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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 12 March 2001
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 12 March, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent studies his Department has made of the average cost of slaughtering a lamb in an abattoir in each of the EU member states; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153267) | |
| 2 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with the European Commission concerning the export of hides and skins; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153429) | |
| 3 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received from businesses exporting hides and skins; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153436) | |
| 4 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153524) | |
| 5 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what his estimate is of the number of people employed in agriculture in each of the past 15 years; and what the percentage change was in each year. |
| (152696) | |
| 6 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153545) | |
| 7 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he is having with abattoirs in respect of the cuts in price being paid to farmers for beef. |
| (153186) | |
| 8 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what help and assistance he can give to farmers to compensate for the collapse in the beef price at abattoirs. |
| (153185) | |
| 9 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to ensure that farmers receive a higher price for beef following the foot and mouth epidemic. |
| (153183) | |
| 10 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to help farmers who will lose income as a consequence of not being able to move cattle before the 30 month period. |
| (153189) | |
| 11 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to ensure that cows within the exclusion zones can be moved to adequate facilities for calving. |
| (153188) | |
| 12 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to ensure that sheep within the exclusion zones can be moved for lambing purposes. |
| (153187) | |
| 13 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the price being paid by abattoirs for beef. |
| (153184) | |
| 14 N | Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Houghton and Washington East of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153028) | |
| 15 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153414) | |
| 16 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the European Commissioner for Development and (b) his European counterparts on (i) the recent amendments to proposals for the 'Everything But Arms' initiative and (ii) the implications of these proposals for United Kingdom sugar producers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153554) | |
| 17 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is used for system inspection of meat imported from (a) European Union countries and (b) other countries; and who pays for the inspection. |
| (153678) | |
| 18 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 501W, on hill farmers, what elements combine to give a subsidy of £24,400 per farm. |
| (153536) | |
| 19 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will complete his review of hill farm incomes. |
| (153498) | |
| 20 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 501W, on hill farmers, what the subsidy is for a typical hill farm in England which arises from the EU. |
| (153537) | |
| 21 N | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what investigations he has carried out to determine how many consignments of sheep and lambs have been illegally exported from England and Wales to the Irish Republic during the last 12 months. |
| (153030) | |
| 22 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost of running the Strategic Communications Unit for each financial year since 1st May 1997. |
| (153265) | |
| 23 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what facilities are immediately available to departments principally involved in the collection or distribution of funds in the event of existing computer systems failing. |
| (152633) | |
| 24 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what instructions have been given to government departments to ensure effective back-up systems exist in the event of existing computer systems failing; and if annual reviews of these instructions take place. |
| (152634) | |
| 25 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the last assessment of departmental computer back-up systems took place; and what improvements were made subsequently. |
| (152635) | |
| 26 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list those commercial companies he has been in contact with in the last 24 months regarding disaster contingency programmes. |
| (152636) | |
| 27 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister has specific responsibility for computer disaster contingency programmes. |
| (152637) | |
| 28 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of her Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153523) | |
| 29 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will make a statement on the increase in the number of special advisers in Government departments since 1997. |
| (153405) | |
| 30 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by her Department; and if she will make a statement. |
| (153417) | |
| 31 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government spent on work from outside consultants in each of the past five financial years; what expenditure is planned for the 2001-02 financial year; and if she will make a statement. |
| (153407) | |
| 32 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what has been the cost to the Government of the new Knowledge Network system; and if she will make a statement. |
| (153404) | |
| 33 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she last met other ministers to discuss coordination of the Government's rural policy; and if she will make a statement. |
| (153403) | |
| 34 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost in lost admission revenue to each of the national museums and galleries which charge admission fees of introducing universal free admission. |
| (153438) | |
| 35 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received in concerning proposals to change the ownership of Apsley House; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153431) | |
| 36 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what has been the cost to public funds of the regional cultural consortiums to date; and what is their forecast expenditure. |
| (153430) | |
| 37 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to ensure that the BBC has access to all digital platforms on an equal basis and to ensure that such access is granted (a) on not-for-profit and (b) a free basis. |
| (153276) | |
| 38 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date the New Millennium Experience Company received sponsorship money for the faith zone from (a) Christian trusts and (b) the Laing Family Trust. |
| (153534) | |
| 39 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he will report on the outcome of the consultations into the proposed sum being made available through the New Opportunities Fund to provide palliative care for adults and children. |
| (153290) | |
| 40 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153519) | |
| 41 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153565) | |
| 42 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency of his Department's policies and action since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153286) | |
