Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 10 May 2001

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 10 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.

1
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many farm herds were slaughtered because (a) at least one animal had been infected by foot and mouth and (b) the herd was considered at risk due to proximity to an infected herd; how many individual animals were slaughtered, similarly broken down; and if he will make a statement.

(160821)

2
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research his Department has undertaken into welfare problems affecting broiler chickens; and if he will make a statement.

(160898)

3
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what regulations govern breeding procedures for broiler chickens.

(160897)

4
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to commission an independent survey of broiler lameness; how many unannounced visits were made by the State Veterinary Service to broiler units since he received the letter, dated 23rd January, sent to him by the Chairman of FAWC; and if he will make a statement.

(160896)

5
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160893)

6
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Glasgow, Pollok constituency, the effect on Glasgow, Pollok of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

(160826)

7
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much a typical family would save in reduced food bills if CAP price supports were removed and prices fell to existing world prices, calculated on the same basis as for estimated savings from the Agenda 2000 reforms of the CAP; and if he will make a statement.

(160834)

8
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much money has been paid in total to farmers in compensation for slaughtered livestock in the course of the foot and mouth outbreak to date; what the (a) average amount paid to each farmer and (b) largest payment to a single farmer has been; and if he will make a statement.

(160904)

9
   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what measures the Government is undertaking to ensure that foot and mouth disease does not re-enter the United Kingdom mainland from (a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) Northern Ireland.

(160813)

10
   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will reply to the question from the honourable Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton of 6th April (ref 157602).

(160922)

11
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 2nd April and 3rd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Anjali Sharma.

(160970)

12
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 12th March and 19th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A. Blacklock.

(160952)

13
   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to improve surveillance of ports to intercept illegally imported meat.

(160935)

14
   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the risk to human and animal health as a result of the illegal importation of meat.

(160934)

15
   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will estimate the annual tonnage of illegal meat smuggled through British ports.

(160906)

16
   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to tackle the smuggling of illegal meat through British ports.

(160933)

17
   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will review the countries currently listed as places from which meat can be legally imported.

(160936)

18
N   Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those hunt kennels which the State Veterinary Service found to be unsatisfactory under the BSE enforcement programme in the last six months.

(160750)

19
N   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what evidence his Department has collated relating to the use of borax in the treatment of foot and mouth disease.

(160715)

20
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many farms have had animals slaughtered in the contiguous cull.

(160900)

21
   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he plans to reopen the Dartmoor National Park to walkers and riders; and if he will make a statement on the reasons for its continued closure.

(160901)

22
   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will deal with the claim lodged by Mr and Mrs Rogers of the Corner Cottage, Ashprington, Devon for their 10 in-calf cattle under the Welfare Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the reason for the delay in dealing with this claim.

(160903)

23
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what measures are being taken at border inspection points to ensure that requirements are being met with regard to the importation of meat.

(160920)

24
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what criteria have been used in the appointment of valuers used in the valuation of livestock to be culled as a result of (a) foot and mouth disease contact and (b) inclusion in the livestock welfare disposal scheme.

(160752)

25
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps have been taken by his Department to ensure fair and comparable standards in the valuation of livestock to be culled as a result of (a) foot and mouth disease contact and (b) inclusion in the livestock welfare disposal scheme.

(160753)

26
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of senior civil servants in her Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if she will make a statement.

(160892)

27
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will list the funding programmes for social inclusion for which her Department is responsible that can be accessed by (a) national sports bodies and (b) local clubs and communities.

(161002)

28
N   Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what the average rent level in tenancies is in the Walworth Church Commissioners Estate in Southwark; and what assessment he has made of the average market rent levels in the Walworth area.

(160748)

29
N   Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement about the future of the community of the tenants of the Walworth Church Commissioners Estate in Southwark.

(160749)

30
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of senior grade civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160891)

31
N   Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proposals he has to help tourism businesses affected by the foot and mouth outbreak.

(159904)

32
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    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 Glasgow, Pollok constituency, the effects on Glasgow, Pollok of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

(160832)

33
   Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding has been made available to the Borough of Walsall by his Department since June 1997.

(160998)

34
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the funding programmes for social inclusion for which his Department is responsible that can be accessed by (a) national sports bodies and (b) local clubs and communities.

(161003)

35
   Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government's policy is on granting an automatic renewal of Premiere's analogue licence.

