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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 15 March 2001 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 15 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.

THURSDAY 15th MARCH
1	Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he has taken to persuade the Commission of the EU to enforce the Pigs Directive (91/630/EEC) in respect of countries that have failed to take action in accordance with it.
	(154020)
2	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will reply to the correspondence and representations concerning Ms Chappell, a constituent.
	(154060)
3	Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the total cost to the EU Budget was of the EU's sugar programme in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(153984)
4   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will grant discretionary powers to highway authorities to close roads past livestock holdings where stock may be at risk of infection by foot and mouth disease and where alternative routes may be available.
	(153946)
5   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will close the road past Wick Farm, Layer-de-la-Haye, near Colchester, to avoid further spread of foot and mouth disease.
	(153945)
6	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many of his Department's and its relevant agencies' fish disease scientists dealing with aquaculture hold qualifications from an internationally recognised professional body; if he will list the bodies with which they are qualified; and if he will make a statement.
	(154061)
7	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received from the tourist industry on the losses due to the restrictions imposed as a result of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease; and if he will make a statement.
	(154181)
8   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what advice he has given to county councils about the disinfection of vehicles using public roads near locations associated with outbreaks of foot and mouth disease.
	(153840)
9   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many geographical locations are associated with the outbreaks of foot and mouth disease announced to date.
	(153841)
10   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the different locations affected by the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire.
	(153843)
11   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with British Waterways about the precautions necessary to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease; and if he will make a statement.
	(153842)
12   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what criteria are used by his Department to define an outbreak of foot and mouth disease that has more than one geographical location associated with it.
	(153838)
13   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what advice he has given to the operators of landfill sites about the precautions they should take to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease.
	(153822)
14   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what advice he has given to retail premises specialising in products for farmers about the risk of cross-infection of the foot and mouth virus.
	(153839)
15   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if outbreaks of foot and mouth disease have occurred in the vicinity of landfill sites; and if he will make a statement about the implications for the control of the disease.
	(153821)
16	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment has been made of the risks associated with imports of live horses from countries with foot and mouth disease.
	(153972)
17	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what precautions are in place with regard to the transport of animals for rendering during the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(153971)
18	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to ensure that meat imported for the Ministry of Defence and local authorities does not come from countries infected with foot and mouth disease; and if he will make a statement.
	(154010)
19	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to control the imports of pig swill from overseas; and if he will make a statement.
	(154009)
20	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will introduce regulations to allow the burial of carcasses as an alternative to burning for the disposal of animals culled as part of the precautions against foot and mouth.
	(153952)
21	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what temperature the pyre is required to reach in the burning of animal carcasses; how long it takes to reach that temperature; and what assessment he has made of the risk of airborne travel of the virus in the intervening period.
	(153954)
22	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the recommended permitted time is from the culling of an animal to the disposal of its carcass.
	(153953)
23	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to ban the use of swill as a source for the feeding of pigs.
	(153961)
24   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the average annual cost per farmer of buying foot and mouth vaccination.
	(153719)
25	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she takes to ensure that replies to letters from honourable Members are given within a reasonable period of time; and which departments have taken over nine months to reply to letters in the last three years.
	(153967)
26	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursant to her Answer of 12th March, Official Report, column 472W, for what reasons the Office for National Statistics no longer presents the data to which she refers broken down by public and private sector.
	(153951)
27   N	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent out of public funds on non-departmental public bodies, government-appointed taskforces and other publicly-funded bodies in (a) May 1997 and (b) January 2001; and how many staff were employed.
	(153906)
28   N	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the criteria that determine the way in which pensions are paid to the Church of England clergy.
	(153832)
29	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments the Royal Parks Agency have received from the London Marathon in each of the last five years.
	(153962)
30	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason sailors in all ranks are not permitted to view their job evaluation results under the evaluation of the system put forward under Pay 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(153978)
31	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason service officers have not had the same job evaluation as enlisted personnel; and if he will make a statement.
