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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 2 November 2000
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 2 November, 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 Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of agricultural products made in the UK are exported; and to which countries. |
| (136613) | |
| 2 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the percentage change in charges on abattoirs since the meat hygiene cost-effective charging system replaced local authority charges related to small, medium and large abattoirs. |
| (136660) | |
| 3 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he has taken to carry out an epidemiological study to determine the effect of organophosphorus sheep dips on (a) those persons who have been in contact with them when engaged in (i) dipping sheep and (ii) handling sheep dipped with such dips, (b) sheep dipped with such dips and (c) persons handling wool from such sheep; and how much his Department has spent in the last five years on such studies. |
| (136204) | |
| 4 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much has been spent by his Department to establish a diagnostic test concerning the relationship between organophosphorous sheep dips and human health; and what progress has been made to date in this matter. |
| (136232) | |
| 5 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the chemicals licensed for the purpose of dipping sheep; and what research he has carried out into the effects of each of these chemicals, and the solutions contained in them, used for dipping sheep, on (a) humans, (b) soil and aquatic life and (c) sheep, with particular reference to genetic damage caused. |
| (136207) | |
| 6 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 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. |
| (136058) | |
| 7 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed in the Honours Unit. |
| (136702) | |
| 8 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, when the Refreshment Department's facilities in Portcullis House will be available for use by honourable Members and staff. |
| (136289) | |
| 9 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the transport vehicles to which the Heritage Lottery Fund has given financial support since its foundation; how many such vehicles are on static display only; and how many such vehicles are in use. |
| (136275) | |
| 10 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidelines he has issued to the National Lottery Commission in respect of criteria for awarding the licence to run the National Lottery. |
| (136394) | |
| 11 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what budget has been allocated to mark the closure of the Millennium Dome. |
| (136451) | |
| 12 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received regarding the decision of the BBC to move its main evening news from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.; and what discussions he has had with the Director-General of the BBC on the subject. |
| (136403) | |
| 13 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the training facilities available for synchronised swimming. |
| (136398) | |
| 14 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions he has made official visits to (a) the opera and (b) the ballet since May 1997. |
| (136392) | |
| 15 N | Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 30th October, Official Report, column 331W, on ministerial engagements, if he will list the total number of engagements (a) accepted, (b) cancelled and (c) where an official attended in his place. |
| (136177) | |
| 16 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which regions of the United Kingdom have received Government funding for the tourism industry in each of the last two years. |
| (136537) | |
| 17 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much government funding Merseyside metropolitan borough councils received for tourism projects in connection with swimming recreation for (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) the current year to date. |
| (136538) | |
| 18 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the reasons for permitting the demolition of the twin towers at Wembley Stadium. |
| (136241) | |
| 19 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment was made (a) by and (b) for the Government prior to the final decision to locate the Dome at Greenwich of the effects on visitor numbers of locating the Dome there. |
| (136240) | |
| 20 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans there are to mark the closure of the Millennium Dome. |
| (136239) | |
| 21 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria there are for fitness to be granted the licence to run the National Lottery, with particular reference to the personal character and past conduct of bidders. |
| (136244) | |
| 22 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the criteria and safeguards applied to ensure fairness and probity in the awarding of contracts in respect of the Millennium Dome. |
| (136245) | |
| 23 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many visits he has made to (a) the cinema and (b) the theatre in an official capacity since May 1997. |
| (136242) | |
| 24 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason he has not dismissed the National Lottery Commissioners who were in post at the time of the decision which resulted in the resignation of the Chairman of the Commission. |
| (136243) | |
| 25 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of works of art and other items from national collections that have been hired out to (a) public and (b) private sector organisations in the last year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136612) | |
| 26 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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. |
| (136056) | |
| 27 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the other states armed with nuclear weapons; and what progress he has made, following the statement on nuclear disarmament agreed at this year's Non-proliferation Treaty Conference at the United Nations. |
| (135328) | |
| 28 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, of those troops being trained for duties in the event of another fuel crisis, how many have been trained to assist the police in relation to public order offences. |
| (136067) | |
| 29 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will implement joint flying rules for all three services in the Joint Helicopter Command; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134308) | |
| 30 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the non-war graves where maintenance to an appropriate standard is impossible for (a) climatic and (b) political reasons. |
| (134307) | |
| 31 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Lynx helicopters are available for operational duty in (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Army and (c) the RAF; for each service how many of those are flying beyond the 500-hour deep-servicing requirement; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134298) | |
| 32 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by how many (a) civilians and (b) RAF personnel the two Lynx deep-servicing lines at RAF Benson are undermanned; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134299) | |
| 33 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the outcome of the Army Training Estates Review; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134302) | |
| 34 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from 1st October what will be the annual budget of the Army Casualty Cell at Upavon in respect of non-war graves in (a) the UK and (b) overseas. |
| (134304) | |
| 35 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the responsibilities of the Army Casualty Cell. |
| (134305) | |
| 36 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the current annual budgets for (a) the Royal Navy and (b) the Royal Air Force in respect of their non-war graves in the UK. |
| (134306) | |
| 37 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in each of the past five years what has been the annual contribution from British Government sources to the South African Heritage Committee in respect of Boer War graves. |
| (134297) | |
| 38 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if ex-gratia payments to former prisoners of war in the Far East will include civilians. |
| (136528) | |
| 39 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the relative contribution to the outcome of the conflict in Kosovo of (a) air power and (b) other factors. |
| (136254) | |
| 40 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will make publicly available plans and other documents it has obtained from the archive of (a) the Soviet Union and (b) other Warsaw Pact countries since the end of the Cold War, relating to possible military attacks on NATO states. |
