FRIDAY 14th MARCH
| 1 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the VAT revenue received from (a) advertising cigarettes, tobacco and related products and (b) advertising wine, spirits, beer and related products in each year since 1996. |
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| 2 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of mortgages were remortgages of the same property, and if he will estimate the size of mortgage equity withdrawal, in each year since 1997. |
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| 3 | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to tax the gratuity which a member of the Armed Forces receives upon leaving. |
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| 4 | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to delay the payment of service pensions until a serviceman reaches 65 years. |
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| 5 | Mr Sio(r)n Simon (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Birmingham, Erdington of 4th February, concerning regulations under section 42 of the Tax Credits Act 2002. |
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N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what directions he has given to the Crown Estate Commissioners in respect of application of section 4(1) of the Crown Estate Act, 1961; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she intends to publish the draft guidance on licensing authorities' statement of policy that will be required under the new licensing bill. |
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| 8 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the administrative costs were of the New Opportunities Fund for each Government office of the region in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03. |
| | (103292)
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| 9 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the administrative costs were of English Heritage for each Government office of the region in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03. |
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| 10 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she is taking to maintain a national register of sports facilities; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 11 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Yeovil of 24th March, Official Report, column 299W, on defence finance, what the (a) gross and (b) net costs of DESO are; what the sources of offsetting income are; and if he will make a statement on the financial benefits to the defence budget. |
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| 12 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimates the Government has made regarding the number of military personnel required to provide support to the civil authorities in response to a large scale (a) conventional and (b) chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attack on the UK. |
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| 13 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many more civil contingency reaction forces are planned. |
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| 14 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many joint regional liaison officers have been created since July 2002 to act as a single point of liaison between civil authorities and the armed forces on emergency planning matters. |
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| 15 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists are deployed in civil contingency reaction forces. |
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| 16 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals there are to commit units and assets from the regular armed forces to home defence. |
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| 17 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of the armed forces (a) regulars and (b) reserves have specific chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training; how many of these have been deployed to the Gulf; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103432)
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| 18 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost is of (a) creating and (b) maintaining the civil contingency reaction force. |
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| 19 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which department's budget the cost of (a) creation, (b) maintenance and (c) deployment of the civil contingency reaction forces will be taken. |
| | (103411)
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| 20 | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether surplus or redundant (a) small arms and (b) light weapons are (i) given and (ii) sold by the Department to private contractors. |
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| 21 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the amount of Objective One monies spent in Wirral South in the last 12 months. |
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| 22 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures the Government has in place to ensure effective local consultation following the repeal of section 19 of the Fire Services Act 1947 with respect to the fire service. |
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| 23 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) appeal system and (b) independent body is available to local people in the event of a proposal to close a fire station following the repeal of section 19 of the Fire Services Act 1947; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 24 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 6th March, Official Report, column 1202W, on the local government grant settlement, if he will list the specific and special grants to which he refers; which of them are ringfenced; what amount in cash terms is available for distribution to (a) local authorities and (b) other organisations for each; when he plans for bids to be submitted to him for a share of each grant; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 25 | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many families are (a) in housing need, (b) in bed and breakfast hotels and (c) homeless, broken down by London borough. |
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| 26 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average price for each property type in each region of the UK was in the last quarter of (a) 2002, (b) 2001 and (c) 1996 in (i) cash, (ii) real and (iii) percentage increase terms. |
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| 27 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the environmental constraint maps for each zone of change in the Communities Plan. |
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| 28 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to support the Declaration by Mayors and Leaders of Urban Areas for an ambitious European Union Regional Policy; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 29 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many architects have been referred to the disciplinary committee of the Architects Registration Board (a) before being taken to court and (b) after court proceedings in each of the last five years. |
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| 30 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the reasons were for his Department's decision to publish the summary of the comments and enquiries received following the publication of the White Paper on Regional Governance. |
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| 31 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimates have been made by his Department as to the total cost of the soundings exercise on the level of interest in each English region in holding a referendum about establishing an elected regional assembly. |
