THURSDAY 5th JUNE
| 1 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority. |
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| 2 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting. |
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| 3 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year. |
| | (117252)
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| 4 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention. |
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| 5 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 438W, on paper supplies, whether any of the paper or paper products supplied to his Department by Premier Paper are supplied by Stora Enso's Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland; and what assessment has been made of whether this paper contains (a) timber from old growth forests and (b) timber that may have been logged illegally in Russia. |
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| 6 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit. |
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| 7 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on the work of the Ministers for Regulatory Reform. |
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| 8 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the meetings of the Ministers for Regulatory Reform since establishment; and, for each meeting, if he will list (a) Ministers attending and (b) the person in the chair. |
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| 9 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997. |
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| 10 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Scotland are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of the child tax credit, broken down by (i) local authority and (ii) parliamentary constituency. |
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| 11 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority. |
| | (117211)
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| 12 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting. |
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| 13 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year. |
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| 14 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention. |
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N | Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will compensate applicants for child tax credit and working tax credit who have incurred additional costs as a result of delays by Inland Revenue in the payment of these credits. |
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N | Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to carry out an inquiry into the Inland Revenue's handling of applications for (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit. |
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| 17 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what actions he has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement. |
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| 18 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117706)
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| 19 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost of extending the baby element of the child tax credit payable in the first year so that parents of multiple birth children receive payments for each child. |
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| 20 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit. |
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| 21 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether there are any plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department. |
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| 22 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in his Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act. |
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| 23 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the effect the proposed Investment Services Directive will have on the level of online share dealing. |
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| 24 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with (a) the Financial Services Authority and (b) the London Stock Exchange with regard to the proposed Investment Services Directive. |
| | (117464)
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| 25 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the proposed Investment Services Directive being considered by the European Parliament. |
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| 26 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on controlling risk in financial markets in the UK. |
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| 27 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect the proposed Investment Services Directive will have on the level of competition in the share dealing market in the UK. |
| | (117680)
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| 28 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what research he and the agencies for which he is responsible have commissioned into the cost of the proposed Investment Services Directive for stockbrokers; and if he will publish the results. |
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| 29 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value of online share dealing was in each financial year since 1997. |
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| 30 | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment has been made of the impact on other Inland Revenue functions of the transfer of local Inland Revenue staff to assist with problems associated with the implementation of the new tax credits system; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117734)
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| 31 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are employed by, and what the budget is of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997. |
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| 32 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times, and at what frequency, it is the policy of TV Licensing to send letters to a property for which no TV licence is recorded where such letters go unanswered. |
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| 33 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average time is that elapses between the identification by TV Licensing of a property for which no TV licence is recorded and a visit to that property by TV Licensing. |
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| 34 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority. |
| | (117214)
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| 35 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting. |
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| 36 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if she will list the legislation by year. |
| | (117241)
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| 37 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention. |
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| 38 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the actions her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether she has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117700)
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| 39 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if she will publish the results of such an audit. |
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| 40 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in her Department. |
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| 41 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in her Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if she will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act. |
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| 42 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what evaluation she has made of the practicability of establishing a regulatory regime and targets for closed caption television subtitling; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 43 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ensure that the proportion of Lottery money currently provided to the voluntary and community sector will be protected and ringfenced if a new lottery game is established following a successful London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. |
