Questions to the Advocate General
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Malcolm Bruce
(Gordon):
To ask the Advocate General, pursuant to her Answer of 8th September, Official Report, column 17W, on engagements, if she will list the Scotland Office official engagements she has undertaken over the last 12 months. |
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(131559)
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Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
2
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Mr Anthony Steen
(Totnes):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many executive agencies have been established since 1997. |
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(131542)
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Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
3
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Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Services Authority on their discussion paper DP20, with particular reference to mutual organisations. |
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[R]
(131989)
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4
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Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the Financial Services Authority's proposed reforms to with-profits products and access to capital for mutual insurers and friendly societies; and what impact these proposals will have on mutual organisations. |
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[R]
(131990)
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5
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Vera Baird
(Redcar):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the scheme for baby bonds; and when he expects that they will be available for children in Redcar. |
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(132379)
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6
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what implications the Money Laundering Regulations 2003 will have for client confidentiality between professional accountants and their clients. |
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(131853)
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7
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a minimum reporting level in the Money Laundering Regulations 2003 at which professional accountants must report their clients for errors and omissions in their financial affairs. |
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(131854)
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8
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact that the Money Laundering Regulations 2003 will have upon the number of (a) persons and (b) businesses evading tax in the UK. |
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(131855)
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9
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Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 276W, on trading fund models, if he will make it his policy to require government agencies operating on a trading fund model to report the amounts of their turnover provided by sales to (a) government departments and government agencies, (b) private sector customers and (c) value added resellers; and if he will make a statement. |
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(132166)
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10
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Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require Ordnance Survey to publish in its Annual Report the breakdown of its turnover of between sales (a) to government departments and government agencies, (b) to private sector customers and (c) to value-added resellers; and if he will make a statement. |
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(132167)
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11
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Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the recommendations of the Cross-Cutting Review of the Knowledge Economy published in December 2000 have been implemented; and if he will make a statement. |
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(132168)
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12
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Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to implement Recommendation 15 of the Cross-Cutting Review of the Knowledge Economy published in December 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
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(132169)
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13
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Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the economics of information pricing within the public sector. |
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(132170)
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14
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Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was generated from duties on company car benefit in kind in each financial year since 2000-01. |
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(131297)
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15
N
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Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the limits are on the importation of cigarettes into Britain by individuals who have bought them within the European Union (a) paying the duty levied in the country of purchase and (b) from a duty-free outlet. |
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(132147)
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16
N
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Mr Howard Flight
(Arundel & South Downs):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the Exchequer was of the reduced rate of VAT on energy saving materials in each year since 1998; and what effect the extension had on these sums in each year from 2000. |
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(130998)
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17
N
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Mr Howard Flight
(Arundel & South Downs):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January, Official Report, column 754W, on tax relief on employee-loaned computers, whether the information requested has been collected from employers. |
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(130999)
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18
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Mr Howard Flight
(Arundel & South Downs):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the Exchequer has been of the four measures to regenerate Britain's towns and cities announced on 8th November 2000 and introduced in the 2001 Budget. |
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(131296)
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19
N
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Mr Howard Flight
(Arundel & South Downs):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the Exchequer in terms of tax receipts forgone was of the individual learning accounts introduced in the 1999 budget in each year since introduction. |
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(131359)
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20
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Mr Howard Flight
(Arundel & South Downs):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 20th January, Official Report, column 57W, on PAYE schemes with one or two employees, how many such schemes there were for each year from 1999-2000 onwards for companies only, excluding unincorporated businesses. |
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(131397)
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21
N
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Mr Howard Flight
(Arundel & South Downs):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to public funds in terms of tax receipts forgone was of the affordable warmth programme in each year since its introduction. |
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(131492)
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22
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Mr Adrian Flook
(Taunton):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates he has made of the cost of deployments to Iraq in (a) this financial year and (b) each of the next three financial years. |
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(131511)
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23
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Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been lost to the National Insurance Fund by reductions in contributions by employers to compensate for the aggregates levy and landfill tax, in each year since they were introduced. |
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(132274)
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24
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Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of the Treasury supplement to the National Insurance Fund for the current year if it were paid at the rate specified in section 1(5) of the Social Security Act 1973; and what proportion of the total cost of the basic pension this would be. |
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(132275)
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25
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Mr Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations have been received by his Department from businesses regarding the proposed change in stamp duty. |
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(132156)
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26
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Mr Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of costs to business arising from the proposed change in stamp duty; and if he will make a statement. |
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(132159)
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27
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Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 14th July, Official Report, column 133W, how many firearms were detected by HM customs officers in the possession of passengers disembarking from aircraft at Farnborough, Hampshire (a) in 1999, (b) in November 1999 and (c) on 30th November 1999. |
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(132184)
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28
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Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the destination offices were of Inland Revenue officers posted from International Division, Business Tax Group, in the year ended 31st March 2001. |
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(132185)
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29
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Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 8th September, Official Report, column 103W, what the recovery upon transfer pricing cases of tax, interest and penalties was in each of the years 1999-2000 to 2001-02 arising from (a) LBO led cases and (b) Revenue Policy (International) led cases which taken all together amount to the £1.7 Billion referred to in the Commissioners of Inland Revenue's Supplementary Memorandum published in the 29th Report of the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2002-03, HC 332. |
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(132186)
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30
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Mr James Gray
(North Wiltshire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 8th September, Official Report, column 103W, what criteria were set for the payment of performance related pay in the years 1999-2000 to 2002-03 to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or their officers, in support of Project ASPIRE or its antecedents. |
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(132187)
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31
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of (a) the scale of tobacco smuggling into Britain and (b) the success of the law enforcement agencies in tackling it; what plans he has for further measures to tackle tobacco smuggling; and if he will make a statement. |
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(132137)
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32
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Mr Charles Hendry
(Wealden):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have been made regarding the illegal importation of meat identified by Customs and Excise sniffer dogs in the last five years; and how many of those have resulted in successful convictions. |
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(131693)
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33
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Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent estimate is of the cost of the recent conflict in Iraq. |
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(132296)
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34
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Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for UK entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for UK entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
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(131597)
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35
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Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he received on the decision to remove the concession on Class 1 national insurance contributions applicable to mariners working on UK and Isle of Man registered ships where such ships never enter or trade in UK territorial waters (a) before and (b) after the decision was announced; what discussions he has held on the matter; what estimate he has made of the net revenue effect of this change to (i) receipts by Her Majesty's Treasury and (ii) seafarers and mariners registered as UK citizens; and what estimate he has made of the effect of this change on the (A) international competitiveness of the UK/Isle of Man shipping industry and (B) future numbers of UK citizens employed in the industry. |
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(131875)
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36
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Mr Gordon Prentice
(Pendle):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the cost to the UK of (a) the conflict in Iraq and (b) the occupation since the end of hostilities; and if he will make a statement. |
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(131468)
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37
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Mr Mark Prisk
(Hertford & Stortford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he will publish (a) the results of the consultation on the reform of stamp duty land tax affecting commercial leases and (b) revisions to the Government's proposals. |
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(131292)
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38
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Mr Mark Prisk
(Hertford & Stortford):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which minister is responsible for the implementation of stamp duty land tax. |
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(131293)
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39
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Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the European Commission regarding the level at which VAT is levied on church repairs in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
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(131440)
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40
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Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost for each local authority in the East of England of implementing the guidance contained in Local Authorities: Euro Preparations Guidance - Part 1, June 2003. |
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(131838)
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41
N
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Sir Michael Spicer
(West Worcestershire):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to include furniture recycling projects in the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme. |
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(131406)
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42
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Bob Spink
(Castle Point):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to create fiscal incentives for cleaner vehicles by co-ordinating rates of taxation on benefits-in-kind with the Government's Air Quality policies. |
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(131687)
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43
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Bob Spink
(Castle Point):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the schedule is for repayments to the USA of War Debt incurred by Britain during and in the aftermath of the Second World War, including the line of credit and the land-lease loan. |
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(131690)
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44
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Dr Phyllis Starkey
(Milton Keynes South West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Office of National Statistics has had with (a) the local authority and (b) the Primary Care Trust in Milton Keynes on the reliability of the 2001 Census results for Milton Keynes. |
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(132172)
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45
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Mr David Stewart
(Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to receive Lord Penrose's report on Equitable Life. |
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(131354)
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46
N
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Mr David Stewart
(Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the implications of the Futurebuilders Investment Fund for voluntary organisations. |
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(131355)
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47
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Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cars receive road tax exemption through the Motability scheme; how much this exemption costs; what the financial value is of this exemption; how many of the exempted cars are registered to people aged 65 years and over; what plans he has to extend the exemptions to adapted cars brought by people disabled after their 65th birthday; and if he will estimate the cost of extending the exemptions. |
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(132373)
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48
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Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many speeches he has made since 1st June concerning the euro. |
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(131748)
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49
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Mr Robert Walter
(North Dorset):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to implement tax incentives for companies who allow members of staff to work from home; and what assessment he has made of the impact this would have on traffic congestion. |
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(131898)
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Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners
50
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Mr Gordon Prentice
(Pendle):
To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps have been taken to assess whether any land held by the Church of England may be suitable for dedicating for access under section 16 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. |
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(131573)
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Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs
51
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Mr A.J. Beith
(Berwick-upon-Tweed):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what aspects of family law continue to be the responsibility of the Department for Constitutional Affairs. |
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(131404)
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52
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Mr A.J. Beith
(Berwick-upon-Tweed):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proposals he has for the future of the Lord Chancellor's responsibilities in respect of (a) Jersey, (b) the Bailiwick of Guernsey and (c) the Isle of Man; and what discussions he has had with Crown Dependencies on these matters since he took office. |
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(131823)
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53
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Mr A.J. Beith
(Berwick-upon-Tweed):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, for what reason his powers of appointment to ecclesiastical livings referred to in paragraph 37 of the Consultation Paper on Reforming the Office of Lord Chancellor are described as the appointment of priests, but not to the appointment of clerks in holy orders, including deacons. |
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(131824)
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54
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Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the present role is of the court established under the Supreme Courts Act 1981. |
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(131665)
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55
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Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what new name he proposes for the current Supreme Court. |
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(131697)
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56
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Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
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(132106)
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57
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Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the outstanding decision on the appeal of North Yorkshire County Council against the closure of three magistrates' courts in North Yorkshire will be announced. |
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(132405)
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58
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Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the decision on the application from the North Yorkshire Magistrates' Courts committee for private finance initiative funding for building new magistrates' courts in York and Selby will be announced. |
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(132406)
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59
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Mr Philip Hammond
(Runnymede & Weybridge):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that lay magistrates are not discouraged by advice from their clerks from accepting invitations to accompany police patrols to experience crime and disorder at first hand. |
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(131660)
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60
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Ms Oona King
(Bethnal Green & Bow):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will introduce legislation to implement the recommendations by the Law Commission on revision of the law of limitation in relation to claims for child sexual abuse. |
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(132087)
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61
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Mr Andrew Love
(Edmonton):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what action he is taking to tackle the problem of citizens disappearing from the electoral register; and what assistance he gives local authorities. |
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(131423)
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62
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Mr Andrew Love
(Edmonton):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what obligations local authorities have to ensure UK citizens remain on the electoral register. |
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(131424)
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63
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Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for UK entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for UK entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
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(131595)
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64
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Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what action the Government is taking to make access to legal advice more readily available to poor people. |
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(131658)
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65
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Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the legal aid budget is for 2002-03; and what it was in 1991-92. |
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(131738)
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66
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Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many ethnic minorities there are in each grade in his Department. |
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(131739)
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67
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Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chief Justice of Germany about the Catherine Meyer case. |
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(131740)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
68
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that television and radio channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom maintain political impartiality. |
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(131975)
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69
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what actions she is taking to ensure that television and radio channels in the UK maintain political impartiality. |
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(132227)
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70
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the long-term survival of public libraries in England and Wales. |
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(132228)
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71
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Malcolm Bruce
(Gordon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th September, Official Report, column 520W, on subtitled films, what steps her Department is taking to ensure initiatives are introduced to supply cinemas in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland with subtitling and audio-description equipment to improve access to cinemas by people with hearing and sight impairments. |
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(131560)
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72
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Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
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(132107)
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N
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Mr Tam Dalyell
(Linlithgow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on her support for training conservation and heritage professionals in Iraq since 15th September. |
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(130812)
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74
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Mr Jonathan Djanogly
(Huntingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people are being included in the Images of England Project at the National Monuments Record of English Heritage. |
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(132276)
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75
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Mr Jonathan Djanogly
(Huntingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have applied requesting exemption from the Images of England project at the National Monuments Record of English Heritage. |
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(132277)
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76
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Mr Jonathan Djanogly
(Huntingdon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the annual cost is of the Images of England project at the National Monuments Record of English Heritage. |
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(132278)
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77
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Mr Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on how the money earmarked in the Budget statement for a pilot scheme of capital modernisation of sports facilities has been spent. |
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(131579)
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78
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Mr Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 19th June, Official Report, column 343W, on community sports coaches, what the current Budget allocation for the community sports coaches schemes is; and whether it is sufficient to meet the target of 3000 coaches by 2006. |
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(131630)
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79
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Mr Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department will publish details of the (a) fees that will be charged under the Licensing Act 2003 and (b) subordinate legislation under the Act explaining (i) the prescribed forms of application and (ii) the building plans that will be required. |
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(132155)
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80
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Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made as to the safety implications of introducing small sections of standing areas at football grounds. |
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(132402)
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81
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of advertising on childhood obesity; and if she will make a statement. |
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(131937)
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82
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on (a) the domestic tourist industry and (b) the measures she is taking to encourage in-bound tourism.
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(131938)
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83
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on (a) the action she is taking to ensure the equitable allocation of good cause Lottery money and (b) the use of Lottery funds for sport-related activities.
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(131939)
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84
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Mr David Kidney
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what arrangements she made for (a) access by US citizens to the US Embassy and (b) access to Grosvenor Square by members of the public offering their condolences on 11th September when the Square was closed. |
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(131412)
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85
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John McDonnell
(Hayes & Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department has given to the promotion of Irish art, culture and sport in this country since 2001. |
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(131732)
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86
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Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received on the future of the BBC television licence. |
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(131471)
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87
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Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost of promoting British branding and identity in culture, media and sport overseas in the last year for which figures are available; and what element of this expenditure promotes (a) Welsh, (b) Scottish and (c) Irish branding and identity as a distinct component of that of the United Kingdom as a whole. |
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(131945)
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88
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Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of schoolchildren undertake competitive sports. |
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(132301)
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89
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Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent in each year by her Department in preparing for UK entry to the euro; how much her Department plans to spend on preparations for UK entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates she has made of the total costs to her Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
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(131591)
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90
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Mr Gordon Prentice
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make list the Grade 1 listed buildings in England which are classified as at risk; and if she will make a statement. |
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(131683)
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91
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Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 26th June, Official Report, column 212W, on the Tyntesfield Estate, what the level of the further grant award which has been agreed in principle by the Heritage Lottery Fund to be made to Tyntesfield is; and whether that grant has been made. |
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(131453)
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92
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Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the number of households that will not be able to access terrestrial television following the decision to stop the free to air access on Sky television in (a) the UK, (b) Suffolk, (c) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (d) Norfolk, (e) Cambridgeshire and (f) Essex. |
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(131842)
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93
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Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is towards promoting English folk songs and English folk dances; and if she will make a statement.
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(131607)
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94
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Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she (a) has taken since 1997 and (b) plans to take in future years to promote English folk songs and English folk dances; and if she will make a statement.