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| 32 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the number of social housing schemes which will not proceed as a result of the abolition of the local authority social housing grant. |
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| 33 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what schemes his Department is promoting to help council tenants move into home ownership. |
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| 34 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to encourage tenants of registered social landlords to move into home ownership. |
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| 35 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the results from the soundings exercise on the level of interest in each English region in holding a referendum about establishing an elected regional assembly. |
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| 36 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to propose legislation setting out the powers of the proposed elected regional assemblies. |
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| 37 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March, Official Report, column 330W, whether his Department considers a supermarket checkout operator to be a key worker. |
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| 38 | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of downward directed lighting to improve the visibility of the night sky. |
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| 39 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made in developing the role of the fire and rescue service in respect of (a) mass decontamination and (b) national search and rescue under the fire new dimension project. |
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| 40 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 875W, on the Seaside and Country Homes Scheme, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued by HOMES. |
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| 41 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to publish the research undertaken by Bristol and Birmingham universities into the impact of the February 1999 changes to limits on right to buy discounts. |
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| 42 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will answer the Question from the honourable Member for Bethnal Green and Bow of 7th January, ref 89523, regarding the guidance issued to district valuers about the valuation of properties being sold under the right to buy. |
| | (103234)
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| 43 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 868W, on affordable housing, how many units of affordable housing (a) for rent and (b) for sale were built with funding generated by recycled capital grant in each year since 1997, broken down by Government Office Region. |
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| 44 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list gifts made by his Department to (a) governments and officials of overseas countries, (b) foreign companies and (c) other persons, in each year since 1997. |
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| 45 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total expenditure was on new buildings and premises by his Department, its predecessors and its agencies in each of the last five years; what square footage of new office space was (a) purchased and (b) newly rented in each year; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 46 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was spent by his Department, its predecessors and its agencies on external consultants, in each year since 1997; what annual cost savings this expenditure resulted in; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 47 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department spent on (a) publicity, (b) promotions, and (c) hospitality in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 48 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what capacity of electricity used in his Department's buildings is generated in a combined heat and power plant; and what plans he has to increase that capacity. |
| | (103228)
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| 49 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions since his appointment he has made use of each of his official residences for official purposes. |
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| 50 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many answers to (a) written and (b) oral parliamentary questions have required correction by his Department in each of the past two years. |
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N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will instruct local authorities to exempt members of the Armed Forces from paying council tax while serving in the Gulf. |
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| 52 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the standard spending assessments and formula spending share was for each year for Torbay Unitary Authority; what the percentage change in each year from the previous year has been; and what the aggregate external finance was for each year. |
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N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which local authorities in Devon have suffered a cut in real terms in central government funding on the basis of the new burdens principle; and if he will define the proposals and initiatives within the principle. |
| | (102042)
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| 54 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will introduce legislation to outlaw privity clauses in commercial leases; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103223)
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| 55 | Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research he is conducting into the effectiveness of Government guidance on upward-only rents for commercial premises; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103224)
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| 56 | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money was allocated for support of school-age children in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools who were diagnosed as being dyslexic, in each London borough, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103367)
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| 57 | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pre-school, (b) primary, (c) secondary, (d) further education and (e) higher education pupils who have been diagnosed with dyslexia in each of the last five years. |
| | (103365)
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| 58 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of English students resident in each government office region were paying (a) full, (b) partial and (c) no tuition fees in (i) 1999-2000 and (ii) 2000-01. |
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| 59 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will estimate (a) the sum available in the Higher Education White Paper for student grants for each year of the spending review and (b) the cost of the Excellence in Cities Opportunity Bursary schemes in each year; and whether the bursary scheme will remain available to top up grants. |
| | (103426)
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| 60 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students at the Universities of (a) Newcastle and (b) Northumbria at Newcastle took out (i) loans, (ii) grants, (iii) hardship funds and (iv) opportunity bursaries in each year since 1996; and what the total amount of money paid out was under each different scheme. |
| | (103418)