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| 44 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the departmental budget allocations were for the S4C Channel each year since 1995; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 45 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who is responsible for enforcing the quota for original European television programming specified in Television Without Frontiers; what steps have been taken so far; who will be responsible after the enactment of the Communications Bill; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 46 | Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the British Library about the number of facsimile copies of the Lindisfarne gospels that have been produced; whether copies of the gospels of the type given by the Library to Durham Cathedral and to Lindisfarne are available for purchase commercially; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117315)
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| 47 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to strengthen the role of English Heritage in protecting historic town walls; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 48 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she proposes to take under the terms of the Government's policy statement The Historic Environment: A Force for Our Future of December 2001 in respect of historic town walls; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117403)
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| 49 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which her Department is responsible in each year since 1997. |
| | (117776)
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| 50 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997. |
| | (117560)
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| 51 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement of the financial benefits realised in each year since the transfer of the RAF's elementary flying training to the university air squadrons. |
| | (117490)
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| 52 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Royal Air Force concerning the impact of transferring the RAF's elementary flying training to the university air squadrons. |
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| 53 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of students who joined the university air squadrons subsequently dropped out of the programme in each of the past five years. |
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| 54 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority. |
| | (117212)
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| 55 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting. |
| | (117235)
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| 56 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year. |
| | (117239)
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| 57 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention. |
| | (117259)
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| 58 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117708)
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| 59 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, ref 110261, whether he has received reports of civilian casualties in Iraq as a consequence of the dropping of cluster bombs that have yet to be verified. |
| | (117759)
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| 60 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records have been kept of the locations in Iraq at which cluster bombs were used by British forces. |
| | (117760)
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| 61 | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UN personnel are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; how many more are due to be sent there; and under whose command they will operate. |
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| 62 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit. |
| | (117441)
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| 63 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department. |
| | (117460)
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| 64 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in his Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act. |
| | (117474)
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| 65 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the strategic tanker programme. |
| | (117667)
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| 66 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the UK forces' requirements in relation to the strategic tanker programme. |
| | (117668)
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| 67 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where beef is processed into burgers for consumption by the armed forces. |
| | (117669)
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| 68 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether beef is reared and produced in the Republic of Ireland for consumption for the armed forces. |
| | (117670)
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| 69 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to increase the amount of beef produced in the UK for UK armed forces consumption. |
| | (117671)
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| 70 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where (a) lamb, (b) pork, (c) poultry and (d) milk for consumption by the armed forces is reared, processed and produced. |
| | (117672)
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| 71 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Type 23 frigates will be retrofitted with communications band electronic support measures systems. |
| | (117493)
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| 72 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the (a) lease and (b) procurement of VIP aircraft; and what aircraft fulfil this role. |
| | (117494)
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| 73 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvements in capability are being examined as part of the Merlin Capability Sustainment Plus programme. |
| | (117495)
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| 74 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received from the Spanish Government in respect of British and NATO warships patrolling the straits of Gibraltar. |
| | (117496)
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| 75 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional security measures have been taken by British warships visiting foreign ports (a) on entry and (b) when alongside; and what arrangements are made with host countries. |
| | (117497)
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| 76 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated run on costs are for the (a) C130K and (b) C17 aircraft; and what additional structural work will be needed on the C130K fleet to keep the aircraft operational until their out of service date. |
| | (117498)
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| 77 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Minimi LMGs will be procured for the Armed Forces; and how many Light Support Weapons will be taken out of front line service. |
| | (117499)
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| 78 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the working groups set up under the Letter of Intent framework to report; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117500)
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| 79 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will state in cash terms the (a) provision and (b) outturn for each of his Department's agencies since financial year 1997-98. |
| | (117501)
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| 80 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the European Commission's communication, Towards an EU Defence Equipment Policy. |
| | (117502)
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| 81 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the grounding of RAF Jaguars. |
| | (117503)
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| 82 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what problems have been experienced with the Rolls Royce Adour Mk 106 engines fitted to the Jaguar fleet; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117504)
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| 83 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the engine upgrade programme for the Jaguar fleet; and what improvements to the aircraft's performance have resulted in cases when the upgrade has been completed. |
| | (117505)
