FRIDAY 19th JULY
| 1 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the degree to which cost of living elements are adequately weighted in the local government funding formula; and by what mechanism sparsity and rurality elements are included in the present mechanism. |
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| 2 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to meet the leaders of the Town and Country Finance Issues Group. |
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| 3 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the implications of the comprehensive spending review for the future direction of (a) funding for physical regeneration and (b) regional development agencies. |
| | (71756)
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| 4 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the levels of spending on physical regeneration will be following the comprehensive spending review; and if he will break down the figures into the various funding streams for which he is responsible. |
| | (71855)
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| 5 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much (a) greenfield and (b) brownfield land has been redeveloped by each regional development agency in each year since their formation. |
| | (71752)
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| 6 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what public consultations have been commenced by his Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72069)
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| 7 | Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost to local government of administering the Best Value programme was in each of the last three years. |
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| 8 | Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on spectrum scarcity in the digital environment; and what implications her policy has for the continuation of a statutory ban on religious organisations holding a wide range of broadcasting licences. |
| | (71712)
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| 9 | Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimates her Department has made of the effect on the income for good causes of the rebranding and relaunch of the National Lottery. |
| | (71726)
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| 10 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what she is doing to nurture future sporting talent amongst young people. |
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| 11 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the cost of the 10 hours of programmes provided by the BBC for S4C each week in each of the last five years. |
| | (71757)
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| 12 | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the success of the National Foundation of Youth Music in increasing the participation of young people from low-income families in its activities. |
| | (71926)
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| 13 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what public consultations have been commenced by her Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72072)
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| 14 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the recruitment figures to the armed forces from Glasgow, Pollok constituency and the City of Glasgow were in the latest year for which figures are available; if he will list the services and units to which people have been recruited; how many individuals were recruited as (a) officers and (b) other ranks in each service; and what the figures were in each of the last five years. |
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N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on Chinook ZD576. |
| | (71185)
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| 16 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money has been received in each year since 1996 from the profit share on his Department's homes released to Annington Homes Ltd for disposal; what share of the profit these amounts represent; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71840)
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| 17 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of emergency repairs have been done within 24 hours of notification; what percentage of urgent repairs have been completed within five working days of notification; what percentage of routine repairs have been completed within two months of notification in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71818)
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| 18 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who manages the Defence Housing Executive IT national database of recorded repairs; and if he will make statement. |
| | (72026)
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| 19 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role Annington Homes Ltd has in deciding which properties are released back to them for disposal; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71817)
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| 20 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what disposals and acquisitions have been made by his Department since the publication of the National Asset Register on 19th July 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71767)
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| 21 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce ground-to-ground battlefield target identification device equipment; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71914)
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22
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the enhanced capability grenade programme; what its size will be; and what weight of explosive will be carried by the new weapon. |
| | (71635)
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N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which unmanned aerial vehicles are being assessed by his Department; and with what countries these systems are in service. |
| | (71640)
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N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what trials of the Spike missile system have been held by the Defence Procurement Agency. |
| | (71639)
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25
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list his Department's parliamentary funding and planned parliamentary funding in 2002-03 cash terms from the Consolidated Fund (Supply) for financial years from 1997-98 to 2005-06. |
| | (71632)
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N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list his net cash requirement and planned net cash requirement in 2002-03 cash terms for financial years from 1997-98 to 2005-06. |
| | (71633)
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N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list his Department's top level budget holders and their related management grouping for each financial year since 1997-98. |
| | (71634)
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28
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon System will enter service. |
| | (71638)
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29
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Spike missile systems, manufactured by Rafael of Israel, have been purchased by the Defence Procurement Agency. |
| | (71636)
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30
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will make his decision on the Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon System requirements for a replacement for the Milan missile. |
| | (71637)
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| 31 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what problems have arisen with the propellors of RAF C130Js when landing on non-concrete runways; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71715)
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| 32 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long after their arrival in, and how long before their departure from, Afghanistan Royal Marines were issued with, and had to return, their ammunition; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71700)
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| 33 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional expenditure there has been to provide load masters on RAF C103Js with protective headgear; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71714)
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| 34 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes have been made on troop seating on RAF C130Js; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71713)
