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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 6 December 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 6 December of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, how many of the main committee rooms of the House have induction loop facilities for the hard of hearing; and if these facilities are available on each occasion when a committee room is used. |
| (101615) | |
| 2 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of the total workforce in his Department is registered as disabled; and what steps he is taking to encourage the employment of disabled people within his Department. |
| (101668) | |
| 3 | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when his Department will publish a revised plant health guide for importers. |
| (101733) | |
| 4 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the results of the Flood Defence Review. |
| (101448) | |
| 5 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100148) | |
| 6 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action he is taking to ensure the combating of woody nightshade in areas susceptible to brown rot of potatoes where the watercourses are within internal drainage board areas. |
| (101294) | |
| 7 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what factors account for the increase in costs of special advisers over the period from 1995-96 to 1998-99. |
| (101452) | |
| 8 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many research contracts have been let by her Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100161) | |
| 9 | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on the corporate I T strategy framework documents promised in the Modernising Government Action Plan. |
| (101687) | |
| 10 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government has made in increasing the representation of ethnic minorities in the Civil Service. |
| (101449) | |
| 11 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans she has to transfer responsibility for the appointment of magistrates' from the Duchy of Lancaster to the Lord Chancellor. |
| (101484) | |
| 12 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what account he has taken of the EU Directive on Recycling in setting the terms of reference for his Working Party for the Digital Switchover. |
| (100863) | |
| 13 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimates he has made of the value of the tourism industry to (a) the North West, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Bolton in each of the last three years. |
| (101666) | |
| 14 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Ministers and officials from his Department were represented at the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle. |
| (101679) | |
| 15 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the resolution of the National Assembly for Wales of 16th November concerning the future funding of the BBC; and what response he plans to make. |
| (101646) | |
| 16 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to increase involvement in (a) rugby, (b) football, (c) cricket and (d) hockey in schools. |
| (101429) | |
| 17 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many overseas visitors his Department estimates will visit Britain in 2000 for the main purpose of visiting the Millennium Dome. |
| (101626) | |
| 18 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations his Department has received from international tourism organisations on travellers' understanding of the new duty free system. |
| (101629) | |
| 19 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of overseas visitors who will visit the Millennium Dome in 2000. |
| (101643) | |
| 20 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100147) | |
| 21 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures he has taken to promote participation in cricket in schools within the last year. |
| (101350) | |
| 22 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the current situation in respect of England's bid for the 2006 World Cup. |
| (101349) | |
| 23 N | Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tickets for the Millennium Experience had been sold in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland by 1st November. |
| (101431) | |
| 24 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were employed in Britain's museums (a) in each of the past 20 years, (b) on 10th July 1997 and (c) on the most recent date available. |
| (101312) | |
| 25 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have been employed by the tourism industry in each of the past 20 years (a) in total in the UK and (b) in each region. |
| (101307) | |
| 26 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what location fee was paid to the New Millennium Experience Company by the producers of the film, The World is not Enough. |
| (101647) | |
| 27 | Mr Martin Bell (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the incidents of uncommanded flying control movements in helicopters reported by RAF pilots, broken down by helicopter type since 1994. |
| (101652) | |
| 28 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role he proposes following the 22nd UK/French Summit for Anglo-French co-ordination in relation to the UK commitment to the defence of the Falkland Islands. |
| [R] (101420) | |
| 29 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of landmines in the Falkland Islands. |
| (101822) | |
| 30 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the occasions since 1993 in which deceased aircrew have been found guilty of gross negligence in accidents involving military aircraft which were not fitted with cockpit voice recorders or flight data recorders. |
| (101497) | |
| 31 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the cost of the refit of HMS 'Chatham'; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101670) | |
| 32 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has made a re-assessment of the United Kingdom's anti-submarine requirements since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review. |
| (101669) | |
| 33 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many United Kingdom aircraft the Rangeless Airborne Instrumented Debriefing Systems will be installed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101658) | |
| 34 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his Department's requirement for the procurement of large transport aircraft. |
| (101655) | |
| 35 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the operational life of the Royal Air Force's Rangeless Airborne Instrumented Debriefing System. |
| (101660) | |
| 36 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-core services have been privatised by his Department in (a) 1999 and (b) each of the previous three years. |
| (101661) | |
| 37 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the conditions under which the United Kingdom stands ready to provide destroyers and frigates for peacekeeping operations as agreed in the memorandum of understanding signed with the United Nations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101672) | |
| 38 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the cost of HMS 'Brave' being held in extended readiness. |
| (101671) | |
| 39 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the RAF are participating in the Rangeless Airborne Instrumented Debriefing Systems mission. |
| (101659) | |
| 40 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the cost of installing Marconi Electronic Systems' Rangeless Airborne Instrumented Debriefing Systems on an aircraft. |
| (101657) | |
| 41 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of the most recent Royal Air Force Tornado crash. |
| (101662) | |
| 42 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy vessels have been involved in United Nations operations in the last two years; and how long was each operation. |
| (101663) | |
| 43 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100146) | |
| 44 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for increasing the number of Gurkhas serving in the UK armed forces. |
| (101334) | |
| 45 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account he has taken of the use and sales abroad of the Eurofighter in determining his decision on supplying the contract for the Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile. |
| (101332) | |
| 46 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the contract for the Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile. |
| (101331) | |
| 47 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the UK Air Sea Rescue Service. |