(160937)

36
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, columns 91-2W, on defence assets, what proportion of total assets (a) are available under the Headline Goal at Helsinki, (b) are available under the Memorandum of Understanding between the United Kingdom and United Nations and (c) are dedicated to other bodies and standing tasks; if he will list those areas where multiple commitments cannot be maintained; and if he will make a statement.

(160844)

37
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160890)

38
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many exchanges of information have taken place between Her Majesty's Government and the United States Administration in respect of (a) Fylingdales and (b) Menwith Hill since May 1997.

(160808)

39
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) people employed by his Department and (b) consultants working for his Department have (i) worked in the United States and (ii) co-operated with United States experts on defence systems deployable in space since May 1997.

(160809)

40
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the Report of the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organisation, presented to the Chairman of the Committee of Armed Services of the US House of Representatives on 11th January, in respect of the aspects which have implications for United Kingdom security policy.

(160812)

41
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will invite honourable Members to join the delegation to meet the defence envoys due to visit the United Kingdom to discuss National Missile Defense, announced by President Bush on 1st May.

(160810)

42
   Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of moving Army personnel within the United Kingdom in each year from 1994 to 1998; and how many such removals took place in each year.

(160975)

43
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the procedure whereby military equipment which has become surplus to requirements is listed and described in order to give museums an opportunity to bid for the items, indicating when the existing procedure was instituted, how many artefacts have been so advertised to museums and how many bids have been (a) received and (b) accepted; and what changes are planned in the procedure.

(160350)

44
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of senior grade civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160888)

45
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people aged over 50 years have been helped off benefits and back into work under the New Deal 50 Plus scheme in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Glasgow Pollok since the scheme was established.

(160822)

46
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    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 Glasgow, Pollok constituency, the effect on Glasgow, Pollok of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

(160825)

47
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people aged over 50 are receiving benefits and seeking work in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Glasgow and (d) Glasgow, Pollok for (i) the latest date for which figures are available and (ii) the closest date to 2nd May 1997 for which figures are available.

(160823)

48
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of pupils achieved (a) 25 per cent. or less, (b) 26 to 50 per cent., (c) 51 to 75 per cent. and (d) 76 per cent. and above in each of the main Key Stage 2 tests in each of the last three years.

(160685)

49
   Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what funding has been made available to the Borough of Walsall by his Department since June 1997.

(160994)

50
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the funding programmes for social inclusion for which his Department is responsible that can be accessed by (a) national sports bodies and (b) local clubs and communities.

(161005)

51
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 3rd April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr I. Hanif.

(160925)

52
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the advice obtained by the Countryside Agency on the handling of the Access to Hastings study.

(160899)

53
   Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the regulations which he plans to make under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 in order to bring it into force; and what the target dates for making each set of regulations are.

(160816)

54
   Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of footpaths are open in each local authority area in England; which authorities have applied for grant money to help with re-opening of paths; how much money they have received; and if he will publish this information each week.

(160815)

55
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of senior grade civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160887)

56
N   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th April, Official Report, column 314W, on regional impact assessments, if the criteria taken into account by the Regional Co-ordination Unit included (a) the availability of previously developed urban land from region to region and (b) other considerations of environmental capacity.

(160795)

57
N   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th April, Official Report, column 316W, on regional impact assessments, if the large number of other initiatives referred to included (a) regional selective assistance and (b) funding for the regional development agencies.

(160797)

58
N   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations Transport for London has made on the policy of preferred bidder status in relation to the London Underground; what control Transport for London will have over the preferred bidder when London Underground comes under the responsibility of the London Mayor; what aspects agreed prior to the transfer will be the sole responsibility of the contractor; and if he will make a statement.

(160801)

59
N   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the preferred bidder for London Underground and the public sector comparator; if the preferred bidder has been informed that the comparator must be favourable when the bid is assessed; what information is being given to the preferred bidder about the terms of the comparator; when it is expected to make the terms of the comparator public; and what his policy is in the event that the bidder receives an unfavourable assessment under the comparator.

(160800)

60
   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to issue new regional planning guidance.

(160842)

61
   Barbara Follett (Stevenage):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will respond to the Environment, Transport and Regional Affair's Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2000-01, HC 36, on Delivering Sustainable Waste Management.

(160820)

62
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the funding programmes for social inclusion for which his Department is responsible that can be accessed by (a) national sports bodies and (b) local clubs and communities.

