THURSDAY 13th JUNE
| 1 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, what the (a) cost and (b) saving has been from the Department's pursuit of Service Delivery Agreement targets in each year since they were introduced. |
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| 2 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, how much and what proportion of her 2002-03 Departmental Expenditure Limit had been spent by 31st May; what the figures were for 2001-02; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61740)
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N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions of 20th May, Official Report, column 118W, on affordable housing, how many empty homes in each region have been empty for (a) less than 12 months and (b) over 12 months in each of the last 10 years. |
| | (61192)
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N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions of 2nd May, Official Report, column 902W, on rural housing, how many households were identified as being in priority need for housing in each year since 1996 in local authorities defined as rural, broken down by region. |
| | (61191)
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| 5 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions of 26th February, Official Report, column 1162W, on affordable housing, how many affordable housing units have been built in rural areas, broken down by region, in each year since 1997. |
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N | Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the National Interest in Mapping Service Agreement Review Group agreed in advance that NIMSA funding could be used for colour photography. |
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N | Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the annual payment was in 2001-02 to Ordnance Survey under the National Interest in Mapping Service Agreement. |
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N | Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish a breakdown of Ordnance Survey activities funded under the National Interest in Mapping Service Agreement in 2001-02. |
| | (61122)
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| 9 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated cost is of reorganising his Department, broken down into (a) renaming, (b) property refurbishment and (c) other matters. |
| | (61618)
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| 10 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many firemen will receive the Queen's Jubilee Medal; and how many fire controllers will not receive the Queen's Jubilee Medal. |
| | (61920)
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| 11 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to announce specific ministerial responsibilities within his Department. |
| | (61619)
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| 12 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list his Office's targets and estimate when he expects each of them to be met. |
| | (61620)
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| 13 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the White, Green and consultation papers his Department plans to issue within the next year. |
| | (61615)
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| 14 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) affirmative and (b) negative resolutions his Department plans to make in the next 12 months. |
| | (61616)
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| 15 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff are allocated to each of his responsibilities; and how many of these will be newly recruited. |
| | (61617)
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| 16 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) press officers his Department employs; and how many more he plans to recruit. |
| | (61614)
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| 17 | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information is held by his Department on each honourable Member in relation to (a) personal relationships, both current and past, (b) financial status and dealings, (c) connections with companies and interest groups, (d) connections with governments and (e) published works; and what was held in January 2002. |
| | (61818)
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| 18 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice he gives to local authorities on public access to the register of interests of councillors. |
| | (61625)
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| 19 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if the Millennium Commission funded pier adjoining the Dome site is included in the disposal agreement. |
| | (61997)
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| 20 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place a copy of the agreement to dispose of the Dome site in the Library. |
| | (61995)
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| 21 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the potential return to the Exchequer from the Dome disposal agreement. |
| | (61996)
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| 22 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many girls under 18 years of age, not of UK nationality, were taken into local authority care in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001; how many remained in care for less than one week; and what nationalities they were. |
| | (62216)
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| 23 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to produce a code of conduct for local government employees; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (61990)
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| 24 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of firefighting staff were women in each of the last five years, in each fire service. |
| | (61853)
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| 25 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what action he is taking to (a) recruit, (b) retain and (c) train firefighters; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (61854)
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| 26 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of fire service call-outs were to deal with road traffic incidents in each of the last five years. |
| | (61852)
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| 27 | Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures his Department is taking to tackle the problem of illegal encampments by travellers; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (61918)
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| 28 | Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will take steps to give local authorities the power to fine the landlords of retail premises that consistently fail to ensure that their shop-fronts are regularly cleaned and properly maintained. |
| | (61917)
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| 29 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what work her Department will be undertaking to help promote the launch of the new universal fair trade mark later this year. |
| | (61756)
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| 30 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was of the Department's 2001 staff Christmas Party; and how many people attended. |
| | (61665)
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| 31 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) cost and (b) saving has been from the Department's pursuit of Service Delivery Agreement targets in each year since they were introduced. |
| | (61631)
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| 32 | Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish her assessment of the benefits of access to broadband services for industries within her remit; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61803)
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| 33 | Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to publicise the benefits of access to broadband services. |
| | (61804)
