WEDNESDAY 6th NOVEMBER
| 1 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cumulative additional rent paid in real terms over the 10 years rent restructuring period by council tenants in London (a) in money terms at 2002-03 prices and (b) as a percentage of the Housing Revenue Account rent income for 2001-02 at 2002-03 prices, assuming that (i) there is no change in the number of council tenants over the period, (ii) councils move to the average of the formula rents proposed by his Office and (iii) they do so in the roughly equal steps proposed by his Office, (A) taking the impact of individual tenants' rent increase capping into account and (B) not taking the impact into account. |
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| 2 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will set out for each year from 1997-98, and including estimates for 2002-03, (a) the totals of set-aside housing receipts and (b) the totals of housing basic credits approvals, broken down by Government Office region. |
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| 3 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made at 2002-03 prices of (a) the national total and (b) totals broken down by Government Office region for the investment required to (i) meet the Decent Homes Standard for council tenants' homes and (ii) clear the backlog of housing investment in council tenants' homes, broken down into (A) repairs and (B) improvements. |
| | (79864)
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| 4 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the average real terms increase in rents paid by council tenants in London in (a) money terms at 2002-03 prices and (b) percentage terms compared to 2002-03 prices at the end of the 10 year rent restructuring period, assuming (i) that there is no change in the number of council tenants over the period and (ii) that councils move to the average of the formula rents as proposed by his Office, (1) taking the impact of individual tenants' rent increase capping into account and (2) not taking the impact into account. |
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| 5 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the national total of (a) set-aside housing receipts and (b) housing basic credit approvals was in each year from 1997-98; and what these figures are estimated to be in 2002-03. |
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| 6 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to ensure that the proceeds of the increased rents in real terms paid by council tenants in London over successive years as a result of rent restructuring will be available for (a) the better resourcing of services to council tenants' homes and (b) investment in those homes. |
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N | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of the advertised (a) speakers and (b) chairmen of the themed sessions of the Urban Summit come from the private sector and are not members of Government-appointed public bodies. |
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N | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to disseminate the results of the Urban Summit to (a) honourable Members, (b) councillors and (c) Members of the other House belonging to the (i) Conservative and (ii) Liberal Democrat parties. |
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N | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of the advertised (a) speakers and (b) chairmen of the themed sessions are (i) Conservatives and (ii) Liberal Democrat local councillors. |
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N | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of the speakers and chairmen of the themed seminars of the Urban Summit are members of the (a) Conservative, (b) Liberal Democrat and (c) Labour parties. |
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N | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much (a) money, (b) departmental time and (c) other resources the Government has expended on the Urban Summit. |
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N | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) ministers, (b) Members of the other House taking the Labour Whip and (c) elected Labour councillors are (i) speaking and (ii) chairing themed discussions at the Urban Summit. |
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| 13 | Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the SSA is, for each local authority in England (a) by service block and (b) in total for 2002-03; what these figures would be if 2001 census data had been substituted for mid-year 2000 population estimates; and what the difference is between the two sets of figures expressed (i) in £s and (ii) as a percentage of 2002-03 SSAs (A) for the relevant service block and (B) in total. |
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| 14 | Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the population was of each local authority in England based on the 2001 census; what the change was in the population of each authority since the mid year 2000 estimate; and what the change was as a percentage in each case. |
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| 15 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the objectors to sites SA 22 and 23 in the Shropshire Waste Plan produced by Shropshire County Council; and if he will place copies of the objections in the Library. |
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| 16 | Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the members of Advantage West Midlands; from what areas they are drawn; what their function is; how they were chosen; how they can be dismissed; what they will cost in 2002-03; and from what Vote they are paid. |
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| 17 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the steps which he is taking to promote the building of integrated renewables, with special reference to solar thermal and solar photovoltaics in new housing developments through the planning process. |
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| 18 | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many representations he has received from residents of (a) Cheshire and (b) Congleton constituency registering their response to his Department's review of revenue grant distribution; when he expects to announce his decision following his Department's consultation; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 19 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with interested parties on the practicalities of a London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. |
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N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 30th October, ref. 76603, how many football games she attended between 7th June and 26th November 2001 in her official capacity; and where those games took place. |
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N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many football games Ministers in her Department have attended since 1st June 2001 in their official capacity; and where those games took place. |
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animals covered by the Sixth Report of the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee were bred, for the period in question, for possible use in procedures but subsequently (a) destroyed and (b) passed on to other bodies without so being used. |
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| 23 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to date is of maintaining British troops in Afghanistan. |
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| 24 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to date is of maintaining the British force in support of the no-fly zone in Iraq. |
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| 25 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Diversification Council has been established; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 26 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Mr Tony Edwards resigned as Head of Defence Export Services. |
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| 27 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the members of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council, and in each case his or her employer. |