| (136236) | |
| 41 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of bombs and missiles currently in service to withstand repeated take-offs by the aircraft carrying them. |
| (136235) | |
| 42 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Far East prisoners of war are still living; and what estimate he has made of the numbers residing in East Lancashire. |
| (136554) | |
| 43 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the shipyards in the United Kingdom which are capable of building ships of the size of the future generation of aircraft carriers. |
| (136273) | |
| 44 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the specification is of fuel tankers used by (a) the Army and (b) the other armed services; how this differs from the specification of commercial fuel tankers in use in the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136061) | |
| 45 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are qualified to drive commercial fuel tankers of the type in use in the UK; how many were qualified to do so on 1st January; how many are undergoing training which would enable them to drive such commercial fuel tankers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136060) | |
| 46 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if Article 15 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights requires equal working conditions for nationals of third countries working in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136462) | |
| 47 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the phonetic approach to the teaching of reading. |
| (136194) | |
| 48 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the work of the Zacchaeus Centre in Birmingham. |
| (136402) | |
| 49 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to visit the University of Buckingham. |
| (136461) | |
| 50 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria he used to determine the dates on which the summer school pilots set up under the Excellence in Cities programme are to take place; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136527) | |
| 51 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the discount arrangements for students who wish to pursue courses of study lasting (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) more than three years. |
| (136182) | |
| 52 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the eligibility criteria for students who wish to obtain individual learning accounts. |
| (136180) | |
| 53 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the measures he proposes to take to speed up the processing of individual learning accounts. |
| (136181) | |
| 54 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how the receipt of a London weighting allowance in a salary is treated by the regulations governing the repayment threshold and liability under the student loan scheme. |
| (136534) | |
| 55 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many middle schools in England have fewer than 100 pupils on roll. |
| (134300) | |
| 56 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of compensation claims for perceived education or other deficiencies in schools by present or former pupils, of the incorporation of the European Convention of Human Rights into UK law. |
| (136259) | |
| 57 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the reclassification of the former polytechnics as universities on (a) academic standards and (b) vocational training. |
| (136260) | |
| 58 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if his Department's guidance to teachers is based on the principle that teachers act in loco parentis. |
| (136261) | |
| 59 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of university courses have changed from three years to four years in each of the past five years. |
| (136262) | |
| 60 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what obligations in respect of impartiality schools are required to observe when allowing politicians to discuss politically controversial subjects with pupils. |
| (136237) | |
| 61 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of internet-based teaching programmes that can develop literacy and numeracy for post-16 year olds in education. |
| (136540) | |
| 62 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what initiatives are in place to teach socially excluded and disadvantaged young people how to operate their own businesses. |
| (136539) | |
| 63 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if his Department will introduce a course on entrepreneurship for secondary schools as a part of the national curriculum. |
| (136541) | |
| 64 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures the Government is taking to address the digital divide in education. |
| (136542) | |
| 65 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to ensure that solar power is fully utilised in his home energy efficiency proposals. |
| (136287) | |
| 66 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what support he plans to give to encourage the development of techniques for the recycling of organic materials in household waste. |
| (136286) | |
| 67 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what response the Government has made to the proposed EU directive introducing common measurements of aircraft noise across the European Union. |
| (136543) | |
| 68 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the contribution made by (a) UK-based airlines and (b) UK airports to greenhouse gas emissions; and what contributions they are expected to make to help the UK reach its Kyoto targets. |
| (136197) | |
| 69 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure small pockets of deprivation outside cities receive government support for regeneration. |
| (136526) | |
| 70 | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Phillips Report for animal rendering plants. |
| (136385) | |
| 71 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which non-UK and non-US carriers have received further fifth freedom rights from the UK in the last year; and which applications are still outstanding. |
| (136703) | |
| 72 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the impact of the proposed Thameslink 2000, indicating how many passengers the link is expected to carry. |
| (136535) | |
| 73 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths caused by emissions of nitrous oxides in each of the past three years. |
| (136098) | |
| 74 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effects on human health of nitrous oxides emissions from waste incinerators; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136100) | |
| 75 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the amount of nitrous oxides that will be emitted by waste incinerators in each of the next three years. |
| (136099) | |
| 76 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the recommended level is of reserves required to be held by a parish council; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136179) | |
| 77 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has received the return from Ross-on-Wye Town Council on the finances of the council; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136178) | |
| 78 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will build a bypass for the village of Chicklade on the A303(T) in Wiltshire. |
| (134301) | |
| 79 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the regional development agencies. |
| (136268) | |
| 80 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what additional resources the Government will allocate to local authorities from 2003 following the Government's detrunking programme. |
| (136428) | |
| 81 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) fatal industrial accidents and (b) industrial accidents involving a stay in hospital of over 24 hours have occurred in the Humberside Region since 1st January 1999. |
| (134239) | |
| 82 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries involving a stay in hospital occurred in premises on Humberside which were under a prohibition notice in the last five years. |
| (134240) | |
| 83 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many Band 2 and Band 3 HSE inspectors there are in the Hull office. |
| (134241) | |
| 84 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Sykes' Accommodation Report on the implications of closing the Hull Office of the HSE. |
| (134242) | |
| 85 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the cost was of the preparation of the Sykes Report; and if it was distributed to trade unions and employers in the Humberside Region. |
| (134243) | |
| 86 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many requests for HSE inspectors to make educational and promotional visits to the Humber Region in the past two years were made to the Leeds and Sheffield offices of the HSE; and how many such requests were successful. |