| (101333) | |
| 48 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Navy he expects to be (a) at sea and (b) in a non-United Kingdom post on 25th December 1999, 31st December 1999 and 1st January 2000; what percentage of overall strength of the Royal Navy this represents; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101729) | |
| 49 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provisions have been made to ensure family contact on 25th December 1999, 31st December 1999 and 1st January 2000 for those members of the armed forces who will be separated from their families on those dates. |
| (101728) | |
| 50 | 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 were serving (i) abroad accompanied, (ii) abroad unaccompanied and (iii) deployed in front-line duties on (1) 25th December 1998, (2) 31st December 1998 and (3) 1st January 1999; and what percentage of overall strength of each force this represented. |
| (101711) | |
| 51 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Navy were (a) at sea and (b) in a non-United Kingdom post on (i) 25th December 1998, (ii) 31st December 1998 and (iii) 1st January 1999; and what percentage of overall strength of the Royal Navy that represented. |
| (101713) | |
| 52 | 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 serving (i) abroad accompanied, (ii) abroad unaccompanied and (iii) deployed in front-line duties on (1) 25th December 1999, (2) 31st December 1999 and (3) 1st January 2000; what percentage of overall strength of each force this represents; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101712) | |
| 53 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library reports he has received from the United States authorities relating to the US Army Chinook CH-47 barrel roll incident in 1998. |
| (101400) | |
| 54 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish the seventh annual edition of the compendium of current staff targets and staff requirements. |
| (101398) | |
| 55 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he or his officials have had with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport about the extension of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site boundaries into the Salisbury Plain training area, including Robin Hood's Ball. |
| (101399) | |
| 56 | Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of low level flying training in the United Kingdom in the light of experience in Kosovo. |
| (101502) | |
| 57 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long HMS 'Glasgow' will continue with its current deployment as part of the UN mission in East Timor. |
| (101297) | |
| 58 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current crew levels are of HMS 'Glasgow'. |
| (101298) | |
| 59 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role HMS 'Glasgow' and her crew have played in the humanitarian effort in East Timor. |
| (101296) | |
| 60 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the planned deployments overseas by naval vessels which have been cancelled this year, indicating the reasons for cancellation. |
| (101614) | |
| 61 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which naval vessels have been withdrawn in advance of planned exercises during 1999. |
| (101613) | |
| 62 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the average number of sickness hours, per officer, per month, amongst MoD Police as a whole in each of the last 12 months. |
| (101639) | |
| 63 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the average length of employment at AWE Aldermaston of MoD Police officers whose service there ended in the last five years. |
| (101640) | |
| 64 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of MoD Police at Aldermaston left their job (a) by retirement with immediate pension rights, (b) voluntarily, but without immediate pension rights and (c) compulsorily during (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999. |
| (101641) | |
| 65 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils of secondary age in England were in classes of 40 or above for the last year for which figures are available; and what percentage of the total number of secondary age pupils in England this figure represents. |
| (101682) | |
| 66 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what progress he is making with Tameside MBC in discussions on re-locating Cromwell School. |
| (101447) | |
| 67 | Mr John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils have been excluded and expelled and from which schools in the Easington District Council area year by year since 1995 for drug related offences. |
| (101428) | |
| 68 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the future of middle, deemed secondary, schools. |
| (101177) | |
| 69 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the average level of unauthorised absence (a) in schools in local education authorities with three-tier school systems and (b) nationally. |
| (101176) | |
| 70 | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many infant pupils were in classes of over 30 taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in Worcestershire in (a) September 1996 and (b) September 1997. |
| (101503) | |
| 71 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which local education authorities currently include a special educational needs factor in their LMS formula based on a local SEN audit; and what are the comparative value of funds allocated for pupils through such a factor according to the stage in the code of practice they have reached, for each LEA for which information is available. |
| (101835) | |
| 72 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100145) | |
| 73 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many participants in the New Deal have been offered permanent employment to date. |
| (101833) | |
| 74 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many headteachers are eligible to apply to be considered for early retirement under his proposals; and how many retirement packages can be provided from within the funding allocated for the scheme. |
| (101395) | |
| 75 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the planned expenditure on performance-related pay for teachers over the next two years, broken down by category of expenditure, including (a) training, (b) cost of external assessors and advisers and (c) pay awards for teachers passing through the threshold. |
| (101397) | |
| 76 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what process was used to allocate the contract for consultancy work on teachers' performance-related pay; and what criteria were used to select the successful contractor. |
| (101396) | |
| 77 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many applications have been received in response to his Department's advertisement for external assessors to operate under the teachers' performance-related pay scheme. |
| (101394) | |
| 78 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when Hay/McBer will complete its work on the threshold criteria under the teachers' performance-related pay proposals; and when he will publish the criteria. |
| (101391) | |
| 79 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many applications have been received for the post of communications strategist in his Department to market the Government's performance-related pay proposals. |
| (101392) | |
| 80 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, who will determine whether headteachers applying for the Government's early retirement package meet his Department's criteria of not being able to carry forward the major changes envisaged in improving education; and how applicants will be judged against the criteria. |
| (101393) | |
| 81 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many young people have participated in the New Deal in each region of the United Kingdom in the (a) current and (b) last year. |
| (101301) | |
| 82 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many long-term unemployed people who have entered the New Deal have found full-time employment in each of the past two years. |
| (101311) | |
| 83 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what additional standard spending assessment for Leicestershire would be required if it was funded at the average for English counties for (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils based on the provisional standard spending assessment for 2000-01. |
| (101444) | |
| 84 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he last met the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions to discuss the current standard spending assessment funding formula. |
