Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Notes:
*
Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+
Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N]
Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R]
Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 14 March 2011
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Tuesday 15 March 2011
For Written Questions for answer on the day of issue of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.
Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.
TUESDAY 15 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
*1
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Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): What recent reports he has received on the establishment of high security zones in Sri Lanka. |
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(46093)
|
*2
|
Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): What recent assessment he has made of the state of relations between the UK and the countries of the Caribbean; and if he will make a statement. |
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(46094)
|
*3
|
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): What recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Eritrea; and if he will make a statement. |
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(46095)
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*4
|
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What recent reports he has received on the involvement of the government of Iran with bodies acting as proxies for terrorist organisations; and if he will make a statement. |
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(46096)
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*5
|
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): What recent reports he has received on the progress of negotiations between the government and opposition parties in Egypt; and if he will make a statement. |
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(46097)
|
*6
|
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): What recent assessment he has made of the UK's involvement in the Middle East peace process; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46098)
|
*7
|
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield): What recent discussions he has had with his Hungarian counterpart on priorities for the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the EU. |
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(46099)
|
*8
|
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): What recent discussions he has had in the General Affairs Council on economic prospects for the EU; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46100)
|
*9
|
David Tredinnick (Bosworth): What recent steps he has taken in response to the political situation in Libya; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46101)
|
*10
|
Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): What recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on support for and participation in the enforcement of a no-fly zone over Libya. |
|
(46102)
|
*11
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Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire): What recent steps he has taken in response to the political situation in Libya; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46103)
|
*12
|
Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of consular services provided to UK nationals during the recent events in Libya; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46104)
|
*13
|
Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): What recent steps he has taken to promote political reform in the countries of the Middle East; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46105)
|
*14
|
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): What recent assessment he made of the political situation in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46106)
|
*15
|
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton): What reports he has received on the effects on the political situation in Iran of recent arrests of opposition figures; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46107)
|
*16
|
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): What recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the merits of freezing assets of former officials of overthrown governments in the Middle East and North Africa. |
|
(46108)
|
*17
|
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): What recent reports he has received on the human rights situation in Camp Ashraf, Iraq. |
|
(46109)
|
*18
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Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): What recent assessment he has made of the state of relations between the UK and the President and Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. |
|
(46110)
|
*19
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Simon Wright (Norwich South): What recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on respect for the human rights of members of the Bahá'i faith in that country. |
|
(46111)
|
*20
|
Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian): What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the countries of North Africa; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46112)
|
*21
|
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): What recent assessment he has made of levels of economic development in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46113)
|
*22
|
David Cairns (Inverclyde): What recent assessment he has made of the state of the Iranian nuclear programme; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46114)
|
*23
|
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What recent steps he has taken to encourage the promotion of human rights worldwide; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46115)
|
*24
|
Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): What recent steps he has taken in response to the political situation in Libya; and if he will make a statement. |
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(46116)
|
*25
|
Jonathan Lord (Woking): What recent assessment he has made of the state of the Iranian nuclear programme; and if he will make a statement. |
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(46117)
|
At 3.15 pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.
*1
|
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. |
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(46118)
|
*2
|
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): |
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(46119)
|
*3
|
Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): |
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(46120)
|
*4
|
Robert Halfon (Harlow): |
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(46121)
|
*5
|
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): |
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(46122)
|
*6
|
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland): |
|
(46123)
|
*7
|
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): |
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(46124)
|
*8
|
Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): |
|
(46125)
|
*9
|
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): |
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(46126)
|
*10
|
Ian Austin (Dudley North): |
|
(46127)
|
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 1 March
1
N
|
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to consult on the implementation of the transport elements of the Renewable Energy Directive. |
