FRIDAY 31st JANUARY
| 1 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the average surplus, as defined by Government assumptions, per property, of housing owned by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations. |
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| 2 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many properties used by the Seaside and Country Homes scheme in 1979 were subsequently transferred to (a) the local housing authority and (b) sold on the open market. |
| | (95138)
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| 3 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many properties have been added to the Seaside and Country Homes scheme since 1979. |
| | (95139)
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| 4 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many applicants were on the waiting list for a nomination to a property under the Seaside and Country Homes scheme in each year since 1979: and what the average length of time was between an application for rehousing under the Seaside and Country homes scheme and nomination to a property in each year since 1979. |
| | (95140)
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| 5 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the terms of reference are of the review of the operation and extent of the Seaside and Country Homes scheme being undertaken as part of the procurement of the Housing and Employment Mobility Services. |
| | (95141)
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| 6 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to promote the Seaside and Country Homes scheme more widely to tenants in the social rented sector. |
| | (95142)
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| 7 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what timescale the Housing Corporation and the London boroughs are working within to agree a framework across London for the pooling of nominations for new lettings on a sub-regional basis; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95143)
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| 8 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what legislative changes would be necessary to enable local authorities to discharge their duties under Part VI of the Homelessness Act 2002 by offering homeless households in priority need a choice of accommodation both within and outside that local authority area. |
| | (95144)
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| 9 | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the locations of the offices of regional bodies and agencies, in the Eastern region for which his Department is responsible, broken down by county. |
| | (95060)
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| 10 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Commissioners have made of the provisions of the Licensing Bill. |
| | (95163)
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| 11 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what statutory authority English Heritage has to engage in capital fundraising projects; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (95162)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the task force sent to the Gulf includes a capability to help deal with (a) a major oil spill and (b) other environmental damage. |
| | (95025)
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| 13 | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral statement of 15th January, Official Report, column 710, what discussions he and his officials have had, and with which companies, concerning British involvement in the US missile defence programme. |
| | (95249)
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| 14 | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has concerning the use of United States bases in East Anglia as part of the missile defence programme; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95240)
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| 15 | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he and his officials have had with the United States Government concerning British industry's involvement in the missile defence programme. |
| | (95241)
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| 16 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the UK armed forces are serving in Sierra Leone. |
| | (95233)
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| 17 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which British companies are involved in the United States Missile Defence System. |
| | (95257)
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| 18 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment of combat identification has been made in relation to reducing the risk of friendly fire. |
| | (95251)
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| 19 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the US Government and (b) other NATO allies regarding combat identification and friendly fire. |
| | (95252)
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| 20 | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Territorial Army soldiers who have not signed for service under the Reserve Forces Act 1996 are liable for mobilisation. |
| | (95093)
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| 21 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what accommodation has been made available at RAF Marham for personnel returning from Germany in recent months; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95332)
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22
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what memoranda of understanding have been reached with the United States regarding the command and control of British troops in the Gulf region; what provisions exist for the maintenance of UK national control over operations in the event of hostilities; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (94606)
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23
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what techniques and procedures are in place to reduce friendly fire incidents among the allied forces currently being deployed; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (94607)
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| 24 | Jim Knight (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the freehold for the Hardy accommodation blocks at Portland was in the Department's ownership when they were sold. |
| | (95328)
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| 25 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the objectives of the Defence Diversification Agency. |
| | (95304)
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| 26 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what levels of spares are being taken overseas for the (a) Challenger 2 tank and (b) Warrior fighting vehicle. |
| | (95117)
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| 27 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the level is of war stocks held in the UK; and what level of stocks are held of each ammunition type. |
| | (95116)
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| 28 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many strike missions the RAF was involved in the Iraqi no fly zones in each of the last 12 months. |
| | (95260)
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| 29 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what problems have been discovered on the compatibility of the communications systems of the armed forces and the emergency services during the interim measures being put in place in advance of the introduction of Airwave. |
| | (95178)
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| 30 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how quickly he estimates the armed forces would be able to deploy, with full protective equipment, to deal with a terrorist incident involving chemical, biological or radiological materials, should they be called upon to do so by the civil departments. |
| | (95184)
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| 31 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the completion of the Ptarmigan upgrades. |
| | (95189)
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| 32 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to increase the number of strike missions by the RAF in the Iraqi no-fly zone. |
| | (95190)
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| 33 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the investigations into improving the counter-surveillance capability of the Challenger 2 to be completed. |
| | (95185)
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| 34 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the US Administration about planned changes to the Iraqi military in the event of regime change in Iraq. |
| | (95174)
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| 35 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effects the use of military personnel for cover during the fire strike has had on the timing of deployments to the Gulf. |
| | (95187)
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| 36 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Ministry of Defence's Support Vehicle Programme. |
| | (95188)
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| 37 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects Airwave to enter service. |
| | (95177)