| 43 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153418) | |
| 44 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 6th March, Official Report, column 201W, on dancing schools, what is his estimate of the number of voluntary dance classes; how much financial assistance is provided for these classes; what his estimate is of the number of Irish dancing schools provided by the voluntary sector; and how much financial assistance is provided for these schools. |
| (153580) | |
| 45 N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many courtesy calls and visits have been made by vessels of the Royal Navy to UK towns, cities and ports in each year since January 1997; what the duration was of each visit; and if he will list the port and vessel involved in each case. |
| (153029) | |
| 46 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the verdict reached by the Croatian court on the killing of Private Simon Jeans in Split, Croatia, in September 1996; what representations he has made to his Croatian counterpart regarding the killing; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153176) | |
| 47 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF air traffic controllers have (a) been recruited and (b) left the service in each of the past five years; how many air traffic controllers there are in the RAF; how many RAF air traffic controllers have joined National Air Traffic Services in the past year; and what plans he has for retention schemes for RAF air traffic controllers. |
| (153172) | |
| 48 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153521) | |
| 49 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153558) | |
| 50 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of service personnel were suffering from (a) HIV/AIDS and (b) sexually transmitted diseases in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153170) | |
| 51 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army are suffering from HIV/AIDS; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153171) | |
| 52 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what tests are carried out on members of HM armed forces for (a) sexually transmitted diseases and (b) HIV/AIDs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153169) | |
| 53 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153408) | |
| 54 | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the mandate is of SFOR troops with respect to the arrest and detention of war criminals in Bosnia. |
| (153542) | |
| 55 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft movements there were in each of the last 10 years from RAF Northolt. |
| (153568) | |
| 56 N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils, in how many schools, (a) took and (b) passed the extension SATS papers for more able pupils in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98, (iii) 1998-99 and (iv) 1999-2000 at Key Stage Two and Key Stage Three, broken down by (A) private and (B) state schools. |
| (152544) | |
| 57 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much money has been paid by his Department to (a) accountancy and (b) legal firms in each year since 1st May 1997 in relation to PFI projects. |
| (153263) | |
| 58 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the annual increase has been in the Standards Fund since 1996; and how much of the Standards Fund has been spent in (a) South Shields constituency and (b) the borough of South Tyneside in each year since then. |
| (152766) | |
| 59 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much direct grant was received by each school in the South Shields constituency for the 2000-01 financial year; and what his estimate is for each school in 2001-02. |
| (152781) | |
| 60 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the SSA per (a) primary school and (b) secondary school was, in real terms, for South Tyneside in each year since 1996. |
| (152783) | |
| 61 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the average funding allocation was per school age child in the Borough of South Tyneside in each year since 1996. |
| (152785) | |
| 62 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on trends in numeracy and literacy among children in junior schools in the borough of South Tyneside since 1996. |
| (152765) | |
| 63 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the funding allocations, by scheme, to South Tyneside Local Education Authority in each year since 1996; and what his estimates are for the 2001-02 financial year. |
| (152780) | |
| 64 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the amount of capital funding made available to schools in the South Shields constituency through the New Deal for Schools since May 1997. |
| (152782) | |
| 65 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of its local schools' budget South Tyneside Council has delegated to schools in each year since 1996. |
| (152784) | |
| 66 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the capital investment in schools in South Tyneside Local Education Authority was from 1996 to 1999 (a) in total and (b) by funding stream; and what his forecast is for the next three years. |
| (152786) | |
| 67 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153528) | |
| 68 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153559) | |
| 69 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, including statiscal information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153287) | |
| 70 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153419) | |
| 71 N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he will reply to letters from the honourable Member for West Derbyshire dated 8th November and 21st September 2000 concerning the exclusion from holiday play schemes of children with medical conditions. |
| (153253) | |
| 72 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list each school in England and Wales to which (a) the Pupil Learning Credits Scheme, (b) the National Grid for Learning, (c) Excellence in Cities and (d) the Learning Mentors Scheme applies, indicating in each case, for each school, (i) the parliamentary constituency in which the school is situated, (ii) the number of pupils who will benefit from the scheme and (iii) the value of the scheme for each school. |
| (153278) | |
| 73 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the maintained schools in England designated as (a) failing schools, (b) requiring special measures and (c) having serious weaknesses indicating for each school (i) the parliamentary constituency in which it is situated, (ii) the local education authority in which it is situated and (iii) the number of pupils on roll at the school. |
| (153293) | |
| 74 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils in each local education authority in England were educated in maintained schools in that local education authority and normally resident in other local education authorities in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000. |
| (153295) | |
| 75 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list, for each education action zone (a) the lead LEA, (b) the schools in the zones, (c) the parliamentary constituencies covered by each zone, (d) the date of the zone's inauguration, (e) the total public funding given to each zone to date, (f) the public funding budgeted to be given to the zone in future, (g) the total private funding obtained by each zone and (h) the date of (i) inspection and (ii) audit of each zone's efficiency and effectiveness. |
| (153280) | |