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(131608)
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95
N
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Derek Wyatt
(Sittingbourne & Sheppey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC on the delay in announcing its outline plan for the digital curriculum. |
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(131526)
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96
N
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Derek Wyatt
(Sittingbourne & Sheppey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the timetable for the BBC's (a) announcement of an outline plan regarding and (b) launch of the digital curriculum. |
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(131527)
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97
N
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Derek Wyatt
(Sittingbourne & Sheppey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC on the content of its outline plan for the digital curriculum, with particular reference to the commissioning of content from the independent production sector. |
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(131528)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
98
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Ms Candy Atherton
(Falmouth & Camborne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to issue qualification criteria for the medal for service in the Suez Canal Zone; how long the distribution of medals will take; and what factors underlie this timetable. |
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(131437)
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99
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Ms Candy Atherton
(Falmouth & Camborne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he is taking to try to ensure that Suez Canal Zone veterans receive their medals before this year's Remembrance Day service. |
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(131438)
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100
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Ms Candy Atherton
(Falmouth & Camborne):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he will take to minimise the number of veterans who lose their eligibility to the Suez Canal Zone medal because of the lack of detail in service records of the 1950s. |
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(131439)
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101
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Mr Ben Chapman
(Wirral South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on Sea King replacement at RNAS Yeovilton. |
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(132400)
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102
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence attaché staff there are at each diplomatic post abroad; what the roles of those based in the United States are; and what proportion of their working time was spent on each major activity in the last year for which figures are available. |
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(131774)
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103
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Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 1st September, Official Report, column 905W, on Iraq, what the outcome was of the investigation; and if he will place a copy of the relevant communications log in the Library. |
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(131785)
|
104
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Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
|
(132110)
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105
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether personal monitors of the IPM7 type are mandatory for all nuclear submarine radiation workers. |
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(131547)
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106
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Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to improve the safety of workers on nuclear submarines. |
|
(131548)
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107
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Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the equipment used to monitor personnel leaving reactor compartments of nuclear submarines was last updated; and if he will make a statement. |
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(131549)
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108
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Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what qualifications are required of (a) civilian and (b) navy radiation safety personnel working on nuclear submarines. |
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(131550)
|
109
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are in place to ensure safety systems are followed at HM naval bases where private enterprise is involved in the maintainence and repair of nuclear submarines. |
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(131551)
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110
|
Mr Adrian Flook
(Taunton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated monthly cost of keeping British military personnel and equipment in Iraq and the surrounding region is, following the recent deployment of extra troops. |
|
(131510)
|
111
|
Mr Adrian Flook
(Taunton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated total cost to date is of deploying British military personnel and kit to Iraq. |
|
(131520)
|
112
|
Mr William Hague
(Richmond (Yorks)):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has held with the Treasury on the granting of permission for the construction of the National Army Museum (North). |
|
(131703)
|
113
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Mr William Hague
(Richmond (Yorks)):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what obstacles remain to the commencement of works at the National Army Museum (North); and when he envisages such work will begin. |
|
(131704)
|
114
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there has been a recent study into the use of Tipner firing ranges by Brent geese; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131428)
|
115
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days, in each of the last three years, the Tipner firing ranges have been used by (a) Royal Navy and (b) other agencies. |
|
(131429)
|
116
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what firing ranges, other than Tipner, are used by the Royal Navy; and how many days in each of the last three years these alternatives have been used. |
|
(131430)
|
117
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future use of the Tipner firing ranges; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131431)
|
118
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the original in-service date was for landing platform dock Bulwark; what the current in-service date is; what the reasons are for the changes; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131933)
|
119
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of repair to HMS Tireless is; when he will return to service; what the result was of the inquiry into the incident; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131934)
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120
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 16th September, Official Report, column 703W, on Army personnel (self-harm), if he will place the information in the Library as soon as it becomes available. |
|
(131935)
|
121
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to stop giving military aid to Colombia; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132079)
|
122
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the benefits of giving British military aid to Colombia; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132080)
|
123
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much military aid Britain has given to Colombia in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132175)
|
124
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that military aid to Colombia is not being used by (a) the Colombian army and (b) paramilitary death squads against civilians; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132176)
|
125
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement outlining the circumstances under which the test tube of botulinum was discovered in Iraq and how long it had been stored in its place of discovery. |
|
(132343)
|
126
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement regarding his assessment of the United Kingdom Government's claim that Niger was prepared to sell uranium to Iraq. |
|
(132344)
|
127
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why British experts on the Iraq Survey Group have not been given access to the classified version of the report presented by David Kay; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132345)
|
128
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the test tube discovered in Iraq contained (a) the bacteria botulinum and (b) the toxin itself; what strain it was; how many times more toxic than the nerve agent VX the B strain is; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132346)
|
129
N
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Mr Mark Hoban
(Fareham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rights only married couples have in (a) housing on military bases, (b) pensions and other employment-related benefits, (c) notification when a spouse has died or has been injured in military action, (d) war pensions and other benefits and (e) war graves. |
|
(132414)
|
130
|
Lynne Jones
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will phase out the use of depleted uranium. |
|
(132312)
|
131
N
|
Mr Paul Keetch
(Hereford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the components were of British manufacture in the two vehicles found in Iraq and suspected of being involved in the production of weapons of mass destruction; which companies produced them; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131485)
|
132
N
|
Mr Paul Keetch
(Hereford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of (a) defence attaches and (b) the Defence Export Services Organisation in each financial year since 1997-98. |
|
(132153)
|
133
|
Jim Knight
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops are deployed in (a) East Timor, (b) the Democratic Republic of the Congo and (c) Kuwait. |
|
(132270)
|
134
|
Jim Knight
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military hospitals there are in the UK. |
|
(132271)
|
135
|
Jim Knight
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tri-service personnel have been activitated in response to the 11th September terrorist attacks. |
|
(132272)
|
136
|
Jim Knight
(South Dorset):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British armed forces are engaged in operations aimed at strengthening international security and peace. |
|
(132273)
|
137
|
Dr Julian Lewis
(New Forest East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy not to reduce the strength and establishments of (a) Royal Navy frigates, destroyers and submarines, (b) the Army Air Corps, (c) the Infantry, (d) the Royal Armoured Corps, (e) the Royal Artillery, (f) the Royal Engineers, (g) RAF squadrons and (h) RAF aircraft procurement programmes. |
|
(131694)
|
138
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to compile a register of service veterans; what his estimate is of the number of living veterans; and what information is recorded to assess the welfare needs of former members of the armed services. |
|
(131960)
|
139
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the number of Her Majesty's armed services personnel that have served in Northern Ireland since August 1969. |
|
(131961)
|
140
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the allocation of duties to a soldier released on bail on charges of unlawful killing. |
|
(131984)
|
141
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rules govern the handling of firearms in a made ready condition; and in what circumstances made ready firearms may be carried inside an army barracks. |
|
(131985)
|
142
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the disclosure of psychiatric reports as part of a submission to the courts pertaining to the character of a soldier charged with unlawful killing; and what rank of officer would be charged with approving the contents of such a submission. |
|
(131986)
|
143
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personal injury claims concerning Army personnel have been lodged in each year since 1990; and how many and what percentage were (a) settled out of court, (b) dismissed and (c) found against the Department. |
|
(132177)
|
144
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sums have been made in settlement of personal injury claims filed concerning Army personnel in each year since 1990. |
|
(132178)
|
145
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints of bullying and violent assaults were investigated by the Special Investigations Branch in the last 12 months; and what the breakdown of outcomes is. |
|
(132179)
|
146
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the number of new recruits required to bring each of the services up to full strength as outlined in the Strategic Defence Review. |
|
(132180)
|
147
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers went AWOL in the past 12 months. |
|
(132181)
|
148
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he has taken to involve the families of young service personnel in safeguarding their welfare. |
|
(132182)
|
149
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals in each of HM armed services were (a) charged and (b) disciplined for failing to answer call-up for the conflict in Iraq. |
|
(132183)
|
150
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the principal recommendations of the Board of Inquiry Report on the death of Private Alison Croft at Dalton Barracks in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, on 28th September 2002 were; when the Board was convened; when it was completed; and for how many hours it sat. |
|
(132190)
|
151
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements were made for the inquest into the death of Private Tesoni Vakacakaudrove at the Defence School of Transport, Leconfield, on 6th October 2002. |
|
(132191)
|
152
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicles and of what description were involved in the motor accident resulting in the death of Sergeant Roger Timothy Paul Clements-Hunt on 8th March 2001 on army exercise in Germany; and what the findings of the health and safety investigation were. |
|
(132192)
|
153
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the result was of the accident inquiry following the death of Corporal Thomas Rees on 23rd May; and what the principal recommendations of the inquiry were. |
|
(132193)
|
154
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date Lance Corporal William Graham was discharged from Her Majesty's Armed Forces. |
|
(132194)
|
155
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rank and regiment was of each officer present and involved in (a) initial questioning of Private William Graham following the fatal shooting of Private Anthony Green, (b) attending the formal interview and (c) attending each interview conducted by the civilian police. |
|
(132195)
|
156
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rank and regiment of officers provided legal representation for Private William Graham following the fatal shooting of Private Anthony Green. |
|
(132196)
|
157
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is concerning the award of promotion to a soldier while released on bail on charges of unlawful killing; and what considerations were involved in the decision to promote Private William Graham. |
|
(132197)
|
158
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps were taken during the recent conflict in Iraq to encourage mutiny amongst Iraqi armed service personnel. |
|
(132291)
|
159
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for UK entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for UK entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131594)
|
160
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has held with the Israeli government on the defence of Israeli citizens from terrorist attacks; and what advice he gave. |
|
(132120)
|
161
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often he plans to rotate British troops in Iraq. |
|
(132121)
|
162
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps United Kingdom forces are taking to protect British citizens from terrorist attacks in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq. |
|
(132122)
|
163
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many official overseas visits each Minister in the Ministry of Defence has made in each year since 1997. |
|
(132123)
|
164
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the deployment of UK forces around the world. |
|
(132124)
|
165
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on foreign travel on official business in each year since 1999. |
|
(132125)
|
166
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how regularly he holds discussions with the US Defense Secretary on the activities of coalition forces in Iraq. |
|
(132126)
|
167
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's military operations in Afghanistan. |
|
(132127)
|
168
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to visit Iraq to view the reconstruction programme. |
|
(132128)
|
169
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often he receives briefings from the Commander of British Forces in Iraq. |
|
(132132)
|
170
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to reduce the risk to coalition troops of attacks by former Ba'athist elements and other terrorist groups in Iraq. |
|
(132133)
|
171
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by how much he plans to increase defence spending over the next five years. |
|
(132157)
|
172
|
Alan Simpson
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British wounded have been brought back from Iraq since United Kingdom military action began in March. |
|
(132206)
|
173
|
Geraldine Smith
(Morecambe & Lunesdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to improve the death-in-service benefits and pensions of servicemen and women. |
|
(131419)
|
174
|
Mr Desmond Swayne
(New Forest West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department of providing female soldiers with breast implants was in each of the last five years. |
|
(131913)
|
175
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures the Defence Export Services Organisation undertakes to ensure that special commissions for which it grants permisison represents legitimate fees for services rendered. |
|
(132363)
|
176
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests for special commissions have been referred to the Defence Exports Services Organisation since 1995; and how many such requets DESO have granted, in which countries and on what dates. |
|
(132364)
|
177
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether BAE Systems sought or obtained clearence from his Department or from the Defence Exports Services Organisation for payment of agency commission in connection with the sale of defence equipment to South Africa. |
|
(132365)
|
178
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British Aerospace (a) sought and (b) obtained clearance from (i) his Department and (ii) the Defence Export Services Organisation for the payment of agency commission in connection with the sale of defence equipment to Qatar. |
|
(132367)
|
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
179
|
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the financial impact of recent Criminal Records Bureau fee increases on education and social care budgets in local government. |
|
(131818)
|
180
N
|
Vera Baird
(Redcar):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria were used to allocate the recent Neighbourhood Renewal Fund monies to local authorities with high levels of deprivation. |
|
(131221)
|
181
N
|
Vera Baird
(Redcar):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, by what criteria the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland was excluded from the new allocation of monies from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund. |
|
(131222)
|
182
N
|
Vera Baird
(Redcar):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when there will next be an allocation of funds from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund to local authorities with high levels of deprivation. |
|
(131223)
|
183
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to assist in increasing the provision of social housing in Leeds North West. |
|
(132232)
|
184
N
|
Mr Hilton Dawson
(Lancaster & Wyre):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the impact of English Partnership's decision to focus their resources on housing renewal pathfinder areas and large strategic projects on the regeneration of Luneside East, Lancaster. |
|
(131622)
|
185
N
|
Mr Hilton Dawson
(Lancaster & Wyre):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the impact on the Goverment's regeneration and anti-poverty strategies of English Partnership's decision to focus their resources on house renewal pathfinder areas and large strategic projects. |
|
(131623)
|
186
N
|
Mr Hilton Dawson
(Lancaster & Wyre):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with English Partnerships about their decision to focus their resources on housing renewal pathfinder areas and large strategic projects. |
|
(131624)
|
187
N
|
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding was allocated for regeneration in Liverpool in each of the last six years; and how much funding he expects will be allocated in the 2003-04 financial year. |
|
(131295)
|
188
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of the projected housing numbers forecast for the South East on the level of water supply; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131514)
|
189
|
Lynne Jones
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many representations his Department has received in support of legislation on high hedges from (a) honourable Members and (b) members of the public since the fall of the Private Member's Bill on High Hedges on 20th June. |
|
(131914)
|
190
|
Ms Oona King
(Bethnal Green & Bow):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures he is taking to ensure that affordable housing made available through planning gain is family-sized accommodation. |
|
(132086)
|
191
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for UK entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for UK entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131598)
|
192
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what cumulative spending by all local authorities has been in each year in preparing for United Kingdom entry to the euro; how much he plans to allocate for spending by all local authorities on preparations for United Kingdom entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the cumulative total costs to all local authorities of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131605)
|
193
|
Mr Peter Pike
(Burnley):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which 20 local authority areas have the highest percentage of empty housing; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131413)
|
194
|
Mr Peter Pike
(Burnley):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the progress of each Housing Renewal Pathfinder Project; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131415)
|
195
|
Mr Gordon Prentice
(Pendle):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent estimates he has made on the costs of re-organising local government in the (a) North West, (b) North East and (c) Yorkshire and Humberside as part of his proposals to set up regional assemblies. |
|
(131678)
|
196
|
Mr Gordon Prentice
(Pendle):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the responses he received to the soundings exercise to gauge opinion on the proposed regional assemblies. |
|
(131679)
|
197
|
Joyce Quin
(Gateshead East & Washington West):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what basis the assessment was made in the White Paper, Your Region, Your Choice, that elected regional assemblies needed at least 25 members in order to provide members for the executive whilst retaining sufficient backbench members for effective scrutiny but set an upper limit of 35 members for assemblies. |
|
(131545)
|
198
|
Joyce Quin
(Gateshead East & Washington West):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what basis the assessment was made in the White Paper, Your Region, Your Choice, that for elected regional assemblies to be representative of different political views and different parts of a region 25 members was the minimum needed to secure a representative assembly using proportional representation. |
|
(131546)
|
199
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what procedures are open to residents to seek an independent determination of planning applications involving departure from the local plan where the local authority is both the land owner and the planning authority; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131609)
|
200
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 17th September (129309), if he will give his reasons as to why Approved Development Programme funding is not available for local authorities. |
|
(131617)
|
201
N
|
Jonathan Shaw
(Chatham & Aylesford):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when his Department will advise Medway Council about the arrangements for drawing down the funding which he announced on 30th July. |
|
(132205)
|
202
|
Dr Phyllis Starkey
(Milton Keynes South West):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which organisations are represented on the Infrastructure Delivery Board convened by the Minister responsible for the Milton Keynes and South Midlands Growth Area; when the Board will first meet; and at what frequency he expects the Board to meet thereafter. |
|
(132173)
|
203
|
Dr Phyllis Starkey
(Milton Keynes South West):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Infrastructure Delivery Board for Milton Keynes and South Midlands will consider both capital and revenue implications of planned growth. |
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(132174)
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
204
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Vera Baird
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to make childcare more affordable. |
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(132380)
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205
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Vera Baird
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to increase the number of childcare places in Redcar. |
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(132381)
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206
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Mr Tim Boswell
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the conclusion of the Berlin conference on the Bologna Process for Higher Education Institutions, held in September. |
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(131534)
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207
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Mr Tim Boswell
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when it will be possible to approve access agreements for higher education institutions for incorporation in their prospectus for potential students; and what assessment he has made of the implications for a student who is accepted for entry by a higher education institution of cases where (a) an access agreement has not been concluded and (b) an access agreement has been reached and promulgated but is subsequently modified. |
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(131541)
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208
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Mr Tim Boswell
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 17th September, reference 129985 what plans he has to harmonise reporting of work-based participation and success rates with sector skills council boundaries. |
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(131571)
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209
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Mr Tim Boswell
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17th September, reference 129731 what credit is given to the Student Loan Company for delays in transmission of repayments by the Inland Revenue; and what plans he has to minimise such delays. |
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(131572)
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210
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Mr Tim Boswell
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students dropped out from undergraduate degree courses in each of the past five years, broken down by the year of their course in which the drop-out occurred. |
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(131728)
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211
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Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham & Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of changes in GCSE examination pass-marks in the last (a) five and (b) 10 years. |
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(131807)
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212
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Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham & Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and (b) the exam boards on control procedures for (i) GCSE and (ii) A level exams. |
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(131808)
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213
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Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham & Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was paid in tution fees for higher education in UK universities by citizens of British Overseas territories in each of the last five years, broken down by territory; and what proportion of the fees were (a) reimbursed by the government of that territory and (b) borne by the individual. |
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(131809)
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214
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Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham & Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the Skillsforce programme. |
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(131810)
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215
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Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham & Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidelines his Department issues to schools on the release of pupils in full-time education for training courses offered by (a) Sea Cadets, (b) Army Cadets and (c) the Air Training Corps. |
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(131811)
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216
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Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham & Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on working with (a) Sea Cadets, (b) Army Cadets and (c) Air Training Corps in the provision of greater curriculum flexibility for 14 to 19 year olds. |
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(131812)
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217
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Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham & Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funds were allocated to (a) schools, (b) futher education colleges and (c) other providers in connection with pilot schemes for greater flexibility in the 14 to 19 curriculum in 2003-04. |
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(131813)
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218
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Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham & Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the pilot schemes for greater flexibility in the 14 to 19 curriculum. |
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(131814)
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219
