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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 30 January 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 30 January 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 30 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Friday 30 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 30 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office 1
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the impact of Statutory Instrument No. 440. | | (152248) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 2
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for West Chelmsford of 19th October 2003 concerning Mr C. Silvester, PO Reference 5.09712/2003). | | (152111) | 3
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses notified the Inland Revenue of their intention to claim tax credits in future financial years when trading at a profit as a result of trading losses, in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the total sum of tax credits so notified was. | | (152184) | 4
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Acting Chairman of HM Customs & Excise will reply to the letter of 27th October 2003 from the honourable Member for Chesham and Amersham about the Chalfont St Giles Bowling Club. | | (152185) | 5
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the VAT receipts that would accrue to the Treasury from the construction of new sports facilities associated with the 2012 Olympic bid. | | (151976) | 6
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of VAT receipts the Treasury has received from the construction of sports facilities for each year since 1997. | | (151977) | 7
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest assessment is of the percentage of the UK Gross Domestic Product generated in London in each year since 1997-98. | | (151980) | 8
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on incompatibilities between working tax credit and council tax benefits processing systems which may have resulted in errors in assessing eligibility. | | (152253) | 9
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to remove stamp duty on the financial services sector. | | (152386) | 10
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people he estimates are actively using internet-based stockbroking services in the UK; and how many he estimates are doing so in other EU states. | | (152387) | 11
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what initiatives are in place to assist the financial services industry to ensure probity and transparency in dealings with the public. | | (152388) | 12
| Mr Marsha Singh (Bradford West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made by the Inland Revenue to establish the Thalidomide Trust's right to make distributions tax exempt under section 329 of the Finance Act 1996. | | (152301) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 13
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance is given on (a) whether bail should be granted following a charge of house burglary and (b) the level of sentencing appropriate following a conviction for house burglary. | | (152118) | 14
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, in how many and what proportion of cases resulting in convictions for (a) house burglary and (b) aggravated house burglary, bail was granted before conviction in each of the last six years. | | (152119) | 15
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what proportion of convictions for (a) burglary of a house and (b) aggravated burglary of a house resulted in a gaol sentence in each of the last six years. | | (152120) | 16
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will make a statement on the conclusion of the Law Commission's report, Land Registration for the Twenty-First Century: A conveyancing revolution, concerning the remnants of feudalism in England and Wales. | | (152344) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 17
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the transmitter mast in Worksop will be upgraded so the local residents can receive Freeview. | | (152370) | 18
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Arts Council funding for the Adzido Pan-African Dance Ensemble was in each of the last three years; how many staff are employed by the ensemble, broken down by (a) dancers and (b) others; and how many performances it has put on in each year since 2000. | | (152252) | 19
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grants were paid by the Arts Council to arts organisations in the past five years, broken down by (a) opera, (b) dance, (c) theatre and (d) other art, and by company. | | (152324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 20
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether contracts which involve the supply and consumption of timber include the Defence Contract Condition (DEFCON) 691. | | (152190) | 21
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what conditions are attached to the payment of compensation to Iraqi civilians who have lost relatives due to UK actions; and if he will make a statement. | | (151617) | 22
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the signing of liability waivers by Iraqi civilians who receive compensation payments from the UK for UK actions in Iraq. | | (151618) | 23
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) military and (b) civilian personnel have been (i) killed and (ii) injured in Iraq since 19th March 2003. | | (151619) | 24
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which armoured vehicles are used by British patrols in Afghanistan. | | (152375) | 25
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether enhanced body armour is issued to all British troops operating in Afghanistan. | | (152376) | 26
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pairs of correctly fitting boots each trainee receives at Infantry Training Centre, Catterick. | | (152377) | 27
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether individual soldiers are permitted to buy components for their army-issued personal radio systems. | | (152378) | 28
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what personal protection clothing is issued to British troops operating in Afghanistan. | | (152379) | 29
| Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list sites owned by his Department that are being considered for storing radioactive waste as part of project ISOLUS. | | (152380) | 30