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| 38 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the laser target locator systems to enter service (a) with the Royal Artillery forward observers and (b) as part of the enhancements to the Warrior armoured infantry fighting vehicle and the CVR(T) reconnaissance fleets. |
| | (95186)
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| 39 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often security is reviewed at Ministry of Defence installations. |
| | (95179)
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| 40 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the recruitment targets for the new Civil Contingency Reaction Force are; and when he expects them to be reached. |
| | (95180)
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| 41 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Territorial Army to have the capacity to sustain a command structure for a full time headquarters for the new Civil Contingency Reaction Force. |
| | (95181)
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| 42 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what interim measures have been put in place in advance of the introduction of the new Civil Contingency Reaction Force. |
| | (95182)
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| 43 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to procure more equipment for dealing with a terrorist incident involving chemical, biological or radiological materials. |
| | (95183)
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| 44 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the modifications to the Challenger 2 main battle tank will be completed. |
| | (95259)
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| 45 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the independent schools in England and Wales that qualify for grants from his Department. |
| | (95232)
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46
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the rate of participation in higher education of young people in Hampshire was by social class in each year between 1996 and 2002. |
| | (94902)
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| 47 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to reintroduce the teaching of home economics into schools. |
| | (95197)
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N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students, from which colleges, have obtained university degrees in each of the last three years in (a) fashion knitwear, (b) surf science, (c) football studies, (d) golf course studies and (e) jazz studies. |
| | (93977)
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N | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is taking to examine the operation of the world coffee market. |
| | (94640)
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| 50 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives from (a) New Zealand, (b) Ireland and (c) the Netherlands on the search for a cattle vaccine against bovine TB. |
| | (95061)
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| 51 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many outbreaks of bovine TB there were in each county, in each month of the last year. |
| | (95063)
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| 52 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what jobs have been declared by the chairman of the Parrett catchment project. |
| | (95191)
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| 53 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the performance of the pig and poultry sectors in complying with the terms of this climate change agreement. |
| | (95052)
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| 54 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the quality of Brazilian (a)
pigmeat and (b) poultry meat exported to the United Kingdom. |
| | (95055)
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| 55 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on the practicality of double tagging sheep under the EU Directive on sheep identification with particular reference to (a) the ease with which such tags are lost and (b) the difficulties in reading the tags. |
| | (95205)
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| 56 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received concerning the workability of the six day standstill rule, given the ban on livestock staying overnight in auction marts. |
| | (95204)
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| 57 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the measures for the prevention of importation of substandard meat and bushmeat into the UK introduced on 1st January. |
| | (95206)
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| 58 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the number of humans infected by bovine tuberculosis from badgers in the last ten years. |
| | (95329)
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| 59 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the measures her Department is taking on badgers and associated TB disease in the Saltdean area. |
| | (95330)
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| 60 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence her Department evaluated in advance of the slaughter of badgers at Saltdean. |
| | (95331)
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| 61 | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the locations of the offices of regional bodies and agencies in the Eastern region for which her Department is responsible, broken down by county. |
| | (95059)
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N | Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for alternative industrial uses of sugar beet; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (94894)
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| 63 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether British Nuclear Fuels has provided her Department with a timetable of dates on which radioactive waste arising from the reprocessing of foreign spent nuclear fuel will be returned to country of origin. |
| | (95266)
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| 64 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information on the (a) conditioning and (b) chemical composition of radioactive waste included in the national radioactive waste inventory; and what plans she has to require more detailed information on these characteristics to be included. |
| | (95265)
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| 65 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to reduce the radioactive source terms at Sellafield. |
| | (95264)
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| 66 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quality control programme is in place for the stocks of high activity radioactive waste in store at (a) Sellafield, (b) Dounreay, (c) Harwell and (d) nuclear power plant sites. |
| | (95263)
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| 67 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the volume of reprocessing radioactive waste that will arise over the next 10 years from the reprocessing of British Energy-owned spent nuclear fuel at Sellafield. |
| | (95267)
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N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent in each of the past five years by (a) the Environment Agency, (b) the operating authorities, (c) her Department and (d) local authorities on flood defence in (i) the Thames Valley, (ii) Surrey and (iii) Spelthorne. |
| | (94610)
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N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what works have been carried out in Spelthorne to prevent flooding in each of the past five years; and how much each project cost. |
| | (94611)
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N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to prevent a repeat of the recent floods in the lower Thames Valley. |
| | (94612)
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N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes flooded (a) in January 2003, (b) in winter 2000 and (c) in the previous two major floods in (i) the lower Thames Valley downstream of the Jubilee River, (ii) Surrey and (iii) Spelthorne. |
| | (94613)
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72
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role the Jubilee River scheme played in this month's floods in the lower Thames Valley. |
| | (94614)
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| 73 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what use has been made of the 80 per cent. the Government has held back from the Landfill Tax; and when he will announce its future proposals for the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme. |
| | (95067)
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| 74 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he has received from organisations regarding the potential impact of the new Landfill Tax Credit Scheme on their viability. |
| | (95068)
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| 75 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the provision of information on Special Purpose Vehicles; and what guidelines he has issued on how and when companies should disclose profits from work conducted under the Private Finance Initiative. |
| | (95097)
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| 76 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions officials from (a) his Department and (b) the Accounting Standards Board have had with (i) Amey, (ii) Amec, (iii) Balfour Beatty, (iv) Jarvis and (v) Laing concerning how and when companies should disclose profits from work conducted under the Private Finance Initiative. |
