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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 30 November 2000
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 30 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 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what arrangements apply to honourable Members who wish to provide refreshments to constitutents at events in rooms in Portcullis House; if honourable Members are entitled to make their own refreshment arrangements; and if she will make a statement. |
| (140823) | |
| 2 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what consultations he has had with Eastern Sea Fisheries about the proposal to allow one particular boat to dredge for shellfish out of season. |
| (141198) | |
| 3 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what investigations he is carrying out into the use of ACTTELIC; and if it is subject to the controls in place to deal with other organophosphates. |
| (141131) | |
| 4 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what additional help he plans to offer British beef farmers affected by a loss in consumer confidence caused by the recent discovery of BSE cases in France and Germany. |
| (141129) | |
| 5 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent discussions he has had with his EU colleagues with regard to a EU-wide labelling of beef. |
| (141130) | |
| 6 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list for (a) 1973-74, (b) 1979-80, (c) 1992-93 and (d) 1998-99 the (i) total amount and (ii) amount per head of financial support received by farmers from (A) the EU and (B) his Department. |
| (141039) | |
| 7 N | Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the antibiotics approved for use as growth promoters in farm animals in the (a) United Kingdom and (b) EU member states. |
| (140898) | |
| 8 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the recent changes announced by the EU allowing arable farmers in the UK to continue to claim subsidy payments based on the total area of their fields. |
| (141154) | |
| 9 | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the proportion of animals which remain concious after being stunned in slaughterhouses. |
| (141194) | |
| 10 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will postone (a) proposed increases in price and (b) reductions in quotas for sugar beet pending further reform of the common agricultural policy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140899) | |
| 11 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he will take to speed up the payment of IACS to cereal growers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140882) | |
| 12 | Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent representations he has received from (a) farmers and (b) veterinary surgeons in Scotland regarding his consultation on the reform of the dispensing of veterinary products; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141028) | |
| 13 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which regulations will be repealed following Better Regulation Task Force review of environmental regulations and farmers. |
| (140872) | |
| 14 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action he is taking to alleviate and prevent the flooding of non-main rivers. |
| (141138) | |
| 15 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent representations she has received about the level of regulation on business. |
| (139570) | |
| 16 | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will remove the restrictions on civil servants employed in the intermediate grades to permit them to stand as parliamentary candidates. |
| (141034) | |
| 17 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what have been the administrative and running costs of the Better Regulation Task Force in each of the last three years. |
| (140873) | |
| 18 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she plans to publish the Cabinet Office annual report on sickness in the Civil Service. |
| (141085) | |
| 19 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will amend the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 to ensure that enquiry officers are prevented from entering private property unless they have reasonable grounds for suspecting that television is being watched illegally. |
| (141095) | |
| 20 | Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what age limitations apply to athletes seeking lottery funding. |
| (141202) | |
| 21 | Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many velodromes operated in the United Kingdom in the last four years; where they were; how many velodromes are proposed to be closed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141203) | |
| 22 | Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding was provided to the sport of cycling by his Department in each of the last four financial years. |
| (141204) | |
| 23 | Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his estimate is of the number of cyclists who use the Manchester velodrome. |
| (141201) | |
| 24 | Mr Tony Banks (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list by (a) species, (b) numbers involved and (c) nature of the research, the experiments carried out on animals at Porton Down in each of the last five years. |
| (141021) | |
| 25 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason ill Gulf veterans have not been offered tests for exposure to depleted uranium. |
| (140492) | |
| 26 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what warnings were given to British troops about the use of ammunition containing depleted uranium prior to (a) the Gulf War and (b) service in Kosovo. |
| (140493) | |
| 27 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures were taken to ensure that British troops serving in the Gulf War were protected against ingesting radioactive particles from depleted uranium. |
| (140494) | |
| 28 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations regarding future court action he has received from lawyers representing the families of servicemen who underwent experiments at Porton Down. |
| (141063) | |
| 29 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for joint NATO and Yugoslav Army patrols between Kosovo and Serbia. |
| (141062) | |
| 30 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has signed the contract for the roll-on, roll-off ferries with Andrew Wier. |
| (140977) | |
| 31 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account his Department takes of the number of anti-ballistic missiles deployed by other countries when determining the number of warheads deployed on United Kingdom Trident submarines. |
| (141158) | |
| 32 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 30th October, Official Report, columns 505-6W, on national missile defence, if he will set out the views of the UK to which he referred. |
| (141159) | |
| 33 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many protected personnel were prisoners of war in Germany during the Second World War; and how much pay was deducted by his Department from those protected personnel. |
| (141147) | |
| 34 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the shortfall in pay to protected personnel who were captured and held by Germany as prisoners of war during the Second World War. |
| (141146) | |
| 35 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days in each of the last 10 years have land in national parks been closed to the public because of military training; and which national parks were affected in each year. |
| (141112) | |
| 36 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on trends in the qualifications achieved by pupils at (a) Key Stages (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three, (b) GCSE and (c) A level in schools run by his Department over the last 10 years. |
| (141111) | |
| 37 N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Royal Navy LR5 submersible rescue vessel deployed to rescue the Kursk submarine did not proceed with the operation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140909) | |
| 38 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of (a) the RAF, (b) the Army and (c) the Royal Navy he expects to be (i) serving abroad and (ii) deployed in front-line duties between 24th December and 2nd January 2001; what percentage of overall strength of each force this represents; and if he will make a statement. |
| (139757) | |
| 39 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provisions have been made to ensure family contact on 25th December, 31st December and 1st January 2001 for those members of the armed forces who will be separated from their families on these dates; and if he will make a statement. |
| (139758) | |
| 40 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has undertaken into the number of former and serving personnel suffering from severe cases of post-traumatic stress disorder. |
| (141217) | |
| 41 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department offers to serving and former servicemen suffering from severe cases of post-traumatic stress disorder. |
| (141216) | |
| 42 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about the application of the Crichel Down rules to the former RAF Chilmark; what progress has been made in identifying former owners; and when a new trust will be established to manage the site. |
| (141040) | |
| 43 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Scots Guardsmen Fisher and Wright will be deployed for service in Northern Ireland. |
| (141105) | |