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Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
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(132108)
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220
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will require responsible consumption and its effects on the environment and society to be included within lessons on citizenship. |
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(131451)
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221
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on levels of applications to universities in the last three years from (a) international students, (b) UK students and (c) students from the West Midlands. |
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(131452)
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222
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Julia Drown
(South Swindon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what appeal or complaint procedures there are for students refused placements at the University of the West of England on the joint distance learning programme MA in planning. |
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(132138)
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223
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Julia Drown
(South Swindon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on whether the administrators of a university registering a student for a joint qualification course may override the decisions of the management board representing all participating universities. |
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(132139)
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224
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Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, purusant to his Answer of 18th September, Official Report, column 985W, on Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (Citizenship), how many places (a) have been taken up and (b) were available for PGCE history courses in each year between 2001 and 2003; what percentage of teacher training institutions offer PGCE Citizenship courses; and if he will make a statement. |
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(131950)
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225
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Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the Education at a Glance 2003: OECD Indicators finding that in the United Kingdom 82 per cent. of the variation in student performance lies within schools. |
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(131954)
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226
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Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the Education at a Glance 2003: OECD Indicators finding that (a) the calculated high rates of return to tertiary education in the United Kingdom are to an important extent due to relatively short standard university studies and (b) tertiary graduation rates are higher in the United Kingdom that in France and Germany; and what implications these findings will have on reform of the 14 to 19 curriculum. |
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(131955)
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227
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Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 16th September, Official Report, column 686W, on gifted pupils, how many (a) pupils that took part in the 2003 summer schools and (b) pupils with Academy membership are from schools in the West Sussex area. |
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(131956)
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228
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Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, purusant to his Answer of 1st September, Official Report, column 733W, and to his Answer of 11th September, Official Report, column 409W, when he will place the data requested in the Library. |
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(132284)
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229
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Mr Mike Hall
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) boys and (b) girls receiving free school meals reached the required standards in (i) English and (ii) maths at key stage (A) 1, (B) 2, (C) 3 and (D) 4 in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. |
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(131466)
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230
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Mr Mike Hall
(Weaver Vale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) boys and (b) girls reached the required standards in (i) English and (ii) maths at key stage (A) 1, (B) 2, (C) 3 and (D) 4 in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority, using value added data. |
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(131467)
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231
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Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many non-European Union students registered for courses in (a) further education colleges and (b) universities in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
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(131723)
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232
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Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the 50 (a) universities and (b) further education colleges with the highest numbers of non-European Union students registered for courses, giving the number of non-European Union students registered at each institution for the last year for which figures are available. |
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(131724)
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233
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Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of non-European Union students at (a) further education colleges and (b) universities successfully completed their courses for each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
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(131725)
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234
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Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the 50 universities with the lowest percentage of non-European Union students successfully completing their courses, giving the percentage for each institution in the last year for which figures are available. |
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(131726)
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235
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Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the 50 further education colleges with the lowest percentage of non-European Union students successfully completing their courses, giving (a) the percentage for each institution and (b) the number of non-EU students at each institution in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131727)
|
236
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Mr Andrew Love
(Edmonton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research has been conducted on assistance the Government might provide to pregnant asylum seekers who have been raped as a consequence of war; and if he will make a statement on support services for teenage asylum seekers who are victims of rape. |
|
(131959)
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237
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John McDonnell
(Hayes & Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the impact of Reshaping in the Learning and Skills Councils on the delivery of the organisations functions. |
|
(131733)
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238
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John McDonnell
(Hayes & Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much he estimates will be saved by the exercise Reshaping in the Learning and Skills Councils. |
|
(131734)
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239
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John McDonnell
(Hayes & Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff he estimates will leave their posts as a result of the exercise Reshaping in the Learning and Skills Councils. |
|
(131735)
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240
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John McDonnell
(Hayes & Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the timetable is for the completion of the exercise Reshaping in the Learning and Skills Councils. |
|
(131736)
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241
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on school funding in (a) York and (b) North Yorkshire. |
|
(131477)
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242
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Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures have been taken in the last 12 months to promote co-operation in matters concerning education and skills through the east-west dimension of the Good Friday Agreement. |
|
(131949)
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243
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Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools in Shrewsbury and Atcham allow the sale of drinks with a high added sugar content to schoolchildren. |
|
(132285)
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244
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Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list for each school in Shrewsbury and Atcham the average number of hours for which schoolchildren undertake physical education. |
|
(132286)
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245
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Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of schools provide a minimum of two hours physical education per week for school children. |
|
(132287)
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246
N
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Mr Bill O'Brien
(Normanton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the progress of the pilot schemes on the Education Maintenance Allowance scheme. |
|
(131408)
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247
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Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for United Kingdom entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for United Kingdom entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
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(131603)
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248
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Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent per primary school pupil, using figures adjusted for inflation, in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex, (d) Cambridgeshire and (e) the UK in each year since 1997. |
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(131835)
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249
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Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size is in Suffolk schools for (a) 5, (b) 6, (c) 7, (d) 8, (e) 9, (f) 10 and (g) 11 year olds in each year since 1997. |
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(131836)
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250
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Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the skills gap in the Suffolk workforce aged over 16 years old. |
|
(131837)
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251
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Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school teachers have been made redundant in each local education authority in each year since 1997. |
|
(131847)
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252
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Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is towards including the promotion of English folk songs and English folk dances in the school curriculum; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131611)
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253
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Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for parental choice for schools of the announcement of proposals to stagger the school day; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131618)
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254
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Jonathan Shaw
(Chatham & Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which organisations received funding from the two new streams under the SEN Small Programme Fund 2002-03; and what sums each organisation received. |
|
(132203)
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255
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Mr Paul Truswell
(Pudsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many applications were made to Ofsted for registration of day care facilities in the last three years in (a) Leeds and (b) England; and what the average time taken to process such applications was in (i) Leeds and (ii) England in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131519)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
256
|
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of tonnes of particulates saved from emission to the atmosphere in the UK as a result of accumulated switching from conventional automotive fuels to (a) LPG, (b) CNG, (c) LNG and (d) hydrogen. |
|
(131715)
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257
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Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the monetary value to the (a) environment and (b) human health of averting the emission of one tonne of particulates to the atmosphere. |
|
(131716)
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258
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Vera Baird
(Redcar):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is taking to reduce light pollution for the benefit of astronomers. |
|
(132382)
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259
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Hugh Bayley
(York, City of):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals she will make to the European Union for further reductions in agricultural (a) export and (b) trade distorting subsidies; whether the Government will press the European Union substantially to reduce expenditure on the Common Agricultural Policy; and if she will make a statement on the Common Agricultural Policy and the World Trade Organisation trade round. |
|
(131491)
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260
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will include provisions to increase protection for greyhounds within the greyhound racing industry in the Animal Welfare Bill. |
|
(132231)
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261
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Mr Colin Challen
(Morley & Rothwell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the restrictions on importation and sale of products derived from farmed bears. |
|
(131418)
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262
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Mr David Chaytor
(Bury North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to reduce light pollution; and if she will include light pollution in the proposed indicators of countryside quality. |
|
(131509)
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263
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Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the health benefits of reducing mercury emission from crematoria, using the methodology developed for assessing the health benefits of the National Air Quality Strategy. |
|
(131760)
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264
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Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
|
(132104)
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265
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Department has to encourage people to increase the installation of household energy-saving appliances. |
|
(131394)
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266
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the cost of energy wasted by UK households each year. |
|
(131395)
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267
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has been made of the average potential financial saving to UK households through the implementation of energy-saving home improvements. |
|
(131396)
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268
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department has taken to encourage local councils to fulfil their obligation to clear rights of way. |
|
(131449)
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269
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies have been carried out into the contribution of functioning rights of way to income creation for rural economies. |
|
(131450)
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270
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Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the earliest possible date is on which the beef export market could be opened; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(132390)
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271
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Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress in United Kingdom export negotiations to free up the export market for (a) beef and (b) live cattle. |
|
(132391)
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272
N
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Mr Adrian Flook
(Taunton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what actions the British Government is taking to secure compensation by the French Government for those directly affected by the ban on the import of British beef. |
|
(131294)
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273
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Andrew George
(St Ives):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to (a) review compensation arrangements for all notifiable diseases in farm animals and (b) review the information systems used to administer and record compensation payments for each notifiable disease. |
|
(131872)
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274
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Andrew George
(St Ives):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the levels of compensation available for bovine TB reactors in the context of known market values over each of the last five years for which records are available. |
|
(131873)
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275
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Andrew George
(St Ives):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of arrangements for valuing animals for the purposes of compensating farmers who have bovine TB reactors. |
|
(131874)
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276
|
Andrew George
(St Ives):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of Common Agricultural Policy reform proposals on (a) smaller and more economically marginal full-time farm holdings and (b) tenant farms in the UK. |
|
(131888)
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277
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Andrew George
(St Ives):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of bovine tuberculosis on (a) farmers and (b) her Department in each of the last five years for which records are available. |
|
(131897)
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278
|
Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of the impact on jobs in the deep mine coal industry of the implementation of the Large Combustion Plants Directive through (a) a national emission reduction plan and (b) emission limit values as proposed on the present consultation. |
|
(132401)
|
279
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Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what modelling the Department has conducted of the financial dynamics of a sulphur dioxide trading scheme resulting from the implementation of the Large Combustion Plants Directive by a national emission reduction plan approach. |
|
(132407)
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280
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Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the UK mined coal industry and (b) trades unions about the likely impact of the Large Combustion Plants Directive implementation options proposed in the current consultation. |
|
(132409)
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281
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Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to announce the Government's decision on the implementation options of the Large Combustion Plants Directive. |
|
(132410)
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282
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Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what analysis the Department has made of the impact on the deep-mined coal industry of the implementation of the Large Combustion Plants Directive by (a) a national emission reduction plan and (b) emission limit values as proposed in the current consultation. |
|
(132413)
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283
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what factors underlay the proposal of the Environment Agency to reduce the number of water abstractions in the South East; what assessment she has made of the effect on water supplies in the South East of this proposal; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131499)
|
284
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the presence of harmful chemicals in household items; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131500)
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285
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the role of her Department in preventing the importation of agricultural produce which has been subjected to illegal chemicals during its production. |
|
(131903)
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286
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the steps being taken to increase recycling rates from (a) household waste, (b) business and industrial waste and (c) direct mail. |
|
(131904)
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287
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the number of incidences of pollution from landfill sites in each of the last five years; and how many (a) fines and (b) prosecutions have resulted. |
|
(131905)
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288
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage Iceland to stop whaling; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131940)
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289
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Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the International Whaling Commission; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131941)
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290
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Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to allow (a) a quarrying abstraction licence to be tied to the life of the planning permission for a quarry and (b) a right of appeal and compensation where a licence is refused or curtailed. |
|
(131977)
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291
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Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she next plans to meet the National Chairman of the Tenant Farmers Association to discuss the CAP Reform package of 26th June. |
|
(132264)
|
292
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Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the impact of the CAP Reform package of 26th June on the nation's tenant farmers. |
|
(132265)
|
293
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Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the possible impact on tenant farmers of the option available to EU member states to implement the CAP Reform package of 26th June by using regional average payments. |
|
(132266)
|
294
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Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent of redistribution of payments between farmers if the CAP Reform package of 26th June is implemented using regional average payments as opposed to the historic payment basis. |
|
(132267)
|
295
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Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if it is her policy to ensure that as farm tenants progress to better agricultural holdings they will be free to move their single payment entitlements established under the CAP Reform package of 26th June to those holdings without penalty. |
|
(132268)
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296
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Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications of the new licensing arrangements on long term investment and job security at quarries in the Vale of York. |
|
(132269)
|
297
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in increasing the number of (a) finches, (b) tits and (c) buntings in the wild. |
|
(132207)
|
298
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Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list for dairy farmers within Shrewsbury and Atcham the average milk price in each month since 1997. |
|
(132208)
|
299
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Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the locations of current GM crop trials in Shropshire. |
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(132303)
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300
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Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on introducing labelling of country of origin for each constituent ingredient of pre-cooked food products. |
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(132304)
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301
N
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Mr Michael Meacher
(Oldham West & Royton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the chemical weedkillers used in the farm-scale evaluation trials on the (a) GM and (b) non-GM part of the field; and what the extent of use of each herbicide was. |
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(132154)
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302
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Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effects that proposals to amend the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 to enable non-veterinary surgeons to diagnose bovine tuberculosis may have on (a) the welfare of cattle, (b) the welfare of badgers, (c) the welfare of non-wild animals, (d) the welfare of other wild animals, (e) the workload of existing veterinary practices, (f) the cashflow of existing veterinary practices, (g) the standards of diagnosis by (i) veterinary surgeons and (ii) non-veterinary surgeons and (h) the rate of the spread of the disease in (A) the national cattle herd, (B) geographic areas currently unaffected and (C) non-cattle animals. |
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(131588)
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303
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Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent in each year by her Department in preparing for United Kingdom entry to the euro; how much her Department plans to spend on preparations for United Kingdom entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates she has made of the total costs to her Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
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(131601)
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304
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Mr Edward O'Hara
(Knowsley South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government intends to introduce legislation to allow people claiming the pension credit to be eligible for services under the Warm Front home energy efficiency scheme. |
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(131465)
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305
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Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the dates of meetings of the management committees of the common organistations of agricultural markets for (a) cereals, (b) dehydrated fodder, (c) sugar, (d) oils and fats, (e) natural fibres, (f) milk and milk products, (g) beef and veal, (h) sheep and goat, (i) pigmeat, (j) poultrymeat and eggs, (k) fresh fruit and vegetables, (l) products produced from fruit and vegetables, (m) hops, (n) seeds and (o) live plants and floriculture products, during the (i) Danish and (ii) Greek presidency; what issues were discussed; when the Scottish Executive was informed of each meeting; for what meetings requests for Scottish representation were made; and if she will make a statement. |
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(131648)
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306
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Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the dates of the joint meetings of management and regulatory committees in the field of agriculture on (a) promotion of agricultural products, (b) agrimonetary questions and (c) trade mechanisms, during the (i) Danish and (ii) Greek presidency; what issues were discussed; when the Scottish Executive was informed of each meeting; for what meetings requests for Scottish representation were made; and if she will make a statement. |
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(131649)
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307
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Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the dates of meetings of the (a) Implementation Committee for Spirit Drinks, (b) Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development, (c) Standing Forestry Committee, (d) Committee on the Conservation, Characterisation, Collection and Utilisation of Genetic Resources in Agriculture and (e) European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Committee and Working Party on Irregularities during the (i) Danish and (ii) Greek presidency; what issues were discussed; when the Scottish Executive was informed of each meeting; for what meetings requests for Scottish representation were made; and if she will make a statement. |
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(131650)
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308
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Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the dates of meetings of the committees on (a) Geographical Indications and Protected Designations of Origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (b) certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (c) the farm accountancy data network, (d) organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs and (e) agricultural research during the (i) Danish and (ii) Greek presidency; what issues were discussed; when the Scottish Executive was informed of each meeting; for what meetings requests for Scottish representation were received; and if she will make a statement. |
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(131769)
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309
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Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fishing vessels registered to other countries than the UK fished in each of the statistical fishing regions which fall within the UK's national waters in each of the last five years. |
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(131786)
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310
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Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will (a) seek to initiate a review of fisheries science by the EU and (b) commence an independent study into the Icelandic and Faeroese models of maintaining fish stocks and the fishing industry. |
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(131787)
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311