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| 61 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students paid (a) full, (b) partial and (c) no tuition fees who were normally resident in (i) England and Wales, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) the EU; and how many paid overseas student fees in each year since 1999 at the Universities of (A) Newcastle and (B) Northumbria at Newcastle. |
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| 62 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what meetings he has had with representatives of local education authorities in the last 12 months. |
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| 63 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimates he has made of the extra income that will be received under the proposed £3,000 tuition fee limit; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103358)
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| 64 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students pursued 'A' level courses in (a) the public and (b) the private sector in each of the last five years; and what the average cost was to public funds of providing a place in each sector. |
| | (103311)
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| 65 | Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make funds available for further education colleges to accept year 11 pupils who are without a school place. |
| | (103354)
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| 66 | Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children there are in London who have moved borough and are without a school place. |
| | (103353)
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| 67 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 150W, on secondments, if she will list the NGOs who have seconded staff to her Department. |
| | (103438)
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| 68 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase expenditure in support of energy efficiency in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (103309)
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| 69 | Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to permit farmers to exhibit livestock at country agricultural shows when these shows occur in the same area within a few days of each other and may offer multi-show championships. |
| | (103282)
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| 70 | Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the new interim rules for animal movements will continue the exemptions for cattle and sheep moving between shows within six days; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (103283)
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| 71 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the administrative costs were of The Forestry Commission for each Government office of the region in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03. |
| | (103291)
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| 72 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many broiler chickens were dead on arrival at UK poultry slaughterhouses in 2002. |
| | (103293)
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| 73 | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of (a) green, (b) white and (c) brown glass have been (i) landfilled, (ii) dumped at sea and (iii) recycled, in each year since 1997. |
| | (103336)
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| 74 | Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of human rights in Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103236)
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| 75 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he plans to have with President Papadopoulos of the Republic of Cyprus on restarting discussions towards future negotiations on Cyprus. |
| | (103273)
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| 76 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he plans to have with member states of the European Union on the role the Union will play in future negotiations regarding Cyprus. |
| | (103275)
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| 77 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he plans to have with the Government of Turkey on its future role in discussions regarding Cyprus. |
| | (103274)
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| 78 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the communique« issued by the UN Secretary General on 11th March concerning the future of its plan to resolve the Cyprus issue. |
| | (103260)
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| 79 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ban new investment by UK companies in Burma. |
| | (103312)
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| 80 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received about human rights abuses by the Government of Burma of the Karen, Karenni and Shan peoples. |
| | (103315)
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| 81 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals he has to ensure that resolution 57/232 of the United Nations General Assembly on human rights in Iraq is fully implemented. |
| | (103322)
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| 82 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he and his European Union partners have made to the Government of Burma about that government's treatment of the Karen, Karenni and Shan people. |
| | (103319)
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| 83 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Burmese military against the Karen, Karenni and Shan civilians in Burma. |
| | (103314)
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| 84 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to help broker a ceasefire between the Burmese military government and Karen, Karenni and Shan resistance groups. |
| | (103321)
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N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to meet the Leader of Government Business of the Cayman Islands Government to discuss the collapse of the Eurobank case; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to review security matters relating to overseas territories as a result of the collapse of the Eurobank case in the Cayman Islands; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103130)
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N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost is to UK public funds of the resignation of the Attorney-General of the Cayman Islands. |
| | (103127)
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N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes he plans in the appointment of law officers to overseas territories as a result of (a) the collapse of the Eurobank case and (b) the subsequent resignation of the Attorney-General to the Cayman Islands. |
| | (103129)
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| 89 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken to implement the programme of action for nuclear disarmament that was signed up to in 2000. |
| | (103380)
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| 90 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 6th March, Official Report, column 1191W, on UN Resolution 57/232, whether the UK Government is supporting the deployment of human rights monitors throughout Iraq. |
| | (103377)
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| 91 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to restate the Government's commitment to the programme of action for nuclear disarmament that was signed in 2000 at the Non Proliferation Treaty PrepCom in April 2003. |
| | (103379)
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| 92 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action Her Majesty's Government has taken to encourage (a) Israel, (b) India and (c) Pakistan to sign the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103381)
