TUESDAY 29th OCTOBER
1
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what powers he has to intervene where local authorities have failed to make public utilities comply with their statutory obligations. |
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on what discussions he has had with the LGA on travellers; and if he will make a statement on what policy options he has evaluated. |
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make an assessment of the frequency with which Government planning inspectors disallow section 106 agreements following the successful allowance of an appeal; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (77986)
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the ability of local authorities to waive amounts owed by a pensioner who has stayed in hospital beyond the current maximum time limit before benefit claw-back becomes liable. |
| | (77843)
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N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of spending by (a) Hampshire County Council, (b) Fareham Borough Council, (c) Durham County Council, (d) Durham City Council, (e) English county councils and (f) district councils was financed by council tax payers in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000, (iv) 2000-01 and (v) 2001-02. |
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N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what powers exercised by central government will be devolved to the proposed regional assemblies. |
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N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what correspondence he has received within the last two months from the Leader of Somerset County Council about the firefighters' strike; if he will publish his response to such correspondence; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many fire engines will be available for deployment in the Yeovil constituency during the planned firefighters' strike; what assessment he has made of the minimum safe level; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's target is for the maximum time taken to get a fire engine to an emergency call-out within Somerset; what assessment he has made of whether this target will still be met during the planned firefighter's strike; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities and the armed forces to maintain a safe level of fire service in Somerset during the planned firefighters' strike; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Green Goddess fire appliances he plans to station in Buckinghamshire in the event of a firefighters' strike; where they will be stationed; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 12 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October, Official Report, column 61W, what recent guidance produced by his Department in connection with the Connexions Service he has issued to homelessness agencies working with vulnerable young people; and on what date it was issued. |
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| 13 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much each local authority will receive from the £200 million Challenge Fund as part of the Starter Home Initiative. |
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| 14 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many 16 to 18 year olds are living rough in (a) London and (b) West Sussex following the last street count. |
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| 15 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Home Office regarding police involvement in dealing with the issue of under 16s living rough. |
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| 16 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October, Official Report, column 61W, when a street count for under 16s living rough last took place in (a) London and (b) West Sussex; what criteria is used to count under 16s in the street count; and when the Social Exclusion Unit will publish its report into young runaways. |
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| 17 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October, column 296W, how many of the 128 households in West Sussex in bed and breakfast accommodation have been housed in this way for longer than (a) one month, (b) six months, (c) one year and (d) two years. |
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| 18 | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 19th September, Official Report, column 124W, on job location, what the reasons were for the reduction in combined funding for the UK and England World Class Performance from 1999-2000 to 2000-01. |
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19
N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 15th October to the honourable Member for Blaenau Gwent, Official Report, column 547W, on nuclear weapons, if he will estimate the size of the credits payable to the UK under the 1998 MOU. |
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| 20 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in equipping RAF aircraft with secure gound-to-air and air-to-air communication systems fully interoperable with similar systems in use by the United States Air Force. |
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| 21 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) men the Royal Navy requires to crew the submarines in service with an adequate margin of reserve to ensure full continuity of operations; and how many are available. |
| | (78314)
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| 22 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the introduction by the Defence Logistics Organisation of a single IT system for recording and controlling stocks; and what practical difficulties are still to be addressed. |
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23
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in the (a) Army, (b) RAF and (c) Royal Navy answered the last Continuous Attitude Survey; and what proportion of the service members in each service this represents. |
| | (77285)
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24
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical negligence claims were received by his Department in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002 to date; how many complaints in (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2002 resulted in compensation being paid; how much compensation was paid in each year; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 25 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical specialists, and in which specialisations, the Department requires in order to meet operational requirements. |
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| 26 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the call-up of medical reservists; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 27 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical specialists, and in which specialisations, there are in the Reserves. |
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28
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October, ref 75716, if he will estimate the annual increases in pay for Ministry of Defence non-industrial civil servants working only in his Department, excluding agencies and non departmental public bodies, in each year from 2001-02 to 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. |
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29
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many primary schools provide school milk; and what proposals she has to reintroduce it in all schools. |
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30
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the role of schools in the health of children; and what measures have been taken to ensure that food and meals provided at school are nutritional. |
| | (77010)
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31
N | Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will make a decision in respect of an appeal by Peninsular Proteins Ltd against a refusal to grant a licence to operate their rendering plant at Great Torrington; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (78201)
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N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times a week she recommends household rubbish collections should take place; and what measures are in place to ensure that such collections take place. |
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N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities have systems for recycling household waste from the doorstep; where they are located; and what plans there are to introduce doorstep recycling in all authorities. |
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34
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what sums she makes available to provide for street cleaners; and what measures she can take if a local authority fails to keep its area clean for the public. |
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35