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| 34 | Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the costs of ensuring that Internet access in public libraries is broadband enabled; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61805)
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| 35 | Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what targets she has set for the roll out of broadband services in public libraries; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61806)
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| 36 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Ministers and officials had meetings with representatives of (a) the Confederation of British Industry, (b) the Engineering Employees Federation, and (c) the Engineering Marine Training Authority during the last year; who they met; and what the subjects and outcomes of their discussions were. |
| | (62203)
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| 37 | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information is held by her Department on each honourable Member in relation to (a) personal relationships, both current and past, (b) financial status and dealings, (c) connections with companies and interest groups, (d) connections with governments and (e) published works; and what was held in January 2002. |
| | (61835)
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| 38 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the future of common radio microphones used in television and film production by musicians, and on stage concerning changes to frequencies allocated to them once the switchover to digital television is completed and the sale of frequencies allocated to the broadcast of analogue television is begun; and what meetings she has held to discuss the financial and practical implications of changes in frequency allocated to such equipment. |
| | (62058)
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| 39 | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of visitors to the UK from overseas (a) during the last three months and (b) in the same period, in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001. |
| | (62062)
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| 40 | Lembit Opik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to ensure libraries are equipped to help visually impaired people access information; and if she will make a statement |
| | (61982)
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| 41 | Lembit Opik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures her Department has taken to encourage the production of accessible books for blind and partially sighted people; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61981)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the bases where a US station commander exercised day-to-day operational control over the Ministry of Defence police at (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st June 2002. |
| | (61410)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Buckingham, of 11th March, Official Report, column 654W, on accommodation costs, what the cost was from April 2001 to March 2002 of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home; how many members of staff were so accommodated in the year in question; and what the average cost was per paid-for night of these stays. |
| | (61416)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department was informed of payments made by (a) BAE Systems and (b) British Aerospace to His Excellency Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (61106)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of Ministry of Defence police serving on US bases in the UK are provided accommodation free of rent. |
| | (61184)
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is paying the costs of the Ministry of Defence police on detached duties at Menwith Hill Station and Fylingdales, including indirect costs incurred through their presence. |
| | (61183)
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| 47 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the Department's 2001 staff Christmas Party; and how many people attended. |
| | (61667)
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| 48 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) cost and (b) saving has been from the Department's pursuit of Service Delivery Agreement targets in each year since they were introduced. |
| | (61630)
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| 49 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12th February, Official Report, column 175W, on Pakistan ordnance factories, if he has ascertained the exact amount of training provided under the technology transfer and training arrangements with Pakistan ordnance factories for the manufacturing of the 105mm L64 Tungsten core Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot tank ammunition. |
| | (62181)
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| 50 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what licence production agreements have been signed with Iran for the production of (a) rubber and (b) plastic baton rounds since 1972. |
| | (62182)
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| 51 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what licence production agreements have been signed with the (a) Ammunition Industries Group (Iran) and (b) Defence Industries Organisation of Iran for the production of L2A2 rubber or plastic baton rounds since 1972. |
| | (62183)
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| 52 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of BAE Systems since June 2001. |
| | (62264)
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| 53 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Ministers and officials had meetings with representatives of (a) the Confederation of British Industry, (b) the Engineering Employees Federation, and (c) the Engineering Marine Training Authority during the last year; who they met; and what the subjects and outcomes of their discussions were. |
| | (62211)
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| 54 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the total cost in the current financial year of providing and maintaining the Royal Navy's ballistic missile submarine fleet. |
| | (62041)
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| 55 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost in the current financial year of maintaining the capability to research, design, produce, store, move and carry out decommissioning of the British stock of nuclear weapons. |
| | (62042)
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| 56 | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information is held by his Department on each honourable Member in relation to (a) personal relationships, both current and past, (b) financial status and dealings, (c) connections with companies and interest groups, (d) connections with governments and (e) published works; and what was held in January 2002. |
| | (61832)
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| 57 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) Railtrack, (b) Network Rail, (c) the Strategic Rail Authority and (d) the Rail Regulator for the Defence Rail Executive land at Bicester to be used for the National Rail Academy; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (61782)
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| 58 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the Defence Rail Executive to help with the setting up of the National Rail Academy; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (61779)
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N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when James Clark is to start work in his Department as a media relations manager. |
| | (61163)
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N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Indian Government concerning a possible sale of HMS Invincible. |
| | (61162)
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| 61 | Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Scotland (a) directly and (b) indirectly dependent on defence expenditure. |
| | (61969)
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| 62 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if AMRAAM has been equipped on Tornado F3 flying on operations. |