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N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) start and (b) end dates are of the (i) material handling equipment, (ii) TAFMIS, (iii) defence fixed telecommunications service, (iv) hawk simulator, (v) attack helicopters training—Apache simulator, (vi) defence intelligence system, (vii) Tornado GR4 simulator, (viii) naval communications, (ix) RAF Sentry E3D aircrew, (x) ASTUTE training service, (xi) heavy equipment transporters, (xii) strategic sealift (ro-ro ferries) and (xiii) field electrical power supplies PFI projects and contracts. |
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| 29 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what professional mental health assistance is given to recruits at the Deepcut barracks; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 30 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Gates of Remembrance Appeal; and what discussions he has had with the (a) Royal British Legion, (b) Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association, (c) Army Benevolent Fund, (d) RAF Association, (e) Royal Navy Association and (f) War Widows Association of Great Britain about that appeal. |
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| 31 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what papers have been published (a) in refereed journals and (b) as departmental monographs on the health impact on observers of British atmospheric nuclear weapons tests since 1990; and if he will place copies of each in the Library. |
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| 32 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made toward the establishment of a European Rapid Reaction Force; and what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts regarding the issue. |
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| 33 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October, Official Report, column 38W, what the annual cost to public funds is of each higher education access measure listed. |
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| 34 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money claimed by contractors under the ILA scheme remains unpaid. |
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| 35 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) stock and (b) net annual investment is of student loans; and what the additional cost would be at full market rate of interest. |
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| 36 | Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much additional funding has been provided to secondary schools in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Hertfordshire in the current financial year. |
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| 37 | Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many representations on the funding of education in Staffordshire his Department has received since June 2001. |
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| 38 | Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department spent in 2001 on each (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupil in (i) Staffordshire and (ii) Hertfordshire. |
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| 39 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of students from families resident in each Government Office region were (a) exempt from tuition fees, (b) paying less than full tuition fees and (c) paying no fees at all in the academic year 2002-03. |
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N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions in each local education authority section 15 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 has been invoked for (a) warning notices and (b) subsequent formal interventions. |
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| 41 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases of irregularities with SATs results and tests were reported to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in each local education authority in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002 to 1st October; and how many investigations were carried out by the QCA into these reports. |
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| 42 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many opportunity bursaries have been awarded to students from each Government Office region in the academic years (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03. |
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| 43 | Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations he has received from (a) Right honourable and honourable Members, (b) trade associations and employers organisations and (c) training companies, concerning higher level skills shortages in the information technology sector. |
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| 44 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average funding per pupil is in (a) Swindon and (b) England in 2002-03. |
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N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the esimated annual cost is of the Connexions card; and what the card has cost so far. |
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N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which third party organisations and companies have (a) received and (b) bought information contained on the Connexions card. |
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N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether information held on individuals who have Connexions cards has been passed on to third parties (a) for no consideration and (b) for a consideration. |
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N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Connexions cards have been issued. |
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N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how old the youngest person is who has received a Connexions card. |
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N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information can be held on an individual who uses a Connexions card. |
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| 51 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the former grant-maintained schools which are parties to operating leases in respect of buildings. |
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52
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many newly qualified teachers in each local education authority were entitled to induction support in 2001-02. |
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N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grants were made through the school improvement grant in each local education authority in 2001-02. |
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N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent through the Standards Fund on teaching assistants in each local education authority in 2001-02. |
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N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers in each local education authority were entitled to a golden hello in 2001-02. |
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N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of (a) the number and (b) the percentage of teachers (i) passing the threshold for performance related pay and (ii) rising up the enhanced pay spine having passed the threshold. |
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| 57 | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many representations he has received from residents of (a) Cheshire and (b)
Congleton constituency registering their response to his Department's review of revenue grant distribution; when he expects to announce his decision following his Department's consultation; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (80004)
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| 58 | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will calculate the (a) amount spent per pupil on primary and secondary education by Cheshire County Council and (b) average amount spent per pupil on primary and secondary education by local authorities in England in the last financial year for which figures are available; what assessment he has made of the effect on educational provision in Cheshire if the average sum were to be spent; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (80005)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 10th April, Official Report, column 286W, on primate imports, if she will define the categories of (a) breeding, (b) personal, (c) commercial and (d) zoological collections with reference to non-human primates. |
| | (79119)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals are owned under a Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 Licence, broken down by species. |
