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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 12 July 2001 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 12 July, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

THURSDAY 12th JULY
1   N	Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures he is taking to simplify and reduce the number and cost of regulations on business.
	(2069)
2   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she plans to hold with her counterparts in the Council of Ministers about the Kirsch 2002 football World Cup contract.
	(3634)
3   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she is taking to ensure that every match in the football World Cup finals in 2002 is available for live free to air transmission.
	(3633)
4   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations her Department has received about the state of repair of swimming pools.
	(3484)
5   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve levels of access to swimming pools for young people.
	(3486)
6	Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received about (a) the BBC's application for new children's channels and (b) network digital radio channels.
	(3709)
7	Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how she monitors the actions of the BBC in providing a distinctive schedule of benchmark quality programmes on all its services.
	(3708)
8	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish details of the most recent awards made under the New Opportunities Fund.
	(3956)
9	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who represented her Department at the meeting of the first international drug testing seminar on Wednesday 4th July; and if she will make a statement.
	(3733)
10	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff have been employed to test for drug usage per sport in Britain in each of the last five years.
	(3732)
11	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many drugs tests were conducted per sport (a) in Britain and (b) outside Britain on British sportspeople in each of the last five years.
	(3731)
12   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to refuse applications for new BBC digital radio channels unless they are based on formats clearly distinct from existing digital radio channels.
	(3568)
13   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the BBC's application for a digital radio channel 'Network Z' is based on a format clearly distinct from the existing channel, Oneword.
	(3570)
14	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what costs were incurred by his Department in providing armed service personnel support to defence equipment demonstrations in the last 12 months.
	(3844)
15	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net operating costs of DESO and related support functions were for the financial years (a) 1997-1998, (b) 1998-1999, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-2001.
	(3815)
16	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the availability of tritium for Britain's military defence programme following the accident at the Chapelcross reactor Number 3 this month.
	(3721)
17   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about the future of HMS Daedalus.
	(3636)
18   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from outside bodies about the future of HMS Daedalus.
	(3635)
19   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria are used to determine which MoD sites not used by the Armed Forces should be sold.
	(3637)
20	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution he is making to President Bush's deliberations over the sort of missile defence system the United States will deploy.
	(3706)
21   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have taken place regarding the dredging of Portsmouth Harbour in relation to the Future Aircraft Carrier procurement project; and if he will make a statement.
	(3294)
22   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which areas have been identified for the use and testing of Sonar 2087 in the United Kingdom and surrounding waters; what exclusion zones have been implemented; and if he will make a statement.
	(3291)
23   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what independent studies his Department has commissioned or intends to commission into the effect on marine life of Sonar 2087 and Sonar 2193; at what cost; and if he will make a statement.
	(3292)
24   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what frequencies Sonar 2087 and Sonar 2193 will operate at; and if he will make a statement.
	(3293)
25   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Environmental Impact Assessment relating to Sonar 2087 will be completed; what evidence from outside bodies will be taken with regard to this assessment; what assessments have been made of the United States Navy's studies into the environmental impact of low frequency active sonar; and if he will make a statement.
	(3295)
26   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what particular mitigation measures have been implemented to take account of marine life, human divers and swimmers in the operational procedures relating to Sonar 2087; and if he will make a statement.
	(3296)
27	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what tests have been conducted on (a) military service personnel from the United Kingdom and Commonwealth forces in Australia, in respect of exposure to radiation from the detonation of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, since 1971, and (b) children in (i) Hong Kong and (ii) the United Kingdom, in respect of the take up of radiation into body parts; and if he will make a statement on recent representations made to the Government on radiological tests.
	(3961)
28	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the levels of depleted uranium, monitored in Kosovo and Serbia, arising from the use of allied depleted uranium munitions.
	(3957)
29	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish details of the depleted uranium-based 'charm 3' ammunition refered to the letter from the Minister for the Armed Forces of 26th February.
	(3958)
30	Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department invites bidders to offer liquidated damages as a standard percentage of their tendered price with a standard time limit on their application; and how he ensures that contractors do not include the value of potential liquidated damages payments in their tendered prices.
	(3881)
31	Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions agreed liquidated damages provision has not been collected by his Department; for what reason; and what legal action has been (a) contemplated and (b) taken to enforce them.
	(3717)
32	Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role liquidated damages indemnities play in securing the FASTER element of his Department's smart procurement initiative.