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| 93 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the US administration has paid its budgetary contributions to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on time. |
| | (103378)
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| 94 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2002, Official Report, column 962W, on Zimbabwe, if he will make a statement on the results of further investigations into contacts between Andrew Smith and government officials. |
| | (103466)
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| 95 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th November 2002, Official Report, columns 9-10W, on Zimbabwe, whether further relevant information has been received on contacts between John Bredenkamp and officials in African countries. |
| | (103467)
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| 96 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed the case of Mr Edgar Fernandes with the Turkish authorities; and if he will meet the honourable Member for Leicester East to discuss the case of Mr Edgar Fernandes. |
| | (103218)
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| 97 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from interest groups in Britain regarding the abuse of human rights in Iran; and what discussions he has had with the Iranian authorities on the matter. |
| | (103350)
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| 98 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Libyan Authorities regarding the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher in 1984; and what progress has been made in finding the killer. |
| | (103351)
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| 99 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients are receiving Anti-TNFa treatment. |
| | (103272)
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| 100 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget is for prison healthcare services; and what the total funding allocation to primary care trusts is for 2003-04 for the cost of taking over prison healthcare services. |
| | (103385)
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| 101 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS employees work in prisons. |
| | (103382)
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| 102 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of cost implications for future NHS budgets of trends in the prison population. |
| | (103388)
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| 103 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget provision has been made for the screening of prison inmates for hepatitis C. |
| | (103387)
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| 104 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what allowance he has made in budget allocations to primary care trusts for the number of prisons in the area they cover. |
| | (103384)
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| 105 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce the budgets for mental health in-reach services in prisons. |
| | (103386)
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| 106 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from primary care trusts about the impact on their budgets of providing healthcare services in prisons. |
| | (103383)
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| 107 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support he has given to (a) the Peto Institute and (b) connected institutions in the last ten years. |
| | (103392)
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| 108 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training and equipment for response to a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack is provided for paramedics and other first-response medical personnel; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103435)
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| 109 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions have been made to ensure effective dissemination of public information in the event of a large-scale disease outbreak; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103436)
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| 110 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans are in place to respond to bioterrorist attacks using (a) clostridium botulinium toxin (botulism), (b) yersinia pestis (plague), (c) francisella tularensis (tularaemia) and (d) viral haemorrhagic fevers; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103437)
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| 111 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria and methods of assessment are in place to evaluate the efficacy of the major incident plans put in place by individual primary care trusts; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103433)
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| 112 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding, training and expertise have been made available to ensure acute primary care units are fully prepared to handle (a) casualties of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident and (b) mass casualties; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103434)
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| 113 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progess he has made in drawing up guidelines for the use of vouchers for providing respite care. |
| | (103296)
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| 114 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in securing convictions against those responsible for the bomb at the King's Arms public house in Woolwich, London on 7th November 1974. |
| | (103442)
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| 115 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in securing convictions against those responsible for the bomb at the Tower of London on 17th July 1974. |
| | (103441)
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| 116 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in securing convictions against those responsible for the bomb at Green Park Underground Station on 9th October 1975. |
| | (103444)
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| 117 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in securing convictions against those responsible for the bomb at the Hilton Hotel in London on 3rd September 1975. |
| | (103440)
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| 118 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in securing convictions against those responsible for the bomb at Walton's Restaurant, Walton Street, London on 18th November 1975. |
| | (103445)
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| 119 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in securing convictions against those responsible for the bomb attack on a coach travelling along the M62 on 4th February 1974. |
| | (103443)
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| 120 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were waiting for an initial decision for (a) less than two months, (b) two to six months, (c) six months to a year and (d) over a year at December (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2002. |
| | (103421)
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| 121 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the level of service provided by the Criminal Records Bureau; and how many applications are waiting to be processed and what the average time taken is, broken down by employment sectors. |
| | (103310)
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| 122 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to establish a national network of observers to monitor and report evidence of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks on the UK population. |
| | (103430)