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(44405)
|
2
N
|
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the UK will transpose into UK law the sustainability criteria for biofuels as set out in the Renewable Energy Directive. |
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(44406)
|
Notices given on Monday 7 March
1
N
|
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what audits his Department has carried out of primary care trusts (PCTs) which received Government funding ring-fenced for the provision of improved access to psychological therapy (IAPT) services to determine whether such PCTs removed funding from non-IAPT services which were to have been replaced by IAPT. |
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(45476)
|
2
N
|
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of improved access to psychological therapies as (a) an addition to and (b) a substitute for existing mental health services; and if he will make a statement. |
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(45477)
|
3
N
|
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issued to primary care trusts on continued commissioning of non-improved access to psychological therapy (IAPT) services when IAPT services were introduced; and if he will make a statement. |
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(45478)
|
4
N
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Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what range of therapies his Department expects to be included within the designation of improved access to psychological therapy. |
|
(45479)
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5
N
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Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which pre-existing mental health services have been discontinued on the grounds that improved access to psychological therapy has superseded them; and which services have been discontinued. |
|
(45480)
|
Notices given on Tuesday 8 March
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian assistance his Department has provided to the Democratic Republic of Congo in each of the last three years. |
|
(45777)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to promote economic development in Gaza and the West Bank. |
|
(45778)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage other governments to provide emergency service personnel to developing countries following a natural disaster. |
|
(45779)
|
4
N
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Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase public awareness of the incidence and consequences of global poverty. |
|
(45780)
|
5
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage the development of employment opportunities in Iraq. |
|
(45781)
|
6
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government plans to take to consider the needs of people with autism when designing the assessment procedure for the proposed personal independence payment. |
|
(45948)
|
7
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that all personal independence payment assessors have the requisite multi-disciplinary knowledge to assess the needs of people with autism. |
|
(45949)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 9 March
1
N
|
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate has been made of the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) effect on the number of civil service jobs in his Department of recent changes to the machinery of Government which transferred responsibilities for competition and policy issues relating to media, broadcasting, digital and telecoms sectors to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46195)
|
2
N
|
John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable he has set for decisions on measures to achieve non-frontline savings identified in the Strategic Defence and Security Review. |
|
(46373)
|
3
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the performance in (a) Peterborough and (b) other locations of the (i) Every Child Counts and (ii) Every Child a Reader programme; and if he will make a statement. |
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(46317)
|
4
N
|
Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) women and (b) men were in receipt of (i) disability living allowance, (ii) income support and (iii) jobseeker's allowance on the most recent date for which figures are available. |
|
(46680)
|
Notices given on Thursday 10 March
1
N
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2010, Official Report, column 529W, on window blinds: safety, what the outcomes were of the safety seminar convened by his Department on 27 September 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46967)
|
2
N
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2010, Official Report, column 529W, on window blinds: safety, what recent progress has been made on the standardisation process; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46968)
|
3
N
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to answer question 42088, on regulations, tabled on 16 February 2011 for answer on 28 February 2011. |
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(46986)
|
4
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant the Answer of 27 January 2011, Official Report, columns 485-6W, on business: higher education, how much funding was allocated to encouraging partnerships between universities and businesses in each of the last five years; how much such funding has been allocated through (a) the Research Council Pathways to Impact, (b) HEFCE's Research Excellence Framework, (c) the Higher Education Innovation Funding and (d) as a result of ongoing collaboration between the Research Councils and the Technology Strategy Board for each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46993)
|
5
N
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant the Answer of 27 January 2011, Official Report, columns 485-6W, on business: higher education, how many businesses participated in funding partnerships with universities through (a) the Research Council's Pathways to Impact, (b) HEFCE's Research Excellence Framework, (c) the Higher Education Innovation Funding and (d) ongoing collaboration between the Research Councils and the Technology Strategy Board in each of the last five years; how many businesses he expects to participate in such partnerships in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46994)
|
6
N
|
Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish Part 2 of Lord Bingham's findings into the collapse of BCCI having redacted those parts which would identify individuals who submitted evidence in confidence. |
|
(46704)
|
7
N
|
Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings the Permanent Secretary for Tax in HM Revenue and Customs has had with the Chairman of the UK Board of Partners at Deloitte in each year between 2002 and 2011. |
|
(46788)
|
8
N
|
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question (a) 40990 and (b) 40992, on national insurance, tabled on 10 February 2011 for answer on 14 February. |
|
(46786)
|
9
N
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 42086 on regulations, tabled on 16 February 2011 for answer on 28 February 2011. |
|
(46988)
|
10
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, who will be responsible for monitoring the independence of Sky News in the next decade; who will be responsible for recruiting Sky News editorial staff; whether the bundling of content from News Corporation newspapers and Sky News will be permitted; and what steps the board of Sky News would be required to take if it wished to sell Sky News or allow BSkyB to increase its shareholding. |
