WEDNESDAY 12th MARCH
| 1 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on his Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action he is taking within his Department to improve such planning; and what action he is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
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| 2 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his policy that revenue from landfill tax be recycled to business to improve waste management performance. |
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| 3 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in the City of York council area have been helped by each of the tax credits since they were introduced. |
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| 4 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what funds belonging to Al Qaeda network have been frozen since September 2001. |
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| 5 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of his Department's rules on public spending; and what plans he has to revise these guidelines. |
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| 6 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action he is taking within his Department to improve such planning; and what action he is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
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| 7 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to extend the child care tax credit to grandparents caring for their grandchildren. |
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| 8 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the accuracy of records of national insurance contributions; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 9 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what safeguards are in place to ensure that people with gaps in their national insurance records have the opportunity to make voluntary contributions before the deadline. |
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| 10 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of (a) working age adults and (b) adults in work whose national insurance contributions were (i) incomplete and (ii) incorrectly recorded in each of the last 10 years. |
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| 11 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) value, (b) percentage and (c) numbers of national insurance contributions that were received by the Inland Revenue but remained unrecorded on an individual's national insurance record, in each of the last 10 years. |
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| 12 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what safeguards are in place to ensure that gaps recorded within individual national insurance contribution records do not arise from (a) error and (b) fraud. |
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| 13 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the number of occasions in each of the last 10 years where national insurance contributions were deducted by employers and passed to the Government but not allocated to individual national insurance records; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 14 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many lottery awards there were to organisations in the City of York constituency in each year since 1997; and what the average number of awards per constituency was in each year. |
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| 15 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the administrative costs of each regional cultural consortium were in each year since 1999-2000. |
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| 16 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements he plans to make to provide post traumatic stress disorder counselling to members of the armed forces following any possible action in Iraq. |
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| 17 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 24th February, Official Report, columns 138-9W, on Land Sales (Ashford), when each sale took place; what area of land was sold; who the land was sold to; and how much the land was sold for in each case. |
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| 18 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action the Government will take to ensure that those soldiers, sailors and airmen who have not been able to undertake the work and practice necessary to achieve Operational Performance Statement while covering for the fire strike and therefore will not reach their next promotion level and an increased pay band, do not lose out; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 19 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the EU's plan for strengthening the impact of the work being done by (a) the Satellite Centre and (b) the Institute for Security Studies; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 20 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial savings were made to the overall wage bill between 1st April 2001 and 1st April 2002 due to the introduction of Pay 2000 for soldiers, sailors and airmen; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 21 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been taken to incorporate the fight against international terrorism within the range of European Security and Defence Policy missions; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 22 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress with implementing the Headline Goal to give the European Union the means of carrying out the full range of Petersberg missions; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (102674)
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| 23 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what medium-term plans there are to give the EU military staff a planning capability for crisis-management operations; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 24 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in implementing the common action for an EU military mission to take over from NATO's Allied Harmony operation in FYROM; which (a) European states that are not yet EU members and (b) other third countries have expressed the intention of taking part in that mission; what NATO assets the EU will use for that mission; whether the launching of this operation depends on finalising permanent arrangements for the EU's use of NATO assets; when those arrangements are expected to be finalised; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 25 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the main features are of the EU-NATO arrangements for EU access to NATO capabilities for EU-led operations; how they differ from the agreement concluded between WEU and NATO; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 26 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the savings will be made in the Ministry of Defence's budget to fund the new aircraft carriers; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 27 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether geographic limits will be set to politico-military action by the EU for crisis-management purposes; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 28 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of shortfalls in the military capabilities of the EU member states; what assessment he has made of the prospects for overcoming them; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 29 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are planned to overcome the budgetary problems affecting achievement of the Helsinki goals; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 30 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected savings are in the period 1st April 2001 to 1st April 2010 in the wage bill due to the introduction of Pay 2000 for soldiers, sailors and airmen; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 31 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action he is taking within his Department to improve such planning; and what action he is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
