Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 2 May 2001

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 2 May, 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 2nd MAY

1
N   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will provide a substantive Answer to the question tabled for answer on 6th April. (Ref. 157364).

(160102)

2
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will provide a substantive reply to the questions from the honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire, to which he has received holding answers, relating to aspects of the disposal of carcasses at Throckmorton airfield.

(160110)

3
   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reason the Minister for Fisheries and the Countryside, in his letter to the honourable Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham dated 21st April regarding the case of Mr Frank Cornes, was unable to comment on Mr Cornes' case; and if he will make a statement.

(160149)

4
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what measures he is taking to control pollutant emissions from tyres used as accelerants in the open-air burning of slaughtered livestock.

(159855)

5
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on how many disposal sites for the combustion of slaughtered livestock tyres have been used as fuel; and if he will make a statement.

(159856)

6
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will forbid the use of tyres as fuel in the burning of slaughtered livestock carcasses.

(159857)

7
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to her Answer of 21st March, Official Report, column 325, what action she has taken following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran on drugs co-operation; and if she will make a statement.

(159111)

8
   Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to require all new television sets sold after 2004 to have digital receivers built into them.

(160200)

9
   Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to appoint a digital champion to help oversee and take forward the take up of digital television services.

(160201)

10
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had on the provision of additional funding for the marketing function of regional tourist boards.

(160128)

11
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the provision of an interest free loan scheme to tourism businesses.

(160129)

12
N   Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Grantham and Stamford of 24th April, Official Report, columns 232-3W, what lessons he has drawn from such ships.

(159777)

13
N   Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources from his Department were put at the disposal of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office during the recent hunt for the MV Etireno.

(159860)

14
   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th April, Official Report, column 499W, if he will place in the Library information on improvements reported by each local authority in England on a population weighted basis.

(160115)

15
   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the overall figure is for savings on energy efficiency for England based on the returns reported by individual local authorities under the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995.

(160116)

16
N   Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what date, and by whom, licences were issued for the (a) growing and (b) marketing of Chardon-LL or T25 maize.

(159994)

17
N   Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what date the original safety assessments were undertaken on Chardon-LL and T25 maize made by ACRE; and what other bodies were responsible for undertaking such safety assessments.

(159995)

18
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of the EU's Urban II Programme; what delays have taken place to implementation of the EU's Urban II Programme; and what the reasons are for such delays.

(160105)

19
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has held with the East Midlands RDA regarding reductions in SRB funding granted in the current year; for what reason and on what basis SRB grants awarded in Northamptonshire have been scaled back in the current year; and which SRB projects are subject to savings clawbacks in the current year.

(160104)

20
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he intends to publish the inspector's report on the Malewick Lane Waste Transfer Station, Sompting, West Sussex, planning application before 7th June.

(160106)

21
N   Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when his Department intends to require incinerator plant permit holders (a) under the IPC regime and (b) under the IPPC regime to adopt the environmental standards being proposed by the EU.

(160111)

22
N   Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance his Department will issue to (a) planning authorities and (b) the Environment Agency on the latest EU proposals for environmental regulation of incinerator plants in respect of current projects.

(160108)

23
N   Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his Department's policy is relating to the latest proposals for environmental regulation of incinerator plants.

(160109)

24
N   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food for the relaxation of pollution control regulations in relation to (a) open burning of slaughtered livestock carcasses and (b) tyres used to aid combustion; and if he will make a statement.

(159854)

25
   Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his policy is on the carrying of life saving equipment on civil aircraft carrying passengers, with particular reference to the availability of de-fibrillators on short-haul flights to treat coronary emergencies.

(160133)

26
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what conditions and guarantees were imposed upon (a) BAA and (b) Heathrow Airport by his Department after granting permission for Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport.

(159824)

27
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what factors were taken into account when final descent paths for aircraft approaching Heathrow were altered in 1995.

(159826)

28
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measurements his Department takes of the impact of aircraft noise on residents in South-East England during the (a) day and (b) night.

(159825)

29
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to alter the final descent paths for aircraft approaching Heathrow.

(159827)

30
   Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he has taken to implement the inspector's recommendation at the public inquiry into the Birmingham Northern relief road that the Lichfield and Hatherton Canal restoration should not be compromised by the toll motorway.

(160126)

31
   Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the review by Oscar Faber of predicted traffic flows after the opening of the Birmingham Northern Relief Road on the M6 and other roads.

(160127)

32
   Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will provide match funding for the Lichfield and Hatherton canal restoration trusts to ensure restoration work can be completed during the construction of the Birmingham Northern relief road.

(160125)

33
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will present his detailed proposals for the operation of differential stamp duty rates in areas of deprivation.