(161009)

63
   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to receive the report of the Strategic Rail Authority into the proposed Central Railway project; and if he will publish that report.

(160818)

64
   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the meetings held in the last 12 months between Ministers and the promoters of the Central Railway Project.

(160817)

65
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what negotiations he intends to have over the next month with leaders of the RMT trade union concerning strike action on the London Underground.

(160718)

66
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) injuries and (b) deaths there were in each of the last 12 months for which statistics are available on the A12 between junctions with the M25 and A14; and what the key accident areas were on that stretch of road.

(160717)

67
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he intends to answer the letter transferred to him by the Chancellor of the Exchequer dated 6th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr T. Perkins.

(160926)

68
N   Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when paragraphs 6 and 7 of schedule 7 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act will come into effect.

(160751)

69
   Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of Wandsworth's expenditure was met by (a) Government grant, (b) business rates and (c) council tax in the financial years 1979 to 2001.

(160876)

70
   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to allow access to and from motorways for heavy goods vehicles to access local sites.

(160814)

71
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what (a) support and (b) incentives the Government has provided for an early introduction of hybrid fuel-cell vehicles.

(160914)

72
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has made to LPG companies regarding their pricing system with particular reference to the variations in price from area to area.

(160908)

73
N   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has made to Ofgen about the treatment of CHP in Ofgen's review of the initial impact of NETA.

(160798)

74
N   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish (a) the projections of the cost per tonne of carbon saved and (b) the absolute carbon saving projections for (i) renewable energy, (ii) domestic energy efficiency and (iii) combined heat and power as originally outlined on pages 17 and 46 of the 1998 DETR document, the UK Climate Change Programme: Consultation paper.

(160799)

75
N   Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which EU country gave part C consent for GM maize, under European Directive 90/220/EC; on what date the consent was given; and to whom.

(160720)

76
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the changeover cost for (a) business and (b) the Civil Service, if the United Kingdom accedes to the Euro.

(160902)

77
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160889)

78
   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcome was of the ECOFIN Council held in Brussels on 7th May; what the Government's voting record was at the Council; and if he will make a statement.

(160972)

79
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish estimates of the number of jobs paid at less than the national minimum wage rate for (a) 1998-99 and (b) 2000, for (i) Glasgow, Pollok constituency and (ii) the City of Glasgow; and if he will make a statement.

(160827)

80
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated average life expectancy is of (a) men and (b) women, in (i) Glasgow, Pollok, (ii) the City of Glasgow, (iii) Scotland and (iv) the UK on (1) 1st May and (2) 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(160828)

81
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Glasgow and (d) Glasgow, Pollok have claimed child tax credit up to the latest date for which figures are available.

(160824)

82
   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the questions from the honourable Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton which were tabled on 25th April (ref 158818, 158819).

(160921)

83
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 14th March and 17th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs A. Wilcox.

(160965)

84
   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tonnage of illegally-imported meat was intercepted by HM Customs and Excise in the last year for which figures are available.

(160905)

85
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, column 190W, on the legal status of the euro after 1st January 2002, if the euro will have the same legal status in the United Kingdom as other foreign currencies that it will replace.

(160846)

86
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160886)

87
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the nature of the United Kingdom delegation to recent commemorations in Gallipoli.

(160840)

88
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the nature of the reduction in the amount of paperwork required from applicants for entry clearance at Islamabad.

(160843)

89
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to consult the governments of the British Commonwealth over the security and economic implications of missile defence systems.

(160811)

90
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many US military personnel work in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) British Overseas Territories; and if the UK-US treaties covering military co-operation proscribe any limit on deployment in the UK.

(160807)

91
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of space-based energy weapons systems using nuclear power with the non-proliferation treaty.

(160803)

92
N   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has from the United States Administration on the scope and degree of consultation the United States (a) has had and (b) intends to have, with the governments of the Group of 77 in respect of proposals for global deployment of missile defense systems.

(160804)

93
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to the Palestinian Authority regarding the content of literature in school books in Palestinian schools.

(160981)

94
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Palestinian Authority regarding mortar shells fired from within the Gaza Strip into Israel.

(160983)

95
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with EU Commissioner Chris Patten regarding the level of corruption in the Palestinian Authority.

(160982)

96
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next expects to meet Syrian Foreign Minister Farok Al-Shara to discuss Syria's support for Hizbullah.