| | (62237)
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| 63 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net loss of people per month was for the (a) Army, (b) RAF and (c) Navy in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (62245)
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| 64 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the manning targets for the three services have been redefined since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (62243)
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| 65 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of the expenditure overspend for the Defence Logistics Organisation in the current year; what the principal cause of the overspend is; and how the overspend is to be funded, broken down by in-year spending reductions under other budget headings of his Department. |
| | (62221)
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| 66 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Challenger 2 tanks are allocated to each tank regiment in the British Army; and how many are off-road in each case. |
| | (62223)
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| 67 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects Tornado fighters fitted with AMRAAM to be operational; and what radar system will be fitted to such Tornado fighters. |
| | (62230)
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| 68 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when ASRAAM will be operational on Tornado F3; and what progress has been made on the integration of the weapon onto that aircraft. |
| | (62235)
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| 69 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outflow was of Regular Serving Personnel for (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 2000-01; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (62244)
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| 70 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Warrior armoured personnel carriers are allocated to each armoured infantry regiment in the British Army; and how many are off-road in each case. |
| | (62224)
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| 71 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been of the Tornado F3 MLU programme. |
| | (62236)
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| 72 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the manning targets are for the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (62242)
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| 73 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) date, (b) participating units, (c) timing, (d) nature of exercise and (e) total cost of exercise, were for each exercise involving British armed forces, originally planned for BATUS in Canada during this financial year; and if each exercise is still scheduled to take place. |
| | (62229)
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| 74 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he plans to reduce the number of Challenger 2 tanks in the British Army; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (62222)
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| 75 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the AMRAAM missiles fitted to Tornado F3 aicraft are able to be used to their full capabilities. |
| | (62238)
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| 76 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has made to the government of Nepal concerning the treatment of former British Army Gurkhas in Nepal by the Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen's Organisation; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (62219)
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| 77 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the manpower shortages against trained establishment were in (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (62241)
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| 78 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he plans to reduce the number of tank regiments in the British Army. |
| | (62226)
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| 79 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen and servicewomen applied for premature voluntary retirement in (a) 1997, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (62246)
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| 80 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requests he has received from other departments for Royal Navy vessels to be used in the interception and control of asylum seekers; and how many vessels have been requested. |
| | (62233)
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| 81 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which foreign aircraft types RAF and Fleet Air Arm pilots have participated in fighter combat training in the past 24 months. |
| | (62240)
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| 82 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment target figure was for each battalion of the Parachute Regiment at the end of the year 2001; what the actual figures were in each case; and if he plans to cut the establishment target figures for the Parachute Regiment. |
| | (62228)
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| 83 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of infantry recruits was generated by (a) the Recruitment Group and (b) by the regiment's own efforts in the last 12 months. |
| | (62231)
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| 84 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for Royal Navy vessels to patrol (a) domestic and (b) international waters on duties related to the control and interception of asylum seekers. |
| | (62234)
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| 85 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Scimitars there are in the British Army; and how many are off-road. |
| | (62225)
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| 86 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which RAF armed Fleet Air Arm squadrons have participated in fighter combat training exercises with overseas air forces in the past 24 months. |
| | (62239)
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| 87 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy vessels, and of which types, have been identified as being suitable for the control and interception of asylum seekers. |
| | (62232)
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| 88 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) fully trained manned strength was of each tank regiment in the British Army in March of each of the past five years; and if he plans to reduce the establishment of the regiments. |
| | (62227)
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| 89 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects work to be completed on the assessment of the airflow around the fuselage of the C130J Hercules aircraft. |
| | (62220)
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N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons officials of his Department altered the medical appeal papers of Mr Shaun Rusling, submitted to the Pensions Appeal Tribunal; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (60331)
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N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department recognises Gulf War Syndrome as a medical condition; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (60333)
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N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the decision made on 22nd May by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal to oblige the Government to accept the diagnosis of Gulf War Syndrome in the case of a former member of the UK armed forces. |
| | (60332)
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| 93 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what regulations cover radioactively contaminated land (a) owned and (b) managed by his Department. |
| | (61965)
