Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 27 March 2001

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 27 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.

TUESDAY 27th MARCH

1
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of using the homeopathic remedy Borax 30 to combat the outbreak of foot and mouth, using information drawn from the experience of the 1967 outbreak.

(155932)

2
N   Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects that sheep belonging to Clive Hawes at FH Farms, Car Colston, Nottinghamshire, will be slaughtered; and on what basis compensation will be paid.

(155926)

3
N   Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects that sheep belonging to Clive Hawes at Blankney Estates, Blankney, Sleaford, Lincolnshire will be slaughtered; and on what basis the compensation will be paid.

(155923)

4
N   Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if compensation will be awarded to farmers who as a consequence of foot and mouth exclusion zones have been unable to move cattle and whose cattle have gone over the thirty month age limit.

(155654)

5
N   Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects that cattle from (a) Marsh Farm, Fritwell and (b) Manor Farm, Chacombe, near Banbury, will be able to be moved for slaughter.

(155656)

6
N   Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 21st March, Official Report, column 249W, on foot and mouth, what actions the Government will take under the term 'kick start the rural economy'; and what estimate he has made of when the disease will be eradicated.

(155658)

7
N   Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects that sheep belonging to Clive Hawes on Waterside Farm, Claydyke Back, Boston, Lincolnshire, will be slaughtered; and on what basis compensation will be paid.

(155924)

8
N   Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects that sheep belonging to Clive Hawes at Saracen's Head Farm, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, will be slaughtered, and on what basis compensation will be paid.

(155925)

9
N   Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects that sheep belonging to Clive Hawes at Lower Barn Farm Dedham, Mannington, Essex, will be slaughtered; and on what basis compensation will be paid.

(155928)

10
N   Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects that pigs at Manor Farm, Bucknell will be able to be moved for slaughter.

(155655)

11
N   Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what compensation will be available to livestock farmers who have been unable to move stock to slaughter as a consequence of their being in foot and mouth exclusion zones.

(155657)

12
N   Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make it his policy to seek to ensure that Polish fishing vessels are prohibited from fishing in the North Sea and the Irish Sea; and if he will make a statement.

(155442)

13
N   Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the pesticides approvals granted and extended by him for spraying in connection with genetically-modified crops, indicating (a) the approval reference number, (b) the date where applicable of (i) approval and (ii) extension, (c) the permitted annual maximum area to be treated, (d) the date, where applicable, of (iii) expiry and (iv) extension of the approval, (e) the active ingredients and the products approved and (f) the company or other person holding the approval.

(154337)

14
N   Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the veterinary investigation centres which were closed between 1980 and 1997.

(155602)

15
N   Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what measures he has authorised for the control of vermin during the foot and mouth outbreak.

(155939)

16
N   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on what date (a) an official and (b) a Minister was first alerted to the (i) possibility of the first suspected case and (ii) confirmation of the first case of foot and mouth disease.

(155937)

17
N   Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what arrangements his Department makes for conducting emergency planning exercises in relation to the possible outbreak of infectious diseases amongst animals; if such exercises (a) involve liaising with the (i) police and (ii) the armed forces; and are conducted periodically; by what grade of civil servant such exercises are authorised and supervised; if the type of the diseases concerned is specified to the suppliers in the case of materials to be used in connection with a real outbreak; if he will list the emergency planning exercises that have been conducted in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.

(155927)

18
N   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in relation to the current foot and mouth epidemic, to what level of discrimination the specific epidemic strain of the Pan-Asia O virus has been identified; and what the strain classification is.

(155850)

19
N   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when, and in what locations, (a) the epidemic strain of foot and mouth virus associated with the current outbreak and (b) its close relatives have been recorded in previous outbreaks.

(155837)

20
N   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what stocks the Foot and Mouth Reference Laboratory in Pirbright holds of live unattenuated foot and mouth viruses; and what strains are held.

(155849)

21
   Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will ensure that herbivore farm animals are not fed animal by-products; and if he will make a statement.

(155965)

22
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on (a) licences to move pigs and (b) the slaughter of pigs, during the foot and mouth disease outbreak.

(155634)

23
N   Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what government contingency plan there was for an outbreak of foot and mouth in the United Kingdom; and when it was last revised.

(155793)

24
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if Colin Martin complied with the terms of the licence granted by his Department to work on the wreck of the Hanover; and what the duration of the licence is.

(155956)

25
   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries members of the British armed forces have been deployed to train (a) overseas government military personnel and (b) military personnel of organisations opposing an overseas government since 1971.

(155961)

26
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the HQ at Northwood will close; what sites are being considered as a replacement; and if he will make a statement.

(155802)

27
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims from (a) UK and (b) non-UK citizens for compensation are outstanding against his Department because of accidents; how many claims have been outstanding for more than (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three years; and if he will make a statement.