| | (79121)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she expects increased access to environmental information will be available under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and which (a) minister and (b) official in her Department has lead responsibility for this matter. |
| | (79029)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of exotic birds imported into the UK for the last year for which figures are available were dead on arrival. |
| | (79033)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many exotic birds were imported into the UK in the past 12 months; for what purposes they were imported; and from which countries they were imported. |
| | (79030)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many captive-bred non-human primates were imported into the United Kingdom in the last five years; for what purposes; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (79118)
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| 65 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many primates are owned under a Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 Licence; and for what purposes these animals are owned. |
| | (79120)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she plans to amend the 1984 Schedule to the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 to remove animals that have been shown to pose no serious danger to the public. |
| | (79122)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many exotic birds were imported into the UK for each year from 1997 to date, broken down into (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred. |
| | (79031)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to discourage the international trade in bear bile. |
| | (79045)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the controls relating to the sale of imported birds in pet shops. |
| | (79032)
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N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale of 18th July, regarding Mr Clifford Kendal. |
| | (79285)
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N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale of 17th September, regarding Mr Trevor Wilson of Cark-in-Cartmel. |
| | (79284)
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N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget is for the (a) Countryside Agency, (b) Environment Agency, (c) Central Science Laboratory, (d) Veterinary Laboratories Agency, (e) Veterinary Medicines Directorate and (f) English Nature in 2002-03; and if she will make a statement on the future projections for the budget of each of those bodies. |
| | (79729)
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N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 28th October, Official Report, column 587W, on rural expenditure, to the honourable Member for South East Cornwall, how much was (a) available and (b) spent in (i) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (iii) 2002-03 to date through the following, the (A) Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, (B) Local Heritage Initiative, (C) Support for Rights of Way, (D) Doorstop Greens, (E) Millennium Greens and (F) Walking the Way to Health schemes, broken down by region. |
| | (79728)
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N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Department's non departmental public bodies; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 75 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on completing the Shrewsbury flood defence scheme. |
| | (79994)
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| 76 | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, to the honourable Member for Argyll and Bute at European Standing Committee A on 23rd April, Official Report, column 7, if she will place in the Library (a) her Department's evidence to the European Commission which demonstrated that the level of cod by-catch in the nephrops fishery was very small and that the Commission's figures were an overestimate and (b) the European Commission's response; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (80055)
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N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will add the six figure grid references for the 2001-02 National Seed Listing Trials planted under 00/R33/6 to the public register. |
| | (79736)
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N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of the National Seed Listing trials for GM crops planted between Autumn 2001 and Spring 2002 were completed. |
| | (79738)
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N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which GM crop varieties started national seed listing trials in September 2002; if she will give their (a) locations and (b) dates of planting; and whether each trial is (i) a distinctiveness uniformity and stability and (ii) a value for cultivation and use trial. |
| | (79737)
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N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of the GM farm scale trials of maize, oil seed rape and beet planted between Autumn 2001 and Spring 2002 (a) ran until harvest and (b) were terminated; and what the reasons for termination were in each case. |
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| 81 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the number of higher rate tax payers resident in each parliamentary constituency in the last 12 months. |
| | (79860)
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| 82 | Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to review the financial assistance to, and tax treatment of, individuals in employment who choose to meet the costs of their own training in higher level skills in the information technology sector. |
| | (79836)
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| 83 | Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the implications for levels of social exclusion of any inability of individuals in low income employment to access Tax Credits for the cost of higher level skills training in the information technology sector. |
| | (79837)
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| 84 | Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations his Deparment has received from (a) Right honourable and honourable Members, (b) trade associations and employers organisations and (c) training companies concerning the economic impact of higher level skills shortages in the information technology sector. |
| | (79835)
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N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much, in their current ratios, the small companies and mainstream rates of corporation tax would have to rise to yield the current revenues of student top up fees. |
| | (79265)
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| 86 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many male deaths from prostate cancer there were in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 87 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suicides of young men aged 15 to 24 years there were in each year from 1979; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (80052)
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| 88 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what funding has been authorised in each financial year since May 1997 for raising capital via the Private Finance Initiative, broken down by department; and what limits on sums authorised were imposed under European Community law, identifying the relevant EU instrument in each case. |
| | (79833)
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N | James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate what the annual cost would be of in-death benefits extended to unmarried partners, in accordance with the rules for the new Civil Service Pension, for the financial year 2003-04, and each of the five subsequent years at 2003-04 prices for (a) the whole of the public sector, (b) the Teachers' Pension Scheme, (c) the NHS Pension Scheme, (d) the Local Government Pension Scheme, (e) the Firemen's Pension Scheme, (f) the Police Pension Scheme and (g) the Armed Forces Pension Scheme. |
| | (78857)
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N | James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate what the costs would be for the future service of current members if in-death benefits were extended to unmarried partners, in accordance with the rules for the new Civil Service Pension, at 2003-04 prices for (a) the whole of the public sector, (b) the Teachers' Pension Scheme, (c) the NHS Pension Scheme, (d) the Local Government Scheme, (e) the Firemen's Pension Scheme, (f) the Police Pension Scheme and (g) the Armed Forces Pension Scheme. |