	(3716)
33	Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures his Department follows to establish the level of likely damage on which to base liquidated damages indemnities; and to establish an upper limit of liquidated damages in each case.
	(3880)
34   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy to ensure that all school children have access to a swimming pool on a weekly basis.
	(3485)
35	Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list those universities that have agreed public/private partnerships to provide students with residential accommodation.
	(3872)
36	Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if those universities which have agreed public/private partnerships to provide students with residential accommodation have retained the ability to control rents for that accommodation.
	(3873)
37	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the number of A-level students applying to medical schools in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	(3714)
38	Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of the proposed wind farm developments off the shore of Cleveleys, Lancashire on the fishing industry in Fleetwood; and if she will make a statement.
	(3810)
39	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if a licence will be issued to British Nuclear Fuels Ltd to operate the mixed oxide plant at Sellafield; and if she will make a statement.
	(3723)
40	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information was provided by the Government in the recent consultation process on the mixed oxide plant at the Sellafield re-processing plant; and if she will make a statement.
	(3724)
41	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the environmental implications of overhead powerlines; and if she will make a statement.
	(3847)
42	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on the procedures for the negotiation of way leaves for overhead powerlines.
	(3848)
43   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 9th April on behalf of his constituent Ms Halford.
	(3566)
44   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 18th April, forwarded by the Prime Minister, on behalf of his constituent Mrs White.
	(3567)
45	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what participation United Kingdom officials had in the Office International des Epizooties meeting on foot and mouth disease, held in Paris from 18th to 21st June.
	(3950)
46	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library copies of (a) UK submissions and (b) other submissions with relevance to the United Kingdom to the Ospar meeting held in Valencia on 25th and 28th June.
	(3952)
47	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she has received on progress made in the BNFL stakeholder dialogue; and what assessment she has made of the benefit to departmental policy development of the outputs of the dialogue.
	(3953)
48	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress made to date by British Nuclear Fuels in meeting its obligations to reduce radioactive discharges under the 1998 Sintra Agreement of the Ospar Commission.
	(3951)
49	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the scope of the environmental monitoring programme established to oversee burial pits and pyres built to dispose of slaughtered animals as part of the foot and mouth mitigation programme.
	(3964)
50	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent communications she has had with her German counterpart, and what exchanges have taken place at official level, in respect of those amendments to the German atomic law which have implications for the United Kingsom.
	(3947)
51	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will request from her German counterpart papers produced on (a) the BMU Radiation Safety Commission and (b) Reactor Safety Commission relating to environmental safety matters concerning British Radioactive waste and nuclear facilities handling imported German nuclear materials.
	(3948)
52	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library copies of (a) the minutes of meetings held between departmental ministers and the Chief Veterinary Officer and (b) the minutes of meetings and other communications between ministers and (i) the Environment Agency, (ii) SEAC and (iii) European Union officials, in respect of dealing with foot and mouth, since the outbreak of the disease.
	(3959)
53	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the effects of the controls on movement of cattle on the ecological management of wetlands used for cattle grazing; and what representations she has received from (a) English Nature, (b) the National Trust and (c) the RSPB on this matter.
	(3944)
54	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to incorporate the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions into UK law; and if he will make a statement.
	(3814)
55   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations she has received from small firms about the administrative arrangements for working families tax credit.
	(2046)
56	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of endowment mortgage providers, indicating (a) how many shortfalls are associated with each company and (b) the value of orphan assets held by each company.
	(3720)
57	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will encourage the Financial Services Authority to publish an analysis of the performance of each company endowment policy using real charges to help consumers identify the degree of risk in each company.
	(3718)
58   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will encourage the Financial Services Authority to inform those with endowment mortgages that are at risk of not growing sufficiently to pay off their mortgages of the methods of seeking help from the Ombudsman and gaining compensation.
	(3471)
59	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ask the Financial Services Authority to ensure that the cost of compensation paid to those who were mis-sold endowment mortgage policies is borne by the companies' shareholders.
	(3719)
60	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the loss in tax revenue to his Department in the last year from people operating in the hidden economy for each of the regions in the United Kingdom.
	(3715)
61   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 26th March on behalf of his constituent Mrs Hall.
	(3565)
62   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a substantive reply to his letter of 9th May to the Chairman of HM Customs and Excise on behalf of his constituent Mr Wilson.
	(3569)
63   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 30th May on behalf of his constituent Mrs Murray.