(160107)

34
   Laura Moffatt (Crawley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many written representations he has received from the honourable Member for Lewes asking for the introduction of progressive beer duty.

(160199)

35
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people between the ages of 18 and 21 years are entitled to receive the minimum wage in (a) Scotland and (b) the United Kingdom.

(159853)

36
   Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd April, Official Report, column 132W, on Turkmenistan, if he has received a formal response from the Turkmen authorities concerning the continuing incarceration of Shageldy Atakov; what representations he is making to the Turkmen authorities on this issue; and if he will make a statement.

(160144)

37
   Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will apply greater pressure on the authorities in Khartoum to improve their human rights record.

(160243)

38
   Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the arrest of Christians in Khartoum on 10th April and their treatment by riot police; and if he will make a statement.

(160145)

39
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what involvement his Department has had in attempts to reach a settlement between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.

(159852)

40
   Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress there has been in complying with the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to the franchise for Gibraltarians for elections to the European Parliament; when the Court decision was made; and if he will make a statement.

(160146)

41
N   Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures were taken by his Department during the recent hunt for the MV Etireno; and what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take, to combat the trade in child slavery.

(159859)

42
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how compliance with the Working Together guidelines for child protection is monitored and inspected; which agencies are monitored; and which inspectorates discharge this function.

(158888)

43
   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost was to the NHS of treating of (a) asthma and (b) hay fever in the last year for which figures are available.

(160130)

44
   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual drugs bill for asthma was in each of the last five years.

(160135)

45
   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to prevent (a) eczema, (b) hay fever and (c) asthma.

(160132)

46
   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to the NHS of treating of eczema was to the NHS in each of the last five years.

(160150)

47
   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are diagnosed as sufferers from (a) eczema and (b) hay fever.

(160134)

48
   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average wait was at Eastbourne District General Hospital for a first outpatient appointment in (a) May 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.

(160131)

49
N   Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Putney will receive a reply to his series of letters on behalf of his constituent Mrs Truong (Ref. P402281).

(158889)

50
   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent reports he has had from General de Chastelain on progress on arms decommissioning.

(159633)

51
   Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his office supplied to the Irish police investigation into alleged Garda collusion with paramilitary organisations.

(160147)

52
N   Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the PIU's progress on the Global Health Project.

(159113)

53
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with President Bush the consequences of sanctions against (a) Libya and (b) Iraq on the availability of oil supplies to the West.

(159171)

54
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask the Prime Minister, if the PIU's Global Health Project will examine the issue of patents protection and its impact on access to medicines.

(159608)

55
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the PIU's progress on their Global Health Project.

(159609)

56
N   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what the conclusions were of his recent discussions with the Belgian Prime Minister on the preparations for the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council and the Laeken Summit.

(159862)

57
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how the Government measures the impact of its policies on social inclusion.

(159107)

58
   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which categories of civil servants will not be offered stakeholder pensions; for what reasons; and how many people will be affected.

(160124)

59
N   Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many payments under the compensation scheme for former trawlermen who fished in Icelandic waters have been made; what has been the average payment; how many applications for such payments have been turned down; how many have subsequently been paid following a successful appeal; and if he will make a statement.

(159710)

60
N   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost to public funds was of his recent legal action against Associated Newspapers, with special reference to the costs associated with work done by officials.

(160103)

61
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if it is his policy to support the reform of the World Trade Organisation's TRIPS Agreement to improve poor people's access to essential drugs and medicines.

(159705)

62
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the use of World Trade Organisation-sponsored trade sanctions against developing countries which produce and export generic medicines used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis and other diseases.

(159706)

63
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government's proposals on arms brokering, set out in conjunction with the draft Export Control and Non-proliferation Bill, will apply to activities carried out by UK passport holders operating wholly abroad.

(159707)

64
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government will respond to the Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees' revised proposals for prior parliamentary scrutiny of export licences.

(159708)

65
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if, in developing the proposals in the draft Export Control and Non-proliferation Bill, the Government will be evaluating measures to monitor the use of controlled goods once they have been exported from the UK.

(159709)

66
N   Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Cabinet Office concerning the National Assembly for Wales's policy on GM crops.

(159993)

67
N   Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary for Rural Affairs of the National Assembly for Wales about the proposed trial growing of GM maize at Mathry, Pembrokeshire.

(159996)

68
N   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on establishing baseline figures for measuring the Government's targets on reducing drug use.

[Question Unstarred] (159118)

69
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to review the Immigration Appeals Tribunal established in Scotland in February 1997.