	(153979)
32	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the review of compensation arrangements for Gulf War veterans will examine the seven year rule on eligibility for war pensions; and if he will make a statement.
	(154049)
33	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the job evaluation results of the Officer Corps will be published; and if he will make a statement.
	(153982)
34	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what negotiations are taking place between his Department and the Treasury over compensation payments for service personnel killed and disabled during service with the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
	(154046)
35	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the review for compensation arrangements for those killed and disabled during service with the armed forces will be completed; how the review will be presented to Parliament; if payments resulting from the review will be retrospective; and if he will make a statement.
	(154044)
36	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the recent statement by the Second Sea Lord about the job evaluation system for officers; and if he will make a statement.
	(153980)
37	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many enlisted personnel left each of the three services in the last 10 years, citing pay as the reason for leaving; and if he will make a statement.
	(153981)
38	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel at officer rank left each of the services in the last 10 years, citing pay as the reason for leaving; and if he will make a statement.
	(153983)
39	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which UK companies have the capacity to design and build destroyers and frigates for the Royal Navy; and if he will make a statement.
	(154045)
40	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the review of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme will be published; what the cause of the delay has been; if the review will consider the use of retrospective legislation as a remedy for the perceived injustices; and if he will make a statement.
	(154047)
41	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gulf War veterans have been deemed eligible for war pensions due to the effects of the Gulf War; and if he will make a statement.
	(154048)
42	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been taken against those (a) responsible for racial harassment of Ian Bannister and (b) responsible for setting up a photoshoot with soldiers dressed in Ku Klux Klan regalia and the officers commanding these soldiers.
	(154067)
43	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions have been issued to the 2nd Parachute Regiment concerning members posing for photographs with Nazi regalia.
	(154066)
44	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 17th February, Official Report, column 648W, what the conclusion was of the MoD police inquiry regarding destruction of evidence pertinent to the Saville inquiry; and what actions have been taken against those responsible.
	(154131)
45	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civil servants and (b) other personnel from his Department have attended sessions of the Saville Inquiry.
	(154050)
46	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 17th February, Official Report, column 648W, if he will list the private companies identified as purchasers of 10 rifles required by the Saville inquiry; and what efforts have been made to secure the co-operation of these companies with the inquiry.
	(154132)
47	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many persons, from which divisions and with which specialisms comprise the Bloody Sunday Inquiry Unit in his Department.
	(154051)
48	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the composition is of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry Unit in terms of (a) perceived community origin and (b) gender.
	(154052)
49	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the damage done to the depleted uranium monitoring rig located offshore at the testing range at Dundrennan.
	(154199)
50	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154174)
51   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria are used by grammar schools to select pupils; and what consideration is given to children's performance in the national curriculum when selecting such pupils.
	(153720)
52	Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what advice he has given to colleges of further education about the age at which men may be offered concessionary fees where women are offered such fees at the age of 60 years.
	(154056)
53	Mr William Cash (Stone):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many council houses for rent were held on 21st April 1991 by each of (a) Cannock Chase, (b) East Staffordshire, (c) Lichfield, (d) Newcastle Under Lyme, (e) South Staffordshire, (f) Stafford, (g) Staffordshire Moorlands, (h) Stoke on Trent and (i) Tamworth; and what the current figures are.
	(154146)
54	Mr William Cash (Stone):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many council houses for rent in each of (a) Cannock Chase, (b) East Staffordshire, (c) Lichfield, (d) Newcastle Under Lyme, (e) South Staffordshire, (f) Stafford, (g) Staffordshire Moorlands, (h) Stoke on Trent and (i) Tamworth local authorities were transferred by a large scale voluntary transfer in each authority before 1st May 1997 and after 1st May 1997.
	(154145)
55   N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has required the bidders for NATS to include in their plan for the New Scottish Centre the capability to run the total Scottish Flight Information Region and the Oceanic Centre operation.
