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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 21 March 2001 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 21 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.

WEDNESDAY 21st MARCH
1   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what consultations he has held with the Department for Education and Employment about (a) closure of schools and other education institutions, (b) enforced absence of pupils and the provision of education by other means and (c) staff absence, owing to residence in areas affected by foot and mouth disease.
	(154674)
2   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154688)
3   N	Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if industrial fishing for sand eels is prohibited in closed cod-spawning areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(154588)
4	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154987)
5	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154983)
6	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154984)
7	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154982)
8	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if foot and mouth disease can be spread by exposure to plants and grains; and if he will make a statement.
	(154949)
9	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received on the amount of information available to farmers concerning the foot and mouth disease outbreak; and what steps he is taking to ensure that farmers are kept fully informed.
	(155018)
10	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many livestock in Wales he estimates will be slaughtered due to foot and mouth disease outbreaks; and how many have been slaughtered to date.
	(155017)
11	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what controls operate on imports from (a) the EU and (b) elsewhere on materials likely to be used in animal feeding stuffs; what provisions allow prohibition of imports capable of carrying viruses which are a threat to human, animal and plant health; what provisions exist within the rules of the World Trade Organisation permitting such national prohibition; and which persons from (i) the European Commission and (ii) Her Majesty's Government represent the United Kingdom interests at the World Trade Organisation in these matters.
	(154951)
12	Sir John Morris (Aberavon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he has established the cause of the current foot and mouth outbreak.
	(155040)
13	Mr Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to bring in extra veterinary surgeons from other countries to assist with the foot and mouth disease outbreak.
	(154950)
14	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will ban the feeding of pig swill to pigs.
	(155078)
15	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when his Department first received an indication of a possible potential outbreak of foot and mouth disease prior to the first confirmed outbreak; what steps his Department has taken to contain such an outbreak; and how many of these measures had been put in place before the first outbreak had been officially confirmed.
	(154826)
16	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on what date he was first informed of the possibility of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
	(154909)
17	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will take steps to ban the import of meat and meat products from countries outside the EU (a) where foot and mouth disease is (i) prevalent and (ii) suspected and (b) where antibodies may be present in animals as a result of vaccination.
	(154824)
18	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to her Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 80W, how many letters from honourable Members did not receive substantive replies within nine months during the last three years.
	(155097)
19   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effects on Lancaster and Wyre of her Office's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154689)
20	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, what fair-traded products are (a) used and (b) sold in the cafeterias and restaurants of the Palace of Westminster.
	(155066)
21   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    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 Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154687)
22   N	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the sponsorship of the Millennium Dome falls within the Guidance on Sponsorship of Government Activities and Events.
	(153326)
23	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154978)
24	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154981)
25	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154979)
26	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154980)
27   N	Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will investigate the sponsorship of the Millennium Dome in relation to the Guidance on Sponsorship of Government Activities and Events.
	(153312)
28	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions in the last two years military aircraft from the Turkish air force have entered the no-fly zone in Northern Iraq.
	(155064)
29   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154686)
30	Sir John Morris (Aberavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what troops and equipment he has available for assisting in the destruction of animals infected with foot and mouth and the containment of the disease.
	(155041)
31	Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the role of the local New Deal Strategy Group in determining whether direct displacement of existing employees has taken place in firms participating in the New Deal.
	(155062)
32	Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what mechanism exists for determining whether direct displacement of existing employees has taken place in firms participating in the New Deal.
	(155063)
33	Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what sanctions exist against a company which has contravened the rules of the New Deal relating to the direct displacement of existing employees.
	(155053)
34   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to integrate the award of educational qualifications post-16 with individual pupil records.
	(154678)
35   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the annual cost, and on whom it will fall, of additional external moderation and examination needed to fulfil the requirement of Curriculum 2000.
	(154676)
36   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has for the continuation of inspections of performance by full-time and part-time education providers in the programme area of basic skills.
	(154675)
37   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what contingency arrangements he has made for (a) the conduct of public examinations and (b) the assessment of coursework (i) related to land use and (ii) of a more general nature, on account of the current foot and mouth disease situation.
	(154677)
38   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    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 Sutton and Cheam constituency, the effects on Sutton and Cheam of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154412)
39   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    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 Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154685)
40	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many cohorts had their first interview for the New Deal for 18 to 24 years olds in (a) January and (b) April 1998.
	(154931)
41	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on education funding and teacher recruitment in West Sussex.