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Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to reduce nitrate concentrations in English rivers. |
|
(132114)
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312
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Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future of GM-free zones; and what plans she has to allow GM crops to be planted alongside conventional crops. |
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(132116)
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313
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Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much she spent on official mobile phone calls in 2002. |
|
(132119)
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314
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Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what official overseas visits she made in 2002. |
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(132158)
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315
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Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on alternatives to landfill and incineration for waste disposal. |
|
(131614)
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316
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Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what investigations she has undertaken on the installation of anaerobic digestion systems for waste disposal; and if she will make a statement. |
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(131615)
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317
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Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many anaerobic digestion systems for waste disposal there are in the UK; how many have been (a) built and (b) closed in each of the past five years for which figures are available; how many are planned to be built in the (i) current financial year and (ii) following year; and if she will make a statement. |
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(131616)
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318
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Jonathan Shaw
(Chatham & Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she used in drawing up the 2004 packaging waste targets; when the targets will be announced; and what progress has been made in reducing packaging waste. |
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(131976)
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319
|
Alan Simpson
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many households are eligible for (a) Warm Front and (b) Warm Front Plus grants; and how many additional households qualify for assistance through the scheme as a result of working tax credit becoming a qualifying benefit. |
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(131455)
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320
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Alan Simpson
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non-vulnerable households have become eligible for Warm Front and Warm Front Plus as a result of working tax credit becoming a qualifying benefit. |
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(131456)
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321
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Alan Simpson
(Nottingham South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is meant by the phrase: the offer of services of products, in promotional material for Warm Front produced by the scheme managers. |
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(131457)
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322
N
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Mr Anthony Steen
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Totnes concerning genetically-modified food dated 3rd July, DEFRA ref: 183640. |
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(131544)
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323
N
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Paddy Tipping
(Sherwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the (a) individuals and (b) organisations who responded to the consultation paper, Review of Existing Private Sewers and Drains in England and Wales; and if she will place a summary of the responses in the Library. |
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(131214)
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324
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Mr Paul Truswell
(Pudsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to publish proposals for action arising from the Living Places consultation document and responses. |
|
(131535)
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325
|
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who will represent the Department at the 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kuala Lumpur, in February 2004. |
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(131978)
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326
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Mr Bill Wiggin
(Leominster):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on how the Government's (a) sustainable development, (b) fair trade and (c) environmental objectives are being pursued in timber procurement. |
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(131569)
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327
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Mr Bill Wiggin
(Leominster):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which chemicals are included in the measurement of air pollution. |
|
(131570)
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328
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Mr Bill Wiggin
(Leominster):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the guidance given to government officials on legal and sustainable timber procurement and on the regulatory framework. |
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(131631)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
329
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Mr Graham Allen
(Nottingham North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence he has received from the American Administration in support of their claim that they have the right to try Moazzam Begg and Feroz Abbasi as combatants; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131805)
|
330
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Norman Baker
(Lewes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the Department last made representations on seal clubbing to the Russian authorities. |
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(131828)
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331
N
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Mr A.J. Beith
(Berwick-upon-Tweed):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements there are for hearing Pitcairn Island criminal cases in New Zealand. |
|
(131403)
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332
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the political situation in Cyprus. |
|
(132236)
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333
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy on the role of the United Nations in Iraq. |
|
(132237)
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334
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent consultation he has had with the new EU states about immigration and asylum. |
|
(132238)
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335
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures he is taking to help restore the ceasefire between the Kurds and the Turkish Government. |
|
(132239)
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336
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he is having with Iran about bi-lateral relations. |
|
(132240)
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337
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK is giving to the Iraq Governing Council and cabinet. |
|
(132241)
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338
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions the UK Government is taking to combat pollution in the Antarctic. |
|
(132242)
|
339
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the UK's relationship with Sudan. |
|
(132243)
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340
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Sudanese Government about human rights abuses in Sudan. |
|
(132244)
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341
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the current economic and political situation in Zimbabwe. |
|
(132245)
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342
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the economic and political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
|
(132246)
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343
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he intends to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo to discuss social reconstruction. |
|
(132247)
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344
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the current economic and political situation in Somalia. |
|
(132248)
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345
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the UK Government has had with the leaders of the Somalialand region of Somalia about their aspirations for an independent state. |
|
(132249)
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346
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations Her Majesty's Government is making to the Burmese regime about the treatment of Aung San Suu Kyi. |
|
(132250)
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347
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Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discusisons he has had with the Thai authorities about conditions for displaced Burmese minorities resident in refugee camps in Thailand. |
|
(132251)
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348
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the UK Government will raise the plight of ethnic minorities in Burma at the United Nations Security Council. |
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(132252)
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349
|
Mr William Cash
(Stone):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his statement of 16th September, Official Report, column 794, when it became Government policy that all international treaties take primacy over national law; and on what evidence he bases the statement that under the draft constitutional treaty for the first time provision is made whereby Parliament can legislate to repudiate a treaty. |
|
(131821)
|
350
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 311W, on Pakistan, whether consular access to Mr Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh has been granted; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131773)
|
351
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Turkish Government about the future entry of Turkey into the EU; and what issues were discussed. |
|
(132099)
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352
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
|
(132103)
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353
|
Mr Tam Dalyell
(Linlithgow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on discussions with the Government of Iran about nuclear weapons proliferation. |
|
(131992)
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354
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the government policy is on selling military equipment and armaments to China. |
|
(132223)
|
355
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how long the search in Iraq for weapons of mass destruction will continue. |
|
(132313)
|
356
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the treatment (a) British and (b) other EU nationals receive from the Swiss justice system; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131929)
|
357
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of bilateral agreements on the free movement of labour and trade, between the EU and Switzerland; what steps the Government is taking to ensure these agreements are adhered to; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131930)
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358
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that basic human rights in Colombia are observed; if he will make it his policy to support the call for an International Labour Organisation Commission of Inquiry into Colombia; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132081)
|
359
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to condemn the bombing of Syria by Israel; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132354)
|
360
|
Tony Lloyd
(Manchester Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Jamaican nationals (a) applied for visitor's visas and (b) were refused in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
|
(131459)
|
361
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of promoting British branding and identity overseas in the last year for which figures are available; and what element of this expenditure promotes (a) Welsh, (b) Scottish and (c) Irish branding and identity as a distinct component of that of the United Kingdom as a whole. |
|
(131944)
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362
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for UK entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for UK entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131593)
|
363
|
Mr John Randall
(Uxbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many copies have been printed of the booklet entitled, A joint UK Government approach to reducing conflict; and what the costs were of its production and printing. |
|
(131870)
|
364
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to his Department over possible Turkish military deployment in Iraq; who raised these concerns; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131442)
|
365
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had concerning the possibility of Turkish military deployment in Iraq; where these discussions took place; who initiated these discussions; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131443)
|
366
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of developments in the human rights situation in Turkey; what representations have been made to him; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131444)
|
367
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last had discussions with his Turkish counterpart; what matters were raised in these discussions; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131445)
|
368
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) representatives of the Turkish Government, (b) representatives of the Cypriot Government, (c) representatives of the Greek Government, (d) representatives of the US Administration and (e) representatives of the European Commission since April concerning re-unification negotiations in Cyprus. |
|
(131446)
|
369
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) members of his Department have had with representatives of the Russian Government on recent developments in Russian-Iranian negotiations concerning the repatriation of spent nuclear fuel; what impact an agreement will have on UK policy toward Iran; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131529)
|
370
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) members of his Department have had since April with representatives of (i) the US Administration, (ii) the governments of the EU member states, (iii) the governments of prospective EU candidates, (iv) the Russian Government and (v) the Government of China about military nuclear testing; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131530)
|
371
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) members of his Department have had with representatives of the US Administration concerning the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights. |
|
(131531)
|
372
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the coup in Guinea-Bissau on 14th September; what recent discussions representatives of the UK have had with representatives of (a) the former regime and (b) the new regime; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131532)
|
373
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) members of his Department have had with representatives of (i) the government of Portugal, (ii) the governments of other EU member states, (iii) the US government, (iv) the government of South Africa, (v) the United Nations and (vi) the Organisation of West African States since 14th September concerning developments in Guinea-Bissau. |
|
(131533)
|
374
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the countries that have in the past 30 years been voted out of (a) the United Nations Economic and Social Council's Human Rights Commission and (b) the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131628)
|
375
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the report on housing conditions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, prepared last year by the United Nations Human Rights Commission's Special Rapporteur on housing; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131629)
|
376
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals were presented to (a) the European Commission and (b) other EU member governments to locate the (i) European and Asylum and Migration Observatory, (ii) European Agency for Security of Communications Networks, (iii) European Food Authority, (iv) European Maritime Safety Agency, (v) European Aviation Safety Agency and (vi) European Rail Safety and Interoperability Agency in the United Kingdom; what discussions he had on locating each in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131647)
|
377
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals were (a) presented to the European Commission and (b) presented to other EU member governments to place (i) the European Agency for Civil Protection, (ii) Eurojust, (iii) the European Police College, (iv) the Community Agency for Information Exchange on Visas, (v) the European Bureau of External Border Surveillance and (vi) the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction in (A) England, (B) Scotland, (C) Wales and (D) Northern Ireland; what discussions were held to secure its location in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131795)
|
378
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the conflict between the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; when this assessment was made; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131830)
|
379
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last had discussions with representatives of the government of Sri Lanka; where these discussions took place; what topics were addressed; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131831)
|
380
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last had discussions with representatives of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; where these discussions took place; what topics were addressed; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131832)
|
381
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last had discussions with (a) representatives of the US Government, (b) representatives of the governments of the EU member states, (c) representatives of the EU Commission, (d) representatives of the UN, (e) representatives of non-governmental organisations, (f) representatives of the government of Sri Lanka and (g) representatives of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam concerning the resumption of negotiations between the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131833)
|
382
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens are residing in Sri Lanka. |
|
(131834)
|
383
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans were implemented by his Department since 1997 to resolve the conflict in Sri Lanka through negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131889)
|
384
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when representatives of his Department raised the conflict in Sri Lanka in (a) the EU Council of Ministers and (b) the United Nations since 1997; what the outcome of discussions was; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131890)
|
385
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what British interests were harmed by the bomb that exploded outside the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad in August. |
|
(132129)
|
386
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Iraq to view the reconstruction programme. |
|
(132130)
|
387
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how often he receives briefings from the Commander of British Forces in Iraq. |
|
(132131)
|
388
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how regularly he holds discussions with the US Secretary of State on the activities of coalition forces in Iraq. |
|
(132134)
|
389
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans next to visit Gibraltar. |
|
(132136)
|
390
N
|
Joan Ruddock
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many women have been appointed to the preparatory committee working on the drafting of the new Iraqi constitution. |
|
(132149)
|
391
N
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Joan Ruddock
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many senior advisers from western countries have been appointed to work with Iraqi Ministers; and how many are women. |
|
(132151)
|
392
|
Clare Short
(Birmingham, Ladywood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the UK abstained in the UN Security Council vote on Israel on 16th September. |
|
(131886)
|
393
|
Mr Richard Spring
(West Suffolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on visas for Slovakian citizens before their accession to the EU. |
|
(131481)
|
394
|
Mr Richard Spring
(West Suffolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether, at the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference, the Government will seek to amend Article III-206, with particular reference to the provision that states that: When the Union has defined a position on a subject which is on the United Nations Security Council agenda, those member states which sit on the Security Council shall request that the Union Minister for Foreign Affairs be asked to present the Union's position; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131512)
|
395
|
Mr Richard Spring
(West Suffolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the representation of the (a) United Kingdom and (b) European Union on the UN Security Council. |
|
(131513)
|
396
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether British Aerospace sought or obtained clearence from his Department for payment of agency commission in connection with the sale of defence equipment to Qatar. |
|
(132366)
|
397
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library the guidance issued by his Department to the diplomatic posts with regard to what action they should take if they suspect bribery by a UK company to be taking place, or receive an allegation that such bribery is taking place; and what measures they should take to prevent bribery by UK companies. |
|
(132368)
|
398
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many allegations of bribery of a foreign public official have been received from diplomatic posts overseas since 14th February 2002. |
|
(132369)
|
399
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations with Pakistan. |
|
(131749)
|
400
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received concerning the Indian High Commission's visa services in the UK. |
|
(131750)
|
401
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will meet the new Pakistani High Commissioner. |
|
(131751)
|
402
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many speeches he has made since 1st June supporting entry into the eurozone. |
|
(131752)
|
403
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Iraq. |
|
(131803)
|
404
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many letters from honourable Members were received by UK Visas in August. |
|
(131882)
|
405
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to fill the post of Director of Visas, India. |
|
(131883)
|
406
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total visa income was in August. |
|
(131884)
|
407
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the backlog of correspondence for UK Visas was on 1st September. |
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(131885)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
408
|
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of beds that will be freed up in NHS trust hospitals due to the creation of fast track NHS diagnostic and treatment centres. |
|
(131887)
|
409
|
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his response to the Adjournment Debate on rheumatoid arthritis of 17th July, Official Report, columns 537-42, what the evidential basis was for his statement that postcode prescribing of anti-TNF therapy is now rare. |
|
(131899)
|
410
N
|
Mr John Baron
(Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage he estimates of the specialist stroke units in operation by April 2004 will be fully operational and staffed. |
|
(131213)
|
411
N
|
Mr John Baron
(Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients recorded as first contacts for chiropody services during 2002-03 (a) had a foot condition that was cured and (b) did not go on to receive foot care. |
|
(131565)
|
412
N
|
Mr John Baron
(Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies he has commissioned on access and eligibility criteria used by primary care trusts for NHS chiropody provision; and what the results were. |
|
(131566)
|
413
N
|
Mr John Baron
(Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to harmonise access and eligibility criteria for chiropody services across (a) primary care trusts and (b) regions. |
|
(131567)
|
414
N
|
Mr John Baron
(Billericay):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent access and eligibility criteria for chiropody services operated by primary care trusts are based on (a) patient need and (b) funding requirement. |
|
(131568)
|
415
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the EU Food Supplements Directive. |
|
(132229)
|
416
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the EU Food Supplements Directive. |
|
(132280)
|
417
|
Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions there have been, and what the annual percentage change has been, since 1996. |
|
(131666)
|
418
|
Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new smokers there were (a) under and (b) over 21 in each year since 1997. |
|
(131667)
|
419
|
Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it policy that no patient referred to an NHS hospital for a hearing test should wait longer than two months. |
|
(131668)
|
420
|
Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have waited more than (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months for an elective finished in-year admission in (i) 1997-8 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. |
|
(131669)
|
421
N
|
Mr Paul Burstow
(Sutton & Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of stay of in-patients admitted as (a) emergencies and (b) elective was in each of the last five years broken down by age. |
|
(131632)
|
422
|
Mr Paul Burstow
(Sutton & Cheam):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, purusant to his Answer of 2nd October, ref 130877, regarding re-use of single use medical equipment, if he will set out the results of the previous research; and what action was taken in response to its findings. |
|
(132217)
|
423
N
|
Dr Vincent Cable
(Twickenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of receipts from prescriptions paid for by recipients of incapacity benefit in each of the last five years. |
|
(131967)
|
424
|
Mr Ben Chapman
(Wirral South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on investment in proton therapy at Clatterbridge Hospital. |
|
(132279)
|
425
|
Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information is collected centrally on the health of prisoners. |
|
(131894)
|
426
|
Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set targets to achieve improvements in the health of prisoners. |
|
(131895)
|
427
|
Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to collate centrally information regarding prisoner health sufficient to establish baselines from which improvements in performance can be measured. |
|
(131896)
|
428
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are for a National Service Framework on lung disease; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131775)
|
429
|
Mr Tony Colman
(Putney):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what renal dialysis services are planned for (a) Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton and (b) the Kingston area. |
|
(131943)
|
430
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
|
(132112)
|
431
N
|
David Davis
(Haltemprice & Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage more regular and thorough eye tests for children to check for cancers, with particular reference to retinoblastoma. |
|
(131224)
|
432
|
David Davis
(Haltemprice & Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in Hull and East Riding were registered with an NHS dentist on (a) 1st September 2002 and (b) 1st September 2003. |
|
(132392)
|
433
|
David Davis
(Haltemprice & Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Hull and the East Riding waited 13 weeks or more for an out-patient appointment in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003. |
|
(132393)
|
434
|
David Davis
(Haltemprice & Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients admitted to Accident and Emergency in Hull and the East Riding in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 waited for more than 12 hours before being treated or transferred to a ward. |
|
(132394)
|
435
|
David Davis
(Haltemprice & Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the breakdown by clinical area of waiting times is for the number of people waiting for a referral to a specialist from their general practitioner. |
|
(132395)
|
436
|
David Davis
(Haltemprice & Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 in Hull and the East Riding waited longer than eight weeks after being referred to a cancer specialist. |
|
(132396)
|
437
|
David Davis
(Haltemprice & Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Hull and the East Riding in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 have had smear tests; and for how long they waited. |
|
(132397)
|
438
|
David Davis
(Haltemprice & Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations in Hull and the East Riding in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 were cancelled for non-clinical reasons; and what proportion of admissions these figures represent in each case. |
|
(132398)
|
439
|
David Davis
(Haltemprice & Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients' deaths occurred within 30 days of surgery in Hull and the East Riding in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003. |
|
(132399)
|
440
|
David Davis
(Haltemprice & Howden):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what call statistics have been collated for the East Riding NHS Direct call centre in Willerby for the last 12 months. |
|
(132412)
|
441
|
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood & Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to seek an amendment to the law on abortion to allow women undergoing medical abortion to self administer the prostaglandin at home. |
|
(131849)
|
442
|
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood & Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions have been performed in the United Kingdom on the ground of foetal handicap under the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967 (as amended); and what percentage of the total number of abortions performed under the Abortion Act 1967 (as amended) this constitutes. |
|
(131850)
|
443
|
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood & Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions have been performed in the United Kingdom in order to save the life of the mother under the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967 (as amended); and what percentage of the total number of abortions performed under the Abortion Act 1967 (as amended) this constitutes. |
|
(131851)