	(3564)
64	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures the Treasury has developed of improvements in efficiency in delivering the Treasury's outputs; and if he will make a statement on progress in achieving these measures.
	(3812)
65	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions in the last year his Department has considered bribes paid by UK companies overseas to be (a) a reasonable business cost and (b) a business entertainment, hospitality or gift; what the value of such bribes allowed as a business expense was; what estimate he has made of the total cost of such bribes in this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(3819)
66	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of public services demonstrating an improvement in productivity in each year since March 1999.
	(3811)
67	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received from (a) local authorities and (b) Government departments on the legal status of G-CAT and S-CAT; and if he will place copies of such representations in the Library.
	(3817)
68	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what legal advice his Department has received on the legal status of G-CAT and S-CAT; and if he will place copies of such legal advice in the Library.
	(3816)
69	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those industrial and provident societies which have deregistered for each of the last five years along with the reasons given for their deregistration.
	(3726)
70	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further contact he has had with the Turkmen Foreign Minister concerning the continuing incarceration of Shegeldy Atakov; and what representations he has made to the Turkmen authorities concerning the persecution of Christians in Turkmenistan.
	(3837)
71   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures the Government will take at the 24th Session of the Ad Hoc Group on the draft Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention to enable a legally binding compliance regime to be agreed at the 5th Review Conference; what changes to the Chairman's text the Government will be proposing at the 24th Session of the Ad hoc Group; and if he will make a statement.
	(3297)
72	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement concerning the kidnapping of Elchanan Tenenboim by Hizbullah.
	(3806)
73	Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Pakistani authorities concerning the continuing imprisonment of Parvez Masih and Ayyub Masih.
	(3869)
74	Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Pakistani authorities concerning violent attacks perpetrated upon Christian women by Muslim extremists in Pakistan.
	(3870)
75	Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further representations he has made to the Pakistani authorities concerning the disappearance of Naira Nadia.
	(3868)
76	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the investigation into the murder of Brigadier Stephen Saunders, former Defence AttacheĢ to Greece.
	(3807)
77	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consultations he has had with the United States Administration in relation to the US Export Administration Act since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(3707)
78   N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 5th July, Official Report, column 290W, on NHS complaints procedure, on what date his Department received the report from York Health Economics Consortium.
	(3562)
79	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the projected targets outlined in the Health Select Committee's 'Provision of NHS Mental Health Services' report (HC 373, Session 1999-2000) have been met.
	(3808)
80	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he proposes to take to achieve his Departmental target for reducing death from diabetes.
	(3822)
81	Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide free prescription drugs for the treatment of people with congenital heart and lung disease.
	(3874)
82	Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ban the use of (a) mercury amalgam and (b) other toxic dental materials by the NHS.
	(3871)
83	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to have collated information from health authorities and trusts in order to determine the proportion of total NHS spend used to provide mental health services in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01.
	(3828)
84	Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to supply audible blood glucose testing equipment through the National Health Service.
	(3738)
85   N	Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responses he has received from the pharmaceutical industry relating to the publication of the Pharmaceutical Industry Competitiveness Taskforce Report.
	(2051)
86	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the health implications of overhead powerlines; and if he will make a statement.
	(3846)
87	Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on EU proposals to relax the rules on advertising prescription drugs and the possible impact on the NHS.
	(3722)
88	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the United Kingdom of Asian heritage have registered as organ donors; what percentage of the total this represents; and if he will make a statement.
	(3840)
89	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients of Asian heritage are waiting for organ transplants; and what percentage of the total number of patients this represents.
	(3839)
90	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in East Lancashire who will require dialysis in each year up to 2005.
	(3841)
91	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS nurses are of Asian heritage; what steps he is taking to increase their number; and if he will make a statement.
	(3842)
92	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department is taking to ensure food supplements used by sportspeople do not contain banned substances.
	(3730)
93	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the (i) health benefits and (ii) safety of health and nutritional supplements.
	(3729)
94	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statutory controls govern the sale of pharmaceutical products; and what plans he has to bring forward further controls.
	(3727)
95	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what examination his Department has undertaken of the study by the French Food Safety Agency of the potential for cancer caused by the long term use of creatine.
	(3682)
96	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the establishment of an advisory committee on endometriosis; and if he will make a statement.
	(3736)
97	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was raised from speed cameras in (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001.
	(3836)
98	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he has taken since the publication of the report on forced marriages.
	(3825)
99	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children murdered in each of the last five years had child contact orders extant.
