; what targets he has agreed with the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135465) | |
| 69 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures exist in his Department for a civil servant to report actions which (a) are illegal, improper, or unethical, (b) are in breach of constitutional convention or a professional code, (c) may involve possible maladministration and (d) are otherwise inconsistent with the Civil Service Code. |
| (135455) | |
| 70 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria he employs when deciding to admit private higher education institutions into the publicly-funded sector; and how many such applications have been successful. |
| (135534) | |
| 71 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the Government's policy on Commission Recommendation 2000/581/CE, pursuant to Convention 182 of the Organisation Internationale du Travail, on banning the worst forms of work for children; which jobs undertaken in the United Kingdom are covered; how many are involved; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135575) | |
| 72 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the costs involved in maintaining the dignity of the workforce in accordance with Article 31 of the draft European Charter of Fundamental Rights. |
| (135572) | |
| 73 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will offer financial support to those studying for the British Bee Keepers' Association's basic exam as a vocational qualification. |
| (135689) | |
| 74 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what arrangements the Government is making for the parliamentary accountability of the Children's Fund and of the Government's strategy to co-ordinate services for tackling disadvantage among children and young people. |
| (135861) | |
| 75 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many and what percentage of pupils are (a) eligible for free school meals, (b) statemented and (c) from ethnic minorities in (i) grammar schools and (ii) non-selective schools, in each local education authority with grammar schools. |
| (135541) | |
| 76 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list recorded incidents of fraud and misleading information in respect of the conduct of grammar school ballots before 1st September. |
| (135540) | |
| 77 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each local education authority in England the total number and percentage of out-borough children in secondary schools. |
| (135751) | |
| 78 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many staff are working in his Department on grammar school ballots; and what has been the cost of this team in respect of (a) salaries and (b) non-staffing costs. |
| (135542) | |
| 79 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many learning support units are (a) planned and (b) operating in (i) England and Wales, (ii) Nottinghamshire and (iii) Nottingham; and what the timescale is for the establishment of learning support units in each of those areas. |
| (135487) | |
| 80 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what specialist training is to be given to teachers working in learning support units. |
| (135482) | |
| 81 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what involvement the young people attending learning support units will have in their operation. |
| (135484) | |
| 82 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the curriculum is for pupils in learning support units. |
| (135483) | |
| 83 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria he will use to judge the effectiveness of individual learning support units. |
| (135486) | |
| 84 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the expected pupil:teacher ratio is in learning support units. |
| (135488) | |
| 85 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, who will be responsible for the management of learning support units. |
| (135485) | |
| 86 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that people who have responsibilities as carers are not unfairly discriminated against within the labour market. |
| (135801) | |
| 87 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children in each LEA are in (a) moderate learning difficulty schools, (b) severe learning difficulty schools and (c) educational and behavioural difficulties schools, broken down into (i) primary and (ii) secondary sectors. |
| (135135) | |
| 88 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of children in each LEA are in (a) moderate learning difficulty schools, (b) severe learning difficulty schools and (c) educational and behavioural difficulties schools, broken down into (i) primary and (ii) secondary sectors, as a proportion of the overall number of children in each sector. |
| (135136) | |
| 89 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what requirement exists for local education authorities to identify a named person on statements for pupils with special education needs. |
| (135890) | |
| 90 | Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many classroom assistants there are in (a) Dudley South and (b) Dudley Metropolitan Borough; and what the figure was in May 1997. |
| (135864) | |
| 91 | Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools in (a) Dudley South and (b) Dudley Metropolitan Borough have extra teachers as a result of the Government's class size initiative. |
| (135863) | |
| 92 N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much his Department spent on advertising space in the recent government publication, Voices". |
| (135585) | |
| 93 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the progress made by his Department since 1999 in reducing sickness absence; what targets he has agreed with the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135468) | |
| 94 N | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what provisions have been made and guidance issued allowing referendums on elected mayors to take place on the same day as local elections. |
| (135075) | |
| 95 N | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he has given to local authorities on determining the validity of petitions requiring a referendum on introducing an elected mayor. |
| (135076) | |
| 96 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the total amount was of Government expenditure on capital investment in housing in each year since 1979-80 in (a) England and (b) London, separately identifying expenditure under capital receipts; and what the projected expenditure is in each category for each year until 2003-04. |
| (135802) | |
| 97 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list (a) the bids and (b) the successful projects under the Neighbourhood Warden scheme, stating the local authority in each case. |
| (135803) | |
| 98 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his Department's contribution to (a) the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Programme and (b) the European Incoherent Scatter Radar Project, stating in each case the (i) nature, (ii) duration and (iii) purpose of the contribution, including how many staff were attached to the projects and what financial support was given. |
| (134232) | |
| 99 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the ionospheric research projects in which his Department is involved, stating in each case (a) the number of personnel involved, (b) the duration of the project and (c) the yearly and total project cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134233) | |
| 100 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment his Department has made as to the environmental effects of ionospheric research; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134234) | |
| 101 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his Department's contribution to the Scientific and Technological Options Assessment Panel's investigation into the local, global and public health risks of ionospheric research. |
| (134236) | |
| 102 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he plans to take with regard to planning officers who take employment with (a) developers and (b) applicants with whom they have dealt. |
| (135663) | |
| 103 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent investigations his Department has carried out into the health problems associated with long-distance travel. |
| (135132) | |
| 104 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce regulations to ensure a minimum requirement of space for seating in aircraft. |
| (135134) | |
| 105 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will take steps to regulate air transport to ensure that, on long-haul flights, the health of passengers is protected. |
| (135133) | |
| 106 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will change the definition of affordable housing used in planning guidance to ensure that all affordable housing planning policies (a) are consistent between local authorities and (b) enable local authorities to provide benefits and discounts in perpetuity. |
| (135797) | |
| 107 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures his Department has taken to assist the introduction of barriers to reduce traffic noise. |
| (135148) | |
| 108 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list by area those schemes assisted by his Department to introduce noise barriers for traffic, stating his Department's financial contribution in each case. |
| (135149) | |
| 109 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what actions his Department has taken to introduce noise attenuation methods where traffic is concerned. |
| (135146) | |
| 110 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy towards traffic noise. |
| (135147) | |
| 111 N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to amend regulations concerning local authority powers for compulsory purchase of buildings to facilitate regeneration. |
| (135566) | |
| 112 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the risks of thrombosis on long-haul flights; and what guidance he plans to issue to the air passenger industry to reduce such risks. |
| (134634) | |
| 113 | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect on the clothing and textiles sector of the withdrawal of compulsory competitive tendering in the public sector. |
| (135563) | |
| 114 N | Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he has given to local planning authorities on development on flood plains. |
| (135131) | |
| 115 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to help tenants in social housing whose homes have been designated band F, G or H and who are thereby ineligible for council tax benefit. |
| (135828) | |
| 116 | Mr Christopher Leslie (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will be consulting local authorities on his proposals for the Housing Revenue Account and HRA Subsidy for 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135940) | |