|
444
|
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood & Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government last commissioned research on the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone. |
|
(131852)
|
445
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether privately run diagnostics and treatment centres will operate (a) in whole and (b) in part from NHS premises. |
|
(131906)
|
446
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) staff levels and (b) running costs of the Foundation Trust Regulator. |
|
(131907)
|
447
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) former and (b) seconded NHS staff who will be working in private diagnostic and treatment centres. |
|
(131908)
|
448
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library correspondence between his Department's officials and the Oxford Strategic Health Authority about private diagnostic and treatment centres. |
|
(131909)
|
449
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the bids from (a) BUPA and (b) BMI to run private diagnostic and treatment centres were unsuccessful. |
|
(131910)
|
450
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) NHS hospitals and (b) diagnostic and treatment centres will be paid more than the standard tariff for operations to reflect start-up costs they may incur. |
|
(131911)
|
451
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he will require private diagnostic and treatment centres to have intensive care beds. |
|
(131912)
|
452
N
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the criteria he intends to apply when deciding the value of the asset base and the charge on assets for foundation trusts. |
|
(132144)
|
453
N
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the criteria which he intends to apply when deciding the value of the asset base and the charge on assets for foundation trusts will be the same for private finance initiative hospitals and other hospitals. |
|
(132145)
|
454
N
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the criteria he will use in exercising his descretion over subsidies to hospitals will be the same for foundation and non-foundation trusts. |
|
(132146)
|
455
|
Sue Doughty
(Guildford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the voluntary targets for energy use in NHS capital schemes have been made mandatory; what progress his Department has made in revising the NHS carbon dioxide standard of heat insultation; if it is his intention to bring the revised NHS carbon dioxide standard into line with the current British Standard for heat insulation (BS 5422, as revised in 2001); and whether any further upward revision of BS 5422 resulting from this review will be followed without delay by an equivalent upward revision of NHS carbon dioxide. |
|
(132333)
|
456
|
Mr David Drew
(Stroud):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists were accepting National Health Service patients in (a) Stroud, (b) Gloucestershire and (c) England in (i) 1990, (ii) 1997 and (iii) the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131495)
|
457
|
Mr David Drew
(Stroud):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in (a) Stroud and (b) Gloucestershire accept (i) National Health Service patients and (ii) only children as NHS patients; and how many are registered as private practices. |
|
(131496)
|
458
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 18 years have been prescribed the anti-depressent Efexor in each of the last five years. |
|
(132314)
|
459
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reports the Medicines Control Agency has received of suicides attributed to Efexor in each of the last five years; and how many yellow card reports the Medicines Control Agency has received about Efexor in each of the last five years. |
|
(132315)
|
460
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will give the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency powers to require pharmaceutical companies to provide all available data and reports on products submitted for licensing. |
|
(132316)
|
461
|
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the Government departments and agencies which will have (a) trusted access, (b) non-trusted access and (c) any other forms of access to patients' NHS records via the NHS net. |
|
(131958)
|
462
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff, broken down by grade, work in the accident and emergency departments at (a) Epsom and (b) St Helier hospitals. |
|
(131633)
|
463
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assumptions were made in reaching the figure of £340 million capital spend in Option 4 of the Strategic Outline Case for the Epsom and St Helier Clinical Services Strategy. |
|
(131634)
|
464
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of patients treated in the accident and emergency departments of Epsom and St Helier hospitals in each of the past 24 months. |
|
(131635)
|
465
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of people admitted to Epsom and St Helier hospitals via the accident and emergency departments in each of the past 24 months. |
|
(131636)
|
466
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was allocated to each primary care trust to pay for the new consultant's contract. |
|
(131637)
|
467
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) time and (b) weighting is placed on hygiene and cleanliness in the standard training programme for an NHS nurse. |
|
(132308)
|
468
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospital trusts have achieved (a) CNST Level 3 and (b) a lower level of compliance. |
|
(132383)
|
469
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospital trusts (a) do and (b) do not have a current risk management/quality control system in place. |
|
(132384)
|
470
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many severance payments in excess of (a) £500,000 and (b) £700,000, including all benefits, have been made to NHS executives serving in the areas covered by the Surrey and Sussex and South West London strategic health authorities in the past 12 months. |
|
(132385)
|
471
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer to question ref. 130174, on health claims about food products, what estimate he has made of the cost to a manufacturer of making such an application. |
|
(132418)
|
472
|
Mr Philip Hammond
(Runnymede & Weybridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research informed the grouping of diagnostic and treatment centres into the chain which includes the proposed Ashford centre. |
|
(131503)
|
473
|
Mr Philip Hammond
(Runnymede & Weybridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of converting Silverlands in Chertsey for use as a nurses' home. |
|
(131507)
|
474
|
Mr Philip Hammond
(Runnymede & Weybridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of GP referrals which were lost in the NHS system in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131508)
|
475
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer from the Secretary of State for Transport of 15th September, Official Report, columns 499-500W, on deep vein thrombosis, when the research will be published; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131931)
|
476
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the draft NICE guidance on IVF treatment. |
|
(132350)
|
477
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the new general practitioner contract. |
|
(132351)
|
478
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts are in deficit; what his strategy is for resolving the situation; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132352)
|
479
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards the target for extra hospital beds in the NHS. |
|
(132353)
|
480
|
Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been referred by the NHS in England to private healthcare providers (a) in Wales, (b) in Scotland, (c) in Northern Ireland, (d) in England and (e) abroad in each of the last five years. |
|
(131741)
|
481
|
Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria is used by the NHS in England to decide when to refer a patient to a private healthcare provider for treatment. |
|
(131742)
|
482
|
Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent by the NHS in England to obtain healthcare from private healthcare providers (a) in England, (b) in Wales, (c) in Scotland, (d) in Northern Ireland and (e) abroad in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
|
(131743)
|
483
|
Lynne Jones
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the comparable costs of surgical procedures carried out in National Health Service hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centres and under contracts with (a) the United Kingdom private sector and (b) overseas health facilities. |
|
(131493)
|
484
N
|
Mr David Lidington
(Aylesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average unit cost of a cataract operation at each trust within the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority Area has been in 2003; and what the estimated average unit cost of a cataract operation to be provided by the proposed diagnostic and treatment centre for Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire is. |
|
(131398)
|
485
N
|
Mr David Lidington
(Aylesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the planned location is of the proposed diagnostic and treatment centre for ophthalmology for Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. |
|
(131399)
|
486
N
|
Mr David Lidington
(Aylesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are waiting for cataract operations in each trust within the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority area. |
|
(131400)
|
487
N
|
Mr David Lidington
(Aylesbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest average waiting time is for cataract operations in each trust within the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority area. |
|
(131401)
|
488
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on provision of social services to the elderly. |
|
(131482)
|
489
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been taken in the last 12 months to promote co-operation in health matters through the east-west dimension of the Good Friday Agreement. |
|
(131947)
|
490
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in each year since 1997 have suffered from achondroplasia. |
|
(132209)
|
491
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in each year since 1997 have been diagnosed with (a) eczema, (b) asthma, (c) AIDS and (d) glaucoma. |
|
(132210)
|
492
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children diagnosed with otitis media have parents who smoke. |
|
(132211)
|
493
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) public houses and (b) restaurants (i) are smoking free and (ii) have an area set aside for non-smokers. |
|
(132212)
|
494
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each primary care trust the number of mental health patients. |
|
(132220)
|
495
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff worked in Central Services for Shropshire County Council in each year since 1997. |
|
(132292)
|
496
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the forecast overspend for the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is for financial year 2003-04. |
|
(132293)
|
497
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated in the last year in each dental access centre. |
|
(132295)
|
498
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each dental access centre (a) the average charge for a missed appointment and (b) the proportion of patients charged for missed appointments. |
|
(132297)
|
499
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each primary care trust the average wait for a child between an initial dental consultation and being operated on under general anaesthetic. |
|
(132298)
|
500
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each primary care trust the number of children in the last year who have required dental treatment under a general anaesthetic. |
|
(132299)
|
501
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each primary care trust the average cost of dental treatment for children requiring a general anaesthetic in the last year. |
|
(132300)
|
502
|
Mr Archie Norman
(Tunbridge Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current appointment criteria used by the NHS Appointments Commission are for appointment to the positions of NHS trust (a) chairman, (b) chief executive and (c) board member; and whether these criteria have changed in the last two years. |
|
(131700)
|
503
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for United Kingdom entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for United Kingdom entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131604)
|
504
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the care home sector of (a) the requirement within the Care Home Regulations that all new staff engaged by care homes must have been cleared by a Criminal Records Bureau check before starting work and (b) the change in practice between the operation of the regulation since its introduction on 1st April 2002 and the enforcement guidelines operative from 1st October. |
|
(131620)
|
505
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC) on the Care Home Regulations in place since 1st April 2002, with particular reference to Criminal Records Bureau checks on staff to be employed in the care home sector; what directions have been given to the NCSC; and what representations have been received by his Department. |
|
(131621)
|
506
N
|
Mr Colin Pickthall
(West Lancashire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) research effort and (b) clinical specialism is provided by the NHS to help sufferers from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131441)
|
507
|
Mr Peter Pike
(Burnley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England have been registered with an NHS dentist in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131416)
|
508
|
Mr Gordon Prentice
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls received by each NHS Direct centre in the latest month for which figures are available concerned access to an NHS dentist; and what percentage of total calls in each case this figure represents. |
|
(131448)
|
509
|
Joyce Quin
(Gateshead East & Washington West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the operation of the free fruit scheme in schools. |
|
(131876)
|
510
|
Joyce Quin
(Gateshead East & Washington West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to extend the free fruit scheme for schools in the North East of England. |
|
(131880)
|
511
|
Mr John Randall
(Uxbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the last survey was conducted on staff attitudes at Harefield Hospital to the proposed move to Paddington Heath Campus; and if he will publish the results. |
|
(131864)
|
512
|
Mr John Randall
(Uxbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what stage of the statutory planning process the Paddington Health Campus is at. |
|
(131865)
|
513
|
Mr John Randall
(Uxbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated patient capacity is of the proposed Paddington Health Campus; and how much that has increased from the estimate in 2000. |
|
(131866)
|
514
|
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new regulations have been imposed on the care home sector, and at what cost, since 1997. |
|
(131841)
|
515
|
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the targets that his Department has set (a) Suffolk County Council and (b) primary care trusts for delayed discharges in Suffolk. |
|
(131846)
|
516
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there are for midwives in the (a) Essex Strategic Health Authority area and (b) Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust. |
|
(131612)
|
517
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action is he taking to fill vacancies for midwives in the area of the Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131613)
|
518
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last discussed with the Secretary of State for Transport the proposed junction of the Colchester Northern Approach Road and the A12 and the sale of surplus NHS land in the area; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131820)
|
519
|
Bob Spink
(Castle Point):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted into group B streptococcus testing during pregnancy. |
|
(131562)
|
520
|
Bob Spink
(Castle Point):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has given to health care professionals on Group B streptococcus testing during pregnancy. |
|
(131563)
|
521
|
Bob Spink
(Castle Point):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to provide Group B streptococcus testing on the NHS near the end of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131564)
|
522
|
Mr Richard Spring
(West Suffolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to publish the names of NHS trusts which have not met government standards for (a) single sex accommodation and (b) separate lavatory and washing facilities; and whether West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust has reached these standards. |
|
(131625)
|
523
N
|
Mr Anthony Steen
(Totnes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much central government funding is given to the General Social Care Council; and how many staff it employs. |
|
(131543)
|
524
|
Ann Taylor
(Dewsbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many free sight tests were given to (a) pensioners and (b) other people in (i) Kirklees and (ii) England in each year since 1997. |
|
(132141)
|
525
|
Mr Mark Todd
(South Derbyshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he proposes to link pharmacies to NHSnet. |
|
(131426)
|
526
N
|
Mr Alan Williams
(Swansea West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) providing fluoride to children through milk and (b) disbursing fluoride via the water supply. |
|
(131472)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
527
|
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment was made of the increase in running costs to the Criminal Records Bureau that necessitated the recent increase in fee levels. |
|
(131815)
|
528
|
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to assess a Criminal Records Bureau application in the education and social care sectors was in the last quarter for which figures are available. |
|
(131816)
|
529
|
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog is of Criminal Records Bureau assessments in education and social care. |
|
(131817)
|
530
|
Mr Adrian Bailey
(West Bromwich West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the changes were since 1993 in fees from the Criminal Records Bureau to local authorities for applications for posts in the education and social care sectors. |
|
(131819)
|
531
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment of procedures ensuring the safety of prisoners travelling in police vans will be made by (a) his Department and (b) another regulatory body. |
|
(132224)
|
532
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue guidance on the introduction of safety belts for prisoners in police security vans. |
|
(132225)
|
533
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on recorded injuries to prisoners travelling in police vans in the past five years. |
|
(132226)
|
534
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the states regarded by his Department for the purposes of fast-tracking asylum applications as democratic. |
|
(132233)
|
535
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what actions he is taking to ensure that UK immigration rules are fully compliant with the Human Rights Act 1998. |
|
(132234)
|
536
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he will make a statement about judicial involvement in the immigration and asylum system. |
|
(132235)
|
537
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the costs involved in introducing a mandatory national identity card scheme in the UK. |
|
(132424)
|
538
|
Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on ministerial involvement in and reports received by ministers during the stages of (a) investigation and (b) prosecution of Dr Ali Dizaei. |
|
(131662)
|
539
|
Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the warrants issued on police applications listed allegations that were charges leading to prosecution of Dr Ali Dizaei. |
|
(131663)
|
540
|
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset & North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juvenile girls being held in prison are pregnant. |
|
(132160)
|
541
|
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset & North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juvenile girls gave birth whilst being detained in prison in each year since 1990. |
|
(132161)
|
542
|
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset & North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juvenile girls being held in prison had terminations of their pregnancy in each year since 1990. |
|
(132162)
|
543
|
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset & North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juvenile girls in prison had a miscarriage in each year since 1990. |
|
(132163)
|
544
|
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset & North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juvenile girls in prison have children. |
|
(132164)
|
545
|
Annette Brooke
(Mid Dorset & North Poole):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers working in each of the prisons for juvenile offenders in England and Wales are educated to degree level. |
|
(132165)
|
546
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff the Interception of Communications Commissioner will have to supervise those who are authorised to gain access to Communications Data under the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) Order 2003; and if he will make a statement on the current staffing levels of the Commissioner. |
|
(131709)
|
547
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prescribed officers will be able to authorise access to communications data under (a) Schedule 1, columns 1 and 2 and (b) Schedule 2, columns 1 and 2 of the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) Order 2003, broken down by organisations authorised to provide access. |
|
(131710)
|
548
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many authorised requests for access to communications data he has estimated each organisation identified in the Schedules of the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) Order 2003 will make in a year. |
|
(131711)
|
549
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a single authorised request for access to communications data can involve all individuals who have contacted an organisation identified in the Schedules of the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) Order 2003; and what estimate he has made of the number of people whose communications data will be accessed in a single year. |
|
(131712)
|
550
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the police, having gained access to communications data, have the powers to disclose such data to the Inland Revenue for the purposes of collection of tax or duty; and what plans he has to withdraw the draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) Order 2003 to make specific reference to section 22(2)(f) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. |
|
(131713)
|
551
|
Mr Tony Colman
(Putney):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons he has not responded to requests for documentation sought by the Nigerian government in connection with funds believed to have been stolen from the country by the late Sani Abacha; and what steps the Government is taking to assist Nigeria in repatriating these funds. |
|
(131987)
|
552
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
|
(132105)
|
553
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that councils are not financially disadvantaged by continuing the care of unaccompanied asylum seekers beyond the age of 16. |
|
(131494)
|
554
|
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
(Crosby):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were made to Merseyside Police about illegal quad bikes in the last 12 months; and how many prosecutions resulted. |
|
(131962)
|
555
|
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
(Crosby):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much asylum seekers cost public funds in the last 12 months per head of tax paying population. |
|
(132337)
|
556
|
Sue Doughty
(Guildford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the inquiry into the use of Indonesian rainforest timber at 2 Marsham Street will be completed; and if he will place a copy of the report in the Library. |
|
(131677)
|
557
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to vary the terms of contract between Premier Group and his Department in respect of the administration of Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre. |
|
(131552)
|
558
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual running cost of Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre was in the most recent year for which figures are available. |
|
(131553)
|
559
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to visit Dungavel. |
|
(131554)
|
560
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to maintain teaching standards at Dungavel in circumstances where there has been a large admission of children. |
|
(131555)
|
561
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of children resident at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre has been during the last 12 months. |
|
(131556)
|
562
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on arrangements for the welfare of children being kept at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre. |
|
(131557)
|
563
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of stay at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre for (a) adults and (b) children has been over the last 12 months. |
|
(131558)
|
564
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average rate of response is by relevant embassies in replacing lost or damaged documentation of asylum seekers in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132387)
|
565
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in (a) Scotland and (b) England and Wales are awaiting deportation as a result of vandalised documentation. |
|
(132388)
|
566
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to prevent the destruction of travel documents by asylum seekers who aim to delay their deportation. |
|
(132389)
|
567
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place a copy of the report of the inquiry into the conduct of ex-acting chief constable Richard Thomas of Gwent Police in the Library. |
|
(132221)
|
568
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is standard practice for police authorities to keep the report of investigations into their own officers confidential; and under what circumstances a police authority would publish such a report. |
|
(132222)
|
569
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of women prisoners are (a) Jamaican nationals and (b) Jamaican nationals convicted of drug-trafficking offences in each of the last five years. |
|
(132317)
|
570
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of female Jamaican nationals in prison in the UK have (a) attempted suicide and (b) committed suicide in each of the last five years. |
|
(132318)
|
571
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much it costs per annum for each female detained in prison in the UK. |
|
(132319)
|
572
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce alternatives to prosecutions for drugs mules from Jamaica. |
|
(132416)
|
573
|
Mr Neil Gerrard
(Walthamstow):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when, and for what areas, he has signed authorisations for the use by the police of section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. |
|
(131584)
|
574
|
Mr Neil Gerrard
(Walthamstow):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stops and searches have been carried out during 2003 by each police force in the UK under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. |
|
(131585)
|
575
|
Mr Neil Gerrard
(Walthamstow):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those stopped and searched during the current year under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 have been (a) arrested, (b) charged with an offence and (c) charged with a terrorism offence. |
|
(131586)
|
576
|
Mr Neil Gerrard
(Walthamstow):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stops and searches have been carried out by each police force under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since 1998-99, broken down by ethnic origin of those stopped and searched; and how many of these involved the searching of vehicles. |
|
(131587)
|
577
|
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th September, references 128559 and 129219, on prisons, for what reason he chose scenario C as the basis for the projection; and if he will provide similar projections on the basis of scenarios (a) A, (b) B and (c) D. |
|
(132218)
|
578
|
Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed Public/Private Partnership regarding the Forensic Science Service will require legislation. |
|
(132404)
|
579
|
Mr Philip Hammond
(Runnymede & Weybridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated open market value of Silverlands, Chertsey was (a) at 30th June 2001 and (b) after the completion of refurbishment works in summer 2002; what the open market value is now; and what the total cost of works carried out to the property since 30th June 2001 is. |
|
(131504)
|
580
|
Mr Philip Hammond
(Runnymede & Weybridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average monthly cost of (a) maintenance and (b) security of Silverlands, Chertsey was to government departments in the last five years. |
|
(131505)
|
581
|
Mr Philip Hammond
(Runnymede & Weybridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to date is to (a) his Department and (b) the Department of Health of (i) building works and (ii) security provision at Silverlands, Chertsey. |
|
(131506)
|
582
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) failed asylum seekers and (b) non-asylum seekers have been deported in each quarter of each of the last three years; to which countries they have been returned; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131979)
|
583
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he next plans to meet the French authorities to discuss (a) illegal immigration from France and (b) trafficking of illegal immigrants across Europe. |
|
(131980)
|
584
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) the use of freight searching equipment, and (b) steps taken by the French authorities to return failed asylum seekers to the Balkans. |
|
(131981)
|
585
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors underlay decisions about the number of United Kingdom immigration officers employed in ports in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Europe; what the role is of UK officers in non-United Kingdom ports; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131982)
|
586
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the (a) issuing and (b) loaning of high-technology UK freight searching equipment to port-cities in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Europe; what equipment is in place; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131983)
|
587
|
Mr Charles Hendry
(Wealden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) prisons and (b) young offender institutions he estimates are (i) illiterate and (ii) innumerate; and what proportion of the populations these figures represent. |
|
(131753)
|
588
|
Mr Charles Hendry
(Wealden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners at each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution have received formal education within those institutions in 2003. |
|
(131754)
|
589
|
Mr Charles Hendry
(Wealden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison staff in each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution are employed to provide educational services; and what proportion these figures represent of the total staff employed in each institution. |
|
(131755)
|
590
|
Mr Charles Hendry
(Wealden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison staff are employed in (a) prisons and (b) young offenders institutions to provide educational services for each of the past 10 years. |
|
(131756)
|
591
|
Mr Charles Hendry