| | (95102)
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| 77 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what research he has commissioned into the effect on the British economy of a decision to grant the licence to build two new aircraft carriers for the Ministry of Defence to (a) BAE Systems, (b) Thales and (c) a joint bid from BAE Systems and Thales. |
| | (95104)
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| 78 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions officials from his Department have had with representatives of insurance brokers regarding the Financial Services Authority's assumption of responsibility for regulating insurance brokers. |
| | (95099)
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| 79 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with other Ministers regarding a decision to grant the licence to build two new aircraft carriers for the Ministry of Defence. |
| | (95105)
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| 80 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has made an assessment of the likely impact of the Financial Services Authority assuming responsibility for regulating insurance brokers; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95098)
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| 81 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions officials from his Department have had with representatives of the Accounting Standards Board regarding (a) the provision of information on Special Purpose Vehicles and (b) guidelines on how and when companies should disclose profits from work conducted under the Private Finance Initiative. |
| | (95103)
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| 82 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the treatment for inheritance tax of working farmhouses; what plans he has to change that policy; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95053)
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| 83 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions Ministers and officials have had with the Financial Services Authority concerning Equitable Life.[R] |
| | (95194)
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| 84 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions Ministers and officials have had with Lord Penrose concerning Equitable Life.[R] |
| | (95193)
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| 85 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions Ministers and officials have had with the Parliamentary Ombudsman concerning the FSA's regulation of Equitable Life.[R] |
| | (95192)
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| 86 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his department has made of the number of policy holders affected by the problems at Equitable Life.[R] |
| | (95195)
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| 87 | Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 246W, how many applications from Scotland were made to the Capital Modernisation Fund in 2001; and how many of those applications were successful in obtaining funds from his Department. |
| | (95161)
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| 88 | Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 246W, what his Department's priorities were for funding under the Capital Modernisation Fund in 2001; and which of those priorities the application from Citizens Advice Scotland failed to meet. |
| | (95160)
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| 89 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many members of Customs and Excise's National Investigation Service are suspended pending criminal investigations. |
| | (95239)
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| 90 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of allocations from (a) round one, (b) round two, (c) round three, and (d) the first tranche of round four of the capital modernisation fund are classified in the national accounts as capital spending; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95112)
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| 91 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 605W, concerning tobacco, what proportion of travellers previously purchasing at the indicative levels for tobacco were assumed to have an intent to resell illegally in the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95224)
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| 92 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place evaluation reports for completed capital modernisation fund projects in the Library; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95111)
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| 93 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 614W, on fraudulent income tax evasion, how many prosecutions are under way; how many prosecutions have been undertaken but not completed since 1st January 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95253)
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| 94 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Government Actuary will publish the full results of the 11th occupational pensions survey 2000. |
| | (95262)
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| 95 | Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library the guidance provided to departments on how they should report progress and achievement against their public service agreement targets. |
| | (95109)
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| 96 | Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what definition he uses of partially met in relation to departments' reporting of achievement against their public service agreement targets. |
| | (95108)
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| 97 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken by the British Government and its allies to monitor the (a) whereabouts and (b) activities of Osama bin Laden. |
| | (95313)
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| 98 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received concerning the current whereabouts of Osama bin Laden. |
| | (95310)
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| 99 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been received by his Department concerning links between (a) Saddam Hussain's regime in Iraq, (b) Osama bin Laden and (c) the al Qaeda organisation. |
| | (95315)
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| 100 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the regimes which his Department suspect of (a) having given and (b) continuing to give aid to Osama bin Laden and the al Qaeda organisation. |
| | (95312)
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| 101 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from intelligence sources concerning progress made towards the apprehension of Osama bin Laden; and what evidence he has collated that Osama bin Laden is alive. |
| | (95317)
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| 102 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received concerning the current whereabouts of the former Taliban leader Mullah Omar. |
| | (95319)
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| 103 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been received by his Department concerning the stability of the coalition government in Afghanistan. |
| | (95314)
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| 104 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the last confirmed sighting of Osama bin Laden was; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95321)
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| 105 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received concerning the manufacture of ricin in the UK and the al Qaeda terrorist network. |
| | (95318)
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| 106 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) governments and (b) intelligence organisations within the last six months regarding Osama bin Laden. |
| | (95311)
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| 107 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with international intelligence organisations concerning the number of current al Qaeda terrorist cells in different countries and how many operatives they have; and what their weapons capabilities are. |
| | (95324)
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| 108 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken by his Department to investigate links between (a) Saddam Hussain's regime in Iraq, (b) Osama bin Laden and (c) the al Qaeda organisation. |
| | (95316)
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| 109 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received concerning the funding of terrorist organisations since 11th September 2001. |
| | (95323)
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| 110 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what resources are being channelled towards the hunt for Osama bin Laden; and what the costs are to date. |
| | (95322)
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| 111 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Pakistan authorities on democracy in that country; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95230)
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| 112 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has met representatives from (a) the Bangladeshi Government and (b) the Awalini League to discuss the subject of political violence in Bangladesh. |