	(153919)
56   N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when phase 2 of the New Scottish Centre will go ahead in order to meet the 'O' date.
	(153918)
57   N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what criteria he will use to evaluate NATS' strategic partner's plan for the New Scottish Centre to determine whether it is satisfactory.
	(153917)
58	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154179)
59	Mr Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many of NATS' air traffic controllers are eligible to retire under the early retirement agreement; how many of these are watch supervisors; how many are involved in training for the NERC; how many his Department estimates will exercise their option to retire if Serco is selected as NATS' strategic partner; and what impact this would have on the capacity of the air traffic control system.
	(153964)
60	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what basis sites were selected for the roadshow presentations on the London Orbital Study.
	(153960)
61   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to conclude negotiations on the PPP for the London Underground.
	(153947)
62   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to acquire (a) a stake in and (b) additional powers over Railtrack plc.
	(153943)
63   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to make an announcement about the preferred bidder for the NATS PPP.
	(153944)
64	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to introduce simpler local government grant system which is based predominantly on population.
	(154142)
65	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he has put in place to reduce the financial pressure on local authorities arising from implementing the Government's initiative relating to concessionary bus fares.
	(154139)
66	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to publish a White Paper on local government finance.
	(154137)
67	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reason district councils have been excluded from the local public service agreements pilot schemes; and what plans he has to include district councils in the public service agreements scheme.
	(154141)
68   N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the policy of his Department is towards providing accommodation for departmental civil servants in London.
	(153784)
69   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of the British Waterways' canal network on the leisure boating and narrow boat rental sectors; and if he will make a statement.
	(153820)
70   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 8th March, Official Report, column 276W, if he will assess the role and experience of the Ports of Canada Police as a model for the future policing of United Kingdom ports; and if he will make a statement.
	(153610)
71	Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his plans to improve the A74 between Carlisle and the Scottish border.
	(154229)
72	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding the spacing of seats in economy sections of passenger airlines; if he proposes to introduce minimum space requirements; and if he will make a statement.
	(154130)
73	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the amount of contaminated land in Lancashire.
	(154205)
74   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to receive the (a) next and (b) final reports from the (i) Environment Agency and (ii) Health and Safety Executive, following the explosion at Sandhurst, Gloucestershire; and if he will make a statement.
	(153747)
75   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his plans to improve the A417 near Nettleton Bottom and Crickley Hill, Gloucestershire.
	(153748)
76	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he has taken to encourage vehicle manufacturers to produce vehicles with dual fuel tanks; and if he will make a statement.
	(154005)
77	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has carried out to develop alternative fuels for aircraft; and if he will make a statement.
	(154008)
78	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the meeting of G-8 environment ministers in Trieste.
	(154208)
79	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much high activity liquid waste is projected to arise from reprocessing at the Thorp plant at Sellafield; and what plans there are to condition this radioactive waste for long-term management.
	(154198)
80	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Health and Safety Executives data base on RAM scrap incidents was established; and how many incidents of radioactively contaminated scrap metal have been recorded on the data base.
	(154227)
81   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many private hire vehicles operate in the Greater London Area; and how many have registered with the Public Carriage Office to date.
	(153717)
82   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when operator licensing of private hire vehicles in London will come into effect.
	(153718)
83	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the working party reviewing the voluntary code of practice on commercial property leases is due to report to him; and what procedure is in place to review its recommendations.
	(154225)
84	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the working party reviewing the voluntary code of practice on commercial property leases covers all categories of commercial tenant.
	(154226)
85	Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the UK's overseas earnings from direct and equity was generated from (a) the United States of America and (b) the EU in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(153985)
86	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out the calculation underlying the statement in the Red Book 2001, page 95, paragraph 5.67, on the costs of undertaking annuity reform; and if he will make a statement.
	(154144)
87	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154178)
88	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Article of which treaty, and which budget line of the authorised expenditure of the European Community for (a) 2001 and (b) 2002 authorise expenditure by a body or institution of the European Community for advocating to the citizens of state applying to become a member that they should approve accession of their country to the European Union.