|
(46990)
|
11
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what mechanism he plans to put in place to evaluate the effectiveness of his tourism strategy. |
|
(46991)
|
12
N
|
Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effects on arts and cultural organisations of reduction in levels of expenditure by local authorities. |
|
(46992)
|
13
N
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many local authorities have issued tender documents for contracts to provide high-speed broadband services to date. |
|
(46791)
|
14
N
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether tender documents for further contracts to provide high-speed broadband services are to be issued by individual local authorities. |
|
(46792)
|
15
N
|
Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what discussions Broadband Delivery UK has had with Lancashire County Council on its issue of tender documents for a contract for the provision of high-speed broadband. |
|
(46970)
|
16
N
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to answer Question 42085, on regulations, tabled on 16 February 2011 for answer on 28 February 2011. |
|
(46989)
|
17
N
|
Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe of 9 February 2011 on the pupil premium. |
|
(46964)
|
18
N
|
Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of pupils excluded from school of trends in the number of schools becoming academies; and what provision he plans to make for pupils excluded from such academies. |
|
(46995)
|
19
N
|
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons students from households in receipt of working tax credit are not eligible for free school meals. |
|
(46973)
|
20
N
|
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will reverse her decision to withdraw the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund. |
|
(46987)
|
21
N
|
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2011, Official Report, column 177W, on the National Wildlife Crime Unit: finance, when she plans to announce the funding to be provided to the National Wildlife Crime Unit in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review period. |
|
(46794)
|
22
N
|
Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget of the Animal Health Agency (a) was in each of the last five years and (b) will be in each of the next four years. |
|
(46797)
|
23
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the adequacy of the support and advice given by officials of his Department to (a) the family of Jennifer Currie and (b) the case worker of the hon. Member for Sefton Central between 4 and 6 March 2011. |
|
(46746)
|
24
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will examine the advice given by his officials to the family of Jennifer Currie regarding (a) the booking of and payment for tickets for and (b) the provision of booking references to Jennifer Currie. |
|
(46747)
|
25
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons (a) the family of Jennifer Currie and (b) the case worker of the hon. Member for Sefton Central was advised by his officials that Jennifer Currie should make her own arrangements for the repatriation from Libya of her and her family. |
|
(46748)
|
26
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2011, Official Report, column 659, on Libya and the Middle East, for what reasons the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State does not accept the description by the hon. Member for Sefton Central of events relating to the repatriation of Jennifer Currie and her children. |
|
(46782)
|
27
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will examine the advice given by officials of his Department to (a) the family of Jennifer Currie and (b) the office of the hon. Member for Sefton Central on responsibility for payment for a taxi to Tripoli Airport for Jennifer Currie and her family. |
|
(46789)
|
28
N
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what injuries have been sustained by British citizens affected by terrorist activities overseas since January 2002. |
|
(46984)
|
29
N
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens have been injured as a result of terrorist activities overseas since January 2002. |
|
(46985)
|
30
N
|
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the recent presidential elections in Uganda; what assessment he has made of the conduct of that election; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46969)
|
31
N
|
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many accreditation bodies are currently approved by the UK Border Agency; and when that approval is scheduled to end in each case. |
|
(46749)
|
32
N
|
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from how many UK institutions graduates can receive a post study work visa; and for what types of degrees in each case. |
|
(46799)
|
33
N
|
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people received a post-study work visa in 2009; and how many such people had received a (a) UK recognised bachelor or postgraduate degree, (b) a UK postgraduate certificate in education or Professional Graduate Diploma of Education and (c) a Higher National Diploma from a Scottish institution. |
|
(46800)
|
34
N
|
Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) scheduled and (b) unscheduled checks of (i) English language schools and (ii) other educational institutions the UK Border Agency performed in each of the last five years. |
|
(46962)
|
35
N
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish each response to her Department's consultation on Policing in the 21st Century. |
|
(46790)
|
36
N
|
Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a police and crime commissioner will be authorised to appoint a civilian to the position of chief constable from May 2012; and if she will make a statement. |
|
(46798)
|
37
N
|
Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, between what dates the sodium rhodizonate test was used by the Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory to detect firearms discharge residue. |
|
(46963)
|
40
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police force have current specialist traffic and vehicle training. |
|
(46793)
|
41
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police force hold the rank of sergeant. |
|
(46795)
|
42
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police force had received up-to-date training in the use of firearms on the most recent date for which figures are available. |
|
(46796)
|
43
N
|
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what initiatives his Department is undertaking with businesses to encourage corporate social responsibility in developing countries. |
|
(46787)
|
44
N
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding he has allocated to youth offending teams in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46976)
|
45
N
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions to youth offending team budgets on levels of reoffending and anti-social behaviour involving young people in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46977)
|
46
N
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria he used to allocate resources for youth offending teams over the Comprehensive Spending Review Period; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46978)
|
47
N
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward proposals for reform of the criminal injuries compensation scheme. |
|
(46971)
|
48
N
|
Sadiq Khan (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what size of prison population is required to trigger Operation Safeguard. |
|
(46972)
|
49
N