| | (78858)
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91
N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of how many families in Scotland are eligible to receive the working families tax credit. |
| | (79740)
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| 92 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how United Kingdom citizens may obtain copies of the draft report of the Convention on the future of Europe; and what steps he is taking to publicise the document. |
| | (79965)
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N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the criteria are for the disbursement of funds from the Global Conflict Prevention Pool to (a) Macedonia, (b) Kosovo, (c) Bosnia, (d) Indonesia and (e) East Timor; how much was allocated from the pool for the purchase of equipment to each in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79558)
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N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list by country the projects funded by his Department under the Global Conflict Prevention Pool and the amount given to each. |
| | (79560)
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N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what equipment will be purchased with the money (a) allocated to logistical equipment, (b) allocated to communications equipment and (c) for equipment in support of military intelligence for Nepal under the Global Conflict Prevention Pool. |
| | (79559)
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| 96 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards qualified majority voting for deciding when national parliaments should be allowed to vote on EU proposals. |
| | (79935)
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| 97 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his recent meeting with Mr Yashuant Sinha, the Indian Foreign Minister. |
| | (79927)
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| 98 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the (a) incidence and (b) recent trends in hepatitis C; and what action is being taken by this Department to limit its spread and mitigate its effects. |
| | (79856)
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| 99 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress on NHS Plus. |
| | (79857)
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| 100 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how long the implementation of the protection of vulnerable adults lists as part of the Care Standards Act 2000 have been postponed. |
| | (79812)
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| 101 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications were received by the Social Work Admissions System in each of the last five years. |
| | (79809)
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| 102 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the nursing care standards are in paediatric intensive care; whether those standards have been achieved in the last 12 months; what account hospital trusts have to give of failure to achieve those standards; and what targets he has set for those standards to be achieved. |
| | (80050)
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| 103 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the neonatal services review; and if he will place a copy of (a) the review and (b) plans to change the configuration of services in the Library. |
| | (80051)
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| 104 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are receiving NHS funded continuing care in (a) NHS hospitals and (b) nursing homes in each strategic health authority area in the UK. |
| | (79979)
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| 105 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many continuing care assessments have been made each year since 1996 in the area of the former North Staffordshire Health Authority; and, of those, how many have been deemed (a) eligible and (b) ineligible to receive NHS funded continuing care. |
| | (79977)
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| 106 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are waiting for assessment for (a) homecare aids, (b) adaptations and (c) equipment in each social services department area in the UK; and what the average waiting time for assessment in each area was in the last 12 months. |
| | (79976)
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| 107 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many continuing care assessments were made in 2001-02 in each strategic health authority area in the UK. |
| | (79978)
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| 108 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on the provision of breakfast clubs in each of the past five years. |
| | (79887)
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| 109 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled (a) on the day of admission and (b) before the day of admission at Wythenshawe Hospital in each quarter since 1997. |
| | (79879)
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| 110 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects community health councils to be abolished. |
| | (79892)
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| 111 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reduce waiting times for diagnostic tests, other than those related to cancer; and how he intends to measure whether they are being reduced. |
| | (79880)
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| 112 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS acute trusts do not have mobile decontamination facilities available. |
| | (79893)
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| 113 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will determine the monetary value of the tokens made available through the Healthy Start scheme. |
| | (79895)
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| 114 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a patient is placed on the in-patient waiting list and is counted in the total if a consultant decides the patient requires surgery and the patient has been seen as a result of an inter-consultant referral. |
| | (79902)
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| 115 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the contribution the provision of health food vouchers will make in fiscal terms to (a) a reduction in child poverty and (b) the meeting of Government targets. |
| | (79881)
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| 116 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how frequently the value of the tokens in the Healthy Start scheme will be reviewed; and whether the value will be linked to the headline rate of inflation. |
| | (79896)
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| 117 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to continue free universal nursery milk provision. |
| | (79886)
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| 118 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) the public health laboratories and (b) the NHS trusts which will take over responsibility for them from 2003. |
| | (79899)
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| 119 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether those utilising vouchers under the Healthy Start scheme will be obliged to redeem the full face value of vouchers in one transaction. |
| | (79885)
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| 120 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on Government policy on encouraging breastfeeding. |
| | (79890)
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| 121 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanism will be used to decide which food vendors will accept vouchers as part of the Healthy Start scheme. |
| | (79897)
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| 122 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what qualifying criteria are for mothers under the Welfare Foods scheme; and how these criteria will change under the Healthy Start scheme. |
| | (79900)
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| 123 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to expand breakfast clubs beyond Sure Start scheme areas and health action zones. |
| | (79888)