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| 123 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many units in the civil departments are trained to respond to a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorist attack. |
| | (103431)
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| 124 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting orders were issued by each local authority in 2001-02. |
| | (103397)
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| 125 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the on the spot fines pilot project in North Wales. |
| | (103398)
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| 126 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers have been recruited by each police authority in England and Wales, in the last year for which figures are available. |
| | (103394)
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| 127 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 5th March, Official Report, column 1076W, on asylum seekers, how many child asylum seekers were refused asylum in each year from 1997; what the most common reasons were for refusal; and how many were deported. |
| | (103401)
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| 128 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 5th March, Official Report, column 1076W, on asylum seekers, what methods of identification and judging the age of unaccompanied child asylum seekers without documentation are used, apart from appearance; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103402)
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| 129 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government has in place (a) to stop child trafficking for the sex trade and (b) to protect child asylum seekers from organised criminal groups when they arrive in the UK. |
| | (103404)
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| 130 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 5th March, Official Report, column 1076W on asylum seekers, what system the Department has in place to locate relatives of unaccompanied child asylum seekers other than use of the Red Cross and other charities. |
| | (103403)
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| 131 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to address the shortcomings in preparedness for international relief in Iraq identified by the International Development Committee. |
| | (103268)
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| 132 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will make a statement on the recent report of the Bar Council that recommended that the Lord Chancellor should lose the power to appoint judges and QCs. |
| | (103259)
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| 133 | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans she has to make representations to the Council of Europe to secure an amendment to the European Court of Human Rights rules of procedure to the effect that detailed reasons for its decisions declaring cases inadmissible in committee are given. |
| | (103281)
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| 134 | Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many litigants in person there were in court proceedings in each of the last 10 years. |
| | (103238)
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| 135 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many immigration adjudicators are (a) part-time and (b) full-time; and how many vacancies there are. |
| | (103219)
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| 136 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding has been allocated in each of the last three years to each of the schools and colleges in the Western Education and Library Board for the provision of link courses; why such funding has been withdrawn; and if he will postpone the scrapping of link funding until the common formula for funding schools has been introduced. |
| | (103333)
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| 137 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what impact he expects the implementation of the proposed OFT recommendations to have upon people employed in community pharmacies. |
| | (103329)
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| 138 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what effect he expects the implementation of the proposed OFT regulations will have on (a) the distribution of pharmacies and (b) pharmacist and patient relations. |
| | (103328)
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| 139 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the nature and level of the present threat from dissident republican terrorists in border regions of Northern Ireland; and what criteria are employed when (a) closing military bases and (b) ceasing military operations in those areas. |
| | (103416)
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| 140 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the present status is of the investigation into the 1987 Enniskillen massacre; and what assessment he has made of whether the Police Service of Northern Ireland has the necessary resources to pursue this investigation to a successful conclusion. |
| | (103415)
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| 141 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the impact of the decision to withdraw link funding at six months' notice. |
| | (103335)
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| 142 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what effect he estimates the abolition of current link funding before a common formula for funding schools is introduced will have on schools and colleges within the Western Education and Library Board area. |
| | (103334)
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| 143 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when investigations as part of the Review of Further Education Strategy on the economic contribution of the sector 'Widening social access and student satisfaction' will be completed. |
| | (103331)
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| 144 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what effect he estimates (a) increased competition in the pharmaceutical industry will have on prescription charges and (b) the deregulation of control of entry requirements for pharmacy contracts will have on disadvantaged groups in society; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103330)
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| 145 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what benefits he estimates would be gained by the deregulation of pharmacies as recommended by the OFT investigation into the control of entry regulations for pharmacy contracts; and what studies have been carried out to assess the impact of pharmacy deregulation on the businesses of community pharmacies. |
| | (103327)
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| 146 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the information and communication technology strategy for further education has achieved its targets in terms of the number of full-time equivalent further education lecturers per networked PC. |
| | (103332)
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| 147 | David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what level of debt Castlereagh Borough Council has acquired up to the end of the last financial year. |
| | (103361)
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| 148 | David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what cash reserves are available to Castlereagh Borough Council; and what statutory requirement there is for local authorities to keep reserves. |
| | (103359)
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| 149 | David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the indebtedness is of the councils in Northern Ireland. |
| | (103360)