| 117 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which of his Department's (a) paid employees and (b) press officers attended the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. |
| (135155) | |
| 118 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what funding has been made available by his Department to projects concerned with combating incompetent and dishonest builders. |
| (135137) | |
| 119 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many official journeys he has made on London Underground in the last (a) month, (b) three months and (c) six months. |
| (135546) | |
| 120 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what financial contribution English Partnerships has made towards (a) the regeneration of the Greenwich peninsula and (b) the Millennium Dome; and how much English Partnerships is expected to receive from the sale of the Millennium Dome. |
| (135552) | |
| 121 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of his official journeys has been made by public transport in the last (a) month, (b) three months and (c) six months. |
| (135545) | |
| 122 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many official journeys he has made by bus in the last (a) month, (b) three months and (c) six months. |
| (135548) | |
| 123 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many official journeys he has made by rail in the last (a) month, (b) three months and (c) six months. |
| (135549) | |
| 124 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of official journeys by his Department's ministers have been made by public transport in the last (a) month, (b) three months and (c) six months. |
| (135550) | |
| 125 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what annual target has been set by his Department for the proportion of (a) Ministerial official journeys that should be taken by public transport and (b) all official journeys undertaken for his Department that should be taken by public transport. |
| (135551) | |
| 126 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many vehicles were impounded because their owners failed to buy a road fund licence; and how many were crushed in each year since 1995. |
| (135910) | |
| 127 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many instances of illegal parking on red routes in London have been recorded, and how much was spent on policing them, in each year since their inception. |
| (135911) | |
| 128 N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much his Department spent on advertising space in the recent government publication, Voices". |
| (135587) | |
| 129 | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much funding has been allocated for the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme for 2000-01. |
| (135883) | |
| 130 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which human rights issues he raised with the Chinese Government during his recent visit to China. |
| (135512) | |
| 131 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress made by his Department since 1999 in reducing sickness absence; what targets he has agreed with the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135764) | |
| 132 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he has taken to ensure that concessionary travel for pensioners is available on an equal basis between men and women. |
| (135854) | |
| 133 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out the New Earnings Survey data on which his proposed adjustment to the Area Costs Adjustment is based; and if he will provide data for earnings in the South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority area on the same basis and over the same period. |
| (135128) | |
| 134 N | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) reported accidents and (b) accidents resulting in fatalities involving vehicles on railway crossings have occurred in Britain in each of the past five years. |
| (135743) | |
| 135 N | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will initiate a general review of the safety of barrier-less crossings of railway lines following the conclusion of inquiries into the fatal accident on the railway crossing at Porthmadog on 23rd October. |
| (135806) | |
| 136 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will instruct Railtrack to make the necessary infrastructure provision in order to establish a 30-minute service between Harrogate and York. |
| (135073) | |
| 137 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what notification is required to (a) his Department and (b) the public authorities prior to the closure of high street bank branches; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135532) | |
| 138 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his policy towards measures outlined in COM (2000) 507; and what changes to UK (a) practice and (b) law are supported by the Government. |
| (135554) | |
| 139 | Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which responsibilities for assessing if membership of the single European currency would be in Britain's economic interest lie with (a) his Department and (b) the Bank of England. |
| (135859) | |
| 140 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of fuel taxed at a lower rate for farmers which was sold in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (135278) | |
| 141 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the increased revenue to the Exchequer if diesel fuel supplied to farmers were taxed at the rate of other diesel fuel. |
| (135277) | |
| 142 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to create a central services organisation for credit unions, following the November 1999 report of the Treasury Credit Unions Taskforce. |
| (135821) | |
| 143 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many credit unions are currently operating in (a) Coventry and (b) the United Kingdom; and what links the Treasury has with them and their representative body. |
| (135819) | |
| 144 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) extend the ability of credit unions to borrow and (b) amend the legislation controlling them; and what assessment he has made of how such plans will affect credit unions in Coventry. |
| (135820) | |
| 145 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average income and wealth are of (a) an urban dweller and (b) a rural dweller. |
| (134497) | |
| 146 | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual cost of the climate change levy to the clothing and textile industry. |
| (135564) | |
| 147 | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the application of VAT and other taxes to online transactions. |
| (135558) | |
| 148 | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of IR35 on the Government's efforts (a) to encourage more skilled IT workers into the country and (b) to tackle social exclusion. |
| (135559) | |
| 149 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the sources were of the funds used by the largest six companies who mis-sold personal pensions to reinstate their pensions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135659) | |
| 150 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those employees in the financial services sector who have been disciplined by the regulatory authorities for misdeeds relating to the mis-selling of pensions, including financial penalties and those relating to terms of employment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135660) | |
| 151 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the increased cost of petrol; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135795) | |
| 152 | Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 4th September on behalf of his constituent Mrs Weston. |
| (135787) | |
| 153 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the amount of debt written off by the Government for each industry privatised since 1980. |
| (135906) | |
| 154 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much fuel duty has derived from the taxation of alternative fuels; and what percentage this represents of the total tax on road fuel, since the most recent Budget. |
| (135651) | |
| 155 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received about tax relief and tax exemptions for community and amateur sports clubs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135646) | |
| 156 N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the printing of the census forms for Wales and England began. |
| (135154) | |
| 157 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will issue draft regulations on general insurance reserves. |
| (135897) | |
| 158 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will announce the result of the review of the consultation on the liability for supply of home care by commercial supplies. |
| (135891) | |
| 159 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in the last three months in researching the impact of compliance costs of major taxes and duties. |
| (135874) | |
| 160 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 74W, if he will place supporting documentation and information on Ministerial Directions since 1990 in the Library; if he will publish the text of each justification given by the Minister for each of these directions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135451) | |
| 161 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish draft clauses relating to rollover relief of substantial shareholdings. |
| (135894) | |
| 162 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on progress in the review of the value of fiscal marks as a deterrent to tobacco forestalling and to aid anti-smuggling efforts; and when the review will be completed. |
| (135879) | |
| 163 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the Electronic Commerce consultation forum has met; on what dates; if he will publish their deliberations and recommendations; and if he will list the sub-groups of the forum. |
| (135899) | |
| 164 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will conclude his review of the self-assessment enquiry procedures; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135900) | |
| 165 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will complete the operational review of ISAs. |
| (135902) | |
| 166 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made since 9th March 1999 on the review by Her Majesty's Customs of the impact of registration on growing businesses. |
| (135873) | |
| 167 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish the technical note relating to the review of intellectual property taxation concerning intangibles and good will. |
| (135901) | |
| 168 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which recommendations of the Alcohol and Tobacco Fraud Review have not been fully implemented. |
| (135877) | |
| 169 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the joint working group on review of the construction industry scheme has met; and if he will place the text of its recommendations and deliberations in the Library. |