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| 94 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was (a) the origin of the consignment, (b) the physical form, (c) the isotopic composition and (d) the quantity of the nuclear materials delivered from the United States to RAF Brize Norton on 19th April; what carrier was used for the delivery; and whether the consignment is covered by the Reppir regulations on radiological emergencies and public information. |
| | (61960)
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| 95 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent research has been undertaken (a) by and (b) on behalf of his Department into prophylactic measures to deal with dirty radioactive bombs. |
| | (61968)
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| 96 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent studies have been conducted by (a) his Department, (b) non-departmental public bodies responsible to his Department and (c) consultants on behalf of his Department into the clean up of (i) radioactively contaminated land and (ii) land contaminated by non radioactive toxic pollution. |
| | (61963)
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| 97 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last held discussions with the Indian Defence Minister. |
| | (62186)
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| 98 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops are stationed abroad; and in which countries. |
| | (62184)
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| 99 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met the Secretary-General of NATO; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (62185)
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| 100 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was of the Department's 2001 staff Christmas Party; and how many people attended. |
| | (61652)
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| 101 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) cost and (b) saving has been from the Department's pursuit of Service Delivery Agreement targets in each year since they were introduced. |
| | (61645)
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N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of teaching staff in UK secondary schools are female. |
| | (58254)
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| 103 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) courses and (b) places are available in the North East of England providing postgraduate teaching qualifications. |
| | (62021)
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| 104 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support is being given to the maintenance and development of the bacterial culture collection in Aberdeen; and whether the level of that support will increase in the current year. |
| | (62028)
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| 105 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the level of tuition fees are for overseas students attending universities in England and Wales in each year since 1996; and what concessions applied to students from (a) low income and (b) heavily indebted poor countries. |
| | (62027)
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| 106 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) funding and (b) average resources per full-time student have been in each university in the Government Office North East region in each year since 1996 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, together with the allocation for 2002-03; and what the average for England is. |
| | (62022)
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| 107 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will estimate the numbers of academic staff on short term contracts in each university in England and Wales since 1997 (a) in total numbers and (b) as a percentage of total academic staff. |
| | (62031)
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| 108 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many academic staff in each university in England and Wales were made redundant in each year since 1996. |
| | (62030)
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| 109 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the government financial revenue support has been to each university in England and Wales over the present spending review three year period, with an estimate for the current year, in (a) cash, (b) real and (c) real spending per whole time student terms. |
| | (62029)
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| 110 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which Ministers and officials had meetings with representatives of (a) the Confederation of British Industry, (b) the Engineering Employees Federation, and (c) the Engineering Marine Training Authority during the last year; who they met; and what the subjects and outcomes of their discussions were. |
| | (62204)
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| 111 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many registered (a) day nurseries, (b) childminders, (c) playgroups and (d) out of school clubs there were in England at 31st March. |
| | (62152)
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| 112 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the PIU review of the National Childcare Strategy will be published. |
| | (62159)
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| 113 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Government has to make access to childcare less dependent on families' income, location and their employment status. |
| | (62156)
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| 114 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the Government's long-term objective is for childcare by 2010. |
| | (62158)
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| 115 | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information is held by her Department on each honourable Member in relation to (a) personal relationships, both current and past, (b) financial status and dealings, (c) connections with companies and interest groups, (d) connections with governments and (e) published works; and what was held in January 2002. |
| | (61834)
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N | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she plans to take to increase the skills levels of businesses and employees in Luton. |
| | (58217)
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N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of children with deafness in full- time education in each in the last three years. |
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| 118 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the availability of the Welcome Back Bonus Scheme, with specific reference to the deadline and the eligibility for claiming it. |
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| 119 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what policy changes she plans for (a) school assemblies and (b) religious education in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 120 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she takes to (a) monitor the performance of local authorities and schools in SATs and public examinations and (b) audit the quality of information provided by local authorities to her Department. |
| | (62249)
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| 121 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints she has received in 2002 about falsification or cheating in SATs or public examinations in schools. |
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| 122 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many overseas students there are in England and Wales universities, broken down by university; and what percentage overseas students represent of the student population. |
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| 123 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools she has visited since 7th June 2001. |
| | (62177)
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| 124 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers are (a) black and (b) Asian. |
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| 125 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what impact this year's funding proposals will have on the Government's policy of bridging the funding gap between sixth form schools, sixth form colleges and community colleges who provide sixth form provision. |