| (101445) | |
| 85 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the estimated standard spending assessment funding is for (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils for Leicestershire local education authority based on the provisional education standard spending assessment for 2000-01. |
| (101443) | |
| 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 English counties based on the provisional educational standard spending assessment for 2000-01. |
| (101441) | |
| 87 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what examination and test results of pupils at Fresh Start schools are (a) collected and (b) published; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101178) | |
| 88 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those local authorities which have met his target for recycling domestic waste. |
| (101446) | |
| 89 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the effect on the number of passengers passing through London airports in 2015, based on the recent studies of the European Commission and assuming all EU countries applied a similar rate of tax, if a fuel tax on all airlines were imposed (a) at a rate of ecu 245 per 1000 litres and (b) at the same rate as motor fuel excise (excise duty and VAT) in the UK. |
| (101807) | |
| 90 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the rail layout at Ladbroke Grove was designed, approved and installed. |
| (101596) | |
| 91 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the maintenance and investment budget, in real terms, for rolling stock, signalling and track in each financial year since 1994-95 for (a) each line of the London Underground and (b) the London Underground as a whole. |
| (100951) | |
| 92 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what amount has been spent since 20th March 1998 on (a) legal, (b) financial and (c) other consultancy costs for the public private partnership for London Underground; and (i) what were the initial budgets and (ii) what are the future estimates for future consultancy work. |
| (101082) | |
| 93 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his Department's liability for any health problems caused by the incineration of waste. |
| (100942) | |
| 94 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the incineration of waste on (a) the Government's national air quality strategy and (b) local authority air quality strategies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (100944) | |
| 95 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the number of station closures on each line of the London Underground from 1995 to 1999 and the projected station closures over the next 12 months, indicating the reason for closure in each instance. |
| (100947) | |
| 96 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the level of (a) public and (b) private funding of London Underground from 1997-98 to 2001-02 using figures at 1997-98 prices. |
| (100949) | |
| 97 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list research published by the London Underground taskforce; and if he will make a statement on its future work programme. |
| (101080) | |
| 98 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's plans for the central funding of London's Underground over each of the next five years; and if he will list the figure for investment in each year in real terms. |
| (100950) | |
| 99 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the findings of the task force set up to monitor improvements to London Underground indicating how often the task force has met and when. |
| (100952) | |
| 100 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of waste collected for recycling was exported in the last year for which figures are available, broken down into (a) glass, (b) paper, (c) plastics and (d) metals. |
| (100941) | |
| 101 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research the Government has commissioned into the possible risk to human health from the incineration of waste, indicating the publication date of each research document. |
| (100943) | |
| 102 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the number of delays to passenger services of 15 minutes or more for each line of the London Underground for 1998 and 1999. |
| (100946) | |
| 103 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on (a) train, (b) signal and (c) track failures for each line of the London Underground since May 1997. |
| (100948) | |
| 104 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Westminster Underground Station on the Jubilee Line will open. |
| (101081) | |
| 105 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will expand the new Home Energy Efficiency Scheme to include energy efficiency improvements to the fabric of buildings constructed with solid walls. |
| (101426) | |
| 106 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary's oral statement of 24th November, Official Report, column 731, on what evidence the Minister based her statement that an Essex County Council press officer contacted newspapers and other media outlets in Essex, indicating the media outlets contacted, and the dates and means of contact. |
| (100844) | |
| 107 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the stations which have been awarded Secure Station status. |
| (101496) | |
| 108 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will encourage local authorities which do not currently run concessionary fares schemes to visit those which do. |
| (101688) | |
| 109 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received about the concessionary fares scheme in Merseyside; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101693) | |
| 110 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress on his discussions with Railtrack on the protection of access for local rail services between Northampton and Euston following the upgrade of the West Coast main line. |
| (101490) | |
| 111 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many escalators are not in use at London Underground stations, indicating the stations affected and the length of time escalators have not been in use. |
| (101602) | |
| 112 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the freehold system as it applies to council tenants purchasing their council flat. |
| (101603) | |
| 113 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what extra measures he proposes in order to achieve reductions in drink driving offences over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. |
| (101664) | |
| 114 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he has in place to help local authorities in relation to large-scale voluntary transfer of housing stock. |
| (101084) | |
| 115 | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the expected SSA per pupil is for (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils for each shire county education authority for the year 2000-2001. |
| (101829) | |
| 116 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his policy on water companies contracting out their network maintenance services. |
| (101432) | |
| 117 N | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to raise the minimum age for holding a driving licence. |
| (101353) | |
| 118 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what planning guidance he gives to local authorities on the development of sites for deep clamp processing in farm-based waste recycling. |
| (101673) | |
| 119 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what response he has made to the Court of Appeal decision to allow judicial review of the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999. |
| (101642) | |
| 120 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100160) | |
| 121 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he has taken to ensure that the North West Regional Development Agency consults local authorities in non-assisted areas within the region. |
| (101344) | |
| 122 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the provision of direct rail services between the North West and the rest of Europe via the Channel Tunnel. |
| (101347) | |
| 123 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has for widening the M6 motorway between Preston and Birmingham. |
| (101348) | |
| 124 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to strengthen the regulation of rail companies to ensure that adequate rolling stock is provided on peak-time rail services in order to avert over-crowding. |
| (101346) | |
| 125 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his policy is on the electrification of the Blackpool to Manchester line. |