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what regulations his Department introduced between 2 February and 28 February 2011. |
|
(46965)
|
50
N
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what regulations his Department revoked between 2 February and 28 February 2011. |
|
(46966)
|
51
N
|
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) civilian and (b) military staff establishment is of the secretariat of the National Security Council. |
|
(46686)
|
52
N
|
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on the likely effect of the budget of the Scottish Parliament of the ending of end-year flexibility. |
|
(46783)
|
53
N
|
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the ending of end-year flexibility has been discussed with the Scottish Government in the Joint Ministerial Committee. |
|
(46785)
|
Notices given on Friday 11 March
1
N
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements are in place to provide support and advice to UK citizens who are the victims of crime in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[Transferred]
(46974)
|
2
N
|
Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had on support for victims of crime who are UK citizens travelling in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement. |
|
[Transferred]
(46975)
|
3
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what regulations his Department has introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
|
(47148)
|
4
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the retail motor sector on the application of a European code of conduct to (a) car manufacturers and (b) franchised dealers under the Block Exemption Regulation. |
|
(47150)
|
5
|
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he gave to seeking the inclusion of measures to reform the Export Credits Guarantee Department in the Government's Carbon Plan. |
|
(47145)
|
6
|
Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that credit card transaction fees are proportionate to the cost of processing payments when buying goods and services. |
|
(47116)
|
7
|
Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the Office of Fair Trading to complete its investigation into surcharges for credit and debit card purchases. |
|
(47117)
|
8
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47111)
|
9
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expect to publish the Government's corporate responsibility strategy. |
|
(47122)
|
10
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47110)
|
11
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47105)
|
12
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what regulations his Department has (a) introduced and (b) revoked between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
|
(47147)
|
13
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47095)
|
14
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47109)
|
15
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department projects increases in aerial and liquid discharges of tritium from the defence sector in the UK Strategy for Radioactive Discharges. |
|
(47135)
|
16
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) reason for and (b) scope of his Department's collaboration in studies for the development of the US administration's W88 nuclear warhead. |
|
(47136)
|
17
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the safety case for the new truck cargo heavy duty mark 3 vehicle was approved. |
|
(47137)
|
18
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the truck cargo heavy duty mark 3 vehicle will enter into service. |
|
(47138)
|
19
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the truck cargo heavy duty mark 3 vehicle will replace the former high security vehicles on duties requiring the transport of special nuclear materials. |
|
(47139)
|
20
|
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the practice of displaying radioactive materials hazard warning signs on vehicles carrying special nuclear materials will continue when the truck cargo heavy duty mark 3 vehicle enters into service. |
|
(47140)
|
21
|
Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he expects the manpower of the Commando Helicopter Force to be in each of the next five years. |
|
(47143)
|
22
|
Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the long-term viability of the Commando Helicopter Force; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(47144)
|
23
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47108)
|
24
|
Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK nationals he estimates to be held hostage by Somali pirates. |
|
(47091)
|
25
|
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what regulations his Department has introduced between 9 and 28 February 2011. |
|
(47149)
|
26
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47107)
|
27
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to answer question 35419 on public appointments tabled on 18 January 2011 for answer on 20 January. |
|
(47133)
|
28
|
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of progress on schools acquiring academy status in (a) Rochester and Strood constituency and (b) England. |
|
(47188)
|
29
|
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2011, Official Report, column 438W, on energy: EU action, what discussions he has had with his Icelandic counterpart on proposals for an electricity cable between Iceland and Great Britain. |
|
(47146)
|
30
|
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2010, Official Report, column 866W, on aviation: carbon emissions, if he will take steps to include the issue of global aviation emissions in the EU position for the Durban climate change conference. |
|
(47151)
|
31
|
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the relationship between the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and the proposed Emissions Performance Standard. |
|
(47134)
|
32
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47106)
|
33
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public bodies sponsored by her Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47114)
|
34
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47104)
|
35
|
Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK plans to send representatives to the Council of Europe high level conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights in April 2011; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(47090)
|
36
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47103)
|
37
|
Owen Smith (Pontypridd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to measure the one- and five-year cancer survival rates for breast, lung and colorectal cancer in the improvement area of Domain 1 of the NHS Outcome Framework for 2011-12 for patients of all ages. |
|
(47152)
|
38
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which public bodies sponsored by her Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47113)
|
39
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the scoping study on human trafficking for forced labour. |
|
(47128)
|
40
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the scoping study on human trafficking for domestic servitude. |
|
(47129)
|
41
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to implement Article 6 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings in relation to the incorporation of human trafficking in statutory schooling. |
|
(47130)
|
42
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to take steps in accordance with Article 5 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings in the next 12 months. |
|
(47131)
|
43
