Session 2013-14
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The Questions Book
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 26 March 2014
Notes:
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 26 March 2014
(the ‘Questions Book’)
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 26 March 2014
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on the date of issue of this paper of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper.
For other Written Questions for answer on the date of this paper of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer on future days, see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Attorney General
1
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Attorney General, what the Law Officers' Departments' policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
(193381)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
2
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that student entrepreneurs can access support and guidance when setting up their first businesses.
(193283)
3
Jake Berry
(Rossendale and Darwen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship places there were in Rossendale and Darwen constituency in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
(193299)
4
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether additional funding allocated to the higher RAB charge will come out of non-ringfenced DEL.
(193344)
5
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department's total resource DEL has been increased as a result of the higher RAB charge for student loans.
(193349)
6
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost to the public purse is of the higher RAB charge for student loans.
(193350)
7
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the amount spent on maintenance grants for students at private colleges in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
(193351)
8
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the RAB charge for loans issued to those on the new funding regime is for student loans issued in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2012-13.
(193352)
9
Mr Liam Byrne
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the RAB charge is for student loans issued to those who started university before September 2012 for loans issued in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2012-13.
(193368)
10
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure that universities admit more students from disadvantaged backgrounds whose qualifications meet university admissions requirements.
(193475)
11
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in each (a) age group and (b) parental income group resident in Islwyn constituency entered higher education in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
(193476)
12
Chris Evans
(Islwyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what change he expects in the number of private providers of higher education in England and Wales in the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
(193477)
13
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress has been made on the public register of beneficial ownership of companies operating in the UK.
(193297)
14
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the policy of Barclays on the use of tax havens.
(193463)
15
N
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on increasing the use of Post Office accounts for benefit payments; and if he will make a statement.
(192968)
16
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many registered users there are of the National Careers Service website in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK.
(192987)
17
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications for professional development grants have been approved by the National Careers Service (NCS) in each year for which figures are available; and how many applications for such grants have been rejected by the NCS in each such year.
(192988)
18
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
(193380)
19
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2013, Official Report, column 643W, on foreign investments in UK, what the value of foreign direct investment was in each region of the UK in each year since 1984.
(193413)
20
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answers to topical question T1 of 23 January 2014, Official Report, column 434, if he will request the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate to pass to the Gangmasters Licensing Authority the details it holds on the personal accident insurance schemes operated by those employment agencies referred to in the Answers.
(193465)
21
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value of UK non-financial assets held in Russia.
(193418)
22
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value of Russian non-financial assets held in the UK.
(193419)
23
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) small and medium-sized and (b) other businesses received direct financial assistance through UK Export Finance in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14 to date.
(193051)
24
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms have received support under the UK Export Finance Direct Lending Scheme to date.
(193052)
25
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent assessment is of awareness among (a) small and (b) other businesses of the services offered by (i) UK Trade & Investment and (b) UK Export Finance; and what data his Department uses to monitor this awareness.
(193053)
26
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) small and medium-sized and (b) other businesses have been assisted by UK Trade & Investment in 2013-14 to date.
(193054)
27
N
Mr Chuka Umunna
(Streatham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small and medium-sized businesses were assisted by UK Trade & Investment in 2012-13.
(193086)
Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
28
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to incentivise departmental officials to bring old Government data sets online in accessible formats.
(193287)
29
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
(193382)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
30
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many credit unions were operating in the UK in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
(193285)
31
Mr James Clappison
(Hertsmere):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account his Department has taken of mortgage liability in its assessment of liability for levy on higher value homes as part of its work preparatory to the possible introduction of such a tax.
(193510)
32
John Glen
(Salisbury):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much will be collected annually by HM Revenue and Customs through successful insolvency litigation with the use of damages-based agreements.
(193369)
33
John Glen
(Salisbury):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to HM Revenue and Customs of the reforms to insolvency litigation under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
(193370)
34
John Glen
(Salisbury):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs collected following successful insolvency litigation cases in each year since 2010.