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| 35 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many SA80s and SA80/A2s have been issued to (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Royal Marines, (c) the RAF, (d) army armoured regiments, (e) airborne regiments, (f) infantry regiments, (g) the TA and (h) other units; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71699)
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| 36 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the military exercises held in the Llandovery area on Monday 17th June. |
| | (71764)
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| 37 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost of programmes designed to reduce waste and encourage re-use and recycling in each of the dual services in each year since 1997. |
| | (71663)
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| 38 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantities of waste have been diverted from land fill by the environmental policies pursued by his Department in the past five years. |
| | (71667)
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| 39 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the annual cost of education and training in each service in each year since 1997. |
| | (71662)
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| 40 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what public consultations have been commenced by his Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72071)
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| 41 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent advice she has issued to further education colleges in connection with the education of young people aged between 14 and 16 years, with particular reference to legal issues including enrolment and child protection. |
| | (71909)
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42
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Key Stage 1 classes in the maintained sector have more than 30 pupils as a result of a statement of special educational needs specifying that a child should attend a particular school. |
| | (71496)
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43
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her oral statement of 16th July, if successful grammar schools will be eligible to take over failing schools under the proposed arrangements. |
| | (71555)
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| 44 | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list projects involving faith communities which are supported by her Department. |
| | (71848)
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| 45 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans her Department has to introduce a star rating system to award (a) local education authorities, (b) schools and (c) colleges who are putting into practice good systems to support inclusion of SEN children; what plans her Department has to name (i) local education authorities, (ii) schools and (iii) colleges who are failing or rejecting SEN children and adults; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (72028)
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| 46 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to reduce the number of exclusions from school of autistic children; how she plans to support autistic children in Autism Awareness Year; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (72027)
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| 47 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much additional investment will result from the Spending Review for each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in Cheltenham. |
| | (71753)
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48
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much additional funding is to be allocated to Essex County Council to replace demountable classrooms in the Colchester constituency with permanent accommodation. |
| | (71480)
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49
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if the Citizenship Curriculum will include (a) knowledge of the flags and patron saints of the countries of the United Kingdom and (b) teaching the words of the national anthem. |
| | (71481)
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| 50 | Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targets OFSTED has set for the inspection and registration after 2003 of out of school clubs; and when they will be published. |
| | (71694)
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| 51 | Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how long on average OFSTED has taken to inspect and register an out of school club, broken down by region. |
| | (71693)
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| 52 | Jonathan Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many out of school clubs OFSTED estimates had to be inspected and registered before March 2003 for its targets to be met. |
| | (71692)
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| 53 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether she plans to make sport in schools part of the everyday curriculum. |
| | (71932)
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| 54 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the level of capital investment is for 2003-04 to 2005-06 following the comprehensive spending review for (a) new or substantially refurbished primary schools, (b) new or substantially refurbished secondary schools, (c) further education and (d) higher education. |
| | (71859)
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| 55 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many registered (a) town planners, (b) landscape designers, (c) chartered surveyors and (d) architects work in her Department. |
| | (71856)
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| 56 | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what methods and procedures are in place to judge the success of the Music Standards Fund in increasing access to free music lessons for musicians in (a) North West Leicestershire and (b) English schools. |
| | (71923)
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| 57 | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of (a) specialist schools and (b) applicants for that status offer music as their specialist subject. |
| | (71922)
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| 58 | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the take up of free music lessons by school pupils from low-income families in England. |
| | (71925)
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| 59 | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of access to free music lessons by school pupils from low-income families in North West Leicestershire. |
| | (71924)
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| 60 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what public consultations have been commenced by her Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72074)
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| 61 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which local education authorities are in the lowest decile measured by their percentage change in education SSA since 1997; and what the change was in each case. |
| | (71815)
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| 62 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which LEAs have behaviour improvement plans funded by central government; what the cost of each has been; and what criteria were adopted by Government for the selection of those authorities. |
| | (71816)
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| 63 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils in each local education authority took part in each of her Department's initiatives which have not yet been subject to nationwide roll-out. |
| | (71814)
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N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of GM crops authorised for commercial use in the United States her Department has DNA samples of; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (71253)
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| 65 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether retailers will be able to continue to offer take-back of end-of-life electrical products through their home delivery networks when this is reclassified as hazardous waste; and what plans she has to issue special waste carriers' licences to transport end-of-life electrical items that have been reclassified as hazardous waste. |
| | (72003)
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| 66 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from (a) local authorities, (b) retailers and (c) waste management companies about the impact of the revised European Waste Catalogue and Hazardous Waste List on the UK's disposal and recycling infrastructure. |
| | (72021)
