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THURSDAY 7 APRIL
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry *1
| Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): How much was paid in coal health claims up to 31st March; how many claimants have benefited; and if she will make a statement on plans to increase the speed at which claims are processed. | | (224748) | *2
| Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): If she will make a statement on Government policies to promote investment in the private sector. | | (224749) | *3
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): What steps she is taking to ensure fair competition within the glass manufacturing industry. | | (224750) | *4
| Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): What support her Department provides to British companies bidding for contracts for reconstruction work in Iraq. | | (224751) | *5
| Hugh Bayley (York, City of): What progress the Government is making in opening markets for UK companies to sell financial services in India and China. | | (224752) | *6
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): If she will make a statement on the impact of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme on UK business. | | (224753) | *7
| Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): What steps she is taking to promote small business growth. | | (224754) | *8
| Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): If she will make a statement on future ownership of the Post Office. | | (224755) | *9
| Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): What the latest estimate is of the UK balance of trade for 2004-05; and what the balance of trade with the EU was in the same period. | | (224756) | *10
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): If she will make a statement on bilateral trade relations with India. | | (224794) | *11
| Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire): What the ratio was of officials employed in her Department to people employed in manufacturing in the UK in (a) 1998 and (b) 2004. | | (224820) | At 12.20 p.m. Oral Questions to the Minister for Women *1
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What her policy is on work-life balance and opportunities for employment for women. | | (224757) | *2
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What assessment she has made of the impact of the Working Time Directive on women. | | (224758) | *3
| Hugh Bayley (York, City of): What the Government's policy is on reducing the gap between the average income of single men and single women aged over 65. | | (224759) | *4
| Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): What academic research she has commissioned on barriers to equality of opportunity for women. | | (224795) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 22 March 1
N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Department's proposed prohibition on the landing of berried hen lobsters is planned to come into force; whether she is still considering representations on this issue; and what assessment she has made of whether the scheme is needed in areas where the landing of V-notched or multilateral lobsters is prohibited. | | (223977) | 2
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will require the Insolvency Agency to make available to the public on request large print versions of standard documentation; and if she will make a statement. | | (223978) |
Notices given on Thursday 24 March 1
N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether payment of excess fares to staff currently employed at the Customs and Excise office in Droitwich Spa and who are transferred to other offices will be subject to income tax. | | (224520) | 2
N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to buy the site of the Army Medal Office, Ordnance Survey Office and Customs and Excise Office from the Ministry of Defence. | | (224568) |
Notices given between Friday 25 March and Friday 1 April 1
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the proportion of black and ethnic minority students is in (a) sixth form colleges and (b) further education colleges in (i) the London Borough of Southwark, (ii) Greater London and (iii) England. | | (224745) | 2
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the capital funding was for (a) sixth form colleges and (b) further education colleges in (i) the London Borough of Southwark, (ii) Greater London and (iii) England in each of the last five years. | | (224746) | 3
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects an independent adjudicator to hear the appeal of Mrs Inna Isaacs from Brixham, Devon; and if he will make a statement on the time taken to set a date for the hearing. | | (224705) | 4
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many working days have been lost due to (a) sickness and (b) absenteeism in the NHS in each of the past 10 years. | | (224742) | 5
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the settlement visa of Mrs Marcia Morroll of Galmpton, South Devon to be renewed; when her passport will be returned; and if he will make statement on the timescale for processing this application. | | (224704) |
Notices given on Monday 4 April 1
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Office for National Statistics has had with Southend Primary Care Trust on the number of patients registered in Southend. | | (224918) | 2
N | Hugh Bayley (York, City of): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the current average outstanding balance on mortgages for homes in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire and (c) York; what the typical month's interest payable on each of those balances was at the latest date for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of what the interest on each balance would have been (i) in May 1997 and (ii) immediately after the pound fell out of the exchange rate mechanism in 1992. | | (224812) | 3
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the £200 refund to council tax paying pensioner households to include households comprising a single female pensioner under the age of 65 years. | | (224777) | 4
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if the Lord Chancellor will (a) discipline or (b) dismiss Mr Philip Bassett for his use of foul and abusive language to BBC employees when present with the Lord Chancellor in an official capacity in BBC studios on the morning of 21st March. | | (224837) | 5
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the use of foul and abusive language by its employees when dealing with third parties. | | (224838) | 6
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time judicial officers were in post in each year since 1975, broken down by gender. | | (224775) | 7
N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on proposals to list the Droitwich Spa Lido building. | | (224882) | 8
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2004, Official Report, columns 410-12W, on the Burgaled Breiz trawler, whether HMS Turbulent was due to participate in ASWEX 04 prior to suffering damage on 16th January 2004. | | (224883) | 9
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2004, Official Report, columns 410-12W, on the Burgaled Breiz trawler, how long HMS Turbulent remained in Devonport after 16th January 2004. | | (224884) | 10