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| 32 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safety measures are in place at Aberporth Airfield to ensure that private pilots do not intrude on the range area while it is being used on behalf of the MOD; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 33 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents have occurred in each year since 1990 of private pilots intruding into the range area at Aberporth Airfield while the range was active and being used on behalf of the MOD. |
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| 34 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stocks his Department holds, broken down by unit, of (a) desert boots, (b) desert clothing, (c) Combat 95 clothing and (d) tents; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 35 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Hereford, of 10th February, Official Report, column 517W, on vaccines, if he will break down the figures and the percentages they represent by unit. |
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| 36 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many properties were compulsorily purchased by regional development agencies in each year since 1999. |
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| 37 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the administrative costs were of the Housing Corporation for each Government Office of the regions in each year since 1999-2000. |
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| 38 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the discounts to be paid under the right to buy scheme in the financial year 2002-03; and what financial provision he has made. |
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| 39 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 24th February, Official Report, column 263W, on the New Deal for Communities, what the administrative budget was for each financial year. |
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| 40 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 4th March, Official Report, column 932W, on the New Deal for Communities, in which year the 17 employees had their contracts terminated; in which year the two employees were made redundant; what the total pay-out in financial settlement for each employee was; and how much of each financial settlement came from central government funding, including grants. |
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| 41 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Departmental Expenditure Limit for housing was in the financial year 1999-2000. |
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| 42 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reason his Department did not communicate directly with local authorities likely to be affected by the decision to abolish local authority social housing grant from 1st April, prior to the publication of the ministerial statement on 5th March. |
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| 43 | Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much the rate support grant was in (a) Essex County Council and (b) Braintree District Council in each year from 1990 to 2002. |
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| 44 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action he is taking within his Department to improve such planning; and what action he is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
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45
N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated expenditure is on local authority social housing grant in each Government office region in 2002-03. |
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N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many properties were built with funding from local authority social housing grant (LASHG) in each Government office region in each year since 1996-97; how many new properties were built with LASHG funding in each local authority in London in each year since 1996-97; and what each London local authority spent on LASHG in each year since 1996-97. |
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N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information his Department has collated on the number of new affordable housing units which were due to be built with funding by local authority social housing grant in 2003-04. |
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| 48 | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many quarries within the Peak District National Park are operating without the requirement for modern working standards required by Schedule 13 of the Environment Act 1995; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure all quarries in the Peak District National Park are reviewed under Schedule 13 of the Environment Act 1995. |
| | (102694)
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| 49 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what notice he gave to (a) housing associations and (b) local councils of his intentions to end the local authority housing grant; what consultations he held in each case; how many homes have been built by (i) housing associations and (ii) local councils using the grant since 1996; what estimate he has made of the effect of ending the grant on the provision of affordable homes for (A) key workers and (B) people on low incomes; and how many homes planned to be built will not now be built because of the ending of the grant. |
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| 50 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many households are in rented accommodation in each local authority; and what proportion are in accommodation provided by registered social landlords. |
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| 51 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Sure Start programmes have been approved which are (a) community partnership and (b) voluntary sector-led. |
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| 52 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the administrative cost was of English Nature for each Government Office of the regions in each year since 1999-2000. |
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the progress being made on the Bird Registration scheme. |
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the implications of the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on village halls with specific reference to the legal requirement placed by the Act upon trustees, cases in which halls may have to close because of non-compliance with the Act, what funding available to meet the requirements of the Act; and the mechanism for access to funds to help meet the Act's requirements. |
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| 55 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action she is taking within her Department to improve such planning; and what action she is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
| | (102626)
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| 56 | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to use the Sustainability Fund to compensate operators for revoking the most damaging old mineral permissions in national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. |
| | (102693)
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| 57 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dolphin bodies have been washed up on UK beaches (a) since the beginning of January and (b) in the last five years. |
| | (102760)
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| 58 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the Government plans to introduce to reduce incidents of dolphin bycatch by UK fishing boats. |
| | (102761)
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| 59 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimates the Government has made of dolphin bycatch deaths in UK fishing waters. |
| | (102789)