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| 84 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the (a) naval bases and Supply Agency Annual Report and Accounts for financial years 1997-98 to 2000-01, (b) RAF Logistic Support Services Annual Report and Accounts for financial years 1997-98 to 1999-2000, and (c) Ships Support Agency Annual Report and Accounts for financial years 1997-98 to 2000-01. |
| | (117506)
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| 85 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why he appointed OCCAR to enter into the contract for A400M aircraft on behalf of the United Kingdom; what direct control and influence he will exercise over the conduct and outcome of the project; what the arrangements are for this; and what power the UK has to withdraw from the contract if progress is not satisfactory. |
| | (117507)
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| 86 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his top level budget holders will be expected to meet the cost of his Department's commitment to participate in the Future Aircraft Carrier programme; when he expects the financial commitment to be quantified; in which future financial years he expects it to arise; and whether he estimates that the cost of this can be contained within present long term expenditure plans without adverse effects on other programmes. |
| | (117508)
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| 87 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 13th May to the honourable Member for New Forest East, Official Report, column 159W, on warships, which frigates will be disposed of earlier than previously planned. |
| | (117657)
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| 88 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 16th May, Official Report, column 448W, on the Falkland Islands, when the last APT(S) came off station. |
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| 89 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to replace the Armed Forces Acts with a tri-service Act; and if he will make a statement on progress towards publication of a Bill in 2005. |
| | (117327)
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| 90 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times each month in the past three financial years civilian aircraft have been chartered by the MoD; what types of aircraft were involved on each occasion; from which companies they were chartered; and what the cost of each of these charters was. |
| | (117189)
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| 91 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the meetings held between his Department and the Sri Lankan Government in each of the past five years. |
| | (117516)
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| 92 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the total value of arms sales originating from the UK to the Sri Lankan Government in each of the past five years. |
| | (117517)
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| 93 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much cluster bomb type ordnance was recently deployed in Iraq. |
| | (117655)
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| 94 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many TA medics are serving in Iraq; and when he expects them to be discharged. |
| | (117548)
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N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent independent evidence has been gathered by his Department on failure rates of cluster munitions. |
| | (116812)
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N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research he has commissioned on the number of civilians (a) killed and (b) injured by cluster submunitions by (i) the International Red Cross and (ii) other agencies in Iraq. |
| | (116813)
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N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records have been kept by coalition forces on the location of cluster munitions used in Iraq; and when this information will be made available to non-governmental organisations. |
| | (116814)
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N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cluster munitions have been used in Iraq by the (a) United States and (b) United Kingdom armed forces. |
| | (116815)
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N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources his Department has allocated for the clearance of unexploded ordnance in Iraq. |
| | (116816)
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100
N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what target his Department has set for a failure rate in cluster munitions. |
| | (116817)
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N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reviews have been undertaken by his Department regarding the civilian casualty figures caused by unexploded cluster submunitions in the post-conflict regions of (a) the Gulf, (b) Kosovo and (c) Afghanistan; and what assessment he has made of the impact of these bomblets on Iraqi civilians in the future. |
| | (116818)
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| 102 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many four bedroomed houses at the Colchester Garrison are empty; and how many families are on the waiting list for a four bedroomed house. |
| | (117398)
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| 103 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when British WMD inspectors visited the Rashad Chemical and Biological Research Facility in Iraq; and what they found. |
| | (117625)
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| 104 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the targets hit by each of the Cruise missiles fired by HMS Turbulent during the invasion of Iraq; and if he will place in the Library the full battle damage assessment assembled for each Cruise missile fired from the submarine. |
| | (117626)
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| 105 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997. |
| | (117781)
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| 106 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others, and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997. |
| | (117568)
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| 107 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department is taking to ensure house buyers are aware of the risks involved with purchasing houses built on a flood plain. |
| | (117487)
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| 108 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations his Department has received concerning the dangers of house building on flood plains. |
| | (117488)
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| 109 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new houses have been granted planning permission on areas deemed at (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high risk of flooding for each year since 1997. |
| | (117489)
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| 110 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority. |
| | (117217)
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| 111 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting. |
| | (117233)
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| 112 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year. |
| | (117251)
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| 113 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention. |
| | (117264)
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| 114 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what actions he has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117351)
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| 115 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117711)
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| 116 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to include further education lecturers within the category eligible for key worker housing. |
| | (117554)
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| 117 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit. |
| | (117444)
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| 118 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department. |
| | (117462)
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| 119 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made in his Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act. |
| | (117476)