(Wealden):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget has been for (a) literacy and (b) numeracy courses in (i) prisons and (ii) young offenders institutions in each of the past five years. |
|
(131757)
|
592
|
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
(Chorley):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces in England and Wales contract work to the Forensic Science Laboratory in Chorley; how many staff are employed at the Chorley site; and what representations he has received in response to his statement of 17th July, Official Report, column 61WS, from (a) the workforces, (b) trade unions, (c) police forces, (d) honourable Members and (e) other bodies. |
|
(131497)
|
593
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the recent change in the number of prisoners held on remand for more than 24 months. |
|
(131651)
|
594
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimates are of the (a) uncrowded and (b) maximum capacity of prisons in England and Wales and of the average daily prison population for each of the next five years. |
|
(131652)
|
595
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his timetable is for the review of firearms legislation announced on 30th April. |
|
(131653)
|
596
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost per week is of detaining (a) a single adult asylum seeker in Dungavel, (b) a child of an asylum seeker in Dungavel, (c) a single asylum seeker in Tinsley House and (d) a child of an asylum seeker in Tinsley House. |
|
(131654)
|
597
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the statutory basis is for the requirement that police officers must display an identifying number on their uniform. |
|
(131655)
|
598
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to hold an exercise in a major United Kingdom city to test the preparedness of the relevant services in the event of a biological terrorist attack. |
|
(131656)
|
599
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces operate a system of named local police officers. |
|
(131657)
|
600
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions have resulted from the work of Project Reflex in each month since its inception. |
|
(131763)
|
601
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action the Immigration Crime Team is taking to target criminals who fraudulently obtain passports; and how many fraudulent applications for passports have been detected after the passport has been issued in the last five years. |
|
(131764)
|
602
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he plans to take to amend his Department's policies in relation to (a) the detention of children in removal centres and (b) the education of those children in local schools. |
|
(131765)
|
603
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are subject to (a) internal investigations and (b) disciplinary proceedings. |
|
(131766)
|
604
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) unconvicted and (b) convicted unsentenced prisoners are held in prisons in England and Wales, broken down by sex. |
|
(131767)
|
605
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd June, Official Report, column 603W, on remand prisoners, how many (a) unconvicted and (b) convicted unsentenced prisoners have been held in prison for more than 24 months in each of the last five years. |
|
(131768)
|
606
|
Simon Hughes
(North Southwark & Bermondsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the decision was taken to alter the basis for measuring performance against his Department's targets for the reduction of (a) burglary and (b) vehicle crime from recorded crime statistics to the British Crime Survey; which bodies and individuals were consulted before he authorised this change; and what form the announcement of this change took. |
|
(131804)
|
607
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) assaults and (b) incidents of criminal damage there were in HM Young Offenders Institution Wetherby in each of the past five years. |
|
(131974)
|
608
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sick days have been taken off by staff at HMYOI Wetherby in each of the past five years. |
|
(132254)
|
609
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times staff at HMYOI Wetherby had to use control and restraint in each of the past five years. |
|
(132255)
|
610
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the grounds are for (a) the removal of staff batons and (b) the proposed replacement of staff uniforms at HMYOI Wetherby. |
|
(132256)
|
611
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the result was of the police investigation into the death of Private Alison Croft at Dalton Barracks in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, on 28th September 2002. |
|
(132188)
|
612
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the result was of the police investigation into the death of Private Tesoni Vakacakaudrove at the Defence School of Transport, Leconfield, on 6th October 2002. |
|
(132189)
|
613
|
Mr Archie Norman
(Tunbridge Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police constables, (b) sergeants and (c) inspectors were transferred from the Kent Police Force to the Metropolitan Police Force in each of the last five years. |
|
(131701)
|
614
|
Mr Archie Norman
(Tunbridge Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the vacancy rate was for (a) police constables, (b) sergeants and (c) inspectors in each of the last five years for the Kent Police Force area. |
|
(131702)
|
615
|
Mr Archie Norman
(Tunbridge Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have retired from Kent Police Force in each of the last five years; and what the average age of retirement was. |
|
(131759)
|
616
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for UK entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for UK entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131592)
|
617
|
Mr Gordon Prentice
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many responses he has received to his consultation exercises on identity cards; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131681)
|
618
|
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the number of illegal firearms in circulation in each year since 1997 in (a) the UK, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Essex, (e) Cambridgeshire and (f) Bury St Edmunds. |
|
(131843)
|
619
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers are now in post (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in West Yorkshire. |
|
(132340)
|
620
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers will be in post by 21st December. |
|
(132341)
|
621
|
Mr Barry Sheerman
(Huddersfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will review the target setting framework within which the police services work. |
|
(132342)
|
622
|
Bob Spink
(Castle Point):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice has been given to the police regarding the confiscation of unopened containers of alcohol from underage drinkers following the reintroduction of regulations under the Licensing Act 2003. |
|
(131561)
|
623
|
Bob Spink
(Castle Point):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how police should dispose of unopened containers of alcohol confiscated from underage drinkers, following re-introduction of regulations under the Licensing Act 2003. |
|
(131691)
|
624
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many staff at the National Criminal Intelligence Service have monitoring of allegations of bribery of foreign public officials is specifically as part of their job description; what percentage of time they are recommended as part of their job description to give such monitoring; and in which department of NCIS they are based. |
|
(132370)
|
625
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of corruption the National Criminal Intelligence Service has received since (a) 14th February 2002 and (b) January 2003 following the Memorandum of Understanding on Implementing Part 12 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001; how many of these allegations have resulted in investigations; and whether any charges have been brought or arrests made under Part 12 of the Act. |
|
(132371)
|
626
|
Mr Andrew Turner
(Isle of Wight):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of (a) interpretation facilities and (b) interpreters to each (i) police force and (ii) Probation Service area. |
|
(132142)
|
Questions to the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission
627
|
Norman Baker
(Lewes):
To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what extra costs have been incurred as a result of the sitting of the House in September, broken down by (a) staff costs, (b) costs relating to building works and (c) other costs; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131867)
|
628
|
Mr Martyn Jones
(Clwyd South):
To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will estimate the additional expense to public funds of the two week September sitting of the House; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131860)
|
629
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what services are available to honourable Members in accessing (a) a nurse, (b) a general practitioner and (c) a mental health professional within the precincts of the Palace of Westminster. |
|
(132302)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
630
|
Hugh Bayley
(York, City of):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Government intends to use the funds allocated for trade-related capacity building and technical assistance; over what period it will be spent; what support the Government will give to the G21 nations; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131489)
|
631
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how his Department is supporting the democratisation processes in poor countries considered to be committed to reform. |
|
(132097)
|
632
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which poor countries are considered to be committed to reform and therefore received or are due to receive increased allocations of direct budget support. |
|
(132098)
|
633
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
|
(132102)
|
634
|
Mr Barry Gardiner
(Brent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to ensure that any proposal by the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq to allow Iraqi government ministries to establish armed security forces will specify that (a) all forces are properly trained, (b) they have a clear command structure and (c) all weaponry is surrendered at the end of each shift. |
|
(132386)
|
635
|
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, purusant to his Answer of 15th September, Official Report, column 550W, on agricultural produce (EU reforms), if he will make a statement on the research undertaken by his Department on the impact on developing countries of the Four Families of Sugar regime reform options put forward by the European Commission earlier this year. |
|
(131952)
|
636
|
Chris McCafferty
(Calder Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects the United Kingdom Government will reach the target of 0.7 per cent. of gross national product spent on overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on the percentage allocated to reproductive health programmes. |
|
(132310)
|
637
|
Chris McCafferty
(Calder Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the availability of reproductive health supplies globally; and what steps the Government is taking to increase availability. |
|
(132311)
|
638
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance has been given to Malawi in the last six months. |
|
(132294)
|
639
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to his Answer of 15th July, Official Report, column 176W, on Iraq, which medical drugs are in short supply in Iraq; and in what quantities. |
|
(132417)
|
640
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for UK entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for UK entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131596)
|
641
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had since January with representatives of the US Administration concerning international housing rights law; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131627)
|
642
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money the Department gave in support of the Russian Family Planning Association in 2003; what percentage that represents of the total expenditure for population reproductive health programmes; if he will list the activities of the Russian Family Planning Association in 2003; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131639)
|
643
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the aims of the sexual and maternal health programme in Malawi are; how much funding has been provided to it by the Department in 2003; what assessment has been made of the programme since 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131640)
|
644
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what population reproductive health programmes are directly run by the Department in (a) Africa, (b) South and Central America, (c) the Middle East, (d) Central and Eastern Europe, (e) Asia and (f) Oceania; what changes have taken place since 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131641)
|
645
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the Department is contributing (a) directly, (b) through the EU, (c) through the UN and (d) through other organisations to the Chiapas region of Mexico. |
|
(131642)
|
646
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Department (a) has pledged and (b) is providing to Liberian refugees in Guinea; what programmes this assistance is going to; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131643)
|
647
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the aims of the Regional HIV/AIDS Programme of the Southern African Development Co-ordinating Committee are; how much funding has been provided to it by the Department in 2003; what assessment has been made of the Programme since 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131644)
|
648
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money the Department is giving to the Central American regional programme for improving sexual and reproductive health services; what percentage of the Department's 2003 expenditure for population reproductive health programmes that represents; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131645)
|
649
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Department contributed to multilateral organisations active in Kazakhstan in 2002-03; how much is allocated for 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131646)
|
650
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) casualties and (b) injuries were recorded in Sri Lanka due to (i) mines and (ii) de-mining operations in each month since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131790)
|
651
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Department has provided in each year since 1997 to de-mining operations in Sri Lanka; what de-mining projects in Sri Lanka are directly run by the Department; what assistance the Department has sought from the Ministry of Defence for de-mining operations in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131791)
|
652
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) casualties and (b) injuries have been recorded each month in Bosnia (i) during the mandate of the International Peacekeeping Force and (ii) since the establishment of the Stabilization Force; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131792)
|
653
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) casualties and (b) injuries in Bosnia were directly attributable to (i) mines, (ii) de-mining activities and (iii) cluster bomb submunition in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131793)
|
654
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) casualties and (b) injuries in Kosovo were directly attributable to (i) mines, (ii) de-mining activities and (iii) cluster bomb submunition in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131794)
|
655
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Department has given to the sexually transmitted disease programme in the Russian Federation in 2003; what percentage of the Department's total expenditure for population reproductive health programmes that represents; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131796)
|
656
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the aims are of the HIV/AIDS and reproductive health programme in Zambia; how much funding has been provided to it by his Department in 2003; what assessment has been made of the programme since 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131797)
|
657
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Department contributed to multilateral organisations in Turkmenistan in 2002-03; how much has been allocated for 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131798)
|
658
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment the Department has made of human rights abuses in Darfur; what recent assessment has been made of their effect on the human rights situation in Sudan; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131799)
|
659
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment the Department has made of (a) the number, and (b) the impact of refugees from Liberia entering Guinea since April 2003; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131800)
|
660
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what sums were donated to the United Nations Family Planning Agency's Contraceptive Commodity Support programme in 2003; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131801)
|
661
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Department has given to (a) the health and sexual education programme in Bolivia, (b) the Orissa Reproductive Health Project in India and (c) the reproductive health programme in Peru in 2003; what percentage each represents of the Department's expenditure for population reproductive health programmes; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131802)
|
662
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many de-mining programmes have been in operation in Bosnia per annum since 1997; how much aid his Department has contributed to each programme per annum (a) directly, (b) through the EU and (c) through the UN; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131891)
|
663
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what de-mining programmes were (a) initiated and (b) directly run in Bosnia since 1997. |
|
(131892)
|
664
N
|
Joan Ruddock
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will support the opening of a women's resources centre in Basra. |
|
(132150)
|
665
N
|
Joan Ruddock
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to deploy gender specialists to Iraq. |
|
(132152)
|
666
|
Mr Gary Streeter
(South West Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will monitor aid given to Tanzania to ensure that the Singida region receives assistance in alleviating famine in that area. |
|
(131414)
|
667
|
Mr Gary Streeter
(South West Devon):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether a representative of the Department attended a meeting called by the Prime Minister of Tanzania on 14th August to request assistance to alleviate food shortages; and what response the Department has made to his request. |
|
(131417)
|
Questions to the Leader of the House
668
|
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the (a) demand and (b) capacity for video-conferencing and web-cameras for honourable Members' use. |
|
(132117)
|
669
|
Mr Andrew Tyrie
(Chichester):
To ask the Leader of the House, on how many occasions in financial year 2002-03 his special advisors travelled abroad in an official capacity; which places were visited; and how much each visit cost. |
|
(131705)
|
670
|
Mr Andrew Tyrie
(Chichester):
To ask the Leader of the House, what the total cost was of special advisors to his office in financial year 2002-03, broken down by (a) salary and related expenses and (b) other costs. |
|
(131706)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
671
|
Mr Roy Beggs
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many disciplinary actions have been taken against airlines for (a) breach of aircraft noise arrival and departure regulations and (b) failure to follow preferred routes into and from Belfast City Airport in each of the last three years. |
|
(131521)
|
672
|
Mr Roy Beggs
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what cross-departmental policies are in place to tackle (a) sex and (b) racial inequality in Northern Ireland. |
|
(131522)
|
673
|
Mr Roy Beggs
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many racial assaults, broken down by ethnic group, have occurred in each of Northern Ireland's parliamentary constituencies in each of the last three years. |
|
(131523)
|
674
|
Mr Roy Beggs
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures have been introduced by the Northern Ireland Office to support the Childcare Initiative. |
|
(131524)
|
675
|
Mr Roy Beggs
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to support Northern Ireland's existing and new high technology and telecommunications industry and entrepreneurs; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131525)
|
676
|
Mr Roy Beggs
(East Antrim):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that a statement provided for a child with special needs in one board area is acceptable in all education and library board areas in Northern Ireland when the child transfers from one board area to another; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131822)
|
677
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
|
(132111)
|
678
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prosecutions proceeded in relation to TV licensing in 2002 in Northern Ireland, broken down by constituency. |
|
(131574)
|
679
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he has implemented to assist those workers at Teletech in North Belfast made redundant recently. |
|
(131575)
|
680
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been of the police ombudsman's office in Northern Ireland in each year since its formation. |
|
(131576)
|
681
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are employed in the office of the police ombudsman for Northern Ireland; and what their roles are. |
|
(131577)
|
682
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which parties comprise the Implementation Group in Northern Ireland. |
|
(131578)
|
683
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) renumeration, (b) expenses and (c) other payments members of the International Monitoring Commission are entitled to; and what estimate he has made of the likely costs. |
|
(131672)
|
684
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what accommodation will be available to the members of the International Monitoring Commission; and what estimate he has made of the likely costs. |
|
(131673)
|
685
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the costs of the International Monitoring Commission will be borne by the Irish Republic. |
|
(131674)
|
686
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list all international members of bodies set up in Northern Ireland since 1998 in connection with the Belfast Agreement. |
|
(131675)
|
687
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total costs were of the International Independent Commission on Decommissioning for the last full year of its operation; and what proportion was borne by (a) Her Majesty's Government and (b) the Irish Government. |
|
(131676)
|
688
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is on tackling age discrimination in Northern Ireland. |
|
(131856)
|
689
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the impact on Northern Ireland of the World Trade Organisation talks in Cancún. |
|
(131857)
|
690
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the implications for Northern Ireland of the proposed European Union constitution. |
|
(131858)
|
691
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish proposals on the future of the Review of Public Administration; and what consultation he will undertake. |
|
(131859)
|
692
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the accommodation review being carried out by the Department of Finance and Personnel. |
|
(131861)
|
693
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to review exemptions for certain employees from the provisions of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. |
|
(131862)
|
694
|
Mr Nigel Dodds
(Belfast North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to review the operation of bail procedures in Northern Ireland courts. |
|
(131863)
|
695
|
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of those waiting for digital hearing aids in Northern Ireland have been issued with a digital hearing aid; what action he is taking to increase this figure; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131758)
|
696
|
Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients have been referred by the NHS in Northern Ireland to private healthcare providers (a) in England, (b) in Northern Ireland, (c) in Scotland, (d) in Wales and (e) abroad in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
|
(131744)
|
697
|
Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria is used by the NHS in Northern Ireland to decide when to refer a patient to a private healthcare provider for treatment. |
|
(131745)
|
698
|
Mr Jon Owen Jones
(Cardiff Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been spent by the NHS in Northern Ireland to obtain healthcare from private healthcare providers in (a) in England, (b) in Northern Ireland, (c) in Scotland, (d) in Wales and (e) abroad in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
|
(131746)
|
699
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many fair employment cases the Equality Commission is assisting through the provision of funding; and how many of these also involve discrimination prohibited on other grounds. |
|
(131420)
|
700
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases the Equality Commission is assisting through the provision of funding. |
|
(131421)
|
701
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications for assistance in terms of funding of cases the Equality Commission has received in the (a) current and (b) last financial year. |
|
(131422)
|
702
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 have been initiated by the Equality Commission in each year since its foundation. |
|
(131460)
|
703
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will confirm when the Equality Commission produced a strategic plan for investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. |
|
(131461)
|
704
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Equality Commission produced a strategic plan for investigations following reviews under Article 55 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. |
|
(131462)
|
705
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications for assistance in terms of funding of fair employment cases the Equality Commission received (a) in the last financial year and (b) in this financial year; and how many of these also involved discrimination prohibited on other grounds. |
|
(131463)
|
706
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what external research the Equality Commission has commissioned on fair employment since its foundation. |
|
(131464)
|
707
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) external and (b) internal research the Equality Commission has published on fair employment since its foundation. |
|
(131470)
|
708
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 have been initiated by the Equality Commission in each year since its foundation; and how many of them were against an employer as a result of a finding by the Fair Employment Tribunal against that employer. |
|
(131761)
|
709
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what external research the Equality Commission has published on fair employment since its foundation. |
|
(131762)
|
710
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions the Equality Commission has had with him on the exclusion of Irish nationals from reserved posts. |
|
(131877)
|
711
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the Senior Civil Service Review. |
|
(131878)
|
712
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many employers the Equality Commission has referred to the Fair Employment Tribunal because of a failure to abide by undertakings made as a result of investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 in each year. |
|
(131879)
|
713
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with how many employers the Equality Commission has agreed undertakings following investigations under Article 11 of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 in each year since its foundation. |
|
(131881)
|
714
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials from the Department of Finance and Personnel have had with the Equality Commission on the exclusion of Irish nationals from reserved posts. |
|
(131916)
|
715
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions the Equality Commission has had with the Northern Ireland Office on the legality of the exclusion of Irish nationals from reserved posts. |
|
(132213)
|
716
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many press releases the Equality Commission has released in 2003; and of these how many were wholly or mainly on the issue of fair employment. |
|
(132214)
|
717
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teachers and schools within each education and library board participated in multi-disciplinary training for child protection (a) from 1st April 1993 to 31st March 2003 and (b) from 1st April 2003 to 31st August 2003. |
|
(132215)
|
718
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teachers and schools within each education and library board are participating in multi-disciplinary teaching for child protection. |
|
(132216)
|
719
|
Mr Eddie McGrady
(South Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what budget was allocated to each prison in Northern Ireland between 1st April and 31st August. |
|
(132219)
|
720
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on progress towards re-establishing the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
|
(131480)
|
721
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for UK entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for UK entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131590)
|
722
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many commercial premises are being used in each constituency in Northern Ireland; how many of these commercial premises have been fitted with a water meter; and how many of these commercial premises will receive their first account during January and February 2004. |
|
(131776)
|
723
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils are (a) being attended to by educational psychologists and (b) waiting to be attended to by educational psychologists in each of the education board areas in Northern Ireland. |
|
(131777)
|
724
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils (a) requested an appointment with an educational psychologist and (b) succeeded in obtaining such an appointment in each of the education board areas in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years. |
|
(131778)
|
725
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting times for a child to get an appointment with an educational psychologist in each of the Education Board areas in Northern Ireland was in each of the past five years. |
|
(131779)
|
726
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action (a) has been taken and (b) will be taken in order to reduce waiting times for MOT appointments at the Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency. |
|
(131781)
|
727
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many towns in Northern Ireland (a) had road security barriers in January and (b) currently have road security barriers; and what consultation process is undertaken prior to the removal of the road security barriers. |
|
(131782)
|
728
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many educational psychologists are employed by each of the Education and Library Board areas in Northern Ireland; and how many (a) were employed, (b) retired and (c) recruited in each board area in each of the last five years. |
|
(131783)
|
729
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will reinstate road security barriers removed from Newtownards; and what his policy is on the removal of such barriers. |
|
(131784)
|
730