	(154836)
42	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154977)
43	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154974)
44	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154976)
45	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154975)
46	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) registered nursery and (b) playgroup places there were in the Northern Region in (i) 1996 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(155011)
47	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) after school clubs and (b) holiday play scheme places there were in the Northern Region in (i) 1996 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(155010)
48	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children there were in infant classes of over 30 children in the Northern Region in (a) 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(155095)
49	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much capital investment there has been in primary schools in the Northern Region since 1996.
	(155096)
50	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Battersea, the effects of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154821)
51	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the additional resources his Department has made available to schools in Battersea since 1997 according to sector; and under which scheme or fund they are provided.
	(154831)
52	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people on the New Deal 50-plus in Battersea he estimates will benefit from the minimum income guarantee from April; and if he will make a statement.
	(154830)
53	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what funding has been made available, listed by project and funding scheme, for pupils and teachers at Battersea Technology College, since 2nd May 1997.
	(154820)
54	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of the funding announced in the budget for education will be allocated to Wales.
	(155043)
55	Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will provide details of the financial assistance given to schools in the Chatham and Aylesford constituency since 1997.
	(154912)
56   N	Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact on rural policy of the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
	(153323)
57   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if it is his policy to ensure that (a) an environmental assessment and (b) an informal public inquiry are carried out in respect of hybrid bills before they are introduced.
	(154679)
58	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has to monitor observance of the AOA environmental guidance manual.
	(154828)
59   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    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 Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154684)
60	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what advice he has given local planning authorities on applications to erect mobile phone masts in residential areas.
	(154833)
61	Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the (a) hazardous and (b) radioactive material which has been transported through the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency by road on a regular basis in the last year.
	(154834)
62	David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Highways Agency will publish its annual report and accounts for 1999-2000
	(154910)
63   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Sutton and Cheam constituency, the effects on Sutton and Cheam of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154413)
64	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Valuation Office staff are engaged in the programme of deciding proposals to alter the 2000 rating list.
	(155037)
65	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals have been received to alter the valuation of business premises in the rating list which came into effect on 1st April 2000; and how many are still outstanding.
	(155039)
66	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 570W, whether the technical details have now been finalised; and if he will announce the date upon which the contract is to begin.
	(155098)
67	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list by Valuation Office area the number of proposals to alter the 2000 rating list which have yet to be determined and the last date on which the programme is targeted for completion.
	(155035)
68	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is the policy of the Government that small businesses should have priority in the determination of their appeals against the 2000 rating list; and if he will make a statement.
	(155036)
69	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets have been given to the Valuation Office for the time scale within which appeals against the 2000 rating list must be determined.
	(155038)
70   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154683)
71	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154932)
72	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154933)
73	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154934)
74	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154935)
75	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average pay was in the Northern Region (a) in 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(155051)
76	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs there were in the economy in the Northern Region (a) in 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(155044)
77	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the workforce is unemployed in the Northern Region.
	(155045)
78	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children there are in the Northern Region.
	(155046)
79	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the workforce in the Northern Region was unemployed (a) in 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures area available.
	(155049)
80	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were (a) unemployed and (b) unemployed over two years in the Northern Region (i) in 1996 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(155050)
81	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mothers in the Northern Region whose youngest child is aged under one year are in employment.
	(155048)
82	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of mothers in the Northern Region returned to work when their youngest child was (a) under six months, (b) six to 12 months, (c) one to three years and (d) over three years in each of the last five years.
	(155047)
83	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake to make resources available to the National Assembly for Wales, in addition to funding under the Barnett formula, to enable financial support to be given to tourism and agriculture-related businesses that have suffered losses as a result of the effects of foot and mouth disease.
	(154841)
84	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the no-fly zone in Northern Iraq applies to military aircraft of the Turkish air force.
	(155065)
85	Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice the High Commission in Belize has given to British business there as to the legality of their use of call-back services when telephoning the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(155056)
86	Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK authorities have made to the Chairman of Belize Telecoms about his threat to withdraw telephone services from the British High Commission and others in Belize; what has been his response; and if he will make a statement.
	(155059)
87	Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contact there has been between Interoute (UK) Ltd and the UK authorities about its right to offer its commercial services to clients and potential clients in Belize; and if he will make a statement.
	(155058)
88	Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the dispute between Belize Telecom and the British High Commission in Belize has been resolved; and if he will make a statement.
	(155055)
89	Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what has been the saving to the British High Commission in Belize from its use of call-back services; what has been the cost of its dispute with Belize Telecoms; if this cost is recoverable from the company; and if he will make a statement.
