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THURSDAY 25 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs *1
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): What steps his Department is taking to assist the food industry in the current economic climate. | | (324046) | *2
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): What steps he is taking the problem of dangerous dogs; and if he will make a statement. | | (324047) | *3
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): What steps his Department is taking to encourage the recycling of household waste; and if he will make a statement. | | (324048) | *4
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): What recent assessment he has made of progress towards meeting European air quality standards; and if he will make a statement. | | (324049) | *5
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): If he will meet representatives of the inshore fishing industry to discuss compensation to that industry from offshore wind farm operators. | | (324050) | *6
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on steps to increase local food sourcing by the public sector. | | (324051) | *7
| Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire): When he expects to publish guidance on the transfer of ownership of private drains and sewers to water companies. | | (324052) | *8
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): What steps his Department is taking to improve the competitiveness of the farming industry. | | (324053) | *9
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): What progress has been made towards meeting the 2010 targets for waste management under the EU Landfill Directive. | | (324054) | *10
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): If he will review the effectiveness of legislation on gangmasters. | | (324055) | *11
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What recent assessment he has made of the future financial viability of small and medium-sized family farms. | | (324056) | *12
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): What steps he is taking to tackle the problem of dangerous dogs; and if he will make a statement. | | (324057) | *13
| Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Hunting Act 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (324058) | *14
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): What steps his Department is taking to assist the food industry in the current economic climate. | | (324059) | *15
| Nia Griffith (Llanelli): What steps his Department is taking to assist the food industry in the current economic climate. | | (324060) | *16
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): What steps his Department is taking to improve the competitiveness of the farming industry. | | (324061) | *17
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): Whether he plans to review arrangements for the collection of commercial waste following its recent redefinition. | | (324062) | *18
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): What steps he is taking to tackle the problem of dangerous dogs; and if he will make a statement. | | (324063) | *19
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): How many and what proportion of questions for written answer on a named day his Department has answered on the date named in this session. | | (324064) | *20
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): What his Department's objectives are for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (324065) | *21
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): How many anaerobic digestion facilities for the disposal of fallen stock have been opened in each of the last three years. | | (324066) | *22
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): What recent progress has been made in tackling the spread of bovine tuberculosis. | | (324067) | *23
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central): What steps are being taken to reduce the level of food wastage. | | (324068) | *24
| Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): What steps his Department is taking together with other Government departments to strengthen the rural economy. | | (324069) | *25
| Bob Russell (Colchester): What steps he plans to take in response to Natural England's report, Lost life. | | (324070) | At 11.15 am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. *1
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. | | (324071) | *2
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): | | (324072) | *3
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): | | (324073) | *4
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): | | (324074) | *5
| Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): | | (324075) | *6
| Robert Key (Salisbury): | | (324076) | *7
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): | | (324077) | *8
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): | | (324078) | *9
| Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): | | (324079) | *10
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): | | (324080) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 16 March 1
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much freight is planned to be transferred by water to the main Olympic site in each of the next 12 months. | | (323340) | 2
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what plans she has for development of the wharf at the main Olympic site. | | (323341) |
Notices given on Wednesday 17 March 1
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to each research council of fluctuations in the sterling exchange rate in the financial year 2009-10; and how much his Department has allocated to compensate research councils for such fluctuations. | | (323383) |
Notices given on Thursday 18 March 1
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proprotion of young people in (a) each Sheffield constituency and (b) the City of Sheffield have entered higher education in each year since 1998. | | (323761) | 2
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has had discussions with representatives of Manganese Bronze in Coventry on its decision to transfer the manufacture of key components to China. | | (323640) | 3
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial assistance his Department provided to Manganese Bronze between 2007 and 2009. | | (323641) | 4
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will meet representatives of Manganese Bronze to discuss the future of the company's manufacturing operations in Coventry. | | (323642) | 5
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of 11 year olds achieved Level 4 at Key Stage 2 in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) English and mathematics in each Sheffield constituency in each year since 1998. | | (323757) | 6