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future of Horticulture Research International. |
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36
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to encourage total roll-out of broadband in rural areas. |
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37
N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the basis is of her policy on not participating in river basin pilot studies proposed under the implementation strategy of the Water Framework Directive. |
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| 38 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much it cost to redesign the Department's logo; and which outside bodies were involved in the creative process. |
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N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many appeals have been made regarding the Beef Special Premium Scheme 2001; and how many were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful. |
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40
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what basis penalties are applied to claims under the Beef Special Premium Scheme 2001; and whether these penalties are equally applied to farmers in other countries within the Common Agricultural Policy. |
| | (77526)
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41
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the funds made available by the Government for the Market and Coastal Towns Initiative. |
| | (77531)
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N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the appeal procedure regarding the Beef Special Premium Scheme in 2001; under what legislation it operates; and if she will list the names and legal qualifications of those who hear the appeals. |
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43
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that her officials avoid causing the bankruptcy of Mr L A and Mrs S M Rogers of South Milton, Kingsbridge by continuing to demand a penalty for their failure to despatch the appropriate forms to the British Cattle Movement Service in Cumbria in 2001. |
| | (77530)
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44
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Market and Coastal Towns Initiative was established; what the criteria are for the awards given by this scheme; who decides how and to whom such funds should be allocated; and if she will list the grants made and to whom and when they were made. |
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45
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of changes in the ability of employers to obtain public and employers' liability insurance. |
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46
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the expected outturn for tax receipts for 2002-03. |
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47
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the (a) level of tax receipts and (b) estimate made at the time of the budget for (i) income tax, (ii) stamp duty, (iii) corporation tax and (iv) capital gains tax. |
| | (78178)
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48
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact that the level of public sector pay settlements is having on the money available to meet the targets set out in public service agreements. |
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| 49 | Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations are being made by the UK Government to the European Parliament on the issue of VAT on church repairs. |
| | (78317)
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| 50 | Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received in connection with the possible extension of the listed places of worship grant scheme, beyond March 2003. |
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51
N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was put into private pension schemes of all types in each of the last five years, per head of the working population. |
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| 52 | Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli, Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what action is being taken to tackle cross-channel smuggling; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (78321)
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53
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the periods in the last 30 years where the National Insurance Contributions regime for armed forces personnel were different to those that applied to ordinary employees, listing in each case (a) whether such arrangements were (i) voluntary and (ii) compulsory, (b) what rates of contribution applied, (c) whether separate rules applied to (i) men and (ii) women and (d) what benefits accrued in respect of these contributions. |
| | (77867)
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54
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the claims in the UN's Panel of Experts report on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo that British Aerospace spare parts for Zimbabwe Defence Force Hawk jets were supplied to the DRC early in 2002 in breach of European Union sanctions on Zimbabwe; what information he has on the role (a) Mr John Bredenkamp, (b) the Aviation Consultancy Services Company and (c) other individuals or companies played in mediating those deals; who granted the export licences; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (77983)
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55
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made by Her Majesty's Government encouraging the Indian Government to grant access in the Punjab to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. |
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56
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers have had with the authorities in India about the use of and removal of land mines in that country. |
| | (77952)
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57
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received concerning claims made in the UN's Panel of Experts report on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo that Aviation Consultancy Services Company represents British Aerospace; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (77984)
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58
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Indian authorities with regard to encouraging the granting of access to the Punjab by international human rights groups. |
| | (77951)
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59
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Indian authorities in the last six months concerning the case of Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar. |
| | (77949)
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60
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will meet representatives of the Sikh community following the postponement of meetings on 6th August and 11th September, and for what reason the latter meeting was postponed. |
| | (77953)
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61
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress with the police investigation into the allegations made against a person whose name has been made known to him concerning alleged involvement in torture while Head of the Bahraini Security and Intelligence Service. |
| | (77528)
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| 62 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his visit to Iran; and what discussions he has had with Iran in its role in seeking to resolve the dispute between the Palestinians and the Government of Israel. |
| | (78308)
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| 63 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received on the purpose and objective of United States policy of sanctions against Iran; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (78307)
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64
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients newly diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneration have access to photodynamic therapy for age-related macular degeneration through ongoing clinical trials; what proportion of those patients will have access to this therapy as part of future clinical trials being planned; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (76336)
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65
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide funding for the use of photodynamic therapy for age-related macular degeneration pending the completion of a nationally co-ordinated data collection exercise on clinical outcome, quality of life and costs associated with the treatment; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (76337)
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66
