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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 13 July 2004
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 13 July 2004
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 13 July 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 Tuesday 13 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 13 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the public service agreements contain, for all departments, targets for reductions in carbon dioxide emissions; and if he will make a statement, with particular reference to the Department for Transport. | | (183701) | 2
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised by (a) road fuel and (b) road related taxation in the last year for which figures are available. | | (184004) | 3
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has commissioned on the effects on small businesses of fuel taxation increases. | | (184005) | 4
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent research his Department has evaluated relating to reform of the taxation system. | | (184017) | Questions to the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs 5
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether he will implement the 1996 Hague Convention on Jurisdiction Applicable Law Recognition Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children in the same timescale as the EU Parental Responsibility Regulation comes into effect; and if he will make a statement. | | (183669) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 6
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research her Department has commissioned relating to the promotion of the British countryside as a tourist destination for foreigners. | | (184048) | 7
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it a requirement of the BBC's Charter Renewal that it provide high quality, informative and educational programmes which promote family values. | | (184064) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 8
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) people and (b) organisations have examined the wreckage of Flight ZD576 since it has been stored at Fleetlands; and for what reasons. | | (183771) | 9
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether after a crash involving a Ministry of Defence aircraft there are established procedures or guidelines for deciding whether other aircraft of the same type should be grounded. | | (183772) | 10
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what frequency is used by Royal Navy Frigates, including any variation, for the purposes of the Sonar 2087 broadcasts. | | (183702) | 11
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for the use of the Sonar 2087 by the Royal Navy in Scotland's North West Approaches. | | (183704) | 12
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the outcome of the negotiations concerning tranche 2 of the Eurofighter; and if he will make a statement. | | (183153) | 13
N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 31st March, Official Report, column 1483W, on Personnel Outflow, how many people discharged under code QR 9.411. were medically downgraded to P.7.
| | (183814) | 14
N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment, (b) funded liability and (c) actual strength is of (i) the Highlanders, (ii) the Black Watch, (iii) the Royal Scots, (iv) the Royal Highland Fusiliers, (v) the King's Own Scottish Borders, (vi) the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, (vii) the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and (viii) the Scots Guards. | | (183824) | 15
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the end to end review. | | (183973) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 16
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many off-street car parking spaces have been provided in (a) new housing developments, (b) new office developments and (c) other commercial developments in England in each of the last five years. | | (183697) | 17
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many cases involving speculative land plots have been disposed of by courts in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (183947) | 18
| Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to meet Regional Planning Guidance targets of 6,000 to 10,000 new affordable homes per year established in 2001 for the South West. | | (183990) | 19
| Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the Treasury on boosting affordable housing investment in the South West in the Comprehensive Spending Review 2004. | | (183991) | 20
| Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent assessment he has made of housing waiting lists in the South West; and what action he intends to take to reduce waiting lists in the South West. | | (183992) | 21
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will hold public meetings in Herefordshire to discuss proposals for a West Midlands Regional Assembly. | | (184018) | 22
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Local Government Minister next plans to meet firefighters' representatives to discuss the industrial dispute. | | (184030) | 23
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Local Government Minister next plans to meet local government representatives to discuss council tax. | | (184031) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 24
| Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 1997. | | (183972) | 25
| Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many non-Civil Service staff have worked on projects in the Department in each year since 1997. | | (183977) | 26
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the effect of provisions in the Learning and Skills Act 2000 upon the freedom of private providers of the Connexions service to operate under a lead body model. | | (183951) | 27
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will extend the education maintenance allowance to all full-time 16 to 19 year old students regardless of family income. | | (184035) | 28
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the time teachers spend outside the classroom conducting activities essential to their work. | | (184052) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 29
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to tackle false claims of recycling achievements by the packaging industry. | | (183703) | 30
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Environment Agency on fly-tipping; and what joint activities are being undertaken. | | (183707) | 31
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the Rural Strategy update to be published; and what consultation will follow publication. | | (183708) | 32
N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals she has to ensure that there is adequate advance notice and on-site warning of crop-spraying adjacent to public footpaths. | | (183497) | 33
N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of hazardous waste produced in 2003-04, broken down by (a) quantity and (b) type.