	(154011)
89	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to assist banks, bureaux de change and similar agencies in the United Kingdom to detect the presence of forged Euro notes and coins presented to them for valid transactions after 2nd January 2002.
	(154063)
90	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will introduce the lower level of value added tax for church building work; and if he will make a statement.
	(154007)
91	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his proposals for a lower level of value added tax will apply to all buildings designated as places of worship irrespective of denomination and religion; and if he will make a statement.
	(154006)
92	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made by region of the likely take up of the accelerated payable tax credit for clearing up contaminated land.
	(154206)
93   N	Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on credit unions.
	(153609)
94	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue yield of abolishing taper relief and re-introducing indexation and retirement relief.
	(154021)
95   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason motorcycle vehicles over 250cc do not qualify for reduced vehicle excise duty; and if he will make a statement.
	(153781)
96	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he instructed the Foreign Office spokesman on his Department's response to the Guardian prior to its report of 12th March concerning his statements to Parliament relating to his Department's advance knowledge of select committee reports.
	(153957)
97	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at what time and on what date he spoke to Nicholas Jones about the Foreign Affairs Committee's Second Report of Session 1998-99 on Sierra Leone.
	(153956)
98	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at what time on what date (a) the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, (b) the head of the Foreign Office's news department and (c) the head of the Foreign Office's Africa department (Equatorial) were first briefed on the contents of the draft Foreign Affairs Committee Report on Sierra Leone supplied by the honourable Member for Dundee West.
	(154129)
99	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the security situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the progress made in implementing the Dayton Peace Accords.
	(154018)
100	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the granting of financial aid to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia conditional upon its Government cooperating with The Hague concerning the tribunal case against Slobodan Milosevic.
	(154055)
101	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at what time and on what date the deputy head of the Foreign Office's news department first saw a version of the draft Foreign Affairs Committee Report on Sierra Leone supplied by the honourable Member for Dundee West.
	(154128)
102	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's position is on the future status of Montenegro.
	(154019)
103	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he has discussed the visit of President Mugabe to France with the French Ambassador.
	(154016)
104	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the future status of Vojvodina.
	(154013)
105	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Minister will attend the UN Commission on human rights in Geneva this month; and for how long.
	(154014)
106	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Nato's decision to allow Serb forces into a section of the buffer zone between Kosovo and Macedonia.
	(154012)
107	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the additional responsibilities have been allocated to the Minister for Europe since 1st May 1997, indicating the dates of, and the reasons for, the changes.
	(154053)
108	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice he gave to the Princess Royal concerning her plans to visit Tibet.
	(154209)
109	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whom the Minister of State met and what was discussed during his recent visit to Zimbabwe.
	(154015)
110	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement regarding President Mbeki's policy towards Zimbabwe.
	(154017)
111	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if a spokesman from his Department telephoned Mr Nicholas Jones of the BBC shortly after 6.30 a.m. on 9th February 1999 to discuss the Foreign Affairs Committee's Second Report of Session 1998-99 on Sierra Leone.
	(153955)
112	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at what time he telephoned Mr Nicholas Jones of the BBC on 9th February 1999 to discuss the Foreign Affairs Committee's Second Report of Session 1998-99 on Sierra Leone.
	(153958)
113	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he first read the Foreign Affairs Committee's Second Report of Session 1998-99 on Sierra Leone.
	(153968)
114	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when John Williams of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office first read the Foreign Affairs Committee's Second Report of Session 1998-99 on Sierra Leone.
	(153959)
115	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Expanded Plutonium Disposition Planning Group.
	(154204)
116	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 12th February, Official Report, column 47W, if the paper on fuel leasing to which the United Kingdom is committed under the action points agreed in the meeting of the Plutonium Disposition Planning Group held in Rome on 6th and 7th February, has been produced; and if he will place a copy in the Library once it is ready.