| 76 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the cost of the printing and production of (a) 'From Strength to Strength' and (b) 'Schools: Building on Success' was; how many copies of each were produced; and to whom they were distributed. |
| (153277) | |
| 77 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, for each month since May 1997, for each local education authority in England, the teaching post vacancies notified to his Department. |
| (153279) | |
| 78 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many teachers, in each local education authority in England and Wales, in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 took early retirement on (i) medical grounds and (ii) as a result of voluntary early retirement schemes. |
| (153294) | |
| 79 N | Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects to publish the evaluation of the Code of Practice for Age Diversity in Employment. |
| (153251) | |
| 80 | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many applications he has received for the Targeted Capital Fund; how much in total has been applied for; when he expects to announce the allocations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153535) | |
| 81 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on levels of teacher recruitment and retention in Devon. |
| (153175) | |
| 82 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) consultation documents, (b) reuglations, (c) revised or corrected regulations, (d) guidance notes, (e) requests for statistical information in addition to form 618G and form 7 and (f) letters from Ministers, have been sent to local education authorities by his Department since May 1997. |
| (153489) | |
| 83 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the average cost of establishing a home zone. |
| (153577) | |
| 84 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 630W, on the A27, what the aggregated expenditure was on the two schemes between 1st January 1989 and 31st March 1994. |
| (153443) | |
| 85 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much departmental money was spent (a) from 1st January 1989 to 30th April 1997 and (b) from 1st May 1997 to 31st December 2000 in connection with the Lewes-Polegate railway line. |
| (153434) | |
| 86 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of the formula applied to calculate recycling rates of local authorities. |
| (153432) | |
| 87 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what studies he has commissioned into the establishment costs of local authorities, as distinct from those related to the size or needs of their populations, and any consequent implications for the studies of local government finance. |
| (153399) | |
| 88 N | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the AOA environmental guidance manual. |
| (153289) | |
| 89 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people in each of the four areas of England established for the purpose of administering the home energy efficiency scheme (a) have had new boilers fitted and (b) have had boilers repaired since June 2000; and how many are currently waiting for (i) boiler repairs and (ii) new boilers. |
| (153472) | |
| 90 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how the Government ensures that the cost of work carried out by contractors under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme does not exceed the price which would be charged by local contractors registered with Corgi. |
| (153532) | |
| 91 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what policy he has to implement the proposals in respect of hydrofluorocarbons in Climate Change: The UK Programme. |
| (153617) | |
| 92 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what date and by what means tenders were invited for the management of grant payments under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme towards the cost of heating systems; how many tenders were received; and on what criteria contracts were awarded. |
| (153530) | |
| 93 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how the Government is ensuring that grants paid to contractors for work under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme does not exceed the value of the work done. |
| (153533) | |
| 94 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those contractors authorised to carry out installations of new boilers under the home energy efficiency scheme in each of the four areas of England established for the purpose of administering the scheme. |
| (153445) | |
| 95 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the television advertising campaign for Warmfront commenced in the Meridian television area; how many advertising slots are involved; and what the cost is to (a) public funds and (b) agents acting on the Government's behalf. |
| (153446) | |
| 96 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he takes to ensure that the environmental commitments of Her Majesty's Government through the Kyoto Protocol and the UK Climate Change Programme are reflected in the EU's determination of European standards for air conditioning equipment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153618) | |
| 97 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what tendering processes were undertaken prior to the appointment of the Eaga Partnership to administer the scheme for grant payments towards the cost of new central heating boilers for vulnerable people. |
| (153529) | |
| 98 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the estimated cost to public funds in 2000-01 is of the Government's advertising of the UK home energy efficiency scheme. |
| (153471) | |
| 99 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the estimated cost is of administering the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme in England in 2000-01; and what the average cost is of administration for each grant paid. |
| (153531) | |
| 100 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has to discourage the use of hydrofluorocarbons in air conditioning equipment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153616) | |
| 101 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the total value of work carried out in 2000-01 by contractors in each of the four areas of England established for the purpose of administering the home energy efficiency scheme. |
| (153444) | |
| 102 N | Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made in implementing measures to tackle alcohol and drug abuse in the maritime sector; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153376) | |
| 103 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made on (a) obtaining the return of the £4.4 million grant made to the Walton Group plc in respect of Exchange Flags Liverpool and (b) matters referred to Merseyside Police in respect of this grant. |
| (153546) | |
| 104 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment of risk he has made of the impact of a major computer disaster on the work of his Department; what steps he has taken to minimise the effects of such a disaster; and what the standard of compliance is to protect his Department from its effects. |
| (152546) | |
| 105 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153517) | |
| 106 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to prevent unqualified and fraudulently qualified seamen from sailing ships into UK waters. |
| (153587) | |
| 107 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his counterparts in other maritime countries and (b) the International Maritime Organisation to prevent the practice of exchanging (i) qualifications and (ii) certification of seamen for money. |
| (153588) | |