	(155060)
90	Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to the British High Commission in Belize by companies and others seeking to use call-back services when telephoning the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(155057)
91	Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what legal proceedings have arisen from the dispute between Belize Telecom and the British High Commission in Belize; and if he will make a statement.
	(155054)
92	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will be raising the human rights situation in Aceh at this month's 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Commission.
	(155034)
93	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to follow the human rights situation in Aceh, Indonesia.
	(155031)
94	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to appraise the Indonesian government of Her Majesty's Government's views on military operations in Aceh.
	(155028)
95	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to press the Indonesian authorities to investigate the deaths on 6th December of three humanitarian volunteers working for Rehabilitation Action for Torture Victims in Aceh, RATA.
	(155033)
96	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the results were of the visit by the British Ambassador to Aceh earlier this month, with regard to the human rights situation there.
	(155030)
97	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to press the Indonesian authorities to continue with the policy of dialogue to halt violence in Aceh.
	(155029)
98	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received recently about the human rights situation in Aceh, Indonesia.
	(155032)
99	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what sanctions have been considered by (a) the UK Government and (b) the Commonwealth in respect of Zimbabwe; and if he will list those which have been adopted.
	(155022)
100	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the suspension of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth.
	(155023)
101	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action his Department has taken in respect of the murder of farmers and other civilians in Zimbabwe.
	(155024)
102	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British soldiers will be involved in NATO peacekeeping duties in Macedonia.
	(155016)
103	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Buckingham of 31st January, Official Report, column 247W, what further expenditure has been incurred on, and how many extra copies have been distributed of, the 'Your Britain, Your Europe' publication.
	(154827)
104	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that the EU delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights will raise the current human rights situation in China with special reference to religious freedom and torture.
	(154907)
105	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the current resolution adopted on Sudan by the UN Commission on Human Rights with special reference to slavery.
	(154908)
106   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Sutton and Cheam constituency, the effects on Sutton and Cheam of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154415)
107   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154682)
108   N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of building a new district general hospital is.
	(154172)
109	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in Battersea have expanded their practice to treat more NHS patients through the Commitment Payment Scheme since April 2000.
	(154832)
110   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    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 Sutton and Cheam constituency, the effects on Sutton and Cheam of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154416)
111   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received on the subject of David Blagden; and if he will make a statement.
	(154418)
112   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    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 Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154681)
113	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) Albania, (b) Algeria, (c) Angola, (d) Armenia, (e) Azerbaijan, (f) Bahrain, (g) Bangladesh, (h) Belarus, (i) Bulgaria, (j) Cambodia, (k) Cameroon, (l) China, (m) Columbia, (n) the Dominican Republic, (o) Ecuador, (p) Egypt, (q) Fiji, (r) the Gambia, (s) Ethiopia, (t) Georgia, (u) Ghana, (v) Guyana, (w) India, (x) Indonesia, (y) Iran, (z) Ivory Coast, (aa) Jordan, (bb) Kenya, (cc) Kuwait, (dd) Lebanon, (ee) Liberia, (ff) Libya, (gg) Macedonia, (hh) Madagascar, (ii) Mongolia, (jj) Morocco, (kk) Mozambique, (ll) Nepal, (mm) Pakistan, (nn) Peru, (oo) the Philippines, (pp) Romania, (qq) Russia, (rr) Saudi Arabia, (ss) Senegal, (tt) Sri Lanka, (uu) the Sudan, (vv) Syria, (ww) Taiwan, (xx) Tanzania, (yy) Thailand, (zz) Tunisia, (aaa) Turkey, (bbb) Yugoslavia, (ccc) Ukraine, (ddd) Vietnam and (eee) Yemen applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications in 2000; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of these visa returned to their country of nationality before the visas expired; and how many applied (a) to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or (b) for political asylum.
	(155025)
114	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154943)
115	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154936)
116	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154942)
117	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    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 Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154944)
118   N	Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police officers have retired as a result of ill health in each year since 1990.
	(154512)
119   N	Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will respond to the letters from the honourable Member for Manchester Central dated 19th October 2000 and 17th January about Mr H. H. R. (H1001080).
	(154589)
120	Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if (a) candidates and (b) their agents will have the right to a copy of the list of electors exercising their right to vote by post, and the address to which the ballot paper is to be sent, at least 24 hours prior to the despatch of absent votes to electors.
	(154797)
121	Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if electoral registration officers have been advised to suffix existing elector numbers to accommodate additions to the register.
	(154799)
122	Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the provisions for existing rights of inspection and copying of the ballot box register (marked register) used on polling day are to continue.