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| 120 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions in each of the last five calendar years for which figures are available the failure of a local authority to issue a refusal within the 42-day notification period for the erection of mobile telephone masts has been the subject of a complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman; how many complaints have been upheld; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117399)
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| 121 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will abolish the 42-day rule for local authorities to refuse a notice for the erection of a telephone mast and replace it with a legal requirement that the erection of all masts should be the subject of a planning application. |
| | (117400)
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| 122 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received during the past 12 months requesting that the 42-day rule for local authorities to refuse a notice for the erection of a telephone mast should be extended; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117401)
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| 123 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997. |
| | (117789)
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| 124 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the amount spent by (a) his Department, (b)its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997. |
| | (117562)
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| 125 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was made available to East Sussex local education authority under the Standards Fund in each year since 1997. |
| | (117634)
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| 126 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools there are for which education funding for the current academic year fails to cover standstill budgetary pressures, broken down by county. |
| | (117635)
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| 127 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received concerning the failure of schools in East Sussex to meet standstill budget pressures for (a) the current academic year, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05. |
| | (117636)
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| 128 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken by his Department to increase budgetary provision for (a) the current academic year, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05. |
| | (117637)
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| 129 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) local education authorities and (b) head teachers concerning the National Agreement on Restructuring the School Workforce. |
| | (117638)
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| 130 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the projected cost of implementing the National Agreement on Restructuring the School Workforce is. |
| | (117639)
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| 131 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received from (a) local education authorities and (b) head teachers concerning the implementing of the National Agreement on Restructuring the School Workforce. |
| | (117640)
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| 132 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority. |
| | (117219)
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| 133 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting. |
| | (117224)
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| 134 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if he will list the legislation by year. |
| | (117246)
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| 135 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention. |
| | (117267)
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| 136 | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd June, ref 115082, if he will list the members of the independent gatekeeper group to reduce bureaucracy in the learning and skills sector. |
| | (117751)
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| 137 | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he has taken to support the provision of university courses for disabled students. |
| | (117380)
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| 138 | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of university students were registered disabled for courses commencing in (a) autumn 2000, (b) autumn 2001 and (c) autumn 2002. |
| | (117381)
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| 139 | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the overall percentage change in per pupil funding for 2003-04 for the 10 lowest funded education authorities in England. |
| | (117382)
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| 140 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all state-funded schools give priority to looked after children from care homes in their admissions policies; what the procedures are for monitoring that this happens; and what penalties he has at his discretion to ensure compliance with the guidance. |
| | (117111)
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| 141 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what actions he has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117353)
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| 142 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the actions his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether he has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117709)
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| 143 | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his assessment is of the needs of Somali children in schools in each London borough; how many receive free school meals; and what proportion continue education beyond the age of 16. |
| | (117693)
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| 144 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many supply teachers are working in schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth. |
| | (117150)
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| 145 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his strategy for the proposed increase in workplace-based learning. |
| | (117555)
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| 146 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what level of training was undertaken by each social class grouping in Gloucestershire for each of the last two years for which records are available. |
| | (117556)
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| 147 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to simplify the funding mechanism for post 16 non 'A' level students at (a) full and (b) part-time levels. |
| | (117557)
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| 148 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many targets and milestones are prescribed as part of the Government's FE strategy, Success for All. |
| | (117673)
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| 149 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when educational maintenance allowance will be available to Gloucestershire. |
| | (117674)
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| 150 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the Government's strategy is towards small school sixth forms. |
| | (117675)
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| 151 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what growth in student numbers FE is expected to assimilate in order to meet the requirements in Success for All. |
| | (117676)
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| 152 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when individual learning accounts are expected to be re-introduced. |
| | (117677)
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| 153 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proposals he has to reduce the administration in relation to FE. |
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| 154 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in his Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if he will publish the results of such an audit. |
| | (117440)
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| 155 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in his Department. |
| | (117459)
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| 156 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in his Department and non departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if he will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act. |