| (101345) | |
| 126 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what matters concerning air traffic control will be decided at the 9th to 10th December Transport Council. |
| (101624) | |
| 127 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the final decision will be made on the EU membership of Eurocontrol; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101623) | |
| 128 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place a copy of the Commission Communication on air traffic delays which will be discussed at the Transport Council on 9th to 10th December in the Library; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101610) | |
| 129 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the brownfield development sites in (a) Colchester borough and (b) Tendring district. |
| (101631) | |
| 130 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what government-sponsored research there has been into the health effects of burning landfill gases in the last 10 years. |
| (101434) | |
| 131 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions the Housing Corporation has approved a contractual purchase sale on terms better than the statutory terms. |
| (101451) | |
| 132 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance Ministers have given to the Housing Corporation relating to approval of contractual purchase sales on terms better than the statutory terms. |
| (101450) | |
| 133 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will assess the benefits of introducing renewal area status for self-contained groups of fewer than 300 dwellings. |
| (101413) | |
| 134 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the requirements are for informing the public of the existence of GM farm-scale trials in their area; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101718) | |
| 135 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many representations he has received against GM farm-scale trials in each month from 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101715) | |
| 136 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the reduction in pesticides use which will be achieved as a result of the Government's proposed pesticides tax. |
| (101831) | |
| 137 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the reduction in carbon monoxide emissions over a 10-year period that would be achieved by replacing two 1200MW coal-fired power stations with two gas-fired power stations of the same capacity. |
| (101832) | |
| 138 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the Government is doing to encourage competition in the main domestic airline routes in the United Kingdom. |
| (101299) | |
| 139 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which body is responsible for ensuring that there are sufficient water resources for future large scale development under regional planning guidance. |
| (101433) | |
| 140 | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what encouragement he gives to local authorities to give rate relief to community sports clubs; what statistics he collects in this regard; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101721) | |
| 141 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if it is a requirement that all trains be equipped with telephones that are operational at all times. |
| (101482) | |
| 142 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects the mapping of open countryside in England and Wales to be completed; and if the exercise is being carried out in stages according to the nature of the terrain. |
| (101483) | |
| 143 | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will carry out a full investigation of the operation of the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre, Dover, having particular regard to the adequacy of (a) physical and (b) human resources at the time of maximum communications traffic in the operation of the Channel Navigation Information Service. |
| (101823) | |
| 144 | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what additional resources are to be made available at the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre, Dover, following the suspension of the Channel Navigation Information Service, on 24th August. |
| (101825) | |
| 145 | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the dangers to shipping as a consequence of suspension of the Channel Navigation Information Service at the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre, Dover. |
| (101824) | |
| 146 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions he has held with Leicestershire County Council about the extension of the Ivanhoe Line rail service. |
| (101442) | |
| 147 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the A6 bus lane in Loughborough during its trial period. |
| (101440) | |
| 148 | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he intends to make an announcement about the distribution to local authorities of housing capital resources for 2000-01. |
| (101644) | |
| 149 | Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will undertake a comparison between the audit process for small parish councils and those for (a) charities and (b) businesses of similar financial size. |
| (101488) | |
| 150 | Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for each district and unitary authority in (i) the South East Region and (ii) the Eastern Region, how many people were (a) registered homeless and (b) on the local authority waiting list for the last and current financial years. |
| (101826) | |
| 151 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on progress of the Inland Revenue investigation into the Adlearn Foundation. |
| (100862) | |
| 152 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public interest immunity certificates each Treasury Minister has signed since May 1997 (a) in respect of and (b) at the request of, which Department, board and agency; and on what dates. |
| (101812) | |
| 153 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide information to travellers at UK ports of entry on the duty free allowances. |
| (101628) | |
| 154 N | Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will announce his decision on the abolition of the carry forward/carry back tax rules relating to personal pensions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101382) | |
| 155 N | Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the tax relief that will be saved as a result of his proposal to abolish the carry forward/carry back tax rules relating to personal pensions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101381) | |
| 156 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements his Department has made for information on the Working Families Tax Credit to be displayed and available to the public at (a) health centres, (b) dentists' surgeries, (c) GPs' surgeries, (d) post offices, (e) public libraries and (f) other venues. |
| (101630) | |
| 157 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the United Kingdom's total gold and currency reserves is now held in euros; what is the total holding of euros; what was their cost; and what is their current market value. |
| (101684) | |
| 158 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100152) | |
| 159 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if UK tax provisions are subject to scrutiny under EU competition law. |
| (101606) | |
| 160 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the increase in the number employed in Shrewsbury and Atcham since 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101714) | |
| 161 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his targets are in respect of the level of the savings ratio in the United Kingdom. |
| (101830) | |
| 162 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what degree of labour market flexibility (a) within the UK and (b) between the UK and other EU countries would be sufficient to deal with the problems posed by asymmetric shocks were Britain to join the single currency. |
| (101819) | |
| 163 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new regular savers have been attracted by the ISA scheme. |
| (101815) | |
| 164 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the reduction of pesticides use is an aim of his proposal for a pesticides tax; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101817) | |
| 165 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what economic indicators will be used in determining whether his five economic tests for EMU membership have been satisfied. |
| (101818) | |