| (134244) | |
| 87 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant of his Answer of 11th July, Official Report, column 502W, on the Health and Safety Executive, what meetings were held with (a) local employers, (b) local trade unions and (c) local authorities before the meeting with the Chairman of the HSC and the Regional Director of the HSE. |
| (134245) | |
| 88 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has held with Railtrack on the subject of cracked or faulty railway lines; what assurances he has secured from Railtrack; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135932) | |
| 89 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what investigations are being undertaken on the safety of the railway track in (a) north east Scotland and (b) elsewhere in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135934) | |
| 90 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he was first advised by the Shadow Strategic Rail Authority of the extent of the problems with broken rails; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135933) | |
| 91 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many broken rails were discovered on the railway network in Scotland in (a) 1990 and (b) in each year from 1995 to date; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135935) | |
| 92 | Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that Scottish airports' consultative committees are involved in the Scottish airports and air services review. |
| (136422) | |
| 93 | Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre. |
| (136423) | |
| 94 | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many miles of bus lanes there are in England; what steps are taken to enforce the regulations which apply to them; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136669) | |
| 95 | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many miles of red route roads there are in England; what steps are taken to enforce the regulations which apply to them; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136671) | |
| 96 | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people have (a) passed their driving test and (b) progressed to Pass Plus since the introduction of Pass Plus in 1995. |
| (136670) | |
| 97 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce lighting standards for all classes of road in urban areas; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136425) | |
| 98 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 173W, on rail investment, if he will set out the advantages and disadvantages of taking an equity stake in Railtrack. |
| (136283) | |
| 99 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of street lighting columns that are unsafe and require replacement within the next 12 months. |
| (136426) | |
| 100 | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what sift criteria will be used to determine which trunk roads are priorities for resurfacing to reduce noise levels. |
| (136285) | |
| 101 | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects the A5 at Wibtoft on the Warwickshire and Leicestershire border to be resurfaced to reduce traffic noise. |
| (136284) | |
| 102 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent studies the Health and Safety Executive has carried out into the safety of organophosphorus sheep dips in relation to (a) humans and (b) sheep. |
| (136205) | |
| 103 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers he has to regulate the cost of air travel from regional airports. |
| (136280) | |
| 104 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of operating asphalt production plants with the proposed European Union Directive on assessment and management of environmental noise, COM (2000) 468 Final, of 26th July. |
| (136295) | |
| 105 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list each of the asphalt production plants licensed to operate in England, indicating the owners, operators, output capacity and date opened in each case. |
| (136705) | |
| 106 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent assessment has been made by (a) his Department, (b) consultants to his Department, (c) the Environment Agency and (d) the Health and Safety Executive, of the potential environmental and health hazards posed by the operation of asphalt production plants. |
| (136294) | |
| 107 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the applications refused for the operation of asphalt plants for each of the past 10 years. |
| (136531) | |
| 108 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the guidance given to planning inquiry inspectors on the degree of attention which should be given to local community opinion on planning applications. |
| (136292) | |
| 109 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what environmental protection measures are in place to mitigate the effects on groundwater of water run-off from quarry excavations. |
| (136291) | |
| 110 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people on low incomes living in private sector homes in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Devon have had energy efficiency measures implemented and central heating and security devices installed in their homes as part of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme; and how many are waiting for such work to be carried out. |
| (135930) | |
| 111 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an estimate of the impact of direct and indirect taxes on households in all main income deciles since May 1997. |
| (136419) | |
| 112 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the impact of the tax system in the United States on encouraging small business start-ups. |
| (136406) | |
| 113 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the percentage of GDP which is represented by public expenditure. |
| (136195) | |
| 114 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to tax donations to (a) political parties and (b) the offices of individual honourable Members. |
| (136413) | |
| 115 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the trends in the proportion of the overseas assets of the United Kingdom which are invested outside the European Union. |
| (136405) | |
| 116 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased excise duties on the Retail Price Index since May 1997. |
| (136192) | |
| 117 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the loss to the Inland Revenue in 1999-2000 resulting from (a) tax avoidance and (b) tax evasion. |
| (136390) | |
| 118 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publicise the proportion of the purchase price of (a) a pint of beer, (b) a bottle of wine, (c) a bottle of whiskey, (d) a packet of 20 cigarettes and (e) a litre of unleaded petrol that is represented by tax and excise duty. |
| (136391) | |
| 119 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the conclusions of the Macdougall Report regarding the share of GDP to be raised and spent centrally in any currency zone. |
| (136416) | |
| 120 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) commission and (b) publish independent assessments of whether his five economic tests are being met. |
| (136411) | |
| 121 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to submit his next Budget letter for independent adjudication before it is publicly distributed. |
| (136191) | |
| 122 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will define the terms (a) tax harmonisation and (b) tax co-ordination. |
| (136414) | |
| 123 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the future of the working families tax credit. |
| (136473) | |
| 124 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department's special advisers have travelled abroad at public expense and at what cost since May 1997. |
| (136389) | |
| 125 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the abolition of the tax credit on dividends on the size of UK pension funds. |
| (136417) | |
| 126 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what restrictions apply to contact between his special advisers and journalists between publication of the Budget Report 2000 and the 2001 Budget. |
| (136193) | |
| 127 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the role of the Paymaster General in tackling unfair tax contributions. |
| (136415) | |
| 128 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last discussed constitutional issues raised by the euro with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. |
| (136404) | |
| 129 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason aviation fuel utilities on (a) UK domestic flights and (b) EU internal flights is exempt from fuel taxation. |
| (136544) | |
| 130 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those economies of the single currency with which a sustainable convergence must be demonstrated for the purpose of satisfying his first economic test as to whether entry into the euro is in Britain's economic interest. |
