TUESDAY 25th MARCH
1
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much tax was paid to the UK Treasury arising from the last fishing vessel decommissioning scheme. |
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| 2 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals for strengthening the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative he will bring forward at the Spring Meetings of (a) the World Bank and (b) the International Monetary Fund. |
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| 3 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what conditions applying to poor countries seeking to benefit from the International Finance Facility will be included in the Facility. |
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| 4 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he supports proposals for the lifting of the IMF's structural requirements on heavily indebted poor countries. |
| | (105125)
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| 5 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his policy to support an explicit link between debt relief for poor countries and the achievement of Millennium development goals. |
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the impact of the partial repeal of section 19 of the Fire Services Act 1947 in relation to the Government's policy on decentralisation. |
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the results of the consultation on the repeal of section 19 of the Fire Services Act 1947. |
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N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent dicussions he has had with the Fire Brigades Union on section 19 of the Fire Services Act 1947. |
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N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 14th March, Official Report, column 438W, on local government finance, which local authorities in Devon have suffered a cut in real terms in central government funding as a result of increased national insurance contributions from 1st April and the proposals and initiatives within the new burdens principle; and whether the increase in national insurance is included in the new burdens principle. |
| | (105036)
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N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice he has given to local education authorities with wholly selective admissions policies for secondary schools in respect of the operation of these policies; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 11 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of Curriculum 2000 on university admissions policies; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 12 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many universities accept as entry criteria key skills achieved through Curriculum 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (105085)
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| 13 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how he will ensure that universities will accept as entry criteria qualifications achieved through the Government's proposals 14-19: Opportunity for Excellence"; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (105084)
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N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the contribution of agriculture to the national GDP was in each of the past 10 years (a) in total, (b) by region, and (c) by farm type. |
| | (104910)
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N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of food products, in real market value, were (a) exported from and (b) imported to the UK in each of the past 10 years. |
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N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of the UK workforce was employed in agriculture in each of the past 10 years, broken down by (a) region and (b) type of farm. |
| | (104977)
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N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of cattle and sheep products consumed in the UK was produced domestically in each of the past 10 years. |
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| 18 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the (a) annual cost to her Department and (b) value of the assets of (i) Food from Britain, (ii) Horticulture Research International, (iii) the Meat and Livestock Commission and (iv) the Sea Fish Industry Authority; if she will make a statement in each case on the reasons for each body being in the public sector; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 19 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms there are in England; how much financial support they received from her Department in the latest available year; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 20 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of her Department's spending on support for hill farming, in each year from 1990-91 in (a) cash and (b) real terms; what value for money is obtained by this spending; what the purpose is of this spending; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105081)
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| 21 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the total net cost to the Exchequer of the Forestry Commission in each year from 2002-03 to 2004-05 (planned); what assessment has been made of the value for money of this expenditure; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105079)
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| 22 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the proportion of her Department's budget which is spent on food, fishing and farming and which is discretionary, rather than being passed through from the European Union; and if she will make a statement. |
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23
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the current threat to the food chain from terrorism. |
| | (104905)
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24
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to strengthen the system of checks on food imports. |
| | (104909)
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25
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her US counterpart about (a) the terrorist threat to the food chain and (b) relevant counter-terrorist measures. |
| | (104906)
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26
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice she has given to (a) food producers, (b) processors and (c) providers about practical steps to protect the food chain against terrorist attack. |
| | (104907)
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| 27 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department provides for Envirowise. |
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| 28 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual cost of the Environment Agency has been in each year since its inception. |
| | (105053)
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| 29 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Environment Agency regarding a more independent status for the organisation. |
| | (105052)
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| 30 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to expand the remit of the Environment Agency. |
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| 31 | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what security guidelines her Department has issued in the last year to food (a) producers, (b) processors and (c) providers regarding potential terrorist action. |
| | (105073)
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| 32 | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken in conjunction with other EU member states to prevent terrorist action against European (i) agriculture and (ii) food supplies. |
| | (105087)
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| 33 | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken in the last five years to develop a network of laboratories for the (a) detection, (b) identification, (c) diagnosis and (d) research into (i) biological agents and (ii) technology to counter terrorist action to British (A) farms and (B) food supplies. |
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| 34 | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent in the last three years on (a) food security measures, broken down by type and (b) research on priority threat agents against terrorist action. |
| | (105075)
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| 35 | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken in conjunction with (a) other EU member states and (b) local authorities to prevent terrorist action against (i) agriculture and (ii) food supplies. |