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on children's trusts. |
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| 67 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the agreement between his Department and the United Healthcare Group. |
| | (78311)
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68
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of regional specialist commissioning groups in respect of neuroscience services. |
| | (77005)
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| 69 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his assessment is of the forward revenue commitments for each of the next three years for each of the ringfenced grants paid by his Department to local authorities in 2002-03 . |
| | (78312)
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70
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has to introduce free fruit in primary schools; and what estimate he has made of how much such provision would cost. |
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71
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people he estimates hold donor cards; and what measures have been taken since 1997 to raise awareness and encourage people to get donor cards. |
| | (77157)
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72
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on donor shortage; and what he proposes to do to increase the number of donors available. |
| | (77158)
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73
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organ transplants have been made in each year since 1997; how many people have died waiting for organ transplants in that time; and for what organs they were waiting. |
| | (77159)
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74
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the position of elderly residents who are obliged to seek alternative accommodation when nursing homes seek to re-register under a different status. |
| | (77987)
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75
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the NICE Committee will report its recommendations for age-related macular disease. |
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76
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to end postcode prescribing of infertility treatment. |
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77
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to extend waiting list targets to (a) psychologists, (b) physiotherapists and (c) occupational therapists. |
| | (77841)
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78
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to publish the conclusions of the Medicines Control Agency's consultation, MLX286, on the herbal ingredient kava-kava in unlicensed medicines. |
| | (78166)
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79
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Medicines Control Agency's consultation MLX 286 on the herbal ingredient kava-kava (piper methysticum) in unlicensed medicines. |
| | (78165)
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80
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which herbal interest groups and organisations are participating in the voluntary agreement to withdraw products containing kava-kava from sale in the United Kingdom; how many have not agreed to the voluntary agreement; and if he will list the reasons his Department has received from such organisations for not participating. |
| | (78164)
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81
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has held with (a) the Medicines Control Agency and (b) the Food Standards Agency with regards to the proposals to prohibit the sale of products containing kava-kava in the United Kingdom. |
| | (78163)
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82
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his position regarding the sale and use of the herbal ingredient kava-kava in herbal remedies and food products. |
| | (78160)
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83
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to publish the conclusions of the Food Standards Agency's consultation to prohibit the herbal ingredient kava-kava in food products. |
| | (78159)
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84
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from herbal interest groups with regards to the (a) voluntary agreement to withdraw the ingredient kava-kava from unlicensed medicines and food products and (b) the proposals to prohibit the herbal ingredient kava-kava in unlicensed medicines and food products. |
| | (78161)
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85
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether products containing the herbal ingredient kava-kava sold in the United Kingdom are comparable with such products sold in Germany. |
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86
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the additional expenditure on the health service announced in the CSR is earmarked for developing community facilities. |
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87
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the allocation of responsibility between a primary care trust and a hospital trust in the event that the latter incurs a financial deficit. |
| | (78173)
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88
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of inequalities in access to health care services in England and their relationship with income inequality; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (77797)
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89
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) doctors and (b) nurses per 1,000 head of population in England; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (77798)
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90
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated to primary care trusts this year for TB treatment. |
| | (78189)
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91
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made with setting up assertive outreach and crisis intervention/home treatment teams for mental health services in West Sussex. |
| | (78169)
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92
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS employees this year have filed compensation claims against NHS trusts as a result of injuries sustained at work; and how many of these were found in favour of the claimant and at what cost. |
| | (78181)
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93
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met the head of the TB Unit at the Public Health Laboratory Service. |
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| 94 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 21st October, Official Report, column 128W, if he will list the contracts signed by NHS trusts to bring teams of doctors from continental Europe to work in the NMS. |
| | (78199)
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95
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many copies of the National Alcohol Reduction Strategy Consultation Paper have been sent out to user groups in the voluntary and commercial sectors. |
| | (78180)
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96
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what co-ordination is in place from his Department with the Homelessness Unit at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in combating the rise of TB in the homeless. |
| | (78185)
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97
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what extra funding and resources he has allocated this year to local primary care trusts which have reported high rates of TB. |
| | (78187)
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98
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has offered to local primary care trusts who have high rates of TB to help them combat this disease. |
| | (78186)
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99
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the next NHS workforce statistics. |
| | (78183)
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100
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monies have been made available for the development of mental health services in West Sussex; and what monitoring has been carried out by his Department to see whether funds made available for the development of mental health services in West Sussex have been used for that purpose. |
| | (78168)
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101
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients have billed NHS trusts for operations carried out in the private sector; and how many of these were paid and at what cost. |
| | (78182)
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102