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| 67 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the deadline is for adoption of the revised European Waste Catalogue and Hazardous Waste list into UK law; when it will come into force in the United Kingdom; and what estimate has been made of the cost to small businesses when the European Waste Catalogue and Hazardous Waste List comes into force in the UK. |
| | (72002)
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| 68 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the new definitions of waste under the revised European Waste Catalogue and Hazardous Waste List require all end-of-life electrical products to be reclassified as hazardous waste. |
| | (72005)
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| 69 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the revised European Waste Catalogue and Hazardous Waste List on UK business. |
| | (72004)
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| 70 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she has taken to ensure that civic amenity sites will be able to continue accepting end-of-life electrical products if they are reclassified as hazardous waste. |
| | (71688)
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| 71 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information the Government has given to (a) retailers, (b) manufacturing, (c) local authorities and (d) the waste sector on the revision of the hazardous waste list. |
| | (71691)
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| 72 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions will be imposed on retailers in handling and storing end-of-life electrical products that have been reclassified as electrical waste. |
| | (71689)
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| 73 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the revised European Waste Catalogue and Hazardous Waste List will require retailers to have special waste licences to offload and store end-of-life electrical items at stores, depots and yards where they are reclassified as hazardous waste. |
| | (71690)
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| 74 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what types of waste previously not hazardous waste will be reclassified as hazardous waste; and what assessment she has made of the effect on disposal routes of the reclassification of waste as hazardous. |
| | (71687)
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75
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about extending the overseas travel arrangements for pets to the USA and Canada; and when she expects to implement the policy. |
| | (70798)
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76
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the target date for achievement of compliance with the National Air Quality Strategy objective is. |
| | (71616)
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77
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her latest estimate is of recycling rates of waste (a) paper, (b) glass, (c) metal, (d) wood and (e) cloth for each London borough; what the Government targets are in each case; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (71108)
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N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list local authorities that are (a) failing to meet Government recycling targets, (b) expected to meet them and (c) exceeding them; and what the estimates are for recycling in England for (i) the current year and (ii) 2003-04. |
| | (71110)
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79
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the available landfill waste disposal capacity for London boroughs; and if she plans to increase capacity. |
| | (71112)
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N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her latest estimate is of the total fox population of the United Kingdom, by region; and what the figures were in each of the past five years. |
| | (71114)
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81
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received concerning problems created by the urban fox population; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (71107)
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82
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what figures she collates on the recycling rates for (a) car batteries, (b) alkaline batteries, (c) computers and (d) mobile phones in each London borough; what the figures were in each of the past five years; and what plans she has to increase recycling rates. |
| | (71109)
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N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is for disposal of waste by landfill for each London borough in (a) the current year and (b) each of the last five years; and what her Department's prediction is for 2003-04. |
| | (71111)
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84
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the changes in packaging quantities on (a) food and (b) non-food goods on retail sale over the past five years; what proportion of this is recyclable; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (71113)
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N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what figures she collates on the level of the urban fox population; and what the population was in each of the past five years. |
| | (71115)
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86
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to reduce packaging on retail sales; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (70941)
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87
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Carlisle, of 12th July, Official Report, column 1233W, on overcharging, how many cases are being pursued for overcharging; and if she will initiate an investigation following the settlement of accounts to determine the (a) scale and (b) implications of this aspect of the foot and mouth clean-up. |
| | (71347)
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| 88 | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list projects involving faith communities which are supported by her Department. |
| | (71845)
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| 89 | Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of noise complaints were caused by acoustic or non-amplified music being played in pubs, bars or nightclubs in (a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (71675)
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90
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received from the Sheep Veterinary Society about the 20 day rule. |
| | (71646)
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91
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 apply different standstill rules for movements of different species of livestock. |
| | (71644)
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| 92 | Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future of the bottle-nosed dolphin in British waters. |
| | (71716)
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| 93 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken since March to tackle illegal meat importation. |
| | (72007)
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| 94 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is undertaking to improve the marketing of milk. |
| | (71761)
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| 95 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria the Government has set for the removal of the 20 day standstill rule on livestock movement. |
| | (72006)
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| 96 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Government's strategy to tackle illegal meat importation. |
| | (72008)
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97
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations her Department has had with the Agricultural Wages Board about the 2002 wages award. |
| | (71188)
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98
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the horticultural industry of the 2002 wages award recommended by the Agricultural Wages Board. |
| | (71186)
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N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations her Department has had with the NFU over the 2002 wages award recommended by the Agricultural Wages Board. |
| | (71190)
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100
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will reconsider its decision to ban the use of Carbaryl (Thinsec). |
| | (71187)
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101
N | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what external advice she received regarding a duty on her to fund policies and programmes as a result of the requirement for her to have a 30 per cent. improvement in domestic energy efficiency as a principal aim under Part 1 of the Home Energy Conservation Bill; whether this advice suggests it would be within the terms of the Bill to make progress towards improving energy efficiency by (a) introducing new regulations and (b) energy efficiency programmes funded by bodies other than the Government; if she will place the advice in the Library; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (71006)
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102
N | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what external advice she has received regarding the compatibility of a requirement for her to have a target as a principal aim when making decisions, as included in the Home Energy Conservation Bill and a requirement to meet that target as a statutory duty; if she will place this advice in the Library; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (71005)
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103
N | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what external advice she has received regarding burdens placed on local authorities by Part 1 of the Home Energy Conservation Bill; if she will place this advice in the Library; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (70950)
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| 104 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who will represent the UK on the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive in the forthcoming EU conciliation meetings. |
| | (72034)
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| 105 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her proposed action following the Royal Society's report into infectious diseases in livestock. |
| | (71930)
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| 106 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to secure well-defined individual producer responsibility for electronic waste. |
| | (72036)
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| 107 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her policy regarding the principle of individual producer responsibility. |
| | (72035)
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| 108 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new enterprises her Department has stimulated in the rural economy in each of the past five years. |
| | (71664)
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| 109 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department has responsibility for the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive into UK law. |
| | (72033)
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| 110 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to address the future shortfall in energy from traditional sources. |
| | (71931)
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| 111 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that consumers do not pay twice for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment. |
| | (72042)
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| 112 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she intends to define producer responsibility for the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive to make it compatible with the producer pays principle. |
| | (72037)
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| 113 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms she is putting into place to prevent companies avoiding their responsibilities for recycling under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. |
| | (72040)
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| 114 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to prevent the importation of illegally logged hardwood timber. |
| | (71674)
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| 115 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of support her Department has given initiatives aimed at encouraging new business diversification in each of the past five years. |
| | (71665)
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| 116 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who has represented the UK at the EU Council of Ministers during discussions of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. |
| | (72041)
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| 117 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is regarding producer responsibility of WEEE for the EU conciliation process. |
| | (72039)
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| 118 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what she has done to ensure that the views of (a) environmental and consumer organisations and (b) electronics companies are taken into account in the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. |
| | (72038)
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| 119 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what public consultations have been commenced by her Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72073)
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120
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he expects the Penrose Inquiry into Equitable Life to be published in 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71613)
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121
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what sanctions he will use against departments which fail to deliver their pubic service agreements. |
| | (71615)
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122
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will indicate, in respect of the graph entitled UK Transport Spending on page 3 of the leaflet 2002 Spending Review, how much spending in each year is (a) subject to the decisions of devolved administions and (b) central government's own investment. |
| | (71608)
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123
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer why there is no public service agreement target for Customs and Excise in respect of the illicit market share for oils in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71607)
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124
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans there are to monitor annual progress against long term targets set out in public service agreements. |
| | (71614)
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| 125 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the implications for his consultation document on VAT on Face Value Vouchers of the 11th July judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case C-62/00, Marks and Spencer v Commissioners of HM Customs and Excise. |
| | (71696)
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| 126 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the potential for employers to offer fractional shares within employee share schemes; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71697)
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| 127 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total cost to the Exchequer of the 11th July judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case C-62/00, Marks and Spencer v Commissioners of HM Customs and Excise, relating to HM Customs' three year rule on retrospective VAT claims across the economy. |
| | (71695)
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| 128 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the 11th July judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case C-62/00, Marks and Spencer v Commissioners of HM Customs and Excise, if he will estimate the total VAT erroneously charged on (a) chocolate coated teacakes and (b) face value vouchers since 1973; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71698)
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| 129 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the percentage increase in spending on salaries in his Department for each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71722)
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| 130 | Lembit O計ik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much is set aside for Government departments to replace their existing payroll provision with new software which has the Inland Revenue Payroll Standard; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71709)
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| 131 | Lembit O計ik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which Government departments have filed their P14 and P35 IR documents electronically; when those departments that have not filed electronically will do so; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71706)
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| 132 | Lembit O計ik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which elements of the payroll standard the Government's payroll provisions do not meet; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71708)