(155795)

28
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the total costs of setting up HQ Royal Marines at Whale Island, Portsmouth; and if he will make a statement.

(155799)

29
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost is of the building of HMS Albion; if she is on schedule and to budget; what the expected in-service date is; and if he will make a statement.

(155806)

30
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many oustanding claims for compensation his Department has from civilian employees for work related accidents; how many are more than (a) one year and (b) two years old; and if he will make a statement.

(155797)

31
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the training of crews for armoured vehicles takes place; which locations will close as a result of training being put out to contract; and if he will make a statement.

(155803)

32
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people will be made redundant as a result of training for crews of armoured vehicles being put out to contract; and if he will make a statement.

(155804)

33
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many outstanding claims for compensation his Department is dealing with relating to service personnel who received injuries at the time of duty; how many have been outstanding for more than (a) one, (b) two and (c) three years; and if he will make a statement.

(155796)

34
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent at HMS Excellent in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(155801)

35
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of re-locating the fire fighting school to Whale Island, Portsmouth; and if he will make a statement.

(155800)

36
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had on the replacement of General Sir Rupert Smith as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe by General Dietrich Stockmann; if the UK made a nomination for this post; and if he will make a statement.

(155794)

37
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs were of the fuel tanks recently installed at Whale Island, Portsmouth; and if he will make a statement.

(155798)

38
N   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs of basic training of the crews of armoured vehicles are; what the costs were in each of the last three years; how many people were trained in each of the last three years; how many staff were employed to do this training; and if he will make a statement.

(155805)

39
   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many day places were available for (a) children with emotional and behavioural difficulties and (b) autistic children in the United Kingdom (i) from 1990 to 2000 and (ii) in 2000-01.

(155954)

40
N   Mr Eric Joyce (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance his Department provides to schools on publications in which teaching vacancies are advertised.

(155603)

41
N   Mr Eric Joyce (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many teaching vacancies in (a) schools and (b) colleges in England and Wales were filled during the financial year 1999-2000.

(155624)

42
N   Mr Eric Joyce (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance his Department provides to colleges on the publications in which teaching vacancies are advertised.

(155625)

43
N   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to upgrade Junction 34 of the M6; and if he will make a statement.

(155792)

44
N   Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much has been spent by the South East England Development Agency in lobbying activities in the last twelve months.

(155930)

45
N   Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out the guidelines for overseas travel by (a) members and (b) officials of regional development agencies.

(155931)

46
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made towards meeting the commitment set out in the Government's housing policy statement 'A Way Forward For Housing', to strengthen the obligation on registered social landlords to co-operate with local authorities in the discharge of their statutory housing functions.

(155836)

47
   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what performance targets he has set for the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Executive Agency for 2001-02.

(155951)

48
N   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 8th February on behalf of Sawtry Parish Council.

(155934)

49
   Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent survey his Department has undertaken on the standards, upkeep and adequacy of road signs in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

(155964)

50
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent investigations he has carried out into the possibility of saving energy through the use of micro combined heat and power; and if he will make a statement.

(155631)

51
N   Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations in (a) Scotland and (b) Northern Ireland about extending the provisions of the Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Bill to those areas of the United Kingdom.

(155807)

52
N   Mr Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the time-scale for the development of Bilston Urban Village.

(155389)

53
N   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will amend the Highways Act 1980 to bring its provisions on the clearance of snow and ice from public roads into line with those of section 34 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1989.

(155936)

54
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates Her Majesty's Customs and Excise has made of the extent of excise duty lost in the smuggling of fuel; and what targets he has set for the reduction of smuggling of tobacco, alcohol and fuel.

(155944)

55
N   Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the plans his Department has in place to ensure that each household in England and Wales will be visited and all inhabitants counted for the purposes of the Census during the foot and mouth outbreak.

(155847)

56
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, what the total value of orders exceeding £200,000 through G-Cat and S-Cat in each of the past five years was.

(155827)

57
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, what the total income and expenditure of the CCTA in the last five financial years for which information is available was.

(155828)

58
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, if he will place details of the CCTA's methods for calculating the savings from S-Cat and G-Cat in the Library; and what independent verification mechanism was used.

(155830)

59
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, on what dates reviews were completed of whether G-Cat and S-Cat are compliant with EC tendering rules; which organisation conducted these reviews; and if he will place copies of the reviews in the Library.

(155831)

60
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, what compulsion is on a G-Cat or S-Cat purchaser to put information on their contracts in the public domain.

(155832)

61
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 29W, on CCTA, what the total value of orders placed through G-Cat and S-Cat in each of the past five years was.

(155829)

62
N   Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the French Government on the non-payment by French companies and individuals for lambs exported via Farmers Ferry to France in January and early February.