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| 150 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many small businesses have gone out of business in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. |
| | (103255)
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| 151 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost is in 2002-03 of the Secretariat of the North-South Ministerial Council. |
| | (103251)
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| 152 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been allocated for (a) capital repairs and (b) new building in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each Belfast constituency in each year since 1999. |
| | (103243)
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| 153 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been registered to vote under the rolling registration scheme this year. |
| | (103246)
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| 154 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) full time and (b) part time police officers there were for North Belfast for each year since 1996. |
| | (103245)
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| 155 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been allocated for (a) housing improvements and (b) urban renewal areas in each Belfast constituency in each year since 1999. |
| | (103244)
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| 156 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings (a) ministers and (b) officials have had with (i) ministers and (ii) officials of the Irish Republic since May 2002. |
| | (103253)
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| 157 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what resources have been allocated to the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. |
| | (103252)
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| 158 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have applied for the photographic Election Identity Card this year. |
| | (103247)
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| 159 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce legislation to outlaw discrimination against people on the grounds of age. |
| | (103254)
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| 160 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) shootings, (b) bombings and (c) other terrorist related incidents have occurred in (i) Belfast and (ii) the rest of Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. |
| | (103249)
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| 161 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what system for transfer of pupils between primary schools and secondary schools will operate after the planned abolition of the 11 plus examination. |
| | (103248)
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| 162 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been charged with (a) scheduled offences and (b) non-scheduled offences arising out of public disorder in Northern Ireland in each year since 1996. |
| | (103257)
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| 163 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been convicted of riotous behaviour where CCTV evidence has been used in each year since 2000. |
| | (103256)
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| 164 | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the current trends in (a) long term and (b) youth unemployment in Northern Ireland. |
| | (103242)
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| 165 | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress is being made in establishing a world class visitor centre at the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim. |
| | (103349)
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| 166 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been identified by the health and social services trusts for transitional housing benefit through the Supporting People Project; and of those identified for benefit, how many will receive it. |
| | (103279)
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| 167 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding was provided by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure to the task force which was established for soccer in Northern Ireland. |
| | (103174)
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| 168 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the funds allocated for the Supporting People Project throughout the United Kingdom will be given to Northern Ireland; and whether the funding is in line with the Barnett Formula. |
| | (103277)
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| 169 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what time was invested by the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure in the soccer strategy. |
| | (103173)
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| 170 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many social housing tenancies will not be varied before the end of March 2003; and whether the tenancies in Northern Ireland will be financially protected as a result of this new measure. |
| | (103278)
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| 171 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the facilities funded by the Department of Health for post-acquired brain injury rehabilitation. |
| | (103240)
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| 172 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will include brain injury as a classification sub-heading within the overall published statistics for accidents sustained and injuries treated in NHS hospitals in Northern Ireland. |
| | (103239)
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| 173 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many acquired brain injury incidents related to road traffic accidents and other causes there were in each of the last three years, broken down by health board area; and what the survival rates were among such patients. |
| | (103241)
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174
N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the legal basis for military intervention against Iraq. |
| | (102902)
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| 175 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Prime Minister, which Minister is leading on the revision of EU regional policy post-2006; if he will place in the Library a statement on the Cabinet Committee arrangements to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement of the Government's policy. |
| | (103417)
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| 176 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Prime Minister, how many meetings his Department has had with representatives of each of the partners represented in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 1st October 2002. |
| | (103258)
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177
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, if he has consulted previous prime ministers to secure their consent to commit British forces to battle in Iraq. |
| | (103051)
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178
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Prime Minister, how many Christian Aid postcards urging action on Middle East peace and a peaceful resolution to the Iraq crisis he has received at Downing Street. |
| | (103170)
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| 179 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the objective of Government policy in Scotland is to maximise take-up of post office card accounts; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (103177)
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180
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which UK companies have received Export Credit Guarantees Department support relating to aviation development in Africa since 1997; and what the (a) location and (b) project type was in each case. |
| | (102795)