| | (117473)
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| 157 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils have an entitlement to modern foreign language learning at key stage two; and if he will assess the likely impact that the demotion of foreign language study at key stage four will have on the wider success of language learning initiatives at key stage two. |
| | (117171)
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| 158 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on plans to fund and integrate school federations as single collegiate institutions through a legal change in governance arrangements, as outlined in the recent Excellence and Enjoyment document. |
| | (117172)
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| 159 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the structural distinction between the Leading Practice programme and the Beacon school initiative. |
| | (117173)
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| 160 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his Department's plans to strengthen the role of synthetic phonics within the framework of the National Literacy Strategy. |
| | (117174)
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| 161 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the content of the new primary strategy for developing modern foreign languages. |
| | (117175)
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| 162 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to incorporate school character assessment into performance-related league tables, as outlined in the recent Excellence and Enjoyment document. |
| | (117176)
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| 163 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he plans to publish the report of the recent departmental seminar on phonics, as referred to in the recent Excellence and Enjoyment document. |
| | (117177)
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| 164 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the Jolly Phonics programme. |
| | (117178)
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| 165 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evidence he has collated on the impact of (a) increased funding, (b) school management reviews and (c) the creation of a subject specialism on levels of pupil attainment in secondary schools. |
| | (117179)
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| 166 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will assess the impact of heterogenous pupil grouping on levels of discipline in the classroom. |
| | (117180)
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| 167 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the role of synthetic phonics in the National Literacy Strategy Searchlights reading programme. |
| | (117181)
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| 168 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make an assessment of whether the learning strategies recommended in the Assessment for Learning programme are compatible with mixed ability teaching. |
| | (117182)
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| 169 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will assess the value of standardised testing at key stage one. |
| | (117183)
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| 170 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Go-Karts video of the Early Literacy Support programme. |
| | (117184)
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| 171 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answers of 19th May, Official Report, column 560W, and 21st May, Official Report, column 831W, on GCSE point scores, if he will make a statement on the academic impact of specialist status on sports colleges. |
| | (117316)
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| 172 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, column 560W, on GCSE point scores, what the average capped GCSE/GNVQ point score was for pupils in specialist languages colleges in 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117317)
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| 173 | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research he has commissioned into the take-up of free school meals; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117389)
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| 174 | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage headteachers and governors to monitor the contribution of vending machines and school tuck shops to children's diets; and if he will make a statement. |
| | (117390)
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| 175 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many civil servants have been employed by his department in each of the years 1997-98 to 2002-03; and what the median and weighted mean salary is for each of these years. |
| | (117761)
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| 176 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many civil servants are predicted to be employed in the Department in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06. |
| | (117762)
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| 177 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many civil servants' advisors have been employed by his department in each of the years from 1997-98 to 2002-03; and what their median and weighted mean salary was. |
| | (117763)
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| 178 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools. |
| | (117746)
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| 179 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost to individual schools will be if the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools are implemented. |
| | (117747)
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| 180 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) individual independent schools, (b) the Headmasters Conference, and (c) other bodies representing the independent schooling sector regarding the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools. |
| | (117748)
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| 181 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what communication he has had with OFSTED regarding the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools. |
| | (117749)
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| 182 | Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints about individual inspectors have been received by OFSTED since 2000; and how many inspectors have been deregistered as a result of investigations into those complaints. |
| | (117349)
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| 183 | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will commission a study of the conversion rate for applications against offers for university places for students from lower income groups, broken down by (a) gender, (b) subject and (c) university. |
| | (117612)
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| 184 | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evidence he has collated on the equity of participation by (a) women and (b) women from lower family income groups at each of the higher education providers. |
| | (117613)
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| 185 | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he will take to encourage women and girls from lower family income groups to apply for subjects and universities where they are underrepresented. |
| | (117614)
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| 186 | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of careers guidance at each of the universities in assisting students to maximise employment opportunities; and what assessment he has made of equity of outcome in this respect for students from lower family income groups at each of the universities. |
| | (117615)
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| 187 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his Department's review of work-based training and the effects that the benefits system has on participation. |
| | (117374)
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| 188 | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the (a) number of staff employed by and (b) budget of each regulatory body for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997. |
| | (117780)
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| 189 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the contracts her Department has with management consultants, and the value of each contract in 2002-03.