| (135895) | |
| 170 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 28th July, Official Report, column 1011W, on income tax, if he will estimate the level of personal income tax allowance if the 10 pence band was abolished at a cost of (a) £2.6 billion, (b) £3 billion and (c) £3.5 billion in a full year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134237) | |
| 171 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 28th July Official Report, column 1034W, on tax returns and the Internet, if he will publish the data for each month since 1st January 1997 on how many self-assessment tax returns were (a) issued, (b) received, (c) waiting to be processed and (d) processed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134238) | |
| 172 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place the representations he has received on the consultation document 'Our Stake in Our Future' in the Library; and if he will make a statement on progress in the consultation. |
| (135892) | |
| 173 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent studies his Department has undertaken on the impact of the euro on the UK economy. |
| (135469) | |
| 174 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the review of the taxation of company cars. |
| (135898) | |
| 175 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place the technical note on the review of Inland Revenue Officer's powers in the Library. |
| (135893) | |
| 176 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the live pilot of electronic VAT returns. |
| (135876) | |
| 177 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 28th July, Official Report, column 1022W, concerning tax returns, if he will publish the monthly number of self assessment forms (a) issued, (b) received, (c) sent back, (d) waiting to be processed and (e) processed for each month since the introduction of self assessment. |
| (135872) | |
| 178 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to complete the review of the Tour Operator's Margin Scheme. |
| (135875) | |
| 179 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of excess winter deaths which occurred in 1999-2000, providing a breakdown for (a) each English region, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Great Britain by age band; and if he will provide corresponding estimates for each of the last five years. |
| (135129) | |
| 180 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people with personal pension schemes are owed outstanding national insurance contribution rebates; how much these rebates are worth in total; and when the Government expects to have paid all the outstanding rebates. |
| (135725) | |
| 181 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much interest would have been accrued on unpaid national insurance contribution rebates since 1997 if they had been (a) invested 80 per cent. in equities and 20 per cent. gilts and (b) had grown in line with the average growth of funded pensions. |
| (135724) | |
| 182 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May, Official Report, column 381W, on national insurance, how many people in contracted-out money purchase pension schemes have received national insurance contribution rebates that were previously outstanding; and how much these rebates are worth in total. |
| (135772) | |
| 183 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May, Official Report, column 381W, on national insurance, how many people are in contracted-out money purchase pension schemes that are owed outstanding national insurance contribution rebates; how much these rebates are worth in total; and when the Government plans to have paid all the outstanding rebates. |
| (135771) | |
| 184 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people with personal pension schemes have already received national insurance contribution rebates that were previously outstanding; and how much these rebates are worth in total. |
| (135723) | |
| 185 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason a draft Charter of Fundamental Rights is being negotiated by EU member states. |
| (135574) | |
| 186 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money he estimates will need to be set aside for implementation of the draft Charter of Fundamental Rights for (a) legal aid for cases brought under it and (b) legal costs for Her Majesty's Government to defend against claims. |
| (135569) | |
| 187 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of Article 21 of the draft Charter of Fundamental Rights on his Department's employment of women in jobs requiring considerable manual strength. |
| (135571) | |
| 188 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those UK agencies covered by Article 36 of the draft Charter of Fundamental Rights. |
| (135573) | |
| 189 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards inclusion of Article 12.2 in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. |
| (135568) | |
| 190 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if, pursuant to Article 23 of the draft Charter of Fundamental Rights, he proposes to adopt measures for specific advantage in favour of the under-represented sex in the workforce; and in which case men are the under-represented. |
| (135567) | |
| 191 | Mr Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigations are being undertaken to ensure that arms exports to Israel are not being used for internal repression or external agression. |
| (135555) | |
| 192 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conditions will be imposed on use of the results produced by the United Nations Drugs Control Programme research into Pleospora Papaveravea; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135150) | |
| 193 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who are the members of the Praesidium referred to in Convent 45, Draft Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; and what are its powers. |
| (135523) | |
| 194 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when representations were first made to the Cuban authorities about access to the arrested United Kingdom citizens in Cuba. |
| (135657) | |
| 195 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date, at what time and by whom ministers in his Department were first informed of the arrest of United Kingdom citizens in Cuba; and which minister in his Department was first informed. |
| (135656) | |
| 196 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the travel advice for Cuba was last amended; and what plans he has to amend it following the arrest of United Kingdom citizens in Cuba. |
| (135658) | |
| 197 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government will ratify the statute creating the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135530) | |
| 198 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice in relation to the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to EU participation in WTO proceedings. |
| (135280) | |
| 199 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to policies towards self-employed people (Article 47(2)). |
| (135323) | |
| 200 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to measures on refugees and displaced persons (Articles 63(2)(a) and (b)). |
| (135318) | |
| 201 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to economic and financial co-operation with third countries (New Article 181a). |
| (135298) | |
| 202 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to (a) tax measures for the protection of the environment (Article 93(4)) and (b) provisions for mutual assistance between tax authorities (Article 93(5)). |
| (135288) | |
| 203 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to measures setting out conditions for freedom of travel for nationals of third countries (Article 62(3)). |
| (135320) | |
| 204 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to immigration policy (Article 63(3)(a) and (b)). |
| (135317) | |
| 205 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to environmental matters (Article 175 (2)). |
| (135297) | |
| 206 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to (a) the approval of the rules of procedure of the Court of Auditors (Article 274(3)) and (b) the appointment of Members of the Court of Auditors Article (247(3)). |
| (135291) | |
| 207 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice in relation to the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to international agreements on intellectual property (Article 133(1)). |
| (135281) | |
| 208 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to social security (Article 42). |
| (135324) | |
| 209 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to anti-discrimination measures (Article 13). |
| (135313) | |
| 210 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to minimum requirements in certain social areas (Article 137 (1)). |
| (135289) | |
| 211 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to judicial cooperation for the internal market (Article 65(a), (b) and (c)). |
| (135283) | |
| 212 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to CFSP/JHA international agreements (Article 24). |
| (135314) | |
| 213 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the list of products which are connected with the production of or trade in weapons (Article 296 (2)). |
| (135308) | |
| 214 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to association of overseas territories (Article 187). |
| (135296) | |
| 215 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to asylum measures (Articles 631a to d). |
| (135319) | |
| 216 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to association agreements (Article 300 (2)). |
| (135307) | |
| 217 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the creation of a Cohesion Fund (Article 161). |
| (135299) | |
| 218 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to measures to control the supply of certain products in difficulties (Article 100 (1)). |
| (135290) | |
| 219 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to social security for migrant workers (Article 144). |
| (135304) | |
| 220 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the Court of Justice in Title IV (Article 67(5)). |
| (135285) | |
| 221 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to measures in the cultural field (Article 151 (5)). |
| (135303) | |
| 222 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the conclusion of mixed agreements (new Article 300 (8)). |
| (135306) | |
| 223 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to measures in the industrial sphere (Article 157(3)). |
| (135302) | |
| 224 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the appointment of (a) the Deputy Secretary General and (b) the Secretary General of the Council (Article 207(2)). |
| (135292) | |
| 225 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the appointment of members of the Economic and Social Committee (Article 259(1)). |
