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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 22 November 2000 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 22 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.

WEDNESDAY 22nd NOVEMBER
1	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what was the total (a) cost incurred and (b) revenue gained as a result of the arrangements for guided tours of the Palace of Westminster during the summer recess 2000.
	(139927)
2	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what studies his Department has collated on the impact of stocking sheep on unenclosed upland areas and the related changes in the character of their soils, with reference to (a) water absorbency, (b) percolation evapotranspiration and (c) run-off including measurements of variation of runoff by streams and rivers.
	(139973)
3	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list (a) the estimated number of sheep in England at five year intervals since 1970 and (b) the off-land price for (i) lamb and (ii) mutton (1) in each of these years and (2) at 1999 values discounted by RPI indices.
	(139972)
4   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the Restriction on Pithing (England) Regulations 2000 gives rise to animal welfare concerns.
	(139621)
5   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to hold meetings with representatives of the farming industry in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Devon following the publication of the Better Regulation Task Force Report on Environmental Regulations and Farmers.
	(139316)
6   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action he plans to take to implement the findings of the Better Regulation Task Force Report on Environmental Regulations and Farmers; and if he will make a statement.
	(139315)
7   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent contacts there have been between his Department and Professor Stanley Prusiner regarding the prion theory of the origin of BSE.
	(139744)
8   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list for the United Kingdom the research groups engaged in researching the origin, development and impact of BSE, and their level of government funding.
	(139742)
9   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research the Government is funding concerning the prion theory of the origin of BSE.
	(139743)
10   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the instances since 1979 in which the pig sector has been subject to a levy for purposes related to disease outbreaks.
	(139741)
11   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of conducting the Better Regulation Task Force's inquiry on Environmental Regulations and Farmers.
	(139317)
12   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of major capital projects funded by the Millennium Commission in meeting local need and as catalysts for regeneration.
	(139013)
13   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the impact of lottery-funded tourist attractions on their non-funded counterparts across the United Kingdom.
	(139014)
14   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what official procedures are in place to ensure that lottery-funded and other tourist attractions across the United Kingdom are adequately served by public transport systems.
	(139015)
15   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many children have performed in Our Town Story at the Dome to date; and how many schools have participated.
	(139016)
16   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much lottery money so far received by the NMEC is (a) a loan and (b) a grant; and what terms and conditions apply to repayments.
	(139017)
17   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement about the proposed plans for the disposal of the Millennium Dome and the dispersal and division of the resultant proceeds.
	(139018)
18   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the major capital projects recently awarded grants of more than £15 million are located in each region of the UK; and how much money has been allocated to each scheme and to each region.
	(139081)
19	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what date he has set for Lazard to conclude negotiations with the Legacy consortium over the purchase of the Millennium Dome; and what plans he has to re-open the competition to new bidders in the event of those negotiations being unsuccessful.
	(139796)
20	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the (a) total costs and (b) total level of manpower of (i) the Political and Security Committee and (ii) the Military Committee.
	(139916)
21	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the additional cost implications in (a) support, (b) fatigue and (c) training of arming the Eurofighters with a cannon; and what are the cost implications of changing the original specifications.
	(139962)
22	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the estimated annual cost to public funds of British participation in the European Rapid Reaction Force.
	(139783)
23   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian doctors were employed (a) in the hospital sector and (b) in primary care in the DMS in each month since April 1999; and how many of these were employed in civilian in lieu of military posts.
	(139701)
24   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the establishment requirement of (a) anaesthetists, (b) general physicians, (c) general surgeons, (d) orthopaedic surgeons, (e) burns and plastics, (f) accident and emergency, (g) psychiatrists, (h) opthalmic surgeons, (i) radiologists, (j) pathologists, (k) dental officers, (l) ear, nose and throat, (m) rheumatology and rehabilitation, (n) occupational medicine, (o) general practice and (p) command and staff stating in each case the (i) manning and (ii) percentage shortfall; and if he will make a statement.
	(139703)
25   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military consultants, (b) military junior doctors and (c) civilian consultants employed by his Department were employed at Haslar on 31st March; and how many of each of these (i) continue to work at Haslar, (ii) have prematurely retired from the DMS or otherwise left the services and (iii) have been deployed elsewhere.