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| 124 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual cost of operating the NHS Overseas Nurses Helpline is. |
| | (79901)
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| 125 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the funds given to the Healthy Start scheme he expects to be spent (a) on food costs and (b) on health education and associated activities. |
| | (79891)
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| 126 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he expects the proportion of the population aged 0-4 who participate in the Healthy Start scheme to increase. |
| | (79882)
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| 127 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether receipt of fruit as part of the National School Fruit Scheme will be counted as part of the Healthy Start scheme. |
| | (79889)
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| 128 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 400W, to the honourable Member for Hendon, where the Health Protection Agency will be based whilst it decides where its new headquarters will be. |
| | (79876)
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| 129 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the timing of NHS trusts moving over to using shared financial services centres. |
| | (79894)
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| 130 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October to the honourable Member for East Worthing and Shoreham, column 400W, whether NHS patients will have a choice of all the listed hospitals for their heart operations. |
| | (79964)
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| 131 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the registration mechanism is for the Welfare Foods scheme. |
| | (79898)
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| 132 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 400W, which of the the Public Health Service Laboratories (a) will, and (b) will not be transferred to the new Health Protection Agency. |
| | (79877)
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| 133 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists there were per head of population in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each primary care trust between 1992 and 1997. |
| | (79804)
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| 134 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of dentists in England undertake NHS work, broken down by region. |
| | (79800)
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| 135 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has collated on how many patients have been removed from dentists' lists; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79806)
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| 136 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on waiting times for cancer treatment, with reference to the targets in the NHS Plan. |
| | (79803)
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| 137 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there were for (a) medical and dental staff, (b) qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff and (c) professions allied to medicine in (i) England, (ii) each NHS region and (iii) each health authority in 2001. |
| | (79798)
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| 138 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists there were on average per head of population in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each primary care trust between 1979 and 1992. |
| | (79801)
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139
N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate how many health care assistants work in the NHS and list the titles they work under; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79732)
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| 140 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) available beds and (b) wards open overnight there were in (i) England (ii) each NHS region and (iii) each NHS trust in (A) each year between 1979 and 1990 and (B) 1998-99. |
| | (79796)
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| 141 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of GP practices met the 24 and 48 hour access targets set out in the NHS Plan in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each primary care trust at the latest date for which figures are available. |
| | (79797)
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142
N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the proposal for a Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications, with reference to its impact on (a) the regulation of health professionals and (b) patient safety. |
| | (79731)
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| 143 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists there were per head of population in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each primary care trust in each of the last six years. |
| | (79802)
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| 144 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average gross cost of general dental services per course of treatment was in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in cost since 1979. |
| | (79805)
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145
N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards are in place (a) to assess the competency of health care assistants and (b) to protect patient safety in the event that a health care assistant was found guilty of professional misconduct; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79733)
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| 146 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation he intends to undertake prior to his publication of an alcohol strategy. |
| | (79913)
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| 147 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to increase public awareness of lupus; and what research is being undertaken to improve early diagnosis and develop effective treatment. |
| | (79811)
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148
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sums were allocated for expenditure on silicone cosmesis for artificial limbs from the NHS community services budget in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04; and what sums were identified by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency as having been spent on silicone cosmesis for artificial limbs from that budget in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03. |
| | (79041)
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| 149 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since its introduction. |
| | (79996)
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| 150 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of health authorities have complaints procedures for mental health patients. |
| | (80000)
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| 151 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of mental health patients were delayed from hospital discharge in 2001-02 and what the reasons are; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79997)
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| 152 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of mental health patients have been given a written copy of their own care plan in the last 12 months. |
| | (79999)
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| 153 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of men aged 25 to 60 years dying from chronic liver disease; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79989)
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| 154 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding was given to children's mental health services in each year since 1997. |
| | (79991)
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| 155 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve the rights of mental health patients to (a) advocacy, (b) access to psychiatrists and (c) community health nurses. |
| | (79984)
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| 156 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of testicular cancer; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79987)
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| 157 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of health authorities have a written care plan for mental health patients. |
| | (80002)