(193371)
35
N
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase (a) the ex-gratia payment of £5,000 to holders of Equitable Life with-profits annuities dating from before 1 September 1992 and (b) the additional £5,000 to those policyholders who are in receipt of pension credit; and if he will make a statement.
(192645)
36
N
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Financial Statement of 19 March 2014, if he will fund the Spirit of Enniskillen Trust in Northern Ireland on the same basis as the funding announced for the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace and the Lockerbie Scholarships; and if he will make a statement.
(192969)
37
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking against mortgage lenders who breach the terms of tracker-rate mortgage contracts and unilaterally increase the interest rate charged.
(193279)
38
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation process is being held on the new £1 coin; and what steps he is taking to ensure that such a consultation includes representation from all parts of the country, charities and other non-industry groups.
(193321)
39
N
Lucy Powell
(Manchester Central):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the difference between paragraph 1.5 of Tax-Free Childcare: consultation on design and operation, which states that tax-free childcare will ultimately be available to up to around 2.5 million working families in the UK and paragraph B.4 of the Government's response to that consultation, which states that around 1.9 million families will be eligible for tax-free childcare; and what the difference is between being eligible for the scheme and having qualifying childcare costs.
(193217)
40
Mark Reckless
(Rochester and Strood):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to pensions on the level of net migration and the number of over-55s who may emigrate; and what analysis his Department has made of the effect of this policy on the likelihood of meeting the target of reducing net migration to under 100,000 by 2015.
(193322)
41
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of UK financial assets held in Russia.
(193414)
42
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of Russian financial assets held in the UK.
(193415)
43
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to support the development of virtual currency exchanges in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(193416)
44
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the risk of virtual currencies facilitating money laundering and other financial offences.
(193417)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
45
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what infrastructure his Department has planned and what resources it has allocated in relation to the development of housing at Ebbsfleet.
(193424)
46
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultations the Government has undertaken in drawing up plans for its proposed development at Ebbsfleet.
(193425)
47
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the Government's proposed Ebbsfleet development will be funded by (a) the private sector and (b) public-sector resources.
(193426)
48
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the development announced in Budget 2014 at Ebbsfleet will consist of affordable homes.
(193427)
49
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the Government's proposed Ebbsfleet development will be funded.
(193428)
50
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish detailed proposals for the new development corporation announced for Ebbsfleet; and if he will make a statement.
(193429)
51
Roberta Blackman-Woods
(City of Durham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has for how the new development corporation at Ebbsfleet will work with existing local authorities.
(193435)
52
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
(193383)
53
Andy Sawford
(Corby):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish guidance on how local authorities can keep business rates linked to green energy and carbon neutral or passive developments; and what proportion of business rates he expects local authorities to retain.
(193464)
54
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to discounted local authority leisure services to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
(193246)
55
Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the need for local authority pension schemes to integrate environmental, social and governance issues into their investment decision-making.
(193479)
56
Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage local authority pension funds to become signatories to the Stewardship Code.
(193480)
57
Paul Uppal
(Wolverhampton South West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage local authority pension funds to become active owners or stewards of their assets as defined in the Financial Reporting Council's Stewardship Code.
(193481)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
58
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what provisions are in place as part of the Government's Olympic Legacy commitments for people with learning disabilities.
(193316)
59
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding Special Olympics Great Britain has received from her Department in each of the last five years.
(193353)
60
Graham Jones
(Hyndburn):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on her Department's reviews of regulation of fixed odds betting terminals; and if she will make a statement.
(193290)
61
N
Mr John Leech
(Manchester, Withington):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library all her correspondence on press regulation sent to or received from (a) the Press Complaints Commission, (b) the Independent Press Standards Organisation, (c) the Press Standards Board of Finance, (d) the Press Industry Working Group, (e) Peter Wright, (f) Paul Vickers, (g) Guy Black and (h) David Hunt between 1 November 2013 and 18 March 2014.