| 44 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the exceptional circumstances taken into consideration by the Army Board which enable James Fisher and Mark Wright to remain in the Army. |
| (141015) | |
| 45 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason former Gulf veterans are informed they can only obtain copies of their military medical records if they give a declaration that they do not intend to sue his Department. |
| (141079) | |
| 46 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons Gulf veterans on incapacity and disablement living allowances seeking copies of their medical records have to pay a fee to his Department. |
| (141019) | |
| 47 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Army have been retained in service in each of the last five year having been convicted of (a) murder and (b) possession, use or trafficking in drugs. |
| (141014) | |
| 48 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason Gulf veterans seeking a copy of their military medical records have to state that their cases are are not ones in which his Department is currently interested. |
| (141080) | |
| 49 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers have been discharged from the Army in each of the last five years for (a) murder and (b) possession, use or trafficking in drugs. |
| (141018) | |
| 50 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers found to be (a) in possession of, (b) using and (c) trafficking drugs have been retained in service for exceptional circumstances; and what are the circumstances in each case. |
| (141016) | |
| 51 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Scots Guardsmen Fisher's and Wright's engagement with the Army will cease; and if they will have an opportunity to re-engage. |
| (141106) | |
| 52 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gulf veterans have died since April 1995; how many of them (a) claimed to be suffering from Gulf War Syndrome and (b) claimed to be suffering from symptoms of a ill defined nature caused by service in the Gulf War; how many deaths in (a) and (b) were suicides; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141017) | |
| 53 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of depleted uranium on the health of British troops in Yugoslavia. |
| (141209) | |
| 54 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will announce a decision on the sale of Searles House in Winchester. |
| (140906) | |
| 55 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF personnel were in DARA at RAF St. Athan on 1st April 1999. |
| (141167) | |
| 56 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans headquarters Strike Command have to reduce the number of RAF personnel at DARA at RAF St. Athan by April 2002. |
| (141169) | |
| 57 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost is of locating the headquarters of the Defence Aviation Repairs Agency outwith the existing DARA sites. |
| (141164) | |
| 58 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the chief executive of DARA does not consider RAF St. Athan as a cost effective and strategic location for the headquarters of DARA. |
| (141165) | |
| 59 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what cost savings are expected from re-locating the DARA headquarters from RAF St. Athan to the Bath/Bristol area. |
| (141166) | |
| 60 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the personnel department at DARA at RAF St. Athan keeps computerised records of the home addresses of their staff. |
| (141168) | |
| 61 | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools have entered into contracts for National Grid for Learning Managed Services. |
| (141200) | |
| 62 N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many Sure Start programmes have been (a) established and (b) proposed by local district authorities in England and Wales; and which of these address (i) urban deprivation, (ii) rural deprivation and (iii) semi-rural deprivation. |
| (140675) | |
| 63 N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps the Government is taking to address (a) poor health outcomes and (b) low educational aspirations amongst children in (i) rural and (ii) semi-rural areas. |
| (140676) | |
| 64 N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what evaluation he has made of the Sure Start programme. |
| (140677) | |
| 65 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent assessment he has made of the weekly hours worked for remunerations which are not directly connected with their study programmes by full-time students in (a) higher and (b) further education. |
| (140870) | |
| 66 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action he is taking to encourage the development of managed learning environments based on IT in further education. |
| (140869) | |
| 67 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will now list appointments to the local learning and skills councils. |
| (140871) | |
| 68 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children at Key Stage 1 are being taught in clases of (a) under 25, (b) under 20, (c) under 15, and (d) under 10. |
| (140861) | |
| 69 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he will answer the questions tabled by the honourable Member for Altrincham and Sale West for answer on 8th November. |
| (140889) | |
| 70 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the learning and skills councils will issue letters of interest to providers showing indications of funding allocations in 2001-02. |
| (140915) | |
| 71 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued to learning and skills councils on arrangements for 16 to 19 year olds for 2001-02. |
| (140914) | |
| 72 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when local learning and skills councils will be fully operational. |
| (140916) | |
| 73 N | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people aged 18 to 25 years completed the Gateway Stage of New Deal for each year since the programme was introduced. |
| (140867) | |
| 74 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list from the earliest and most recent years for which figures are available the (a) amount and (b) percentage of total expenditure spent on (i) staff costs, (ii) operating expenses and (iii) other expenses of the Further Education Funding Council. |
| (141042) | |
| 75 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the meetings held during the last 12 months between his and other departments to discuss the education and employment of children and young people, indicating which other departments were in attendance. |
| (141115) | |
| 76 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for (a) 1997-98, (b) 1987-88, (c) 1979-80 and (d) 1974-75 the amount spent and the spending per head on (i) under fives at schools, (ii) further education and (iii) higher education. |
| (141044) | |
| 77 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list from the earliest and most recent years for which figures are available the (a) amount and (b) percentage of total expenditure spent on (i) staff costs, (ii) operating expenses and (iii) other expenses of the Higher Education Funding Council. |
| (141043) | |
| 78 | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the outcome was of the Employment and Social Policy Council held in Brussels on 27th to 28th November; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141136) | |
| 79 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the opportunities for children in state schools to learn to play musical instruments. |
| (139875) | |
| 80 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to ensure that the education maintenance allowance will be available nationwide; and when that availability will be achieved. |
| (141047) | |
| 81 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures he has introduced to encourage professionals from the private sector to enter the teaching profession; and how many people from the private sector have trained as teachers in each year since 1990. |
| (141221) | |
| 82 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many students undertook teacher training in (a) B Ed and (b) PGCE courses, and how many of these were mature students, in each year since 1990. |
| (141222) | |
| 83 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent research his Department has undertaken on salary and employment comparisons between teachers and other professions. |
| (141220) | |
| 84 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures he is taking to publicise the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. |
| (140925) | |
| 85 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the (a) cash and (b) percentage increase in education funding for Leicestershire County Council in (i) each year from 1997-98 to 2000-01 and (ii) 2001-02 based on the provisional standard spending assessment. |
| (141176) | |
| 86 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the average standard spending assessment funding is per (a) primary pupil and (b) secondary pupil for (i) English counties and (ii) Leicestershire, based on provisional educational standard spending assessement, for 2001-02. |
| (141177) | |
| 87 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms the extent to which funding of Leicestershire County Council (i) varied from the county council standard spending assessment average in each year from 1997-98 to 2000-01 and (ii) will vary in 2001-02 based on provisional standard spending assessment figures. |
| (141175) | |
| 88 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many young people were accidently killed while on government training schemes in the last 10 years; and what percentage this represents of young people on such schemes. |