	(3830)
100	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports mailed from the UK Passport Authority to addresses in the UK went missing in the post in each year since 1995.
	(3845)
101	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women police officers are of Asian heritage in each police force in England.
	(3843)
102	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who entered the United Kingdom in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000.
	(3879)
103	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the countries from which the majority of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children come to the United Kingdom.
	(3878)
104	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the level of income support available to (a) children aged under 16 years and (b) asylum seeking children in the UK aged under 16 years.
	(3876)
105	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the two public investment companies have (a) requested and (b) been sent copies of the report arising from the study commissioned from KPMG by her Department into regulation of offshore financial services in Belize.
	(3835)
106	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what dates KPMG visited Belize while conducting the study commissioned by her Department into the regulation of offshore financial services in Belize.
	(3821)
107	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what analysis his Department carried out on the number of murders of (a) partners and (b) children resulting from child contact orders, as part of his consultation on child contact.
	(3833)
108	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place a list of the reasons for the increase in the value of the Libra project in the Library; if liquidated damages clauses are included in the contract for the Libra project; and if he will place a copy of the contract in the Library.
	(3818)
109	Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the effect of the Good Friday Agreement on the lives of people in Northern Ireland in respect of issues relating to their security.
	(3734)
110   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Prime Minister, if the United Kingdom is a member of the Echelon communications group.
	(3472)
111   N	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, for what reasons the Government has chosen to stop publishing its Annual Report.
	(3483)
112	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Prime Minister, what consultations he has had with the US Administration in relation to the US Export Administration Act in the past four years; and if he will make a statement.
	(3741)
113	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the expertise available to the Energy Policy Review.
	(3963)
114	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, which is the lead department for delivering the Government's sustainable development policy following the re-organisation of government departments; and how his Office deals with sustainability issues.
	(3949)
115	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will set out the responsibilities of departmental ministers for reducing poverty following the reorganisation of government departments.
	(3943)
116	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, what recent representations he has received in respect of nuclear reprocessing at Sellafield.
	(3955)
117   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent analysis she has made of the state of competitiveness within the petrol retailing sector.
	(2049)
118	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will provide a breakdown of the amount of outstanding ECGD guarantees by value of defence equipment by country.
	(3813)
119	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Transco price review will include consideration of the financing of extension to the gas network; and if she will make a statement.
	(3713)
120   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the recent accident at the Chapelcross nuclear power plant; and when she was first informed of the incident.
	(3473)
121   N	Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to promote consumers' rights.
	(2042)
122	Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims for compensation have been received from former distant water trawlermen living in Lancashire; how many claims have been paid; and how much the total payment is for (a) Fleetwood, (b) Blackpool and (c) the remainder of Lancashire.
	(3809)
123	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures her Department has taken to ensure that United States law does not affect trade in software in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement.
	(3712)
124	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what complaints relating to breaches of (a) UK law and (b) international law in the field of information technology her Department has received in the past year; and if she will make a statement.
	(3710)
125	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Performance and Innovation Unit's Energy Resources Review will examine the options set out in the report on interim storage of spent nuclear fuel, prepared by Harvard University and the University of Tokyo published in June.
	(3960)
126	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the annual expenditure has been on research, demonstration and development, since 1991, on (a) active solar power, (b) passive solar power, (c) wave power, (d) tidal power, (e) geothermal powers, (f) onshore wind powers, (g) offshore wind powers, (h) biomass energy, (i) hydrogen conversion technologies, (j) fuel cells, (k) nuclear fission, (l) nuclear fusion, (m) clean coal, (n) combined heat and power and (o) combined-cycle gas by (i) his Department and (ii) relevant publicly owned utilities; and what annual payments have been made in each year since 1991 to (A) Euratom, (B) the European Commission's joint research centres and (C) the International Atomic Energy Agency.
	(3954)
127	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contribution the United Kingdom is making to the European Commission's MOX fuel research programme.
	(3946)
128	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what initiatives she intends to take to support innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(3945)
129	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date her Department received a request for documents under the Data Protection Act 1984 from Lord Ashcroft; on what dates her Department replied to the request; and if she will make a statement.
	(3820)
130	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will revise estimates of emissions of carbon dioxide from the electricity sector to take account of changes in operational management of (a) centralised power stations and (b) since the start of the New Electricity Trading Arrangements; and if she will make a statement.