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| 133 | Lembit O計ik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much is to be set aside to enhance Government departments' existing software to comply with the Inland Revenue Payroll Standard and undertake the testing; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71710)
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| 134 | Lembit O計ik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which Government departments pay their employees through software that has the Inland Revenue Payroll Standard; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71707)
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| 135 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the EU Customs Code Committee on customs warehouses and free zones is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71834)
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| 136 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the EU Committee on the harmonisation of the compilation of gross national product at market prices is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71833)
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| 137 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the EU Customs Code Committee on transit is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71839)
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| 138 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres (CEIES) is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71838)
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| 139 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the EU Committee on monetary, financial and balance-of-payments statistics is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71826)
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| 140 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on take-up of the Enterprise Investment Scheme. |
| | (71660)
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| 141 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what public consultations have been commenced by his Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72066)
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| 142 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) the coefficient of the exchange rates variation with sterling and (b) the value in sterling of reciprocal trade with the UK was for each of the United Kingdom's 20 principal trading partners from 1997 until 31st December 2001. |
| | (71813)
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| 143 | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will change the rules so that hearing aids paid for by employers are exempt from tax. |
| | (71717)
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| 144 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 120W, on PFI contracts, what estimate his Department has made of the payments under PFI contracts for each year from 2002-03 to 2027-28 for Government PFI deals which are expected to reach preferred bidder stage in the next three years. |
| | (71927)
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| 145 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) financial and (b) promotional incentives are offered to staff at the Inland Revenue for investigating errors in tax returns. |
| | (71870)
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146
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made by UK representatives to the UN Security Council concerning the General Secretary's special report on Western Sahara to be discussed on 31st July; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (70942)
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147
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what visits to the Western Sahara have been made by UK diplomatic staff in the past year; which (a) individuals and (b) organisations they met; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (70943)
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148
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place a copy of the Ankara Document laying out the participation of non-EU NATO member countries in the ESDP in the Library. |
| | (71564)
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| 149 | Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the governments of India and Pakistan, (b) other governments and (c) international agencies with regard to seeking a resolution to the continuing violence in Kashmir. |
| | (71727)
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| 150 | Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether sanctions on Iraq cover fibre optic cables. |
| | (71751)
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| 151 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, where he plans to instigate his first rapid reaction embassies. |
| | (71939)
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| 152 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how he plans to hold to account countries that have reneged on their ratification of global treaties on the spread of weapons of mass destruction. |
| | (71940)
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| 153 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the reviews by the Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands of Enron-related offshore companies. |
| | (71711)
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154
N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Nepal regarding reports of unlawful killings by government security forces; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71479)
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155
N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Sudanese Government regarding its willingness to ratify the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. |
| | (71371)
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| 156 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what public consultations have been commenced by his Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72059)
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| 157 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hearing aids fitted under the NHS is represented by digital aids; and what proportion of hearing aids being fitted as current practice are digital. |
| | (71759)
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| 158 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage cost is to the NHS of (a) a digital hearing aid and (b) an analogue aid; and what the differential was 12 months ago. |
| | (71758)
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| 159 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes are taking place in audiology services to support the introduction of digital hearing aids. |
| | (71760)
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| 160 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients waiting for inpatient treatment have been waiting over one year. |
| | (71911)
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| 161 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the difference in wage costs between Surrey and Durham. |
| | (71913)
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| 162 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the per capita health funding is in (a) Surrey and (b) Durham for the 2002-03 financial year. |
| | (71912)
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| 163 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been waiting over one year for inpatient treatment in West Surrey. |
| | (71910)
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| 164 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 10 health authorities have the highest percentage of patients waiting for more than one year for inpatient treament; and which health authorities have no patients waiting more than nine months for inpatient treatment. |
| | (71998)
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165
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many overseas visitors to the UK were treated by the NHS in each of the last three years for which figures are available; what the total cost was to the NHS; how many reimbursed the NHS and by how much; and how many failed to reimburse the NHS, and by how much. |
| | (70803)
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| 166 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of laundry and changing facilities in NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71862)
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| 167 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the process used to grade hospitals on the 19 elements of the patient environment inspection progamme, with specific reference to how each element is weighted in the final assessment. |
| | (71861)
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| 168 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of compliance with hand hygiene protocols in NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71860)
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| 169 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency readmissions associated with healthcare acquired infections there were in each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71864)