| | (95066)
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| 113 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent fighting that has broken out in Western Upper Nile in the Sudan. |
| | (95065)
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| 114 | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the General Affairs and External Relations Council held on 27th and 28th January; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95261)
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| 115 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process. |
| | (95126)
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| 116 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with other countries regarding the situation in Venezuela. |
| | (95333)
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| 117 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with countries working with Venezuela to end the national strike there; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95350)
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| 118 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Venezuelan Government and other interested parties since the Venezuelan President was temporarily deposed from power last year; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95336)
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| 119 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he is having with the Venezuelan Government and opposition forces regarding the situation in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95334)
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| 120 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Government Ministers last met representatives of the Venezuelan Government; what discussions took place; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95335)
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| 121 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) UK diplomatic staff at the United Nations and (c) UK diplomatic staff at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe have had since 2001 about expanding the mandate and area of function of (i) UNOMIG and (ii) HROAG; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95256)
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| 122 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals are held in (a) prison, (b) custody and (c) detention in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95255)
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| 123 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the budget is for (a) the British Council, (b) British Trade International spending which falls under his Department and (c) publications, displays and events overseas, as defined on page 86 of his June 2002 Annual Report, Cm5413, in 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95216)
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| 124 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of crimes under international law which may have been committed by members of the Mugabi regime; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95353)
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| 125 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what negotiations his Department has had with the Italian Government on the possibilities of recruiting doctors. |
| | (95127)
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| 126 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December 2002, Official Report, column 794W, on the overseas nurse advice line, what budget he has allocated for 2002-03 for (a) the overseas nurse advice line, and (b) the ethical nurse recruitment code of conduct. |
| | (95078)
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127
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make public the forthcoming report on commissioning arrangements for specialised service consultation. |
| | (94602)
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128
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the procedures in place to ensure that accurate figures are being obtained on which to monitor the milestones for the National Service Framework for Older People; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (94603)
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| 129 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December 2002, Official Report, column 794W, on the overseas nurse advice line, when decisions on future funding will be made; and what assessment he has made of the success of the line. |
| | (95079)
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| 130 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 20th January, Official Report, column 120W, on contractor fraud, how much money has been recovered in each of the last three years. |
| | (95092)
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| 131 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding is available for NHS hospital building programmes within the Greater London area. |
| | (95231)
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| 132 | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which branches of Safeway supermarket are involved in the trial distribution of the morning after pill to girls under the age of sixteen. |
| | (95114)
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| 133 | Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effect on the self-esteem and recovery of long-term patients of being reliant on the NHS trust for clothing, with particular reference to those with mental health problems. |
| | (95300)
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| 134 | Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how local NHS trusts assess the clothing needs of their long-term patients; and what procedures are in place to ensure these needs are met. |
| | (95301)
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| 135 | Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the scope is of the National Institute of Mental Health's evidence-gathering exercise regarding the provision of clothing for long-term patients by NHS trusts; and how and when good practice in this area will be disseminated. |
| | (95299)
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| 136 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis he has made of the EU Commission's report DG (SANCO)/8529/2002 on animal and public health controls in Brazil; what assessment he has made of the risk to public health in the United Kingdom from the import of Brazilian meat; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95054)
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| 137 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle bed blocking in York and North Yorkshire. |
| | (95202)
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| 138 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on increasing the availability of digital hearing aids for patients in York and North Yorkshire. |
| | (95201)
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| 139 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on increasing the availability of beta interferon for MS sufferers in York and North Yorkshire. |
| | (95200)
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| 140 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received concerning the shortage of nursing and residential care home places in York and North Yorkshire. |
| | (95203)
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| 141 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he will reply substantively to the letter of the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight dated 21st November, acknowledged on 25th November, ref P01020175, concerning Lieutenant Commander R W J Cansdell. |
| | (95076)
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142
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the hotels and guesthouses in the Gatwick area which are providing accommodation to asylum seekers, together with (a) the number of individuals in each case and (b) their country of origin; and what the average cost per week has been to public funds. |
| | (94609)
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| 143 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to apprehend individuals and organisations within the UK spreading (a) pro-terror and (b) anti-British propaganda; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95339)
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| 144 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations have been received by his Department concerning links between (a) Abu Hamza, (b) Osama bin Laden and (c) the al Qaeda organisation; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95338)
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| 145 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he has collated on the extent to which al Qaeda propaganda has been promoted within the United Kingdom since 11th September 2001. |
| | (95325)
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| 146 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations his Department has received concerning the extent of support for Osama bin Laden from (a) organised groups and (b) individuals within the United Kingdom. |
| | (95326)
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| 147 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with (a) MI5 and (b) other intelligence organisations concerning current al Qaeda terrorist cells within the UK concerning their location and number of operatives. |