| | (62252)
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| 126 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what impact this year's funding proposals will have on the budgets of (a) community colleges, (b) sixth form colleges and (c) sixth form schools. |
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| 127 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action the Government is taking to improve the level of retention of academic staff in community colleges. |
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| 128 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment the Government has made of the need to increase funding to retain academic staff in sixth form colleges. |
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| 129 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to ensure that educational institutions in receipt of public funds publish a full list of governors. |
| | (61781)
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| 130 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what provision the Government makes to ensure children in care remain in the same educational institution until the age of 16 years. |
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| 131 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children who lived (a) in a residential care home and (b) with foster parents went into higher education in the last five years for which figures are available. |
| | (61780)
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| 132 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if schools are required to record whether a pupil is living in (a) a residential care home or (b) with foster parents. |
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133
N | David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of 16th May concerning a constituent. |
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134
N | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many small schools in the UK have been amalgamated since 1997. |
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135
N | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on pupil achievements and pupil teacher ratios in (a) small schools and (b) larger and amalgamated schools. |
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136
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals were (a) found dead, (b) identified as unfit to continue their journey and (c) removed from vehicles for other reasons at UK ports in each of the last five years; and what species were involved. |
| | (61127)
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137
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department has implemented since June regarding the conservation of (a) albatrosses and (b) petrels. |
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138
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which global wildlife projects her Department has funded in 2001-02. |
| | (61169)
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139
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent, by project, on the Flagship Species Fund in 2001-02. |
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140
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) sailings with livestock and (b) consignments have passed through UK ports in each of the last five years. |
| | (61161)
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141
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding, broken down by project and amount, was provided by her Department through the Darwin Initiative in each of the last five years. |
| | (61166)
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142
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library the minutes relating to the scientific working group on wild birds and nature conservation. |
| | (61164)
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| 143 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations her Department will make to (a) the US, (b) Australia, (c) Canada and (d) Japan on clean water and sanitation before the UN's World Summit on sustainable Development in September. |
| | (62059)
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| 144 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Forestry and Cork is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61715)
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| 145 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Welfare is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61693)
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| 146 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Scientific Technical and Economic Committee on Fisheries is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61704)
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| 147 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Rural Development is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61713)
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| 148 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Specialist Products is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61716)
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| 149 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of the Department's 2001 staff Christmas Party; and how many people attended. |
| | (61651)
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| 150 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on the Common Agricultural Policy is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61721)
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| 151 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Scientific Committee on Food is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61697)
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| 152 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Arable Crops is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61720)
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| 153 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Community Policy Regarding Forestry and Forest-based Industries is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61727)
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| 154 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61696)
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| 155 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Livestock Products is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61718)
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| 156 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61703)
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| 157 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture and the Environment is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61712)
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| 158 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Agricultural Product Health and Safety is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61714)
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| 159 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Waste Management is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61707)
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| 160 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on non-Food and Textile Crops is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61719)
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| 161 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on the Control and Reduction of Pollution Caused by the Discharge of Hydrocarbons and other Dangerous Substances at Sea is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61708)
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| 162 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Scientific Committee on Plants is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61694)
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| 163 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on the Protection of Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61706)
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| 164 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) cost and (b) saving has been from the Department's pursuit of Service Delivery Agreement targets in each year since they were introduced. |