(193095)
62
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to ratify the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage.
(193466)
63
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC Trust on the BBC's exercise of its responsibilities to provide religious broadcasting.
(193545)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
64
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2014, Official Report, columns 218-9W, on conflict resolution: females, on what date he or his officials met counterparts from (a) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (b) the Department for International Development and (c) non-governmental organisations to discuss UNSCR1325.
(192505)
65
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 219W, on electric vehicles, if he will place in the Library entries from the defence contracts bulletin relating to the installation of charge points at RMA Sandhurst, RAF Northolt and RAF Halton and the installation of 13 points at DSTL sites in Wiltshire, Hampshire and Kent.
(192986)
66
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
(193384)
67
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will update the Defence Strategic Guidance to reflect the Russian annexation of the Crimea.
(193347)
68
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to retain a permanent British garrison in continental Europe in response to recent events in the Crimea; and if he will make a statement.
(193348)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
69
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his Office's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
(193385)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
70
Jake Berry
(Rossendale and Darwen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what applications he received from groups in Lancashire to establish a new free school in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
(193300)
71
Jake Berry
(Rossendale and Darwen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are home-schooled in (a) Lancashire and (b) Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
(193308)
72
N
Mr Jim Cunningham
(Coventry South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to designate the New Schools Network as a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
(193278)
73
Nic Dakin
(Scunthorpe):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Statement of 13 March 2014 by the Minister for Schools, Official Report, columns 927-29, how much of the £350 million announced for the fair funding proposals will be allocated from the Exchequer in addition to that already indicated in his Department's budget.
(193407)
74
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people with learning disabilities reported being bullied at school in each year for which figures are available.
(193311)
75
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 250W, on schools: construction, what the (a) final bid date in April 2014 and (b) expected decision date is.
(192507)
76
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 250W, on schools: construction, what the construction time-scale is for each of the 198 schools with which his Department is working in the Priority School Building Programme, but at which construction has not yet started.
(192508)
77
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
(193386)
78
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free school meals to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
(193248)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
79
Jake Berry
(Rossendale and Darwen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of properties in (a) Rossendale and Darwen constituency and (b) the North West which do not have mains gas access and which use domestic heating oil.
(193301)
80
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the value of UK imports of (a) coal, (b) gas and (c) oil from Russia was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(193420)
81
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the UK's (a) coal, (b) gas and (c) oil requirements were met by imports from Russia in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(193421)
82
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many spare (a) generator step-up transformers and (b) transmission transformers are held in the UK.
(193422)
83
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which companies manufacture (a) generator step-up transformers and (b) transmission transformers in the UK.
(193423)
84
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to assistance with utility costs to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
(193247)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
85
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether changes in the number of puppies and dogs imported from EU member states since January 2012 are consistent with AHLVA risk assessment in 2010.
(193356)
86
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Richmond Park, of 3 February 2011, Official Report, column 907W, on fishing vessels, what progress has been made on the creation of a global record of fishing vessels by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and what work is being undertaken by his Department on the mandatory use of International Maritime Organisation numbers for fishing vessels for the purposes of improving transparency in the global fishing industry.
(193468)
87
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the use of flag brokers and flags of convenience by illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing vessels; and what representations he has made to his EU counterparts on this matter.
(193471)
88
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on sheep rustling.
(193319)
89
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2014, Official Report, column 552W, on forests, if he will make it the Environment Agency's policy to record this information in future.
(193372)
90
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 694W, on forests, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development over the lessons to be learnt from her Department's contour afforestation schemes in developing countries.
(193377)
91
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on flood defences per head of population in (a) England and (b) each region of England in each year since 2009.
(193403)
92
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will seek to involve all the regions and constituent parts of the UK in developing a UK-wide strategy to tackle coastal erosion.
(193538)
93
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects his Department's consultation on pest control to be concluded; and what the outcome has been of his Department's discussions on this matter with representatives of shooting organisations.