| | (95327)
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| 148 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the sites which are being considered for asylum seeker accommodation centres in Scotland. |
| | (95281)
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| 149 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 291W, on the Criminal Records Bureau, what the cost was of the independent review conducted by the French Thornton Partnership Ltd; and what proportion will be paid by (a) Capita and (b) the Home Office. |
| | (95077)
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| 150 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will make the drug GBH illegal. |
| | (95271)
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| 151 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the report commissioned by him and prepared by Steven Pudney of the University of Leicester on possible links between soft and hard drug use; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95110)
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| 152 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Drug Treatment and Testing Orders have been issued since the scheme was introduced; what the cost of each Drug Treatment and Testing Order is per person; what percentage of those issued with Drug Treatment and Testing Orders complete the course; and what percentage of those issued with Drug Treatment and Testing Orders have reoffended. |
| | (95115)
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| 153 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to introduce legislation to amend the law relating to corporate liability for killing. |
| | (95254)
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154
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of those who have unsuccessfully sought asylum were deported in each year from 1997 to 2002. |
| | (94901)
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155
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of gun crime was in each year between 1997 and the last year for which information was available in (a) Hampshire, (b) Southampton, (c) Portsmouth and (d) the Fareham Basic Command Unit. |
| | (94903)
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156
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were registered as living in (a) each of the boroughs in Hampshire, (b) Southampton and (c) Portsmouth in each of the years between 1997 to 2002. |
| | (94900)
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| 157 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of recruitment was for the Probation Service in Avon and Somerset in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03. |
| | (95118)
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| 158 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total funding for probation services was in Somerset in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03. |
| | (95121)
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| 159 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases in Avon and Somerset magistrates courts in the last year have been postponed because of late probation reports. |
| | (95119)
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| 160 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average time taken for probation officers to submit reports to courts in 2002; and in what time probation officers are required to deliver such reports to courts. |
| | (95124)
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| 161 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what help will be given to the Probation Service in Minehead to find new premises. |
| | (95120)
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| 162 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many probation officers there were in Somerset in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03. |
| | (95123)
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| 163 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what over the last three years has been the average time for probation reports to be made, broken down by police force area in the UK. |
| | (95122)
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| 164 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have applied to the Home Office under the Registration Scheme for Overstayers, as provided for in Section 9 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; how many of those cases are awaiting determination; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95051)
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| 165 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his plans to repeal section 9 of the Race Relations Act 1976. |
| | (95061)
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| 166 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits have been issued in each of the last four months for which figures are available. |
| | (95073)
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| 167 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the Question of 15th January from the honourable Member for Woking, concerning restraining orders for serial offenders. |
| | (95070)
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| 168 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his policy to issue work permits to all applicants from the same countries as former Sangatte residents who have been issued with work permits. |
| | (95075)
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| 169 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the Question of 15th January from the honourable Member for Woking, concerning travel restriction orders. |
| | (95071)
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| 170 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons from Sangatte have (a) applied for and (b) been issued with work permits in the last three months. |
| | (95072)
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| 171 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether contingency plans are being drawn up to cope with (a) an influx into the UK and (b) an exodus from Iraq of refugees following war in the Middle East. |
| | (95307)
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| 172 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) powers he has and (b) policy he applies to assess the health of (a) asylum seekers and (b) other immigrants, in considering their admission to the UK. |
| | (95352)
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| 173 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight will receive a reply to his question of 22nd January about searches for accommodation centres and induction centres. |
| | (95351)
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| 174 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) persons who have had their asylum applications denied are residing in Eastbourne. |
| | (95113)
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| 175 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what impact the shortage of Ambovombe algae is having on food relief efforts in Madagascar. |
| | (95287)
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| 176 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what bilateral aid the Government is giving to Madagascar. |
| | (95286)
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| 177 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian effects of the rising cost of rice in Madagascar. |
| | (95288)
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| 178 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the level of malnutrition in Madagascar. |
| | (95284)
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| 179 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on food aid requirements in (a) Zimbabwe, (b) Zambia, (c) Swaziland, (d) Lesotho, (e) Mozambique and (f) Malawi. |
| | (95283)
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| 180 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the impact which recent violence in the Mayom county of Sudan is having on humanitarian relief efforts. |
| | (95278)
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| 181 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what response she will make to the World Food Programme appeal of 28th January for (a) Mauritania, (b) Cape Verde, (c) Gambia, (d) Mali and (e) Senegal. |
| | (95289)
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| 182 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the number of hunger related deaths in Southern Africa since November 2002; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (95285)
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| 183 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the levels of theft of food aid stocks in (a) Malawi, (b) Zimbabwe and (c) Zambia. |
| | (95282)
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| 184 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what evidence has been collated by the Government on the education of women in Western Afghanistan. |
| | (95280)
|
| 185 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress is being made towards an evaluation of the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic. |
| | (95279)
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| 186 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will estimate the cancellation cost of heavily indebted poor countries' debts to the UK. |
| | (95270)
|
| 187 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she made to the US Department of State in the development of their contingency plans for humanitarian assistance following military action in Iraq announced by the State Department of the 16th of January. |