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| 170 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many older people whose discharge from hospital was delayed have acquired a healthcare-associated infection while waiting to be discharged in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71863)
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| 171 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which coastal shellfisheries the Food Standards Agency has divided the area into zones for the purpose of testing for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. |
| | (71810)
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| 172 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Food Standards Agency will divide the Bury Inlet Shellfishery into zones to permit cockle gathering in the parts of the estuary testing free of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. |
| | (71811)
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173
N | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to deal with increased accident and emergency admissions in the South West area |
| | (71264)
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174
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what policies he has to increase access to NHS dentistry in Gloucestershire; and what offers he has made to private dentists to re-enter the NHS as part of this. |
| | (71265)
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| 175 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Government's support for heart failure patients. |
| | (71657)
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| 176 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many heart failure patients there were in the UK in each of the last three years. |
| | (71658)
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| 177 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) patient groups, (b) doctors and (c) pharmarceutical company representatives on heart failure. |
| | (71659)
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| 178 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) increase the availability of (i) isolation or (ii) single rooms in NHS hospitals and (b) increase the use of barrier nursing with respect to infection control issues. |
| | (71865)
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| 179 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes he plans to NHS infection control policy following the identification of rancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus in the United States. |
| | (72000)
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| 180 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of methicillin resistent staphylococcus aureus were identified in (a) England and (b) each NHS region in each of the last six years, including the most recent year for which figures are available. |
| | (71842)
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| 181 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to extend the Sun Know-How campaign. |
| | (71656)
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| 182 | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list projects involving faith communities which are supported by his Department. |
| | (71847)
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| 183 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the shortfall of (a) nurses, (b) general practitioners, (c) cancer specialists and (d) consultants in (i) the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) the South East; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (72032)
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| 184 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence was per 1,000 population of (a) under-16 pregnancies, (b) 16 to 18 years old pregnancies, (c) under 16s having abortions and (d) 16 to 18 years olds having abortions in (i) the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority, (b) Hampshire and (c) the South East in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (72030)
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| 185 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) mental health nurses and (b) doctors specialising in mental health care there were and what was the estimated shortfall in (i) mental health nurses and (ii) doctors specialising in mental health care in (A) the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority, (B) Hampshire and (C) the South East in each year since 1996; what the projected figures are for (1) 2002 and (2) 2003; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (72029)
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| 186 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social workers there were per 1,000 population in (a) the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority, (b) Hampshire and (c) the South East in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (72024)
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| 187 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the shortfall of social workers in (a) Portsmouth, (b) Hampshire and (c) the South East; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (72025)
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| 188 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much expenditure there was on mental health services in (a) the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority, (b) Hampshire and (c) the South East in each year since 1996; what the projected expenditure is for (i) 2002 and (ii) 2003; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (72031)
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| 189 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what rules govern the appointment of vice-chairs for hospital trust boards. |
| | (71869)
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| 190 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take measures to ensure that a higher proportion of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease receive Reminyl. |
| | (71921)
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| 191 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has (a) made and (b) received about the non-prescribing of NICE approved treatment by primary care trusts on financial grounds; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71916)
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| 192 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take measures to increase the number of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease receiving treatment. |
| | (71919)
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| 193 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has (a) made to and (b) received from primary care trusts and other NHS trusts about the continuation of postcode lottery in the prescribing of treatment; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71917)
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| 194 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he proposes to take to implement the Wanless Report's recommendation that NICE, in conjunction with similar bodies in the devolved administrations, has a major role to play in examining older technologies and practices which may no longer be appropriate or cost effective. |
| | (71920)
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| 195 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people within each health authority are suffering from mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease; how many and what percentage of these are being treated; and how many and what percentage of patients are receiving Reminyl. |
| | (71918)
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196
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate for what reason the Chief Executive of Wythenshawe Hospital has not replied to correspondence from the honourable Member for Warrington North about the case of Mr Stanley Ford; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71380)
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197
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason Wynthenshawe Hospital failed to reschedule heart surgery on Mr Stanley Ford of Warrington within 28 days of the first cancellation of his operation. |
| | (71381)
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198
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason Wythenshawe Hospital cancelled heart surgery on Mr Stanley Ford of Warrington six times; and, in each case, what the reasons were for the cancellations. |
| | (71379)
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199
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the Chief Executive of Wythenshawe Hospital the hospital's methods of handling complaints made by honourable Members on behalf of their constituents; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71378)