	(139699)
26   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) consultants, (b) junior hospital doctors, (c) general practitioners and (d) GP registrars sought premature voluntary retirement from the DMS in each month since April 1999.
	(139700)
27   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the outcome of his Department's work referred to on page 5 of its paper 'Defence Medical Services: A Strategy for the Future' under the heading 'Numbers for the Future'.
	(139702)
28   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list each type of ordnance released by UK aircraft in response to violations of the southern No Fly Zone in Iraq since 20th December 1998, stating in each case the proportion they represent of the overall tonnage of ordnance released by UK aircraft since that date, the estimated cost per unit and the estimated cost of stock replacement in each category; and if he will make a statement.
	(139704)
29	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what type of Iraqi vehicles were recovered by the armed forces from the Gulf War.
	(139846)
30	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he will apply to the provisional allocation to an EU rapid reaction corps of the UK armed forces currently assigned to NATO.
	(139951)
31	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he will apply in distinguishing between military crisis management operations and war fighting.
	(139949)
32	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK forces will be allocated to the proposed European rapid reaction corps.
	(139948)
33	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy will be for determining priorities between commitments to the European rapid reaction force and to NATO.
	(139950)
34	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the military advantages over the existing NATO structure of EU countries allocating forces to a rapid reaction corps.
	(139953)
35	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about the use of EU insignia by UK armed forces on peacekeeping operations.
	(139947)
36	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he will apply in determining whether or not a military confrontation is appropriate for crisis management by an EU rapid reaction corps.
	(139952)
37	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent studies his Department has made of the relationship between war fighting and failed attempts to manage crises.
	(139954)
38	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK security of duplicating military structures in Europe.
	(139959)
39	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect on the expenditure on armed forces by EU countries his Department has estimated to result from the creation of a rapid reaction corps separate from NATO.
	(139957)
40	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on deterring conflicts of the absence of US automatic involvement in crisis management by the EU.
	(139956)
41	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assurances he has received of increased defence expenditure from his counterparts in (a) France, (b) Germany and (c) Italy in relation to an EU rapid reaction corps.
	(139960)
42	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what access to US intelligence facilities a separate EU rapid reaction corps will have.
	(139958)
43	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the role of a separate EU rapid reaction corps in the creation of a common European defence policy.
	(139961)
44	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances he considers that the NATO structure would be unsuitable for crisis management.
	(139955)
45	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress with the Fresh Start Initiative.
	(139777)
46   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will publish guidance for the equivalence of English and maths key skills qualifications within the curriculum 2000 programme up to GCSE Grade C.
	(138879)
47	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils were excluded from schools in each of the London Boroughs during the last 12 months.
	(139773)
48	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what right of access parents have to school records concerning their child.
	(139761)
49	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of Ofsted school inspections were carried out by inspectors from the local area in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(139769)
50	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of the work force were registered as disabled in (a) the UK and (b) each of the standard regions and nations of the UK at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(139776)
51	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of Ofsted inspectors are (a) serving teachers and (b) teachers who retired within the last five years.
	(139772)
52	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his Department's plans for the role of housing regeneration companies in revitalising cities.
	(139792)
53	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities have a strategic role in managing their local area.
	(139793)
54	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people from ethnic minority communities sit on rent tribunals covering the Greater London area.
	(139762)
55	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with Wandsworth Borough Council on the number of council properties that have been empty for periods longer than three months; and if he will make a statement.
	(139763)
56	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will discuss with the Severn Bridges Company (a) the net reduction of credit card payments and (b) discount schemes for commuters.
	(139834)
57	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many complaints the Environment Agency has received in the last year in total; how many it has received in relation to (a) human sewage in water courses, (b) animal or chemical fertiliser pollution in water courses, (c) industrial pollution, (d) landfill sites and (e) quarries; and, of the complaints about quarries, how many related to (i) noise, (ii) dust and (iii) leachates.
	(139918)
58	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers he has to regulate (a) aircraft movement, (b) airport management and (c) aircraft design and safety, currently subject to legislative provision of the United Kingdom Parliament, including those required by international treaties, that would be subject to the legislative provisions of the European Union under its proposed (i) common European sky and (ii) airsafety authorities.