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures United Kingdom forces have taken in the area of Southern Iraq under British control to ensure no weapons of mass destruction, their components, relevant explosives or contaminants are smuggled out of Iraq. | | (152318) | 31
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the resources available for driver training in the armed forces. | | (152303) | 32
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces undertook (a) training to drive and (b) driving tests in the last 12 months. | | (152304) | 33
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces are based in Wales. | | (152246) | 34
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the General Service Medal with Canal Zone clasp will be awarded to service men and women in the constituency of the honourable Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey. | | (152068) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 35
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on progress being made in removing the damehood from Dame Shirley Porter. | | (152193) | 36
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 19th January, Official Report, column 1097W, which specific (a) areas and (b) departments of Trafford Council were identified as being in need of improvement during the improvement planning process orchestrated by the Audit Commission; and if he will provide details of the programme of follow-up inspections. | | (152426) | 37
| Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list (a) the 10 local authorities which are due to receive the greatest percentage increases in grant in the financial year 2004-05 and (b) the amounts of those increases. | | (152326) | 38
| Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage increase in grant would be necessary to bring Cambridgeshire County Council up to the full formula spending share for 2004-05. | | (152328) | 39
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will estimate the cost savings that will be made as a result of transferring powers and responsibilities currently held by the Government offices for the regions to elected regional assemblies. | | (152259) | 40
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what powers and responsibilities he expects elected regional assemblies to exercise that are exercised by (a) central government and (b) local government. | | (152260) | 41
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what basis the calculation in Cm 3897, page 81, paragraph 6.33 was made that a Band D council tax payer would pay an extra three pence on his or her council tax bill to contribute to the costs of the Mayor, Assembly and new central services; and what the current precept for Band D council tax payers is. | | (152261) | 42
| Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the development of a code of good practice for public sector residential leasehold management. | | (152294) | 43
| Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will consult on the accounting requirement provisions contained in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. | | (152295) | 44
| Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how often the Public Sector Leasehold Working Party has met; when it last met; and when he expects it to meet again. | | (152296) | 45
| Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the terms of reference of the Public Sector Leasehold Working Party are; to whom it reports; and if he will make a statement. | | (152297) | 46
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the results of the annual return supplied by local authorities on homelessness applications by couples with dependent children. | | (152429) | 47
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) criteria and (b) benchmarks have been established for monitoring the implementation of the Government's plans for the Thames Gateway, Essex region; who is responsible for the monitoring; and how they will report back findings. | | (152430) | 48
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Government has for the adoption of standards for access to (a) schools, (b) healthcare facilities, (c) leisure facilities, (d) open spaces, (e) shops and (f) new jobs in the communities that are planned in the Thames Gateway, Essex area. | | (152431) | 49
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how he will ensure that new housing development in the Thames Gateway, Essex area will meet (a) flood resistance standards sufficient for the Association of British Insurers and (b) high standards of design. | | (152432) | 50
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Thames Gateway area of Canvey Island will receive additional road access before the new housing development planned by the Thames Gateway initiative is completed. | | (152433) | 51
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will instruct the Thames Gateway initiative to carry out a feasibility study on the provision of a new terminus station for Canvey Island. | | (152434) | 52
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what investigations the Thames Gateway initiative has carried out into the (a) numbers of vehicle movements (i) on to and (ii) off Canvey Island and (b) road capacity for access to the Island. | | (152435) | 53
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what investigations the Thames Gateway initiative has carried out into the (a) number of rail passengers originating from Canvey Island and (b) the capacity of the rail infrastructure. | | (152436) | 54
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many planning applications for (a) housing and (b) mixed use development in the Thames Gateway, Essex area have been refused since March 2000 on the grounds of poor design. | | (152437) | 55
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many additional housing units have been targeted for (a) Castle Point and (b) Canvey Island since March 2000. | | (152438) | 56
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average residential density was of housing developments given planning permission since March 2000 in areas of South Essex which fall within the Thames Gateway. | | (152439) | 57
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will reduce the safety limit of 58V/m for mobile phone and Tetra masts to the European limit of 0.002V/m to 6V/m. | | (152298) | 58
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will amend safety limits on mobile phone masts to cover non-thermal influences. | | (152299) | 59
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will introduce a sequential test for the siting of mobile phone masts to ensure that residential areas are selected only as a matter of last resort. | | (152300) | 60