| (141210) | |
| 89 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the employment training budget was for the long-term unemployed for each of the last 20 years. |
| (141211) | |
| 90 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of new lettings available to London councils in housing provided by (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords in each of the last five years. |
| (140866) | |
| 91 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many public lavatories for which he is responsible there are on the A17 road; and what proposals he has for their future. |
| (141199) | |
| 92 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of continuing disruption of rail services on the number of drink driving offences this winter. |
| (140923) | |
| 93 | Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the Tyne and Wear Oil Pollution Contingency Plan to deal with a major maritime pollution incident. |
| (141184) | |
| 94 | Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to improve preparations to deal with major maritime pollution incidents by (a) increasing the Civil Defence Specific Grant, (b) increasing funding by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and (c) placing a statutory duty on local authorities to prepare and respond to such incidents. |
| (141185) | |
| 95 N | Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to receive recommendations from the Building Regulations Advisory Committee regarding changes to part L of the Building Regulations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140863) | |
| 96 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to enable a pension to be paid under the local government pension scheme to one nominated financial dependant where there is no spouse; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140913) | |
| 97 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of Nottinghamshire County Council's plans for the South Nottinghamshire Railway Network. |
| (141108) | |
| 98 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the proposed extension of the South Nottinghamshire Railway Network to include Gedling. |
| (141109) | |
| 99 N | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much was the estimated overall revenue subsidy including housing benefit in each of the last 10 financial years in England (a) per council dwelling and (b) per private rented dwelling where the tenant was in receipt of housing benefit. |
| (141005) | |
| 100 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps are taken by his Department to check the roadworthiness of foreign-owned trucks and trailers arriving at sea ports. |
| (140910) | |
| 101 N | Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many prosecutions there have been in each of the last three years of (a) drivers and (b) owners of foreign-owned trucks and trailers found to be unroadworthy on arrival at sea ports. |
| (140911) | |
| 102 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he last met representations of the Supply Chain Initiative for Modified Agricultural Crops. |
| (141120) | |
| 103 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the role and purpose of the Advisory Committee on Releases into the Environment. |
| (141119) | |
| 104 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what joint assessment he has made with the University of East Anglia bus routes to the Norfolk and Norwich hospital. |
| (140924) | |
| 105 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what further assessment the Highways Agency has made of local traffic flow following the employment of the Norwich Research Park facilities. |
| (140927) | |
| 106 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what further assessment he has made of the local traffic flow since the planning of a medical school adjacent to the Norfolk and Norwich hospital. |
| (140926) | |
| 107 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the East Anglian Ambulance Service on road transport to the Norfolk and Norwich hospital. |
| (140919) | |
| 108 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for the years (a) 1979-80, (b) 1989-90 and (c) 1998-99, (i) the number of visitors to, (ii) the budget of and (iii) the spend per visitor at each national park. |
| (141116) | |
| 109 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much was spent in the earliest and most recent years for which figures are available by the Environment Agency in each of its administrative areas. |
| (141038) | |
| 110 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received on the application of climate change levy charges to rural post offices as customers of Northern Electric and Gas; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140880) | |
| 111 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will reply to the question of 2nd November from the honourable Member for Kingston upon Hull North; and 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. |
| (141107) | |
| 112 N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will extend fuel duty rebate to community transport services as announced in Transport 2010--the Ten Year Plan. |
| (141002) | |
| 113 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will require local authorities to publish their urban capacity reports. |
| (140904) | |
| 114 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which local authorities in Hampshire have completed an urban capacity study. |
| (140905) | |
| 115 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will instruct local authorities not to identify any reserve sites for new building until all authorities in a planning region have completed urban capacity studies. |
| (140903) | |
| 116 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if Hampshire Police are included in the Government's Starter Home Initiative for key public workers. |
| (140946) | |
| 117 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of packaging waste that is currently reprocessed is generated from (a) industrial waste, (b) retail waste and (c) local authorities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141178) | |
| 118 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of progress towards achieving his target of a 28 per cent. increase in the recovery and recycling of packaging materials up to the end of 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141179) | |
| 119 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the impact of the Producers' Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 on the recovery and recycling infrastructure in the last three years. |
| (141180) | |
| 120 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the results of the consultation on mobile phone base stations. |
| (141073) | |
| 121 | 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 of mobile phone base stations that have been relocated because of concerns about their proximity to (a) schools and (b) dwellings. |
| (141074) | |
| 122 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the total amount of (a) glass, (b) paper, (c) aluminium and (d) plastic recycled in the United Kingdom in each of the last 20 years. |
| (141142) | |
| 123 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much mercury he estimates has been released into the atmosphere from crematoria in the United Kingdom in each of the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141192) | |
| 124 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) lakes, (b) rivers and (c) waterways have been affected by blue green algae in each of the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141190) | |
| 125 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) customers, (b) business customers and (c) private customers have been disconnected by water companies in the United Kingdom in each of the past 20 years; and what proportion of households is represented by customers in (c). |
| (141208) | |
| 126 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many sewage works have breached United Kingdom pollution limits, ranked by the responsible water company in descending order, for each of the past 20 years. |
| (141212) | |
| 127 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers he has to set limits on domestic air fares; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141171) | |
| 128 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he is taking to encourage a reduced use of pesticides. |
| (141027) | |
| 129 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to control further the sale of exotic and dangerous animals in pet shops; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140828) | |
| 130 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority concerning the risk of fire on United Airlines Boeing 767-300 flying into Heathrow on 9th January 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140918) | |
| 131 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the average standard assessment procedure rating is for energy efficiency in homes in England. |
| (141022) | |
| 132 N | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that new vehicle excise duty forms for applications for lower excise duty are available to road hauliers throughout the United Kingdom; and if restrospective applications for lower excise duty will be accepted in cases where vehicle excise duty forms are not available. |
| (141013) | |
| 133 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many homes in England have a standard assessment procedure rate of below 20 for energy efficiency in the home. |