| | (183813) | 34
N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the Question tabled by the honourable Member for Maldon and East Chelmsford on 27th May, ref 177397. | | (183834) | 35
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the UK of France's ban on British beef; and what steps she has taken to recover such costs. | | (184006) | 36
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned on the implications of Common Agricultural Policy reform; and when she next plans to meet her European Union counterparts to discuss Common Agricultural Policy reform. | | (184007) | 37
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she next plans to meet the National Farmers' Union to discuss the Government's plans for the farming industry. | | (184049) | 38
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ensure that Herefordshire has adequate flood defences. | | (184066) | 39
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated for flood defences in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (184067) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 40
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the depositing by all EU states at the same time of their instruments of ratification of the 1996 Hague Convention on Jurisdiction Applicable Law Recognition Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children is not prevented by differences between the UK and Spain over Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement. | | (183668) | 41
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Afghan Government on stopping violence against women registering to vote in their country's elections; and what military assistance the UK is providing to help prevent violence. | | (184053) | 42
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli Government concerning (a) the killing of Dr Khaled Saled and his son and (b) the destruction by shelling of a residential block in Nablus on 6th July. | | (184054) | 43
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of a suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement on (a) the Israeli and (b) the Palestinian economy. | | (184057) | 44
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU concerning suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. | | (184058) | 45
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value in euros of the EU-Israel Association Agreement to the economies of (a) the EU, (b) UK, (c) Israel and (d) Palestine in the last year for which figures are available. | | (184059) | 46
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answers of 28th June, Official Report, columns 129-30W, on Israel/Palestine, what steps he will take to ensure that Israel complies with the UK Government's policies. | | (184060) | 47
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with members of the Quartet concerning the effects of suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. | | (184061) | 48
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned on the impact on UK foreign policy of the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy proposals set out in the draft European Union Constitution. | | (184020) | 49
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy on reforming the United Nations; and when he next plans to meet his United Nations Security Council counterparts to discuss UN reform. | | (184022) | 50
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential threat posed to international security by North Korea. | | (184023) | 51
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Milosevic trial at The Hague; and if he will make it his policy to press for the trial to be completed. | | (184024) | 52
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on bilateral relations with the Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. | | (184026) | 53
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy on universal suffrage for the people of Hong Kong. | | (184027) | 54
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance he has issued to British citizens working in countries where there is a high risk of terrorist attacks, concerning their personal safety. | | (184028) | 55
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to meet (a) Greek, (b) Turkish, (c) Greek-Cypriot and (d) Turkish-Cypriot officials to discuss the future of Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (184029) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 56
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the (a) abolition and (b) transfer of responsibilities of the Commission for Patient Public Involvement in Health; and if he will make a statement. | | (183934) | 57
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on consultation on changes to the role of the Commission for Patient Public Involvement in Health; and if he will make a statement. | | (183935) | 58
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether in the negotiations on a separate directive on mutual recognition of qualifications, safeguards will be adopted to ensure that regulated health professionals will be covered by processes designed to protect public safety. | | (183936) | 59
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he will put in place in relation to the proposed EU Directive, European Services in the Internal Market, to ensure patients are protected from unscrupulous providers who may seek to rely on the country of origin principle to bypass public health initiatives and regulations. | | (183937) | 60
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received the response of the Royal College of Nursing to the Department of Trade and Industry's consultation on the European Union Directive on Services in the Internal Market; and if he will make a statement. | | (183938) | 61
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason there are targets in the NHS improvement plan for reducing deaths from some medical conditions but not others; and if he will make a statement. | | (183695) | 62
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the NHS improvement plan target for reducing deaths from (a) heart disease, (b) stroke and (c) cancer is limited to those aged under 75 years. | | (183699) | 63
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on NHS waiting times for MRI scans in Coventry South. | | (183078) | 64
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the patient choice initiative will allow patients to be treated with non-National Institute for Clinical Excellence appraised treatments if it is their choice and their clinicians concur. | | (183987) | 65
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts in England do not fund non-National Institute for Clinical Excellence appraised products and treatments. | | (183988) | 66
| Andy King (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what grounds primary care trusts may refuse to fund non-National Institute for Clinical Excellence appraised products if a clinician wishes to prescribe them. | | (183989) | 67
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what countermeasures his Department recommends to protect public health in the event of (a) an incident similar to the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986 and (b) a terrorist attack on a nuclear installation which entailed the release of radioactive species to the environment. | | (183974) | 68
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a study of cancer incidence in North Essex. | | (183975) | 69
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned on the impact on the incidence of leukaemia among children aged up to one year who might be exposed while in the womb to radiation doses arising from major radiation leaks. | | (183976) | 70