(193539)
94
N
Chris Williamson
(Derby North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which responsibilities for tackling animal welfare crimes are handled by (a) his Department and (b) non-governmental organisations.
(191995)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
95
Paul Flynn
(Newport West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which G8 sub-groups Russia has been a participant in the last 10 years; and what assessment he has made of the effect on the work of such sub-groups arising from the suspension of Russia from the G8.
(193291)
96
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the South Korean government on monitoring and controlling the South Korean distant water fishing fleet following the formal warning issued to South Korea by the EU about frequent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing violations in west Africa.
(193472)
97
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK companies involved with construction around the Qatari World Cup 2022 provide good conditions of work.
(193282)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
98
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Congleton of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 156W, on sex-selective abortion, if he will ensure that the Government's forthcoming guidance on compliance with the Abortion Act 1967 addresses the question of whether or not it is necessary for registered medical practitioners to see a woman in order to form an opinion in good faith that the continuance of the pregnancy would adversely affect her mental or physical health; and if he will make a statement.
(193295)
99
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings his Department had with representatives of (a) the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, (b) the Scotch Whisky Association, (c) the British Beer and Pub Association, (d) Diageo, (e) SAB Miller and (f) The Portman Group between 1 November 2013 and 19 March 2014.
(193240)
100
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the services available to support the transition of mental health patients from an early intervention team to a community mental health team.
(193251)
101
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of patient satisfaction (a) during and (b) after the delivery of mental health services.
(193252)
102
N
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to provide services to support midwives reporting cases of female genital mutilation.
(193253)
103
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the costs to the NHS of krokodil.
(193430)
104
Luciana Berger
(Liverpool, Wavertree):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Lord Beecham of 20 March 2014, Official Report, House of Lords, column 269, how much the Government has spent on (a) Healthy Start, (b) Change4Life and (c) the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme in each year since 2010.
(193496)
105
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(The Cotswolds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England has begun the process of considering the recommendation of the Cancer Drugs Fund Panel's decision in January 2014 that ipilimumab should be commissioned directly by NHS England through baseline commissioning as a first-line treatment for advanced melanoma.
(193437)
106
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department has assessed on whether giving birth to a baby of a particular gender constitutes a greater risk to the mother's physical or mental health than termination of the pregnancy.
(193284)
107
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what disciplinary action he plans to take against hospital managers and workers who have incinerated foetal remains against the wishes of the parents.
(193307)
108
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the British Pregnancy Advisory Service is not undertaking abortions based on gender.
(193312)
109
Jim Dobbin
(Heywood and Middleton):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impartiality of abortion counselling advice provided by Marie Stopes and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.
(193314)
110
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department will incentivise the NHS to meet the National Institute for Care Excellence quality standard on psoriasis.
(193431)
111
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on the implementation of the National Institute for Care Excellence quality standard on psoriasis.
(193432)
112
Mrs Cheryl Gillan
(Chesham and Amersham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implementation across the NHS in England of the National Institute for Care Excellence quality standard on psoriasis.
(193433)
113
Rebecca Harris
(Castle Point):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the draft European General Data Protection Regulation on medical research.
(193436)
114
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with learning disabilities received annual health checks in each year since 2009.
(193343)
115
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all people with learning difficulties receive annual health checks.
(193354)
116
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department has set for the number of people with learning difficulties who will receive annual health checks in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
(193355)
117
Julie Hilling
(Bolton West):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many managers and administrators were employed in the NHS in the (a) latest period for which figures are available and (b) 12 months prior to that period.
(193509)
118
Barbara Keeley
(Worsley and Eccles South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2014, Official Report, columns 724-5W, on medical records: databases, if he will list the holders of a commercial re-use licence granted by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC); and for each such licence for what purpose the use of HSCIC data was approved.
(193405)
119
Tessa Munt
(Wells):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2013, Official Report, column 718W, what the additional funding for radiotherapy was spent on in each year since April 2011; and if he will publish NHS England's expenditure plans for the additional £42 million allocated for improving radiotherapy services in 2014-15.