| (141023) | |
| 134 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 24th November, Official Report, column 340W, on IR35, what legal costs have been incurred to date by Her Majesty's Government in defending the action for judicial review of IR35 brought by the Professional Contractors Group. |
| (140976) | |
| 135 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the main areas of investment of the excess surplus in the National Insurance Fund were in the past five years; and what proportion of the excess surplus was invested in each area. |
| (140949) | |
| 136 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the National Insurance Fund's excess surplus has been invested in the past five years; and what the annual rate of return was in each year. |
| (140948) | |
| 137 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the preparation of secondary legislation relating to the introduction of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. |
| (141195) | |
| 138 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes his Department has made in the last three years to the number of legal advisers it employs to deal with the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and consequent secondary legislation. |
| (141196) | |
| 139 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list by standard planning region the spending per head in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1987-88, (c) 1979-80 and (d) 1974-75 on (i) health and personal social services, (ii) education, (iii) transport, (iv) housing, (v) agriculture, (vi) social security, (vii) law, order and protective services, (viii) environmental services and (ix) trade, industry, energy, employment and training; and the total amount spent in each sector. |
| (141110) | |
| 140 | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish the census data collected in 2001. |
| (141137) | |
| 141 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the quantity of petroleum products smuggled from (a) the Irish Republic and (b) other countries into Great Britain in each of the last five years up to the latest date for which information is available. |
| (141048) | |
| 142 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the sums lost to the Revenue in (a) 1999 and (b) the financial year 1999-2000 due to the smuggling of petroleum products from the Irish Republic into Northern Ireland. |
| (141067) | |
| 143 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what percentage the pay of (a) manufacturing and (b) service industry employees has changed in each of the last 20 years. |
| (141214) | |
| 144 N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce to 5 per cent. the VAT payable for repairs and modernisation of charitable almshouse property. |
| [R] (140978) | |
| 145 N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many deaths in England and Wales in 1998-99 and 1999-2000 hypothermia was registered as the direct cause of death on the death certificate broken down by those aged (a) 60 to 74 years, (b) 75 to 84 years and (c) 85 years and over. |
| (140917) | |
| 146 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 6th November, Official Report, column 78W, on sickness absence, how often managers are required to submit information on sickness absence; and in what form. |
| (141081) | |
| 147 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue yield, on a national accounts basis, of increasing the basic rate of income tax by 1p for the three financial years commencing in 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141189) | |
| 148 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many income tax payers have an income tax liability of (a) less than £40 and (b) more than £40 per annum; and what the average income tax liability is of somebody with an income tax liability of less than £40 per annum. |
| (140862) | |
| 149 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce VAT on incontinence pads available in shops to 5 per cent. |
| (140825) | |
| 150 N | Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for the period which determined the changes in the rate of the state pension, the annual movement in (a) the RPI and (b) the Pensioner Price Indices in each of the last five years. |
| (140671) | |
| 151 N | Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the items included in the Pensioner Price Indices were last reviewed. |
| (140672) | |
| 152 N | Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that the items included within the Pensioner Price Indices reflect the needs of the average pensioner. |
| (140673) | |
| 153 N | Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) representations and (b) consultations he has had on the Pensioner Price Indices. |
| (140674) | |
| 154 N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it remains his policy that individual pension accounts will be available from April 2001. |
| (140754) | |
| 155 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the passported benefits to which recipients of working families tax credit are entitled and the conditions attached to their receipt. |
| (141050) | |
| 156 | Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) qualifications and (b) experience are required of his Department's civil servants dealing with claims to the United Nations Compensation Commission regarding Iraq; and what changes have been made to the requirements in the last 10 years. |
| (141153) | |
| 157 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) Syrian control and influence in Lebanon and (b) Syria's role in respect of terrorist violence to be directed against Israel by Hezbollah and other groups in the vicinity of the Israel-Lebanon border. |
| (141092) | |
| 158 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Iran concerning (a) its policy on Israel and (b) the Middle Eastern Peace Process. |
| (141093) | |
| 159 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the supply of arms and materials to Hezbollah (a) from Syria and (b) from Iran through Syria. |
| (141091) | |
| 160 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to Syria concerning (a) Hezbollah violence against Israel and (b) the Middle Eastern Peace Process. |
| (141090) | |
| 161 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Government of Iran's policy on supply of arms to Hezbollah paramilitary forces in Lebanon. |
| (141087) | |
| 162 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Iranian policy in respect of the Middle East Peace Process. |
| (141094) | |
| 163 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of links between the Government of Iran and Hezbollah. |
| (141089) | |
| 164 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent attacks have been mounted by Hezbollah paramilitary forces against Israeli military and civilian targets in the vicinity of the Israel-Lebanon border. |
| (141088) | |
| 165 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Pakistan Government in respect of the (a) independence and (b) openness of the judicial enquiry into the murders of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. |
| (140920) | |
| 166 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received concerning recent murders of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140760) | |
| 167 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment Her Majesty's Government has made of the distribution of £4 million given to the Mauritius Government in 1982. |
| (141065) | |
| 168 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what offer has been made by the US Government on compensation to the Ilois. |
| (141052) | |
| 169 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Her Majesty's Government will complete the feasibility study of the return of the Ilois to the island of Diego Garcia. |
| (141053) | |
| 170 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response he has sent to the letter from Sir Arnold Wolfendale, sent to him on 17th October, on the subject of Kosovo. |
| (141060) | |
| 171 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans Her Majesty's Government has to restore land to former inhabitants, under Clause 4 to the British Indian Ocean Territory Ordinance (2000). |
| (141058) | |
| 172 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions Her Majesty's Government has had with the US Administration over the return of Ilois to Diego Garcia; and if he will make a statement on their employment prospects. |
| (141059) | |
| 173 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what air access and port facilities are to be made available on Diego Garcia to the Ilois; and at what cost. |
| (141056) | |
| 174 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if Her Majesty's Government is planning to offer British citizenship to the Ilois on the same basis as other British Dependent Territory citizens. |
| (141054) | |
| 175 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans Her Majesty's Government has to facilitate the return of the people of Ilois to their homeland. |
| (141055) | |
| 176 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will establish a committee of inquiry to determine levels of compensation to be paid to the Ilois. |
| (141064) | |
| 177 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training and educational programmes Her Majesty's Government will finance for the Ilois. |
| (141066) | |
| 178 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans Her Majesty's Government has to facilitate the development of improved economic conditions for the Ilois; and what is the time-frame. |
| (141057) | |