| Mr John Taylor (Solihull):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the latest evidence on the possible risks to health of mobile phone masts; and if he will take steps to bring UK safety measures into line with best practice in other European countries. | | (152305) | 61
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what infrastructure plan has been agreed between Government agencies in relation to additional homes on the Thistle Hill development agreed by the Planning Inspector. | | (152110) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 62
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the costs involved in producing the TeacherNet Emergencies website were. | | (152418) | 63
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements will be made for the repayment of fees by graduates who choose to leave the country and work overseas. | | (152412) | 64
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how value added measures will be used to determine action to be taken in (a) individual schools and (b) local education authorities. | | (152307) | 65
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the value added between Key Stage 3 and GCSE/GNVQ would have been if the results of specialist schools had been excluded for (a) Durham, (b) Newcastle upon Tyne, (c) South Tyneside, (d) Salford, (e) Blackpool, (f) Knowsley, (g) Liverpool, (h) St Helens, (i) Sefton, (j) North East Lincolnshire, (k) Kingston-upon-Hull, (l) Doncaster, (m) Leeds, (n) Leicestershire and (o) Reading local education authorities. | | (152308) | 66
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on (a) the (i) extent and (ii) duration of funding of the Children Fund's partnership with Portsmouth City Council and (b) the impact of changes to that funding on existing projects. | | (152309) | 67
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he was first informed of children being wrongfully removed from their parents owing to misdiagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy; and when he was first informed that Munchausen's syndrome by proxy was responsible for serious miscarriages of justice. | | (152113) | 68
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many fathers have been imprisoned in the last 30 years based on expert witness evidence of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy. | | (152114) | 69
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) new born babies, (b) infants aged between one and four years and (c) children aged over five years have been taken into care by social services in each of the last 10 years. | | (152115) | 70
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints have been (a) made and (b) upheld against reports produced by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service since the inception of the Service. | | (152348) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 71
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress made in ending discharges of TC-99 from Sellafield. | | (152191) | 72
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many investigation officers are employed by her Department; and how many investigation officers were recruited in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | (152382) | 73
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out the purpose and job description of an investigation officer. | | (152383) | 74
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total annualised cost to public funds is of her Department's force of investigation officers in 2003-04. | | (152384) | 75
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) the July 2003 recruitment advertisement and (b) the required skills and qualifications for investigation officers. | | (152385) | 76
| Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the contribution of organic farming to curbing the build up of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere. | | (152323) | 77
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research has been conducted on measures to deal with diffuse water pollution; and when she expects to bring forward proposals for legislation. | | (150964) | 78
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records her Department keeps of outbreaks of avian influenza amongst (a) poultry flocks, (b) poultry meat processors and (c) egg processors in EU Member States in the last five years. | | (151962) | 79
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what biosecurity measures the Government has in place to protect (a) poultry farmers and (b) consumers from (i) legal and (ii) illegal (A) poultry meat and (B) egg imports from countries in South East Asia which have reported an outbreak of avian influenza. | | (151963) | 80
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) Thailand and (b) other countries in South East Asia about the recent outbreak of avian influenza in the region. | | (151964) | 81
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the levels of imports of poultry meat from (a) Thailand, (b) Pakistan, (c) Indonesia, (d) Vietnam and (e) other countries in South East Asia were in each of the last 24 months for which records are available. | | (151965) | 82
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned on the link between foot and mouth disease and processed swill feed. | | (152254) | 83
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to enforce the ban on feeding swill to pigs on farms and smallholdings. | | (152255) | 84
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she will take to prevent wild birds feeding at landfill sites containing disposed swill, in relation to the prevention of the spread of disease to livestock. | | (152256) | 85
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of farms and smallholdings which may still be feeding unprocessed swill to pigs. | | (152257) | 86
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list those individuals and organisations to whom (a) her Department, (b) its Executive Agencies and (c) the non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible sent a copy of the consultations (i) Sustainable farming and food: meeting the new data needs: a consultation document and (ii) consultation on the implementation of the dairy elements of the Common Agricultural Policy reform package; and from whom each received a response in each case. | | (152249) | 87
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of appeals against the Rural Payment Agency were successful in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2002-03.