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| 158 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of community treatment orders in reducing the number of homicides by people diagnosed with mental health problems. |
| | (79990)
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| 159 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the progress made to replace Shelton Hospital with a new mental health hospital. |
| | (79992)
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| 160 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of mental health patients have been given written information on (a) their condition, (b) their treatment, (c) their medical rights and (d) where to get help in an emergency in the last 12 months. |
| | (79998)
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| 161 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of obesity in men; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79988)
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| 162 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of funding was for, and how many individuals were affected by, community care direct payments in each health authority in each year since 1996. |
| | (79983)
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| 163 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of schizophrenics have asked for, but been refused, hospital admission in the last 12 months. |
| | (80001)
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| 164 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with counterparts in other countries whose nationals have participated in the monitoring of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in respect of the impact the tests have been perceived to have had on the health of those exposed to radiation. |
| | (79966)
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| 165 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a)
NHS and (b) private clinics are licensed to perform abortions up to birth; and if he will list them. |
| | (79815)
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| 166 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the results of the 1993 HFEA public consultation on sex selection. |
| | (79814)
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| 167 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which body is responsible for analysing public consultations conducted by the HFEA. |
| | (79795)
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| 168 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed for cleft lip and palate in the last year for which figures are available; and at what stage of gestation in each case. |
| | (79816)
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| 169 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will make a decision on the strategic outline case for an ambulatory care and diagnostic centre at Mount Vernon Hospital; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79793)
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| 170 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Hillingdon Primary Care Trust about improvements to local cardiac services following the decision to move cardiac services from Harefield to the Paddington Basin; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79794)
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| 171 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the target population for breast cancer screening was changed; and what percentage of the target population was screened in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 in (i) England, (ii) each NHS region and (iii) each health authority. |
| | (79799)
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| 172 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 14th October, Official Report, column 513W, when the Advisory Committee on Resources Action concluded that the arguments presented in a local consultancy report on behalf of Isle of Wight health bodies did not constitute a convincing case; when Ministers accepted the ACRA's recommendation; and which of those health bodies were informed of the decision and when. |
| | (80054)
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| 173 | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Medicines Control Agency to publish its decision on the prohibition on sale of kava kava herbal products. |
| | (79916)
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| 174 | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed prohibition on the sale of kava kava herbal products on (a) consumer choice and (b) the activities of the manufacturers and retailers of herbal products. |
| | (79915)
|
| 175 | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Medicines Control Agency's proposed prohibition on the sale of kava kava herbal products. |
| | (79914)
|
| 176 | David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospital trusts charge for parking on land in their ownership. |
| | (79884)
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| 177 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) nurses supplied by nurses agencies and (b) staff supplied by domiciliary care agencies will no longer have to have Criminal Record Bureau checks. |
| | (79808)
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| 178 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many care home staff who would have required Criminal Record Bureau checks before 1st April have had checks postponed until (a) 31st March 2003 and (b) 2004. |
| | (79813)
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| 179 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to receive the report from Patrick Carter on the strategy and operations of CRB and Capita. |
| | (79810)
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| 180 | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what statutory powers a non-uniformed police constable may report a driver for a moving traffic offence. |
| | (80006)
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| 181 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will grant the application by Surrey Police Authority for funding to assist with the purchase of a new EC135 helicopter for use in policing in the county. |
| | (79911)
|
| 182 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers working shifts at (a) Kennington Police Station and (b)
other police stations inside the congestion charging zone will be affected by the introduction of congestion charging; and what arrangement the Metropolitan Police Service has made to compensate officers for their extra costs. |
| | (80012)
|
183
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he received the last Greater London Lay Observers' Panel report; and what actions he plans to take in response to its recommendations. |
| | (79613)
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184
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community court orders were not allocated to probation officers in England and Wales in the last 12 months. |
| | (79628)
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185
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the non-public service agreement targets for his Department. |
| | (79614)
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186
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many court reports have not been prepared in the specified time by the Probation Service in England and Wales in the last 12 months. |
| | (79627)
|
187
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have been imprisoned following breach proceedings in respect of criminal community orders (a) during 2001-02 and (b) during the first quarter of the current financial year. |
| | (79692)
|
188
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many trained probation officers left the Probation Service in England and Wales in each financial year since 1997-98. |
| | (79625)
|
189
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy of the Government is in relation to the police service employing civilian staff with (a) spent and (b) unspent convictions. |
| | (79617)
|
190
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the responses to his Department on the consultation on the Criminal Justice White Paper, and place them in the Library. |
| | (79610)
|
191
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what actions he proposes to take to respond to the representations from RoadPeace following their meeting with Ministers on 10th October; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79618)
|
192
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff, broken down by (a) grade and (b) function, were employed at the National Probation Directorate on (i) 1st April 2001, (ii) 1st April 2002 and (iii) 1st October 2002. |