| 108 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the International Transport Workers' Federation and the Seafarers International Research Institute about certification fraud amongst senior officers of merchant shipping vessels. |
| (153591) | |
| 109 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the International Transport Workers' Federation and the Seafarers International Research Institute about recent research on forged and fraudulently obtained seamen's certificates. |
| (153590) | |
| 110 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he has taken (a) to guarantee the proper official certification of serving officers on merchant ships using waters around the coast of the UK and (b) to prevent the sale or exchange of qualifications for seamen. |
| (153589) | |
| 111 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153561) | |
| 112 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if all of the bidders for NATS are committed to the development of the air traffic control centre at Prestwick. |
| (153281) | |
| 113 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Strategic Rail Authority first asked him to confirm their recommendation of their preferred bidder for the East Coast Main Line franchise; and when he will announce his decision. |
| (153255) | |
| 114 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153423) | |
| 115 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he received the Inspector's report on the public inquiry into the Halewick Lane Waste Transfer Station at Sompting, West Sussex. |
| (153124) | |
| 116 | Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when his Department's National Expert Group on Transboundary Air Pollution will publish its report into acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone in the UK. |
| (153495) | |
| 117 | Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans the Government has to abolish the payment of driving licence renewals for pensioners aged over 70 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153538) | |
| 118 N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money has been spent annually by his Department since 1997 on research undertaken by the Health and Safety Executive and by the Building Research Establishment into the prevention of non-occupational injuries related to building regulations and design features. |
| (153177) | |
| 119 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what additional action he has taken to provide specific funds in the last 12 months for (a) woodland creation and (b) to reverse the fragmentation of ancient woodland. |
| (153682) | |
| 120 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he is taking to increase regulations of permitted development rights to provide additional protection to ancient woodland. |
| (153680) | |
| 121 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has through the felling licence system to restrict further the removal of young trees, shrubs and undergrowth from areas of ancient woodland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153681) | |
| 122 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Office over plans to increase access to water for non-powered craft in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153684) | |
| 123 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he has taken since 1997 to improve services for passengers travelling into Euston from Hatch End, Headstone Lane and Harrow and Wealdstone stations. |
| (153567) | |
| 124 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he is taking to provide additional protection to sites of ancient woodland under the sites of special scientific interest system. |
| (153679) | |
| 125 | Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what mechanism the Government plans to put in place to require publicly-funded institutions to introduce formal environmental management policies. |
| (153518) | |
| 126 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on tackling the smuggling of motor fuel products into Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153426) | |
| 127 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful prosecutions there have been in respect of the smuggling of motor fuel products into Northern Ireland; and how many vehicles smuggling motor fuel products into Northern Ireland have been seized in 2001. |
| (153425) | |
| 128 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost was in 2000 of the Customs and Excise staff, vehicles and equipment used to combat the smuggling of motor fuel products into Northern Ireland; and how much excise duty he estimates was lost as a result of such smuggling. |
| (153428) | |
| 129 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment of risk has been made of the impact to the UK economy in the event of the Inland Revenue being unable to collect or distribute funds for a period of more than three days due to massive computer failure. |
| (152547) | |
| 130 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153527) | |
| 131 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in employment in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the past 15 years; and what the percentage change was in each year. |
| (152697) | |
| 132 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153544) | |
| 133 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153422) | |
| 134 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total cost to individuals and their carers of urinary incontinence products on which VAT is levied in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (153549) | |
| 135 N | Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the number of (a) families in receipt of the working families tax credit, (b) families in receipt of the child tax credit and (c) people in receipt of the national minimum wage in each constituency in Scotland. |
| (152463) | |
| 136 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he is making to establish a central support organisation for credit unions. |
| (153571) | |
| 137 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration he gave to the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports in deciding to issue a licence for the refurbishment of Moroccan heavy artillery in occupied Western Sahara. |
| (153672) | |
| 138 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 6th March, Official Report, column 173W, if he will list those present representing (a) the UK and (b) India at each of the meetings of the UK/India Round Table; and if he will list the recommendations arising from these two meetings. |
| (153435) | |
| 139 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors he considered before he gave his advice that it would be beneficial for the Cabinet Secretary to accept a lunch invitation from the Hindujas. |
| (153433) | |
| 140 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Echelon surveillance system. |
| (153269) | |
| 141 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153421) | |
| 142 | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent contact he has had with the Government of Indonesia concerning intercommunal killings. |
| (153539) | |
| 143 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Danish counterpart on the exercise of Denmark's automatic opt out in relation to the EU Rapid Reaction Force under the terms of the Edinburgh Agreement. |
| (153502) | |
| 144 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Ministers signed the provisional Treaty of Nice on 26th February; and what press statements were released in connection with this event. |
| (153501) | |