| | (105088)
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| 36 | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department (a) is taking and (b) is taking jointly with other departments to protect (i) farms and (ii) food imports from the threat of terrorist action. |
| | (105074)
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37
N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the written Ministerial statement of 17th March, Official Report, column 35WS, on the Cayman Islands, if he will set out the extent of his ministerial responsibilities in respect of the (a) appointment, (b) resignation and (c) term of office of the Attorney-General of the Cayman Islands. |
| | (104173)
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38
N | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 18th March, Official Report, column 725W, on Iraq, what action the Government has taken since UN Resolution 57/232 was passed to deploy human rights monitors in Iraq. |
| | (105031)
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| 39 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of whether (a) North Korea, (b) Iran and (c) Cuba possess weapons of mass destruction; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (105122)
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| 40 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation in Burundi. |
| | (105077)
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41
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will give a full response to the honourable Member for Birmingham, Northfield's letter to the Minister of State for Long-term Care, dated 8th October 2002, ref PO1017531, in respect of Mrs Della Bond, Birmingham. |
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42
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for Christchurch will receive a response to his Question of 16th January about beds at the high dependency unit at the Wessex Cardio Thoracic Centre at Southampton General Hospital. |
| | (104772)
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43
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each NHS trust in Great Britain the (a) total budget and (b) amount of budget deficit in each year since 1997 for which figures are available. |
| | (104845)
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44
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for (a) Great Britain and (b) each health authority the expenditure on health per head of population, expressed in real terms, in each year since 1997-98. |
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45
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for MRI scanner appointments was on the latest date for which figures are available, broken down by hospital. |
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46
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reduce waiting time for MRI scanner appointments. |
| | (104901)
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| 47 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the board of governors of a public benefit corporation will have any role other than to appoint and set the terms of employment of the non-executive directors and the auditor. |
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| 48 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has for the legal status of bodies corporate formed using investment by NHS Foundation Trusts. |
| | (105119)
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| 49 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the optimum number of members of a public benefit corporation; whether the optimum number of members of a public benefit corporation will vary with the size of (a) its public constituency and (b) its staff constituency; and whether he has made an assessment of the optimum proportion of the number of members of a public benefit corporation in relation to the size of (i) its public constituency, (ii) its staff constituency and (iii) its public and staff constituencies combined. |
| | (105121)
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| 50 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what ways the board of directors of a public benefit corporation will be accountable to (a) the members of the corporation and (b) the board of governors of the corporation. |
| | (105143)
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| 51 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS foundation trusts are to be required to reinvest all year-end financial surpluses in ways consistent with the purpose of health-related activity carried out in the public interest. |
| | (105127)
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| 52 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid in dividends to the Consolidated Fund on public dividend capital by each NHS trust for each year since 1997; and what percentage of the public dividend capital held by each NHS trust these amounts represent. |
| | (105144)
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| 53 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether public benefit corporations will be able to pay dividends other than those paid to the Consolidated Fund; and to whom these dividends would be paid. |
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| 54 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will withdraw from the medical profession the provision for self-regulation. |
| | (105061)
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| 55 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has undertaken an audit of the number of benign lesions which are being referred into secondary care because of waiting times for suspected cases of skin cancer. |
| | (105056)
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| 56 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of clinical nurse specialists in skin cancer. |
| | (105060)
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| 57 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent efforts his Department has made to publicise the availability of sun safety advice and information. |
| | (105058)
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| 58 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money his Department has allocated to sun awareness campaigns in each year from 2003 to 2007. |
| | (105057)
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| 59 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether guidance has been issued to schools on how to protect school children from the sun. |
| | (105059)
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| 60 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the effect upon dermatology departments of waiting times for treatment of suspected skin cancer. |
| | (105055)
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| 61 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the total cost to public funds of the Food Standards Agency in each year from 1999-2000 to 2004-05 (planned). |
| | (105091)
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| 62 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the buildings (a) owned and (b) used by the Food Standards Agency, giving in each case (i) their location and (ii) their latest market value; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (105090)
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63
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) action the Food Standards Agency is taking and (b) advice the Food Standards Agency have issued to counter the threat from terrorism to food safety in the United Kingdom. |
| | (104908)
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64
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of prescriptions currently dispensed by community pharmacists are for pensioners. |
| | (104949)
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65
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS prescriptions were dispensed (a) in total, (b) through community pharmacies, (c) through hospital pharmacies and (d) through GP surgery pharmacies in each of the last six years. |
| | (104950)
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66
N | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his assessment is of the threat to the United Kingdom from the new virus from eastern Asia. |
| | (104401)
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| 67 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial resources his Department has allocated to training (a) ambulance drivers and (b) paramedics to deal with the aftermath of a terrorist attack, broken down by primary care trust. |
| | (105098)