| | (95169)
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| 188 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Iraqi opposition groups as part of the Department's Conflict Reduction Policy in the event of regime change in Iraq. |
| | (95172)
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| 189 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what actions are being taken by the Government in conjunction with European partners to deal with the likely increase of Iraqi refugees in Iran in the event of military action in the region. |
| | (95167)
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| 190 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessments have been made of the extent of the problem of land mines in Iraq; and what the British Government involvement will be in their removal. |
| | (95173)
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| 191 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the use of British forces to provide protection for relief workers in Iraq. |
| | (95176)
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| 192 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on (a) the problems caused to delivering humanitarian assistance to Iraq posed by Iraqi air defences and (b) the provision of British troops in the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Iraq. |
| | (95170)
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| 193 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures the Government is taking for the return of refugees to parts of Iraq following military action in the region. |
| | (95165)
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| 194 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consultation her Department's Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department has had with the Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defense in the development of contingency plans for providing humanitarian assistance to Iraq in the event of any military action in the region. |
| | (95168)
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| 195 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations have been made by the government to the UN Sanctions Committee about the provision, by NGOs, of mobile medical units in certain parts of Iraq in the event of future military action. |
| | (95175)
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| 196 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the contingency plans that have been developed by the Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department for the provision of humanitarian assistance to Iraq. |
| | (95171)
|
| 197 | Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are being taken to make the oil for food programme in Iraq more effective. |
| | (95166)
|
| 198 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what studies she has conducted on the relative cost effectiveness of renting versus purchasing accommodation for her Department in countries in which it operates; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (95242)
|
| 199 | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will ensure that sole practitioner solicitors can be indemnified for fraud; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (95337)
|
| 200 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hours on average each Northern Ireland Office Minister has spent on each of their respective departmental portfolios since the reinstatement of direct rule in October 2002. |
| | (95269)
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| 201 | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much public funding has been provided for the International Independent Commission on Decommissioning, broken down by (a) categories of expenses, (b) salaries for members, (c) expenses and salaries for staff, (d) accommodation, (e) other payments made to those acting on behalf of the Commission and (f) payments made to those meeting the Commission. |
| | (95258)
|
| 202 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it remains his intention to hold assembly elections on 1st May. |
| | (95308)
|
| 203 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the recent increases in employers' liability insurance in Northern Ireland; what action is being taken to address this situation; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95095)
|
| 204 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are being taken to deal with departmental underspends; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95096)
|
| 205 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many expressions of interest were received in the development of Global Point Business Park at Corr's Corner, Ballyhenry; what the prospects are for the future of that development; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95094)
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| 206 | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the reason was for the delay in answering the questions tabled on 6th and 9th December by the honourable Member for Thurrock about the draft Harbours (Northern Ireland) Order 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (94930)
|
| 207 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that South Tyrone Hospital, Loane House, has its full complement of physiotherapists. |
| | (95148)
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| 208 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in improving the treatment of mental health patients in each Board area. |
| | (95150)
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| 209 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many physiotherapists are employed in Northern Ireland in each Health Trust. |
| | (95158)
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| 210 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) inpatients and (b) outpatients are on the waiting list for physiotherapy within the Southern Health Board area. |
| | (95154)
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| 211 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures have been introduced to increase the number of training places for nurses and doctors. |
| | (95147)
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| 212 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in each Board Area are suffering from mental health problems. |
| | (95156)
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| 213 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on recruitment patterns of physiotherapists in Northern Ireland. |
| | (95159)
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| 214 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the mental health budget in each health board area is spent on (a) staff, (b) property and (c) care. |
| | (95157)
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| 215 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many nurses in each Board area have left the health service in each of the last two years. |
| | (95149)
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| 216 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many physiotherapists are (a) employed within the Southern Health and Social Services Board area and (b) working at South Tyrone Hospital, Loane House, County Tyrone. |
| | (95153)
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| 217 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) inpatients and (b) outpatients are on the waiting list for physiotherapy at South Tyrone Hospital, Loane House. |
| | (95151)
|
| 218 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in the formation of health and social care groups. |
| | (95155)
|
| 219 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will increase resources available for the recruitment of physiotherapists; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95152)
|
220
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, how much has been allocated in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04 for (i) improvements to and (ii) maintenance of Downing Street. |
| | (95026)
|
| 221 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Prime Minister, how many nights in 2002 he spent in (a) the UK and (b) overseas, on official business; and of those in the UK how many were at (i) Downing Street, (ii) Chequers, (iii) in the Sedgefield constituency and (iv) elsewhere. |
| | (95146)
|
| 222 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on higher education funding in advance of the announcement on 22nd January. |
| | (95228)
|
| 223 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with President Bush during his last visit to Washington on United States compliance with the inspection requirements of the Chemical Weapons Convention. |
| | (95268)
|
224
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy to refuse licences for new nuclear technologies. |
| | (95027)
|
225
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what she estimates the total extra cost would be for each year from 2003 to 2033 were British Energy allowed to go bankrupt. |
| | (95028)
|
226
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what she estimates the total extra cost will be for each year from 2003 to 2033 arising from the provisions in the Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. |
| | (95024)
|
| 227 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many days were lost through industrial action in the Post Office in the last 10 years. |
| | (95145)
|