| 145 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) small and (b) large abattoirs of inspection charges; and if he will make a statement on the levying of charges on (i) a per head basis and (ii) a per hour basis. |
| (153268) | |
| 146 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes were made to the draft leaflet 'Mobile Phones and Health' in the section relating to the use of mobile phones by children and young people under 16 following receipt of comments from the Department of Trade and Industry; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153256) | |
| 147 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the use of (a) Prozac and (b) other psychiatric drugs on children. |
| (153260) | |
| 148 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abattoirs there were in (a) the UK and (b) the region in which the Lewes constituency is located in every year since 1979. |
| (153266) | |
| 149 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the most recent figures for the numbers of people (a) waiting for hospital treatment and (b) waiting to see a consultant in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area. |
| (153374) | |
| 150 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 5th March, Official Report, column 111W, on Christchurch Health Centre, on what date negotiations commenced for the release of the restrictions on the lease of the Christchurch Health Centre; what deadline has been set for the conclusion of these negotiations; and for what reason the responsibility for such negotiations is not being left to the assignee of the lease. |
| (153551) | |
| 151 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received about including Parkinson's Disease on the list of conditions which have exemptions from prescription charges; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153499) | |
| 152 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been abused as children in the care system since 1971. |
| (153392) | |
| 153 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to government in each of the past three financial years of providing (a) services, (b) compensation and (c) criminal injuries compensation to victims of abuse whilst in care. |
| (153393) | |
| 154 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific services are available for people who were abused whilst in care. |
| (153394) | |
| 155 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who were abused in care needed mental health services in each of the past three financial years; and what was the cost of these services. |
| (153395) | |
| 156 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will develop a strategy to support those adults who were abused as children in care. |
| (153396) | |
| 157 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153520) | |
| 158 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what seroconversion rates occur with MMR in relation to (a) measles, (b) mumps and (c) rubella after (i) the first (ii) the second dose. |
| (153674) | |
| 159 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of hepatitis A vaccine per dose is to (a) the NHS and (b) private sector providers. |
| (153677) | |
| 160 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for changes to regulations relating to charging for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153675) | |
| 161 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of hepatitis A contracted overseas were reported in each of the last three years in the UK. |
| (153676) | |
| 162 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from whom UK Transplant obtains it medical advice. |
| (153477) | |
| 163 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to appoint a medical director for UK Transplant. |
| (153478) | |
| 164 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to organise his Department's transplant co-ordinator resource; and what role he plans for UK Transplant in this process. |
| (153476) | |
| 165 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153543) | |
| 166 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency of his Department's policies and action since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153282) | |
| 167 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153412) | |
| 168 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in enabling GPs to refer patients to the hospital or specialist of their choice. |
| (153479) | |
| 169 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting on in-patient lists at each (a) NHS trust and (b) health authority area in March 1997. |
| (153487) | |
| 170 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made on the National Aids Strategy. |
| (153483) | |
| 171 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in including health audit statements in documents outlining Government policy. |
| (153481) | |
| 172 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in the establishment of local health services. |
| (153485) | |
| 173 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by his Department in monitoring the health impact of the health policies of other Government departments. |
| (153480) | |
| 174 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting more than 13 weeks on out-patient lists at each (a) NHS trust and (b) health authority in March 1997. |
| (153488) | |
| 175 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in introducing national guidance for local targets on maximum waiting times for conditions according to their seriousness. |
| (153484) | |
| 176 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in promoting co-operation between health and local authorities through public health units. |
| (153482) | |
| 177 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to present a mental health bill to Parliament. |
| (153486) | |
| 178 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) NHS trusts and (b) health authorities have more (i) in-patients and (ii) out-patients waiting 12 months for their operations than in March 1997. |
| (153473) | |
| 179 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about the Children's Manifesto produced by Barnardos, the Child Poverty Action Group and the NSPCC; and what plans he has to evaluate and monitor services to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. |
| (153397) | |
| 180 N | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that children who sexually abuse other children have access to appropriate treatment services. |
| (153398) | |
| 181 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what were the costs of urinary incontinence products (a) to the NHS, including surgery and appliances, and (b) to the social services, including cost of carers, in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (153547) | |
| 182 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by the NHS on (a) incontinence pads and (b) incontinence pants in each of the last three years. |
| (153548) | |
| 183 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by the NHS on incontinence appliances, with particular reference to bedding mats and creams, in each of the last three years. |
| (153550) | |
| 184 N | Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government intends to make Recombinant Factor 8 available to all haemophiliacs in England. |
| (153182) | |
| 185 N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent annually by his Department since 1997 on (a) research into the prevention of intentional injuries, (b) research into the epidemiology, care and rehabilitation of victims of injury and (c) research into the biological mechanisms underlying the injury process and injury treatment. |
| (153178) | |