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N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish the Government's response to the proposed Common Agriculture Policy reform. | | (151958) | 89
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to pay interest on the late settlement of rural payments due to appeals. | | (151959) | 90
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) total number and (b) average value of appeals under consideration by the Rural Payment Agency is. | | (151960) | 91
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the economic impact on the UK retail market of the UK fishing fleet producing a surplus of haddock in the absence of adequate cod supplies. | | (152368) | 92
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of assessments made by the (a) UK Government and (b) European Commission on the attributes of fish discarded by fishing vessels operating in UK waters. | | (152369) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 93
| Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of the peace process in Sri Lanka. | | (152405) | 94
| Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) President and (b) Prime Minister of Sri Lanka about the political situation in Sri Lanka. | | (152406) | 95
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 1251W, on Chechnya, what plans his Department has to make direct representations to the Chechen authorities regarding human rights conditions in Chechnya. | | (152347) | 96
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there are UK representatives on the International Advisory and Monitoring Board in Iraq. | | (152408) | 97
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 1415W, on Iraq, what the timetable is for the International Advisory and Monitoring Board completing the report on the income and expenditures of the Development Fund for Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority. | | (152413) | 98
N | Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Tyne Bridge of 8th January. | | (151905) | 99
N | Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conditions relate to the issuing of visas to nationals of countries in the Indian sub-continent. | | (151981) | 100
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the areas where the Government has identified an inaccurate or false declaration by the former Iraqi Government in the declaration on its proscribed weapons of mass destruction programmes submitted to the United Nations Security Council on 7th December 2002, specifying the page number in each case. | | (152311) | 101
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will initiate a review of the operation of the secret intelligence services. | | (152314) | 102
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence has been found by the Iraq Survey Group of the destruction of the material and equipment dedicated to weapons of mass destruction listed under the clusters of unresolved disarmament issues published at pages 19 to 133 of his Department's White Paper Iraq: UN Documents, Cm 5785. | | (152316) | 103
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) content and (b) implications of the resignation speech of Dr David Kay as the leader of the Iraq Survey Group. | | (152317) | 104
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with proposals for North Korean students to come to the United Kingdom for cultural and language education to increase links at a sub-governmental level. | | (151900) | 105
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to secure greater access for western non-governmental organisations into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. | | (151901) | 106
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what requests the Government has made to the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on access for international inspectors to its prison system. | | (151902) | 107
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to provide protection for economic and political refugees who leave the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and are hiding in China. | | (151903) | 108
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to assist aid workers in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to obtain timely and unimpeded access to distribute food aid to those people most in need. | | (151904) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 109
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to complete its evaluation of the SunSmart campaign; and when he will decide the amount of funds Cancer Research UK will receive to continue the campaign. | | (152010) | 110
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the monoclonal antibody drugs (a) Cetuximab and (b) Bevacizumab are not available through the NHS. | | (152011) | 111
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether NHS Professionals is able to operate more efficiently than the previous arrangements for the recruitment of staff. | | (152012) | 112
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the policy of NHS Professionals is on the international recruitment of nurses; how many nurses it has recruited from abroad in each year since its inception; and which countries these nurses came from. | | (152013) | 113
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the fee to nurses is for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council; and what it was in each of the last five years. | | (152123) | 114
| Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) EU Directive 2001/20/EC and (b) the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2003 on cancer research in the UK. | | (152325) | 115
| Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) EU Directive 2001/20/EC and (b) the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2003. | | (152327) | 116
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many defibrillators have been commissioned in public places in each year since 1997. | | (152306) | 117
| Mrs Patsy Calton (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th January, Official Report, columns 708-9W, what assessment he has made of the difference in costs between GM and animal insulins. | | (152391) | 118
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances avian influenza in poultry can be contracted by humans; what strains of avian influenza can be contracted by humans; and if he will make a statement. | | (151961) | 119
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly people were diagnosed as suffering from malnutrition in (a) Portsmouth and South East Hampshire and (b) in England, in each of the last five years; and what his Department's policy is for tackling malnutrition. | | (152349) | 120