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in each Sheffield constituency there were in which fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in each year since 1998. | | (323758) | 7
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C in each Sheffield constituency in each year since 1998. | | (323759) | 8
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) out patient and (b) in patient waiting time was for each hospital in Sheffield for each speciality in each year since 1998. | | (323760) |
Notices given on Monday 22 March 1
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will list the five most expensive hospitality events hosted by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the (a) cost and (b) purpose was of each. | | (324412) | 2
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with the European Commission Directorate-General of Trade on the inclusion of Mode 4 provision in EU trade agreements. | | (324095) | 3
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, what events have been hosted by his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (324106) | 4
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK-born working age people were employed in the private sector (a) in each year since 1997 and (b) on the most recent date for which data are available. | | (324195) | 5
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the five most expensive hospitality events hosted by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the (a) cost and (b) purpose was of each. | | (324413) | 6
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to rule out a national satellite-based road pricing scheme and to end all funding streams in respect of road pricing including road pricing demonstration projects. | | (324186) | 7
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value is of Government contracts with Cable & Wireless to supply internet services. | | (324101) | 8
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the additional annual (a) gross and (b) net cost to the public purse of uprating the basic state pension in line with earnings from 2010-11 up to the latest date for which information is available. | | (324198) | 9
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of take-up is of the health in pregnancy grant in each local authority. | | (324107) | 10
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions officials of his Department have had with representatives of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on the level of lending by RBS to small businesses. | | (324183) | 11
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that UK nationals may not be non-domiciled for income tax purposes if evidence shows that to all intents and purposes the UK is their main residence. | | (324333) | 12
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the number of days spent in the UK for nationals who were non-domiciled for tax purposes. | | (324334) | 13
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the number of UK nationals who are non-domiciled for income tax purposes. | | (324335) | 14
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the loss to the Exchequer arising from UK nationals who are non-domiciled for tax purposes in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (324336) | 15
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many surplus places there are in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority. | | (324180) | 16
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of a list of those local authorities which have over (a) 10 per cent. and (b) 25 per cent. surplus school places. | | (324181) | 17
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of a list of schools which have surplus places, showing the number of surplus places in each such school. | | (324182) | 18
N | Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, who owns the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey; and who is responsible for its maintenance. | | (324175) | 19
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on translation services by local authorities in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each of the last five years. | | (324420) | 20
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has guaranteed to write off the whole of Oldham's outstanding housing debt in the event of the stock transfer ballot being won; when a decision on this matter was taken; and what form that decision took. | | (324267) | 21
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his estimate is of the amount of retrospective business rate payments (a) owed by newly assessed port companies, (b) paid in full by such companies to date and (c) paid in first instalments under the scheme for paying rates off over eight years; how many companies have (i) paid in full and (ii) paid a first instalment; and what the estimated cost of the deferral scheme is to the public purse. | | (324132) | 22
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals for a moratorium on issuing of retrospective business rate demands on newly-assessed port companies. | | (324133) | 23
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that fast track and other rating reassessments on port companies which are not completed until after the start of financial year 2010-11 do not include liability for retrospective charges to 2005. | | (324134) | 24
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers who served with the Royal Irish Regiment transferred to Territorial Army units following disbandment of the Home Service battalions. | | (324108) | 25
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Gurkha veterans' charities his Department has met to discuss implementation of the Government's policy on the settlement of ex-Gurkhas. | | (324097) | 26
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Gurkha charities have received funding from his Department following the decision to grant ex-Gurkhas UK settlement rights; and how much such funding each of those charities has received. | | (324098) | 27
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints have been received by MODern Housing Solutions in respect of its work at RAF Benson in each of the last 24 months. | | (324179) | 28
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what performance indicators have been set for MODern Housing Solutions in respect of its work on defence properties; and what assessment his Department has made of its performance against these targets in the last 12 months. | | (324184) | 29
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the performance of MODern Housing Solutions in relation to its work at RAF Benson in the last 12 months. | | (324185) | 30
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether, when awarding the contract for Provision of Port Agency Services (FLEET/OPS/0020), a requirement was stipulated that the successful contractor would need to demonstrate that their work would not be exposed to advanced notice of ship and submarine movements globally; and if he will make a statement. | | (324252) | 31