| 186 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about current numbers of neurological staff; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153570) | |
| 187 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to increase the level of blood donations in each of the next five years. |
| (153566) | |
| 188 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of medical training places for neurologists; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153569) | |
| 189 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds exemptions are granted for the use of dogs from non-designated breeders to be used in licensed procedures. |
| (153272) | |
| 190 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under which categories his Department's Annual Statistics are recorded (a) palatability trials, (b) digestibility trials, (c) faeces screening studies and (d) other tests carried out by commercial pet food companies. |
| (153274) | |
| 191 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are taken to ensure that animal experiments by commercial pet food companies comply with section 5(4) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. |
| (153275) | |
| 192 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many exemptions were granted in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000 under section 10(3)(a) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. |
| (153270) | |
| 193 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dogs from non-designated breeders were used in licensed procedures at designated scientific establishments in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000. |
| (153271) | |
| 194 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been paid by his Department to (a) accountancy and (b) legal firms in each year since 1st May 1997 in relation to PFI projects. |
| (153264) | |
| 195 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on how his Department monitors the conditions in which dogs are bred and reared in non-designated breeding establishments. |
| (153273) | |
| 196 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional information the Charity Commission has requested from the Coram Family since the Attorney General intervened in the collection scheme. |
| (153669) | |
| 197 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the acceptability of the certificate of identity to countries within the Schengen Agreement. |
| (151714) | |
| 198 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the meeting of 14th February between the honourable Member for Putney and the honourable Member for Hornsey and Wood Green about amendments to the certificate of identity that would make it acceptable as a valid travelling document to all signatories of the Schengen Agreement. |
| (152661) | |
| 199 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153522) | |
| 200 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the review of extradition he announced on 2nd March 2000. |
| (153494) | |
| 201 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153562) | |
| 202 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Middlesbrough South and South Cleveland constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153284) | |
| 203 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the costs of the change in the number of elected representatives in the United Kingdom since 1997. |
| (153406) | |
| 204 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153420) | |
| 205 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) bilateral and (b) European Union aid has been given to Zimbabwe in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (152208) | |
| 206 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by her Department; and if she will make a statement. |
| (153416) | |
| 207 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the European Commissioner for Development and (b) her European Union counterparts on (i) recent amendments to the 'Everything But Arms' initiative and (ii) the implications of these proposals for (A) United Kingdom sugar producers and (B) ACP sugar exporters; and if she will make a statement. |
| (153555) | |
| 208 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his oral statement in Westminster Hall of 8th March, Official Report, columns 169-70W, if he will list the county court hearing centres which he plans to close in response to his Departmental Consultation Paper on court modernisation; and when they are to be closed. |
| (153585) | |
| 209 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his oral statement in Standing Committee A (column 6) of 6th March, how many solicitors' firms had signed up to the Legal Services Commission contract for criminal legal services by 12th March; and how many he expects will have done so by 2nd April. |
| (153586) | |
| 210 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on which date he last met representatives of the retail petrol industry in Northern Ireland to discuss the smuggling of motor fuel products into Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153427) | |
| 211 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the dates in 2001 on which he or his officials have held discussions with his counterparts in the Irish Republic on the smuggling of motor fuel products into Northern Ireland. |
| (153424) | |
| 212 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153409) | |
| 213 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will take steps to establish and publish the source of leaks to the media concerning the Hammond Inquiry. |
| (153259) | |
| 214 N | Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Prime Minister, when he will answer the Question tabled by the honourable Member for Ruislip-Northwood on 30th January, relating to the Hinduja family. |
| (153254) | |
| 215 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps are being taken to improve postal services in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153579) | |
| 216 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions she has had with (a) industry and (b) others about the future of Scottish carpet manufacturing. |
| (153578) | |
| 217 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by her Department; and if she will make a statement. |
| (153411) | |
| 218 N | Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many young people in each constituency in Scotland have (a) participated in the New Deal and (b) found jobs as a result of the New Deal. |
| (152464) | |
| 219 N | Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many young people in each constituency in Scotland have received full-time education, training or work experience with the voluntary sector or the Environment Taskforce as a result of the New Deal in each constituency in Scotland. |
| (152467) | |
| 220 N | Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) children, (b) families and (c) people, in each constiutency in Scotland, were living in poverty in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999 and (iv) 2000. |
| (152465) | |
| 221 N | Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of young people in each constituency in Scotland went on to further and higher education in each year since 1997. |
| (152466) | |
| 222 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions she has had with the Scottish Parliament about plans to increase access to water for non-powered craft; and if she will make a statement. |
| (153683) | |
| 223 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the practice of pension clawback by companies operating occupational pension schemes. |
| (153671) | |