| (135311) | |
| 226 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to approximation of laws for the Common Market (Article 94). |
| (135305) | |
| 227 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to specific action for economic and social cohesion (Article 159). |
| (135301) | |
| 228 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the Statute of MEPs (Article 190(5)). |
| (135295) | |
| 229 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to transport regulation (Articles 71(2) and 80). |
| (135286) | |
| 230 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to rules for structural funds (Article 161). |
| (135300) | |
| 231 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to financial regulations for accounting officers (Article 279(1). |
| (135309) | |
| 232 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to rules on visas (Articles 62(2) b(ii) and (iv)). |
| (135321) | |
| 233 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the rules of procedure of the European Court of First Instance (Article 224). |
| (135293) | |
| 234 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to tax measures to prevent fraud, tax evasion and circumvention of rules (Article 93(2)). |
| (135287) | |
| 235 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to rules and arrangements for border checks (Article 62(2)a). |
| (135322) | |
| 236 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the establishment of agencies (New Article 256a). |
| (135316) | |
| 237 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the movement of citizens between member states (Article 18). |
| (135312) | |
| 238 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the choice of Common Foreign and Security Policy representatives (Article 23(2)). |
| (135315) | |
| 239 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to appointments to the Committee of the Regions (Article 263). |
| (135310) | |
| 240 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to the rules of procedure of the European Court of Justice (Article 223). |
| (135294) | |
| 241 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy to be adopted at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to cooperation measures under Title IV (Article 66). |
| (135284) | |
| 242 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the policy he will adopt at Nice on the proposed change from unanimity to qualified majority voting in relation to community financial aid to a Member State (Article 100(2)). |
| (135478) | |
| 243 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recommendations the UK Government has made to other EU member states on the future of the EU/China human rights dialogue. |
| (135767) | |
| 244 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the timetable and process of review of the UK/China human rights dialogue. |
| (135766) | |
| 245 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government will reach a decision on sponsoring a resolution on human rights in China and Tibet at the 57th United Nations Commission for Human Rights. |
| (135769) | |
| 246 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he plans to have with honourable Members over the future of the EU/China human rights dialogue. |
| (135765) | |
| 247 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if human rights concerns were raised during the recent United Kingdom/China Forum held in Beijing. |
| (135770) | |
| 248 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK Government made to the troika concerning the human rights content of the EU/China summit. |
| (135768) | |
| 249 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals for action Her Majesty's Government is evaluating in its role as one of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention to monitor Israeli violations of the IVth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Territories. |
| (135473) | |
| 250 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action his Department is taking to ensure that no British equipment is being used by Israeli forces in (a) helicopter attacks and (b) other actions against civilians in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. |
| (135472) | |
| 251 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations Her Majesty's Government has made to the Israeli Government about the re-establishment at Mitzpe Hagit in the West Bank of an illegal settlement. |
| (135471) | |
| 252 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what developments there have been in the UK Government's enquiries as to the (a) whereabouts and (b) welfare of the 11th Panchen Lama. |
| (135513) | |
| 253 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions are planned within the Council of Ministers concerning the future of the EU/China human rights dialogue. |
| (135514) | |
| 254 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress was made on issues concerning Tibet during the last round of UK/China human rights dialogue, held recently in London. |
| (135515) | |
| 255 | Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the BBC World Service. |
| (135905) | |
| 256 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress made by his Department since 1999 in reducing sickness absence; what targets he has agreed with the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135462) | |
| 257 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures exist in his Department for a civil servant to report actions which (a) are illegal, improper, or unethical, (b) are in breach of constitutional convention or a professional code, (c) may involve possible maladministration and (d) are otherwise inconsistent with the Civil Service Code. |
| (135467) | |
| 258 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the UK is providing for East Timor's civil and foreign service. |
| (135072) | |
| 259 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, where the post of Independent Monitor for Visa Applications was advertised; and how many people submitted applications. |
| (135826) | |
| 260 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in East Sussex were on (a) an inpatient and (b) an outpatient waiting list on (i) 1st May 1997 and (ii) the latest date for which figures are available. |
| (135326) | |
| 261 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received about Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; and what provision exists in the NHS for specialist clinical and research facilities for this condition. |
| (135880) | |
| 262 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each health authority (a) the number of people eligible for the flu vaccine, (b) the number of shots of vaccine available, (c) whether it has reported a shortage in supply and (d) the take-up of vaccine to date. |
| (135153) | |
| 263 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices in the Christchurch constituency accept new NHS patients; and what the number was in March 1997. |
| (135728) | |
| 264 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sanctions are available under the prescribing incentive scheme for use against a practice which fails to meet the budget for prescribing set by the Primary Care Group; and what rights of appeal there are against such sanctions. |
| (135729) | |
| 265 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out in respect of each general practitioner practice within the North East Dorset Primary Care Group (a) the prescribing budget, (b) the indicative amount for prescribing under section 18(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and (c) the target budget for prescribing calculated in accordance with the prescribing incentive schemes directions 1998 and 2000 for the years (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-00 and (iii) 2000-01. |
| (135707) | |
| 266 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the current primary care investment plans for each primary care group in Dorset. |
| (135708) | |
| 267 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were registered in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 with each GP practice within the North East Dorset Primary Care Group; and what proportion of patients are of pensionable age in each case. |
| (135726) | |
| 268 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were registered in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 with each GP practice within the Christchurch Primary Care Group; and what proportion of patients are of pensionable age in each case. |
| (135727) | |
| 269 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out in respect of each general practitioner practice within the Christchurch Primary Care Group (a) the prescribing budget, (b) the indicative amount for prescribing under section 18(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and (c) the target budget for prescribing calculated in accordance with the prescribing incentive schemes directions 1998 and 2000 for the years (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-00 and (iii) 2000-01. |
| (135705) | |
| 270 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments have been made to practices within the Christchurch and North East Dorset primary care groups under prescribing incentive schemes. |
| (135704) | |
| 271 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of TB have been recorded in South Shields in each of the last five years. |
| (135276) | |
| 272 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of respite care to the carers of children with learning difficulties; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135536) | |
| 273 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the operation of his guidelines to local health authorities on the availability of infertility treatment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135489) | |
| 274 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the new NHS Cancer Research Network. |
| (135799) | |
| 275 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent developments there have beeen in his policy on research into prostate cancer; how much money is being spent by his Department on screening and research programmes targeted at prostate cancer; and how such programmes will benefit the people of the West Midlands and Coventry. |
| (135798) | |
| 276 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average number of patients registered with an NHS dentist in each year from 1992 to 1999 (a) by constituency, (b) in Greater London and (c) in England and Wales. |
| (135781) | |
| 277 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists were registered to treat NHS patients in each year from 1992 to 1999 (a) by parliamentary constituency, (b) in Greater London and (c) in England and Wales. |
| (135780) | |
| 278 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the measures that have been taken to reduce out-patient and in-patient NHS waiting lists in the last year for hospitals serving (a) the Greater London Area and (b) the residents of the Borough of Kingston upon Thames. |