| 179 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the attack on the Avrupa newspaper in Northern Cyprus on 27th November. |
| [R] (140879) | |
| 180 | Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, upon what basis the refusal of entry clearance for Dora Johnson from Lagos, Nigeria was made. |
| (141132) | |
| 181 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason it is his policy to preserve and strengthen the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; and how his Department intends to give effect to this policy. |
| (141032) | |
| 182 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty prohibits the deployment of anti-ballistic missile systems for nation-wide defence. |
| (141033) | |
| 183 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the responses to the consultation on the draft International Criminal Court Bill; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141046) | |
| 184 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 24th November, Official Report, column 344W, if the written comments by Adrian Thorpe in the manuscript referred to reflected the departmental position on this issue. |
| (141206) | |
| 185 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Spanish authorities in respect of Mr Lloyd Pinnock, held in custody in Ibiza; what charges have been brought against him; for what reason bail was rescinded; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141041) | |
| 186 | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the Rebuttal Unit in his Department was set up; what its terms of reference are; how many staff are employed in it; what the annual costs of the unit have been since its establishment; and if the unit is (a) permanent or (b) temporary. |
| (141051) | |
| 187 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Colombian Government concerning the disappearance of Colombian human rights workers Angel Quintho and Claudie Monsalve. |
| (140815) | |
| 188 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal costs have been incurred by his Department in contesting the judicial review of his Department's decision not to allow a full public inquiry into the Shipman case. |
| (140892) | |
| 189 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each of the last five years and for each NHS region the number of reported cases of influenza per 100,000 population in each month from December to March. |
| (141004) | |
| 190 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each of the last three years and for each NHS region the average number of 999 calls placed to the ambulance service in each month from December to March. |
| (141003) | |
| 191 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd November, Official Report, column 603-4W, on bed blocking, if he will list by reason for delay the (a) number and (b) percentage of people aged over 75 years in acute beds who had their discharge delayed in each (i) NHS region and (ii) health authority for each quarter between June 1999 and June 2000. |
| (140824) | |
| 192 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each ambulance station in the London NHS Region the number of ambulances that (a) are provided with defibrillators and (b) are in routine service but not carrying defibrillators. |
| (140922) | |
| 193 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investigation his Department has undertaken with the Food Standards Agency into processed meat, with specific regard to (a) content and (b) source. |
| (141127) | |
| 194 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action the FSA takes to ensure (a) that cattle over 30 months old is not entering the food chain, (b) that all specified offal and spinal cord is being removed and (c) that outlawed meat and bone meal is not being fed to cattle destined for human consumption, from (i) within the UK and (ii) from abroad. |
| (141128) | |
| 195 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the money allocated to health authorities for tackling cancer and coronary heart disease will be earmarked for (a) drugs and (b) technological therapies. |
| (140921) | |
| 196 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the meetings held during the last 12 months between his and other departments to discuss children's services, indicating which departments were in attendance. |
| (141114) | |
| 197 N | Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the public health implications of the use of antibiotic growth promoters in farm animal feed in relation to the efficacy of the treatment of MRSA infections. |
| (140897) | |
| 198 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many completed operations on patients from Wales were carried out at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust, Oswestry in (a) each year between April 1997 and 1st July 1999 and (b) by purchasing health authority between April 1997 and 1st July 1999. |
| (141155) | |
| 199 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new consultants were appointed jointly by the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust, Oswestry and the North East Wales NHS Trust, Maelor Hospital, Wrexham between April 1997 and 1st July 1999; and what fields of medical specialty are covered by these appointments. |
| (141152) | |
| 200 | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the costs and benefits of (a) expanding Harefield Hospital and (b) closing Harefield Hospital and amalgamating the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trusts. |
| (141197) | |
| 201 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask health authorities to take into account the registration of a bidder under the British Healthcare Trade Association Registration Scheme when awarding contracts. |
| [R] (140908) | |
| 202 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress towards meeting the 1993 target for reducing pressure sores. |
| [R] (140907) | |
| 203 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what means of financing the new hospital in the Wakefield District will apply if parts of the existing buildings are retained for hospital services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141181) | |
| 204 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will agree to fund of the new hospital to serve the Wakefield district; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141182) | |
| 205 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department gives to area health authorities on the consultative procedures to be followed in deciding the financing of a new hospital through (a) PFI and (b) public funding; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141188) | |
| 206 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the (a) Department of Health and (b) National Assembly for Wales play in the deliberations of NICE and in the conclusions it reaches in respect of determining the efficacy of drugs. |
| (141126) | |
| 207 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the conclusions arrived at by NICE in respect of the efficacy of drugs are binding on (a) Government agencies and (b) other organisations. |
| (141125) | |
| 208 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the successors to community health councils are independent of the health authorities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141035) | |
| 209 N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral Answer of the Prime Minister to the honourable Member for Eddisbury of 15th November, Official Report, column 937, what action he has taken to ensure full consultation with the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales as regards the future role of community health councils in respect of the National Plan. |
| [R] (140945) | |
| 210 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contra-indications there are to healthy adults taking Zanimirin for influenza. |
| (140826) | |
| 211 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursant to his Answer of 15th November, Official Report, columns 669-70W, on cannabis psychosis, what changes were made between 1995 and 1999 to the guidelines relating to diagnosis of cannabis psychosis. |
| (140865) | |
| 212 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make Zanamirin available over the counter in pharmacies for self treatment of influenza. |
| (140827) | |
| 213 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will respond to the request for advice made by the British Embassy in Manila in relation to the entry clearance application of Mr Arsenio J. Jacinto Tuazon; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140912) | |
| 214 | Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving officers were in the police forces of England and Wales on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 31st October 2000. |
| (141036) | |
| 215 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the outcome of recent DNA tests found in connection with the killing of Miss Hilda Murrell. |
| (141061) | |
| 216 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations have taken place between the Health and Safety Executive, his Department, and elected Greater London Authority members about the proposed deal to hand control of the London Fire Service to The Leasing Group (Lattice plc). |
| (141148) | |
| 217 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library details of the arrangements entered into by The Leasing Group (Lattice plc) and the Greater London Authority to take control of the Fire Service; and if he will list all the fire engines and fire stations included in these arrangements. |
| (141149) | |