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| 60 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of cleaning chewing gum from pavements and other public areas in the last 12 months. |
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| 61 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the manufacturers of chewing gum regarding the public nuisance of their discarded product. |
| | (102596)
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| 62 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to tackle discarded chewing gum. |
| | (102598)
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| 63 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned to develop techniques for removing chewing gum from footpaths, pavements and other public places; and what steps her Department has taken to encourage effective methods of removing discarded chewing gum from footpaths, pavements and other public places. |
| | (102597)
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| 64 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to apply the principles of producer responsibility to those who manufacture and retail chewing gum; what contribution the manufacturers of chewing gum provide to the cost of cleaning up pavements and public places of discarded chewing gum; and what plans she has to apply the pollutor pays principle to the manufacturers of chewing gum. |
| | (102595)
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| 65 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the local authority associations concerning chewing gum. |
| | (102599)
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| 66 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has appraised the testing methodology obliged in the Processed Animal Protein (England) Regulations 2001 against the currently best available methodologies for the same tasks. |
| | (102836)
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| 67 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has appraised the testing methodology obliged in the Animal By-Products Order 1999 against the currently best available methodologies for the same tasks. |
| | (102837)
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| 68 | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he will make to the Chinese authorities concerning (a) the repatriation of North Korean refugees in China, (b) the refusal by the Chinese Government to allow the UNHCR access to the North Koreans who have fled into China and (c) China's obligations under the 1951 UN Convention on the Treatment of Refugees. |
| | (102594)
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| 69 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the verification of UN sanctions placed on Iraq in each of the last five years, including a list of imports and their sources. |
| | (102664)
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| 70 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the steps taken to authenticate the documentation on which the claims in the Government dossier that Iraq attempted to buy uranium from Niger were based. |
| | (102666)
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| 71 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the costs associated with the return of the UN arms inspectors to Iraq to (a) the UN, (b) each member of the Security Council and (c) other UN members. |
| | (102668)
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| 72 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value was of (a) imports and (b) exports between each EU member state and Iraq in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (102665)
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| 73 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements are in place for (a) consular and (b) Red Cross visits to British detainees held on Guantanamo Bay. |
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| 74 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) discussions he has held with and (b) representations he has received from multinational oil companies in relation to the exploitation of Iraqi oil following a conflict in the Middle East. |
| | (102767)
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| 75 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with the US Government concerning the exploitation of Iraqi oil following any conflict which leads to regime change in Iraq. |
| | (102766)
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| 76 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration regarding the exploitation of Iraqi oil reserves following military conflict in the Middle East. |
| | (102764)
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| 77 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what agreements the UK Government has made with multinational oil companies regarding oil exploitation following a conflict in Iraq. |
| | (102769)
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| 78 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect the Kurds of Northern Iraq from any advance by the Turkish army, following a military attack on Baghdad by US and UK forces. |
| | (102768)
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| 79 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with other Ministers concerning the exploitation of Iraqi oil following a conflict in the Middle East. |
| | (102758)
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| 80 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent studies his Department has undertaken of Iraqi oil reserves. |
| | (102770)
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| 81 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Turkish Government regarding the administration of Northern Iraq following military conflict with Iraq. |
| | (102765)
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| 82 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the United States Administration in respect of its interrogation of the sons of Khaled Sheikh Mohamed about their father's alleged terrorist activities. |
| | (102728)
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N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterparts regarding the disarming of the Iraqi population following any successful removal of the Iraqi regime. |
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| 84 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what tests are available to establish whether foodstuffs have been subject to irradiation; how many such checks were carried out in the last year for which figures are available; and what percentage of those checks identified that illegal irradiation had occurred. |
| | (102670)
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| 85 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the foodstuffs for which an irradiation process has been permitted. |
| | (102669)
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| 86 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many free eye tests were given to (a) pensioners and (b) other people in (i) York and (ii) England in each year since 1997. |
| | (102692)
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| 87 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency psychiatric readmissions there were in each of the last five years for (a) under 16s and (b) over 65s; and what the rate of readmission was in each case. |
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| 88 | Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to eradicate variation in the quality of services under the new arrangements for patient advocacy following the abolition of Community Health Councils. |
| | (102831)
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| 89 | Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that the expertise and knowledge of Community Health Council staff are not lost in the new arrangements for patients' forums and independent complaints advisory services. |
| | (102832)
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| 90 | Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he has made to ensure the continuity of patient advocacy and a smooth transition to the new arrangements after the abolition of Community Health Councils. |