| (135778) | |
| 279 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have been made about NHS services from residents of the Borough of Kingston upon Thames in each year from 1992 to 2000. |
| (135779) | |
| 280 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department has issued to primary care groups to reduce the number of prescriptions for patients undergoing hormone replacement therapy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135783) | |
| 281 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practising NHS GPs there were per head of population in each constituency in each year between 1987 and 1999. |
| (135782) | |
| 282 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of patients registered with an NHS GP practice was in each constituency in each year between 1987 and 1999. |
| (135784) | |
| 283 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with multiple sclerosis were part of the NICE review team on prescribing beta interferon. |
| (135481) | |
| 284 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what time scale he has set for chief executives of hospitals to implement local resuscitation policies which take account of patients' rights; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135716) | |
| 285 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines health authorities have set for experimentation in synthetic human antibody research; how they are enforced; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135711) | |
| 286 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued following recommendations from the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nursing and the Resuscitation Council (UK) concerning patient involvement in resuscitation decisions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135717) | |
| 287 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the impact on (a) the cost of implementing and (b) the timescale for, the NHS National Plan of the staff shortages in the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135718) | |
| 288 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long he estimates it will take successfully to complete his Department's synthetic human antibody research; what is the estimated cost of completing the remaining research in the project; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135691) | |
| 289 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which conventional treatments have been tested in the West Cumberland Hospital study comparing larval therapy to modern conventional therapy; what conclusions the study has reached concerning the cost efficiency of (a) conventional treatment and (b) larval therapy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135812) | |
| 290 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs the Government expects to accrue as a result of recruiting an extra 6,500 members of professions allied to medicine; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135746) | |
| 291 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to improve working conditions and morale of staff of the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135703) | |
| 292 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken in the last five years on the management or administration of (i) National Health Service pensions, (ii) general procurement, (iii) National Health Service payroll and (iv) drug procurement; and if he will place copies of these reports in the Library. |
| (135763) | |
| 293 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether there are sufficient practising hepatologists to cope with the increasing number of patients with hepatitis C. |
| (135887) | |
| 294 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if needle exchange facilities for injecting drug users are monitored with a view to prevention of Hepatitis C infection. |
| (135519) | |
| 295 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he has taken to prevent Hepatitis C infection in injecting drug users. |
| (135520) | |
| 296 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action is being taken to combat hepatitis C within the prison population. |
| (135884) | |
| 297 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on access to NHS services by people with Down's syndrome. |
| (135885) | |
| 298 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to combat the spread of Hepatitis C; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135517) | |
| 299 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the occurrence of hepatitis C in the UK population over the period 1995 to 2000. |
| (135886) | |
| 300 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the availability of harm reduction facilities, with special reference to needle exchange, in the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the effects of needle exchange facilities on the prevalance of Hepatitis C among injecting drug users. |
| (135518) | |
| 301 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to attempt to identify the hepatitis C population in the United Kingdom. |
| (135888) | |
| 302 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money the Government spent on Aids research in the financial year 1999-2000; how many new Aids cases became diagnosed in that year; and how many deaths arising from contraction of Aids occurred in that year. |
| (135516) | |
| 303 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will implement a plan for London similar to that established by the Greater Glasgow Health Board to combat hepatitis C infection. |
| (135889) | |
| 304 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for a national strategy on combating hepatitis C infection. |
| (135521) | |
| 305 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17th July, Official Report, column 73W, when he will make an announcement on his proposals for reform of the Mental Health Act 1983; and if at or before that time honourable Members will have access to his Department's summary of responses to the Green Paper. |
| (135669) | |
| 306 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received concerning overhead powerlines; and what recent research his Department has undertaken on this subject. |
| (135794) | |
| 307 N | Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 16th August on behalf of his constituent Mrs Sturman. |
| (135791) | |
| 308 | Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 16th August on behalf of his constituent Mrs Cochrane. |
| (135786) | |
| 309 | Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish information about tobacco additives by brand in a format readily accessible and available to consumers. |
| (135579) | |
| 310 N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on advertising in the recent government publication, Voices". |
| (135583) | |
| 311 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of Methicillin Resistant Staphycoccocus Aures were reported in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Devon; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135141) | |
| 312 | Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if Medeva has been able to establish that the batch of polio vaccine manufactured using UK bovine serum was BSE-free. |
| (135761) | |
| 313 | Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what polio vaccine supplies are being made available as an alternative to the Medeva vaccine to ensure the vaccination programme is maintained. |
| (135762) | |
| 314 | Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what penalties the polio vaccine manufacturer Medeva has incurred for being in breach of UK and European guidelines. |
| (135760) | |
| 315 | Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doses of polio vaccine which breached the 1989 guidelines banning UK-sourced bovine materials have been administered since 1989; for what reason the use of the Medeva polio vaccine was not suspended in June; and how many doses of Medeva polio vaccine have now been recalled. |
| (135759) | |
| 316 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the progress made by his Department since 1999 in reducing sickness absence; what targets he has agreed with the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135464) | |
| 317 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures exist in his Department for a civil servant to report actions which (a) are illegal, improper, or unethical, (b) are in breach of constitutional convention or a professional code, (c) may involve possible maladministration and (d) are otherwise inconsistent with the Civil Service Code. |
| (135460) | |
| 318 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 5th September regarding a constituent (reference POH(2)5608/53). |
| (135459) | |
| 319 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if an urgent reply will be given to the honourable Member for Walsall North to his letter of 4th October regarding the need for a constituent to have an operation for a tumour. |
| (135069) | |
| 320 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was at University Hospital, Birmingham for operations to remove a tumour in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135071) | |
| 321 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 18th September regarding a constituent (reference POH(6)5608/54). |
| (135457) | |
| 322 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent contacts his Department has had with University Hospital, Birmingham, over the waiting list for operations for the removal of a tumour; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135070) | |
| 323 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 18th September regarding a constituent (reference POH(4)5608/55). |
| (135456) | |
| 324 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 29th August (reference POH(4)5608/52). |
| (135458) | |
| 325 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what were the numbers of (a) operational police officers and (b) total staff employed by the Dorset Police Authority in (i) May 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available. |
| (135535) | |
| 326 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to ban ball-bearing guns; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135533) | |
| 327 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support the National Asylum Support Service is provided for the asylum seekers living in the Angel Heights hostel in Leeds; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135831) | |
| 328 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what files the Metropolitan Police hold of material assembled by the Kray Brothers; what their policy is on public access to those files; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135715) | |
| 329 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which countries with which the UK maintains diplomatic relations, the Home Office Certificate of Identity is accepted as a valid travel document by the relevant authorities. |