| 218 N | Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Scottish Executive concerning Crown representation at cases involving extradition applications for persons resident in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140549) | |
| 219 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are in custody in each youth offenders' institution broken down by the counties, county boroughs and boroughs from which they come; and what percentage of them come from homes which are over 100 miles away from the institution concerned. |
| (141174) | |
| 220 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the meetings held during the last 12 months between his and other departments to discuss family and children policies and services, indicating which other departments were in attendance. |
| (141113) | |
| 221 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he plans to take following the recent High Court decision on the Isiko immigration case; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141150) | |
| 222 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Prison Service Evaluation Panel's recommendations were concerning the future management of HMP Blakenhurst and HMP Manchester; when the panel's reports were made; when the panel's recommendations will be made public; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140944) | |
| 223 N | Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will lay regulations to bring into force section 6 of the Representation of the People Act 2000. |
| (140876) | |
| 224 N | Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will lay regulations to bring into force section 1(2) of the Representation of the People Act 2000. |
| (140877) | |
| 225 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ex-servicemen have been convicted of a criminal offence in the last five years; and how many of these have been homeless. |
| (141218) | |
| 226 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cautions were given by the police to offenders (a) in Gloucestershire and (b) in England and Wales, in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what percentage of the total number of crimes committed these figures represent; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141124) | |
| 227 N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have transferred duties previously undertaken by traffic wardens to local authorities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140979) | |
| 228 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what he will make a decision on the application to remain in the UK from Mrs Farmer of Babbacombe Road, Torquay, Ref D 259977. |
| (141103) | |
| 229 N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the number of individuals believed still to be in the UK but whose whereabouts are unknown, (a) who have applied for asylum but whose applications have not yet been finally determined and (b) whose applications for asylum have been refused. |
| (140765) | |
| 230 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what volumes of (a) cannabis and (b) skunk cannabis have been seized in each of the last 10 years. |
| (140860) | |
| 231 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the prison population has been imprisoned in each of the last 10 years as a result of crimes committed to support the use of (a) heroin, (b) tobacco, (c) cocaine and (d) cannabis. |
| (140859) | |
| 232 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if prisoners serving their sentences on the home detention curfew scheme are disqualified from (a) voting at and (b) standing in elections; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140878) | |
| 233 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what representations he has received on the effectiveness of child contact centres in facilitating contact between children and non-residential parents and other family members. |
| (141187) | |
| 234 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, which agency will (a) have responsibility for and (b) bear the cost of, police checks on volunteer workers in child contact centres. |
| (141186) | |
| 235 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what monitoring of costs in fast track cases has taken place; what data relating to costs in fast track cases have been collected; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140816) | |
| 236 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place in the Library the guidance agreed with the judiciary on the use of lodgings. |
| (140804) | |
| 237 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in relation to High Court judges marshall on circuit (a) what are the duties of the marshal, (b) who appoints the marshal, (c) who pays the wages and fees of the marshal, (d) what was the total cost of the marshal service to public funds for each of the last three years, (e) what uniform, dress code or badge of office distinguishes the marshal, (f) how many marshals there are and (g) what are the qualifications and experience required to be a marshal; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140808) | |
| 238 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the allowances for accommodation expenses paid to circuit judges staying away from home. |
| (140812) | |
| 239 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he plans to introduce benchmarking of costs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140819) | |
| 240 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the procedures he has assessed as suitable for benchmarking of costs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140820) | |
| 241 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will issue guidance to (a) High Court and (b) circuit judges on when it is appropriate to commute to court from home; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140806) | |
| 242 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, for each of the last two years, how many district judges have referred, from their county courts, cost assessments to the Supreme Court Costs Office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140810) | |
| 243 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many court judges are in post in (a) London and (b) elsewhere; how many court judges' vacancies there are in (i) London and (ii) elsewhere; how long the longest vacancy has (A) lasted and (B) is expected to last; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140814) | |
| 244 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what arrangements are in place to collect information about summary assessments of costs after (a) interim and (b) final hearings; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140821) | |
| 245 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many cases have been issued in the County Court since the Civil Procedure Rules were introduced solely to determine the issue of assessment of costs. |
| (140818) | |
| 246 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list, for judges' lodgings, what in each case, is (a) the geographical distance between the lodging and the court it serves and (b) the average time taken to travel from (i) lodgings to court and (ii) court to lodgings, by chauffeur driven car in time for the start of proceedings each day, and to return at the end of the day; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140805) | |
| 247 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, for each of the last two years, what was (a) the longest, (b) the shortest and (c) the average wait for an assessment appointment before a taxing master in London; and what is the current expected timescale for obtaining an appointment. |
| (140809) | |
| 248 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list for each judges' lodgings (a) whether it is (i) rented, (ii) leased and (iii) owned by the Crown, (b) in the case of the lodgings which are rented or leased (i) what the length of the lease is, (ii) what the cost per annum is of (x) rent, (y) service charges and (z) rates, (iii) if the lease is a full repairing lease and (iv) whether the lease is subject to the Landlords and Tenants Act 1954, in respect of business tenants; and (c) in the case of those that are owned (i) what the current capital value is of the property, (ii) what the cost is for each of the last three years of maintenance and (iii) what the cost is for each of the last three years of rates. |
| (140813) | |
| 249 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to introduce benchmark costs for fast track civil cases; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140817) | |
| 250 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what consultations he has held on the issue of benchmark costs in fast track cases; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140822) | |
| 251 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in relation to the High Court judges marshal, when on circuit, (a) what is the selection or appointment procedure is followed in choosing a marshal, (b) what training is given to ensure the marshal is appointed in accordance with equal opportunities legislation, (c) for each of the last two years, how many marshals were (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) from ethnic minority backgrounds; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140807) | |
| 252 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on which circuits and at which lodgings circuit judges are accommodated under arrangements made on those circuits; if, when circuit judges are accommodated in judges' lodgings, they are entitled to (a) no allowance in addition, (b) a lesser allowance than High Court judges and (c) the same allowance as High Court judges; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140811) | |