(160985)

97
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the United Nations security resolutions being contravened by Syria.

(160984)

98
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next expects to meet the Iranian Foreign Minister to discuss the whereabouts of the Israeli airman, Ron Arad.

(160987)

99
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the ballistic missile capability of Syria.

(160986)

100
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 2nd April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to M. Khaliq and Zahida Parveen.

(160963)

101
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to answer the letter transferred to him by the Home Secretary dated 12th February from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Denise Southworth.

(160964)

102
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to answer the letters transferred to him by the Home Office dated 26th February and 28th March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Sadra Kanwal.

(160962)

103
   Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Indian authorities concerning the continuing violence and intimidation suffered by Christians in India.

(160924)

104
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160885)

105
N   Mr David Borrow (South Ribble):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the changes in the level of NHS spending in South Lancashire as a result of the Budget.

(159901)

106
   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will rank each health authority in England and Wales by incidence of (a) psychiatric morbidity and (b) schizophrenia.

(160973)

107
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards midwife-led maternity units; and how much of the recently announced extra expenditure for maternity services will be allocated to them.

(160719)

108
   Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available to the Borough of Walsall by his Department since June 1997.

(160995)

109
   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records the University College Hospital has regarding the surviving twin, Natalie Roberts, born on 16th January 1979.

(160838)

110
   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who signed out the body of the Roberts' baby from University College Hospital on 26th January 1979.

(160837)

111
   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cause of death was of the Roberts' baby, born at University College Hospital, on 16th January 1979.

(160835)

112
   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the records held at University College Hospital show happened to the internal organs of the Roberts' baby on or after 16th January 1979.

(160836)

113
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the funding programmes for social inclusion for which his Department is responsible that can be accessed by (a) national sports bodies and (b) local clubs and communities.

(161008)

114
N   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will accept evidence from (a) patient organisations (b) charities, (c) pharmaceutical companies, (d) individual patients and (e) the medical profession in the forthcoming review of the operation of NICE; and if he will make a statement.

(160745)

115
N   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the forthcoming results of the review of the operation of NICE will be (a) published and (b) conducted in public; and if he will make a statement.

(160747)

116
N   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will refer the forthcoming review of the operation of NICE to an independent reviewing body; and if he will make a statement.

(160744)

117
N   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) start and (b) completion dates for the forthcoming review of the operation of NICE.

(160746)

118
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 8th February, 8th March and 12th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs E. Jones.

(160960)

119
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 6th March and 5th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Reverend Canon Professor R. Preston.

(160953)

120
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 1st February, 1st March and 5th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A. Battersby.

(160959)

121
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 2nd April and 3rd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Dr Ben Glaizner.

(160957)

122
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 7th March and 12th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Miss L. Collins.

(160958)

123
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 3rd April and 3rd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Dr D. Bishop.

(160961)

124
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 26th January, 1st March and 5th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Miss P. Mills.

(160954)

125
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 14th February, 15th March and 19th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs S. McHugh.

(160955)

126
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 7th April and 3rd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr E. Graal.

(160956)

127
   Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adoptions of children (a) three years and under and (b) over three years broke down in (i) Stockton, (ii) Teesside and (iii) nationally, in each of the last three years.

(160877)

128
   Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children of (a) three years and under and (b) over three years were placed in a foster home in each of the last three years in (i) Stockton, (ii) Teesside and (iii) nationally.

(160878)

129
   Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children (a) under the age of three years and (b) three years and older were placed for adoption in each of the last three years in (i) Stockton, (ii) Teesside and (iii) nationally.

(160879)

130
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the NHS Litigation Authority's defence budget in the last financial year was taken up by legal costs other than compensation to claimants; and what proportion of this amount related to work involved in the basic investigation of each claim.

(160244)

131
   Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the imprisonment rate was as a percentage of crimes committed for (a) the United Kingdom and (b) other European countries in the latest year for which information is available.

(160971)

132
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the primates listed in Table 2 of his Department's statistics on the use of animals in scientific procedures for 1999 which came from outside the EU (a) how many were wild-caught, (b) from which countries were wild-caught primates imported, (c) how many were ill or injured on arrival, specifying the illness or injury in each case and (d) how many became ill or were injured during quarantine for reasons unrelated to the scientific procedures, specifying the illness or injury in each case.