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will investigate variations in public health in relation to the proximity to areas of radioactive contamination; and whether the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment has investigated such variations, with particular reference to the Blackwater Estuary. | | (183999) | 71
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will break down the costs of the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters by main budget heading. | | (184000) | 72
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Final Report of the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters was unanimous; and if he will make a statement. | | (184001) | 73
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters has met. | | (184002) | 74
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters has commissioned written transcriptions of the audio-recorded proceedings of its meetings. | | (184003) | 75
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to appoint a successor Chairman of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment. | | (184008) | 76
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes he plans to the terms of reference of the Chairman of the (a) Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment and (b) Small Area Health Statistics Unit. | | (184009) | 77
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what access members of the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters have had to written transcriptions of the audio recorded proceedings of the Committee's meetings. | | (184012) | 78
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters cancelled its planned study of cancer incidence in north Essex. | | (184013) | 79
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have taken up the option of treatment abroad under the NHS scheme; and what criteria are used to decide to which patients such treatment should be offered. | | (184039) | 80
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage young people (a) to enter the nursing profession and (b) to work for the National Health Service in non-clinical jobs. | | (184041) | 81
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he gives to patients who are in severe pain while awaiting NHS treatment. | | (184042) | 82
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) clinical and (b) non-clinical staff are employed by the National Health Service; and what plans he has to change the numbers. | | (184043) | 83
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital beds there are in the National Health Service; and what plans he has to change the number. | | (184044) | 84
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated regarding the role of non-clinical staff in the National Health Service. | | (184045) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 85
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 938W, on prisons, for what reasons his Department does not propose to extend this further to mirror the two-tier workforce provisions contained in the Local Government Code of Practice on Workforce Matters. | | (183982) | 86
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison healthcare officers were (a) in post and (b) planned to be in post on 31st March. | | (183983) | 87
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison healthcare officers there were in each prison establishment on 31st March in each of the last five years. | | (183984) | 88
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the training programme is for prison healthcare officers; and how many officers have undertaken the training in each of the last five years. | | (183985) | 89
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison custody officer certificates have been withdrawn by his Department from staff at Her Majesty's Prison Bronzefield. | | (183986) | 90
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what minimum nutritional standards have been set for prison food. | | (183933) | 91
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has commissioned on the effects of nutrition as a significant contributory factor in anti-social and criminal behaviour; and if he will make a statement. | | (183939) | 92
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has commissioned on the possible (a) impact and (b) cost that may follow from the adoption of the proposed European Union constitution, in relation to criminal matters. | | (184015) | 93
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of changes in the cost of policing arising from proposals to extend licensing hours. | | (184016) | 94
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to ensure that recreational drugs remain illegal; and if he will encourage police to prosecute criminals who supply such drugs. | | (184021) | 95
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has commissioned to establish the number of failed asylum applicants who remain in the United Kingdom illegally; and if he will make a statement. | | (184025) | 96
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has given to police and magistrates on interpreting the meaning of what constitutes harassment, alarm and distress in Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986. | | (184065) | Questions to the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission 97
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps are taken by the central procurement office to ensure that procurement policies apply criteria that maximise advantage to the environment; what relative weight is given to these compared with achieving best value for money; and if he will make a statement. | | (183700) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 98
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had internationally on increasing access to essential medicine in the developing world. | | (183077) | 99
N | Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the implications of the spread of AIDS in India. | | (183376) | 100
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what response he will make to the United Nations Development Programme estimate that 223 million Indians do not have enough to eat. | | (184068) | 101
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received from officials in less developed countries regarding opening up European Union markets to assist development. | | (184069) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 102
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what public consultation was undertaken in Northern Ireland by his Department in relation to the introduction in the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill of non-jury trials for those unfit to stand trial; and if he will make a statement. | | (183667) | 103
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 5th July, Official Report, column 530W, on the Andersonstown Newspaper Group, if he will give further details of each project supported by each funder of the Andersonstown News Group | | (183670) | 104
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 5th July, Official Report, column 530W, on the Andersonstown Newspaper Group, if he will list the funding given to other newspaper groups operating in Northern Ireland; from which departments it originated; and how much each has contributed. | | (183671) | 105
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing free public transport for the disabled in Northen Ireland. | | (184062) | 106
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide mainstream funding for the Stopping Them Starting drugs prevention campaign through education projects in primary schools. | | (184063) | Questions to the Prime Minister 107
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to meet representatives of the United Kingdom Youth Parliament. | | (183949) | 108
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy not to recommend to Her Majesty the Queen the creation of hereditary baronetcies.