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200
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken in 2001 by the Chief Executive of Wythenshawe Hospital was to reply to letters from honourable Members outside Manchester. |
| | (71377)
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| 201 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were recruited for the NHS is each of the last five years for which figures are available from (a) Botswana, (b) South Africa, (c) Uganda, (d) Namibia, (e) Tanzania, (f) Kenya and (g) Malawi; and if he will make a statement on recruitment from countries with a high incidence of HIV. |
| | (72010)
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202
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual expenditure by the NHS Litigation Authority on clinical negligence claims was in each year since 1995. |
| | (71561)
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203
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors are used to calculate levels of clinical negligence insurance premiums paid by NHS trusts and primary care trusts to the NHS Litigation Authority. |
| | (71558)
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204
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid by English (a) NHS trusts and (b) primary care trusts to the NHS Litigation Authority in the form of clinical negligence insurance premiums in each year since 1995. |
| | (71559)
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205
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the net present value of outstanding clinical negligence claims against the NHS in England was in each year since 1995. | | | (71560)
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206
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to the NHS is of compliance with new junior doctors' hours regulations. |
| | (71563)
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207
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how deficits in the NHS Litigation Authority budget for clinical negligence compensation are financed; and how surpluses are disposed of. |
| | (71556)
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208
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the Government's White Paper on Clinical Negligence. |
| | (71562)
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| 209 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Government's strategy to tackle bed blocking. |
| | (71769)
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| 210 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is introducing to improve intensive care facilities for newborn babies. |
| | (71765)
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| 211 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the situation facing local authorities and the private sector with regard to care homes. |
| | (71762)
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212
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to make a decision on the re-organisation of acute services in East Kent. |
| | (71189)
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| 213 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) cut the workload of general practitioners and (b) increase their pay. |
| | (72043)
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| 214 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to reduce levels of childhood obesity. |
| | (72044)
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| 215 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered (a) town planners, (b) landscape designers, (c) chartered surveyors and (d) architects work in (i) NHS Estates, (ii) NHS regional offices and (iii) NHS trusts. |
| | (71857)
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| 216 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the implications are of the comprehensive spending review with regard to enhancing the patient environment; and if specific capital budgets will be set for this. |
| | (71858)
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| 217 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public consultations have been commenced by his Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72060)
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| 218 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which voluntary organisations he has consulted on his policy on domestic violence; and when he last met representatives from Refuge to discuss this issue. |
| | (71843)
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219
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what criteria the level of public confidence in the criminal justice system is to be measured under the 2002 Public Service Agreement for which he is reponsible; and, using the same criteria, what the level of public confidence was in each of the last five years. |
| | (71611)
|
220
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of failed asylum seekers were removed in the last year for which figures are available; and what the benchmark is against which delivery of the improvement, set out in the Public Service Agreement for which he is responsible, is to be measured. |
| | (71610)
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| 221 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British passports have been issued to individuals previously citizens of the overseas territories broken down by (a) territory, (b) age and (c) sex; and what assessment he has made of the efficiency of the operation. |
| | (71653)
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222
N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons have been for individuals in the working holidaymaker scheme remaining in the UK after the two year period had lapsed. |
| | (70797)
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223
N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people participating in the working holidaymaker scheme are based in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. |
| | (70795)
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224
N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people participating in the working holidaymaker scheme in each of the last five years have continued to stay in the UK after the two year period has been completed. |
| | (70796)
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| 225 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are used for monitoring the usefulness and effectiveness of CCTV programmes. |
| | (71651)
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| 226 | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list projects involving faith communities which are supported by his Department. |
| | (71844)
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227
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many permanent posts have been frozen for budgetary reasons in the London probation area in 2002-03. |
| | (71630)
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228
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the 2002 pay settlement for the National Probation Service will be implemented. |
| | (71631)
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229
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter to him of 27th May from the honourable Member for South Cambridgeshire, regarding Mr Peter Elliott, a constituent. |
| | (71311)
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| 230 | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 15th May from the honourable Member for Manchester Central, regarding Mr G S, Ref 14130/02. |
| | (71819)
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| 231 | Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to improve the service offered by the Public Enquiry Office of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate at Croydon. |
| | (72009)
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| 232 | Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what schemes his Department (a) has in place and (b) plans to put in place to assist refugees living in Scotland find employment. |
| | (71724)
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N | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the per capita cost of education provision in accommodation centres. |
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N | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in jails in the UK have been deported to the US to face charges that could result in the death penalty in that country in each of the last five years. |
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| 235 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the EU Committee for the implementation of the community action programme on preventive measures to fight violence against children, young persons and women (Daphne) is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71836)
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| 236 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the EU Committee on the introduction of a uniform format for visas is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71827)