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| 68 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of casualties from the war in Iraq upon the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (105099)
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| 69 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) paramedics and (b) ambulance drivers have received training to deal with the aftermath of a (i) nuclear, (ii) chemical, (iii) biological and (iv) conventional terrorist attack in the last 12 months, broken down by primary care trust. |
| | (105097)
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| 70 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has made to the Mayor of London regarding exemption from the congestion charge for patients required to attend London hospitals for treatment but who are unable to use public transport because of their illness. |
| | (105123)
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71
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the population per police officer was in each year since 1997 in (a) England and (b) Surrey. |
| | (104844)
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72
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number of police officers in (a) each police force in England and Wales and (b) in total on 31st March in each year since 1992. |
| | (104843)
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| 73 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th March, Official Report, column 710W, on drug treatment of prisoners, how many offenders did not require drug and alcohol detoxification on entering prison between 1st April 2001 and 31st March 2002. |
| | (105071)
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| 74 | Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to relax the existing controls on the ownership of handguns for sporting purposes. |
| | (105069)
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| 75 | Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to limit the number of shotguns owned by a person under a single licence. |
| | (105068)
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76
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for compensation were received by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each of the last five years; and how many of these were (a) turned down and (b) accepted in each year. |
| | (104402)
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N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases where an application for compensation received by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority was turned down, a review was requested in each of the last five years; and how many of these reviews led to an award being made. |
| | (104403)
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78
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Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appealed where an application for compensation received by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority was turned down at initial consideration and at review; and of these, how many appeals were successful, in each year. |
| | (104404)
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N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many awards made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority were (a) under £1,000, (b) between £1,000 and £10,000, (c) between £10,000 and £100,000 and (d) over £100,000 in each of the last five years. |
| | (104405)
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| 80 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training has been given in the last year to police officers to deal with a (a) chemical, (b) biological, (c) nuclear and (d) conventional terrorist attack. |
| | (105100)
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| 81 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been allocated in each year since 1992 to training police officers in dealing with the aftermath of terrorist attacks, broken down by constabulary. |
| | (105101)
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| 82 | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral funding her Department has allocated for development aid for Iraqi citizens in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) each of the next three years. |
| | (105065)
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| 83 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department will liaise with the Iraqi Reconstruction Group of professional Iraqis in this country in advancing her work in the post-conflict reconstruction of Iraq. |
| | (105054)
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84
N | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on humanitarian help for Zimbabwe. |
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85
N | Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many countries will be involved in the reconstruction of Iraq. |
| | (104737)
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86
N | Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the assistance the Government is providing for the reform of the Palestinian Authority. |
| | (104483)
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| 87 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which nations have contributed to the UN Humanitarian Appeal for Iraq. |
| | (105076)
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| 88 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what actions her Department is taking to facilitate increased co-operation between UK aid agencies and the US for delivering humanitarian relief to Iraq. |
| | (105110)
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| 89 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the levels of food supplies required to replace the Oil for Food programme. |
| | (105108)
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| 90 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with (a) the United States and (b) the United Nations on the future of the Kurdish people within a post-conflict Iraq. |
| | (105115)
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| 91 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the aid agencies she supports which work in Iraq. |
| | (105113)
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| 92 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether funding allocated for her Department has been spent on humanitarian aid by the Ministry of Defence. |
| | (105114)
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| 93 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the amount of clean water and shelter stockpiled for Iraqi refugees. |
| | (105109)
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| 94 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the co-operation between allied forces in Iraq and humanitarian aid agencies. |
| | (105112)
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| 95 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which UN agency is responsible for internally displaced people within Iraq. |
| | (105107)
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| 96 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many refugee camps have been established within Iraq. |
| | (105116)
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| 97 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the operation of safe havens and humanitarian aid corridors within Iraq. |
| | (105111)
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| 98 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the levels of food and medicines stockpiled by the coalition on the Iraqi border for Iraqi refugees and internally displaced people within Iraq. |
| | (105106)
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| 99 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the Governments of (a) Syria, (b) Kuwait and (c) Jordan regarding their provision for refugees from war in Iraq; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105102)
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| 100 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had with the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs regarding food shortages in Liberia. |
| | (105148)
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| 101 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the amount of food aid required by the World Food Programme; and how much has been distributed to the Occupied Territories. |
| | (105147)
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| 102 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had with the World Food Programme regarding the humanitarian situation in Burundi. |
| | (105117)