(193376)
120
Mr Stephen O'Brien
(Eddisbury):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which treatments have been appraised through a technology appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence or its predecessor bodies; in which indication each treatment was appraised; on which date each appraisal was (a) initiated and (b) concluded; what the estimated eligible patient population for the treatment in each appraised indication was; whether the end-of-life criteria were applied in each final appraisal determination; whether the additional healthcare costs associated with prolonged survival were captured in each final appraisal determination; what the (i) lowest, (ii) highest and (iii) base case estimate of the cost-per-quality adjusted life year of the treatment in each appraised indication was; and what the recommendation resulting from each appraisal was.
(193294)
121
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of recent progress in the diagnosis of dementia and in the availability to the public of improved methods of diagnosis.
(193540)
122
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of necrotising fasciitis have been recorded in each of the last five years.
(193541)
123
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards are in place to protect people against health problems arising from operations involving the use of botulism toxin.
(193542)
124
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cases of concussion in (a) football and (b) other contact sports.
(193544)
125
Alec Shelbrooke
(Elmet and Rothwell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information sourced by GPs is reliable and safe to pass to patients.
(193439)
126
Julian Sturdy
(York Outer):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of psychological support available to individuals with cystic fibrosis who receive a lung transplantation.
(193292)
127
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free prescriptions to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
(193244)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
128
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Refugee Council, When Maternity Doesn't Matter, what steps her Department has taken to reform the dispersal policy of the former UK Border Agency.
(193461)
129
Adam Afriyie
(Windsor):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the contribution of the (a) Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa route and (b) Tier 1 (Investor) visa route on economic growth.
(193286)
130
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 238W, on driving: licensing, how many new drivers who received driving convictions undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010.
(193256)
131
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for immigration offences as a result of information received from the public in each week in 2013; and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) deportation.
(193469)
132
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was between a deportation order being made on a foreign national offender and their deportation in each year since 2010.
(193470)
133
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serious misconduct complaints related to the use of control and restraint during enforced removal were referred to the Professional Standards Unit in each year since 2010.
(193473)
134
Mr David Hanson
(Delyn):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed removals of foreign national offenders there were in each year since 2010.
(193474)
135
N
Diana Johnson
(Kingston upon Hull North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the expert panel for the review into new psychoactive substances does not include representation from the public health sector.
(193255)
136
Miss Anne McIntosh
(Thirsk and Malton):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on sheep rustling.
(193320)
137
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department assesses the effectiveness of the Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership and progress against commitments made under the UK Cyber Security Strategy, page 36, Objective One.
(193134)
138
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of the retail sector about measures that could be taken by shops selling alcohol to reduce the incidence of binge-drinking.
(193543)
139
N
Chris Williamson
(Derby North):
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which responsibilities for tackling animal welfare crimes are managed by (a) her Department and (b) non-governmental organisations.
(191996)
Questions to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission
140
Mr Frank Field
(Birkenhead):
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many fire alarms have sounded in Portcullis House in the last 12 months; on how many of these occasions the London Fire Brigade arrived to attend a fire; and on how many of these occasions the London Fire Brigade discovered a fire.
(193305)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
141
Ms Diane Abbott
(Hackney North and Stoke Newington):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has made an assessment of the level of risk experienced by female human rights defenders in Afghanistan; and what arrangements are in place to support their work and create a safer environment.
(193460)
142
Mr David Amess
(Southend West):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the contribution of the Prime Minister of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 781, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take in the next six months to ensure that UK aid is not used to facilitate or procure gender-based abortions; and if she will make a statement.
(193296)
143
Mr Henry Bellingham
(North West Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Jonglei and the Upper Nile in South Sudan; and what steps she is taking to support those who are being displaced or affected by the conflict.
(193318)
144
N
Alex Cunningham
(Stockton North):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to provide support to the Gaza aquifer to enable it to recover from pollution and damage caused by over-pumping.