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking in accordance with Article 6 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings to discourage demand for trafficking of people for forced labour. |
|
(47132)
|
44
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47102)
|
45
|
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reason he has decided to reduce the level of his Department's aid to Lesotho; what account he took of the relative gross domestic product per head of Lesotho in making his decision; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(47142)
|
46
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects and organisations to assist women and girls his Department funded in Pakistan in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(47118)
|
47
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries his Department funds microfinance projects. |
|
(47119)
|
48
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47101)
|
49
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to his Department is of electronic tagging somebody for (a) 90 and (b) 120 days. |
|
(47125)
|
50
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evidence he has received of instances where electronic tag breach procedures are not adhered to. |
|
(47126)
|
51
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any contractual penalties have been imposed on companies who hold electronic tagging contracts in England and Wales. |
|
(47127)
|
52
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced to supervision by the courts in England and Wales with a condition of being electronically tagged in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010. |
|
(47153)
|
53
|
Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were subject to home detention curfew in England and Wales on the latest date for which figures are available. |
|
(47154)
|
54
|
Naomi Long (Belfast East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2011, Official Report, column 452W, on the Bill of Rights, if he will take steps to increase the likelihood of agreement being reached amongst Northern Ireland parties on a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights. |
|
(47123)
|
55
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47100)
|
56
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Prime Minister, which public bodies to which he makes appointments (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47099)
|
57
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47098)
|
58
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse from allowing train operating companies to have flexible regulated rail fares. |
|
(47120)
|
59
|
Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's estimate of the cost of High Speed 2 over a 60 year period, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of High Speed 2 over that period. |
|
(47121)
|
60
|
Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to introduce a US-style crew personnel advanced screening system in the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(47093)
|
61
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47097)
|
62
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which public bodies sponsored by her Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47096)
|
63
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which public bodies sponsored by the Government Equalities Office (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47115)
|
64
|
Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the effect on levels of access by children to payments under (a) the proposal made of payment to couple families with children and (b) the existing tax credit system. |
|
(47092)
|
65
|
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the annual saving to his Department from providing that persons with income of more than (a) £50,000 and (b) £100,000 are not entitled to the winter fuel allowance. |
|
(47124)
|
66
|
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have been or (b) are to be closed, merged or reorganised; and how many (i) women and (ii) men who are public appointees at each body will reliquish such an appointment in consequence. |
|
(47112)
|
67
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on requiring (a) knowledge and (b) understanding of autism spectrum disorder in (i) the training of assessors for and (ii) the conduct of assessments for work capability assessments. |
|
(47155)
|
68
|
Graeme Morrice (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has undertaken into the potential effect on vulnerable groups of a charging regime for child support. |
|
(47156)
|
69
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to support (a) people diagnosed from autism and (b) their families in the delivery of its services. |
|
(47141)
|
WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH
Questions for Oral Answer
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
*1
|
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): What recent discussions she has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) the Welsh Assembly Government on Big Society initiatives in Wales. |
|
(45731)
|
*2
|
Jonathan Lord (Woking): What assessment she has made of the outcome of the referendum on devolving primary law-making powers to the National Assembly for Wales. |
|
(45732)
|
*3
|
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): What recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on expenditure on broadband projects in Wales. |
|
(45733)
|
*4
|
Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): What assessment she has made of the outcome of the referendum on devolving primary law-making powers to the National Assembly for Wales. |
|
(45734)
|
*5
|
Karen Lumley (Redditch): What recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on measures to attract inward investment to Wales. |
|
(45735)
|
*6
|
David Mowat (Warrington South): What recent representations she has received on the mechanism for calculating the block grant settlement for the Welsh Assembly. |
|
(45736)
|
*7
|
John Howell (Henley): What recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on measures to attract inward investment to Wales. |
|
(45737)
|
*8
|
Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion): What assessment she has made of the effect on the Welsh economy of recent trends in the cost of fuel. |
|
(45738)
|
*9
|
Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on upland farming in Wales. |
|
(45739)
|
*10
|
Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues and Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government on energy policy in Wales. |
|
(45740)
|
*11
|
Jessica Morden (Newport East): What recent estimate she has made of the number of jobs to be lost in the public sector in Wales as a result of the reductions in public expenditure in 2011-12. |
|
(45741)
|
*12
|
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport of electrification of the rail network in south Wales. |
|
(45742)
|
*13
|
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): What assessment she has made of the outcome of the referendum on devolving primary law-making powers to the National Assembly for Wales. |
|
(45743)
|
*14
|
Nia Griffith (Llanelli): What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the future of the Environment Agency's national laboratory services located in Wales. |
|
(45744)
|
*15
|
Martin Caton (Gower): What discussions she has had with Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government on the implications for the economy of west Wales of the Government's proposed programme of rail electrification. |
|
(45745)
|
At 12 noon
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice.