(160894)

133
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the primates listed in Table 2 of his Department's statistics on the use of animals in scientific procedures for 1999 which came from outside of the EU (a) how many were captive-bred, (b) from which countries captive-bred primates were imported, (c) how many were ill or injured on arrival, specifying the illness or injury in each case and (d) how many became ill or were injured during quarantine for reasons unrelated to the scientific procedures, specifying the illness or injury in each case.

(160895)

134
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in relation to primates destined for UK laboratories not used for scientific procedures (a) how many primates (i) captive-bred and (ii) wild-caught outside the EU were (A) found dead on arrival in the UK and (B) died or became ill in quarantine in (x) 1999 and (y) 2000 in each case giving relevant details.

(160917)

135
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160884)

136
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his policy towards replacing Anno Domini with Common Era in departmental texts.

(160841)

137
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reimburse the Metropolitan Police Authority for the additional costs above budget incurred in preparing for and policing the 1st May protests in London; and if he will make a statement.

(160918)

138
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates he has made of the additional costs to that for which budget provision exists of the 1st May protests in London.

(160919)

139
N   Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated total value is of the benefits available in vouchers, in cash and in kind, including accommodation, to an asylum-seeking family with two adults and two children which is being supported by NASS, broken down by type of benefit, in the financial year 2001-02.

(160634)

140
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the funding programmes for social inclusion for which his Department is responsible that can be accessed by (a) national sports bodies and (b) local clubs and communities.

(161004)

141
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have received firearms injuries while on duty in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(160805)

142
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have received firearms injuries from a police firearm (a) while on duty and (b) in training in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(160806)

143
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum appeals determined were (a) allowed, (b) dismissed and (c) withdrawn for nationals of (i) Iraq, (ii) Somalia, (iii) Sri Lanka, (iv) Sudan, (v) Turkey, (vi) Zimbabwe and (vii) each other nationality for the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(160802)

144
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average crime clear up rate was in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; how many recorded crimes were not cleared up in each year; and if he will make a statement.

(160796)

145
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 2nd April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr J. A. Javed.

(160968)

146
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 11th April and 2nd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr S. Anjum.

(160967)

147
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 26th March from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to the Dahem family.

(160969)

148
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed in the Prison Service (a) as (i) prison governors and (ii) assistant governors working in prisons, (b) as prison officers working in prisons, (c) as support staff working in prisons and (d) as (i) prison governors and (ii) assistant governors working in an administrative capacity (I) in his Department and (II) outside individual prisons.

(161001)

149
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the places designated as clusters for the dispersal of asylum seekers, indicating the (a) population and (b) ethnic minority population of each.

(160847)

150
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the places on which he plans to confer cluster status for the dispersal of asylum seekers, indicating the (a) population and (b) ethnic minority population of each.

(160848)

151
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will define the boundaries of the Grimsby cluster for the dispersal of asylum seekers; and what proportion of the population the ethnic minority population represents.

(160849)

152
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers he intends to disperse to the Grimsby cluster; and what proportion of these will be accommodated by (a) the local council and (b) private accommodation providers.

(160850)

153
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers he intends to disperse to clusters in England.

(160851)

154
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his proposals for widening the Grimsby cluster for asylum seekers to include Cleethorpes; and what effect they will have on the size of the ethnic minority population of the cluster.

(160852)

155
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of senior civil servants in her Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if she will make a statement.

(160883)

156
   Dr Peter Brand (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid and assistance the Government has provided to the people of Chernobyl since 1986; and how much is planned to be made available over the next three years.

(160976)

157
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the Government's policies in respect of poverty reduction in Botswana.

(160829)

158
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much the Legal Services Commission paid in each of the last five years to claimants' solicitors in relation to the investigation and running of clinical negligence claims against the NHS; and what proportion of this amount related to payments made to solicitors in relation to the initial investigation of the viability of claims.

(160245)

159
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of the overall Legal Services Commission's budget was paid to solicitors in each of the last five years in relation to class actions in the field of clinical negligence and personal injury; and what proportion of this amount related to work which could be carried out at less cost.

(160246)

160
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in (i) the constituency of Glasgow, Pollok and (ii) Glasgow (1) in 1997 and (2) the latest date for which figures are available; and what the percentage change was in each case.

(160923)

161
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160882)

162
   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what has been the variation between actual expenditure on housing benefit and expenditure projected in the FSR for (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 in (i) cash and (ii) percentage terms.