[Transferred] (159858)

70
   Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths have been attributed to asthma in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (160148)

WEDNESDAY 2nd MAY
1 N	Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will provide a substantive Answer to the question tabled for answer on 6th April. (Ref. 157364).
	(160102)
2 N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will provide a substantive reply to the questions from the honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire, to which he has received holding answers, relating to aspects of the disposal of carcasses at Throckmorton airfield.
	(160110)
3	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reason the Minister for Fisheries and the Countryside, in his letter to the honourable Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham dated 21st April regarding the case of Mr Frank Cornes, was unable to comment on Mr Cornes' case; and if he will make a statement.
	(160149)
4 N	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what measures he is taking to control pollutant emissions from tyres used as accelerants in the open-air burning of slaughtered livestock.
	(159855)
5 N	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on how many disposal sites for the combustion of slaughtered livestock tyres have been used as fuel; and if he will make a statement.
	(159856)
6 N	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will forbid the use of tyres as fuel in the burning of slaughtered livestock carcasses.
	(159857)
7 N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to her Answer of 21st March, Official Report, column 325, what action she has taken following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran on drugs co-operation; and if she will make a statement.
	(159111)
8	Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to require all new television sets sold after 2004 to have digital receivers built into them.
	(160200)
9	Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to appoint a digital champion to help oversee and take forward the take up of digital television services.
	(160201)
10	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had on the provision of additional funding for the marketing function of regional tourist boards.
	(160128)
11	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the provision of an interest free loan scheme to tourism businesses.
	(160129)
12 N	Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Grantham and Stamford of 24th April, Official Report, columns 232-3W, what lessons he has drawn from such ships.
	(159777)
13 N	Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources from his Department were put at the disposal of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office during the recent hunt for the MV Etireno.
	(159860)
14	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th April, Official Report, column 499W, if he will place in the Library information on improvements reported by each local authority in England on a population weighted basis.
	(160115)
15	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the overall figure is for savings on energy efficiency for England based on the returns reported by individual local authorities under the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995.
	(160116)
16 N	Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what date, and by whom, licences were issued for the (a) growing and (b) marketing of Chardon-LL or T25 maize.
	(159994)
17 N	Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what date the original safety assessments were undertaken on Chardon-LL and T25 maize made by ACRE; and what other bodies were responsible for undertaking such safety assessments.
	(159995)
18 N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of the EU's Urban II Programme; what delays have taken place to implementation of the EU's Urban II Programme; and what the reasons are for such delays.
	(160105)
19 N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has held with the East Midlands RDA regarding reductions in SRB funding granted in the current year; for what reason and on what basis SRB grants awarded in Northamptonshire have been scaled back in the current year; and which SRB projects are subject to savings clawbacks in the current year.
	(160104)
20 N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he intends to publish the inspector's report on the Malewick Lane Waste Transfer Station, Sompting, West Sussex, planning application before 7th June.
	(160106)
21 N	Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when his Department intends to require incinerator plant permit holders (a) under the IPC regime and (b) under the IPPC regime to adopt the environmental standards being proposed by the EU.
	(160111)
22 N	Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance his Department will issue to (a) planning authorities and (b) the Environment Agency on the latest EU proposals for environmental regulation of incinerator plants in respect of current projects.
	(160108)
23 N	Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his Department's policy is relating to the latest proposals for environmental regulation of incinerator plants.
	(160109)
24 N	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food for the relaxation of pollution control regulations in relation to (a) open burning of slaughtered livestock carcasses and (b) tyres used to aid combustion; and if he will make a statement.
	(159854)
25	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his policy is on the carrying of life saving equipment on civil aircraft carrying passengers, with particular reference to the availability of de-fibrillators on short-haul flights to treat coronary emergencies.
	(160133)
26 N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what conditions and guarantees were imposed upon (a) BAA and (b) Heathrow Airport by his Department after granting permission for Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport.
	(159824)
27 N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what factors were taken into account when final descent paths for aircraft approaching Heathrow were altered in 1995.
	(159826)
28 N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measurements his Department takes of the impact of aircraft noise on residents in South-East England during the (a) day and (b) night.
	(159825)
29 N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to alter the final descent paths for aircraft approaching Heathrow.
	(159827)
30	Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he has taken to implement the inspector's recommendation at the public inquiry into the Birmingham Northern relief road that the Lichfield and Hatherton Canal restoration should not be compromised by the toll motorway.
	(160126)
31	Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the review by Oscar Faber of predicted traffic flows after the opening of the Birmingham Northern Relief Road on the M6 and other roads.
	(160127)
32	Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will provide match funding for the Lichfield and Hatherton canal restoration trusts to ensure restoration work can be completed during the construction of the Birmingham Northern relief road.
	(160125)
33 N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will present his detailed proposals for the operation of differential stamp duty rates in areas of deprivation.
	(160107)