| (135758) | |
| 330 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which areas have been determined as having sufficiently high burglary rates to be eligible to participate in the extended home energy efficiency scheme for the provision of safety equipment; and what the threshold is for inclusion. |
| (135818) | |
| 331 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations were consulted about proposals to extend the home energy efficiency scheme to include safety equipment; and how many organisations were invited to tender for the new elements of the scheme (a) in the Coventry area and (b) nationally. |
| (135817) | |
| 332 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the holding of parish polls. |
| (135145) | |
| 333 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice his Department has given to returning officers on the holding of parish polls. |
| (135144) | |
| 334 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Merseyside Police since May 1997 in annual budgetary settlement and in special programmes; and how much of that funding was additional to the formulae aid programmes in operation before that date. |
| (135832) | |
| 335 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he intends to take regarding the availability of late night opening of pubs nationally on New Year's Eve. |
| (135130) | |
| 336 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of the raid by prison officers on Blantyre Prison; and if he will give the cost of damage caused during the raid. |
| (134633) | |
| 337 | Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to deregulate liquor licensing regulations for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. |
| (135576) | |
| 338 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the balance of responsibilities between the EU and the UK Government, and the method of voting in the Council of Ministers, on rules and arrangements for border checks. |
| (135697) | |
| 339 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the balance of responsibilities between the EU and the UK Government, and the method of voting in the Council of Ministers, on immigration policy. |
| (135692) | |
| 340 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the balance of responsibilities between the EU and the UK Government, and the method of voting in the Council of Ministers, on asylum measures. |
| (135694) | |
| 341 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the balance of responsibilities between the EU and the UK Government, and the method of voting in the Council of Ministers, on measures on refugees and displaced persons. |
| (135695) | |
| 342 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the balance of responsibilities between the EU and the UK Government, and the method of voting in the Council of Ministers, on rules on visas. |
| (135696) | |
| 343 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the balance of responsibilities between the EU and the UK Government, and the method of voting in the Council of Ministers, on measures setting out conditions for freedom of travel for nationals of third countries. |
| (135693) | |
| 344 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving firearms were recorded in each of the last five years; how many involved use of a firearm; how many resulted in a death; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135810) | |
| 345 | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a formal response to the report, Casework Information Needs within the Criminal Justice System, undertaken jointly by the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, HM Magistrates' Courts Service Inspectorate, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, HM Inspectorate of Probation and the Social Services Inspectorate; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135580) | |
| 346 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action the Government is taking to reduce the availability and use of illegally-held firearms; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135808) | |
| 347 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the most common ways illegally-held firearms are obtained and (b) what their origin is; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135809) | |
| 348 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the use of armed police officers on foot patrols; whether police authorities have to be consulted before armed police are used on routine patrols; how many forces use armed police officers for routine patrols; what assessment has been made by his Department of the effectiveness of the use of armed patrol officers; what guidance has been issued by (a) his Department and (b) the Association of Chief Police Officers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135807) | |
| 349 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what, based on information contained in British Crime Surveys and police recorded crime figures was the percentage of crimes committed against individuals and their property which (a) were reported, (b) were recorded by the police, (c) were cleared up, (d) resulted in a caution or conviction, (e) resulted in a conviction and (f) resulted in a custodial sentence in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134675) | |
| 350 | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the operation and success of each of the secure training centres since opening; for each of the centres (a) what percentage of children breached their orders, (b) what percentage of children reoffended during the period of their order, (c) what percentage of children has been reconvicted during the period of their order, (d) what assessment has been made of the provision of education and training, (e) what percentage of staff has experience of working with children, (f) how many and what percentage of the total number of staff have resigned since each centre opened, (g) how many incidents of self harm have been recorded, (h) how many incidents of concerted indiscipline have been recorded, (i) how many assaults on staff have been recorded and (j) what is the total amount of payment reductions for contract failures; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135581) | |
| 351 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many specially-trained firearms police officers there were (a) in each force and (b) in total (i) at the latest available date and (ii) in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135811) | |
| 352 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on proposed changes to the funding of prison education; if it is his policy to devolve funding to the Department of Education and Employment; if it is his policy to ring-fence prison education funding (a) overall and (b) in each individual prison budget; and what the proposed time-scale is for the changes. |
| (134676) | |
| 353 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what projects his Department is supporting connected with the First Check Point organisation to combat incompetent and dishonest builders. |
| (135138) | |
| 354 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were recruited in the last 12 months, having previously served in forces outside Great Britain. |
| (135822) | |
| 355 N | Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 1st September on behalf of his constitutent Miss Merchant. |
| (135788) | |
| 356 N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on advertising space in the recent government publication, Voices". |
| (135588) | |
| 357 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the benefits of introducing a fast-track procedure at Immigration Nationality Directive for processing applications from non-EU foreign nationals for leave to remain in the UK when they are medically qualified people filling a vacancy for a doctor or nurse within the NHS. |
| (135531) | |
| 358 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures exist in his Department for a civil servant to report actions which (a) are illegal, improper, or unethical, (b) are in breach of constitutional convention or a professional code, (c) may involve possible maladministration and (d) are otherwise inconsistent with the Civil Service Code. |
| (135491) | |
| 359 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he expects to be able to publish the final research report on the trials of the new system for home buying and selling. |
| (135830) | |
| 360 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the increase in court fees for small claims cases since April 1999. |
| (135670) | |
| 361 | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the introduction of charges to exercise the right of appeal against a refusal of a visitor's entry certificate; what representations he has received about the charges; and if he will list the charges made for other statutory rights of appeal. |
| (135698) | |
| 362 N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his policy is towards the Initiative of the French Republic for a draft Council Regulation on the mutual enforcement of judgments on rights of access to children; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135730) | |
| 363 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what reports or research or projects have been undertaken for the Land Registry in the last three years by Demograph. |
| (135474) | |
| 364 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what procedures exist in the Lord Chancellor's Department for a civil servant to report actions which (a) are illegal, improper, or unethical, (b) are in breach of constitutional convention or a professional code, (c) may involve possible maladministration and (d) are otherwise inconsistent with the Civil Service Code. |
| (135453) | |
| 365 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the progress made by the Lord Chancellor's Department since 1999 in reducing sickness absence; what targets he has agreed with the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135466) | |
| 366 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report column 16W, on the police service, on what date the Chief Constable initiated the review of the RUC appraisal system to take account of human rights performance; who was instructed to take charge of this review; what is this officer's rank; and what are the terms of reference of the review. |
| (135823) | |
| 367 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, columns 20-21W, what the recommendations are of John Steele's report on implementation of recommendation 87 of the Patten Report; how he plans to respond to each of the recommendations proposed; and what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing each recommendation. |
| (135792) | |
| 368 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 13W, if he will place a copy of the revised conduct regulations for the police in the Library. |
| (135804) | |