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| 237 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the EU Committee for the implementation of the programme of incentives and exchanges for legal practitioners (Grotius general and criminal) is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (71835)
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| 238 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether seized ecstasy tablets are tested to see whether they are cut with other illegal drugs. |
| | (71854)
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| 239 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public consultations have been commenced by his Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72061)
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| 240 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to monitor the effectiveness of voluntary corporate social responsibility strategies of United Kingdom companies which invest in developing countries. |
| | (72053)
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| 241 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that poorer people in developing countries benefit from water supply projects in which United Kingdom companies invest. |
| | (72055)
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| 242 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises, as they relate to developing countries are monitored. |
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243
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Gordon, of 10th July, Offical Report, column 959W, which United Kingdom companies were involved with her Department's work in the Strengthening Partnerships for Municipal Sustainable Development project in Romania during 2001-02. |
| | (71249)
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244
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Gordon, of 10th July, Offical Report, column 959W, if she will outline the (a) aims, (b) methodology and (c) outcomes of the Rural Livelihood Project. |
| | (71251)
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245
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Gordon, of 10th July, Official Report, column 959W, what proportion of the funds in 2001-02 were supplied to United Kingdom (a) companies, (b) organisations and (c) other bodies; and if she will list them. |
| | (71247)
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246
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Gordon, of 10th July, Offical Report, column 959W, what recommendations were published for, and what assessment she has made of, her Department's involvement in the Environment Poverty Workshop in Albania during 2001-02. |
| | (71250)
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247
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Gordon, of 10th July, Official Report, column 959W, (a) what assessment she has made and (b) what recommendations her Department has made of the Rural Livelihood Project in (i) the Baltic states and (ii) Central and Eastern Europe in 2001-02; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (71246)
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N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Gordon, of 10th July, Offical Report, column 959W, which United Kingdom companies have been involved with her Department's work in the Capacity Building on the Public Private Partnership project in Romania during 2001-02. |
| | (71248)
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| 249 | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list projects involving faith communities which are supported by her Department. |
| | (71850)
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| 250 | Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimates her Department has made of how the planned increases in her departmental budget announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review will assist in reaching the UN millennium targets for development. |
| | (71728)
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| 251 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the affordability of HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in Africa. |
| | (71933)
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252
N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid is being given to the people of Northern Uganda affected by the civil war between the Ugandan Government and the Lord's Resistance Army. |
| | (71369)
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253
N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of Sudan regarding the Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda. |
| | (71370)
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254
N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made to eliminate the Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda. |
| | (71368)
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| 255 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what public consultations have been commenced by her Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72062)
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256
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of trials were ineffective in each of the last three years. |
| | (71645)
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257
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many trials in the Thames Valley Magistrates' Court area have been cancelled because of a shortage of legal advisers since November 2001. |
| | (71629)
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| 258 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the Legal Services Commission's computer system will be able to provide an on-screen explanation of the change to the statutory charge for use by the Commission's caseworkers. |
| | (71703)
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| 259 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the Legal Services Commission's computer system will produce statements on a rolling basis, annually from the date of first registration or when required. |
| | (71702)
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| 260 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what training has been given to staff of the Legal Services Commission Land Charges Department to improve the accuracy of data inputting in relation to clients. |
| | (71705)
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| 261 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the Legal Services Commission will complete its project to enable its computer system to produce statements of amounts owed by each client with a charge secured by registration on their home. |
| | (71701)
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| 262 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the Legal Services Commission's Land Charges Department will complete its project to cleanse the data held on its computer system. |
| | (71704)
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| 263 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what public consultations have been commenced by his Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72063)
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| 264 | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list projects involving faith communities which are supported by his Department. |
| | (71851)
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| 265 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what public consultations have been commenced by his Department since 1st April; and what the (a) closing date and (b) website address of each were. |
| | (72064)
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| 266 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will resume publication of the Government's Annual Report. |
| | (71719)
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| 267 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Prime Minister, how many complaints have been made by civil servants to the (a) Secretary of the Cabinet and (b) First Civil Service Commissioner regarding the actions of departmental special advisers since May 1997. |
| | (71721)
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| 268 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights to report. |
| | (72056)
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| 269 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights was established; what its terms of reference are; who its members are; and on which occasions it has met. |
| | (72057)
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| 270 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research projects being carried out by the World Bank on assessing the impact of liberalisation on developing countries achieved through GATS negotiations are being supported by her Department. |
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