| | (61644)
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| 165 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Fruit, Vegetables and Flowers is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61717)
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| 166 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mandate of the Scientific Committee on Designations of Origin, Geographical Indications and Certificates of Specific Character is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if she will list the items currently under its consideration; if she will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61723)
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167
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) timetable and (b) expenditure is planned for the public debate on genetically modified crops. |
| | (61175)
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168
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what initiatives, broken down by category and amount, have received Agriculture Development Scheme funding over the last two years. |
| | (61176)
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169
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of funding was provided by her Department and its predecessor to veterinary science research, broken down by category, in (a) cash and (b) at constant prices in each of the last 10 years. |
| | (61193)
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170
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) average and (b) recommended turnaround time has been over the last 12 months for making affordable empty homes available for new tenants. |
| | (61177)
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171
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when peat cutting will end at (a) Thorne Moor, (b) Wedholme Flow and (c) Hatfield Manor. |
| | (61172)
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172
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many projects were funded and what amount of funding was given by her Department and its predecessor to research on disease mechanisms, broken down by category, in each of the last 10 years. |
| | (61171)
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173
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what environmental assessment and assessment of the traffic implications she has made of proposals to encourage the (a) loan of mopeds and (b) cash help for driving lessons to teenagers in rural areas. |
| | (61325)
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174
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of access to the countryside and right of way broken down by region; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61133)
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175
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the review of National Park authorities will be completed. |
| | (61132)
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176
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings of the Forum for Children and Young People have taken place; and what recommendations she has received from the Forum. |
| | (61128)
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177
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the projects by category and the amount spent on them under the Environmental Know How Fund in 2001-02. |
| | (61131)
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178
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place the minutes of the Rural Affairs Forum meetings since January in the Library. |
| | (61134)
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179
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to allocate additional funds for young people through (a) specific grants and (b) the revenue support grant to rural local authorities. |
| | (61174)
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| 180 | Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the benefits of access to broadband services for rural diversification; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61793)
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| 181 | Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what target she has set for the roll out of broadband services across the rural community; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61794)
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| 182 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Ministers and officials had meetings with representatives of (a) the Confederation of British Industry, (b) the Engineering Employees Federation, and (c) the Engineering Marine Training Authority during the last year; who they met; and what the subjects and outcomes of their discussions were. |
| | (62205)
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| 183 | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information is held by her Department on each honourable Member in relation to (a) personal relationships, both current and past, (b) financial status and dealings, (c) connections with companies and interest groups, (d) connections with governments and (e) published works; and what was held in January 2002. |
| | (61823)
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| 184 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will finalise the analysis of the questionnnaires completed by foreign veterinary surgeons who assisted in the eradication of foot and mouth disease; and if she will place the analysis in the Library. |
| | (62007)
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| 185 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the criteria are for the cost effectiveness of her Department's stands at agricultural shows. |
| | (61813)
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| 186 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many visitors to the South of England Agricultural Show visited her Department's stand. |
| | (61812)
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| 187 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance she plans to give farmers converting to organic farming in 2003-04. |
| | (61613)
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188
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the salary is of the Chief Executive of the Rural Payments Agency. |
| | (61572)
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189
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the contribution that she expects the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2002 (S.I., 2002, No. 843) to make to the delivery of the National Scrapie Plan. |
| | (61550)
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190
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what period she has set for the pilot use of detector dogs to trace illegal meat imports; at which ports the pilot is to take place; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61585)
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191
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a list of the external stakeholder groups which she has established or plans to establish to help inform and guide the risk assessment of meat imports; and if she will state in the case of each group, the names and qualifications of its members and its terms of reference. |
| | (61545)
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192
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to pay interest to beef producers on beef support scheme payments that the Rural Payments Agency is unable to pay out by 30th June. |
| | (61579)
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193
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, at which ports amnesty bins have been installed in line with the Government's Action Plan on illegal animal and plant imports. |
| | (61587)
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194
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional staff resources she has allocated to the Rural Payments Agency this year to handle payments under the beef support schemes. |
| | (61568)
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195