| (136203) | |
| 131 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of post offices since May 1997 on his objective of reducing financial exclusion. |
| (136711) | |
| 132 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the non-economic factors which will be taken into account in determining the timing of a decision to replace the pound with the euro. |
| (136263) | |
| 133 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families benefit from the working families tax credit in each constituency in Wales. |
| (136616) | |
| 134 N | Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he is taking to ensure that banking services are available to all. |
| (133907) | |
| 135 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work has been undertaken for his Department in the last three years by G-CAT. |
| (136198) | |
| 136 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a)(i) an untapered and (ii) a tapered age-related allowance of £15,000 a year for pensioners of over 75 years and (b) excluding all pensioners of over 80 years old from income tax. |
| (136274) | |
| 137 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer, of 28th July, Official Report, column 1016W, on capital gains indexation, if he will revise his estimate (a) giving yields for the next five financial years assuming that asset values are constant in real terms, and (b) giving yields for the next five financial years assuming that retirement relief is reintroduced at its previous level and asset values are constant in real terms. |
| (136296) | |
| 138 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what policy he will adopt at Nice on the extension of qualified majority voting. |
| (136396) | |
| 139 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy regarding the legal status of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. |
| (136395) | |
| 140 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of NAFTA on the UK economy in the last five years. |
| (136401) | |
| 141 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the expansion of the aquis communitaire. |
| (136393) | |
| 142 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the constitutional issues relating to the euro; and on what dates. |
| (136387) | |
| 143 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit the Falkland Islands. |
| (136397) | |
| 144 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list by UK diplomatic mission the sums disbursed on (a) British and (b) Commonwealth war memorials in (i) 1998 and (ii) 1999. |
| (134303) | |
| 145 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those countries for which it is Government policy that they should ultimately be permitted to join the European Union. |
| (136230) | |
| 146 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date it became the Government's policy to support the creation of a European superpower. |
| (136514) | |
| 147 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account the Government will take of the results of the Danish referendum in the timing of a possible UK referendum on replacing the pound with the euro. |
| (136256) | |
| 148 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account the EU has taken in making decisions to provide funding to the European Movement of the European Movement's other sources of funding. |
| (136255) | |
| 149 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy concerning the balance of responsibilities between the United Kingdom Government and the European Union and proposals to change the method of voting in Brussels on (a) the approval of the rules of procedure of the Court of Auditors, (b) the appointment of the Court of Auditors, (c) the rules of procedure of the European Court of First Instance, (d) the rules of procedure of the European Court of Justice, (e) the appointment of the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council, (f) the appointment of the Secretary-General, (g) the Association of Overseas Countries and Territories and (h) the powers of the Court of Justice in Title IV. |
| (136672) | |
| 150 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made to the number of civilian Serbs (a) resident in Kosovo at the beginning of 1999, (b) who left after the NATO action and the withdrawal of the Serb forces and (c) who have subsequently returned. |
| (136290) | |
| 151 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of civilian (a) Roma, (b) Muslim and (c) Slav people resident in Kosovo at the beginning of 1999; how many left after the NATO action and the withdrawal of the Serb forces; and how many have subsequently returned. |
| (136200) | |
| 152 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if Her Majesty's Government will pass on to the UNHRC inquiry information on human rights abuses collected by British consular staff in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. |
| (136453) | |
| 153 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures Her Majesty's Government will take to support the investigation of the Human Rights Inquiry Commission established by the UN Human Rights Commission to collect information about violations of human rights and international law committed by the Israeli occupying power in the occupied Palestinian territories since 28th September. |
| (136452) | |
| 154 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to request that the Human Rights Inquiry Commission established by the UN Human Rights Commission (a) includes forensic and ballistic experts and (b) is given the means to conduct their investigations. |
| (136454) | |
| 155 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the future role of the British Council in Sierra Leone. |
| (136645) | |
| 156 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government of the Solomon Islands have asked Her Majesty's Government for assistance in relation to recent civil disorder on the islands; and what assistance has been provided. |
| (136631) | |
| 157 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the future role of the British Council in Zambia. |
| (136642) | |
| 158 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the future role of the British Council in Malawi. |
| (136641) | |
| 159 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his latest estimate of the date by which work will have commenced on the new Rothbury Community Hospital, Northumberland. |
| (136552) | |
| 160 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister of Health in the Welsh Assembly about provision for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. |
| (136384) | |
| 161 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration NICE has given to the social costs of the refusal to supply beta interferon to multiple sclerosis sufferers. |
| (136400) | |
| 162 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations he has received about the continuation of mixed sex wards in the last 12 months. |
| (136465) | |
| 163 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what study he has made of co-operation between the state and private medical sectors in European Union countries. |
| (136464) | |
| 164 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the condition of the mortuary of Trafford General Hospital. |
| (136065) | |
| 165 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bed days were lost through bed-blocking at (a) the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital Margate, (b) the William Harvey Hospital Ashford and (c) the Kent and Canterbury Hospital during the past 26 weeks; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136078) | |
| 166 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appointments for elective surgery were postponed or cancelled at (a) the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospitals Margate, (b) the William Harvey Hospital Ashford and (c) the Kent and Canterbury Hospital during the past 26 weeks. |
| (136077) | |
| 167 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of restoring free dental examinations to (a) all adults, (b) all those over the age of 65, (c) all those over the age of 60 and (d) all those over the age of 55 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136483) | |
| 168 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of restoring free eye examinations to (a) all adults, (b) all those over the age of 65, (c) all those over the age of 60 and (d) all those over the age of 55 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136484) | |
| 169 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of restoring free prescriptions to (a) all adults, (b) all those over the age of 65, (c) all those over the age of 60 and (d) all those over the age of 55 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136482) | |
| 170 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with drug problems had treatment withdrawn by GPs in (a) 1999 to 2000 and (b) 2000-01 at the latest date for which figures are available. |
| (136652) | |