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| 181 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to consult the Scottish Executive on the implications of the OFT report on pharmacists. |
| | (103178)
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| 182 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what UK patents relating to genetically engineered animals and processes for creating such animals have been (a) applied for and published since 9th November 2001 and (b) granted since 9th November 2001. |
| | (103294)
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| 183 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance she gives on whether firms, when making staff redundant without allowing staff to work their notice period, have to take into account lost pay and benefits pension rights when making payment in lieu of notice. |
| | (103395)
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| 184 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions her Department has been notified of significant redundancies planned by (a) AMP, (b) Pearl Assurance and (c) NPI; how many jobs were affected; and in what locations. |
| | (103399)
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| 185 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received about the development of tidal energy lagoons off (a) the Welsh coast and (b) elsewhere in the UK. |
| | (103318)
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| 186 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the feasibility of offshore tidal power generation. |
| | (103316)
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| 187 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the potential of tidal energy lagoons to provide renewable energy in the UK. |
| | (103317)
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| 188 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the contribution of hydropower on British rivers towards electricity production. |
| | (103320)
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| 189 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent estimate she has made of the cost of power from (a) waves, (b) tidal stream, (c) tidal barrage and (d) tidal lagoons. |
| | (103446)
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| 190 | Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the benefits of EU enlargement for small and medium enterprises in Britain. |
| | (103352)
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| 191 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 7th March, Official Report, column 1290W, on the Energy White Paper, if she will place a copy of the nuclear and radiological skills study in the Library; what the URL is for the report on her Department's website; and if she will publish the (a) names and (b) affiliations of the members of the task group. |
| | (103306)
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| 192 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the meeting between the honourable Member for Leicester East and the Minister for e-Commerce on 10th March. |
| | (103222)
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| 193 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what Government support was given to the LEICESTHER event on 7th March. |
| | (103220)
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| 194 | Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level of bilateral trade was with (a) Bahrain, (b) Abu Dhabi and (c) Yemen in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| | (103221)
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| 195 | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many tonnes of (a) green, (b) white and (c) brown glass were imported in each year since 1997. |
| | (103338)
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| 196 | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many tonnes of (a) green, (b) white and (c) brown glass were manufactured in the UK in each year since 1997. |
| | (103337)
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| 197 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 6th March, Official Report, column 1159W, on London Underground, what the period is of the contract with the London Underground PPP Infrastructure Consortia; what the break and reassessment periods are; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103447)
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| 198 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement, on 4th February, Official Report, 10WS, on London Underground, what amendments he proposes to ensure that the operation of London Underground's contracts is not affected when they are transferred from one body to another; whether the PPP Consortia and lenders have a veto over the transfer of London Underground and Transport for London; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103305)
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| 199 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers travelled on the Great Western line in 2002 between (a) London Paddington and Reading and (b) Reading and London Paddington (i) each weekday on average, (ii) each weekend on average and (iii) on each day that the Reading Festival took place. |
| | (103356)
|
| 200 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Strategic Rail Authority regarding the announcement of the draft specifications for the new arrangements for the Thames Trains franchise due to commence in April and May 2004; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103297)
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| 201 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets he has set for his Department and agencies to change to a vehicle fleet that is powered by alternative fuels. |
| | (103300)
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| 202 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken to persuade Government departments and agencies to switch to alternative fuelled vehicles in their fleets. |
| | (103303)
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| 203 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles are run by his (a) Department and (b) agencies broken down by those powered by (i) liquid petroleum gas, (ii) reformulated natural gas (compressed or liquefied), (iii) electric battery, (iv) hydrogen/oxygen fuel cell, (v) methanol (internal combustion engine or fuel cell, (vi) cleaner gasoline (zero sulphur emissions), (vii) other alternative fuel, (viii) hybrid internal combustion and electrification. |
| | (103298)
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| 204 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many official ministerial vehicles in his fleet run on alternative fuels; and what plans he has to increase their number. |
| | (103301)
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| 205 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has received from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport on plans by Network Rail to close the London Paddington to Reading line on the weekend of 22nd to 25th August. |
| | (103355)
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| 206 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Strategic Rail Authority on plans for Great Western timetable restructuring in 2004; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103324)
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| 207 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has (a) to convert to alternative fuels and (b) to replace with new vehicles powered by alternative fuels vehicles in the fleet of his (i) Department and (ii) agencies. |
| | (103299)
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| 208 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to display on departmental vehicles powered by alternative fuels information to raise public awareness of the environmental, health and financial impact of vehicles powered by alternative fuels. |
| | (103302)