*1
|
Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 16 March. |
|
(46687)
|
*2
|
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire): |
|
(46688)
|
*3
|
Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty): |
|
(46689)
|
*4
|
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): |
|
(46690)
|
*5
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): |
|
(46691)
|
*6
|
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): |
|
(46692)
|
*7
|
Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes): |
|
(46693)
|
*8
|
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): |
|
(46694)
|
*9
|
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent): |
|
(46695)
|
*10
|
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): |
|
(46696)
|
*11
|
Robert Halfon (Harlow): |
|
(46697)
|
*12
|
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): |
|
(46698)
|
*13
|
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): |
|
(46699)
|
*14
|
Simon Wright (Norwich South): |
|
(46700)
|
*15
|
Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex): |
|
(46701)
|
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 2 March
1
N
|
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of those who received treatment at the Glasgow Children's Heart Surgery Unit were normally resident in England in the last three years. |
|
(44864)
|
Notices given on Tuesday 8 March
1
N
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase the efficiency of the planning process for large infrastructure projects. |
|
(45782)
|
2
N
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the future of the Environment Agency. |
|
(45950)
|
3
N
|
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has plans to review the list of chronic illnesses which entitle those diagnosed with those illnesses aged under 18 years or over 60 years to free prescriptions. |
|
(45785)
|
4
N
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to endure that primary care trusts provide funding for patients to obtain access to drugs with orphan drug status. |
|
(45784)
|
5
N
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce road congestion. |
|
(45783)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 9 March
1
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, at what time on 15 February 2011 (a) the Written Ministerial Statement on the Protection of Freedoms Bill: Public Reading Stage was delivered to the House and (b) the embargo was lifted on the press release issued on 14 February 2011 relating to the launch of the Public Reading Stage website. |
|
(46151)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Myanmar. |
|
(46608)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Thailand. |
|
(46609)
|
4
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Zimbabwe. |
|
(46610)
|
6
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve consular services for UK citizens overseas. |
|
(46612)
|
Notices given on Thursday 10 March
1
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent illegal drugs from overseas reaching the UK. |
|
(46611)
|
2
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arms exports have been licensed for (a) Morocco, (b) Tunisia, (c) Algeria, (d) Libya, (e) Egypt, (f) Yemen, (g) Saudi Arabia and (h) Bahrain since June 2010; and what restrictions were placed on their use. |
|
(46961)
|
3
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits to prisons in China have been made by British embassy staff in the last 12 months; and how many (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals were seen. |
|
(46958)
|
4
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions issues relating to Tibet have been raised with the government of China by staff of his Department in the last 12 months. |
|
(46959)
|
5
N
|
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on which occasions human rights issues have been raised with the government of (a) Morocco, (b) Tunisia, (c) Algeria, (d) Libya, (e) Egypt, (f) Yemen, (g) Saudi Arabia and (h) Bahrain by staff of his Department since June 2010. |
|
(46960)
|
6
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by the NHS in each of the last three years on the removal of tattoos; and if he will estimate the proportion of such spending which was on convicted prisoners in each year. |
|
(46801)
|
7
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to promote Salt Awareness Week; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such activities. |
|
(46802)
|
8
N
|
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House of Commons catering service has plans to promote Salt Awareness Week. |
|
(46803)
|
Notices given on Friday 11 March
1
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many local enterprise partnerships have websites. |
|
(47158)
|
2
N
|
Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many places for nursing courses there were at Northumbria University in each year since 2008. |
|
(47166)
|
3
N
|
Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford of 15 July 1999, Official Report, columns 328-30W, on the Treasury, if he will use the method applied to the production of that Answer to estimate (a) the likely effect of the June 2010 Budget and (b) the likely effects of the measures in the June 2010 Budget and the Comprehensive Spending Review on then income of (i) men and (ii) women. |
|
(47175)
|
4
N
|
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he notified the Scottish Government of the proposed end of end-year flexibility. |
|
(47094)
|
5
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what progress he has made in his Department's responsibilities for language maintenance and development under the European Charter for Minority or Indigenous Languages in respect of the Irish Language. |
|
(47174)
|
6
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of the illegal trafficking of songbirds at UK sovereign bases in Cyprus. |
|
(47160)
|
7
N
|
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to the merits of using Nimrod MRA4 aircraft for monitoring flights over the Mediterranean, Libya and North Africa. |
|
(47171)
|
8
N
|
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the additional school places needed to meet population growth in the Bradford district by 2020. |
|
(47169)
|
9
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many certified organic arable food producers there were in Kent in each of the last 10 years. |
|
(47159)
|
10
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) the cost of healthcare commissioning by primary care trusts in the last 12 months for which figures are available and (b) the likely cost of healthcare commissioning under his proposals for GP commissioning in the first 12 months of their operation. |
|
(47170)
|
11
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the experience GP's have in budget management to be required under his proposals for GP commissioning. |
|
(47178)
|
12
N
|
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential role of (a) nurses and (b) other ancillary health professionals in the proposed arrangements for GP commissioning. |