| | (102833)
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| 91 | Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to evaluate pilot independent complaints advisory services; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (102830)
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| 92 | Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be responsible for taking up the cases of those patients that remain unresolved by the Community Health Council on 1st September 2003. |
| | (102835)
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| 93 | Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health commissioners have undertaken on patients' forums and the independent complaints advisory services; and what discussions they have had with the Association of Community Health Councils in England and Wales. |
| | (102834)
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| 94 | Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the recommendations of the Transitional Advisory Board regarding the abolition of Community Health Councils and the introduction of patients' forums and independent complaints advisory services. |
| | (102828)
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| 95 | Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether TUPE will apply to Community Health Council staff in relation to patients' forums and independent complaints advisory services. |
| | (102829)
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| 96 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 4th March, Official Report, column 1004W, on Primary Care Trusts, what the equivalent figure is for the Kennett and North Wiltshire Primary Care Trust; and what her definition is of per weighted head of population. |
| | (102691)
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| 97 | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practice nurses are trained in asthma management (a) in Warrington and (b) in the North West region; and how many trained nurses per head of population each figure represents. |
| | (102662)
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| 98 | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve services for people with asthma; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (102663)
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| 99 | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average amount spent in 2002-03 on asthma care by primary care trusts in (a) the North West region and (b) England is. |
| | (102661)
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| 100 | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Warrington Primary Care Trust will spend in 2002-03 on asthma care. |
| | (102660)
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| 101 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action he is taking within his Department to improve such planning; and what action he is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
| | (102622)
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| 102 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Sir John Krebs will respond to the letter from the honourable Member for North Norfolk dated 9th January concerning the Food Standards Agency's Annual Report. |
| | (102614)
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| 103 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he will propose an amendment to the EU Food Supplements Directive to permit the sale in the UK of products not listed in the Directive but recognised by the competent UK authorities as safe and which are already on the market in the UK. |
| | (102619)
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| 104 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he is making to the European Food Standards Agency about ingredients formerly used in foods in the UK but not included in the annexes of the Food Supplement Directive as available for use in the manufacture of food supplements. |
| | (102617)
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| 105 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) representations he has received from and (b) discussions he has held with the Food Standards Agency about the EU Food Directive; and if he will incorporate the Agency's views in proposals he makes for the revision of the Directive. |
| | (102618)
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| 106 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, Official Report, columns 695-6W, on scallop fisheries, why, when scallops in the Irish Sea were detected as containing in excess of 20mg/kg of ASP, the area of closure was not confined to the box in which the scallops were detected. |
| | (102615)
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| 107 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what distinction there is between the use of the words 'would' and 'should' within the NICE guidelines for schizophrenia when describing what patients can expect from services; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (102685)
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| 108 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the National Service Framework for Adult Mental Health and its subsequent implementation guidelines for schizophrenia; who is responsible for the implementation; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (102686)
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N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the World Health Organisation's advice on smallpox strategy referred to by the Minister of State at the Home Office, Official Report, column 204WH, in his reply to the debate on Civil Defence on 4th March. |
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110
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether smallpox vaccination is available on the NHS through family doctors. |
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111
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to provide people with dementia requiring long-term care with specialist, trained care staff; and what provision has been made under the free nursing care policy for such provision. |
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112
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of his decision to limit the NHS contribution to funding long-term care to the cost of registered nurse time spent providing, delegating and supervising care to people with dementia. |
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| 113 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the heads under which City of York Council received money to tackle crime in each year since 1997; and how much was received in each case. |
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| 114 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) anti-social behaviour orders, (b) parenting orders and (c) curfew orders have been issued in York in each of the last three years. |
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| 115 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government is taking to tackle domestic violence in North Yorkshire. |
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| 116 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many uniformed police officers North Yorkshire Police employed in (a) 1991, (b) 1997 and (c) 2002. |
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| 117 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 20th January, Official Report, column 186W, on Operation Street Cred, if he will make a statement on the timescale of review of Operation Street Cred in Wirral. |
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118
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the impact of the Sexual Offences Bill for (a) naturists and (b) those who (i) work as nude models and (ii) paint and draw nudes. |
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| 119 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of providing healthcare in each (a) publicly and (b) privately administered prison in each of the last four years; and what the per prison costs were in each prison. |