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what method and against what criteria his Department evaluated the tender submissions and related documents in respect of the Provision of Port Agency Services (FLEET/OPS/0020); if he will place in the Library the documentation setting out the criteria; and if he will make a statement. | | (324253) | 32
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that energy efficiency services provided by energy suppliers under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target scheme are monitored to ensure maximum (a) cost effectiveness and (b) energy efficiency. | | (324254) | 33
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the contribution of domestic hot water use to (a) energy consumption and (b) carbon dioxide emissions. | | (324124) | 34
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what account has been taken of the role of water efficienc when developing the Home Energy Management Strategy. | | (324125) | 35
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he can provide breakdown by budget line of the funds allocated to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for the development of a geological disposal facility for highly radioactive nuclear waste for the financial year 2010-15. | | (324265) | 36
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding has been (a) allocated to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for the development of a geological disposal facility for high level radioactive waste and (b) requested by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for the same purpose for the financial year 2010-15. | | (324266) | 37
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Minister for Farming and the Environment will reply to the hon. Member for Billericay's letters of 12 January and 15 February 2010 on his constituent Ms F Smith. | | (324129) | 38
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, upon what evidence the decision was taken to restrict the eel-fishing season in the Thames; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that evidence. | | (324109) | 39
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the role of water efficiency in reducing carbon dioxide emissions. | | (324126) | 40
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Ofwat on incentives for water efficiency to achieve his Department's water consumption targets; and if he will make a statement. | | (324127) | 41
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the five most expensive hospitality events hosted by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the (a) cost and (b) purpose was of each. | | (324414) | 42
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of bodies in the mass grave recently discovered in La Macarena, Colombia. | | (324176) | 43
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress his Department has made towards establishing a network of research practitioners for asbestos-related diseases. | | (324093) | 44
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects his Department to provide updated leaflets with information for those with mesothelioma. | | (324094) | 45
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of drug and alcohol rehabilitation services in (a) Chorley, (b) Lancashire and (c) primary care trusts in the North West. | | (324102) | 46
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future funding of drug and alcohol rehabilitation services. | | (324103) | 47
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made a recent assessment of the level of consistency at national level in respect of the criteria used by service providers to determine admittance to drug and alcohol treatment programmes. | | (324104) | 48
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department made available to primary care trusts for drug and alcohol rehabilitation services in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (324105) | 49
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with (i) Essex Police and (ii) others on the death of Lee Balkwell at Baldwins Farm, Upminster on 18 July 2002; and if he will seek an explanation from Essex Police on why it has not implemented in full the recommendations of the Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to the investigation of the case. | | (324092) | 50
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on translation services by his Department in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each of the last five years. | | (324419) | 51
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people subject to a stop and search under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2003 who are from an ethnic minority group. | | (324128) | 52
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will request Cable & Wireless to use the Internet Watch Foundation list to block access to known child abuse websites from computers on departmental networks. | | (324099) | 53
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will advise Ministerial colleagues on steps to take to ensure that access to known child abuse sites is not possible from computers on departmental networks. | | (324100) | 54
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms he plans to put in place to monitor and ensure compliance with the requirement that any electronic service provider tendering for Government contracts should deploy the list compiled by the Internet Watch Foundation in order to block access to websites known to host images of child sex abuse. | | (324130) | 55
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department's contract with Cable and Wireless from the provision of internet services expires; when he expects the tendering process for its replacement to begin; and what discussions he plans to have with (a) Cable and Wireless and (b) subsequent providers on access to sites identified with child abuse. | | (324269) | 56
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the application for planning permission for change of use in connection with the proposed creation of a day nursery at 1 Parliament Street was submitted; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the application. | | (324260) | 57
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the extent to which charges for places in the proposed day nursery at 1 Parliament Street will meet the costs of its provision; and what the weekly subsidy per place is for which the Commission has budgeted in 2010-11. | | (324261) | 58
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the estimated gross loss of income is for the Refreshment Department in 2010-11 arising from the closure of its facilities at 1 Parliament Street. | | (324262) | 59
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the application for listed building consent in connection with the proposed creation of a day nursery at 1 Parliament Street was submitted; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the application. | | (324263) | 60