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies exist for radiographers in the NHS in (a) Portsmouth and South East Hampshire and (b) England; and what assessment he has made of progress towards improving recruitment. | | (152350) | 121
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland about the extension of National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines to Northern Ireland; what criteria are involved in deciding whether a guideline will be extended; and if he will make a statement. | | (152258) | 122
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January, Official Report, column 799W-804W, to the honourable Member for Sutton, if he will make a statement on the impact of the change in dentist numbers in Hampshire between 2002 and 2003 on access to (a) dentists and (b) dentists who accept NHS patients. | | (151979) | 123
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for meeting the costs where the activity of an acute hospitals trust exceeds the amount commissioned by primary care trusts without the agreement of those primary care trusts. | | (152310) | 124
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the National Service Framework for children. | | (152112) | 125
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the financial cost of the treatment of depression to the NHS in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (152358) | 126
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the possible link between illegal drug use and the development of psychosis later in life; and if he will make a statement. | | (152364) | 127
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will collect information on the proportion of newly qualified dentists who go into (a) NHS and (b) private practice after training. | | (152440) | 128
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) NHS and (b) private dental practices there are in (i) the Castle Point and Rochford Primary Care Trust and (ii) the Essex Strategic Health Authority. | | (152441) | 129
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that the risks of misdiagnosis of epilepsy are minimised in local delivery of services. | | (152302) | 130
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the honourable Member for Northavon's letter of 8th September 2003 (his reference PO 1035979), on behalf of Mrs Ruth Davis. | | (152117) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 131
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average sentence for (a) house burglary and (b) burglary of a premises other than a house was in each of the last six years. | | (152121) | 132
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of provision of security cover for ex-Ministers was in each of the last five years; and what the highest cost relating to any one ex-Minister since his or her retirement was. | | (152192) | 133
N | Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Tyne Bridge of 8th January. | | (151906) | 134
N | Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what conditions relate to the issuing of work permits to nationals of countries in the Indian sub-continent. | | (151982) | 135
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) fines and (b) other financial penalties were imposed by the courts for criminal offences during 2000-01, broken down by police authority in England and Wales; and how many of these were paid fully and on time. | | (152186) | 136
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued in the most recent period for which figures are available, broken down by police authority in England and Wales; what the total value of these penalty notices was; what proportion of these were paid in full and on time; and what proportion of those fined paid their penalty in full and on time. | | (152189) | 137
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the system of classifying illegal drugs. | | (152345) | 138
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 268W, on the Terrorism Act 2000, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the ethnic origin of the individuals who have been stopped and searched under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. | | (152399) | 139
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 268W, on the Terrorism Act 2000, how many (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions have directly resulted from stop and searches carried out under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03. | | (152400) | 140
| Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statutory restrictions are placed on individuals instructing legal representatives in cases brought under the Official Secrets Act. | | (152320) | 141
| Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest time between (i) arrest and charge and (ii) charge and start of trial has been in cases brought since 1997 under the Official Secrets Act. | | (152321) | 142
| Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under the Offical Secrets Act in each year since 1997. | | (152322) | 143
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place for informing the general public about changes to the national alert state. | | (152371) | 144
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are being taken to protect major business sites in London from suicide bombers. | | (152373) | 145
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the national state of alert is. | | (152374) | 146
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice he has given to (a) police and (b) local councils on (i) the need to liaise with each other, (ii) the protocols for publishing intentions in the local press and (iii) operational protocols in respect of anti-social behaviour legislation. | | (152427) | 147
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to (a) local councils and (b) the police on the use of anti-social behaviour legislation to disperse groups of youths. | | (152428) | 148
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the full independent review into the National Asylum Support Service; and for what reason it has not yet been published. | | (152425) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 149
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which consultants are retained by his Department to provide the government of Nigeria with advice on public service delivery and civil service reform; what the value of the contracts with the consultants is; and what the nature of the consultants' brief is. | | (152381) | 150