| 369 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ensure that the last day for applications for appointment as independent members of the proposed Northern Ireland Policing Board is after the date that the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill has passed both Houses. |
| (135773) | |
| 370 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 19W, what representations he has received concerning possible venues for annual conferences of police services north and south of the Border; what dates are being considered for the first such conference; and if this conference will be open to attendance by (a) the Police Ombudsman, (b) the Human Rights Commission, (c) the Equality Commission, (d) non-Governmental Organisations and (e) the press. |
| (135731) | |
| 371 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 19W, what the perceived community background is of members of the Chief Constable's Change Management Team. |
| (135824) | |
| 372 | Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made over the summer in relation to the British-Irish Council. |
| (135522) | |
| 373 | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the total cost to date of the Omagh inquest inquiry. |
| (135857) | |
| 374 | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what are the agreed legal fees to barristers and solicitors involved in the Omagh inquest inquiry. |
| (135855) | |
| 375 N | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for each Police Division in Northern Ireland, how many (a) bomb scares or warnings, (b) car-bombs recovered by the security forces, (c) arson and bomb attacks on premises, (d) cases of intimidation and (e) shooting incidents there were (1) from 1st January to 30th September and (2) in October to date, indicating (A) how many were related to (i) Loyalist terrorist organisations and (ii) Republican terrorist organisations and (B) how many deaths and injuries were involved and what damage to property resulted from such activity. |
| (134295) | |
| 376 N | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) punishment beatings, (b) punishment shootings and (c) murders there were in Northern Ireland in (i) each week and (ii) each quarter (1) from 1st January to 30th September and (2) in October, indicating for each week and quarter how many of those crimes were committed by (x) Republican groups and (y) Loyalist groups. |
| (134296) | |
| 377 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the progress made by his Department since 1999 in reducing sickness absence; what targets he has agreed with the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135463) | |
| 378 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what procedures exist in his Department for a civil servant to report actions which (a) are illegal, improper, or unethical, (b) are in breach of constitutional convention or a professional code, (c) may involve possible maladministration and (d) are otherwise inconsistent with the Civil Service Code. |
| (135454) | |
| 379 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the visits, and dates of those visits, undertaken by Lord Levy in his capacity as his private envoy since 1st January. |
| (135417) | |
| 380 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his policy towards COM(2000)644. |
| (135578) | |
| 381 | Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Prime Minister, which part of Government is responsible for assessing whether membership of the single European currency would be in Britain's overall economic interest. |
| (135858) | |
| 382 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will hold discussions with the Iraqi Government concerning the recent hijack of an aircraft in Iraq. |
| (135706) | |
| 383 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what account he took of comments posted on the No. 10 web site, at your say/environment in preparation of his speech to the Joint Green Alliance/CBI partnership meeting on environmental policies on 24th October. |
| (135539) | |
| 384 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Prime Minister, what procedures exist in his Department for a civil servant to report actions which (a) are illegal, improper, or unethical, (b) are in breach of constitutional convention or a professional code, (c) may involve possible maladministration and (d) are otherwise inconsistent with the Civil Service Code. |
| (135492) | |
| 385 | Mr Donald Anderson (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects to complete the review of the decision to reduce the mileage allowance for attending medical examinations. |
| (135939) | |
| 386 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many households in the Lewes constituency benefit from (a) the winter heating allowance, (b) the Christmas bonus to the basic state pension and (c) the free TV licence for those aged 75 years or over for the last year for which figures are available; and what was the combined value of these to older people in the constituency. |
| (135327) | |
| 387 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the cost to his department of adopting Article 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135570) | |
| 388 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to allow carers to keep their invalid care allowance money on receipt of their state pension. |
| (135528) | |
| 389 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what progress has been made in establishing (a) a pensions agency and (b) a working age agency. |
| (135524) | |
| 390 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what benefit entitlement there is for 16 to 18 year olds in education in special schools in respect of (a) the pupil and (b) the pupil's parents; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135537) | |
| 391 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the ONE pilots. |
| (135526) | |
| 392 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to simplify the application forms for state benefits; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135529) | |
| 393 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what discussions he has had with trade unions regarding the planned changes to the Benefits Agency leading to the establishment of a working age agency and a pensions agency. |
| (135525) | |
| 394 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what consultations he has held on the working practices and conditions of Benefits Agency staff; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135527) | |
| 395 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to abolish severe disablement allowance. |
| (135538) | |
| 396 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the United Kingdom population living in poverty; what measures he used in making this calculation; and what measures the Government is (a) implementing and (b) plans to introduce to reduce the numbers living in poverty. |
| (135815) | |
| 397 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage of pensioners are claiming income support; and if he will break this figure down by (a) age and (b) gender. |
| (135754) | |
| 398 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what further plans he has to increase the take-up of the minimum income guarantee. |
| (135755) | |
| 399 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners, in each region, are entitled to extra financial assistance through the minimum income guarantee, but are not receiving it; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135749) | |
| 400 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will publish a breakdown by (a) age and (b) gender, of the proportion of pensioners who receive an occupational pension of over £20 per week. |
| (135750) | |
| 401 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners have been awarded income support since 1st May; how many pensioners were awarded income support in the same period in 1999; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135667) | |
| 402 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for what reason the Central Recovery Group failed to meet its estimates of revenue recovery in each of the last three years. |
| (135479) | |
| 403 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will ask the Government Actuary to report on (a) the cost of restoring the link between the basic pension and average earnings, for each year up to and including 2005-06, taking into account the actual increase proposed for April 2001, (b) the effect on the balance of the National Insurance Fund at the end of each of those years and (c) what increases in national insurance contributions would be required. |
| (134436) | |
| 404 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners in Wales who could be entitled to receive the minimum income guarantee have not made a claim. |
| (135151) | |
| 405 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of pensioners in Wales who could be entitled to receive the minimum income guarantee have not made a claim. |
| (135152) | |
| 406 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the new child support scheme indicates the categories of expenditure covered by the CSA maintenance payment. |
| (135852) | |
| 407 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if voluntary payments made by non-custodial parents directly towards their children's maintenance are deducted by the CSA from the calculation of maintenance that it requests from the non-custodial parent. |
| (135827) | |
| 408 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people, who have previously been awarded a life award of disability living allowance at high rate, have had their disability living allowance downgraded following a review in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland. |
| (135860) | |
| 409 | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the review of fees and expenses payable to doctors working on behalf of the Benefits Agency will be concluded. |
| (135547) | |
| 410 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners have applied (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully for the minimum income guarantee since the start of the take-up campaign (i) in total and (ii) in each Benefit Agency area. |
| (135653) | |
| 411 N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much his Department spent on advertising space in the recent government publication, Voices. |
| (135584) | |
| 412 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the progress made by his Department since 1999 in reducing sickness absence; what targets he has agreed with the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135495) | |
| 413 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners are not receiving their correct state pension because of the problems with the NIRS2 computer system. |
| (135722) | |
| 414 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list in date order the housing benefit regulations and amendments to them issued since 1st May 1997. |
| (135719) | |