(160974)

163
N   Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the estimated total value is of the benefits available in cash and in kind, including accommodation, to a family with two unemployed adults and two children, broken down by type of benefit, in the financial year 2001-02.

(160635)

164
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Glasgow, Pollok constituency the effects on Glasgow, Pollok of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

(160831)

165
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the average length of time is that people spend on incapacity benefit in (a) Glasgow, Pollok, (b) the City of Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.

(160830)

166
   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Wythenshawe and Sale East of 1st May, Official Report, column 594W, what analysis his Department has carried out on the changes in the growth of social security expenditure to isolate the changes in benefit expenditure on (i) unemployed claimants, (ii) single parents, (iii) changes in entitlement arising from legislation passed prior to May 1997, (iv) changes in entitlement arising from legislation passed since May 1997 and (v) other causes; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

(160839)

167
   Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what funding has been made available to the Borough of Walsall by his Department since June 1997.

(160997)

168
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the funding programmes for social inclusion for which his Department is responsible that can be accessed by (a) national sports bodies and (b) local clubs and communities.

(161010)

169
   Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many women aged over 60 years have not claimed their state retirement pension.

(160980)

170
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proposals he has to amend the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme to include those who have been affected by vaccination but who are over the age of 21.

(160915)

171
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will seek to amend the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 to allow payments to be made to a person damaged by vaccine, irrespective of the age of that person, and when the damage occurred.

(160916)

172
   Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for racially-aggravated offences have been taken up by the Crown Prosecution Service; in how many cases the defendant was (a) convicted and (b) acquitted; and how many cases the Crown Prosecution Service did not pursue.

(160999)

173
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement.

(160881)

174
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much compensation has been paid to miners, ex-miners and miners' families in respect of chronic bronchitis and emphysema in (a) the Glasgow Pollok constituency and (b) the City of Glasgow.

(160833)

175
   Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, between which dates of employment and for which firms British Shipbuilders will pay damages for industrial injury in cases where there is an outstanding judgement.

(160819)

176
   Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding has been made available to the Borough of Walsall by his Department since June 1997.

(160996)

177
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the funding programmes for social inclusion for which his Department is responsible that can be accessed by (a) national sports bodies and (b) local clubs and communities.

(161006)

178
N   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) sub-post offices and (b) crown offices closed in each quarter of the last financial year.

(160716)

179
   Sir John Morris (Aberavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many ex-miners in the Aberavon constituency suffering from emphysema have been paid compensation at the latest date for which figures are available; what the total amount involved was; and what the largest single payment was.

(160845)

180
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has made to LPG companies regarding their pricing system, with particular reference to the variations in price from area to area.

(160909)

181
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action the Government has taken to provide incentives for research and investment into alternative environmentally-friendly fuels.

(160911)

182
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will ask for the pricing policies of LPG companies to be investigated by the competition authorities.

(160910)

183
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department has spent on research into the use of (a) LPG, (b) hydrogen and (c) electricity as an alternative to fossil fuels in each of the last five years.

(160912)

184
   Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints of undue pressure selling by companies have been made by (a) consumers and (b) trading standards officers in (i) Teesside, (ii) Stockton South and (iii) nationally in the last year; and if he will list the companies against whom complaints have been made.

(160875)

185
N   Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families he expects to benefit from the new children's bond in the first year of its introduction.

[Question Unstarred] (159877)

186
N   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on his measures to tackle long-term unemployment.

[Question Unstarred] (159880)

187
N   Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of the proposed grant to children at birth.

[Question Unstarred] (159882)

188
N   Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his plans to introduce VAT relief for community sports clubs.

[Question Unstarred] (159887)

189
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much of the additional sums to promote the development of new sources of renewable energy announced in the 2000 Spending Review has been spent to date; on what schemes; and what plans he has for the remaining sums.

[Transferred] (160913)

190
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average price of LPG gas was (a) overall, (b) in rural areas and (c) in urban areas in each of the last three years.

[Transferred] (160907)

191
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 10th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mujibur Rahman.

[Transferred] (160966)

192
   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the methodology of the work conducted by M. Crenieux in Canada on the economic impact of the introduction of controls on smoking in work places.

[Transferred] (160880)

193
   Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people (a) committed suicide and (b) attempted to commit suicide by taking an overdose of (i) aspirin and (ii) paracetamol in each year since 1995.

[Transferred] (161000)