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2004, Official Report, columns 410-12W, on the Burgaled Breiz Trawler, what the itinerary was of the two Dauphin helicopters from POST flying in the vicinity at the time of the sinking of the Burgaled Breiz on 15th January 2004. | | (224885) | 11
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2004, Official Report, columns 410-12W, on the Burgaled Breiz trawler, what UK and French submarines participated in joint exercises in the vicinity at the time of the sinking of the Burgaled Breiz on 15th January 2004; and what their itinerary was. | | (224886) | 12
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2004, Official Report, columns 410-12W, on the Burgaled Breiz trawler, what French and Dutch vessels were in Devonport on 15th January 2004. | | (224887) | 13
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to destroy any of the records of medals issued to First World War personnel. | | (224834) | 14
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to reply to the Question tabled by the honourable Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr for answer on 21st February concerning the British Deputy Senior Judge Advocate in Iraq; and what the reason is for the delay in answering. | | (224891) | 15
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason and in what capacity Colonel Chris Terrington saw a version of the CJTF-7 Interrogation and Counter-Resistance Policy document in December 2003. | | (224892) | 16
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK officer acting as Deputy Senior Judge Advocate in Iraq advised his superiors in the UK chain of command that interrogation techniques included in the CJTF-7 Interrogation and Counter-Resistance Policy document were (a) inhumane under UK case law and (b) constituted a potential breach of the Geneva Conventions in the view of the Government. | | (224893) | 17
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK officer acting as Deputy Senior Judge Advocate in Iraq advised the United States authorities that some of the interrogation techniques included in the CJTF-7 Interrogation and Counter-Resistance Policy document were (a) inhumane under UK case law and (b) constituted a potential breach of the Geneva Conventions in the view of the Government. | | (224894) | 18
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it ishis intention to post the (a) 1st and (b) 2nd Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment for tours of duty in Iraq in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (224909) | 19
N | Hugh Bayley (York, City of): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average council tax charge was in (a) City of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) each year since 2002-03; and what he expects the charge to be in 2005-06. | | (224814) | 20
N | Hugh Bayley (York, City of): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average council tax bill was in (a) Labour, (b) Liberal Democrat and (c) Conservative-led local authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2004-05. | | (224815) | 21
N | Hugh Bayley (York, City of): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of council tax revaluation on average council tax bills in real terms in (a) City of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England; and if he will make a statement. | | (224816) | 22
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of housing market renewal in Liverpool. | | (224840) | 23
N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of the Government's proposed new housing numbers for the South East. | | (224781) | 24
N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact on road and rail infrastructure of the new housing numbers he proposes for the South East. | | (224782) | 25
N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of the proposed new houses for the South East he expects to be built on brownfield sites. | | (224783) | 26
N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his estimate is of the cost of additional public facilities of all kinds to serve the people living in the additional houses he proposes for the South East. | | (224784) | 27
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to exempt members of HM armed forces from council tax for periods when they are posted on duties overseas. | | (224910) | 28
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent reports she has received of incidents of intimidation against Jewish students at the School of Oriental and African Studies; and if she will make a statement. | | (224839) | 29
N | Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what powers she has to require universities to tackle discrimination against minority groups on campus. | | (224831) | 30
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to assist schools which do not provide hot dinners to do so; and if she will make a statement. | | (224907) | 31
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects to make an announcement concerning community family trusts grant programmes. | | (224836) | 32
N | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the £280 million pledged by the Government to improve school meals is new money in addition to funds already allocated to local education authorities. | | (224899) | 33
N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with local authorities concerning Schedule 2 of the Statutory Controlled Waste Regulations 1992; and what guidance she has issued to local authorities on that Schedule. | | (224897) | 34
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the scientific basis is of her decision to permit within the terms of the proposed Animal Welfare Bill, the re-introduction of the pet markets prohibited under the 1983 amendments to the Pet Animals Act 1951. | | (224832) | 35
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when, in response to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, she expects to make a decision on whether to make available the relevant background information derived from consultations relating to her decision to legalise the selling of pet animals, birds and/or reptiles in markets and other public places. | | (224833) | 36
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will provide a response to the honourable Member for Bassetlaw regarding odour emissions from Mission mushroom farm. | | (224902) | 37
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department is taking in connection with the failure of the US Administration to notify the UK before March of the import into the UK since 2001 of 170,000 tonnes of GM maize containing an antibiotic resistant marker of a type that the EU had been advised to phase out; and what steps her Department is taking to prevent a recurrence of such an event with reference to (a) the absence of regulatory controls in the US and (b) the implementation of controls in the EU. | | (224888) | 38
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the Egyptian authorities concerning the detention of Majid Nawaz and others in prison in Cairo. | | (224919) | 39
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasion and for what purpose he has visited Iran in the last two years; whom he met on each occasion; and what matters were discussed. | | (224920) | 40
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a copy of the proposed Constitution for Europe available in every public library in the United Kingdom. | | (224895) | 41
N | Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has provided to the BBC about the shooting of Iain Hook by the Israeli Defence Force in Jenin. | | (224904) | 42
N | Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli Government about the shooting of Iain Hook in Jenin. | | (224905) | 43
N | Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution he has made to United Nations inquiries about the shooting of Iain Hook in Jenin. | | (224906) | 44
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Guatemala since the election of President Oscar Berger. | | (224889) | 45
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to the Government of Guatemala regarding the 1996 Peace Accords concerning human rights and commitments made to the International Community at the 2003 Consultative Group meeting. | | (224890) | 46
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to propose (a) bilateral agreements and (b) memoranda of understanding with countries other than India, Spain, Philippines and Indonesia on recruitment of nurses. | | (224841) | 47
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified (a) nurses, (b) midwives and (c) health visitors have (i) entered and (ii) completed return to practice schemes in the NHS in England since March 2004. | | (224842) | 48
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure in the NHS in England sourced (a) from NHS banks, (b) from nursing agencies and (c) by NHS professionals was in each financial year since 1997-98 on temporary qualified nursing staff. | | (224843) | 49
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expenditure by West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service NHS Trust was in each of the financial years since 2001-02 on employing (a) qualified nursing staff and (b) qualified temporary nursing staff. | | (224844) | 50
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discretion general practitioners have to charge patients for issuing forms for use of a disability buggy; and if he will make a statement. | | (224776) | 51
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the sale of the former Severalls Hospital site at Colchester to be completed; and if he will make a statement on why there have been further delays. | | (224908) | 52
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Sentencing Guidelines Council on the consistency of sentencing. | | (224922) | 53
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research his Department has commissioned into young people's awareness of and attitude towards race. | | (224779) | 54
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timescale for processing an application for further leave to remain from an applicant who has overstayed on a visa was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (224780) | 55
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what stage the visa applications for (a) Bukola Fakeye, reference F1054346 and (b) Lucky Osadolor, reference B1127338, are at; and if he will make a statement. | | (224850) | 56
N | David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of (a) 24th February concerning a constituent, ref /M5547/5 and (b) 9th November 2004 concerning a constituent, ref P393908, which received a holding reply on 16th February. | | (224785) | 57
N | David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to allocate additional funds for school dinners in schools in the Province. | | (224818) | 58
N | David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days each Minister in his Department has spent on duty in the Province in the last 12 months. | | (224819) | 59
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the EU Trade Commissioner since his appointment relating to (a) trade policy and (b) UK domestic policy; what the dates were of each meeting and who was present at each. | | (224896) | 60
N | David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to visit the Province during the period between the dissolution of Parliament and the date of the next general election. | | (224817) | 61
N | Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether people resident in residential care homes are eligible to claim attendance allowance. | | (224813) | 62
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Solicitor General, how many unduly lenient sentences for crimes committed by serving police officers have been referred to the Court of Appeal in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Southend; and how many appeals have been upheld. | | (224921) | 63
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Solicitor General, how long it took for a case for a breach of an anti-social behaviour order to appear before the courts in the last period for which figures are available; what the sentencing guidelines are in such cases; and what sentences have been imposed by the courts for breaches of such orders. | | (224898) | 64
N | David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Solicitor General, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of 24th January concerning a constituent, ref ULS/8/05. | | (224786) | 65
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received from (a) industry and (b) trade associations in the past three months on her proposal to reduce support for small firms attending trade fairs and missions abroad. | | (224778) | 66
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when UK Trade and Investment will begin to limit its support to new exporters. | | (224789) | 67
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research her Department has undertaken into the impact of reducing the role of trade associations and chambers of commerce in delivering UK Trade and Investment's trade development schemes. | | (224790) | 68
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what payments were made by the Construction Industry Training Board on behalf of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme to construction companies to promote the Construction Skills Certification Scheme between 2001 and 2004; if she will list the companies that operated the scheme during this period and what payments each received; how many people completed the scheme and what skills were learned; what assessment her Department has made of how many new jobs have been created by the operation of the scheme; and what estimate she has made of the effect the scheme has had on the skills shortage in the industry. | | (224903) | 69
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is planning to take to stop companies publishing ex-directory telephone numbers on the internet. | | (224900) | 70
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much had been paid for professional fees in respect of coal health claims to the top 20 highest paid solicitor practices at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (224772) | 71
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been paid for solicitors to date for professional fees in respect of coal health claims. | | (224773) | 72
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been paid to the Union of Democratic Miners in handling fees for coal health claims. | | (224774) | 73
N | David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of 10th March concerning a constituent. | | (224787) | 74
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action the Department is proposing in connection with the use of clothing vouchers for social security recipient purchasers of school uniforms. | | (224901) | 75
N | David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 9th March concerning a constituent. | | (224788) |
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