| 415 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many men have been eligible to receive a backdated winter fuel payment, broken down into those who (a) have received the payment and (b) are still waiting to be paid. |
| (135720) | |
| 416 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the implications for recently-widowed men are of last year's out-of-court settlement with Mr Christopher Crossland on widowers' benefits; and what new help will be offered to men who are widowed before the new benefit rules come into force next year. |
| (135721) | |
| 417 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the current timetable is for the implementation of the new electricity trading arrangements in England and Wales. |
| (135878) | |
| 418 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action can be taken by the competition authorities for which he is responsible where a company is found to be in breach of undertakings given to obtain approval of a merger under the Fair Trading Act 1973; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135668) | |
| 419 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what constraints exist, where a breach of merger undertakings is identified, on the ability of the competition authorities to require an immediate rectification of such a breach; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135665) | |
| 420 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what evaluation his Department has undertaken of the effect of the EU Telecommunications Regulation concerning unbundling of the local loop on the UK telecommunications industry. |
| (135666) | |
| 421 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Warwick and Leamington of 24th October, Official Report, columns 106-7W, concerning the telecommunications council, what the Government's policy was towards the Commission's postal services proposal; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135744) | |
| 422 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Buckingham of 24th October, Official Report, column 101W, on the banana trade dispute, what the obstacles to compensation are; and how they are affected by World Trade Organisation membership. |
| (135793) | |
| 423 | Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the quinquennial review of the Coal Authority will take place; and what the terms of reference of the review will be. |
| (135862) | |
| 424 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in 1999 prices, what was the value of military equipment licensed for export to China in each year between 1985 and 1999. |
| (134435) | |
| 425 | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact on labour market flexibility of (a) IR35 and (b) current reform of regulation of the private recruitment industry. |
| (135562) | |
| 426 | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the cost to businesses of the EU agreement on e-commerce jurisdiction in favour of powers of courts of a consumer's country of residence; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135565) | |
| 427 | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sub-post offices closed between May 1997 and the latest available date. |
| (135557) | |
| 428 | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the Government's progress in creating the universal bank; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135561) | |
| 429 | Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to reform the current provisions relating to parental leave. |
| (135560) | |
| 430 N | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he has reached agreement with the European Commission over the payment of grants, discounts or subsidies for (a) the coal industry, (b) Rover, (c) Nissan, (d) the Universal Bank, (e) Regional Venture Capital funds and (f) the Climate Charge levy. |
| (135655) | |
| 431 N | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to what extent service personnel are being trained to operate fuel delivery lorries in the event of disruption to supply. |
| (135654) | |
| 432 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what projects his Department is supporting connected with the First Check Point organisation to combat incompetent and dishonest builders. |
| (135429) | |
| 433 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations he has received on the increased cost of petrol to businesses, rural dwellers and farmers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135796) | |
| 434 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the decision not to extend export credit guarantee cover to Romania; if he will review this decision; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135556) | |
| 435 | Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to publish the bilateral concordat between his Department and the Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. |
| (135865) | |
| 436 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will announce the next steps the Government plans to take to address the threat of cosmic impact; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135476) | |
| 437 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will discuss with the Prime Minister the possibility of including the threat of Near Earth Objects at a future meeting of the G8 leaders; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135477) | |
| 438 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the findings of the report of the Taskforce on Near Earth Objects; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135475) | |
| 439 N | Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make available the evidence upon which the statement on his Department's website, concerning the impact of action taken by the Government to reduce the burdens on business caused by regulation, was based; and if he will quantify the reduction in the burdens on business caused by regulation referred to in that statement. |
| [R] (135664) | |
| 440 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure that widescreen televisions sold in the UK are clearly labelled to distinguish whether they are digital or analogue. |
| (135908) | |
| 441 N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department spent on advertising in the recent government publication, Voices". |
| (135586) | |
| 442 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list those arms and components for military or security equipment licensed for sale to Israel since 1997. |
| (135470) | |
| 443 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the progress made by his Department since 1999 in reducing sickness absence; what targets he has agreed with the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135493) | |
| 444 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many silicosis cases (a) have been processed to date and (b) are still outstanding; and what assessment he has made of the length of time needed to complete all the outstanding silicosis claims. |
| (135543) | |
| 445 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action his Department is taking to speed up the process of settling outstanding silicosis compensation claims. |
| (135544) | |
| 446 N | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on his industrial policy for the electronics industry in relation to job losses announced by Panasonic and Sony in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135650) | |
| 447 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements have been put in place to ensure that those who choose to draw pensions in cash will continue to be able to do so at post offices. |
| (135866) | |
| 448 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the reasons why the Jodrell Bank Observatory MERLIN project bid was not granted funding by the North West Science Review; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135869) | |
| 449 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received about (a) the Jodrell Bank Observatory MERLIN project bid to the North West Science Review and (b) the future funding of the observatory. |
| (135870) | |
| 450 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the recipients of funding recently announced by the North West Science Review; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135868) | |
| 451 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what priorities his Department has set for the funding of science projects based in the North West of England. |
| (135867) | |
| 452 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his calculation is of the percentage contribution made in the current financial year by each industry and service to the gross domestic product of Wales after deduction of the subsidies paid from UK Government and European sources. |
| (134498) | |
| 453 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of children received their education through the medium of Welsh (a) within Wales as a whole and (b) by constituency, in each year since 1980. |
| (135687) | |
| 454 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of children received their education in the primary education sector through the medium of Welsh (a) within Wales as a whole and (b) by constituency, in each year since 1980. |
| (135688) | |
| 455 N | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many times he visited for official engagements the counties of (a) Gwynedd, (b) Ynys Môn, (c) Conwy, (d) Denbigh, (e) Flint, (f) Wrexham, (g) Powys, (h) Ceredigion, (i) Carmarthenshire and (j) Pembroke, between 1st August and 30th September. |
| (135805) | |
| 456 N | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the legislation enacted during the present session which has made specific provisions for Wales arising from representations made by the National Assembly for Wales. |
| (135742) | |
| 457 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in discussions within the EU on securing equal treatment for agency workers under the part-time working directive. |
| [Transferred] (135709) | |
| 458 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to allow BBC licence payers a discount if they are unable to receive BBC digital services; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (135907) | |
| 459 | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the expected percentage real return for the Department of Trade and Industry on the launch aid which has been provided for the Airbus A3XX. |
| [Transferred] (135853) | |
| 460 | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the total value of repayments to the Department of Trade and Industry which fall due under contractual conditions on the Airbus A3XX grant aid package. |
| [Transferred] (135856) | |
| 461 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects a decision from the North West Science and Daresbury Development Group on the Jodrell Bank Observatory MERLIN project bid for funding; and what representations he has received regarding the funding review. |
| [Transferred] (135871) | |
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