| 228 | Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether Dudley will be included in the pilot projects for Consumer Direct. |
| | (95215)
|
| 229 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the gap between the average earnings of men and women is in (a) the North West and (b) Bolton. |
| | (95101)
|
| 230 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to encourage organised firework displays in order to curb misuse of the private use of fireworks. |
| | (95243)
|
231
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what inquiries she has instituted into (a) the collapse of ASW, (b) the actions of its directors and (c) the effect of the collapse upon the pension schemes of the company's employees; and if she will make a statement on the Government's response to the situation. |
| | (94898)
|
232
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with the Post Office about the level of opposition needed to reverse a decision to close a post office under the Urban Reinvention Programme. |
| | (94899)
|
| 233 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will take steps to make available for public inspection a register of applications for UK arms export licences. |
| | (95305)
|
| 234 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will implement the programmes recommended by the Advisory Council for Aeronautical Research in Europe to meet the environmental targets set out in ACARE's Strategic Research Agenda.[R] |
| | (95199)
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| 235 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the environmental conclusions, targets and programmes set out in the Advisory Council for Aeronautical Research in Europe's Strategic Research Agenda.[R] |
| | (95198)
|
| 236 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Leominster of 12 November 2002, on behalf of Mr Andrew Stobart, concerning electricity supply security. |
| | (95214)
|
237
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of whether the spectrum allocated to the Ministry of Defence is being used in a manner which best serves the public interest. |
| | (94932)
|
238
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason there are different regulations for images accessed (a) through a television broadcast and (b) through a broadband internet connection. |
| | (94931)
|
239
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 523W, on congestion charges, whether exemptions or concessions under his uniform minimum standard will apply to (a) parents taking young children to school, (b) night workers, (c) key workers in the public services, (d) small business and (e) residents living a short distance outside a charge zone. |
| | (95029)
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240
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 523W, on congestion charges, when he intends to provide a uniform minimum standard of exemptions or concessions; whether the exemptions or concessions will be backdated to 17th February; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95030)
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| 241 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many departmental civil servants were supplied with a motor vehicle as part of their employment package in each year since 1997. |
| | (95292)
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| 242 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many car parking spaces were provided for (a) himself, (b) Ministers of State, (c) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, (d) Special Advisers, (e) departmental officials and (f) contractors in each year since 1997. |
| | (95291)
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| 243 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many civil servants in his Department received a fuel card supplied with a motor vehicle as part of their salary package in each year since 1997. |
| | (95294)
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| 244 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the make and cost of each motor vehicle supplied to (a) himself, (b) Ministers of State, (c) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, (d) Special Advisers and (e) departmental officials as part of their employment package or terms of office in each year since 1997; and how many have been lost or stolen. |
| | (95293)
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| 245 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the cost of the congestion charge to the Department on the basis of motor vehicles supplied to (a) himself, (b) Ministers of State, (c) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, (d) Special Advisers and (e) departmental officials. |
| | (95298)
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| 246 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many motor vehicles supplied to (a) himself, (b) Ministers of State, (c) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, (d) Special Advisers and (e) departmental officials as part of their employment package or terms of office will have the congestion charge paid out of public monies. |
| | (95297)
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| 247 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many fuel cards issued by him have been listed as lost or stolen since 1997. |
| | (95295)
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| 248 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many insurance claims have been (a) lodged and (b) paid out by insurance companies as a result of motor vehicles supplied to (i) himself, (ii) Ministers of State, (iii) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, (iv) Special Advisers and (v) departmental officials as part of their employment package or terms of office having been lost or stolen in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95296)
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| 249 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what agreements he has reached with the Mayor of London about the London Underground; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95057)
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250
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will make his decision on the proposal for a guided bus system submitted by Cambridgeshire County Council constituting the public transport element of the Preferred Plan of the Cambridge to Huntingdon Multi-Modal Study; and when building work would (a) commence and (b) be completed. |
| | (94605)
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251
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether he plans that the major A14 improvements included in the Preferred Plan of the Cambridge to Huntingdon Multi-Modal Study will be (a) carried out at one time or (b) phased. |
| | (94888)
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252
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when consultants will be appointed to begin detailed design work on the main A14 highway schemes in connection with the major A14 improvements included in the Preferred Plan of the Cambridge to Huntingdon Multi-Modal Study and whether he plans to review alternative forms of (a) design and (b) procurement. |
| | (94604)
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253
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reasons public consultation on the major A14 improvements included in the Preferred Plan of the Cambridge to Huntingdon Multi-Modal Study had not commenced by 18th January, following the undertaking given by the Minister on 18th January 2002, Official Report, column 493W. |
| | (94732)
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254
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the maximum number of train paths per year through the Channel Tunnel is that would be allocated to Central Railway under their proposals. |
| | (94893)
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255
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the maximum (a) width and (b) length of rolling stock that can use the Channel Tunnel is. |
| | (94890)
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256
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the maximum level of heat released by a train that can be handled by the Channel Tunnel air-conditioning plant is. |
| | (94891)
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257
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the maximum number of trains is that can use the Channel Tunnel (a) every hour, (b) in a 24 hour period and (c) in a week. |
| | (94889)
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258
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the maximum amount is of electric power available within the Channel Tunnel. |
| | (94892)
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| 259 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 509W, on Central Railway, whether he will give equal weight to those of the representations to which he refers made by foreign governments and to those made by the elected representatives of the communities affected by the proposed railway; and when he expects to be in a position to make an announcement about Government support for a Hybrid Bill to promote the project. |
| | (95125)
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| 260 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of the Strategic Rail Authority budget for 2003-04 has been allocated to rail freight improvements. |
| | (95306)
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| 261 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what further work he has commissioned from the Strategic Rail Authority about the Central Railway Project. |