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| 120 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action he is taking within his Department to improve such planning; and what action he is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
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| 121 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason UK passports specify identification details in French in addition to English; and whether he plans to replace French with an alternative language. |
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| 122 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported incidences of distraction burglary there were in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of incidences of distraction burglary that go unreported each year. |
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| 123 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to create a new, separate classification of distraction burglary for the purposes of recording crime statistics. |
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| 124 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget he has allocated to efforts to tackle distraction burglary in the financial years (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. |
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| 125 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress against the National Distraction Burglary Task Force's action plan. |
| | (102734)
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| 126 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish his response to the criticism by UNGASS of the Government's proposed reclassification of cannabis. |
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| 127 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has withdrawn from the National Assembly for Wales police provision to fund centrally managed initiatives. |
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128
N | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Work Permits UK were consulted by the Northern Ireland Department of Employment and Learning regarding work permit applications in respect of pole dancers; whether Work Permits UK make a distinction between applications for (a) pole dancers and (b) lap dancers; and whether an application for pole dancers should be treated on the basis of an entertainment application. |
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129
N | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Government has had with the Government and agencies of the Republic of Ireland about preventing the movement of sex trade workers over the UK border with the Republic. |
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| 130 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place for the protection of the Isle of Wight in the event of an attack on the Cap Le Hague nuclear reactor in France. |
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| 131 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the strength of the peer review mechanism of the New Partnership for Africa's Development. |
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| 132 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the number of Afghan refugees in (a) Pakistan and (b) Iran; and what financial support she is giving to each group. |
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| 133 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the levels of food shortages in the Democratic Republic of Congo, broken down by region; and what food aid her Department has provided to the Democratic Republic of Congo, broken down by region. |
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| 134 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the number of internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, broken down by region; and what support she gives internally displaced people in the country, broken down by region. |
| | (102746)
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| 135 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a result of the fighting. |
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| 136 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the conditions of refugee camps in Pakistan. |
| | (102740)
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| 137 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on levels of (a) malnutrition and (b) violence against women among Afghan refugees in refugee camps in (i) Pakistan and (ii) Iran. |
| | (102743)
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| 138 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the number of internally displaced people in Afghanistan; and what support she is providing for them. |
| | (102742)
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| 139 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department is doing to promote peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| | (102744)
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| 140 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on levels of malnutrition in (a) Eritrea and (b) Malawi. |
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| 141 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of reports by the UN WFP on malnutrition in children in Anaka and Pabbo refugee camps in Northern Uganda; and how much aid she is giving in response. |
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| 142 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's strategy is for tackling AIDS. |
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| 143 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department is doing to co-ordinate an international strategy for tackling AIDS in the developing world. |
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| 144 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UN personnel in Iraq are Iraqi nationals. |
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| 145 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on food security in Ethiopia; and what assessment her Department has made of the number of people who have died as a result of food shortages in Ethiopia in the last 12 months. |
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| 146 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the reports of a ceasefire by the Lord's Resistance Army. |
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| 147 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's response is to the World Water Assessment Programme's recent report. |
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| 148 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the (a) performance and (b) future funding of the Global Health Fund. |
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| 149 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings she has had with pharmaceutical companies to discuss AIDS in developing countries. |
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| 150 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will outline what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Ugandan Presidential Peace Team. |
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| 151 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to require new applicants for the magistrates and the judiciary to disclose membership of secret societies; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 152 | Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on talks in the week beginning on 3rd March in Hillsborough Castle. |
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| 153 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on his Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action he is taking within his Department to improve such planning; and what action he is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
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| 154 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of the Stevens inquiry in each year since its establishment; and which Department is meeting the cost. |