| 253 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in each of the last three years, what disciplinary enquiries he has made into the inappropriate granting of legal aid in criminal cases; what the value was of payments recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140943) | |
| 254 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) officers, (b) male officers and (c) female officers are serving in the fulltime RUCR; how many had (i) under one year, (ii) under two years and more than one year and (iii) between two and three years of their contracts remaining at the latest date for which information is available; how many (A) male and (B) female officers have served (1) under five years, (2) five to 10 years, (3) 10 to 15 years and (4) over 15 years in the fulltime RUCR; and how many officers in each of these cohorts now qualify for (x) early and (y) enhanced redundancy payments. |
| (141213) | |
| 255 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, under what powers the Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland has commenced an investigation into the Hamill case. |
| (141161) | |
| 256 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to her Answer of 27th November, Offical Report, column 486W, on home care charging policy, for how long Oldham Council had had a Liberal Democrat majority when she provided her oral Answer of 11th May, Official Report, column 1015; and if the Council had undertaken a review of its charging policy during that time. |
| (141068) | |
| 257 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioner benefit units (a) received and (b) were entitled to but did not receive, (i) income support, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) council tax benefit in 1998-99; and what percentage of all pensioner benefit units this represented. |
| (141141) | |
| 258 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate, using the assumptions used to calculate the number of pensioners eligible for the pension credit, how many pensioner couples in 2003 will have a pre-credit weekly income (a) below £123, (b) £123 to £153, (c) £154 to £200 and (d) over £200. |
| (140952) | |
| 259 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, on how many occasions in the past three years a computer error has led to duplicate payments of benefit amounting to £1 million or more; and how many benefit claims were affected on each occasion. |
| (140947) | |
| 260 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will give the reasons for the difference between the expected level of basic state pension given in the consultation paper on the Pension Credit (Cm 4900) and the expected level of basic state pension given in his Answer to the honourable Member for Birkenhead, Official Report, 27th November, column 433W. |
| (141139) | |
| 261 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate, using the assumptions used to calculate the number of pensioners eligible for the pension credit, how many single pensioners in 2003 will have a pre-credit weekly income (a) below £77, (b) £77 to £100, (c) £100 to £134 and (d) over £134. |
| (140951) | |
| 262 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost for each of the next five years, net of taxation and reduced expenditure on means tested benefits, of an increase in the basic state pension of (a) £5 for 70 to 79 year olds and (b) £10 for those aged 80 years and over. |
| (141140) | |
| 263 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the additional cost in each of the next five years, net of means tested benefits and taxation, of an increase in the single person's basic state retirement pension in April 2001 by (a) £5 for 75 to 79 year olds and (b) £10 for 80 year olds and above. |
| (140950) | |
| 264 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioner households and individual pensioners are (a) entitled to and (b) receiving the minimum income guarantee; to what levels these numbers are expected to increase in (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03 and (iii) 2003-04; and how many, in addition to these, he expects to benefit from the pension credit in 2003-04. |
| (141160) | |
| 265 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost to his Department of removing the means test from the Independent Living Fund. |
| (141145) | |
| 266 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the (a) number of recipients of, (b) total expenditure on and (c) upper and lower payments made by his Department from the Independent Living Fund for each of the last three years. |
| (141144) | |
| 267 N | Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many parents carying for children have been penalised by way of a reduction in income support for failing, or refusing, to provide information concerning an absent parent to the Child Support Agency in (a) Inverclyde and (b) Scotland in the past four years; what was the average amount of reduction; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140550) | |
| 268 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much was spent on disability living allowance by his Department in Wales in each of the last five years. |
| (141173) | |
| 269 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much was spent by his Department in Wales in each of the last five years on (a) the elderly, (b) people with long-term illnesses or disabilities, (c) families, (d) unemployed people, (e) children and (f) other categories of people, indicating the percentage of the budget spent on each group. |
| (141172) | |
| 270 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what recent discussions he has had on the issue of treatment for ex-servicemen suffering from severe post traumatic stress disorder; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141219) | |
| 271 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what recent meetings he has had with interested parties on the subject of housing benefit; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141104) | |
| 272 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what financial help is available for carers who reach retirement age. |
| (140890) | |
| 273 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps he is taking to ensure that provision for carers of Alzheimer patients continues after the carers reach pensionable age. |
| (141170) | |
| 274 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the distribution of changes in net incomes from a £5 increase in child benefit by (a) gross income bands, (b) equivalised gross income bands and (c) equivalised net income bands of recipient families using each band of £5,000 (i) up to £40,000 and (ii) over £40,000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140864) | |
| 275 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 24th November, Official Report, column 348W, on winter fuel payments, when he will complete his assessment of the administrative costs of the change; and on what date his Department printed the first winter fuel payment cheques for this winter. |
| (140980) | |
| 276 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many homes in Wales are defined as fuel poor households. |
| (141030) | |
| 277 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much of the Sure Start budget has been spent in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (141029) | |
| 278 N | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the (a) care component and (b) mobility component for those in receipt of disability living allowance at the latest date for which figures are available, broken down by the nations and regions of the United Kingdom. |
| (141012) | |
| 279 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost of introducing an all savings disregard for all benefit claimants with disabilities, broken down into the cost associated with each benefit. |
| (141086) | |
| 280 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, puruant to his Answer of 20th November, Official Report, column 67W, to the honourable Member for Chelmsford, on housing benefit, if he will provide the same information concerning the proportion of housing benefit claims that are cleared within 14 days of receipt for each other local authority. |
| (141083) | |
| 281 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate of total benefit fraud has been made by the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate for each of the local authorities which it has inspected. |
| (141084) | |
| 282 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to alter the appointment process for local authority fraud investigators. |
| (141082) | |
| 283 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which of the principal and supplementary recommendations in the Scampion report on organised benefit fraud (a) have been accepted, (b) are being considered and (c) have been rejected; if local authorities have been notified of the Scampion report; and if he will place the full text of the report on the Internet. |
| (141049) | |
| 284 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps he will take to distinguish between the pension credit allocating pension rights after divorce and the pension credit announced by the Chancellor in his Pre-Budget Report. |
| (141031) | |
| 285 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact on the labour market of the proposed four week limit on the temp to perm fees in the Employment Agency Regulations. |
| (140896) | |