| | (79690)
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| 193 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what form the investigation into the case of Daniel Bishop, who was released in error from Cardiff Prison in March, is taking; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79807)
|
194
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants under the expedited appeals process (a) between 1st April 2001 and 31st March 2002 and (b) since 1st April 2002 received (i) legal advice and assistance in preparing their asylum appeal and (ii) legal representation at the appeal hearing. |
| | (79615)
|
195
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Probation Service officers, (b) trained probation officers, excluding trainees and (c) clerical, secretarial and administrative staff were in post in the Probation Service in England and Wales on 1st April in each year since 1998. |
| | (79626)
|
196
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum appeals (a) between 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2002 and (b) since 1st April 2002 have been (i) lodged and (ii) heard under the expedited appeals process; how many of these appeals have been refused; and in relation to these refusals, how many applications for judicial review have been lodged. |
| | (79616)
|
197
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Probation Service's national budget was in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03. |
| | (79689)
|
198
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the performance data on enforcement and breach for probation areas in England and Wales meet national standards. |
| | (79693)
|
199
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of each of the budgets for probation areas in England and Wales is being allocated to the National Probation Directorate's central costs for (a) this and (b) next financial year. |
| | (79691)
|
200
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many treatment programmes operate in prisons in England and Wales for (a) drug dependency, (b) alcohol dependency and (c) self-harm; and how many of them have been evaluated. |
| | (79611)
|
201
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were released in error from prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years. |
| | (79623)
|
202
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies there are in the (a) London, (b) Sussex and (c) Kent probation services. |
| | (79629)
|
203
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish his responses to Lay Observers' Panels reports and subsequent recommendations. |
| | (79612)
|
204
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the National Probation Directorate is taking to set priorities for the workloads of probation staff. |
| | (79624)
|
205
N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates his Department has made of the percentage of police checks on vehicles that have failed due to vehicles not being registered with DVLC. |
| | (79028)
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| 206 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Gates of Remembrance Appeal is a registered charity. |
| | (79840)
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| 207 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October, Official Report, columns 221-2W, on sex offenders, what the reasons were for the delay in answering the questions; and what (a) statutory provision and (b) guidance prevents the publication by Chief Constables of information disaggregated below force level on the number of resident, registered or notified sex offenders. |
| | (80056)
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| 208 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the award of EU citizenship to individuals from third countries residing inside the European Union. |
| | (80044)
|
| 209 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines he has issued to CIOs at the ports on their dealings with honourable Members. |
| | (80045)
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| 210 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the proposed increase in the sparsity component to one per cent. as one of the possibilities for change to the police funding formula; and what factors contributed to the calculation of that figure. |
| | (79969)
|
211
N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the criteria are for the disbursement of funds from the Global Conflict Prevention Pool to (a) Sierra Leone, (b) Uganda, (c) Rwanda, (d) DRC, (e) Ethiopia, (f) Sudan, (g) Nigeria and (h) Angola; how much was allocated from the pool for the purchase of equipment to each in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2002; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (79557)
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212
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what actions he proposes to take to respond to representations from RoadPeace following their meeting with Ministers on 10th October 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79621)
|
213
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will publish the responses he receives to the consultation on the Criminal Justice White Paper, and place them in the Library. |
| | (79622)
|
| 214 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many higher education students there are whose home is in Northern Ireland, broken down by socio-economic classification of their parents. |
| | (79855)
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| 215 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the electricity used by his Department comes from renewable sources of energy; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79791)
|
216
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the towns in the UK he has visited in his official capacity during this Parliament. |
| | (79025)
|
217
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the protocols covering discussions between policy advisers in 10 Downing Street and ministers. |
| | (79047)
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218
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, under what circumstances policy advisers within 10 Downing Street are able to direct (a) ministers and (b) officials within other departments. |
| | (79046)
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219
N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with President Chirac and Chancellor Schroeder on military invasion of Iraq without fresh UN authorisation. |
| | (79563)
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220
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will call an independent public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of soldiers in army barracks in the UK since 1990. |
| | (79129)
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| 221 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the German Chancellor on proposals for reform of the European Council; and whether it is his policy to pursue a joint position on these matters. |
| | (80043)
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| 222 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his recent meeting at Chequers with the Prime Minister of India; and when he next plans to visit India. |
| | (79930)
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| 223 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, when he last met the Mayor of London in an official capacity. |
| | (79926)
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| 224 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the European Convention on the Future of Europe. |
| | (79929)
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| 225 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received from the Swaminarayan Hindu Mission concerning their dispute with Brent Council. |
| | (80053)
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226
N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the members of the Friends of Scotland initiative, broken down by their country of residence. |
| | (79561)
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| 227 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will investigate the circumstances surrounding the decision of the CPS to prosecute Paul Burrell; and what the cost of the action was to public funds. |
| | (79845)
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| 228 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will undertake an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the court case Regina v Paul Burrell. |