| 166 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what study Her Majesty's Treasury has made of the reductions in carbon dioxide emissions already achieved by firms which will be affected by the climate change levy; and if those firms with significant recent reductions will be granted lower reduction targets. |
| (101828) | |
| 167 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis he has (a) reduced his second year revenue estimate from £375 million to £300 million and (b) maintained the first year revenue estimate at £475 million. |
| (101816) | |
| 168 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of savers who hold both a maxi-ISA and a mini-ISA. |
| (101827) | |
| 169 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many top rate taxpayers will be eligible to receive the working families tax credit in the next financial year. |
| (101810) | |
| 170 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the cost of the Government's National Changeover plan to date. |
| (101820) | |
| 171 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households with an income of over £25,000 will be eligible to receive the working families tax credit in the next financial year. |
| (101813) | |
| 172 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional tax per annum paid by bodies in the charitable sector as a result of the abolition of Advanced Corporation Tax credits. |
| (101814) | |
| 173 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to encourage private sector firms to intensify their preparations for possible future British membership of the euro. |
| (101811) | |
| 174 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a list of the Transfer of Appropriation Orders applied for by the Commission of the European Union and approved by, or awaiting the approval of, a meeting of a Council of Ministers, indicating for each the (a) budget reference purpose and amount of the original appropriation, (b) reason why it was not spent on the proposed purpose, (c) purpose for which it is to be spent and (d) parliamentary scrutiny to which it was subject. |
| (101625) | |
| 175 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people he estimates have benefited from the national minimum wage in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Bristol, (d) Greater London, (e) Cornwall, (f) the West Country and (g) Cumbria. |
| (101302) | |
| 176 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact on tax revenues of the national mimimum wage. |
| (101304) | |
| 177 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public sector workers have benefited from the national minimum wage. |
| (101303) | |
| 178 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households which had no-one in employment on 1st May 1997 now have a member of the family in paid employment. |
| (101308) | |
| 179 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families are projected to benefit from the working families tax credit for each of the first five years. |
| (101329) | |
| 180 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many unskilled workers he estimates have benefited from the national minimum wage. |
| (101306) | |
| 181 | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax was paid by community sports clubs in the form of (a) inheritance tax, (b) VAT, (c) capital taxes and (d) income tax in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101722) | |
| 182 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage the establishment and development of credit unions. |
| (101727) | |
| 183 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many electric shock dog collars Her Majesty's Customs and Excise possess; and how many times they have been used, and on how many dogs, since July 1998. |
| (101435) | |
| 184 | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate in respect of South Lancashire Council area (a) the numbers of income support and jobseeker's allowance claimants going onto the working families tax credits scheme because of the greater financial incentives involved and (b) the number of people in work who will now be entitled to working families tax credits as a result of more generous conditions of entitlement. |
| (101487) | |
| 185 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about progress on the implementation of the agreement he signed with Argentina on 14th July regarding the Falkland Islands. |
| (101821) | |
| 186 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to implement his Department's pledge to support the DETR/DTI Joint Environmental Markets Unit on behalf of UK exporters. |
| (101645) | |
| 187 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Indonesia about wildlife conservation, with particular reference to orangutans and Tanjung Puting National Park; and if he will make a statement. |
| (99675) | |
| 188 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100149) | |
| 189 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the current situation in Kosovo; and how long he estimates UK troops will remain there. |
| (101330) | |
| 190 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of his current foreign policy objectives are aided by the ECGD. |
| (101486) | |
| 191 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution the ECGD makes to Britain's foreign policy objectives. |
| (101485) | |
| 192 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) UK bilateral and (b) NATO financial assistance is being (i) offered and (ii) provided to Russia in relation to (1) decommissioning redundant nuclear weapons and delivery systems, (2) destruction of chemical weapons and (3) other arms control systems; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101384) | |
| 193 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how nuclear test is defined in the context of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; what the source is of the definition; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101387) | |
| 194 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a list of major inward and outward bilateral visits to and from the USA since September 1998 compiled on the same basis as the annexe contained in the Memorandum dated 5th October submitted by his Department to the Foreign Affairs Committee entitled The FCO's Role in Promoting British Interests in Relations with Russia. |
| (101388) | |
| 195 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the high-level parliamentary visits planned this year to Russia, referred to at paragraph 19 of the paper dated 6th October prepared by his Department and supplied to the Foreign Affairs Committee. |
| (101386) | |
| 196 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the future of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty following the failure of the United States Senate to ratify the Treaty. |
| (101389) | |
| 197 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the United Kingdom made representations to the Russian Government about the prosecution of the journalists Nikitin and Pasho; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101383) | |
| 198 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the extent to which the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty has been (a) ratified and (b) implemented by the relevant states. |
| (101385) | |
| 199 N | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is standard practice for minutes not be be taken of meetings held between officials of his Department and the Metropolitan Police on security matters relating to state visits. |
| (101293) | |
| 200 N | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he or his officials have had access to minutes taken by the Metropolitan Police of meetings between his officials and the police in relation to the visit of the Chinese President. |
| (101354) | |
| 201 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the proposed export of smoke and incendiary grenades to the Norwegian KFOR contingent in Kosovo; and what assessment he has made of its compatibility with the UN and EU arms embargoes in place in the former Republic of Yugoslvia. |
| (101732) | |
| 202 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what location fee was paid to (a) the British Embassy in Istanbul and (b)MI6 by the producers of the film, The World is not Enough. |
| (101648) | |
| 203 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the decommissioning of Soviet-designed nuclear reactors in the countries of eastern Europe as part of the negotiations relating to those countries' applications for membership of the European Union. |
| (101890) | |
| 204 N | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Childline; and if he will make a statement. |