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will (a) seek to initiate a review of fisheries science by the EU and (b) commission an independent study into the Icelandic and Faeroese models of maintaining fish stocks and the fishing industry. |
|
(131788)
|
731
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what use is to be made of the information gathered from police officers in relation to their membership of (a) the Ancient Order of Hibernians, (b) the Orange Order and (c) other cultural organsiations. |
|
(131825)
|
732
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, where the information gathered from police officers in relation to their membership of (a) the Ancient Order of Hibernians, (b) the Orange Order and (c) other cultural organisations is to be stored; what method of storage will be used; and who will (i) receive and (ii) have access to this information. |
|
(131826)
|
733
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the amounts of (a) weapons and (b) explosives possessed by the Irish Republican Army (i) now, and (ii) in April 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131917)
|
734
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what comparative studies have been conducted on the cost of improving Health Service information technology in Northern Ireland and schemes in the rest of the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131918)
|
735
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many coagulometers were provided through the health service in Northern Ireland for patients to monitor international normalised ratio levels at home, in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131919)
|
736
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost of monitoring international normalised ratio levels of patients in Northern Ireland on warfarin in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131920)
|
737
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to make coagulometers more widely available in Northern Ireland for home monitoring of international normalised ratios by patients on warfarin. |
|
(131921)
|
738
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on standards in NHS information technology; and what costs have been incurred from the recent modernisation of the technology. |
|
(131922)
|
739
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members there are of the Senate of Queen's University; and how many of them completed undergraduate degrees at the university. |
|
(131923)
|
740
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications have been received by the PSNI since 1st January from (a) former and (b) retired police officers for permission to use police leisure facilities; how many of those applications have been processed; and how many applicants have been informed that permission has been granted. |
|
(132078)
|
741
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many premises in Northern Ireland were charged a commercial rate for 2002-03. |
|
(132088)
|
742
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what building regulations relating to fire escapes apply to (a) dwellings and (b) offices with three or more floors in Northern Ireland. |
|
(132089)
|
743
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what requirements relating to fire escape equipment are placed upon property developers building multi-floored (a) dwellings and (b) offices in Northern Ireland. |
|
(132090)
|
744
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times the North/South Ministerial Council has met as indicated in the 1998 Belfast Agreement (a) in plenary format, (b) in specific sectoral formats, represented by the individual ministers and (c) to consider cross-sectoral matters. |
|
(132091)
|
745
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost has been since April 1998 of the North-South Ministerial Council. |
|
(132093)
|
746
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many general practitioners practices in Northern Ireland are not accepting any new patients onto their lists. |
|
(132094)
|
747
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost of (a) the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference, (b) the British-Irish Council and (c) the North-South Implementation Bodies has been since April 1998. |
|
(132095)
|
748
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were killed on the roads in Northern Ireland in (a) 1973, (b) 1983 and (c) 1993. |
|
(132096)
|
749
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what payment has been made for organs and tissue removed and retained without informed consent in Northern Ireland in the last five years. |
|
(132338)
|
750
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the National CJD Unit in Edinburgh monitored all imports and exports of brains and brain material between Belfast and Dublin. |
|
(132411)
|
Questions to the Prime Minister
751
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment the Government has made of whether Syria (a) possesses and (b) is developing weapons of mass destruction. |
|
(131973)
|
752
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 18th September, Official Report, column 870W, on Iraq, whether the (a) chairman and (b) members of the (i) Intelligence and Security Committee, (ii) Defence and (iii) Foreign Affairs Select Committees were invited to comment on the content of the Iraq dossier before it was published. |
|
(131915)
|
753
|
Mr Gordon Prentice
(Pendle):
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his practice to circulate to all Cabinet members papers relating to Iraq. |
|
(131682)
|
754
N
|
Mr Richard Shepherd
(Aldridge - Brownhills):
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the statement of 16th September by the Foreign Secretary, Official Report, column 794, when it became government policy that international treaties take primacy over national laws; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131483)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
755
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on airport expansion in Scotland. |
|
(131479)
|
756
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for UK entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for UK entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131589)
|
757
|
Pete Wishart
(North Tayside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if his Department will make a submission to the Fraser inquiry into the Holyrood project. |
|
(131487)
|
758
|
Pete Wishart
(North Tayside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department (a) has met and (b) will meet Lord Fraser to discuss (i) the inquiry into the Holyrood project and (ii) the evidence to be provided by Her Majesty's Government for the Scottish Office. |
|
(131488)
|
759
|
Pete Wishart
(North Tayside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the Government intends to allow the Fraser Inquiry into the Scottish Parliament building access to information relating to internal advice and decisions made by government on this matter, and in particular information which would normally be subject to Exemption 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. |
|
(131490)
|
Questions to the Solicitor General
760
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Solicitor General, when she expects the judicial review of the Crown Prosecution Service's decision not to prosecute officers involved in the Roger Sylvester case to be concluded; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131789)
|
761
|
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
(Crosby):
To ask the Solicitor General, what guidance the Crown Prosecution Service in Merseyside has provided to the Merseyside police in relation to anti-social behaviour orders; and who is responsible for requesting that an order be made. |
|
(132336)
|
762
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) offences of fraud and (b) serious frauds involving breaches of trust by professionals were reported to the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last three years; how many prosecutions were initiated; what the outcome was in each case; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131900)
|
763
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Solicitor General, what plans she has to set up branches of the Serious Fraud Office in the regions. |
|
(131901)
|
764
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Solicitor General, what recent assessment she has made of the work of the Serious Fraud Office; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131902)
|
765
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Solicitor General, when she will answer the question from the honourable Member for Vale of York of 8th September ref 128333. |
|
(132257)
|
766
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Solicitor General, how many allegations of bribery of a foreign public official have been passed to the Serious Fraud Office since 14th February 2002; and how many of these allegations have resulted in an investigation; and whether any charges or arrests have been made under Part 12 since that date. |
|
(132361)
|
767
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has refused consent for any investigations or prosecutions to be carried out under corruption legislation. |
|
(132362)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
768
|
Janet Anderson
(Rossendale & Darwen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who bears the cost of public inquiries into planning applications for windfarms. |
|
(131670)
|
769
|
Norman Baker
(Lewes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list those areas in the Lewes constituency capable of accessing broadband; to which areas there are plans to extend such a capability; and on what dates. |
|
(131827)
|
770
|
Norman Baker
(Lewes):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects the Office of Fair Trading to conclude its review of the Supermarket Code of Practice; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131829)
|
771
N
|
Dr Vincent Cable
(Twickenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has made to the (a) French authorities and (b) European Commission on French state aids in the case of Alsthom. |
|
(131968)
|
772
N
|
Dr Vincent Cable
(Twickenham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the Government's role in the threatened closure of the Alsthom works in Birmingham. |
|
(131969)
|
773
|
Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 17th July, Official Report, column 509W, on environmental measures, what assessment she has made of the economic benefits to UK environmental industries of the markets created by each measure; what methodology she used to carry out each assessment; and where each assessment is published. |
|
(131893)
|
774
|
Mrs Helen Clark
(Peterborough):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she has taken to implement recommendation 15 of the Cross-Cutting Review of the Knowledge Economy published in December 2000; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131988)
|
775
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether her Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
|
(132109)
|
776
|
Ross Cranston
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will lay regulations under the Fireworks Act 2003. |
|
(131661)
|
777
N
|
Mr Frank Dobson
(Holborn & St Pancras):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost will be to the taxpayer of the credit facility made available to British Energy. |
|
(132143)
|
778
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of gross domestic product is accounted for by the output of (i) small and (ii) micro businesses in (a) Dumfries & Galloway, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK. |
|
(132320)
|
779
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government is taking to protect timeshare owners where their facilities provider was transferred from one company to another following a change in their management contract. |
|
(132321)
|
780
N
|
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she was consulted on Royal Mail's proposal to withdraw air freight operations from Liverpool John Lennon Airport; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131476)
|
781
|
Mr Nigel Evans
(Ribble Valley):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate the cost of broadband telecommunications charges to public bodies within the Ribble Valley constituency in 2002-03; and what plans there are for improving value for money. |
|
(131699)
|
782
|
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her oral statement of 17th September, Official Report, columns 861-7, on the WTO Ministerial Conference, what assessment she has made of the role of NGOs in the collapse of the World Trade Organisations talks. |
|
(131957)
|
783
|
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 25th September, question ref 130694, what plans she has to make an assessment of the impact of the Everything But Arms agreement on the number of people who have lived or are predicted to live on $1 a day between 1990 and 2015 in sub-Saharan Africa. |
|
(132282)
|
784
|
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, purusant to her Answer of 25th September, (question number 130710), what her plans are to commission specific research on the commercial effects of the decline in uptake of modern languages; and what representations she has received on this subject from United Kingdom businesses with foreign market interests. |
|
(132283)
|
785
N
|
Dr Ian Gibson
(Norwich North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to assess the sale of Norwich Airport for value for money. |
|
(131216)
|
786
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on the relationship between the number of work permits granted to overseas applicants to work in the IT industry and vacancy levels and unemployment levels among domestic employees in that sector. |
|
(132309)
|
787
|
Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, at what load factor each coal-fired power station operated in each year from 1997 to 2003. |
|
(132403)
|
788
|
Mr John Grogan
(Selby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with (a) the UK mined coal industry and (b) trades unions about the likely impact of the Large Combustion Plants Directive implementation options proposed in the current consultation. |
|
(132408)
|
789
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy to urge the Post Office to organise public meetings (a) before decisions are made about closures and (b) for each individual closure proposal once the decisions are made on a particular area; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131432)
|
790
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her policy on the (a) proposals by the Post Office to close post offices in South Portsmouth in 12 months and (b) closure by the Post Office of financially viable local offices. |
|
(131433)
|
791
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much compensation has been paid to the Post Office for their closure programme; and how much more is expected to be paid. |
|
(131434)
|
792
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received about the proposals by the Post Office to close local post offices in South Portsmouth; what has been her response; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131435)
|
793
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make representations to the Post Office about the number of proposed closures of local post offices in South Portsmouth; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131436)
|
794
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations she has received about the need to improve the regulations relating to direct selling; what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(132135)
|
795
|
Mr Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will ensure there is a reply to the letter dated 7th August from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Tarik Shaei, addressed to the Companies Investigation Branch in her Department. |
|
(131737)
|
796
N
|
Mr Paul Keetch
(Hereford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether components of British manufacture from the two vehicles suspected of weapons of mass destruction production were bought with Export Credit Guarantee Department credits; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131486)
|
797
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many rural sub-post offices have closed since 1st March. |
|
(131484)
|
798
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effects of the recent power failures affecting London on the national economy; and what the possible causes of the power failures are. |
|
(132260)
|
799
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment her Department has made of the cost of the loss of power through overhead power lines in terms of transmission costs compared to underground transfer; and what research she has commissioned to assess the amount of energy lost overhead and the impact on the cost and efficiency of such lines. |
|
(132261)
|
800
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment her Department has made of the risks to the United Kingdom of a major power failure in January to February 2004; and what plans are in place to prevent power incapacity at the coldest time of year. |
|
(132262)
|
801
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost to the National Grid was of loss of power through (a) trees falling on a power line, (b) high winds causing interruption of power in high wires carried over pylons, (c) birds landing on such lines and (d) other major loss of power from other causes in the last 12 months. |
|
(132263)
|
802
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the cost of promoting British branding and identity overseas in the last year for which figures are available; and what element of this expenditure promotes (a) Welsh, (b) Scottish and (c) Irish branding and identity as a distinct component of that of the United Kingdom as a whole. |
|
(131946)
|
803
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent in each year by her Department in preparing for United Kingdom entry to the euro; how much her Department plans to spend on preparations for United Kingdom entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates she has made of the total costs to her Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131599)
|
804
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications for export credit guarantees were received by her Department in each year since 1997 with regard to Botswana; how many were successful; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131626)
|
805
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will press BT to decrease the threshold numbers required for the instalment of Broadband in rural areas. |
|
(131780)
|
806
|
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the population in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex, (d) Cambridgeshire and (e) the UK who are unable to access broadband. |
|
(131839)
|
807
|
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the take-up of the Post Office card account in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk and (c) Essex; and what the UK national average take-up is. |
|
(131840)
|
808
|
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much government funding has been allocated for broadband rollout in each year since 2000, broken down by English region. |
|
(131845)
|
809
|
Phil Sawford
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are in place to regulate the activities of franchise operators in the road haulage industry. |
|
(132200)
|
810
|
Phil Sawford
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations her Department has received regarding (a) Drivertime Recruitment Ltd. and (b) Drivernet Ltd. of Manchester. |
|
(132201)
|
811
|
Phil Sawford
(Kettering):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will conduct an inquiry into the activities of franchises, franchisors and recruitment agencies operating in the road haulage industry. |
|
(132202)
|
812
N
|
Jonathan Shaw
(Chatham & Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact on industry of liability for the costs of the EU Emissions Trading scheme, with particular reference to the paper industry. |
|
(131972)
|
813
N
|
Mr David Stewart
(Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimates she has made of the costs to employers of standardising the minimum wage rate for all employees aged 18 and above. |
|
(131356)
|
814
N
|
Mr David Stewart
(Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effects of the interest rates charged by store cards on consumers. |
|
(131357)
|
815
N
|
Mr David Stewart
(Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representatations she has received from (a) organisations and (b) individuals on biomass renewable projects. |
|
(131358)
|
816
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many allegations of corruption have been reported to the head of internal audit at ECGD; how many of these allegations have been passed on to NCIS; and whether these are in relation to contracts that have already received support from the ECGD, or to contracts on which the ECGD is being asked for support. |
|
(132372)
|
817
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many officials from her Department assisted in the negotiations with the National Industrial Participation and the Defence Industrial Participation programmes with South Africa; what their role was in these negotiations; and what posts they held in her Department at the time of the negotiations. |
|
(132378)
|
818
N
|
Paddy Tipping
(Sherwood):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she last met Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to discuss the Large Combustion Plant Directive and its implications for the UK coal industry. |
|
(131215)
|
819
N
|
Mr Paul Truswell
(Pudsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations will take place on regulations to be introduced under the Fireworks Bill; with whom consultations will be held; and over what period. |
|
(131405)
|
820
N
|
Mr Paul Truswell
(Pudsey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she was consulted about the statement made by a Department official to the Yorkshire Evening Post and published on 15th September, concerning regulations under the Fireworks Bill and the absence of limitations on the period of sale of fireworks; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(131407)
|
821
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many speeches she has made since June supporting entry into the euro. |
|
(131719)
|
822
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she last met the Chairman of the Royal Mail. |
|
(131720)
|
823
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices she has visited since she took up her appointment. |
|
(131721)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
824
N
|
Mr Peter Ainsworth
(East Surrey):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to public funds of building a rail tunnel under Horley Station; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131502)
|
825
|
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles in the United Kingdom were propelled by (a) LPG, (b) CNG, (c) LNG and (d) hydrogen in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131707)
|
826
|
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many automotive refuelling points there were in the United Kingdom for (a) LPG, (b) CNG, (c) LNG and (d) hydrogen in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131708)
|
827
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
|
(132100)
|
828
|
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
(Crosby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the stations in Merseyside (a) which will receive improvements through the Strategic Rail Authority's MFAS programme and (b) which are expecting improvements via the Local Transport Plan on the Merseytravel Passenger Transport Authority and Executive; and what the nature and cost of the improvements are. |
|
(132334)
|
829
|
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
(Crosby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money was spent improving the transport infrastructure in Crosby (a) since 1997 and (b) from 1992 to 1997. |
|
(132335)
|
830
|
Mr Don Foster
(Bath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in renegotiating the funding contributed by the UK for navigational aids used solely by vessels using ports in the Republic of Ireland. |
|
(131536)
|
831
|
Mr Don Foster
(Bath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was contributed by the UK authorities for navigational aids in the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five years. |
|
(131537)
|
832
|
Mr Don Foster
(Bath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much subsidy was paid by the UK Government for each vessel using ports in the Republic of Ireland, in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131538)
|
833
|
Mr Don Foster
(Bath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he (a) last raised and (b) next intends to raise the issue of light dues with the Irish Government; what discussions his Department has had with the Irish Government over the last three years regarding light dues; and what representations he has received from the Irish Government on the reform of the light dues. |
|
(131539)
|
834
|
Mr Don Foster
(Bath):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to end the Irish Light Dues subsidy. |
|
(131540)
|
835
|
Mr Neil Gerrard
(Walthamstow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes have taken place in the last three years in the number of aircraft on flight paths above Walthamstow. |
|
(131581)
|
836
|
Mr Neil Gerrard
(Walthamstow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what altitude restrictions apply to aircraft on flight paths above Walthamstow; and how these have changed in the last five years. |
|
(131582)
|
837
|
Mr Neil Gerrard
(Walthamstow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for which airports (a) inbound and (b) outbound flight paths overfly Walthamstow; and how this has changed in the last three years. |
|
(131583)
|
838
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to accept the proposals outlined in the Transport (Concessionary Fares) Bill introduced by the honourable Member for Gateshead East and Washington West on 16th September; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131498)
|
839
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which countries' passports (a) are and (b) are not accepted by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency as proof of identity from individuals applying for a replacement driving licence; for what reasons the latter are not acceptable; what other form of documentation is acceptable to the DVLA; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131501)
|
840
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 15th September, Official Report, columns 499-500W, on deep vein thrombosis, when the Aviation Health Unit will come in to existence; what its composition will be; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131932)
|
841
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the wearing of helmets by cyclists. |
|
(132082)
|
842
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received about making the wearing of helmets by cyclists compulsory; if he will make it his policy to introduce such legislation; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132083)
|
843
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits of cyclists wearing helmets; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132084)
|
844
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of crime associated with the theft of blue badge disabled parking permits; what steps his Department is taking to deal with such crime; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132085)
|
845
|
Lynne Jones
(Birmingham, Selly Oak):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, purusant to his Answer of 15th January, Official Report, column 625W, on road deaths, if he will make a statement on (a) the progress in monitoring the experiments in the Netherlands to reduce road deaths and (b) his Department's work with United Kingdom local authorities. |
|
(132140)
|
846
|
John McDonnell
(Hayes & Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the action to be taken as a result of the derailment of a train at King's Cross station on 16th September. |
|
(131729)
|
847
|
John McDonnell
(Hayes & Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation his Department has undertaken with the Environment Agency on the risk of flooding in the Thames Valley resulting from the potential development of a third runway at Heathrow. |
|
(131730)
|
848
|
John McDonnell
(Hayes & Harlington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the development of (a) a third runway and (b) the fifth terminal at Heathrow airport on the risk of flooding in (i) the Thames Valley and (ii) the London Borough of Hillingdon. |
|
(131731)
|
849
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the scope of the financial cover under the insolvency protection provisions of the Air Travel Trust Fund. |
|
[R]
(131515)
|
850
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will bring forward legislation to change the scope of the financial protection of the Air Travel Trust Fund. |
|
[R]
(131516)
|
851
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend financial protection to those booking accommodation through an online airline facility. |
|
[R]
(131517)
|
852
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of protection is extended under the Air Travel Trust Fund to those booking airline tickets and separate accommodation on the same website. |
|
[R]
(131518)
|
853
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the benefits of wearing a bicycle helmet for the prevention of injuries. |
|
(132258)
|
854
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce legislation enforcing the wearing of bicycle helmets for those under 16; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(132259)
|
855
|
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the risk factors associated with light rail schemes (a) where there is a pre-existing light rail passenger base and (b) that rely on projections of passenger growth; and how this is reflected in his Department's costs and other assessments of such schemes. |
|
(131924)
|
856
|
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what risk assessment his Department has made of the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway renewal proposals. |
|
(131925)
|
857
|
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average public subsidy per mile travelled for (a) bus routes and (b) light rail and tram systems was in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131926)
|
858
|
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account his Department took of the (a) extent and (b) costs of Disability Discrimination Act 1995 compliance in 2004 in its assessment of the costs and value for money of the minimal option of works to keep the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway operational. |
|
(131927)
|
859
|
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has included regeneration benefits from the upgrade of the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway in its assessment of its value for money and cost-benefit ratios. |
|
(131928)
|
860
|
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the success of (a) light rail and (b) bus schemes in attracting users to public transport. |
|
(131963)
|
861
|
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on the upgrade of existing light rail networks. |
|
(131964)
|
862
|
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken of the (a) benefits and (b) costs of (i) upgrading existing and (ii) building new light rail systems. |
|
(131965)
|
863
|
Mr Gordon Marsden
(Blackpool South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) assessment his Department has made of the cost-benefit ratios and (b) value for money of the options for the renewal of the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway. |
|
(131966)
|
864
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British ships were (a) lost and (b) damaged whilst at sea in each year since 1997. |
|
(132288)
|
865
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the minimum strength standard that British ships are built to for (a) the hull and (b) the aft. |
|
(132289)
|
866
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of British ships are built to withstand freak waves whilst at sea. |
|
(132290)
|
867
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for United Kingdom entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for United Kingdom entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency.