| | (183815) | 109
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Prime Minister, when he next plans to meet his United Nations Security Council counterparts to discuss reform of the United Nations. | | (184014) | 110
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Prime Minister, what research he commissioned on the impact on the UK of the Supremacy of EU Law clause of the proposed European Union constitution; and if he will make a statement. | | (184019) | 111
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Prime Minister, what recent assessment has been made of the (a) number and (b) location of al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda-related terrorist cells. | | (184034) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 112
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place in the Library the initial information on the take-up of statutory paternity pay that the Inland Revenue has provided to other Government departments. | | (183075) | 113
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 1st July, Official Report, column 400W, on statutory paternity pay, if she will place the information her Department receives in the Library. | | (183076) | 114
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what potential markets in Russia for British business were discussed during her recent talks with Russia. | | (183079) | 115
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what government money is being spent on nuclear research in 2004-05. | | (183080) | 116
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funds she has allocated to the nine masterclasses to reduce the working time of employees organised by her Department. | | (183770) | 117
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research her Department has commissioned on the effects of the Common Agricultural Policy on non-European Union trade, with particular reference to less-developed countries. | | (184046) | 118
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice she has given to businesses regarding contingency plans in the event of a fuel shortage with particular reference to small businesses. | | (184047) | 119
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the current (a) state and (b) competitiveness of the British wool industry. | | (184050) | 120
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to encourage British businesses to invest in Libya; and what the current level of UK investment in Libya is. | | (184051) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 121
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers of heavy goods vehicles were found to be breaking the drivers' hours regulations in 2002-03; how many were prosecuted; and what penalties were imposed. | | (183696) | 122
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the capital value is of each trust port which is defined as a public corporation. | | (183698) | 123
| Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an assessment has been made of the environmental impact of the proposed new noise preference routing (a) pole and (b) Trent 2 over southern and western Nottinghamshire for aircraft using Nottingham East Midlands Airport. | | (183978) | 124
| Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed flight path
(a) pole and (b) Trent 2 over southern and western Nottinghamshire for aircraft using Nottingham East Midlands Airport has been agreed. | | (183979) | 125
| Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will impose time restrictions on using the flight path (a) pole and (b) Trent 2 over south west Nottinghamshire for aircraft using Nottingham East Midlands Airport to ban night flights between 11p.m. and 6a.m. | | (183980) | 126
| Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations have been made to him from councils in Nottinghamshire about the proposed new flight paths over southern and western Nottinghamshire for aircraft using Nottingham East Midlands Airport. | | (183981) | 127
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department recommends that county councils issuing consultation documents for road improvements should include traffic projection figures. | | (183773) | 128
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with British Airways as part of the Regional Air Services Consultation in relation to the reintroduction of a Heathrow-Belfast service by the airline; and if he will make a statement. | | (183496) | 129
N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of trips to school were (a) on foot, (b) by bus, (c) by car, (d) by other modes of transport, (e) by 5 to 10 year olds, (f) by 11 to 16 year olds and (g) by 5 to 16 year olds in the last period for which figures are available; and what percentage of each were (i) under three miles and (ii) three miles and over in that period. | | (183825) | 130
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve transport links between Wales and England; and when he next plans to meet his Welsh Assembly counterpart to discuss this. | | (184036) | 131
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has commissioned on preventative measures to restrict damage to transport (a) infrastructure and (b) services caused by adverse weather conditions. | | (184037) | 132
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has commissioned on the costs of public subsidies to public transport in the last five years. | | (184038) | 133
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Lord Coe regarding transport infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic bid. | | (184040) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 134
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he next plans to meet the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales to discuss the future of devolved government in Wales. | | (184032) | 135
| Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with his colleagues in the Welsh Assembly on hospital waiting lists in Wales. | | (184033) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 136
N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in (a) Copeland and (b) Cumbria have benefited from the New Deal for Lone Parents since its introduction; what the rate of take-up is; and if he will make a statement. | | (182806) | 137
N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of take-up of pension credit is in (a) Copeland, (b) Cumbria and (c) the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (182807) | 138
N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Copeland and (b) Cumbria he estimates have gained as a result of pension credit; and if he will make a statement. | | (182808) | 139
N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the progress of developing Jobcentre Plus in Cumbria. | | (182809) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 140
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with local authorities in England and Wales on the distribution and display of Sexwise posters issued by primary care trusts. | | [Transferred] (184055) | 141
| Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list (a) primary care trusts and (b) local authorities which are displaying Sexwise safe sex posters. | | [Transferred] (184056) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 142
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations her Department has conducted on the ratification of the Kyoto Accord. | | [Transferred] (183081) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 143
N | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa. | | [Question Unstarred] (183359) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 144
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum time period his Department recommends should elapse between the slaughter and sale of meat; and what steps are being taken by his Department to ensure that meat is not sold outside the recommended timeframe. | | [Transferred] (183948) | 145
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consignments of slaughtered meat for sale within wholesalers in Britain were identified where the date of slaughter was more than one year previously in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (183950) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 146
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will publish guidance for scientific advisory committees on how their published reports may express scientific disagreements. | | [Transferred] (184010) | 147
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will take steps to protect individual members of scientific advisory committees from litigation based on allegations of negligent mis-statement which may follow publication of their scientific views as part of the committees' work. | | [Transferred] (184011) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 148
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will investigate the noise nuisance caused by micro-light aircraft. | | [Transferred] (183705) | 149
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what complaints his Department has received about noise problems caused by the operation of micro-light aircraft in rural areas. | | [Transferred] (183706) |
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