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| 103 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with which humanitarian agencies her Department has discussed the humanitarian consequences of a possible war in Iraq; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105103)
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| 104 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with (a) her European Union counterparts and (b) US Aid about the post-war reconstruction of Iraq. |
| | (105104)
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N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make it the policy of the Government to allow postal service of Form N39 requiring a judgment debtor to attend an oral examination at the County Court. |
| | (104773)
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| 106 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to public funds was of (a) the inquiry into development of Victoria Square and (b) preparation for the inquiry. |
| | (105064)
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| 107 | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by what amount the salaries of members of the Northern Ireland Executive have been reduced since its suspension. |
| | (105070)
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108
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will require the Post Office to comply with the request of Postwatch to publish the full plans for the future of post office outlets in Christchurch and Plymouth. |
| | (104849)
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109
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy to require all proposals by the Post Office for branch closures which are opposed by Postwatch to be referred to Ministers before a final decision is taken. |
| | (104848)
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110
N | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices there are in each parliamentary constituency; and how many of them transact more than 40 per cent. of their work volumes on behalf of the Benefits Agency. |
| | (104847)
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| 111 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to protect consumers from the activities of rogue traders. |
| | (105092)
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112
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the TRIPS negotiations on access to generic drugs for developing countries; and if she will make a statement on the Government's position on current TRIPS negotiations. |
| | (104850)
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113
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will require the Employment Tribunal Service to include size of company by workforce in the statistics on applications to employment tribunals. |
| | (104899)
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| 114 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what level of surplus has been accrued by each Regional Development Agency in each year since their inception. |
| | (105049)
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| 115 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many projects supported by the Export Credits Guarantee Department in the last 12 months have been won through a competitive tendering process. |
| | (105063)
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| 116 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department has taken to protect nuclear power stations from terrorist attack; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105096)
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| 117 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which British companies have (a) tendered for and (b) been awarded (i) contracts and (ii) sub-contracts for the reconstruction of Iraq. |
| | (105124)
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| 118 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 13th March, Official Report, column 361, on small coal mines, if she will set out the results of her meeting on 19th March; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (105048)
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| 119 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Network Rail pays (a) corporation tax, (b) income tax and (c) stamp duty; and what the VAT status of Network Rail is. |
| | (105118)
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120
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his letter of 13th December 2002 to the honourable Member for Wycombe, what research his Department has conducted into the effectiveness of various methods of providing conspicuity lighting for vehicles during daylight hours. |
| | (104976)
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121
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of changes to traffic levels on the Lancing to Worthing section of the A27 since the publication of the last Inspector's report recommending a by-pass. |
| | (104951)
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122
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what improvements to traffic flow (a) have been made in the last five years and (b) are planned for the Lancing to Worthing section of the A27; and if he will provide relevant supporting figures. |
| | (104953)
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123
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of priority he attaches to providing a by-pass for the Lancing to Worthing stretch of the A27; and when it will feature in future planned works. |
| | (104952)
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124
N | Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) commercial and (b) military no-fly zones have been in operation in Scotland since 15th September 2002; and what are planned for the remainder of 2003. |
| | (105034)
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125
N | Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will amend the no-fly zone status for commercial and military flights over areas in Scotland that contain petro-chemical plants and nuclear facilities. |
| | (105032)
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126
N | Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to amend the no-fly zone status for commercial and military flights over towns in Scotland during the current Gulf conflict. |
| | (105033)
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127
N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on his decision not to give evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Health Committee in connection with the Scottish Executive's hepatitis C compensation proposals. |
| | (105035)
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128
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the number of persons fraudulently claiming jobseekers' allowance whilst working in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| | (104936)
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| 129 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had their housing benefit restricted as a result of (a) single room rent and (b) local reference rent in each London borough in each year since 1998. |
| | (105093)
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| 130 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 30th January, Official Report, column 1009W, on housing benefit, if he will commission research into the impact of the July 2001 changes to the single room rent restriction to housing benefit in those areas that will not be used as pathfinders for the new standard local housing allowance. |
| | (105149)
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| 131 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the new Child Support Agency maintenance legislation. |
| | (105089)
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| 132 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate (a) the number of people who would benefit from a rise in the national minimum wage to six pounds per hour, (b) how much Government expenditure would be saved by the consequential reduction of means tested benefits and (c) what the economic consequences would be of such a rise, with a statement of how she arrived at her estimate; and if she will make a statement. |
| | [Transferred] (105105)
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| 133 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the members of a public benefit corporation will have any role other than to (a) appoint and (b) elect the board of governors. |
| | [Transferred] (105120)
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| 134 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of third world debt owed to the UK is debt owed to the Export Credits Guarantee Department. |
| | [Transferred] (105062)
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