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the closing date is for the receipt of tenders from day nursery operators for the contract to run a day nursery at 1 Parliament Street; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the specification for the contract. | | (324264) | 61
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the five most expensive hospitality events hosted by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the (a) cost and (b) purpose was of each. | | (324415) | 62
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2010, Official Report, column 1416W, on international assistance, if he will publish his Department's Health Portfolio Review. | | (324177) | 63
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on translation services in the Justice System in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each of the last five years. | | (324421) | 64
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to Question 322999, which Departments have retained portions of the records under section 3.4 of the Public Records Act. | | (324259) | 65
N | Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons electoral registration officers are not subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (324178) | 66
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 1012W, on arrest warrants: war crimes, on what date the paper Arrest warrants - universal jurisdiction was placed on his Department's website. | | (324270) | 67
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 1012W, on arrest warrants: war crimes, to which interested individuals and organisations a copy of the paper was sent. | | (324271) | 68
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the five most expensive hospitality events hosted by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the (a) cost and (b) purpose was of each. | | (324416) | 69
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date Charlie Whelan first attended his morning meetings at Downing Street; and how many such meetings he has attended since that date. | | (324187) | 70
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the contribution of the Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 997, on Intelligence and Security Committee, if he will hold discussions with the Chairman on whether the Committee's staff have had their own concerns put in jeopardy; and if he will make a statement. | | (324282) | 71
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what dates he discussed matters relating to National Express with the hon. Member for North Tyneside since 1 January 2009. | | (324188) | 72
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of each (a) email and (b) letter received by his Department from the hon. Member for North Tyneside on National Express. | | (324189) | 73
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what progress his Department has made on amending the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions Order 2002 in order to enable the installation of portable pedestrian crossings at road works. | | (324110) | 74
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what reasons no environment impact assessment was produced ahead of the consultation on the High Speed Two Exceptional Hardship schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (324255) | 75
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, for what reasons Buckinghamshire County Council has not been included on the list of consultees for the consultation on the High Speed Two Exceptional Hardship scheme. | | (324256) | 76
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what date his Department plans to respond to the participants in the consultation on the High Speed Two Exceptional Hardship Scheme. | | (324257) | 77
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have had with interested parties on the three alternative routes for High Speed Two through the Chilterns; what the (i) purpose and (ii) outcome was of each such meeting; and if he will place a copy of the minutes of each such meeting. | | (324258) | 78
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his most recent assessment is of the likely date for returning the East Coast Main Line franchise to the private sector. | | (324131) | 79
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how many jobs were lost (a) directly and (b) indirectly as a result of the failure of National Express's East Coast Main Line franchise. | | (324193) | 80
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his estimate is of the likely cost to the economy of the failure of National Express's East Coast Main Line franchise. | | (324194) | 81
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what contractual obligations apply to the contract for the A13/A1089 in Thurrock to the Connect Plus Group for cleaning and collecting rubbish and litter from the highways and its embankments; how performance against those obligations is monitored; and if he will make a statement. | | (324268) | 82
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, how much it has cost the public purse to run the railway services on the East Coast Main Line in each month since 13 December 2009. | | (324190) | 83
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, what his estimate is of the likely cost to the public purse of the failure of National Express's East Coast Main Line franchise. | | (324191) | 84
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, on what occasions the Secretary of State has (a) met and (b) spoken with Richard Bowker since 3 October 2008. | | (324192) | 85
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on translation services by her Department in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK in each of the last five years. | | (324418) | 86
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure the compliance of workers from EU member states working in the UK with health and safety requirements. | | (324096) | 87
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the additional annual (a) gross and (b) net cost to the public purse of uprating the basic state pension in line with earnings from 2010-11. | | (324196) | 88
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the additional (a) annual and (b) cumulative (i) gross and (ii) net cost to the public purse of uprating the basic state pension in line with earnings from 2010-11. | | (324197) | 89
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of recipients of the state second pension whose entitlement includes years past 2002 when they were in receipt of incapacity benefit; how much extra state second pension is paid per week per recipient in respect of such years; and what estimate she has made of the expenditure on such accrued rights in 2009-10. | | (324417) |
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