|
|
(131606)
|
868
|
Mr James Paice
(South East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the funding necessary to enable the UK to meet the EU targets of (a) two per cent. biofuels by 2005 and (b) 5.75 per cent. by 2010. |
|
(131717)
|
869
|
Mr James Paice
(South East Cambridgeshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds he has provided for the promotion and development of (a) sustainable liquid biofuels and (b) fossil gas fuels for road transport in the last three years. |
|
(131718)
|
870
N
|
Mr Owen Paterson
(North Shropshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Minister of State will reply to the letter of 10th September from the honourable Member for North Shropshire regarding Mr Per Lindstrand of Lindstrand Balloons Ltd. |
|
(131217)
|
871
N
|
Mr Owen Paterson
(North Shropshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects of introducing a domestic airworthiness standard for tethered balloons for passenger transport in advance of the introduction of a European standard, with particular reference to the effects on UK manufacturers of balloons. |
|
(131218)
|
872
N
|
Mr Owen Paterson
(North Shropshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what options are open to manufacturers of tethered balloons for passenger transport to attain certification. |
|
(131219)
|
873
N
|
Mr Owen Paterson
(North Shropshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he first received reports that, under single market provision, a certification of airworthiness would be required for tethered balloons for passenger transport. |
|
(131220)
|
874
|
Mr Gordon Prentice
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train paths were allocated to the Royal Mail in each week in the last year for which figures are available. |
|
(131680)
|
875
|
Mr Gordon Prentice
(Pendle):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the mail trains and other facilities associated with the transport of mail by rail are to be mothballed following the decision of Royal Mail to send mail by road; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131684)
|
876
|
Mr John Randall
(Uxbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of a third runway at Heathrow on flooding in the area. |
|
(131868)
|
877
|
Mr John Randall
(Uxbridge):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has received from the Environment Agency on the flooding implications of building a third runway at Heathrow. |
|
(131869)
|
878
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements he has placed on the Strategic Rail Authority to consult passengers in determining which applicant is to be awarded the Greater Anglia Franchise. |
|
(131610)
|
879
|
Bob Russell
(Colchester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Education and Skills before 16th September on proposals to stagger the school day; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131619)
|
880
|
Bob Spink
(Castle Point):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce demand targets for LPG as a road fuel. |
|
(131686)
|
881
|
Bob Spink
(Castle Point):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice his Department has given to British coach drivers on adhering to French regulations on coach travel during coach accident memorial days. |
|
(131692)
|
882
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money has been spent on the development and production of a draft Walking Strategy; and when the final strategy will be published. |
|
(132357)
|
883
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what initiatives his Department has implemented to reverse the decline in people choosing to walk their journeys as a means of travelling. |
|
(132358)
|
884
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has made to establish a National Walking Board to implement the findings of the draft walking strategy. |
|
(132359)
|
885
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has made to establish a walking website as a resource for promoting walking as an alternative way of travelling short journeys. |
|
(132360)
|
886
|
John Thurso
(Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 17th July, Official Report, column 618W, on station improvements, if he will list the stations where improvements are (a) taking place and (b) being considered. |
|
(131454)
|
887
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many official speeches he has made since June supporting entry into the euro. |
|
(131848)
|
888
|
Pete Wishart
(North Tayside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce offshore windfarm safety legislation to create a safety zone around the Robin Rigg Offshore. |
|
(131473)
|
889
|
Pete Wishart
(North Tayside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons he decided to legislate for offshore windfarm safety for Scotland; and whether he consulted the office of the Secretary of State for Scotland before deciding to legislate in this area. |
|
(131474)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
890
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for United Kingdom entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for United Kingdom entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131600)
|
Questions to the Minister for Women
891
N
|
Joan Ruddock
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Minister for Women, what follow-up action has taken place in the United Kingdom following the Voice of the Women of Iraq conference on 9th July. |
|
(132148)
|
892
|
Joan Ruddock
(Lewisham, Deptford):
To ask the Minister for Women, if she will make available the recommendations of the conference Voice of the Women of Iraq, which she attended on 9th July. |
|
(132253)
|
893
|
Mr Robert Walter
(North Dorset):
To ask the Minister for Women, pursuant to her oral Answer of 18th September, on sex discrimination in private members clubs, what support has been given by the Government to private Members bills; when that support was given; and how much Government time has been made available for that legislation. |
|
(131714)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
894
|
Peter Bradley
(Wrekin, The):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in The Wrekin he estimates will benefit from the pension credit. |
|
(131689)
|
895
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on his meeting with Ros Altmann on 17th September. |
|
(131659)
|
896
|
Mr Michael Connarty
(Falkirk East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to outsource call centre work to premises outside the United Kingdom. |
|
(132101)
|
897
|
Mr David Drew
(Stroud):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Support Agency has referred recipients of CSA payments back to their ex-partner in order to sort out future payments. |
|
(131469)
|
898
|
Mr Peter Duncan
(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of pension credit applications to date have elected to pay into (a) Post Office car accounts, (b) bank accounts and (c) benefit books. |
|
(132322)
|
899
|
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 15th September, Official Report, column 556W, on means-tested benefits, what percentage of the population aged 60 years and over was in receipt of income support in each year between 1993 and 2002. |
|
(131951)
|
900
|
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 9th September, Official Report, column 303W, on pensions, what percentage of stakeholder pension sales went to working individuals earning between (a) £10,000 and £20,000, (b) £20,000 and £30,000, (c) £30,000 and £40,000, (d) £40,000 and £50,000 and (e) £50,000 and £60,000; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131953)
|
901
|
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidelines are used by the Child Support Agency in dealing with cases where automatic deductions from pay have been made by an employer, but have not been passed on to the CSA; and what plans he has to review these guidelines. |
|
(132281)
|
902
|
Mr Bill O'Brien
(Normanton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the reasons for (a) taking into consideration tax credit payments for absent parents and (b) not taking into consideration tax credit payments to the parents with care when assessing maintenance payments through the Child Support Agency. |
|
(131409)
|
903
|
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent in each year by his Department in preparing for United Kingdom entry to the euro; how much his Department plans to spend on preparations for United Kingdom entry to the euro for each year from the current financial year up to and including 2005-06; and what estimates he has made of the total costs to his Department of changeover to the European Single Currency. |
|
(131602)
|
904
|
Angus Robertson
(Moray):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were received per month from Child Support Agency clients (a) in the six months previous to the introduction of the new child support system and (b) in the last three months, in the latter case identifying how many of the complaints came from (i) clients of the old system and (ii) clients of the new system; what percentage of total clients the complaints represented per month; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(131447)
|
905
|
Dr Phyllis Starkey
(Milton Keynes South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Milton Keynes are in receipt of carer's allowance. |
|
(131427)
|
906
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the need for people disabled after their 65th birthday to benefit from the Motability scheme. |
|
(132374)
|
907
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many grants and (b) how much grant was given to people aged (i) under 65 years and (ii) 65 years and over from the Specialised Disability Fund in the last 12 months; and what plans he has to enable people disabled after the age of 65 years to receive money under the fund. |
|
(132375)
|
908
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the (a) cost and (b) number of beneficiaries of increasing the upper age limit on claiming disability living allowance to (i) 70, (ii) 75 and (iii) 80 years; and what take-up assumptions are made in this calculation. |
|
(132377)
|
909
|
Mr Mark Todd
(South Derbyshire):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will phase in assessments under the new Child Support Agency system for those who have closed cases with continuing payment obligations under the old system. |
|
(131425)
|
910
|
Steve Webb
(Northavon):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his oral briefing to pensioners of 3rd September on the pension credit, (a) what the total advertising budget is, (b) how many pensioners will receive pension credit in October, and, of that number, how many will be former minimum income guarantee claimants; and if he will estimate the (i) number of calls that can be dealt with per (A) hour and (B) day by the pension credit telephone application line and (ii) average time to complete an application using the pension credit telephone application line. |
|
(131580)
|
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
911
|
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Vale of York):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of special advisers working in government departments are women. |
|
[Transferred]
(131478)
|
912
|
Mr Andrew Tyrie
(Chichester):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost was of special advisers to the Office of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in financial year 2002-03, broken down by (a) salary and related expenses and (b) other costs. |
|
[Transferred]
(131770)
|
913
|
Mr Andrew Tyrie
(Chichester):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions in financial year 2002-03 the special advisers to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury travelled abroad in an official capacity; which places were visited; and how much each visit cost. |
|
[Transferred]
(131771)
|
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
914
|
Mr Tony McWalter
(Hemel Hempstead):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many registered maternities there were to women resident in (a) Dacorum, (b) St. Albans, (c) Watford, (d) Hertsmere and (e) Three Rivers local authority districts which took place in (i) Hemel Hempstead General Hospital, (ii) Watford General Hospital, (iii) St. Albans City Hospital, (iv) Mount Vernon Hospital, (v) Barnet General Hospital, (vi) Chase Farm Hospital, (vii) Northwick Park Hospital, (viii) Luton and Dunstable Hospital, (ix) Stoke Mandeville Hospital, (x) Wycombe General Hospital, (xi) other NHS hospitals, (xii) RAF Halton Hospital, (xiii) other non-NHS hospitals, (xiv) at home and (xv) elsewhere in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
|
[Transferred]
(131458)
|
915
|
Dr Phyllis Starkey
(Milton Keynes South West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the report by Derek Wanless on the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions. |
|
[Transferred]
(132198)
|
916
|
Dr Phyllis Starkey
(Milton Keynes South West):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to receive the report of Derek Wanless on the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions. |
|
[Transferred]
(132199)
|
Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs
917
|
Mr Kevin McNamara
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what measures have been taken in the last 12 months to promote co-operation in matters concerning work and pensions through the east-west dimension of the Good Friday Agreement. |
|
[Transferred]
(131948)
|
918
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many times the British-Irish Council has met since April 1998. |
|
[Transferred]
(132092)
|
919
|
Mrs Iris Robinson
(Strangford):
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Government plans to restrict coroners' post mortem retentions only to material that is required for evidentiary purposes of a legal nature. |
|
[Transferred]
(132339)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
920
|
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 24th September on deployment of military personnel in Iraq, reference 129882, how much the logistical help provided in Multinational Division South East will cost. |
|
[Transferred]
(132415)
|
921
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed service personnel serving abroad in the last 12 months for which figures are available paid council tax contributions. |
|
[Transferred]
(132305)
|
922
|
Mr Paul Marsden
(Shrewsbury & Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average council tax contribution paid by armed services personnel was whilst serving abroad in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
|
[Transferred]
(132306)
|
923
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people (a) of all ages and (b) aged over 65 years are in receipt of war pensioner's mobility supplement. |
|
[Transferred]
(132376)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
924
|
Mr Michael Foster
(Worcester):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he made of (a) teacher salaries in each local authority and (b) teacher salary costs as a percentage of overall education spending share, for each local authority when setting the Revenue Support Grant for 2003-04. |
|
[Transferred]
(131685)
|
925
|
Jonathan Shaw
(Chatham & Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the delivery of the Raising the Achievement of Dyslexia Pupils: Dyslexia Teaching project that was funded in 2002-03. |
|
[Transferred]
(132204)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
926
|
Janet Anderson
(Rossendale & Darwen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers are available to local authorities compulsorily to purchase land designated as an urban common under the Law of Property Act 1925 to ensure continued access to and use of the land by the general public for leisure and recreation and the protection of wildlife. |
|
[Transferred]
(131671)
|
927
|
Mr David Ruffley
(Bury St Edmunds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the costs of the European Commission's REACH policy to small and medium size enterprises. |
|
[Transferred]
(131844)
|
928
N
|
Jonathan Shaw
(Chatham & Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the EU Emissions Trading Scheme benefits combined heat and power systems. |
|
[Transferred]
(131970)
|
929
N
|
Jonathan Shaw
(Chatham & Aylesford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the benefits of excess combined heat and power being exported between company sites. |
|
[Transferred]
(131971)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
930
|
Peter Bottomley
(Worthing West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the nationality and residential status are of the Chagos islanders; who is responsible for their well-being on arrival in the UK; and if he will nominate a minister to meet honourable Members and concerned county councils to discuss provision of services and their costs for the islanders. |
|
[Transferred]
(131664)
|
931
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 20th January, Official Report, column 85W, on Iraq, what the outcome has been of the vigorous investigations into United Kingdom companies named in Iraq's declaration to the United Nations; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[Transferred]
(131698)
|
932
|
Harry Cohen
(Leyton & Wanstead):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the cross-departmental drug strategy to help Afghanistan achieve the target of eliminating poppy production within the next 10 years; and what plans he has to fulfil the role of international lead on counter-narcotics co-ordination in Afghanistan. |
|
[Transferred]
(131772)
|
933
|
Dr Julian Lewis
(New Forest East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 17th September, ref. 130397, on security clearance levels, for what reason locally-engaged personal assistants recruited by British embassies are subject to a lower vetting classification than the developed vetting required for UK-based personal assistants recruited for the same posts. |
|
[Transferred]
(131695)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
934
|
Mr Graham Brady
(Altrincham & Sale West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what powers the testing of 11 to 16 year olds for chlamydia in schools is carried out; and what recent discussions he has had on the testing of school children for other sexually-transmitted diseases. |
|
[Transferred]
(131806)
|
935
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the public must be in agreement before water may be fluoridated in their area. |
|
[Transferred]
(132113)
|
936
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Government plans to assess local opinion on the fluoridation of water supplies. |
|
[Transferred]
(132115)
|
937
|
Andrew Rosindell
(Romford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent local public opinion will be binding on the Strategic Health Authority in relation to water fluoridation. |
|
[Transferred]
(132118)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
938
|
Mr Harold Best
(Leeds North West):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of animals used for experimentation in the UK. |
|
[Transferred]
(132230)
|
939
|
Mr Nick Gibb
(Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the possible biological effects of terrestrial trunked/radio pulsing rates emanating from (a) handsets and (b) masts; what scientific research he collated to make this assessment; and how his Department's code of best practice applies the findings in respect of siting masts close to schools. |
|
[Transferred]
(131942)
|
940
|
Mr Mike Hancock
(Portsmouth South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the national alcohol strategy. |
|
[Transferred]
(131936)
|
941
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many coroners' courts in Wales have the resources for simultaneous language translation. |
|
[Transferred]
(132347)
|
942
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to ensure that, in inquests, the principles laid down in the Welsh Language Act 1993 are upheld. |
|
[Transferred]
(132348)
|
943
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Welsh language inquests have used (a) sequential and (b) simultaneous translation in each year since 1997. |
|
[Transferred]
(132349)
|
944
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Language Board and the Welsh Assembly on the adequacy of only providing sequential translation as an option for those wanting a Welsh language inquest. |
|
[Transferred]
(132355)
|
945
|
Mr Simon Thomas
(Ceredigion):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for a Welsh language inquest have been (a) made and (b) refused in each county in Wales since 1997. |
|
[Transferred]
(132356)
|
946
|
Joan Walley
(Stoke-on-Trent North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 622W, on headstones, when he expects to issue guidance following the report of the Burial and Cemeteries Advisory Group. |
|
[Transferred]
(131991)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
947
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to reduce regulatory burdens on small businesses. |
|
[Transferred]
(131298)
|
948
|
Bob Spink
(Castle Point):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her estimate is of the investment in the last five years in the UK economy generated by suppliers and distributors of (a) automotive LPG and LPG vehicles, (b) CNG and CNG vehicles, (c) LNG and LNG vehicles and (d) hydrogen and hydrogen vehicles. |
|
[Transferred]
(131688)
|
949
|
Keith Vaz
(Leicester East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government is taking (a) to monitor the extent to which credit companies offer high interest loans and (b) to regulate the practice. |
|
[Transferred]
(131747)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
950
|
Mr David Kidney
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what application he made for a street closure order in relation to the event at Grosvenor Square on 11th September; and for what period the street closure was requested. |
|
[Transferred]
(131410)
|
951
|
Mr David Kidney
(Stafford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the costs to his Department were of the (a) closure of Grosvenor Square and (b) policing of the private event held there on 11th September. |
|
[Transferred]
(131411)
|
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
952
N
|
Mrs Louise Ellman
(Liverpool, Riverside):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received concerning increases in employers' liability compulsory insurance in respect of small companies; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[Transferred]
(131475)
|
953
|
Chris Grayling
(Epsom & Ewell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many investigations by the Health and Safety Executive there have been into infections in NHS hospitals in each of the past five years. |
|
[Transferred]
(132307)
|
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