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) first year and (b) average annual running costs of the proposals for the England Rural Development Programme advocated by the Policy Commission on the future of farming and food. |
| | (61562)
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196
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is towards native breeds of sheep which have a low frequency of the ARR allele. |
| | (61549)
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197
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the meeting held on 27th May between the European Commmission and national government experts on the disposal of animal wastes and fallen stock. |
| | (61591)
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198
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the risk assessment of meat imports being carried out by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, will be completed; and if she will publish the Agency's report. |
| | (61547)
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199
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a report on the results so far of the risk assessment of meat imports being carried out by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency. |
| | (61548)
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200
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Ministers were first informed that the Rural Payments Agency would be unable to complete payments for the 2001 beef support schemes by 30th June. |
| | (61566)
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201
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information the former Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food obtained in 2001 about sheep movements from Longtown market, Cumbria; whether any of that information was subsequently mislaid by the Department; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (61573)
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202
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement officers are in post at each relevant port with powers to search baggage for illegal imports of meat. |
| | (61583)
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203
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the total cost for the three years from 2003-04 of implementing the proposals of the Policy Commission on the future of farming and food for the England Rural Development Programme. |
| | (61563)
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204
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on (a) the objectives and (b) progress so far achieved in her work with European authorities to clarify and tighten the enforcement of rules against illegal meat imports. |
| | (61584)
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205
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) titles, (b) membership and (c) terms of reference are of the external stakeholder groups that she has established or plans to establish to assist the Government in strengthening intelligence gathering and sharing of information concerning illegal meat imports. |
| | (61582)
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206
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional data is being collected by her Department and its agencies to inform the risk assessment of meat imports being carried out by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency. |
| | (61546)
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207
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on small abattoirs of the introduction under S.I., 2002, No. 843 of a requirement that the vertebral column from cattle over 30 months should be removed in licensed cutting plants. |
| | (61577)
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208
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to consult farmers and growers about the Government's proposed changes to the designation methodology for nitrate vulnerable zones. |
| | (61559)
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209
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will conclude her review of possible changes to landing cards. |
| | (61588)
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210
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a detailed statement in the changes in methodology that she is applying now to the designation of nitrate vulnerable zones compared with the methodology employed at the time of earlier designations. |
| | (61558)
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211
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to publish a guide on the roles, responsibilities and powers of the agencies responsible for preventing and detecting illegal imports of animal products. |
| | (61581)
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212
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many targeted sample checks on meat imports have been carried out since the publication of the Government's Action Plan 2002-03. |
| | (61553)
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213
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a detailed account of the eutrophication methodology that she proposes to use to implement the EC Nitrates Directive. |
| | (61555)
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214
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will conclude its examination of the potential benefits of using x-ray equipment to scan for illegal meat imports. |
| | (61586)
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215
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she plans to make it her policy to stop sheep that are susceptible to TSEs from breeding. |
| | (61552)
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216
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total value of beef support payments due to producers for 2001 which will not have been paid by 30th June. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she has (a) sought and (b) plans to seek advice from the European Commission on the legality of designating the whole of England as a nitrate vulnerable zone under Article 3(5) of the EC Nitrates Directive while different approaches are pursued in respect of Scotland and Wales. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which breeds of sheep are defined by her Department as rare breeds. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the proposals by the Scottish and Welsh executives for the implementation of the EC Nitrates Directive; and if she intends to apply the (a) Scottish and (b) Welsh approaches to the Directive in her policy for its implementation in England. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Rural Payments Agency began to cross-check beef support scheme applications against the UK Cattle Tracing System. |
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221
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies her Department has commissioned since February 2001 into technologies which might help to detect illegal imports. |
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222
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the advice that she received from the Food Standards Agency in respect of the implementation of Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many beef producers she expects not to have received all due beef support payments by 30th June. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which ministers and officials have (a) been invited to give evidence and (b) given evidence to the Lessons Learned Inquiry; and if she will make a statement. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library copies of the responses to her consultation on S.I., 2002, No. 843. |
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226
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the scientific basis is for the Government's changes to the designation methodology for nitrate vulnerable zones. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff are employed by the Rural Payments Agency to process payments due to beef producers in respect of the 2001 beef support schemes. |
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N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the cost of overtime payments in the current year to staff at the Rural Payments Agency who are working on payment under the beef compensation schemes. |