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October, Official Report, columns 128-9W, on social workers, what the provisional figures are for the numbers of applications for social work training; what action he is taking to make existing social workers realise that their work is valued; how he plans to inform the public about what social workers actually do; and how much funding has been allocated to this initiative. |
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103
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many teenagers in the UK were vaccinated against TB last year. |
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104
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to start applying the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 to prisons and prisoners. |
| | (77850)
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105
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on discretionary powers available to prison governors. |
| | (77851)
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106
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the powers of a police authority to apply money raised from speeding fines for anti-speeding strategies. |
| | (77838)
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107
N | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for criminal record checks have been made using the Criminal Records Bureau's telephone checking service; and what proportion this constitutes of the total number of record check applications. |
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108
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government has introduced since 1997 to enable retailers to ban customers from their premises. |
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109
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make funding available from the distraction burglary budget or other crime prevention resources to help expand the first check point scheme based in Lancing, West Sussex, dealing with cowboy builders. |
| | (78167)
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110
N | Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge - Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many category D prisoners from HMP North Sea Camp have been transferred to category A, B and C prisons as punishment for breaches of their community visit licences in the past 12 months. |
| | (76652)
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111
N | Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge - Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many category D prisoners from HMP North Sea Camp have been found to have been in breach of their community visit licences for violations of the no alcohol rule and have not been transferred to category A, B or C prisons in the past 12 months. |
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N | Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge - Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many category D prisoners from HMP North Sea Camp have been issued in the past 12 months with community day visit licences restricting them to (a) a specific geographical area and (b) a general mileage radius. |
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N | Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge - Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the rules and of the standard licence governing the community visit licences of category D prisoners in (a) HMP North Sea Camp and (b) other category D prisons. |
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114
N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the WHO study of possible increased cancer rates in southern Iraq and their causes has begun; and what the UK contribution to the study is proposed to be. |
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115
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who will represent her Department at the Microcredit Summit +5 being held in Washington from 10th to 13th November. |
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116
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many applications for legal aid have been refused since the new rules were introduced. |
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| 117 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what steps he is taking to encourage employers to enable employees to undertake service to the community for (a) magisterial and (b) other duties without being out of pocket; and if he will make a statement. |
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118
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 23rd October to the Right honourable Member for Fylde, columns 267-8, if he will give the calculation behind his statement on the trend in the level of people's savings. |
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119
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints she has received about the operation of npower. |
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120
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what incentives are available to encourage the installation of photovoltaic cells in (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic premises. |
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121
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will announce her proposals for financial support of the rural post offices network; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 122 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to encourage the development of the Iranian oil and gas industry; and what steps she is taking to encourge UK firms to invest in Iran. |
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| 123 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level of (a) exports to and (b) imports from Iran was in 2001-02; and what steps she is taking to expand this trade. |
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124
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will meet the Red Cross and St John Ambulance Brigade to discuss third party liability insurance for people who stop to help at a road traffic accident. |
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125
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to extend the concessionary fare arrangements to offer free bus passes to all pensioners. |
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126
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what consideration has been given by his Department to reducing the national speed limits on roads during the firefighters' strike; and if he will make a statement. |
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127
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which trust ports have appointed representatives of local authorities in that capacity to their boards since the publication of the Modernising Trust Ports review. |
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| 128 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much it cost to redesign the Department's logo and subsequent changes to Departmental stationery and documentation following the name change from DETR to Department of Transport; and whether outside bodies were involved in the creative process. |
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| 129 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October, Official Report, column 27W, how many local authorities have joined the scheme in using DVLA powers to wheelclamp and impound untaxed vehicles since the pilot in the London Borough of Newham. |
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130
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend the lengths of time which elapse before benefits are reduced for a pensioner resident in hospital. |
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131
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the loss of widows' and widowers' pension entitlement on re-marriage. |
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132
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is towards ageism in the workplace. |
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133
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many DLA application refusals there were in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those refusals were later successfully appealed against. |
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134
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefits are available to individuals not entitled to maternity benefit because of an insufficient contributory history. |
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| 135 | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual administrative cost is of sending girocheques to Mrs Kathleen Lonsdale of Kingsbridge. |
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136
N | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that in areas where there is shortage of general practitioners extra funding will be provided to aid the recruitment process. |
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