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to his Answer of 26th January, Official Report, column 24W, on Iraq, who the voting members are of the Programme Review Board which approves Coalition Provisional Authority plans for expenditures from the Development Fund for Iraq; and who the Department's secondees are to the Coaliton Provisional Authority. | | (152403) | 151
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the nature was of the £800,000 in bilateral aid from the UK to the People's Democratic Republic of Korea in 2001; and what the nature is of current UK bilateral aid to North Korea. | | (152404) | 152
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to his Answer of 20th January, Official Report, column 1144W, on Iraq, if he will place in the Library reports of the meetings between his Department's staff and Coalition Provisional Authority South regarding the review of projects funded by his Department in Southern Iraq. | | (152409) | 153
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the projects funded by his Department in Southern Iraq that have not been subcontracted to local firms. | | (152410) | 154
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of poverty levels within the Indian state of Jharkand. | | (152411) | 155
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended, (c) dismissed, (d) prosecuted and (e) convicted for involvement in benefit fraud in each of the last six years; and what the amounts involved were in each of the cases listed. | | (152424) | Questions to the Leader of the House 156
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Leader of the House, to what Treaty he referred to in his letter to Mr Jonathan Evans MEP of 17th December 2003, in which he stated that the Treaty agreed at the European Council made clear that member states retain control of their natural resources; whether it remains the Government's position that Article III-157 (Section 10: Energy) of the draft Constitution for Europe is unnecessary as all aspects of energy policy are effectively covered elsewhere in the Treaty; whether the Government's concerns on the changing of boundaries of EU competence and the types of measure which will be subject to unanimity have been allayed; and if he will make a statement. | | (152330) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 157
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been charged with an offence arising out of disturbances in North Belfast on 12th July 2003. | | (152395) | 158
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines extend to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (152329) | 159
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to resolve the Northern Ireland Civil Service pay dispute; and if he will make a statement. | | (152442) | 160
N | Mr Seamus Mallon (Newry & Armagh):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the full-time equivalent staffing complement at Armagh College of Further and Higher Education was at the end of academic years (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03. | | (151620) | 161
N | Mr Seamus Mallon (Newry & Armagh):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in negotiating a pay settlement within the Northern Ireland Civil Service following the recent industrial action; and what steps the Department of Finance and Personnel have taken to engage in pay negotiations with union representatives. | | (151621) | 162
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment has been made of the implications of experienced senior house officers from Northern Ireland who complete their general practitioner registrar training in the United Kingdom outside Northern Ireland remaining in practices there. | | (152351) | 163
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the financial cost of paramilitary beatings which resulted in long term NHS treatment of victims in 2003. | | (152352) | 164
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent changes have been made in home help services in Northern Ireland. | | (152353) | 165
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many paramilitary shootings there were in 2003, broken down by paramilitary group. | | (152354) | 166
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sufferers from rheumatoid arthritis in Northern Ireland are waiting to commence anti-TNF drugs; and if he will make a statement. | | (152355) | 167
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the financial cost of schizophrenia in Northern Ireland in the last five years. | | (152356) | 168
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals are awaiting the commencement of treatment with (a) beta interferon and (b) glatiramer for multiple sclerosis. | | (152357) | 169
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the recent comments by the Justice Minister of the Republic of Ireland that Sinn Fein benefits from criminal activity. | | (152359) | 170
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment has been made of whether Windsor Park Football Ground would be suitable to host Olympic Games fixtures in the event of London hosting the games in 2012; and if he will make a statement. | | (152360) | 171
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost of credit card fraud in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (152361) | 172
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the cost incurred as a result of women from outside Northern Ireland giving birth in local hospitals in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (152362) | 173
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients are awaiting (a) inpatient admission and (b) initial outpatient assessment for orthopaedic surgery. | | (152363) | 174
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to increase the number of specialist beds in the Province for the treatment of patients with drug addictions; and if he will make a statement. | | (152365) | 175
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the longest period is that an individual has been waiting for (a) inpatient admission and (b) initial outpatient assessment in orthopaedic surgery. | | (152366) | 176
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been waiting for (a) inpatient admission and (b) initial outpatient assessment for orthopaedic surgery for more than (i) one year, (ii) two years and (iii) three years. | | (152367) | 177
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what he estimates the cost was of prescription fraud in Northern Ireland in 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (152414) | 178
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what financial assistance the Government will give Northern Ireland's (a) fishermen and (b) processors during the tie-up scheme for cod fishing boats beginning on 14th February. | | (152415) | 179