| (100945) | |
| 205 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to publish guidelines for the treatment of prostate cancer in the NHS. |
| (101494) | |
| 206 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of PSA testing in reducing deaths from prostate cancer. |
| (101493) | |
| 207 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the (a) number of patients to be treated, (b) number of beds, (c) number of consultant surgeons and (d) revenue budget for the financial year 2000-01 for (i) the Royal Marsden Hospital in London and (ii) the Christie Hospital in Manchester. |
| (101492) | |
| 208 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria he is using for selection of the pilot areas for the NHS Phone and Go dental access areas; and if Northamptonshire Health Authority meets them. |
| (101489) | |
| 209 N | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the Government's response to the report of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care. |
| (101351) | |
| 210 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase funding of (a) research into screening for and (b) educational awareness of prostate cancer. |
| (101686) | |
| 211 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were placed for foster care in Kent by each London borough in the last year for which figures are available; and what the equivalent figures were for the last three years. |
| (101720) | |
| 212 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of recent evidence linking radiation from power lines and cancer. |
| (101690) | |
| 213 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recent publication, The Widening Gap, by Bristol University, on inequalities in health provision. |
| (101689) | |
| 214 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100150) | |
| 215 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he will give to primary care groups to ensure that they apply a policy of equal opportunities in their planning and service delivery. |
| (101612) | |
| 216 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nursing vacancies and (b) hard to fill nursing vacancies there are, broken down by region. |
| (101611) | |
| 217 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference are for the Chief Medical Officer's investigation into retention of organs; when he expects the Chief Medical Officer to report; and if he will ask the Chief Medical Officer to consult the Bristol Heart Children Action Group during his investigation. |
| (101453) | |
| 218 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have awarded the 12 per cent. pay rise to newly-qualified nurses. |
| (101355) | |
| 219 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he intends to take in order to stop the practice of making medicines available by postcode area. |
| (101358) | |
| 220 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial incentives he has evaluated for E-grade nurses, ward sisters and charge nurses. |
| (101356) | |
| 221 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he will take to stop experienced nurses from leaving the NHS. |
| (101357) | |
| 222 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was (a) the minimum and (b) the maximum occupancy of intensive care and high dependency beds (i) at the Royal Bolton Hospital and (ii) in each region of England during the winter months of 1998-99. |
| (101676) | |
| 223 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if Age Concern was consulted by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence during the appraisal of relenza. |
| (101677) | |
| 224 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will issue guidelines setting out which services primary care trusts will manage. |
| (101411) | |
| 225 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations have been cancelled at (a) St. Bartholomew's Hospital, (b) the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel and (c) the Homerton Hospital in Hackney due to the lack of availablity of an anaesthetist. |
| (101409) | |
| 226 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it will be possible for new primary care trusts to provide (a) acute elders' services, (b) children's services, (c) maternity services and (d) services for those with learning difficulties. |
| (101408) | |
| 227 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to ensure the availability of anaesthetists, and to prevent operations being cancelled due to their absence. |
| (101410) | |
| 228 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanism he proposes to monitor the proposed target to reduce the death rate from cancer by 20 per cent. by 2010. |
| (101422) | |
| 229 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations the Government has received on Professor Henshaw's report on High Voltage Powerlines and Public Health; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101622) | |
| 230 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the need for increased funding for cancer drugs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101717) | |
| 231 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were employed in England's care homes and day centres (a) in each of the past 20 years, (b) on 1st May 1997, (c) on 9th March 1998 and (d) on the most recent date for which figures are available. |
| (101310) | |
| 232 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to close Runwell Medium Secure Unit, Essex; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101734) | |
| 233 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at whose discretion it is for an officer facing a discipline hearing to be represented by both a Police Federation lawyer or representative and by a person from the Black Police Association. |
| (101599) | |
| 234 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the ethnic balance of successful candidates in the Police Accelerated Scheme for Graduates. |
| (101600) | |
| 235 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when David Doggan was arrested; how long it took for the Metropolitan Police Service to check his statement that he had been at his day centre at the time of the alleged incident; how long it took to drop the charge against him; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101597) | |
| 236 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what message he sent to the inaugural meeting of the National Black Police Association. |
| (101598) | |
| 237 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that cultural questions facing Police Accelerated Scheme for Graduates candidates are not discriminatory. |
| (101601) | |
| 238 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the prescribed maximum capacity of Chelmsford Prison; and how many prisoners were held at the prison on the latest date for which information is available. |
| (100713) | |
| 239 N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional police officers will be required in each of the rural counties referred to in the report prepared by ORH Ltd. |
| (101173) | |
| 240 N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the report prepared by ORH Ltd relating to the provision of police forces in rural areas. |
| (101171) | |
| 241 N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the report prepared by ORH Ltd relating to the provision of police forces in rural areas. |
| (101172) | |
| 242 | Mr John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been applied for and granted within the Easington District Council area. |
| (101423) | |
| 243 | Mr John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions there have been for drug related offences in the Peterlee and Seaham police sub-division in each year since 1995. |
| (101424) | |
| 244 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his duties and responsibilities in respect of the Port of Liverpool Police. |
| (101678) | |
| 245 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many religious advisors are employed to work within the Prison Service; and what is the cost of their salaries. |
| (101627) | |
| 246 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100151) | |
| 247 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) constables and (c) civilian staff there are in the Essex constabulary; and what the equivalent numbers were for the two previous years. |
| (101412) | |
| 248 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letters to him dated 9th August, 16th September and 14th October from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Briken Qinami. |
| (101806) | |