	(139945)
59   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the suppliers of new rail sections to Railtrack and the country of origin for each of the last five years, including the specification required concerning (a) tempering, (b) surface hardening and (c) manufacturing method.
	(139170)
60   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library the records from Railtrack regarding the dates on which cracks occurred after the fitting of new rail.
	(139171)
61   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library the Inspection Schedule used by Railtrack to assess track conditions.
	(139172)
62   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will review planning guidance with regard to the siting of mobile phone masts near (a) private houses, (b) schools and (c) hospitals; and if he will require local planning authorities to refuse planning applications for new masts in cases where operators have refused to share facilities.
	(139388)
63   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent research he has conducted on the (a) health implications and (b) environmental impact of the location of mobile phone masts; and if he will make a statement.
	(139401)
64	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many chief executives of local authorities have (a) resigned, (b) been dismissed, (c) been suspended and (d) taken early retirement in the last two years.
	(139842)
65	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the retention of distinctive Scottish euro notes in the eventuality of the United Kingdom joining the euro.
	(139791)
66	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what legal costs have been incurred by Her Majesty's Government in defending the action for judicial review of IR35 brought by the Professional Contractors Group.
	(139908)
67   N	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many claimants there are of (a) working family tax credit child care payments, (b) disabled persons' tax credit and (c) disabled persons' tax credit child care payments in Newcastle upon Tyne; and what is the average payment in each case.
	(139646)
68   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 16th November, Official Report, column 758W, what information he has received from the Department of Social Security with respect to benchmarking the level of fraud associated with the working families tax credit.
	(139747)
69	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his target date is for N2 for the Financial Services Authority.
	(139844)
70	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what secondary legislation remains to be enacted before the Financial Services Authority can start to exercise its powers under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
	(139843)
71	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 29th June, Official report, column 591W, on car scheme rules, what petrol price is assumed in the Inland Revenue fixed profit car scheme calculation.
	(139909)
72	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the document Cm 4917 paragraph 6.80, concerning residential conversions, how many staff will be employed to ensure enhanced relief does not subsidise high value properties; and what the cost of each of the three measures outlined is estimated to be.
	(139760)
73	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action Customs & Excise is taking against internet sites selling tobacco products which give misleading information to customers about the legal status of their purchases.
	(139778)
74	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the families in receipt of the working families tax credit are eligible for passported benefits; and if he will list the benefits concerned.
	(139829)
75	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what are the (a) ranks and (b) positions of the officers assigned to the Council Secretariat referred to in his Answer of 14th November, Official Report, columns 608-9W, on Armed Forces (European Communities); on what areas and to whom they offer advice; who funds their pay and expenses; and if he will make a statement.
	(139905)
76	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the effect of the new Draft Protocol on Arrangements for participation by the EU in WTO proceedings on Government practice; and to what Article 7.3 refers.
	(139902)
77	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the last resort clause in the IGC enhanced cooperation discussions and on how cooperation will be challenged under this principle.
	(139915)
78	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the minimum number of states required for enhanced cooperation, as proposed in the IGC.
	(139914)
79	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the European Commission's plans for a new design for EU passports.
	(139785)
80	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if French Presidency IGC draft, Article 93 TEC, section 4, permits the establishment of corpus juris by qualified majority voting.
	(139920)
81	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on (a) the operations of and (b) his policy on Article 300(6) TEC of the Progress Report of the IGC.
	(139913)
82	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what definition of discrimination and double taxation is used in Article 93 as referred to in the Progress Report of the IGC.
	(139922)
83	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those organisations already extant which could be absorbed into the EU under the principle of enhanced cooperation.
	(139964)
84	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards including the concept of risk of serious breach, in lieu of actual breach, by a member state of the principles set out in Article 6(1) TEU, as established in Article 7 TEU of the IGC proposals; and if voting rights may be suspended consequently without such breach having occurred.
	(139904)
85	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further harmonisation of social security will arise from Article 42 as referred to in the Progress Report of the IGC.
	(139912)
86	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if there is right of appeal over rejection of a request to participate under Clause L of the enhanced cooperation proposals at the IGC.