| | (95303)
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| 262 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions have taken place in the last four months about the Central Railway Project between (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) other officials, and representatives of (i) Central Railway plc and (ii) Weber Shandwick; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95302)
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| 263 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the honourable Member for Plymouth, Devonport last had an official meeting with the General Secretary and elected officials of NUMAST. |
| | (95309)
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| 264 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the fuel consumption, in passenger miles per gallon, of a typically loaded leisure airline flight from London to Orlando; and what programmes the aviation industry has notified his Department of which are designed to reduce CO2 emissions per passenger.[R] |
| | (95196)
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| 265 | Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress is being made in bringing the East London Line to Croydon. |
| | (95050)
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| 266 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on devolving to the National Assembly for Wales powers over tuition fees and maintenance grants over the weekend prior to the launch of the White Paper on Higher Education. |
| | (95229)
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| 267 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the current providers of deferred annuities, as referred to in paragraph 81, page 65 of the Green Paper Simplicity, security and choice; and if he will make a statement on the bad value of deferred annuities. |
| | (95276)
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268
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards are in place to ensure (a) that the automated payment of benefits to bank accounts is to accounts in claimants' own names and (b) that such accounts are genuinely opened and operated by the claimant in question; in what circumstances he allows benefits to be paid to an account in the name of a person other than the claimant; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (94895)
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269
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what identity verification requirements there are for the opening of a basic bank account; and if he will make a statement on the measures being taken to minimise fraud in relation to the payment of benefits into basic bank accounts. |
| | (94896)
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270
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what inquiries he has instituted into (a) the collapse of ASW and (b) the effect of the collapse upon the pension schemes of the Company's employees; and if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the situation. |
| | (94897)
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| 271 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will answer the Question of 15th January from the honourable Member for Woking, concerning monies withheld by deprivation. |
| | (95069)
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| 272 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that employees are notified (a) of the amount received in respect of each employee annually for National Insurance by his Department and (b) whether it is a qualifying year for pension purposes; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (95100)
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| 273 | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the locations of the offices of regional bodies and agencies in the Eastern region; by county, for which his Department is responsible. |
| | (95058)
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| 274 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 28th January, ref 91305, on married women's pensions, what steps his Department took to alert women below state pension age of the implications of the abolition of the half-test for the advisability of their remaining on the married women's reduced national insurance rate. |
| | (95275)
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275
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 28th January, ref 91305, on married women's pensions, (a) what criteria were used to determine which women were invited to claim, (b) how many such women were invited to claim, and (c) how many responses he received; and if he will place in the Library (i) a copy of the promotional material relating to the publicity campaign and (ii) a copy of the letter sent to the women identified from the database trawl. |
| | (95041)
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| 276 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals are estimated to be eligible in 2003-04 for (a) pension credit, (b) housing benefit, (c) council tax benefit, (d) child tax credit, (e) working tax credit, (f) income support and (g) income-based jobseeker's allowance. |
| | (95236)
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| 277 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what statistics are routinely collected on the New Deal for Disabled People. |
| | (95235)
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| 278 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assumptions underlie the calculation that pensioners on £150 a week will gain £1,100 a year from the Pension Credit, as set out on 15th January 2002, Official Report, column 629W. |
| | (95234)
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| 279 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants in the New Deal for (a) Young People, (b) 50 Plus, (c) Lone Parents and (d) Long-term Unemployed have accepted permanent employment with the Department for Work and Pensions, broken down by year. |
| | (95227)
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| 280 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will update the table on the number of households claiming means-tested benefits set out at Official Report, 28th February 2001, column 697W, broken down by household type and the number of children. |
| | (95226)
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| 281 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the script followed by operators on each of the Department's helplines. |
| | (95237)
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| 282 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants have had their benefit entitlement reduced because they have failed to attend a compulsory Jobcentre Plus work-focused interview. |
| | (95238)
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| 283 | Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Cabinet Office, what the key public service targets are against which the Delivery Unit monitors progress; and what assessments have been made by the Delivery Unit of progress against these targets. |
| | (95107)
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| 284 | Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Cabinet Office, how the Delivery Unit selects the key public service targets that it will monitor. |
| | (95106)
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| 285 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value of Government spending is on the development of wind power in England and Wales. |
| | [Transferred] (95250)
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| 286 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what factors she estimates were responsible for the increases in severe fuel poverty between 1996 and 1998 as demonstrated in Table 13 of 'Fuel Poverty in England in 1998'. |
| | [Transferred] (95062)
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| 287 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is on the application of planning rules to horticultural polytunnels. |
| | [Transferred] (95056)
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| 288 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops are deployed in Afghanistan; in which regions they are deployed; and what tasks are assigned to them. |
| | [Transferred] (95320)
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| 289 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will answer the Question of 15th January from the honourable Member for Woking concerning breaches of community orders. |
| | [Transferred] (95074)
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| 290 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter sent to him by the honourable Member for Edinburgh West on 27th September 2002 regarding a Children's Rights Commissioner; and for what reasons he has not yet replied. |
| | [Transferred] (95290)
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| 291 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Cabinet Office, how many people at or above state pension age have been appointed to public bodies in the past two years. |
| | [Transferred] (95277)
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| 292 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government expects an increase in the normal retirement age for public sector pension schemes, as proposed on page 106 of the Green Paper on Working and Saving for Retirement (Cm 5677), to be accompanied by a reduction in accrual rates. |
| | [Transferred] (95225)
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