	(154800)
123	Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if elected public representatives and registered political parties will be entitled to receive details of additions and deletions to the register as and when they are published by electoral registration officers; and if representatives and registered political parties will be entitled to a free copy of the register in data format up to four times a year.
	(154798)
124	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the grounds on which an individual subject to extradition could be transferred to another jurisdiction in his recently published proposals on extradition.
	(155079)
125	Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers and civilian staff there are (a) in total and (b) for each police force in England and Wales for the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(154903)
126	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on East Timorese who are in camps in West Timor.
	(155027)
127	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contributions she is making to alleviate the conditions of internally displaced persons in Aceh, Indonesia.
	(155026)
128	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the aid Britain gives to Sudan reaches areas in the south and in the Nuba Mountains.
	(154905)
129	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the Government gives to Sudan.
	(154904)
130   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154680)
131	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of the Lord Chancellor's Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154989)
132	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154988)
133	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of the Lord Chancellor's Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154985)
134	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of the Lord Chancellor's Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154986)
135   N	Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):    To ask the President of the Council, how many honourable Members voluntarily elected to forgo (a) part and (b) all of their parliamentary salary in the 2000-01 financial year.
	(154516)
136   N	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions he has met Sir Richard Evans at 10 Downing Street since 1st May 1997.
	(154336)
137   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Sutton and Cheam constituency, the effects on Sutton and Cheam of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154414)
138   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the response of the Government is to the recommendations of the Better Government for Older People report.
	(153305)
139   N	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners in London are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of the minimum income guarantee.
	(154171)
140	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154940)
141	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154937)
142	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154938)
143	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154939)
144	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many lone parents on income support there were in the Northern Region (a) in 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(155015)
145	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many children in lone families on income support there were in the Northern Region in (a) 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(155014)
146	Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many winter fuel payments have been claimed in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000; how many have been paid to date; how many remain outstanding; what is the total amount of money as yet unpaid in respect of each year; and what proportion of eligible pensioner households have claimed such payments in each year.
	(155080)
147	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of decisions on a request for (a) revision and (b) supersession were made in favour of the claimant in each month since November 1999.
	(154835)
148	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many requests for (a) revisions and (b) supersessions were received in each month since November 1999.
	(154838)
149	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of (a) initial claims, (b) renewal claims, (c) reviews and (d) appeals were decided in favour of the claimant in each quarter of each year since 1996.
	(154837)
150	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Solicitor General, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154972)
151	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Solicitor General, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154973)
152	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Solicitor General, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154970)
153	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Solicitor General, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154971)
154   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    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 Sutton and Cheam constituency, the effects on Sutton and Cheam of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(154417)
155	Mr John Home Robertson (East Lothian):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many households in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales, are not receiving direct postal deliveries because of precautionary and mandatory access restrictions connected with the foot and mouth disease outbreak; and what arrangements can be made for the delivery and collection of postal votes in such circumstances.
	(154829)
156	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations he has received on the setting up of a Royal Commission on the relationship between overhead power lines and the incidence of cancer and leukaemia; and if he will make a statement.
	(155052)
157	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much ECGD cover was given for exports by British companies to Sudan in the past two years.
	(154906)
158	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what additional resources are being made available to the National Assembly for Wales to help agricultural and tourist-related businesses to survive the financial effects of the consequences of foot and mouth disease.
	(154840)
159	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions (a) he and (b) staff in his Department had with officials of the National Assembly concerning possible outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, prior to 19th February; and if he will make a statement
	(154825)
160	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154945)
161	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154947)
162	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154946)
163	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154941)
164	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154962)
165	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154964)
166	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154963)
167	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154965)
168	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the funding announced in the budget for the NHS will be allocated to Wales.
	[Transferred] (155042)
169	Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many citizens have performed jury service in England and Wales in each of the past five years for which figures are available.
	[Transferred] (155061)
170	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of claims for compensation for (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) asthma his Department will receive from ex-miners and their families in Wales in the next 12 months.
	[Transferred] (154819)
171	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the timescale is for processing claims for compensation from ex-miners and their families in each of the centres in Wales; and what the target date is for the completion of this work for existing cases in each such location.
	[Transferred] (154839)
172	Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in London had their pay increased on implementation of the minimum wage.
	[Transferred] (154948)
173	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, the effects on Meirionnydd Nant Conwy of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154969)
174	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ceredigion constituency, the effects on Ceredigion of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154967)
175	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Ynys Môn constituency, the effects on Ynys Môn of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154966)
176	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Caernarfon constituency, the effects on Caernarfon of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (154968)

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