(155942)

63
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he takes to ensure that the basic needs of young asylum seekers are met, with particular reference to the duties of social services departments.

(155933)

64
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appointees to the boards of primary care trusts have declared political activity for (a) the Labour Party, (b) the Conservative Party, (c) the Liberal Democrats and (d) other parties; and in each case what percentage this represents of the total number of appointments made.

(155812)

65
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the pay of paramedics.

(155952)

66
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that the appointments process to the boards of primary care trusts in the Dorset Health Authority area has been conducted in accordance with the Nolan rules.

(155810)

67
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in respect of each primary care trust in the Dorset Health Authority area how many (a) applied for, (b) were shortlisted and (c) were appointed for the posts of (i) Chairman and (ii) non-executive board members broken down by party of political activity indicated in each case.

(155833)

68
N   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further action he plans to take to ensure that specified risk material does not enter the domestic food chain from abroad.

(155834)

69
N   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received regarding allegations of racial bias in the investigation of performance of doctors; and if he will make a statement.

(155922)

70
   Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he proposes to take to develop a comprehensive health service for health care professionals.

(155966)

71
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make abattoirs responsible for meat inspection; and if he will make a statement.

(155633)

72
   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the independent advocacy services will be (a) commissioned, (b) funded and (c) provided.

(155953)

73
N   Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been set aside to provide payment to private consultants to achieve the Government's pledge with regard to young offenders; and if such funding will be available in future years.

(155846)

74
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons personal possessions are removed from young asylum seekers when they arrive in the United Kingdom.

(155929)

75
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since 2nd May 1997 his Department has issued a correction to police numbers statistics.

(155843)

76
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Gravesham of 22nd March, Official Report, cols 323-8W, on police numbers, if the data provided for the period up to 31st January relied on projections of (a) overall numbers, (b) wastage, (c) recruitment or (d) other factors, in place of the actual outturn.

(155938)

77
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Gravesham of 22nd March, Official Report, cols 323-8W, on police numbers, if he will provide a breakdown by rank of police strength for each force and for England and Wales as a whole at 31st January.

(155941)

78
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Gravesham of 22nd March, Official Report, cols 323-8W, on police numbers, if he will list the (a) wastage and (b) recruitment figures for each police force in England and Wales for the period 30th September 2000 to 31st January.

(155940)

79
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the difference is between the calculation of interim police strength figures and the final figures; and if he will make a statement.

(155845)

80
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Gravesham of 22nd March, Official Report, cols 323-8W, on police numbers, for what reason the figures given in his answer (a) were described as interim figures in Home Office Press Release 076/2001 and (b) were not described as interim figures in his answer to the honourable Member for Gravesham; and when he expects to publish final figures for 31st January.

(154943)

81
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions since 2nd May 1997 he has published detailed police strength figures which were not previously available in any form (a) other than in a Home Office statistical bulletin, (b) for any date other than 31st March or 30th September and (c) in interim form.

(155844)

82
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he has invited the Health and Safety Executive to advise on the health and safety implications for police officers of using Airwave equipment; and if he will make a statement.

(155809)

83
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Right honourable Member for Hartlepool told (a) him, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department that the telephone conversation about Mr S. P. Hinduja's naturalisation application between the Right honourable Member and the honourable Member for North Warwickshire which took place in June 1998 was private.

(155819)

84
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons Mr S. P. Hinduja's naturalisation application was prioritised in 1998; and if he will make a statement.

(155821)

85
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department has taken on the recommendations of the Hammond Report (HC 287).

(155815)

86
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have benefited from the change in naturalisation policy announced in paragraph 10.7 of the White Paper, 'Fairer, Faster, Firmer: a Modern Approach to Immigration and Asylum'.

(155820)

87
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if Mr S. P. Hinduja's second naturalisation application was prioritised because of the involvement of (a) the Right honourable Member for Hartlepool and (b) the honourable Member for North Warwickshire.

(155817)

88
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will conduct an investigation into how Mr S. P. Hinduja knew of the announcement on naturalisation policy in paragraph 10.7 of the White Paper, 'Fairer, Faster, Firmer: A Modern Approach to Immigration and Asylum' prior to the White Paper's publication, as set out in paragraph 5.21 of the Hammond Report (HC 287); if a Minister or official in his Department informed Mr Hinduja of the announcement prior to publication; and if he will make a statement.

(155816)

89
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies exist for press officers in his Department on (a) the newsdesk and (b) the pro-active press team; what the budgeted size of his Department's press office is; and if he will make a statement.

(155818)

90
N   Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contact his Department has had with the British National Party concerning the verification of the credentials of their parliamentary candidates and their access to party election broadcasts.

(155483)

91
N   Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with electoral registration officers about ensuring the verification of the credentials of British National Party candidates in respect of their access to party election broadcasts.