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| 155 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what rank of officer in the RUC press office was responsible for giving comments to the press and media covering disturbances on the evening of 17th March 1999; what opinion was expressed on the public order consequences of (a) the public gathering of a Lambeg drum competition in Corcrain Orange Hall and (b) the funeral wake for Rosemary Nelson; and if he will place transcripts of interviews and released statements in the Library. |
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| 156 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what mechanisms exist for litigants in civil proceedings to obtain remedy and redress in circumstances where the absence from court of members of the police service on stress-related sick leave (a) leads to additional legal costs and (b) results in proceedings being abandoned. |
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| 157 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what sanction is available to deter police officers named in civil proceedings from failure to appear before a court. |
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| 158 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions since June 2001 when he has received representations from the US administration in favour of GM technology; and when he last discussed the issue with President Bush. |
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| 159 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) discussions he has held with and (b) representations he has received from multinational oil companies concerning the exploitation of Iraqi oil following any conflict in the Middle East. |
| | (102753)
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| 160 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues concerning the exploitation of Iraqi oil following any conflict in the Middle East. |
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| 161 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the US Government concerning the exploitation of Iraqi oil following a conflict which leads to regime change. |
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| 162 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement on her Department's responsibilities with regard to civil contingency planning; what action she is taking within her Department to improve such planning; and what action she is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
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| 163 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) members of staff and (b) full time equivalent vacancies there are in each trading standards department; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 164 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding is to be made available from the Office of Fair Trading Modernisation Fund for trading standards departments in local authorities in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (102781)
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| 165 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received on the issue of the OFT's access to information on past convictions of applicants for consumer credit licences from the Police National Computer; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (102786)
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| 166 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she plans to replace the computer licensing system at the Office of Fair Trading; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 167 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she plans to advertise for the positions of chairman and board members to replace the Director General of Fair Trading; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (102784)
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| 168 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she last met representatives of the (a) Trading Standards Institute, (b) Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services, (c) National Consumer Council and (d) National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux; how often she meets each group; if she will make it her policy to place the minutes and agendas in the Library; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 169 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the OFT's long term target to clear all cases over two years old. |
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| 170 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 808W, on house building, how many new deal clients have been (a) funded and (b) trained by the Ambition Construction programme in skilled jobs directly relevant to the housebuilding profession in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2003 to the latest date for which figures are available. |
| | (102659)
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| 171 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research she has undertaken to ascertain the effects of a worst case scenario terrorist attack on Sizewell A and B Power stations. |
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| 172 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of recent research into (a) the number of fatalities and (b) the other consequences that could arise as a result of terrorist attack on a nuclear power station. |
| | (102845)
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| 173 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action she is taking within her Department to improve such planning; and what action she is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
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174
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) financial and (b) other assistance was given by the UK Government between 1980 and 1990 for the construction of the Falluja 2 chemical plant in Iraq; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 175 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the difficulties of professional copper boiler makers in complying with the Pressure Equipment Directive. |
| | (102759)
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| 176 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has held with multinational oil companies concerning the exploitation of Iraqi oil following any conflict in the Middle East. |
| | (102751)
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| 177 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) discussions she has held with and (b) representations she has received from the US Government concerning the exploitation of Iraqi oil following any conflict which leads to regime change. |
| | (102750)
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| 178 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues concerning the exploitation of Iraqi oil following a conflict in the Middle East. |
| | (102757)
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| 179 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what export licences were given to UHDE Ltd of Hounslow to export equipment for the Falluja II chlorine plant mentioned in the Government dossier on Iraq's military programmes of September 2002. |
| | (102729)
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| 180 | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many schemes under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 in Scotland have been funded (a) wholly and (b) partly by her Department. |
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| 181 | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many schemes in Scotland have been funded under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 in each of the last six years. |
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| 182 | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many schemes under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 in each of the last six years have covered a specific geographical area within the UK. |