| 224 | Mr Martin Bell (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the impact on the weekly pensions of men aged 60 to 64 who, had they been women, would have qualified to receive the state pension, of allocating to them the funds for the proposed increase to existing pensioners. |
| (153500) | |
| 225 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people under 60 years are in receipt of (a) middle and higher rate care component and (b) the higher rate of mobility component of disability living allowance; and what the annual cost would be to extend the Winter Fuel Payment to this group. |
| (153372) | |
| 226 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment of risk he has made of the impact of a major computer disaster on the work of his Department; what steps he has taken to minimise the effects of such a disaster; and what the standard of compliance is to protect his Department from its effects. |
| (152545) | |
| 227 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what level of basic state pension he estimates could be paid in 2040 from the projected expenditure on the basic state retirement pension if the retirement age for men and women in 2040 was 70, having been raised by one year every two years between 2030 and 2040. |
| (153292) | |
| 228 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many individuals have contacted his Department on the new pensions guide since the launch of the pensions awareness advertising campaign. |
| (153291) | |
| 229 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 28th February, Official Report, columns 697-8W, if he will recalculate the first column, excluding those who are entitled to income based jobseeker's allowance. |
| (153375) | |
| 230 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153526) | |
| 231 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 6th March, Official Report, columns 167-8W, on NIRS2, how many cases received by Benefit Agency offices from NIRS2, were awaiting review on 31st January. |
| (153168) | |
| 232 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153563) | |
| 233 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency of his Department's policies and action since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153283) | |
| 234 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153415) | |
| 235 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people have experienced delays in payment of winter fuel payment lasting over (a) one month, (b) three months, (c) six months and (d) 12 months. |
| (153584) | |
| 236 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many representations he has received concerning delays in payment of winter fuel payment since May 1997. |
| (153583) | |
| 237 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people were eligible to receive winter fuel payment in (a) 1999 and (b) 2000; and how many he estimates will receive it in 2001. |
| (153581) | |
| 238 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people received their winter fuel payment on time in (a) 2000 and (b) 1999. |
| (153582) | |
| 239 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many doctors have been (a) suspended, (b) required to retrain and (c) had their contracts terminated by SEMA in each of its three contract areas in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153576) | |
| 240 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what arrangements he has made with SEMA to ensure doctors making medical examinations are given reports on (a) appeal outcomes and (b) grading of their medical reports; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153575) | |
| 241 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many medical examination reports were graded A, B and C in each of the last three years in each of the three SEMA contract areas; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153573) | |
| 242 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage of doctors have completed the required training in (a) mental health, (b) disability awareness and (c) musculo-skeletal examinations in each of the last three years in each of the three SEMA contract areas; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153557) | |
| 243 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of DLA applications were decided after (a) medical examination and (b) scrutiny in each SEMA contract area in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153574) | |
| 244 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the uptake was in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98, (iii) 1998-99 and (iv) 1999-2000 of (A) child benefit, (B) housing benefit, (C) council tax benefit, (D) family credit and (E) working families tax credit expressed as a percentage of those eligible; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153076) | |
| 245 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to review the procedures and operation of the Child Support Agency. |
| (153077) | |
| 246 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive about increasing levels of benefit take-up. |
| (153072) | |
| 247 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Solicitor General, when he and his officials first met officers and staff of the Coram family to discuss the Charity Commission approved scheme to maximise the contribution of the Coram Collection. |
| (153666) | |
| 248 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Solicitor General, what consultations he had with the (a) Department of Culture, Media and Sport, (b) Home Office and (c) Charity Commission before intervening in the Coram scheme. |
| (153668) | |
| 249 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Solicitor General, when he last took action in relation to the judgement of the Charity Commission and the trustees at the Foundling Hospital. |
| (153552) | |
| 250 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Solicitor General, how he took account of the views of all the trustees of registered charity 312278 before responding to the view of one trustee. |
| (153553) | |
| 251 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment he has made of the wishes of Handel and Hogarth in relation to the trustees' scheme for the Coram Collection. |
| (153667) | |
| 252 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Solicitor General, if a decision has been reached concerning the future of Customs and Excise as a prosecuting authority. |
| (153572) | |
| 253 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by whom the UK Government was represented at the conference on Research Infrastructure held in Strasbourg in September 2000. |
| (153673) | |
| 254 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the comments his Department made to the Department of Health on that Department's leaflet 'Mobile Phones and Health' before publication. |
| (153257) | |
| 255 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date intelligence briefings relating to the Hinduja brothers were first made available to him. |
| (153437) | |
| 256 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been paid by his Department to (a) accountancy and (b) legal firms in each year since 1st May 1997 in relation to PFI projects. |
| (153262) | |
| 257 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what rules apply to officials within his Department relating to the receipt of gifts from (a) private companies and (b) individuals; and whether those rules continue to apply during the contractual period between end of employment and the date on which private sector employment may begin, where such gifts originate from the future employer. |
| (153258) | |