(155484)

92
N   Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards he is introducing to ensure the verification of the credentials of parliamentary candidates in relation to their access to party election broadcasts.

(155485)

93
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the availability of replica guns, with special reference to those which fire ballbearings.

(155635)

94
N   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many probation officers are serving in Middlesex; what his Department's target complement is; and how many served in Middlesex in each of the past five years.

(155935)

95
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 31st January regarding a constituent, Ref. 2093/1.

(155811)

96
N   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding is provided by the European Union to the Palestine National Authority for education.

(155788)

97
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, for how many hours each courtroom in the Thames Valley Magistrates' Court Committee area was used in each of the last three years.

(155813)

98
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, which courthouses in the Thames Valley Magistrates Court Committee area (a) do not meet the statutory requirements for disability and (b) do not comply with the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 with regard to custody cases.

(155814)

99
N   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the persons who have served on the Parades Commission from the date of the coming into effect of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998, giving in each case the date of the original appointment, the dates of its expiry and subsequent extension, and, in the case of each member who resigned before their term of office expired, the date of their resignation and the reason they gave for their resignation.

(155601)

100
N   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the change in the number of people dependent on social security benefits in Leyton and Wanstead since May 1997.

(155390)

101
   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many times the Benefits Agency has overruled decisions made by the Appeals Tribunal in the last three years.

(155955)

102
N   Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the honourable Member for Cunninghame South will receive a reply to his letters of 22nd November 2000 and 20th February, concerning Marie Harris of Katrine Place, Irvine.

(155808)

103
N   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, under what circumstances deductions from benefit payments are made in cases where a claimant has been awarded compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; and if he will list the benefits concerned.

(155839)

104
N   Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what investigations (a) he and (b) OFTEL have carried out into incidences of a UK-licensed telecommunications operator short terminating calls in the UK between Bell Canada customers and Madagascar.

(155835)

105
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from British Energy regarding the future of new nuclear power plant development in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.

(155848)

106
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will publish a draft bill on arms exports; and if he will make a statement.

(154103)

107
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who from (a) regional development agencies, (b) regional assemblies and (c) other organisations was invited by the honourable Member for Sheffield Central to attend his meeting with Central Railways plc on 28th February; who attended the meeting; and if he will make a statement.

(155825)

108
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by what date the honourable Member for Sheffield Central, asked regional development agencies and regional assemblies to report their views on the Central Railway project following the meeting of 28th February.

(155822)

109
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what were the conclusions of the meeting of 28th February between the honorable Member for Sheffield Central, representatives of Central Railway plc and regional representatives.

(155823)

110
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contacts there have been between (a) the honourable Member for Sheffield Central and (b) other Ministers in his Department and representatives of Central Railway since 1st January.

(155824)

111
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the purpose of the meeting on 28th February between the honourable Member for Sheffield Central and representatives of Central Railways plc.

(155826)

112
N   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he informed the honourable Member for Coventry North West of the contents of the report on Hollis Industries.

(155838)

113
N   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he plans to designate under section 449 1(c) of the Companies Act 1985, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards as a public authority to whom the report on Hollis Industries plc can be disclosed.

(155841)

114
N   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to establish how information in the report on Hollis Industries was published in the Daily Mail.

(155842)

115
N   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he received and read the Section 447 Report on Hollis Industries.

(155840)

116
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims for compensation for respiratory disease have been made by ex-miners living in the constituencies of (a) Aberavon, (b) Newport East, (c) Ogmore, (d) Blaenau Gwent, (e) Bridgend, (f) Rhondda, (g) Islwyn and (h) Carmarthen East and Dinefwr.

(155642)

117
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the waiting list is for ex-miners awaiting first appointments for their assessment for compensation in each assessment centre in Wales; and what was the corresponding figure on 30th October 2000.

(155641)

118
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many ex-miner claims for compensation for respiratory disease there were (a) as at 30th October 2000 and (b) at present.

(155643)

119
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many ex-miner claims for compensation for vibration white finger had been registered (a) by 30th October 2000 and (b) up to the latest date for which figures are available.

(155640)

120
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many meetings with honourable Members he has had to discuss the issue of miners' compensation since 15th January

(155639)

121
N   Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many payments were made by his Department in each of the last five years to suppliers in which compensation was paid due to late payment.

[R] (155791)

122
N   Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken to improve its late payment record.

[R] (155789)

123
N   Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what work his Department has carried out on examining the effectiveness of the operation of the Statutory Right to Contract legislation.

[R] (155790)

124
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will make decisions on export licence application numbers 19065, 19460, 19856 and 19679, submitted by P.W. Allen and Company, Tewkesbury.

(155636)

125
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to review the list of products which must obtain licences for export; and if he will make a statement.

(155638)

126
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to speed up the granting of export licences; and if he will make a statement.

(155637)



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