| 249 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the cost to date of the investigation by Wiltshire Constabulary into the Chemical and Biological Defence establishment at Porton Down; and how many (a) police officers and (b) civilians are employed on it. |
| (99703) | |
| 250 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the contribution that modern technology can make to speedier on-the-scene accident analysis to reduce congestion after road collisions. |
| (101683) | |
| 251 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the officer heading the Operation Waller inquiry into Cleveland Police has issued Regulation 6 disciplinary notices concerning senior police officers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101421) | |
| 252 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many immigration and asylum appeal hearings in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 his Department did not present its case. |
| (101495) | |
| 253 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library details of the performance of the Integrated Casework Directorate against its four key performance indicators for each week since those performance indicators were first applied. |
| (101491) | |
| 254 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the consistency between the absence in UK law of a public interest defence to breaches of the Official Secrets Act 1911 and (a) the UK's membership of the Council of Europe and (b) the UK's human rights obligations. |
| (101390) | |
| 255 | Mr Ernie Ross (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last reviewed the working of legislation on gaming; what plans he has for further reviews; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101427) | |
| 256 N | Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the conclusions of his Department's report on rural policing were taken into account in his recent allocation of funding to police authorities in England; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101169) | |
| 257 N | Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he received the report on policing in rural areas; and when he intends to publish its conclusions. |
| (101170) | |
| 258 N | Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out his Department's policy on the notification of honourable Members of the release of sex offenders into bail hostels within their constitutency; and in respect of that policy if he will list (a) the number of category A sex offenders placed in bail hostels within England and Wales in each of the past two years, (b) the notification given to his Department, in each case, prior to the offender being placed in a bail hostel and the notification given, in each case, to the honourable Member for the constituency where the hostel was located and (c) on how many occasions the notification given to honourable Members was less than four days. |
| (101359) | |
| 259 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the death penalty on Ruth Ellis; and if he will arrange for further investigation by his Department. |
| (101217) | |
| 260 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many research contracts have been let by her Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100162) | |
| 261 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to seek to amend the law to provide unmarried fathers with the same right of parental responsibility as married fathers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101085) | |
| 262 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, for what reasons the Acton and Kensington Advisory Committee on Appointment of General Commissioners of Income Tax has been without a chairman since 1997. |
| (101724) | |
| 263 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many general commissioners of income tax there were in the Acton and Kensington area on (a) 1st April 1996, (b) 1st April 1997, (c) 1st April 1998 and (d) 1st April 1999. |
| (101725) | |
| 264 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many of the advisory committees on appointment of general commissioners of income tax in England and Wales are without chairmen. |
| (101726) | |
| 265 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100156) | |
| 266 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will publish the names and addresses of the solicitors' firms and other agencies which have been awarded block contracts by the Legal Aid Board to give advice, assistance and representation in immigration and asylum cases. |
| (101295) | |
| 267 | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations were made by (a) individuals, (b) businesses, (c) churches and (d) political representatives to the Portadown Sub Division of the Royal Ulster Constabulary between 1st January 1997 and 27th April 1997 regarding the security and safety of nationalists in Portadown town centre; and what steps were taken by the RUC in respect of such representations. |
| (101809) | |
| 268 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100155) | |
| 269 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the current work programme of the Performance and Innovation Unit including (a) the titles of all reports in preparation and their expected publication dates and (b) any further subjects due to be examined by the Unit during the period 2000 to 2002. |
| (101180) | |
| 270 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Prime Minister, what the budget is of the Performance and Innovation Unit for (a) the current financial year and (b) for each future year for which budgets for the Unit have been set. |
| (101174) | |
| 271 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will set out the title of each report published to date by the Performance and Innovation Unit, stating in each case the cost implications of the recommendations made. |
| (101179) | |
| 272 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff there were in the Performance and Innovation Unit in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in the period 2000 to 2002. |
| (101175) | |
| 273 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the research work carried out or being carried out since 1st May 1997 on behalf of the Government by the Institute of Public Policy Research. |
| (101730) | |
| 274 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Prime Minister, when the last meeting of the Joint Consultative Cabinet Committee was; and if he will publish its agenda and minutes. |
| (101501) | |
| 275 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the documents relating to authority for further policy commitment, or action, able to be given approval at the European Council Meeting at Helsinki on 10th and 11th December, indicating the parliamentary scrutiny to which the documents were subject in each case. |
| (101616) | |
| 276 | Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he has received the review of the Social Exclusion Unit; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101681) | |
| 277 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100159) | |
| 278 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on his liaison role in respect of the future of oil fabrication in the Highlands and Islands. |
| (101439) | |
| 279 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to meet the management and unions at the Barmoc oil fabrication yards. |
| (101438) | |
| 280 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in preparing for the transfer of benefits business from the Post Office to banks, what agreement has been reached with the banks to manage their branch operations consistent with the special needs of low income customers. |
| (101607) | |
| 281 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when benefits business is transferred from the Post Office to banks who will carry the liability for bank account charges, with particular reference to charges for ATM withdrawals. |
| (101608) | |
| 282 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many times over the last five years he has exercised his discretion in granting war disablement pensions in cases where claimants failed to make claims within three months of termination of service. |
| (101667) | |
| 283 N | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to raise the level of earnings disregard for the calculation of invalid care allowance. |
| (101352) | |
| 284 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100153) | |
| 285 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what new initiatives he intends to introduce to reduce the amount of fraud in claiming social security payments. |
| (101418) | |