34	Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many written representations he has received from the honourable Member for Lewes asking for the introduction of progressive beer duty.
	(160199)
35 N	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people between the ages of 18 and 21 years are entitled to receive the minimum wage in (a) Scotland and (b) the United Kingdom.
	(159853)
36	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd April, Official Report, column 132W, on Turkmenistan, if he has received a formal response from the Turkmen authorities concerning the continuing incarceration of Shageldy Atakov; what representations he is making to the Turkmen authorities on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(160144)
37	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will apply greater pressure on the authorities in Khartoum to improve their human rights record.
	(160243)
38	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the arrest of Christians in Khartoum on 10th April and their treatment by riot police; and if he will make a statement.
	(160145)
39 N	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what involvement his Department has had in attempts to reach a settlement between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.
	(159852)
40	Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress there has been in complying with the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to the franchise for Gibraltarians for elections to the European Parliament; when the Court decision was made; and if he will make a statement.
	(160146)
41 N	Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures were taken by his Department during the recent hunt for the MV Etireno; and what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take, to combat the trade in child slavery.
	(159859)
42 N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how compliance with the Working Together guidelines for child protection is monitored and inspected; which agencies are monitored; and which inspectorates discharge this function.
	(158888)
43	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost was to the NHS of treating of (a) asthma and (b) hay fever in the last year for which figures are available.
	(160130)
44	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual drugs bill for asthma was in each of the last five years.
	(160135)
45	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to prevent (a) eczema, (b) hay fever and (c) asthma.
	(160132)
46	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to the NHS of treating of eczema was to the NHS in each of the last five years.
	(160150)
47	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are diagnosed as sufferers from (a) eczema and (b) hay fever.
	(160134)
48	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average wait was at Eastbourne District General Hospital for a first outpatient appointment in (a) May 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.
	(160131)
49 N	Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Putney will receive a reply to his series of letters on behalf of his constituent Mrs Truong (Ref. P402281).
	(158889)
50	The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent reports he has had from General de Chastelain on progress on arms decommissioning.
	(159633)
51	Mr David Trimble (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his office supplied to the Irish police investigation into alleged Garda collusion with paramilitary organisations.
	(160147)
52 N	Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the PIU's progress on the Global Health Project.
	(159113)
53 N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with President Bush the consequences of sanctions against (a) Libya and (b) Iraq on the availability of oil supplies to the West.
	(159171)
54 N	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate): To ask the Prime Minister, if the PIU's Global Health Project will examine the issue of patents protection and its impact on access to medicines.
	(159608)
55 N	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the PIU's progress on their Global Health Project.
	(159609)
56 N	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the conclusions were of his recent discussions with the Belgian Prime Minister on the preparations for the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council and the Laeken Summit.
	(159862)
57 N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how the Government measures the impact of its policies on social inclusion.
	(159107)
58	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which categories of civil servants will not be offered stakeholder pensions; for what reasons; and how many people will be affected.
	(160124)
59 N	Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many payments under the compensation scheme for former trawlermen who fished in Icelandic waters have been made; what has been the average payment; how many applications for such payments have been turned down; how many have subsequently been paid following a successful appeal; and if he will make a statement.
	(159710)
60 N	Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost to public funds was of his recent legal action against Associated Newspapers, with special reference to the costs associated with work done by officials.
	(160103)
61 N	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if it is his policy to support the reform of the World Trade Organisation's TRIPS Agreement to improve poor people's access to essential drugs and medicines.
	(159705)
62 N	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the use of World Trade Organisation-sponsored trade sanctions against developing countries which produce and export generic medicines used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis and other diseases.
	(159706)
63 N	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government's proposals on arms brokering, set out in conjunction with the draft Export Control and Non-proliferation Bill, will apply to activities carried out by UK passport holders operating wholly abroad.
	(159707)
64 N	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government will respond to the Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees' revised proposals for prior parliamentary scrutiny of export licences.
	(159708)
65 N	Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if, in developing the proposals in the draft Export Control and Non-proliferation Bill, the Government will be evaluating measures to monitor the use of controlled goods once they have been exported from the UK.
	(159709)
66 N	Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Cabinet Office concerning the National Assembly for Wales's policy on GM crops.
	(159993)
67 N	Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary for Rural Affairs of the National Assembly for Wales about the proposed trial growing of GM maize at Mathry, Pembrokeshire.
	(159996)
68 N	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on establishing baseline figures for measuring the Government's targets on reducing drug use.
	[Question Unstarred] (159118)
69 N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to review the Immigration Appeals Tribunal established in Scotland in February 1997.
	[Transferred] (159858)
70	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths have been attributed to asthma in each of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (160148)