	(154230)
117	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he has received a reply to the representations he made to the Indian Government about the imprisonment of Peter Bleach; and if he will make a statement.
	(153976)
118	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which health authorities more than one patient in eight has waited over one year for in-patient treatment, excluding day cases, in the last year.
	(153966)
119	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the reasons for the delay in responding to letters from the honourable Member for West Surrey relating to constituents; and if he will make a statement.
	(153965)
120	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    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 Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154177)
121	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is per patient treated under (a) the Cornwall Personal Dental Services Pilot and (b) the General Dental Service in England and Wales as a whole.
	(153963)
122   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people will not require long-term care, who would otherwise have done so, as a result of the Government's intermediate care programme in the NHS plan.
	(153836)
123	Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has given to hospital trusts when treating ex-servicemen who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
	(154058)
124	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) registrar and (b) consultant physicians practising in respiratory problems there are in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(154191)
125	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department collects weekly figures on the numbers of bed blockers; if he will publish the figures; and how many bed blockers there were on (a) 1st March 2001, (b) 1st February 2001, (c) 1st January 2001, (d) 1st December 2000 and (e) 1st November 2000.
	(153973)
126	Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he has taken to reduce the suicide rates in young males.
	(153974)
127	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recognition his Department accords to the New Democratic Osteopathic Council; and if he will make a statement.
	(154054)
128	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the further delay in reaching a decision on the approval of the Thin Prep Pap test.
	(154057)
129   N	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health effects of the use of aspartame in food; and if he will make a statement.
	(153905)
130   N	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what were the rates of MRSA infection for major clean orthopaedic operations at (a) St. Peter's Hosptial, Chertsey and (b) Ashford (Middlesex) Hospital in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(153949)
131   N	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Retained Organs Commission will validate the system to be used by the Ashford & St. Peter's Hosptials NHS Trust for recording the organs and tissues retained following post mortem.
	(153948)
132   N	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the hospitals in England that carried out major clean orthopaedic operations, indicating (a) the number of such operations carried out, (b) the number of those treated who contracted MRSA infection whilst in hospital, (c) the percentage rate of infection and (d) the year to which the statistics relate--ranking the hospitals in descending order of infection rate for the last year for which statistics are available for each hospital.
	(153950)
133   N	Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons Hosni Farhat (584006), a prisoner at Albany Prison, has not been deported.
	(153779)
134   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the time it takes an asylum applicant to secure conditions to receive (a) an initial decision on an asylum application and (b) to complete all appeals if the initial application is refused.
	(153826)
135   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of detaining all new asylum applicants in secure conditions for (a) the period covering initial decisions and appeals and (b) the period following refusal of asylum and removal in the current financial year.
	(153823)
136   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average annual cost of escorting an asylum applicant in secure conditions to and from hearings in connection with his application and any subsequent appeal was in each of the last three years.
	(153830)
137   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on talks with the Chinese Government on the difficulties of returning failed asylum seekers.
	(153833)
138   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase the existing immigration detention estate; and by how many places.
	(153827)
139   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sites his officials considered as potential places to build immigration detention centres in the last three years.
	(153828)
140   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants are held in secure conditions.
	(153825)
141   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional places in secure conditions he estimates would be needed to detain all new asylum applicants awaiting initial decisions and appeals.
	(153824)
142   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average annual cost of holding an asylum applicant in secure conditions was in each of the last three years.
	(153831)
143   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the practical difficulties of returning failed asylum seekers to (a) Iran, (b) Iraq, (c) Somalia, (d) Sri Lanka and (e) Afghanistan.
	(153829)
144	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    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 Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154176)
145	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations he has had since 1st October 2000 with the Association of Chief Police Officers and representatives of shooting organisations, on the criteria for having a good reason for possessing shotguns; and if he will make a statement.
	(153970)
146   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the cost to public funds of his proposed exemption for volunteers from fees for criminal record checks.