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Government has to provide central funding for community-based training and rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury in Northern Ireland after the Department of Employment and Learning ceases to provide further funding for the Reconnect training facility; and what alternative plans he has for funding this service. | | (152417) | 180
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Government department is responsible for the provision of community-based training and rehabilitation of those with acquired brain injury in Northern Ireland. | | (152419) | 181
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people suffered a traumatic head injury in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (152420) | 182
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason the Department for Employment and Learning decided to provide no further funding to the Reconnect training facility for people with acquired brain injury. | | (152421) | 183
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total expenditure has been on providing community-based training and rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury in Northern Ireland by (a) the Department for Employment and Learning and (b) the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. | | (152422) | Questions to the Prime Minister 184
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, when and where his officials last met officials from the Egyptian government. | | (152187) | 185
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish his witness statement to the Hutton Inquiry. | | (152312) | 186
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what the sources were of information on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programme brought to his attention in the summer of 2002, referred to in his oral evidence to the Hutton Inquiry. | | (152313) | 187
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he authorised his former Director of Communications to press the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee to revise the nuclear weapons time-line during the revision of the draft dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in September 2002. | | (152315) | 188
| Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions since May 1997 he has called for specific briefing from the Secret Intelligence Service; and if he will list the countries involved. | | (152319) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 189
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 1446W, when she will write to the honourable Member for Nottingham North. | | (152390) | 190
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims have been submitted to her Department under the revised deadline for vessels classed as Faroes Vessels. | | (152392) | 191
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications there have been for compensation from former Icelandic waters trawlermen which (a) have been successful, (b) have been unsuccessful, (c) have been put on hold and (d) which are pending a decision, broken down by region of the UK. | | (152393) | 192
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans Ofcom has to support alternative service providers offering sustainable broadband solutions by amending the charges applied to these providers for activation and service migration in the broadband market. | | (152394) | 193
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the reasons for the closure of the sub-post office in Southill in South Dorset, with particular reference to its distance from other post offices. | | (152402) | 194
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the post offices which have been closed since 1997 in the North Essex constituency; and when each closed. | | (152014) | 195
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she intends to publish the list of additional middle water vessels to be added to the list of vessels eligible for Icelandic fishermens' compensation claims; what period will be allowed for appeals; and when she plans to begin processing claims. | | (151978) | 196
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's policy is on companies selling online competitively-priced CDs and DVDs to residents of the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement. | | (152416) | 197
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff in her Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended, (c) dismissed, (d) prosecuted and (e) convicted for involvement in benefit fraud in each of the last six years; and what the amounts involved were in each of the cases listed. | | (152423) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 198
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to determine which Rural Bus Challenge grants are awarded. | | (152122) | 199
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he next plans to issue a traffic guidance note on road humps. | | (152247) | 200
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures are being taken to improve the screening of freight containers for terrorist materiel. | | (152372) | 201
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the Highways Agency research into new traffic lights at Cowstead Corner, Sheppey. | | (152109) | 202
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the noise mitigation work on the Bredgar section of the M2 will commence; and if he will make a statement. | | (152116) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 203
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the transfer of money for 2003-04 to the Department for Constitutional Affairs in respect of the Wales Office. | | (152245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 204
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are undertaken by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to ensure that full medical and psychiatric reports of a parent who is not a UK citizen are examined when making their report. | | [Transferred] (152401) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 205
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress is being made to assist industry compliance with the international accounting standards in the EU Financial Services Action Plan. | | [Transferred] (152389) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 206
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will introduce legislation to create an exemption from easements for private home owners who require vehicular access across common land to access their homes. | | [Transferred] (152346) |
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