|
(47179)
|
13
N
|
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) assess the adequacy of provision of specialist support for males who have been subject to sexual violence and (b) take steps to increase such provision. |
|
(47168)
|
14
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2011, Official Report, columns 396-7W, on developing countries: microfinance, what tools will be included in the toolkit to strengthen the design, implementation and measurement of programmes to empower women through improved financial inclusion. |
|
(47161)
|
15
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what method his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of his Department's projects aiming to assist women and girls. |
|
(47162)
|
16
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received on the effectiveness of his Department's microfinance projects. |
|
(47163)
|
17
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms his Department use to (a) regulate and (b) evaluate microfinance projects supported by his Department. |
|
(47164)
|
18
N
|
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) projects and (b) organisations in Pakistan his Department funded in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(47165)
|
19
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Office of the Northern Ireland First and Deputy First Ministers on the introduction of legislative proposals on the Irish Language. |
|
(47172)
|
20
N
|
Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress he has made on the commitment made in the St Andrews Agreement on the establishment of an Irish Language Act. |
|
(47173)
|
21
N
|
Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women were in receipt of (i) housing benefit, (ii) council tax benefit and (iii) attendance allowance on the most recent date for which figures are available. |
|
(47176)
|
22
N
|
Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) women and (b) men are in receipt of (i) the basic state pension, (ii) pension credit and (iii) the additional state pension. |
|
(47177)
|
23
N
|
Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was (a) received in contributions and (b) paid out by each public sector pension scheme in each year since 1981. |
|
(47157)
|
24
N
|
Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider amending the eligibility criteria for community care grants to include people entitled to contributory benefits. |
|
(47167)
|
THURSDAY 17 MARCH
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 7 March
1
N
|
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel were subject to detention or incarceration for going absent without leave in 2010; and how many were under the age of 18 at the time of the offence. |
|
(45481)
|
2
N
|
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) trained strength and (b) in training armed forces personnel went absent without leave in 2010; and how many were under the age of 18. |
|
(45482)
|
Notices given on Wednesday 9 March
1
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many oil spills at (a) residential and (b) commercial properties in each region were reported in each of the last five years. |
|
(46193)
|
2
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department has provided to World Bank social protection programmes in each of the last three years. |
|
(46299)
|
3
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department expects to have spent on social protection in 2010-11; and what budgetary allocation has been made for 2011-12. |
|
(46300)
|
4
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had on (a) the outcome of his Department's recent evaluation of cash transfers and (b) the potential implications of such findings for his Department's policies on this issue. |
|
(46374)
|
Notices given on Thursday 10 March
1
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what options he is considering for the disposal of the assets and liabilities of the East of England Development Agency; and on what date after receipt of its assets and liabilities plan he proposes to issue his conclusions. |
|
(46808)
|
2
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage citizen participation in local democracy. |
|
(46865)
|
3
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve community relations between different populations. |
|
(46866)
|
4
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve facilities for local community use. |
|
(46867)
|
5
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils in Peterborough constituency who will qualify for the pupil premium. |
|
(46809)
|
6
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people resident in the Peterborough local education authority area have been entered for triple science GCSEs since 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46863)
|
7
N
|
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children receive (a) free school meals and (b) education maintenance allowance in each local authority ward in (i) Peterborough constituency and (ii) North West Cambridgeshire constituency. |
|
(46957)
|
8
N
|
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to the potential effect on the UK's reputation as an investment destination of potential changes to the qualification criteria for projects already initiated arising from this review of feed-in tariffs. |
|
(46862)
|
9
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the Mott MacDonald report, UK Electricity Generating Costs update in determining the commercial viability of offshore wind. |
|
(46868)
|
10
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that studies of the cost of power generation technologies commissioned by his Department estimate separately the (a) generation and (b) carbon costs associated with such technologies. |
|
(46869)
|
11
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he has made an assessment of the diversity of the range of scientific opinion on climate change that is represented on the Committee on Climate Change. |
|
(46870)
|
12
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely level of fuel poverty in rural areas in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) the UK. |
|
(46871)
|
13
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the cost per megawatt hour, excluding the cost of carbon, of electricity generated from (a) coal, (b) biomass and (c) oil in the latest period for which figures are available. |
|
(46872)
|
14
N
|
Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delay event notices in the National Programme for IT in the Health Service have been issued by (a) Connecting for Health (b) other NHS bodies and (c) BT in relation to the Cerner deployment at North Bristol NHS Trust; and what the value is in each case. |
|
(46805)
|
15
N
|
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce regional variations in the number of people on the NHS Organ Donor Register; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46861)
|
16
N
|
Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of 16 to 20 year-olds are on the NHS Organ Donor Register. |
|