	(153791)
147   N	Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, column 389W, on court visits, if he will list improprieties he witnessed by members of the legal profession during his visits.
	(153834)
148   N	Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, column 389W, on court visits, if he will give details of the criminal proceedings he observed during the court visits.
	(153835)
149	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances business volunteers working as mentors in schools will be required to be checked by the Criminal Records Bureau; and if so whether they will be exempt from paying the fee.
	(154004)
150   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the ability of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority to generate additional income under Best Value legislation.
	(153722)
151   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to investigate the refugee screening process of the Oramo people in Sudan returning to Ethiopia; and if she will make a statement.
	(153721)
152	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, when the Appointments Commission will publish the employment status and occupation of applicants for a people's peerage.
	(154202)
153	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, when the Appointments Commission will publish its annual report.
	(154203)
154   N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will amend the Ministerial Code of Conduct to cover the letting of rented accommodation to civil servants.
	(153783)
155	Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge):    To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment Her Majesty's Government has made of the overall economic consequences to areas where foot and mouth disease has been discovered; if he will identify the consequential losses that flow from the disease with a view to proposing a package of financial measures to assist; and if he will make a statement.
	(153975)
156	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason he accepted the resignation of the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Right honourable Member for Hartlepool.
	(153969)
157	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on progress made to date by the G8 renewables task force.
	(154193)
158	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to publish the report prepared on the future of UK renewable energy by the Performance and Innovation Unit.
	(154196)
159	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of his environmental speech presented to the WWF conference at Chatham House on 6th March; and what steps he is taking to allow the public access to the contents of his speech.
	(154192)
160	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to discuss with business the implementation of environmental productivity indicators and long-term resource targets contained in his speech on environmental policy at Chatham House on 6th March.
	(154194)
161   N	Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the CSA has a remit to re-examine its original decision to cover the new partner of child and mother.
	(153611)
162   N	Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 535W, on the Child Support Agency, if he will provide a breakdown for each category for each council area in Scotland.
	(153700)
163   N	Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 535W, on the Child Support Agency, what criteria the CSA uses to decide whether to re-examine a case which leads to a change in the original decision.
	(153701)
164   N	Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 535W, on the Child Support Agency, how many of the complaints in the named categories were lodged in Scotland.
	(153702)
165   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what his most recent estimate is of the number of pensioner units with an income of (a) £200 to £210, (b) £211 to £220 and (c) £221 and above who are in receipt of (i) housing benefit, (ii) council tax benefit, (iii) council tax benefit and housing benefit and (iv) one or more of housing benefit and council tax benefit.
	(153787)
166   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, on what grounds the deceased retain national insurance numbers.
	(153785)
167   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the total expenditure is on (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit for pensioners with an income of less than £210 per week.
	(153789)
168   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 9th March, Official Report, column 404W, on Departmental IT projects, if he will disaggregate by type of expenditure the anticipated costs for each of the modernisation projects.
	(153920)
169   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what weekly state second pension a person can expect to receive having worked for 40 years and with annual earnings of (a) £4,000, (b) £5,000, (c) £6,000, (d) £7,000, (e) £8,000, (f) £9,000, (g) £9,500, (h) £10,000, (i) £11,000, (j) £12,000, (k) £13,000, (l) £14,000 and (m) £15,000.
	(153788)
170   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he will publish the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate report on Wirral Metropolitan Council; and if he will make a statement.
	(153790)
171   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many Benefit Fraud Inspectorate reports have been published to date; and if he will list the six reports which give greatest concern to his Department.
	(153786)
172	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    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 Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154175)
173	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the effects of the recent agreement with Japan on the pensions of UK citizens who live in Japan.
	(154133)
174	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the objective and subjective criteria are for measuring the success of the current pensions advertising campaign.
	(154065)
175	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Birkenhead of 12th March, Official Report, column 458W, on pensions, if he will set out details of the working study of pension provision uptake.