| 286 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to ensure that local authorities carry out adequate checks on housing benefit claimants in order to reduce the amount of bogus claims. |
| (101419) | |
| 287 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many families were officially living in poverty (a) in each of the past 20 years, (b) on 1st May 1997 and (c) on the most recent date available. |
| (101309) | |
| 288 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what benefits are available to support 19 year old students who wish to remain in full-time secondary education at (a) maintained schools and (b) further education colleges. |
| (101665) | |
| 289 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Solicitor General, when the Crown Prosecution Service will make a decision on prosecutions in respect of the death of Mr. Roger Sylvester; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101407) | |
| 290 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Solicitor General, how many sentences have been referred to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient and which have resulted in an increase in the sentences. |
| (101604) | |
| 291 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100154) | |
| 292 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to introduce new regulations for the automotive industry relating to the handling and disposal of redundant secondary restraint systems on vehicles. |
| (101498) | |
| 293 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the average decrease per household in the price of (a) electricity and (b) gas since privatisation expressed in (i) cash and (ii) percentage terms. |
| (101499) | |
| 294 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what impact the change in the price of fuel since privatisation has had (a) on the retail price index and (b) on the amount of money paid in state benefits. |
| (101500) | |
| 295 | Mr John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement concerning origins of future supplies of concessionary coal to retired mineworkers. |
| (101425) | |
| 296 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to extend the privacy protection afforded to the Royal Mail to electronic mail correspondence; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101083) | |
| 297 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it his policy in the WTO Millennium Round, to ensure that the principle of sustainable development is respected in international agreements on trade. |
| (101675) | |
| 298 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on the application by the WTO of the principle of free trade to purchases by governments and local authorities of goods and services concerned with education. |
| (101674) | |
| 299 | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to receive the report from the Health and Safety Executive on its review of the Explosives Acts of 1875 and 1923. |
| (101808) | |
| 300 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the outcome of the Research Council held in Brussels on 2nd December; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101692) | |
| 301 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the operating profit to-date of each (a) regional water authority, (b) regional electricity authority and (c) regional gas authority. |
| (101430) | |
| 302 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the outcome of the Energy Council held in Brussels on 2nd December; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101691) | |
| 303 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the guidance he has given to the Food Standards Agency regarding the impact on its work of the World Trade Organisation Seattle round. |
| (101650) | |
| 304 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how he intends to consult the public about the Millennium round of trade negotiations. |
| (101649) | |
| 305 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from the Food Standards Agency concerning the implications for its remit of the World Trade Organisation Seattle round. |
| (101651) | |
| 306 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many parking fines were incurred by Parcelforce vehicles in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997 and (d) 1998; and how many Parcelforce vehicles there are currently. |
| (101680) | |
| 307 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what policy changes he is planning as a result of the reported half-year loss by Parcelforce. |
| (101731) | |
| 308 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria he will adopt to award the contract for the supply and distribution of concessionary coal to former British coal miners. |
| (101216) | |
| 309 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures he is implementing to ensure the half-year loss by Parcel Force does not constitute a hidden subsidy; and if he will make a statement on his assessment of the effect this loss will have on competitors. |
| (101805) | |
| 310 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he intends to announce awards from Round 2 of the Joint Infrastructure Fund. |
| (101685) | |
| 311 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effect of the United Kingdom's participation in the military company's airbus A400M project on employment in the UK. |
| (101656) | |
| 312 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100157) | |
| 313 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the progress of the 13th company law directive concerning takeover bids. |
| (101605) | |
| 314 | Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list by country (a) the amount recovered by the Export Credits Guarantee Department and (b) the amount repaid under aid loans, for each of the countries defined by the World Bank as developing countries, in each of the last two financial years. |
| (101414) | |
| 315 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what evaluation he has made of the total compliance cost to British business of regulations introduced by Her Majesty's Government since May 1997. |
| (101834) | |
| 316 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the minimum wage will be implemented for company directors who wish to elect not to pay themselves a salary during periods of low or negative profits. |
| (101836) | |
| 317 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many companies have been reported to his Department for attempting to evade the national minimum wage. |
| (101300) | |
| 318 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to uprate the national minimum wage annually; and if he will make a statement. |
| (101480) | |
| 319 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many anonymous calls have been made to the minimum wage hotline giving information relating to breaches of the minimum wage legislation. |
| (101479) | |
| 320 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people have phoned the minimum wage hotline. |
| (101481) | |
| 321 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the future of oil fabrication in the Highlands and Islands. |
| (101436) | |
| 322 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to meet the workforce of the Barmoc oil fabrication yards in the north of Scotland. |
| (101437) | |
| 323 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate the number of recipients of (a) family credit and (b) the working families tax credit who receive payment at a post office broken down to the smallest possible geographical level; and if he will estimate the value to the Post Office of that business in each case. |
| (101609) | |
| 324 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. |
| (100158) | |
| 325 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families he estimates have benefited from the national minimum wage. |
| [Transferred] (101305) | |
| 326 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if any of the field trials in the UK of GM maize crops during 1999 under part C of Council Directive 90/220/EEC have not appeared on the DETR public register for GMO releases. |
| [Transferred] (101716) | |
| 327 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will consult police and local authorities about amending paragraph 10 of the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986 (SI 1986/183) so as to reduce the period before which notice must be affixed to vehicles about to be removed for destruction from seven to three days. |
| [Transferred] (101719) | |
| 328 | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give community sports clubs comparable status to charities as regards exemption from taxes. |
| [Transferred] (101723) | |
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