Notes:
* indicates a question for oral answer.
[R] indicates that the Member has declared a relevant interest.
Questions for oral answer not reached receive a written answer.
Supplementary questions will also be asked. Other Ministers may also answer.
+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.
| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport |
| *1 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): What further assessment he has made of the effects of the foot and mouth outbreak on tourism.
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158136
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| *2 |
Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): If he will make a statement on the implications of the Budget for performing arts industries.
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158137
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| *3 |
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): What steps he has taken to improve facilities for tourists in the UK.
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158138
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| *4 |
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): If he will make a statement on the impact of foot and mouth disease on the number of visitors to the South West over the Easter period.
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158139
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| *5 |
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): If he will make a statement on the preservation of the Millennium Dome.
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158140
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| *6 |
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What representations he has made to the Exchequer in respect of financial support for small businesses involved in tourism which have been affected by the foot and mouth outbreak.
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158141
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| *7 |
Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): What the impact has been of the abolition of museum charges on the number of pensioners and children visiting national museums and galleries; and if he will make a statement.
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158142
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| *8 |
Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): What steps he will take to reduce the variations between (a) sales of National Lottery tickets and (b) average expenditure of the National Lottery Charities Board in parliamentary constituencies.
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158143
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| *9 |
Angela Smith (Basildon): What recent advice he has received on the importance of sport for the health of young people.
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158145
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| *10 |
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town): What his assessment is of the contribution of creative industries to the cultural and economic performance of the UK.
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158146
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| *11 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What the Government's policy is towards the hosting of major sporting events in the UK.
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158147
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| *12 |
Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): If he will make a statement on the work of the British Tourist Authority in promoting Wales abroad.
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158148
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| *13 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): When he next plans to meet the Chairman of the Football Association to discuss progress of building the new national stadium at Wembley.
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158149
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| *14 |
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What representations he has received on the reopening of those Royal Parks which are closed because of the foot and mouth outbreak.
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158150
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| *15 |
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): How many people have visited museums and galleries sponsored by his Department in the last two years.
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158153
) |
| *16 |
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): What proposals he has to assist local authorities in promoting arts projects.
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158154
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| *17 |
Ann Coffey (Stockport): If he will introduce measures to allow televisions in communal areas in homes where all residents are over 75 years old to have a free licence.
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158156
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| *18 |
Mr John McFall (Dumbarton): If he will make a statement on the impact of recent EU decisions on football transfers.
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158157
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| *19 |
Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): What his estimate is of the costs of care and maintenance of the Millennium Dome from the date of the disposal of the majority of its contents by auction to 7th June.
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158158
) |
| *20 |
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): If he will place the tender documents for Culture Online in the public domain.
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158159
) |
| *21 |
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): Pursuant to his Oral Answer of 26th March, Official Report, column 663, on tourism and foot and mouth, what estimate he has made of the loss of tourism businesses as a result of the foot and mouth outbreak in the past four weeks.
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158160
) |
| *22 |
Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash): How people in sheltered housing have been affected by changes to the television licensing regime; and if he will make a statement.
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158161
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| *23 |
Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): If he will make a statement about his Department's support for the UK's creative industries.
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158162
) |
| *24 |
Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): If he will introduce measures to allow televisions in communal areas in homes where all residents are over 75 years old to have a free licence.
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158163
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| *25 |
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): If he will make a statement about recent initiatives to encourage tourists to come to England.
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158164
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| *26 |
Paul Flynn (Newport West): What space for poetry will be made available in Culture Online.
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158165
) |
| Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, and to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission |
| *27 |
Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey of 26th March, Official Report, column 486W, on Church Commission rents, what further representations the Church Commission has received on behalf of the residents of the Octavia Hill Estates.
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158166
) |
| *28 |
Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement concerning Forest Enterprise's interest in acquiring the freehold of Hagg Wood, near Dunnington, from the Church Commissioners.
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158167
) |
| *29 |
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, for what reasons he has brought forward the Church Wardens Measures.
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158168
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| *30 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate he has made of the total cost of repairs to the Church of England's places of worship likely to take place in the 12 months from 1st April 2001.
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158169
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| *31 |
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what variations have recently been made in rents of church lands.
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158170
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| *32 |
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what role the Church Commissioners have in encouraging tourists to visit ecclesiastical buildings.
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158171
) |
| *33 |
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on his support for the work of the Churches Conservation Trust.
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158172
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| *34 |
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what his policy is for assisting farmers who are tenants of the Church Commissioners.
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158173
) |
| *35 |
Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what advice the Commission gives churches on their use for purposes other than worship.
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158174
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| *36 |
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will extend his commitment to help listed places of worship via the proposed grant scheme to unlisted places of worship.
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158175
) |
| At 3.30 p.m. | Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any) |
Main Business |
| + 1 | RATING (FORMER AGRICULTURAL PREMISES AND RURAL SHOPS) BILL: Second Reading. [Until 10.00 p.m.]
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| Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.
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| + 2 | RATING (FORMER AGRICULTURAL PREMISES AND RURAL SHOPS) BILL (PROGRAMME) [Up to 45 minutes]
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| Margaret Beckett
Mr Secretary Prescott
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| That the following provisions shall apply to the Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Bill:
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| Standing Committee
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| 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
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| 2. Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 8th May 2001.