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| 183 | Andrew Bennett (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all the compensation to householders resulting from the construction of the M60 has been paid; what steps are in place to reduce the fees for agents involved in these pay outs; and whether claimants will be paid interest on late pay outs. |
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| 184 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, ref 101751, what indirect role the Government has played in assisting London Underground PPP consortia to obtain (a) grants and (b) loans from (i) the European Investment Bank and (ii) other financial institutions; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (102816)
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| 185 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's automatic number plate reader project. |
| | (102787)
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| 186 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on his Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action he is taking within his Department to improve such planning; and what action he is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
| | (102623)
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| 187 | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional miles of motorway in England and Wales he expects to have lighting (a) by December 2003 and (b) by December 2004. |
| | (102815)
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| 188 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received concerning the road safety implications of the use of Nu-Metrics Hi-Star traffic counters installed in road surfaces. |
| | (102838)
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| 189 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on his Department's (a) responsibilities and (b) assets with regard to civil contingency planning; what funds are committed; what action he is taking within his Department to improve such planning; and what action he is taking in collaboration with other departments. |
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| 190 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people in the City of York council area have been helped into jobs under the New Deal. |
| | (102635)
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| 191 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to improve the financial position of pensioners in North Yorkshire. |
| | (102637)
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| 192 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales claimed (i) child benefit, (ii) unemployment benefit and (iii) incapacity benefit in each year since 1997. |
| | (102779)
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| 193 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the level of (a) fraud by and (b) overpayments to landlords in respect of housing benefit in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what action his Department is taking to reduce such fraud and overpayments. |
| | (102732)
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| 194 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wales under the age of 60 retired early due to ill health in each of the last five years, broken down by county. |
| | (102755)
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| 195 | James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension schemes the Pensions Schemes Registry recorded as (a) having started wind-up proceedings and (b) completing wind-up proceedings in each year from 1979 to 2002; and how many members were covered by the schemes in each case. |
| | (102592)
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| 196 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what hours telephone advice is available from the Health and Safety Executive to the general public; how many requests for telephone advice from the general public to the Health and Safety Executive were received outside normal hours in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on emergency advice requested by members of the public. |
| | (102593)
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| 197 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in his Department were employed to calculate entitlement to the minimum income guarantee, prior to the creation of the Pensions Service. |
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| 198 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in his Department were employed to calculate entitlement to contributory retirement pensions, including state earnings-related pensions, prior to the creation of the Pensions Service; and of these, how many were based in (a) Newcastle, (b) local offices and (c) at other sites. |
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199
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the Government's five-a-day programme for schools is sourced from British fruit and vegetables. |
| | [Transferred] (102547)
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| 200 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the entitlement of Her Majesty's Treasury is to sums from (a) the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and (b) the Mineworkers Pension Scheme that have accrued but are yet to be paid. |
| | [Transferred] (102771)
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| 201 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the funds allocated to her Department from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and the Mineworkers Pension Schemes which remain unpaid will be removed from the pension funds and paid into the consolidated fund. |
| | [Transferred] (102763)
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| 202 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards are in place to ensure that people whose national insurance contributions are interrupted receive information about home responsibility protection; and what estimate he has made of the level of take-up of home responsibility protection amongst eligible carers and parents. |
| | [Transferred] (102605)
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| 203 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many zoo-keepers have been (a) injured and (b) killed by elephants in (i) zoos and (ii) safari parks in each year since 1973. |
| | [Transferred] (102731)
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| 204 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what forecasts his Department made of the number of Criminal Records Bureau basic disclosures that would have been sought in the (a) first and (b) subsequent years of operation by members of the public. |
| | [Transferred] (102841)
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| 205 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement about the Lord Chancellor's pension arrangements. |
| | [Transferred] (102849)
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| 206 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to charge the importers of non-animal foodstuffs from outside the EU for the testing of their imports into the United Kingdom under the proposals in the EU document of 10th February (EC Draft 6090/03). |
| | [Transferred] (102848)
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| 207 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on which foodstuffs of non-animal origin should be tested on (a) all occasions and (b) a spot-check basis under the proposals in the EU document of 10th February (EC Draft 6090/03). |
| | [Transferred] (102847)
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| 208 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his definition is of the term subsidiary as used in the EU document of 10th February (EC Draft 6090/03). |
| | [Transferred] (102844)
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| 209 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many unemployed people in the City of York parliamentary constituency claimed unemployment benefit in each year since 1979. |
| | [Transferred] (102636)
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| 210 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales work less than 16 hours a week. |
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