(193241)
145
Mr Roger Godsiff
(Birmingham, Hall Green):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the policy of Barclays on the use of tax havens.
(193462)
146
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has given to Special Olympic projects in the last five years.
(193315)
147
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what commitments the UK has to support people with learning disabilities in Africa.
(193406)
148
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve the capacity of governments and civil society in the west African coastal region to reduce illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and protect local artisanal fishing.
(193478)
149
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2014, Official Report, columns 187-8W on developing countries: forest, in which of her Department's sponsored projects afforestation is used to minimise the risk of flooding.
(193374)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
150
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons Worksop Courthouse is planned to close.
(193281)
151
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 209W, on the Computer Misuse Act 1990, how his Department measures compliance with the Government's cyber security strategy when rehabilitating and managing offenders convicted under the Computer Misuse Act 1990; and if he will make a statement.
(192506)
152
N
Bridget Phillipson
(Houghton and Sunderland South):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 in each year for which figures are available.
(192534)
153
Jim Shannon
(Strangford):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the introduction of legally binding pre-nuptial agreements.
(193537)
154
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will seek an estimate from the (a) Bailiwick of Jersey and (b) Bailiwick of Guernsey of the value of Russian (a) financial and (b) non-financial assets held in each such territory.
(193345)
155
Nicholas Soames
(Mid Sussex):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he take steps to extend the requirement to apply sanctions set out in Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014 to the (a) Bailiwick of Jersey and (b) Bailiwick of Guernsey.
(193346)
156
Sarah Teather
(Brent Central):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2013, Official Report, column 772W, on Judicial Review, what further assessment has been made of the reasons for the increase in the number of applications for judicial review.
(193293)
157
N
Stephen Timms
(East Ham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to (a) assistance with civil and criminal legal aid, (b) remission for court fees and (c) access to the assisted prison visits programme to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
(193245)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
158
N
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the comments made on 11 March 2014 by Dr Richard Haass to the US Congressional Sub-committee of Foreign Relations on the likelihood of violence returning to daily life in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
(192702)
159
N
Lady Hermon
(North Down):
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 1830W, on terrorism, if she will amend her Answer to take account of the testimony given by Dr Richard Haass to the US Congressional Sub-committee of Foreign Relations on 12 March 2014 on the extent of her knowledge of on-the-runs; and if she will make a statement.
(192745)
Questions to the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
160
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what research the Electoral Commission has commissioned into online voting.
(193288)
161
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the introduction of online voting in (a) Australia and (b) South Africa and its relevance to the UK.
(193289)
162
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, columns 654-5, on electoral register, if the Electoral Commission will publish the results of all research it has conducted into the size of the electorate.
(193378)
163
Chris Ruane
(Vale of Clwyd):
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 655W, on electoral register, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the reasons for the increase between December 2000 and April 2011 in the proportion of eligible people not registered at their current address.
(193404)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
164
Jake Berry
(Rossendale and Darwen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated to Lancashire County Council to repair potholes in (a) Lancashire and (b) Rossendale.
(193302)
165
Jake Berry
(Rossendale and Darwen):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated from the £200 million fund to repair potholes to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council to repair potholes in Darwen.
(193304)
166
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the £183.5 million funding commitment to help repair local roads damaged by severe weather announced by him on 20 March 2014 is the same allocation as the £140 million of spending for pothole repair announced by him on 9 March 2014.
(193242)
167
N
Richard Burden
(Birmingham, Northfield):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 139W on driver: licensing, how many cases handled by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency that required medical decisions were returned within the 90 working days target in each of the last five years.
(193254)
168
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits to children's safety of road crossing patrollers.
(193298)
169
Robert Halfon
(Harlow):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on road crossing patrollers in (a) Essex and (b) Harlow constituency in the last 10 years.