| 171 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners ceased to offer treatment for drug related problems to patients addicted to drugs in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01 at the latest available date. |
| (136525) | |
| 172 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of the wheelchair vouchers scheme. |
| (136270) | |
| 173 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to check vaccines made during the 1970's following the publication of the Phillips Inquiry. |
| (136618) | |
| 174 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has recently commissioned on the possibility of a connection between overhead power lines and cancer. |
| (136429) | |
| 175 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will extend the period for the introduction of new packaging and labelling rules under the EU Fruit Juice directive from 30 months to five years. |
| (136662) | |
| 176 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to have the national framework for asthma care in place; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136424) | |
| 177 | Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if independent fostering agencies will be able to approve and register carers under the draft regulations recently published under the Care Standards Act 2000. |
| (136529) | |
| 178 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease care package will be earmarked for assisting in the early identification of the symptoms of the disease. |
| (136278) | |
| 179 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the incidence of misdiagnosis of new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. |
| (136277) | |
| 180 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has commissioned into methods of early identification of the symptoms of new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. |
| (136281) | |
| 181 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support he intends to give as part of the NVCJD care package to the families of victims who have been misdiagnosed. |
| (136279) | |
| 182 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to raise the awareness of health practitioners of the early symptoms of new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. |
| (136282) | |
| 183 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in Birmingham have been hospitalised in the last five years under (i) police protection orders and (ii) emergency care orders who were subsequently separated from their mothers for a period in excess of 12 months. |
| (136530) | |
| 184 | Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the therapies and pharmacological solutions available on the NHS to counter the effects of tinnitus; and if he will commission research on this subject. |
| (136202) | |
| 185 | Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about single dose measles mumps and rubella vaccines, with particular reference to availability of an option for parents to have these vaccines administered to their children singly. |
| (136201) | |
| 186 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much grant was given to Sussex Police for the cost of policing this year's Labour Party Conference at Brighton. |
| (136551) | |
| 187 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to issue guidance to Ministers in his Department on disclosing information relating to the use of controlled drugs. |
| (136481) | |
| 188 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many letters he has received (a) supporting and (b) opposing the continued imprisonment of Myra Hindley, since May 1997. |
| (136388) | |
| 189 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with ACPO about improving the visibility of the police in public places. |
| (136463) | |
| 190 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the investigation into leaks from the SIRENE Bureaux in 1997 has identified the (a) source of the leaks and (b) recipient; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136468) | |
| 191 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he has taken to ensure that the UK element of Schengen Information System-connected databases is of identical format to other connected databases. |
| (136469) | |
| 192 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his policy towards delineating along national lines areas of competence in which each state may determine future criminal law rules, in the context of 13.2 of Com (2000) 495. |
| (136470) | |
| 193 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend the law relating to travellers. |
| (136410) | |
| 194 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the head of the Recruitment Task Force of the Metropolitan police about his policy on recruiting people previously rejected as below standard. |
| (136477) | |
| 195 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the low turnout at the 1999 European elections. |
| (136412) | |
| 196 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if Article 26 of the Schengen Agreement requires parties to support harmonisation of indirect taxation within the Council of Ministers; and if the UK Government is exempt. |
| (136471) | |
| 197 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the organisations under his control which he will assign to the National Centre for Combating Money Laundering as set out in section B.8 of the Justice and Home Affairs Meeting on 17th October. |
| (136472) | |
| 198 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those areas of administrative law for which he supports the establishment of common minimum standards at EU level. |
| (136467) | |
| 199 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effect on banking secrecy of the conclusions of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 17th October. |
| (136386) | |
| 200 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what links the Scarman Centre has with police forces in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136466) | |
| 201 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juveniles were on remand in Feltham Young Offenders Unit in each quarter since January 1999; and what percentage they constituted of the total number of prisoners. |
| (136651) | |
| 202 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what studies he has conducted into the benefits of staffing young offender units with officers specifically trained in child and youth care. |
| (136548) | |
| 203 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the offences for which juveniles and young offenders on remand in Feltham Young Offenders Unit have been charged over the last two years. |
| (136653) | |
| 204 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the average number of out-of-cell hours for juveniles and young offenders on remand in each young offenders unit in England. |
| (136657) | |
| 205 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines his Department has issued on the sharing of cells by inmates in young offender institutions. |
| (136658) | |
| 206 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average number of out of cell hours for convicted juveniles and young offenders in Feltham Young Offenders Unit and for each of the other young offenders units in England. |
| (136547) | |
| 207 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information is held on the previous convictions of remand and convicted prisoners in Feltham Young Offenders Unit. |
| (136524) | |
| 208 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number of juveniles and young offenders in Feltham Young Offenders Unit sharing a cell designed for one person (a) at the latest date for which figures are available and (b) for each quarter since 1999. |
| (136659) | |
| 209 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders between 18 and 21 years old are on remand in Feltham Young Offenders Unit for each quarter year since January 1999 in (a) actual terms and (b) as a percentage of the total number of prisoners. |
| (136667) | |
| 210 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers the UK (a) returned and (b) accepted in (i) October 1999, (ii) November 1999, (iii) December 1999, (iv) January 2000, (v) February 2000, (vi) March 2000, (vii) April 2000, (viii) May 2000, (ix) June 2000 and (x) July 2000. |
| (136091) | |
| 211 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to investigate funding of political groups in the UK by foreign intelligence agencies, with particular reference to the former Communist Party of Great Britain. |
| (136265) | |
| 212 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if it is his policy to pass files on British Stasi agents to the Crown Prosecution Service for a decision to be taken on whether to prosecute them. |
| (136320) | |
| 213 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether all information relevant to British secret Stasi agents has been made available by the United States from its Operation Rosewood archive. |
| (136248) | |