	(139906)
87	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what definition is used of fundamental freedoms in subsection 1 of Article 181 of the Progress Report of the IGC.
	(139923)
88	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the term organised civil society in the context of Article 257 TEC of the Progress Report of the IGC.
	(139921)
89	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his position concerning the extension of fields covered by Article 137 as referred to in the Progress Report of the IGC.
	(139910)
90	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the implications of Article 207 (2) TEC section 2 of the draft Treaty of Nice, on the removal of individuals from posts; and if the section applies to other posts identified as subject to QMV.
	(139917)
91	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the principle of enhanced cooperation through qualified majority voting has been proposed in place of that set out under the Treaty of Amsterdam; and if he will make a statement.
	(139963)
92	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations were made to the Sierra Leone Government to accept those elements of the LomeĢ peace accords over which it expressed doubt; and if he will make a statement.
	(139847)
93	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy on the establishment of a Committee on Employment and Social Protection.
	(139911)
94   N	Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 15th November, Official Report, column 686W, on Diego Garcia, if he will list the research programmes on Diego Garcia being undertaken by the US authorities for which they have sought UK approval over the last five years.
	(139616)
95   N	Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Africa Conflict Fund in relation to development in Western Sahara.
	(138112)
96	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if decisions of the European Council which require unanimous agreement require the assent of representatives of (a) all member states or (b) only those member states present at the meeting.
	(139971)
97	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the references in official documents of the European Union relating to future conditions for official registration of political parties and their representation in, or candidatures for the European Parliament, including eligibility for funds or assistance in kind; and when proposals will be subject to parliamentary scrutiny in the United Kingdom.
	(139946)
98   N	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the discussions he had with the Indian Foreign Secretary on 15th November, with particular reference to the imprisonment of Peter Bleach in Calcutta.
	(139746)
99	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to public funds of increasing the percentage of gross domestic product spent on health to the average level of EU member states.
	(139782)
100	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason Kent was excluded from the high cost areas outside London entitled to special additional weighting; and what consideration was given to awarding the special additional weighting to those living within a 30 mile radius of London.
	(139794)
101	Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the legality of the morning after pill in regard to the protection of nascent human life before implantation; and if he will make a statement.
	(139944)
102	Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to pharmacists on the provision of the morning after pill.
	(139848)
103	Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce legislation to amend the Abortion Act 1967 as it applies to the issuing of the morning after pill by pharmacists.
	(139849)
104	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is available to health authorities and primary care groups specifically to enable deaf people to access counselling services throughout the National Health Service.
	(139788)
105	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is available to health authorities, and primary care groups to facilitate the provision of general medical services for deaf people.
	(139789)
106	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to monitor and improve the implementation of good practice guidance detailed in the Department of Health report 'Doubly disabled: equality for disabled people in the new NHS: access to services (July 1999)' and to ensure that the provision of health care by the National Health Service complies with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
	(139790)
107	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on the right of an NHS staff member to refuse, on grounds of conscience, to assist at an abortion.
	(139784)
108	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made in ensuring equal access to infertility treatment in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(139931)
109	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will publish the findings of its survey of health authority infertility provision in England.
	(139932)
110	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what improvements he plans to make to infertility service provision under the NHS National Plan; and if he will make a statement.
	(139930)
111   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made as to the likely rise in the number of days employees in abattoirs may be absent as a result of the prohibition on pithing.
	(139617)
112   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact on the commercial liability of abattoirs of the Restriction on Pithing (England) Regulations 2000 with specific reference to (a) small abattoirs and (b) large abattoirs; and if he will make a statement.
	(139619)
113   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the prohibition of pithing under the Restriction on Pithing (England) Regulations 2000 will create a significant increase in risk to the safety of employees in abattoirs.
	(139622)
114   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the basis is for his policy forbidding the use of pithing in abattoirs.
	(139618)
115   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made as to the number of employees in abattoirs likely to suffer injury as a result of the prohibition on pithing.
	(139620)
116   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the practice of pithing bovine animals in abattoirs gives rise to a significant risk to human health.
	(139623)
117	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received about the fluoridation of water.