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| 229 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which livestock markets are identified as receiving animals infected with foot and mouth disease in 2001; how many other farms became infected as a result of the movement of (a) infected animals, (b) contaminated people and (c) contaminated vehicles from each of these markets; what the results were of the laboratory tests conducted on animals from such farms for each of the three possible sources of infection listed; and on how many such farms no laboratory tests were conducted. |
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| 230 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from how many farms culled during 2001's foot and mouth epidemic samples were taken and tested in a laboratory. |
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| 231 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from how many of the farms culled as continguous culls during 2001's foot and mouth epidemic samples were taken and tested in the laboratory. |
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| 232 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list, on a county basis, the weekly laboratory test results for foot and mouth disease on infected premises, broken down by (a) negative, (b) antibody positive and (c) virus positive results; and how many infected premises in each county were not the subject of laboratory tests. |
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| 233 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received about foot and mouth spot checks, conducted by police and trading standards officers, on farmers moving stock in the Vale of York. |
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| 234 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent action she has taken to measure trends in air quality in St Albans, with special reference to nitrogen oxide levels near motorway junctions; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 235 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the possibility of a further outbreak of foot and mouth disease; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 236 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase plastic recycling facilities; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 237 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about the availability of plastic recycling facilities (a) in England and (b) in Gloucestershire. |
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| 238 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the matters discussed, decisions taken and commitments made at the preparatory meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Bali in June; and if she will place in the Library copies of submissions made (a) by the United Kingdom and (b) by other countries which are specifically relevant to the UK. |
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| 239 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 16th May, Official Report, column 829W, on Cerrie, what the job titles are of the Cerrie Secretariat; and when the Cerrie web site will become active. |
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| 240 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evaluation she has made of the relevance of the United Nations Environment Programme's Global Environment Outlook-3 (GEO-3) report to the United Kingdom and overseas territories. |
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| 241 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of (a) the value and (b) the acreage of contaminated land. |
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N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role she played in ensuring the views of women's organisations are heard at the forthcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development. |
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N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much illegal imported meat was confiscated in the last financial year. |
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N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce plans to change the rules relating to the payment of estate duty on royal assets; and if he will make a statement. |
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N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when she will reply to correspondence from the Right honourable Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed of 20th January referring to correspondence dated 23rd October 2001 referred to him by the Paymaster General relating to constituents who let holiday cottages and were affected by foot and mouth restrictions. |
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| 246 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) cost and (b) saving has been from the Department's pursuit of Service Delivery Agreement targets in each year since they were introduced. |
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| 247 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mandate of the Advisory Committee on Customs and Indirect Taxation is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if he will list the items currently under its consideration; if he will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 248 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mandate of the EEC-Hong Kong Customs Co-operation Sub Committee is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if he will list the items currently under its consideration; if he will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 249 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mandate of the EEC-United States of America Customs Co-operation Sub Committee is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if he will list the items currently under its consideration; if he will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 250 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mandate of the EEC-Israel Customs Co-operation Sub Committee is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if he will list the items currently under its consideration; if he will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (61732)
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| 251 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mandate of the EEC-Mexico Special Committee on Customs Co-operation is; how many times it has met over the last 12 months; what the UK representation on it is; what the annual cost of its work is to public funds; if he will list the items currently under its consideration; if he will take steps to increase its accountability and transparency to Parliament; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 252 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was of the Department's 2001 staff Christmas Party; and how many people attended. |
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N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what regional differences exist in the home use of the internet. |
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| 254 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff of the Inland Revenue have investigated and monitored (a) negotiated tax contracts for individuals and companies, (b) tax domicile status and (c) multinational company transfer pricing in each year since 1996. |
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| 255 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many advanced pricing agreements (a) have been made and (b) were in force with multinational companies in each year since 1996; and in how many cases each year enforcement action or penalties were taken in transfer pricing disputes. |
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| 256 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases were referred by the London Stock Exchange or other agencies for possible action under section 177 of the Financial Services Act 1986 in each year from 1995-96; in how many cases inspectors were appointed; in how many cases inspectors reported; how many convictions were achieved; and how many acquittals were made, in each year prior to the implement |
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