	(154147)
176	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much he estimates will have been spent on the current pensions advertising compaign by its conclusion; which media are being used and at what cost; what factors underlay the choice of media used; and if he will publish the brief to the agency responsible for the current pensions campaign.
	(154059)
177	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to monitor the new pension provisions for people who responded to the pension advertising campaign and who received copies of the new pension guide.
	(154064)
178	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many clawback calculations on miners' compensation have been completed to date; and if he will make a statement.
	(154062)
179	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many cases of clawback from compensation awarded to invalid miners were completed in (a) 1998 and (b) 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(154187)
180	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what average sum has been clawed back by his Department from miners' compensation.
	(154207)
181	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many officials are working on clawing back monies from miners' compensation; and if he will make a statement.
	(154188)
182	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the average cost is of each clawback sum from invalid miners' compensation reclaimed by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(154189)
183   N	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support he is giving to enterprise clubs following the establishment of the new Small Business Service, with particular reference to Greater London.
	(153782)
184	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    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 Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154185)
185	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding he expects to be required to maintain the satellite communication monitoring facility at Baldock.
	(154184)
186	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure that the United Kingdom will continue to be able to monitor those radio frequencies given over to satellite communications.
	(154183)
187	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness and compliance of United Kingdom legislation introduced as a result of Directive 80/181/EEC.
	(154190)
188	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, under what circumstances he uses the powers available to him under section 71 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 to seek to encourage proper enforcement by local weights and measures authorities of legislation introduced as a result of Directive 80/181/EEC; and if he will make a statement.
	(154140)
189	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the number of imperial weighing machines still in use in the United Kingdom.
	(154134)
190	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on progress towards compliance with regulations requiring loose goods to be sold in metric units.
	(154135)
191	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the financial effects on traders who (a) have and (b) have not complied with regulations requiring loose goods to be sold in metric units.
	(154136)
192	Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will seek from the Chairman of the Post Office, an explanation of the reasons for which he has failed to reply to letters to him dated 12th January and 24th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to sporting opportunities for Post Office workers.
	(154068)
193	Mr Christopher Leslie (Shipley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on progress in implementing the New Electricity Trading Arrangements.
	(154173)
194	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many outstanding cases there are of applications for compensation to invalid miners following the High Court action brought by NACODS; what the figure was in November 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(154182)
195	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with BNFL in respect of the implementation of the company's new management of change arrangements.
	(154200)
196	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the Health and Safety Executive report, on progress on BNFL's response to three reports on Sellafield issued by the Health and Safety Executive on 18th February 2000.
	(154201)
197   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Triumph Motorcycles Ltd concerning the manufacturing of machines smaller than 750cc; and if he will make a statement.
	(153780)
198   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what ECGD cover has been granted to export of British defence equipment overseas; which contracts are covered; for what amount; and for which countries since 2nd May 1997.
	(153837)
199	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Ministry of Agriculture on compensation for consequential losses being suffered by (a) the tourist industry and (b) rural business in general as a result of foot and mouth disease; and if he will made a statement.
	(154180)
200   N	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on faith schools.
	[Question Unstarred] (152555)
201	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of salmon farming undertakings in the UK were UK-owned in 1995; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (154143)
202	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans his Department has to repeal Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988.
	[Transferred] (154022)
203	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the reply to the honourable Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton of 26th February, Official Report, column 314W, on radioactive waste, if he will list the criteria his Department uses to evaluate what constitutes as soon as practicable in respect of the return of high level radioactive waste to country of origin.
	[Transferred] (154228)
204	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proposals he has to promote environmentally friendly sustainable agriculture.
	[Transferred] (154195)
205	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out his proposals for making the United Kingdom a showcase for environmental protection and environmental technologies.
	[Transferred] (154197)
206	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many miners have died before receiving compensation awarded to them as a result of the High Court action brought by NACODS; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (154186)
207	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the funding for Objective 2 grants for the East of England was received from the EU; and where the money is at present located.
	[Transferred] (153977)

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