	(139775)
118	Sir George Young (North West Hampshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letters dated 25th January, 8th March, 8th August and 4th November sent to him by the Right honourable Member for North West Hampshire.
	(139774)
119	Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cadet police officers commenced basic training at Hendon in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999; and what number are planned to do so in 2000.
	(139907)
120	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what correspondence he has received from the RUC concerning the recruiting of former RUC officers and reservists to police forces in England and Wales.
	(139929)
121   N	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on Eurojust; and if he will make a statement.
	(139740)
122   N	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of asylum applications that will be made in (a) 2001 and (b) each of the following four years.
	(139751)
123   N	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of total spending on (a) asylum support and (b) administration associated with asylum applications, in (i) 2000-01 and (ii) each of the next five years.
	(139750)
124   N	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been (a) spent by, (b) claimed by and (c) reimbursed to each local authority in the United Kingdom (i) in the first six months of 2000-01 and (ii) in total, in respect of asylum support; and if he will make a statement.
	(139749)
125   N	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been to date under section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996; and if he will make a statement.
	(139752)
126	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior investigating officers are working within the Metropolitan Police Service's area major investigating teams; and how many of them are women.
	(139779)
127	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to date is of the inquiry by Bedfordshire Police into the Metropolitan Police Service's investigation of the death of Rikki Reel; when the inquiry will be completed; and if the report will be made available to the Reel family.
	(139759)
128	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to British NGOs working in the Democrative Republic of Congo to assist people who are dependent on food aid as a result of conflict.
	(139771)
129	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what has been the Government's response to Rwanda's appeal for emergency assistance to famine stricken regions.
	(139770)
130   N	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of links between the 32 County Sovereignty Committee and the Real IRA.
	(139173)
131	Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston):    To ask the President of the Council, what progress she has made in reforming the temporary secretarial allowance; and if she will make a statement.
	(139795)
132	John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the impact of differences between levels of housing benefit and rent in London.
	(139925)
133   N	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate how many pensioners were receiving income support in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1996 with their average total benefit; and how many pensioners are receiving the minimum income guarantee with their average total benefit.
	(139645)
134	Sir Peter Emery (East Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many women are aged 60 and over; and what percentage of them are in receipt of the full basic state pension of £67.50 per week.
	(139841)
135   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Northavon, of 13th November, Official Report, column 526W, if he will (a) extend his projections up to 2003-04 to include the pension credit and (b) indicate the take-up assumptions on which his estimates are based.
	(139748)
136	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 16th November, Official Report, column 793W, on payroll administration what estimate he has made of the (a) total wages and (b) total expenses in fiscal years (i) 1999-2000 and (ii) 2000-01 of administering his Department's integrated pay, personnel and expenses system.
	(139768)
137	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the operation of the block exemption by car manufacturers, in relation to EC Council Regulation 1475/95.
	(139903)
138	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement about the establishment of a Children's Commissioner for Wales.
	(139934)
139	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the sums spent, indicating the relevant votes by Her Majesty's Government, on fuel emergency precautionary measures since September; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (139850)
140	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what will be the effective marginal rate of deduction from the 2001-02 increase in the basic state pension for those recipients who receive (a) housing benefit, (b) council tax benefit and (c) (a) and (b) together.
	[Transferred] (139845)
141	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which article of a European Union or Community treaty prohibits a member state from (a) initiating or providing a public monopoly service not subject to competition or long-term leasing or management contract by competition or a chosen non-public agency and (b) establishing or re-establishing publicly-owned public service monopolies.
	[Transferred] (139933)
142	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received from Stagecoach performing arts schools about changes to the Children Act 1989.
	[Transferred] (139928)
143	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards use of the veto at Nice.
	[Transferred] (139786)
144	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on participation by devolved governments in the IGC.
	[Transferred] (139781)
145	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on use of the veto when the United Kingdom Government is in a minority of one at the Council of Ministers.
	[Transferred] (139787)
146	John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding the introduction of (a) upper rent levels and (b) affordability caps on social housing rents; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (139926)
147	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of registered disabled persons in each nation and region of the UK were in (a) part-time and (b) full time employment at the latest date for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (139780)

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