| 214 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Security Service made a full examination of the Berlin Stasi archive in relation to British Stasi agents. |
| (136251) | |
| 215 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health on the advantages and disadvantages of legalising cannabis. |
| (136233) | |
| 216 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made in providing that business premises open at unsocial hours must protect purchasers of those goods by CCTV as a condition of being licensed to trade at such times. |
| (136234) | |
| 217 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the degree of access to confidential government (a) documents and (b) briefings afforded to senior members and staff of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. |
| (136246) | |
| 218 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the level of the deposit required for UK parliamentary elections. |
| (136269) | |
| 219 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account he took of the investigations into the involvement of members of the Hindiya family in the Bofors scandal in India, when he approved G. P. Hindiya's and S. P. Hindiya's applications for British citizenship in 1998 and 1999. |
| (136264) | |
| 220 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about Security Service investigations into the monitoring of (a) pro-NATO activists and (b) the former Social Democratic Party by British Stasi agents. |
| (136252) | |
| 221 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what use was made of information gained in Operation Rosewood to acquire further evidence against British Stasi spies in order to pursue prosecutions. |
| (136266) | |
| 222 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if files obtained by the UK security services showing the identities of British agents of the Stasi will be preserved for the future use of historians. |
| (136267) | |
| 223 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government first obtained evidence of the existence of reports to the Stasi from a source in Chatham House. |
| (136247) | |
| 224 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the Government uses in deciding whether (a) to pass files to the Crown Prosecution Service for possible prosecution and (b) to reveal publicly the names of past secret agents of hostile intelligence agencies in peace-time. |
| (136249) | |
| 225 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason no action has been taken against any British agents now known to have covertly worked for the East German Intelligence Service. |
| (136250) | |
| 226 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the reason for the delay by the Transfer Desk in his Department in transferring a letter regarding an immigration matter sent to him by the honourable Member for Kingston upon Hull North on 5th September; what is the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) greatest length of time taken for a letter to be transferred from his Department to another department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136026) | |
| 227 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy that police officers must disclose whether they are freemasons. |
| (136276) | |
| 228 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list, for asylum cases considered under normal procedures, for (a) each of the last 10 calendar years for which figures are available and (b) each month in 2000 for which figures are available, (i) the number of asylum claims refused, broken down by major type of refusal and (ii) the number of asylum claims refused in each type, expressed as a proportion of the total number of refusals. |
| (136063) | |
| 229 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans have been drawn up by his task force to deal with a recurrence of fuel protests; how many times the task force has met; what its membership is; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136066) | |
| 230 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to deploy armed forces personnel in the event of a recurrence of fuel protests; what functions they will perform; what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence concerning these plans; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136062) | |
| 231 | Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement about the matter of Harmon CFEM Facades v. the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons. |
| (136650) | |
| 232 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to provide support for the promotion of civil society in Burundi. |
| (136457) | |
| 233 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement about the development of a regional policy for the Great Lakes region of Africa. |
| (136458) | |
| 234 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her 'Literature Survey on intellectual property rights and sustainable human development' cost to produce. |
| (136634) | |
| 235 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are in place to prevent British aid being used to fund or encourage illegal activity in developing countries. |
| (136635) | |
| 236 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department funds incentivised sterilisation in developing countries. |
| (136640) | |
| 237 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are taken to ensure that British aid is not misused; and if she will make a statement. |
| (136630) | |
| 238 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the level of corruption in the Malawian Government. |
| (136663) | |
| 239 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contracts her Department is currently funding through the British Council. |
| (136644) | |
| 240 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support has been given to the Malawi anti-corruption bureau. |
| (136638) | |
| 241 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff her Department directly employs in Malawi. |
| (136665) | |
| 242 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her document 'Fair-Trade, Overview, impact and challenges' cost to produce. |
| (136632) | |
| 243 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the impact of fishing by western countries off the coast of West Africa on development in that region. |
| (136622) | |
| 244 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the scope for corruption in sector wide approaches to aid. |
| (136637) | |
| 245 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of corruption in projects administered by the European Union. |
| (136626) | |
| 246 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the officials she met on her recent visit to Indonesia. |
| (136625) | |
| 247 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the projects funded by her Department since 1st May 1997 that partially or wholly involve research into genetically modified organisms indicating their aggregate cost. |
| (136621) | |
| 248 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when her White Paper on globalisation will be published. |
| (136624) | |
| 249 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department made of corruption in the Malawian education sector before her recent aid announcement. |
| (136664) | |
| 250 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on aid to Kenya. |
| (136620) | |
| 251 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to ensure that British aid to Malawi was not used to purchase 39 Mercedes cars for Government ministers; and if she will make a statement. |
| (136656) | |
| 252 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of the bilateral aid budget is spent on sector wide approaches. |
| (136636) | |
| 253 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on the Imfundo project. |
| (136633) | |
| 254 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has her Department made of corruption in projects administered by the United Nations. |
| (136627) | |
| 255 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on publications since 1st January. |
| (136639) | |
| 256 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the drought in the Horn of Africa region. |
| (136623) | |
| 257 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the government departments she is funding in Malawi and the amount funded in each case. |
| (136643) | |
| 258 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list her Department's aid projects in Malawi. |
| (136666) | |
| 259 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what procedures exist in her 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. |
| (136057) | |
| 260 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on access to justice in Buckinghamshire. |
| (136476) | |
| 261 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the implementation of the civil procedure rules; what audit has been carried out of the financial consequences of implementation for the Department and the litigating public; and what change there has been in the number of cases conducted by litigants in person following implementation. |