	(3740)
131	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to implement the proposals set out in February in the Department for Trade and Industry's 'Responses to Consultations and Final Proposals' document concerning 'Exemptions from the Requirement for a Licence to Generate, Distribute or Supply Electricity'.
	(3739)
132   N	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence about the development of wind farms within the operational low flying tactical training areas; and if she will make a statement.
	(3416)
133   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what evaluation she has made into the claims handling procedures provided by Hays in respect of vibration white finger; what percentage of employment histories are provided within 56 days; and how many have been outstanding for more than (a) six months, (b) nine months and (c) 12 months.
	(3657)
134   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the deterrent effect of penalties available for unlicensed broadcasting.
	(3478)
135   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many prosecutions have been undertaken against unlicensed broadcasting stations in each of the last five years.
	(3482)
136   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the number of unlicensed broadcasting stations operating in the United Kingdom.
	(3474)
137   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many seizures of equipment from Voice of Africa pirate radio station have been made.
	(3476)
138   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been (a) the maximum and (b) the average fine imposed by the courts for unlicensed broadcasting in breach of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 over the last five years.
	(3480)
139   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many seizures of equipment from unlicensed broadcasters have taken place in each of the last five years.
	(3477)
140   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints her Department has received about unlicensed broadcasting by Voice of Africa.
	(3479)
141   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints her Department has received about unlicensed broadcasting stations in each of the last five years.
	(3475)
142   N	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many convictions of unlicensed broadcasting stations under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 have been obtained in each of the last five years.
	(3481)
143	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 5th July, Official Report, column 267W, on miners' compensation, what the average duration is between a medical assessment for former miners with (a) vibration white finger and (b) respiratory diseases, and the point at which IRISC are in possession of necessary documents to establish viability and level of compensation claims.
	(3725)
144   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 1st June on behalf of his constituent Mr Ogles.
	(3563)
145	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on how many occasions since July 1998 external radioactivity has been discovered on (a) transport flasks and (b) railroad flathaul carriages used for the transport of spent nuclear fuel to Sellafield from nuclear power plants.
	(3962)
146   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the Isle of Wight is covered by the terms of reference of the South Coast Corridor Modal Study; and for what reason no representative of the Isle of Wight is a member of the steering group of the study.
	(3701)
147	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many fatalities there were per million passenger miles on the railways in each of the last 10 years; what the projected costs of current plans to improve safety are; and what percentage increase in safety is planned to result from them.
	(3838)
148	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reviews are underway within his Department to examine the eligibility criteria for disability living allowance for those diagnosed as having an irreversible condition.
	(3823)
149	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people suffering from diabetes are in receipt of incapacity benefit.
	(3824)
150	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) under and (b) over the age of 16 years and suffering from diabetes are in receipt of disability living allowance, listed by the (i) lower, (ii) middle and (iii) higher rate.
	(3834)
151	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out the target implementation dates for the provision of new pension forecasts.
	(3735)
152	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the departmental responsibility for (a) regional policy, (b) regional development agencies, (c) planning policy, (d) urban regeneration, (e) rural regeneration and (f) regional assemblies under the new departmental structure; and if he will make a statement on the factors underlying these new departmental responsibilities.
	[Transferred] (3965)
153	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the law covering food labelling.
	[Transferred] (3941)
154	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers he has to prosecute companies which do not adequately label food products.
	[Transferred] (3942)
155	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about the progress of her review of the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals; and for how long representations may be made to her.
	[Transferred] (3711)
156	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many child contact orders have resulted in further court action; and what the (a) average and (b) largest number of further court actions was.
	[Transferred] (3832)
157	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many child contact orders resulted in further court action involving (a) violence and (b) death in each of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (3831)
158	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the reservation taken by the UK to article 22 of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of The Child.
	[Transferred] (3877)
159	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the level of income support (a) available to persons aged 16 and under 18 years and (b) awarded to asylum seeking young people aged 16 and under 18 years.
	[Transferred] (3875)
160	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she has taken in respect of the impact of US legislation on trade in information technology on the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (3742)
161	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with motor manufacturers regarding recycling of end of life vehicles.
	[Transferred] (3826)
162	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of disposing of abandoned vehicles in (a) Luton and (b) all local authorities in England in each of the last four years.
	[Transferred] (3829)
163	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce incentives to assist recycling of end of life vehicles.
	[Transferred] (3827)
164	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will extend free school meals to those on working families tax credit; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (3737)

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