| | (79847)
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229
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Solicitor General, what actions she proposes to take to respond to representations from RoadPeace following their meeting with Ministers on 10th October; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (79619)
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230
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will publish the responses her Department receives to the consultation on the Criminal Justice White Paper and place them in the Library. |
| | (79620)
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| 231 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions her Department had in the case of Regina v Paul Burrell with the Crown Prosecution Service concerning the making of an application for a public interest immunity certificate. |
| | (79838)
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| 232 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress she has made in promoting energy efficency of motor vehicles through environmentally friendly motor sport. |
| | (79854)
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| 233 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 17th June, Official Report, column 28W, on BAE Systems, if she will list the meetings she and her ministers have had with BAE Systems since June 2001, stating in each case the date and subject of the meeting. |
| | (79878)
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234
N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the staff of the World Trade Organisation are selected; what the process was by which the deputy director generals were recently appointed; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (79193)
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| 235 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has made on the European Commission's plans to enhance regulation on corporate governance. |
| | (80042)
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| 236 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many British export licences to Iraq have been authorised in the last 12 months. |
| | (79931)
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| 237 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many British export licences have been issued, and to which countries, in the last 12 months. |
| | (79932)
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| 238 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level of bilateral trade with Yemen is. |
| | (79934)
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| 239 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to visit Turkey. |
| | (79933)
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| 240 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will take steps to assist the homes in Herefordshire that have been without electricity for more than five days. |
| | (79981)
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| 241 | David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research is under way into the health and safety issues surrounding the siting of mobile telecommunications masts. |
| | (79883)
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| 242 | David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 31st October, ref. 77063, what support has been given to British companies in the development of airship technology that could be used for fixed mobile telecommunications purposes. |
| | (79970)
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| 243 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what property rights the Government possessed in respect of the assets of Railtrack on 10th May. |
| | (79917)
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| 244 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress has been made in addressing the findings and recommendations of the Health and Safety Executive concerning the Potters Bar derailment; what steps have been taken in respect of nuts on the adjustable stretcher bars of points in the Potters Bar area; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79918)
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| 245 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the levels of profits likely to be achieved from contracts and sub-contracts associated with the London Underground Public Private Partnership in (a) seven and a half years and (b) 30 years by (i) Bechtel, (ii) Jarvis, (iii) Amey, (iv) Balfour Beatty, (v) WS Atkins, (vi) Bombardier Transportation, (vii) Thames Water and (viii) Seeboard. |
| | (79831)
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| 246 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what (a) financial and (b) other information (i) his Department and (ii) London Underground Limited collate on (A) Bechtel, (B) Jarvis, (C) Amey, (D) Balfour Beatty, (E) WS Atkins, (F) Bombardier Transportation, (G) Thames Water and (H) Seeboard in respect of the London Underground Public Private Partnership; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (79830)
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247
N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimates his Department has made of how many vehicles have not registered with the DVLC as having changed hands by their present owners. |
| | (79026)
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248
N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to encourage vehicle owners to register a change of ownership with DVLC. |
| | (79027)
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| 249 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the distance is from the mean low water mark on the OS map to the edge of the four runway Cliffe Airport Option at the nearest point; and whether the four runway Cliffe Airport Option would be built past the mean low water mark at any point. |
| | (79790)
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| 250 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the distance is from the proposed edge of the four runway Cliffe Airport Option to the borough constituency boundary for Castle Point, at the closest point. |
| | (79787)
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| 251 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how high above the River Thames, at low tide, (a) the runways and (b) the highest buildings would be in the Cliffe Airport four runway option. |
| | (79788)
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| 252 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the proposed length is in the Cliffe Airport Option of (a) the cross-wind runway and (b) the main east-west runways. |
| | (79789)
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| 253 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in what circumstances in the Cliffe Airport Option the cross-wind runway will be used for passenger movements. |
| | (79786)
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254
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided to help water tankers reach the rural Palestinian population in areas without a networked water system; and if she will make a statement. |
| | [Question Unstarred] (77697)
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| 255 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she has taken to encourage development of an environmentally friendly specification or formula for motor sport. |
| | [Transferred] (79853)
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| 256 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) European colleagues, (b) the FA and (c) other interested parties regarding recent racist incidents involving British-based players in European competitions. |
| | [Transferred] (79827)
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| 257 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislation governs the sale of products labelled as organic; and what bodies are responsible for (a) implementation of and (b) inspections related to such legislation. |
| | [Transferred] (79828)
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| 258 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution the United Kingdom has made through the EU to the North Korean lightwater nuclear reactor programme; and whether the United Kingdom was represented at the foundation laying ceremony in August. |
| | [Transferred] (79928)
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| 259 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what definition of internal repression is used in considering applications for export licences. |
| | [Transferred] (79844)
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