| (136293) | |
| 262 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the average length of time between serving of a notice of seeking possession on a tenant of a local authority and the granting of possession where the application was successful (a) in England and Wales, (b) in the West Midlands counties and (c) in Birmingham in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement on his proposals to speed up the process. |
| (136288) | |
| 263 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the work undertaken for the Public Trust Office in the last three years by (a) FTI, (b) IRC Europe, (c) Mtic Ltd, (d) PriceWaterhouse and (e) Zeldon Health Ltd. |
| (136199) | |
| 264 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what reports, research or projects have been undertaken for the Court Service in the last three years by Mtic Ltd. |
| (136532) | |
| 265 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the impact of the New Deal for Young People in Northern Ireland. |
| (136475) | |
| 266 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are employed in his Department under the New Deal for Young People. |
| (136480) | |
| 267 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list those bills to which the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission have given a declaration of compatability with human rights and also list those which have received an adverse declaration in regard to bills presented to (a) Parliament and (b) the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| (136611) | |
| 268 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what attempts are made by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission to identify or assess the perceived (a) political and (b) religious affiliation of persons seeking assistance from the Commission. |
| (136520) | |
| 269 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the occasions on which the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has initiated proceedings, the nature of each such case and the reference number and names of the persons concerned. |
| (136523) | |
| 270 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions and on what dates the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has given him advice with respect to taking measures to create rights supplementary to those in the European Convention on Human Rights; and what advice was given which was not supplementary to the European Convention. |
| (136706) | |
| 271 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what efforts are made by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission to encourage applications for assistance in bringing a case from sections of the community which are presently under-represented in the number of applications for assistance. |
| (136521) | |
| 272 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the applications made to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commisssion for assistance to bring a case, the cost of such assistance in each case in which assistance was given, and also show the cases in which requests for assistance was refused and the reasons for refusal in each case. |
| (136519) | |
| 273 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the criteria used by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission for giving assistance to an individual to bring a case. |
| (136518) | |
| 274 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 30th October, Official Report, column 231W, how many persons from (a) Republican terrorist organisations and (b) Loyalist terrorist organisations have been charged as a consequence of RUC investigations into the (i) shootings, (ii) assaults and (iii) deaths listed. |
| (136421) | |
| 275 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has been the total cost from 30th June to 30th September of the Saville Inquiry into the events in Londonderry on 30th January 1972; and what sums were spent in that period on the inquiry broken down by (a) salaries of staff, (b) travel and subsistence, (c) accommodation, (d) hearing/witness costs, (e) fees to solicitors, representing those killed, (f) solicitors representing others, (g) barristers representing those killed, (h) barristers representing others, (i) IT/communications and (j) miscellaneous, including general office expenditure and also provide the totals of each heading and the total costs since this inquiry began. |
| (136556) | |
| 276 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has assisted individuals in bringing cases; what is the reference number of the cases and the names of the individuals concerned; and by what means the outcome of the cases was brought to the attention of the general public. |
| (136517) | |
| 277 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the occasions on which the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has intervened in existing proceedings, indicating the nature of the cases, the names of those involved and the reference number. |
| (136522) | |
| 278 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Prime Minister, what account he takes in making ministerial appointments of membership by the persons concerned of organisations whose purposes are contrary to the policies of the relevant Department. |
| (136253) | |
| 279 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Prime Minister, what reasons underlie his policy of (a) favouring the creation of a European superpower and (b) not favouring the creation of a European superstate. |
| (136229) | |
| 280 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will provide guidance to cabinet ministers about (a) the declaration of loans received for house purchases and (b) the receipt of donations from honourable Members. |
| (136228) | |
| 281 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Ealing North of 23rd October, Official Report, column 68W, what plans he has to include in the forthcoming review a review of pension arrangements for honourable Members and Ministers and the additional costs allowances. |
| (136420) | |
| 282 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the First Minister on the level of regulations on small businesses. |
| (136479) | |
| 283 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what studies his Department has conducted into the everyday (out of hospital) financial costs borne by pensioners who go into hospital for six weeks or more. |
| (136546) | |
| 284 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners he estimates are (a) eligible for and (b) claiming the minimum income guarantee for each parliamentary constituency in Wales. |
| (136646) | |
| 285 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many applications resulted from his Department's most recent campaign to improve the take-up of the minimum income guarantee for pensioners; and how many were successful. |
| (136533) | |
| 286 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects to publish his Department's next estimate of the take-up of income-related benefits. |
| (136549) | |
| 287 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners received the minimum income guarantee in each month since January to date. |
| (135931) | |
| 288 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many certificates have been issued by the Compensation Recovery Unit to reclaim benefits from damages received under the miners' compensation settlement; what was the original amount earmarked that could be reclaimed under these certificates; and what is currently the estimated amount. |
| (136430) | |
| 289 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many certificates issued by the Compensation Recovery Unit have resulted in payments received; and what is the total of those payments. |
| (136432) | |
| 290 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much money has been recovered from damages awarded to miners by the Compensation Recovery Unit. |
| (136433) | |
| 291 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the original estimated amount claimed by the Compensation Recovery Unit from the damages awarded to those miners whose cases the honourable Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney brought to his and his Department's attention; and what is the latest estimate claimed by the Compensation Recovery Unit in these cases. |
| (136431) | |
| 292 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, 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. |
| (136055) | |
| 293 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list the conditions to be met for material found in the archives of foreign intelligence agencies to be regarded by the Crown Prosecution Service as of evidential value in legal proceedings. |
| (136231) | |