| 286 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department held with the recruitment industry concerning the four week limit for temp to perm fees in the draft Employment Agency Regulations. |
| (140895) | |
| 287 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with employment and recruitment agencies relating to the imposition of a four week limit on the temp to perm fees. |
| (140893) | |
| 288 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which organisations have made representations to his Department (a) in support of and (b) against a four week limit on temp to perm fees. |
| (140894) | |
| 289 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he has considered the implications of the World Commission on Dams' report for his decision on an export credit for the Ilisu Dam; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140755) | |
| 290 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the recommendations and guidelines for good practice identified in the recent World Commission on Dams' report will be used to shape the policies of the Export Credits Guarantee Department. |
| (140757) | |
| 291 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to receive a copy of the updated Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Resettlement Report in respect of the Ilisu Dam. |
| (140759) | |
| 292 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made by the Turkish authorities in meeting the four conditions for UK ECGD support announced in December 1999; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140756) | |
| 293 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the governments of (a) Turkey, (b) Syria and (c) Iraq relating to the legal implications of the Ilisu Dam for cross border water sharing agreements between these countries and obligations under international law. |
| (140758) | |
| 294 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason his Department has ceased publication of full records of plutonium production in civil reactors. |
| (140983) | |
| 295 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what procedures are in place to ensure that weapons-grade plutonium from Magnox reactors is not used for military purposes. |
| (140982) | |
| 296 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what quantity of weapons-grade plutonium has originated in the UK's civil Magnox reactors in each of the last 20 years. |
| (140981) | |
| 297 N | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the competitive impact of the growth of pub-owning chains in the United Kingdom beer market. |
| (139940) | |
| 298 N | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will announce the findings of the six-month review of the beer orders conducted by the Office of Fair Trading. |
| (139941) | |
| 299 N | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the pattern of ownership in the tenanted UK pub estate. |
| (139942) | |
| 300 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his assessment is of the consequences of the recent doubling of the price of gas; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140868) | |
| 301 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made following his request to the Director General of Fair Trading to draw up a code of practice on relations between supermarkets and their suppliers following the publication of the Competition Commission's report 'Supermarkets: A report on the supply of groceries from multiple stores in the United Kingdom' (Cm 4842). |
| (141156) | |
| 302 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made on support for pilot projects to enable post offices to become (a) one-stop shops and (b) general government practitioners in Wales. |
| (141157) | |
| 303 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the application of climate change levy charges to rural post offices which are customers of Northern Electric and Gas; and if he will make a statement. |
| (140881) | |
| 304 N | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the price paid for electricity by the United Kingdom steel industry. |
| (139536) | |
| 305 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate the total cost of decommissioning the UK's nuclear power stations. |
| (141191) | |
| 306 | Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many medical assessment procedures were conducted at each of the testing centres in Wales in each calendar month from January to date. |
| (141151) | |
| 307 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many centres for assessing the compensation claims of former miners for chest disease there are in Wales. |
| (141037) | |
| 308 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) part-time workers and (b) seasonal workers there are in Wales ; and what the corresponding figures were in 1997. |
| (141024) | |
| 309 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many jobs have been created in Wales as a result of the New Deal since 1st May 1997. |
| (141025) | |
| 310 N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received concerning the impact on jobs and investment of the recent mergers and takeovers in the British biscuit industry. |
| [Question Unstarred] (139541) | |
| 311 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what help is available to help carers return to employment after the death of the person they have cared for. |
| [Transferred] (140891) | |
| 312 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many export licences held by slaughterhouses were suspended in the United Kingdom in each of the past 20 years; and how many of these slaughterhouses sold meat to the domestic market during the period of suspension. |
| [Transferred] (141143) | |
| 313 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total (a) salary cost and (b) non-salary cost of the Civil Service in the last year for which figures are available. |
| [Transferred] (141026) | |
| 314 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will propose legislation to remove limits on the level of prizes and the frequency of games for linked and multiple bingo games in the Gaming Act 1968. |
| [Transferred] (141070) | |
| 315 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will propose legislation to remove limits on added prize money from the Gaming Act 1968. |
| [Transferred] (141072) | |
| 316 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will propose legislation to extend the term of a bingo club licence from one year to three years. |
| [Transferred] (141076) | |
| 317 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce legislation to simplify the system of charges in the Gaming Act 1968. |
| [Transferred] (141071) | |
| 318 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce legislation to remove existing restrictions on bingo. |
| [Transferred] (141075) | |
| 319 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce legislation to remove the 24 hour time limit before new members can play bingo. |
| [Transferred] (141069) | |
| 320 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce legislation to reduce the level of duty on bingo. |
| [Transferred] (141077) | |
| 321 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the role and purpose of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal. |
| [Transferred] (141117) | |
| 322 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with the Supply Chain Initiative for Modified Agricultural Crops on its code of practice. |
| [Transferred] (141121) | |
| 323 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received from organic farmers and bee keepers on suitable separation distances for GM crops; and what account he has taken of them. |
| [Transferred] (141123) | |
| 324 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what advice he has given the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal following the halting of Aventis applications. |
| [Transferred] (141118) | |
| 325 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what public consultations he has held over separation distances between GM crops and other crops. |
| [Transferred] (141122) | |
| 326 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what impact the transfer of local authority housing stock into other control has had on expenditure on housing benefit to date. |
| [Transferred] (141193) | |
| 327 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research he has carried out to determine the area of land in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland which, being a river floodplain, is less than (a) 10 feet and (b) 15 feet above the low water level of the river. |
| [Transferred] (141215) | |
| 328 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the threat to old underground chemical weapon stores from recent flooding. |
| [Transferred] (141207) | |
| 329 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what levels of (a) dichlorvos, (b) carithaxanthin and (c) oxytetracycline have been found in salmon in the United Kingdom in the last 12 months. |
| [Transferred] (141183) | |
| 330 | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many households had an income below the average household income in each of the last 20 years. |
| [Transferred] (141205) | |
| 331 | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to award to disabled pensioners aged under 75 years free television licences; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (141078) | |
| 332 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means UK residents travelling abroad are informed about charges for healthcare in other countries. |
| [Transferred] (141045) | |
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