(193303)
170
Kerry McCarthy
(Bristol East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to ratify the International Labour Organisation amendment C188 on the Work in Fishing Convention, in respect of a minimum age for work on a fishing vessel, minimum medical standards, basic work agreements, occupational health and safety, and social security.
(193467)
171
Alec Shelbrooke
(Elmet and Rothwell):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that houses purchased by HS2 Limited under the Exceptional Hardship Scheme are not sold on at less than market value.
(193438)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities
172
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many meetings of the Ministerial Taskforce established to implement the recommendations of the Women's Business Council have been held; on what date each such meeting was held; who attended each such meeting; and how many further meetings she expects will be held in 2014.
(193482)
173
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many full-time equivalent members of staff she has allocated to support the work of the Ministerial Taskforce established to implement the recommendations of the Women's Business Council.
(193483)
174
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the achievements to date of the Ministerial Taskforce established to implement the recommendations of the Women's Business Council.
(193484)
175
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have held with external organisations or individuals to discuss the work programme of the Ministerial Taskforce established to implement the recommendations of the Women's Business Council.
(193485)
176
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made on appointing a business champion for older workers.
(193486)
177
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have held with (i) Age UK and (ii) the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education to discuss the trialling of new approaches to supporting the skills development of older workers.
(193487)
178
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress her Department has made in developing guidance and toolkits for employers on retention practices for older workers.
(193488)
179
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with which organisations and individuals her Department has co-operated on the development of guidance and toolkits for employers on retention practices for older workers.
(193489)
180
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress her Department has made on the establishment of regional pilots to test different ways to support carers to remain in work; which regions have been selected to run such pilots; what funding is being made available for such pilots; and when she expects such pilots to begin.
(193490)
181
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to assist people with caring responsibilities to set up their own small business.
(193491)
182
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have held with (i) the British Banking Association and (ii) other relevant organisations to discuss access to finance for female entrepreneurs.
(193492)
183
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
(Washington and Sunderland West):
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish guidance and make available resources for parents to enable them to help their children make well-informed career and subject choices.
(193493)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
184
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what powers the Child Support Agency has to investigate the weekly expenses of parents who are paying child maintenance.
(193306)
185
Ian Austin
(Dudley North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on whether receiving parents should be responsible for estimating the weekly expenses of the paying parent in the calculation of child maintenance entitlement.
(193357)
186
N
Mr Richard Bacon
(South Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish the audited figures for the Child Support Agency's client funds account for 2012-13.
(193274)
187
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the performance of Atos in carrying out medical assessments for personal independence payments; and if he will review this contract following the recent announcement on the Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment contract.
(193373)
188
Mr Nicholas Brown
(Newcastle upon Tyne East):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the medical assessment undertaken for personal independence payment claims.
(193375)
189
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(The Cotswolds):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will amend the benefits rules on the habitual residency test to exempt family members in the services returning from an overseas posting; and if he will make a statement.
(193379)
190
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people registered with a learning disability were in (a) part-time and (b) full-time employment in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012 and (v) 2013.
(193309)
191
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Daventry):
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the number of people with learning disabilities in both part-time and full-time employment.
(193310)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
192
Daniel Kawczynski
(Shrewsbury and Atcham):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to make the UK a priority destination for the King Abdullah university scholarship programme.
[Transferred]
(193434)
193
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with INEOS on its refusal to recognise a trade union at the Grangemouth refinery.
[Transferred]
(193317)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
194
John Mann
(Bassetlaw):
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what regulatory standards he plans to put in place to ensure people have access to high quality financial advice.
[Transferred]
(193280)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
195
Mr Henry Bellingham
(North West Norfolk):
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic efforts his Department is making to support the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in bringing both sides of the South Sudanese conflict to the negotiating table and securing a deal for political reform.
[Transferred]
(193313)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
196
N
Catherine McKinnell
(Newcastle upon Tyne North):
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 2.42 of Budget 2014, whether the Regional Air Connectivity Fund will only be available to new domestic routes; which regional airports will be eligible; when funding is likely to become available; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred]
(193243)