| 294 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Solicitor General, what the Crown Prosecution Service's policy is on prosecution of cyclists for (a) riding on pavements, (b) failing to display lights at night, (c) riding without warning bells or horns and (d) ignoring red signals at traffic junctions. |
| (136257) | |
| 295 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many regulations on businesses were in existence in 1997; and how many there are now. |
| (136418) | |
| 296 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will assess the impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act in the United States. |
| (136399) | |
| 297 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many deregulation orders have been passed in each of the last three years. |
| (136407) | |
| 298 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will assess the impact of the United States Regulatory Flexibility Act 1980 and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act 1996. |
| (136408) | |
| 299 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will assess the operation of sunset regulation in the United States; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136409) | |
| 300 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the cost to public funds of the Parental Leave Directive in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) the estimated cost in 2000-01. |
| (136474) | |
| 301 N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the arrangements by which (a) the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and (b) the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Council are made accountable to his Department. |
| (133897) | |
| 302 | 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 business of employment-related litigation in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (136455) | |
| 303 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library a list of the sub post offices which have closed since May 1997. |
| (136704) | |
| 304 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole of 30th October, Official Report, column 224W, if he will provide a breakdown of the 1,183 sub-post office closures by (a) region and (b) urban/rural status. |
| (136707) | |
| 305 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of (a) the setting up costs and (b) the annual running costs of the Universal Bank. |
| (136708) | |
| 306 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the factors underlying the rate of post office closures since 1997. |
| (136710) | |
| 307 N | Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will announce his decision on managing PFR fuels at Dounreay. |
| [Transferred] (136104) | |
| 308 N | Mr George Mudie (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the prospects for the CARAD programme following the Comprehensive Spending Review. |
| [Question Unstarred] (133886) | |
| 309 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what provision has been made to enable ex-miners in Somerset to access the Medical Assessment Process from a test centre in Bristol. |
| (136460) | |
| 310 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to improve access for ex-miners in Somerset to the Medical Assessment Process from a centre nearer to the area. |
| (136459) | |
| 311 | Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the proposed establishment of a shipbuilding communities campaign modelled on the Coalfields Campaign. |
| (136555) | |
| 312 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what licences to permit the sale of spare parts for Hawk fighters in Indonesia have been granted in the past 12 months; and what reports he has received concerning the Hawks used in civil conflicts in (a) East Timor and (b) other parts of Indonesia. |
| (136655) | |
| 313 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, 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. |
| (136059) | |
| 314 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Secretary on the level of regulations on small businesses. |
| (136478) | |
| 315 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many businesses (a) operate and (b) operated in 1995 in Wales. |
| (136272) | |
| 316 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his estimate of the average percentage growth in average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees on adult rates in Wales for (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999. |
| (136271) | |
| 317 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the percentage GDP growth in Wales in (a) 1998 and (b) 1999. |
| (136206) | |
| 318 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps have been taken to prevent disruption by fuel protests in Wales. |
| (136614) | |
| 319 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of the troops trained to drive fuel tankers in the event of fuel protests will be stationed in Wales. |
| (136615) | |
| 320 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from companies in Wales which have made job reductions in the past six months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136649) | |
| 321 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the average level of personal debt per family in Wales. |
| (136617) | |
| 322 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from labour organisations regarding job losses in Wales over the past six months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136647) | |
| 323 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further research into the incubation period of CJD will be undertaken, and by whom, following the contraction of the disease by a 74 year old. |
| [Transferred] (136654) | |
| 324 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) groups and (b) individuals who are involved in research into vCJD. |
| [Transferred] (136619) | |
| 325 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has for extending the type of financial help with inspection charges made available in the Welsh Assembly's draft agricultural budget to English abattoirs; and what discussions he has held with the Commission about the acceptability of such help. |
| [Transferred] (136661) | |
| 326 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria are applied when appointing the Chairman of the British Council, with particular reference to the political views of candidates. |
| [Transferred] (136238) | |
| 327 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of new businesses established in rural areas in each of the last five years. |
| [Transferred] (136629) | |
| 328 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from labour organisations regarding job losses in Wales over the last six months; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (136648) | |
| 329 | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce measures to regulate wheel clamping on private property. |
| [Transferred] (136668) | |
| 330 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the total savings from paying benefits and pensions directly into bank accounts instead of by cash payments at post offices. |
| [Transferred] (136709) | |
| 331 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the impact on the standard of living of pensioners having awarded them an additional 75 pence per week. |
| [Transferred] (136258) | |
| 332 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy in the event of UK membership of the Eurozone to negotiate a right to withdraw unilaterally from the zone. |
| [Transferred] (136190) | |
| 333 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the role and aims of the Africa Conflict Prevention Fund. |
| [Transferred] (136456) | |
| 334 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when legal proceedings brought by the EU against France for prohibiting the importation of British beef will be heard by the European Court of Justice. |
| [Transferred] (136196) | |
| 335 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research he has commissioned in the past three years from the Centre for Research in Higher Education. |
| [Transferred] (136557) | |
| 336 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many deaths in 1999 in England and Wales hypothermia was mentioned on the death certificate for (a) all age groups, (b) those aged 60 to 74, (c) those aged 75 to 84 and (d) those aged 85 years and over. |
| [Transferred] (136545) | |
| 337 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the number of excess winter deaths in 1999-2000 for (a) all ages, (b) those aged 60 to 74, (c) those aged 75 to 84 and (d) those aged 85 years and over. |
| [Transferred] (136550) | |
| 338 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Government funding is available for advertising by small tourist businesses. |
| [Transferred] (136536) | |
| 339 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason Huntingdon's disease was selected as a condition which could be the subject of inquiry by insurance companies in deciding whether or not to offer insurance cover; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (136553) | |
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