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| 209 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Government initiatives there are to encourage the conversion or replacement of vehicles in the fleets of government departments and their agencies to those using alternative fuels; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (103304)
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210
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Central Line to reopen. |
| | (102903)
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| 211 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the work his Department has undertaken in the last year to promote Wales abroad, with particular reference to (a) overseas visits, (b) meetings with overseas delegations in the UK and (c) events promoting Wales held in the UK. |
| | (103375)
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| 212 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many formal complaints he has received about the Wales Office since April 2002. |
| | (103374)
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| 213 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how often each joint ministerial committee has met since April 2001. |
| | (103373)
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| 214 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the work of the Welsh Sub Group of the Coal Health Claims Monitoring Group chaired by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary. |
| | (103376)
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| 215 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the value for money of activities financed by the Wales Office in each of the last three years. |
| | (103370)
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| 216 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the impact on Wales of the work of the Advisory Board of the Performance and Innovation Unit's Energy Review in the last three years. |
| | (103368)
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| 217 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many bilateral concordants have been concluded since April 2002. |
| | (103372)
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| 218 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what impact the Whole of Government Accounts project has had on Wales. |
| | (103371)
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| 219 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the implementation of section 41 of the Government of Wales Act 1998, with particular reference to agreements achieved under it. |
| | (103366)
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| 220 | Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants have been called in for medical assessment in each of the last five years; and how many have been reassessed as not qualifying for benefit. |
| | (103235)
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221
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to (a) recognise British Sign Language and (b) improve access to public services for British Sign Language users; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (102900)
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222
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contractual (a) obligations and (b) targets his Department has placed on SchlumbergerSema medical services for providing sign language interpreters for medical examinations; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (102901)
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| 223 | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to amend the medical examination criteria for disablement awards for chronic bronchitis and emphysema and for vibration white finger. |
| | (103468)
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| 224 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where peripatetic employment action team advisers are present in Newcastle upon Tyne; how regularly they use these locations; and if he will estimate the number of users at each location. |
| | (103427)
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| 225 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what internal estimates of working age employment rates in each ward of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne informed the selection of wards for employment action team status. |
| | (103428)
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| 226 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make contingency plans in the case of a shortfall in an occupational pension scheme to prevent a UK subsidiary of an overseas group abandoning the scheme and not meeting any funding shortfall. |
| | (103393)
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| 227 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he gives on protection for members of occupational pension schemes operated by companies whose parent company is listed overseas. |
| | (103396)
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228
N | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the combination of letters and numbers in national insurance numbers are arrived at. |
| | (103072)
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| 229 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of children in households subject to benefit sanctions, broken down by each category of sanction. |
| | (103389)
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| 230 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase spending on energy efficiency and renewable energy; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 231 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of over-60 households were owner occupiers in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002, broken down by region of the UK. |
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| 232 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to increase security in the Border areas of Northern Ireland through (a) watchtowers and (b) troop deployments. |
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| 233 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have died in England and Wales during the last three years from asbestosis; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 234 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to what use the national network of civil defence bunkers established during the Cold War is being put. |
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| 235 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is in place for specialist agencies to provide assistance and support to child victims of trafficking. |
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| 236 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 823W, on asylum seekers, what measures are in place to ensure that unaccompanied child asylum seekers receive care and support from council social services under the Children Act 1989. |
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| 237 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the operational responsibilities are of the security service in Northern Ireland; to whom the security service is accountable for its operations and activities in Northern Ireland; and what role Her Majesty's Government has in directing the operational activities of the security service in Northern Ireland. |
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| 238 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been detained by the Police Service Northern Ireland on immigration offences at (a) Belfast port and (b) Larne port. |
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| 239 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she intends to meet her commitment to support field trials designed to evaluate the benefits of Micro-CHP given on page 48 of the Energy White Paper (Cm 5761) beyond the commitment within the Government's fuel poverty strategy. |
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