| 258 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the organisations and companies that have been sent, for consultation, a draft of the code of practice for retailers' behaviour in relationship with their suppliers, following the Competition Commission's Report on the supply of groceries from multiple stores. |
| (153541) | |
| 259 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will publish a draft of the code of practice for retailer behaviour in relation to their suppliers, as recommended by the Competition Commission's Report on the supply of groceries from multiple stores; and if he will place a copy in the Library. |
| (153540) | |
| 260 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the amount invested in air conditioning equipment using hydrocarbons. |
| (153622) | |
| 261 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date he proposes to withdraw the British Standard in respect of air conditioning equipment; and if he will make a statement on the regulation that will replace it. |
| (153620) | |
| 262 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the draft European standard for air conditioning equipment (EN 378); and if he will make a statement. |
| (153619) | |
| 263 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received, and from which bodies, supporting the withdrawal of the British Standard for air conditioning equipment. |
| (153621) | |
| 264 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the continued use of hydrocarbons in air conditioning equipment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153623) | |
| 265 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will provide details of the export licences granted for export of military list, paramilitary list and dual use technologies to the Irish Republic in (a) 1999 and (b) 2000, where the end-use destination was for another country. |
| (153514) | |
| 266 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will provide details of the import licences granted for the import of (a) tear gas, (b) plastic baton rounds and (c) other riot control munitions into Northern Ireland from the Irish Republic since 1997. |
| (153515) | |
| 267 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the introducton of extra territorial powers to control British arms brokers operating overseas. |
| (153516) | |
| 268 N | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the total amount of money spent on medical research (a) using animals and (b) using alternatives to animals by (i) Government and (ii) industry in 2000-01. |
| (153373) | |
| 269 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list those commercial companies he has been in contact with in the last 24 months regarding computer disaster contingency programmes. |
| (152548) | |
| 270 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Don Valley constituency, the effects on Doncaster of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153525) | |
| 271 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce compensation for workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own. |
| (152695) | |
| 272 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will set out, with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153564) | |
| 273 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to require suppliers to display the level of duty payable on petrol and diesel on pumps at petrol forecourts. |
| (153250) | |
| 274 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will ask the Office of Fair Trading to investigate the pricing of motor fuel. |
| (153288) | |
| 275 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency of his Department's policies and action since 2nd May 1997. |
| (153285) | |
| 276 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153413) | |
| 277 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the European Commissioner for Development and (b) his European counterparts on (i) the recent amendments to proposals for the 'Everything But Arms' initiative and (ii) the implications of these proposals for United Kingdom sugar producers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153556) | |
| 278 N | Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the overseas companies in which the Post Office has investment, with the date of each investment and the amount. |
| [R] (153181) | |
| 279 N | Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sub-post offices with Horizon equipment installed have ceased trading. |
| [R] (153179) | |
| 280 N | Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sub post offices closed in (a) January and (b) February; and how many of those that closed in the first three quarters of 2000-01 have reopened. |
| [R] (153252) | |
| 281 N | Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average cost is per sub post office of the installation of Horizon equipment. |
| [R] (153180) | |
| 282 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if Scottish advice providers have been involved in the discussions of his Department's Indebtedness Task Force. |
| (153074) | |
| 283 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what involvement the Scottish Executive has had in the work currently being undertaken by the Department of Trade and Industry to improve the lending practices of credit providers and the transparency of information provided to consumers. |
| (153073) | |
| 284 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the television, newspaper and radio advertising and other promotional campaigns conducted by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its departmental public bodies, in each of the past five years, showing for each the expenditure incurred by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (153410) | |
| 285 N | Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress in (a) reducing administration in the police service and (b) ensuring police officers spend more time on operational duties. |
| [Question Unstarred] (151709) | |
| 286 N | Mr Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that chief executives of local authorities and local police divisional commanders in England and Wales have agreed timetables and arrangements for completing the new crime and disorder audit, with the full participation of their local partners and the community, to have a fresh local strategy in place by April 2002. |
| [Question Unstarred] (151712) | |
| 287 N | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce burglaries in disadvantaged communities. |
| [Question Unstarred] (151721) | |
| 288 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the UK Joint Ministerial Committee on Poverty has to consider debt. |
| [Transferred] (153075) | |
| 289 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to introduce a requirement on manufacturers of television sets to include digital receivers in new sets. |
| [Transferred] (153261) | |
| 290 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will withdraw the Schedule D notice served on the Madron Meat Abattoir in Penzance and re-instate the grant of approval from the Meat Hygiene Service. |
| [Transferred] (153173) | |
| 291 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will re-issue a movement licence to Mr Tim Stockwell of Kingsbridge in respect of the movement of 100 pigs to an abattoir. |
| [Transferred] (153174) | |
| 292 | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) male and (b) female workers in Amber Valley are receiving the national minimum wage. |
| [Transferred] (153496) | |
| 293 | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of how many workers in Amber Valley will benefit from the forthcoming uprating of the national minimum wage. |
| [Transferred] (153497) | |
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