(46864)
|
17
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to improve the working of family courts. |
|
(46806)
|
18
N
|
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to minimise any adverse effect on a child arising from participation in court proceedings. |
|
(46807)
|
Notices given on Friday 11 March
1
N
|
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions in the last 12 months the Independent Safeguarding Authority has used its powers under the Policing and Crime Act 2009 to provide information to the police. |
|
(47184)
|
2
N
|
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have been barred from regulated activity relating to children by the Independent Safeguarding Authority but have not been subject to investigation or prosecution by the Police. |
|
(47185)
|
3
N
|
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have been barred from regulated activity relating to children by the Independent Safeguarding Authority but have not received a relevant criminal conviction. |
|
(47186)
|
4
N
|
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2011, Official Report, column 935W, on carbon emissions: biofuels, which other energy generation technologies he defines as (a) zero-carbon technologies and (b) technologies which if used in domestic buildings would contribute nothing to their carbon emissions it met the criterion of a minimum greenhouse gas emission saving of 60 per cent. over the use of a fossil fuel. |
|
(47183)
|
5
N
|
Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2011, Official Report, columns 935-36, on carbon emissions: biofuels, whether he defines biomass as a technology which, if used in domestic buildings, would contribute nothing to their carbon emissions if it met the criterion of a minimum greenhouse gas emission saving of 60 per cent. over the use of a fossil fuel. |
|
(47187)
|
6
N
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Iranian government on measures to increase the level of stability in the Middle East and the Gulf. |
|
(47180)
|
7
N
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the plans of the government of Egypt for a democratic settlement in that country. |
|
(47181)
|
8
N
|
Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the circumstances in which British armed forces should be committed for the purpose of keeping internal order in another country. |
|
(47182)
|
FRIDAY 18 MARCH
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 9 March
1
N
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which half of the income distribution of UK families a single earner family with two children in receipt of an annual income of £42,500 will fall from April 2013 after implementation of changes to taxation and child benefit. |
|
(46681)
|
2
N
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentile of income distribution into which a single earner family with three children and in receipt of an annual income of £42,500 will fall from April 2013 after implementation of proposed changes to taxes and child benefit. |
|
(46682)
|
3
N
|
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentile of income distribution into which a single earner family with two children and in receipt of an annual income of £40,000 will fall from April 2013 after implementation of proposed changes to taxes and child benefit. |
|
(46683)
|
Notices given on Thursday 10 March
1
N
|
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority received from each (a) revenue and (b) capital funding stream from his Department in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; what the total funding allocated by such streams was in each year; and what the change was in the level of funding in (A) cash and (B) real terms. |
|
(46810)
|
MONDAY 21 MARCH
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 7 March
1
N
|
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many educational psychology posts there were in March 2010; and what estimate he has made of the level of such posts in March 2011. |
|
(45678)
|
2
N
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former Prison Service staff worked for the Prison and Probation Ombudsman in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008, (e) 2009 and (f) 2010. |
|
(45347)
|
3
N
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Service staff were seconded from the Prison Service to the Prison and Probation Ombudsman in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008, (e) 2009 and (f) 2010. |
|
(45348)
|
4
N
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2010, Official Report, columns 125-8W, on secure training centres: restraint techniques, what the nature was of the minor injuries that resulted from the use of control and restraint procedures in each young offender institute juvenile unit in each month since April 2008. |
|
(45358)
|
5
N
|
Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2010, Official Report, columns 125-6W, on secure training centres: restraint techniques, what the nature was of the serious injuries that resulted from the use of control and restraint procedures in each young offender institute juvenile unit in each month since April 2008. |
|
(45359)
|
TUESDAY 22 MARCH
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 9 March
1
N
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the merits of screening those infected with hepatitis C for the extra-hepatic manifestations identified in the Government's recent review of contaminated blood products. |
|
(46375)
|
2
N
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the merits of screening for pathogens for those at greater risk of being infected with such pathogens as a result of having received pooled blood products for the treatment of bleeding disorders. |
|
(46376)
|
3
N
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason he has maintained the classification of the hepatitis C virus in two stages; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46377)
|
4
N
|
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the merits of introducing two stages of classification of HIV; and if he will make a statement. |
|
(46378)
|
Notices given on Friday 11 March
1
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the variation in the cost to the public purse of (a) waste prevention and (b) recycling for each local authority. |
|
(47189)
|
2
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the potential saving to the public purse of 10 per cent. of parents switching from use of disposable nappies for their children to re-usable nappies. |
|
(47191)
|
3
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of local authorities on (a) waste management and (b) waste prevention. |
|
(47192)
|
4
N
|
Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to encourage the use of products which prevent waste. |
|
(47190)
|
WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Thursday 10 March
1
N
|
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what date she expects to end the practice of detaining children of failed asylum seekers. |
|
(46734)
|
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