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| 3. The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it shall meet.
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| Consideration and Third Reading
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| 4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at Six o'clock on the day on which those proceedings are commenced or, if that day is a Thursday, at Three o'clock on that day.
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| 5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at Seven o'clock on the day on which those proceedings are commenced or, if that day is a Thursday, at Four o'clock on that day.
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| 6. Sessional Order B (Programming Committees) made by the House on 7th November 2000 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
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| Lords amendments and further messages from the Lords
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| 7. Paragraphs (6) and (7) of Sessional Order A (varying and supplementing programme motions) made by the House on 7th November 2000 shall not apply to proceedings on any motion to vary or supplement this order for the purpose of allocating time to proceedings on consideration of any Lords amendments, or on any further messages from the Lords, and the question on any such motion shall be put forthwith.
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| The Speaker will put the question not later than 45 minutes after proceedings begin (Order of 7th November 2000).
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| + 3 | RATING (FORMER AGRICULTURAL PREMISES AND RURAL SHOPS) BILL [MONEY]: Queen's Recommendation signified. [No debate]
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| Mr Stephen Timms
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| That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
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| + 4 | ADJOURNMENT (MAY) [No debate]
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| Margaret Beckett
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| That this House, at its rising on Thursday 3rd May, do adjourn till Tuesday 8th May.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 25).
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| + 5 | POSTAL SERVICES SECTOR [No debate]
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| Mr Alan Johnson
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| That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 10544/00, and welcomes it as a useful framework for the future liberalisation of the postal services sector in the European Union provided appropriate safeguards are in place to maintain the universal postal service at a uniform tariff.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).
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| + 6 | AVIATION SAFETY [No debate]
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| Mr Robert Ainsworth
|
| That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 14329/00, a draft Council Regulation on establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation and creating a European Aviation Safety Agency; considers that the establishment of a high uniform level of aviation safety in the Community can best be achieved by the establishment and implementation of common rules which are developed and monitored centrally; agrees that the operation of the single market would also be improved by the establishment of a Community body for the certification of aeronautical products; supports the Government's position that the model mapped out in the draft Regulation could provide the building blocks to meet these objectives by improving the present European safety regulation system, the key elements being that the Agency is endowed with the necessary powers and sufficient autonomy to exercise its responsibilities, to attract high quality staff and to make certification decisions efficiently and effectively; and supports the Government's intention to press for this approach in the EU.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).
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| + 7 | IMMIGRATION POLICY [No debate]
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| Mrs Barbara Roche
|
| That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 11529/00, a Commission Communication on a Community immigration policy; and supports the Government's active participation in the debate on the Communication and the Government's intention to ensure that the UK's immigration policies are broadly in line with those of other Member States, whilst retaining domestic control over immigration policy and avoiding measures that could undermine the integrity of the UK's frontier controls.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 119(9)).
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| + 8 | OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT AND CO-OPERATION [No debate]
|
| Secretary Clare Short
|
| That the draft Asian Development Bank (Seventh Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund) Order 2001, which was laid before this House on 6th April, be approved.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).
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| + 9 | DELEGATED LEGISLATION [No debate after 10.00 p.m.]
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| Margaret Beckett
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| That the Community Legal Service (Funding) (Counsel in Family Proceedings) Order 2001 be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.
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| If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.
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| At the end of the sitting:
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| 10 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Compensation for asbestos-related diseases (Mr Stephen Hepburn).
|
| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9) .
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
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| 1 | First Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 11 (public) |
| To consider the draft Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, the draft Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, and the draft Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2001. |
| 2 | Second Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 9 (public) |
| To consider the draft Broadcasting (Subtitling) Order 2001. |
| 3 | Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 12 (public) |
| To consider the draft Sex Offenders (Notice Requirements) (Foreign Travel) Regulations 2001. |
| 4 | Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 10 (public) |
| To consider the draft Financial Investigations (Northern Ireland) Order 2001. |
| 5 | Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 14 (public) |
| To consider the draft Advisory Centre on WTO Law (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2001. |
| 6 | Seventh Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 15 (public) |
| To consider the draft Scottish Parliament (Elections, etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2001. |
| 7 | Eighth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation | 4.30 p.m. | Room 8 (public) |
| To consider the draft Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2001. |
|
| 8 | Science and Technology | 3.30 p.m. | Room 5 (private) |
| 9 | Public Accounts | 4.30 p.m. | Room 16 (public) |
| Subject: MoD: The Risk of Fraud in Property Management. |
| Witnesses: Mr Kevin Tebbit CMG, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence and Mr Ian Andrews, Chief Executive, Defence Estates. |
JOINT COMMITTEE |
| 10 | Human Rights | 5.00 p.m. | Room 4 (private) |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
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Written Questions tabled on Friday 27th April for answer today++
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| 1 |
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he will allocate the additional money being made available to Crime and Disorder Partnerships in England and Wales for the communities against drugs initiative; and how much each partnership will receive.
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(
160066
) |
| 2 |
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to achieve greater co-operation with police forces to assist in the fight against crime.
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(
160067
) |
| 3 |
Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about his macroeconomic policy in the face of global instability.
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|
(
160112
) |
| 4 |
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much his Department spent on advertising campaigns in 2000-01.
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160113
) |
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