TUESDAY 20th MAY
| 1 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the administrative cost has been of introducing each tax credit; and what his estimate is of the annual administration cost for each of the current tax credits (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the payments made. |
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| 2 | Lembit Opik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office on Customs and Excise's business plans to cut front-line anti-smuggling staff across the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the level of price for a barrel of oil at which he would not introduce on 1st October the annual valorisation of petrol prices set out in Clause 4 of the Finance Bill. |
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N | Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of the Fire Service dispute; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 5 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will estimate the cost to (a) his Department, (b) the Valuation Office Agency, (c) local government, (d) other departments and (e) other public bodies of the planned revaluation of properties for council tax purposes in 2005. |
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| 6 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what contingency plans he has for consultation and legislation on transitional relief schemes in the event of a revaluation of properties for council tax purposes. |
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N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what powers he has to revoke a planning consent affecting an historic building whose listed status has been upgraded subsequent to the consent; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) consulted on the contribution of further education to the economy. |
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N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many higher education students in Suffolk pay all or part of the annual fee charged for university tuition. |
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N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers to declare an area GM-free are held by (a) her Department, (b) local authorities and (c) the European Union. |
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N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable has been set for (a) the economic review of GM crops, (b) the GM public debate and (c) the GM science debate to (i) begin, (ii) end and (iii) be reported on. |
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N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the use of separator grids in pair trawls in respect of (a) the incidence of unintended cetacean by-catch, (b) the unintended by-catch of other non-target species, (c) the satisfactory technical efficiency of the equipment in catching target fish and (d) the satisfaction of the fishermen who use this equipment. |
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N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in relation to the upgrading of bridleways for off road vehicles. |
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| 14 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the effects upon the cost of (a) collection and (b) management of municipal waste stream in the UK of complying with the requirement of article 5 of the Landfill Directive to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste to 75 per cent. of 1995 levels by 2010. |
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| 15 | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the members of the new local Iraqi administration in Umm Qasr, indicating in each case their (a) religion, (b) political and major pressure group links and (c) means of living. |
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N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many failed asylum seekers from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq, (c) Iran and (d) Pakistan have subsequently been granted early clearance to the United Kingdom on a visitor's visa in each of the last three years. |
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| 17 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of overseas nurses his Department plans to recruit to diagnostic treatment centres. |
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N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 107W, on NHS dentists, what the gross increase in the number of dentists treating NHS patients was. |
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| 19 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals there are to enlarge (a) the acute bed sector and (b) daycare places at Darent Valley Hospital; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the Home Secretary the application of the (a) Care Standards Act 2000 and (b) Police Act 1997 to access for inspectors for the National Care Standards Commission to criminal records information about staff in care homes. |
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N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts and to what value have been awarded to Prime Care; how many complaints have been received about Prime Care in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003; and what evaluation he has carried out of the overnight speed of response of (i) Prime Care and (ii) NHS Direct. |
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N | Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the purpose was in renaming the Medical Control Agency; and whether this represents a change in remit. |
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N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the return of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 24 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy that asylum seekers from minority groups, with particular reference to (a) the Roma, (b) people from Serbia and Montenegro and (c) people from Kosovo will not be placed in Oakington Immigration Reception Centre pending the outcome of a case filed by the European Roma Rights Centre on 9th May concerning the expulsion of a Kosovo Romani family from Denmark. |
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| 25 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in Sussex have registered with Child Rescue Alert. |
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| 26 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate was made of the number of likely subscribers to the Phase 2 text message service of Child Rescue Alert, piloted by Sussex police. |
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| 27 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been spent on publicising Child Rescue Alert by Sussex police. |
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N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what recent representations the Lord Chancellor has received on restructuring the magistrates' courts system. |
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N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the President of the Council, what recent representations he has had on the working hours of the House of Commons. |
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N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans she has to propose amendments to the number of Members of the Scottish Parliament. |
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| 31 | Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department have met representatives of (i) the Local Authorities Co-ordinating Office on Regulatory Services, (ii) the Trading Standards Institute and (iii) representatives of MSF/Amicus to discuss the EU draft directive on precious metals. |
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| 32 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with representatives from other countries regarding the introduction of independent hallmarking of items made from precious metals; what advice was sought; and what advice she gave. |
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| 33 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports she has received of the sale in the UK of under-carated gold items made in the USA; what action she will take; and if she will make a statement. |
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N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held with ministerial colleagues in the Department of Culture Media and Sport regarding Crossrail; what his Department estimates to be the duration of the Crossrail project; and when the Department expects the project to be completed. |
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N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of congestion was on the inter-urban trunk road network in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002. |
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N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why the number of staff measured in staff years in the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency increased in 2002-03 by 903 compared with 2001-02. |
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N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why he plans to increase the number of staff as measured in staff years in his Department by 190 in 2003-04 compared with 2002-03. |
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N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the Cycling Projects Fund has been allocated; and to which projects. |
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N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why the number of staff measured in staff years in the Drug Standards Agency is planned to increase in 2003-04 by 547 compared with 2001-02. |
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N | Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans Network Rail has for reducing the quantity of rails ordered for (a) 2004 and (b) subsequent years. |
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| 41 | Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to introduce measures to prevent three children, under 14 years of age, sitting on two seats on school buses. |
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| 42 | Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has plans to introduce measures to oblige train companies to provide seat belts for their passengers. |
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N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 13th May, Official Report, column 136W, on Alconbury Airfield, where the public exhibition was held recently and when; and where and when a further public exhibition is being planned for later this month. |
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| 44 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the companies and consultancies which have undertaken traffic and revenue forecasts for (a) the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, (b) the Channel Tunnel and (c) Virgin West Coast Franchise. |
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| 45 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the companies and consultancies which are undertaking traffic and revenue forecasts for the proposed north-south high speed passenger rail link. |
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N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job losses are anticipated in each region and nation from the amalgamation of jobcentres with benefit offices; how he plans to achieve these job losses and over what timescale; and what consultation is planned with honourable Members whose constituents may be affected. |
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N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who will take the final decision on a planning application for a Scottish airport. |
| | [Question Unstarred] (113328)
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N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Advocate General, what devolution issues she has considered since 8th April. |
| | [Question Unstarred] (113339)
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N | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what actions the Department is taking to reduce the number of ineffective trials. |
| | [Question Unstarred] (114239)
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N | Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the effects of changes to the rules on broadcasting within the parliamentary estate. |
| | [Question Unstarred] (114245)
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N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many public inquiries and at what estimated cost are projected due to the applications from the Trail Riders Federation to upgrade bridleways. |
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N | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been paid by Scottish NHS trusts to English trusts for the treatment of patients in NHS hospitals in England, broken down by trust areas, in each of the last five years. |
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N | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many patients normally resident in Scotland have been treated in NHS hospitals in England, broken down by regional NHS trusts, in each of the last five years. |
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