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| | (117339)
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| 190 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many satellites are (a) owned and (b) leased either in whole or part by her Department, giving (i) the purpose of their use, (ii) their initial cost and annual running costs and (iii) from whom they were purchased or leased in each case. |
| | (117337)
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| 191 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many statutory instruments her Department has made in each year since 1997. |
| | (117338)
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| 192 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost was of her Department's accountancy services in 2002-03. |
| | (117340)
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| 193 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the average change in water bills since 1997, broken down by water company area, attributable to debts arising from non-payment of water bills. |
| | (117341)
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| 194 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many research projects utilising satellites are (a) funded and (b) part funded by her Department, in each case giving (i) the title and aims of the work being undertaken, (ii) to whom this funding has been provided, (iii) the amount of funding which has and will be provided and (iv) when results have been published or are expected. |
| | (117342)
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| 195 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy under the terms of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, that developed countries' production allowance for chlorofluorocarbons for export to meet the basic domestic needs of developing countries should be further reduced below the percentages allowed in the Beijing Adjustment to the Protocol; and whether the UK will raise this issue as one to be advanced by the EC in this year's meeting of the parties to the Protocol. |
| | (117362)
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| 196 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the amount spent by (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others; and if he will list the average cost per hotel room, in each year since 1997. |
| | (117567)
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| 197 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what net percentage of forest cover world wide has been lost in each of the last 10 years; and what total acreage this represents. |
| | (117602)
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| 198 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is proposing to take on the recommendation of the ERM study into means of ensuring that government procurement policy sources legal and sustainable timber. |
| | (117603)
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| 199 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage local authorities to source timber only from legal and sustainable sources. |
| | (117604)
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| 200 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd May, Official Report, column 893W, on laying hens, whether all DEFRA funded research into enriched cages conforms to the EU minimum height of 45cm. |
| | (117664)
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| 201 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the species of which Ministers authorised culls on the basis of conservation during 2002. |
| | (117665)
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| 202 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken by her Department to improve public access to information on (a) air quality and (b) water quality in England and Wales. |
| | (117480)
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| 203 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received concerning measures required to improve the quantity and quality of public information on (a) air quality and (b) water quality, broken down by region in England and Wales. |
| | (117481)
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| 204 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the locations broken down by (a) county and (b) region of (i) existing waste incinerators and (ii) pending planning applications for waste incinerators in England and Wales. |
| | (117482)
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| 205 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received and proposals she has to provide funding for (a) enforcing and overseeing corrective action at leaking underground storage tank sites and (b) clean-ups (i) where the owner or operator is unknown, or is unwilling or unable to respond and (ii) which require emergency action. |
| | (117483)
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| 206 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received concerning progress made on designating nitrate-sensitive areas required under the urban waste water treatment directive since 1997. |
| | (117486)
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| 207 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when municipal solid waste incinerators have been found to be operating in breach of conditions on their operation imposed by (a) planning consents and (b) pollution control consents in each year since 1997; and what assessment was made of the potential damage to the health of local residents in each case. |
| | (117530)
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| 208 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many nitrate-sensitive areas were designated in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117531)
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| 209 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received concerning her Department's publication of Report on the Review of the National Air Quality Strategy. |
| | (117532)
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| 210 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list landfill sites which are (a) unlined and (b) permitted to receive low-level radioactive waste. |
| | (117533)
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| 211 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the overseas trips made by (a) herself, (b) her ministerial team and (c) departmental staff in each month since 1st October 2002, broken down by (i) the participating Ministers, (ii) the destination of the trip, (iii) the purpose of the trip and (iv) the cost of the trip. |
| | (117534)
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| 212 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list locations licensed by her Department for the use of radioactive materials; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117535)
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| 213 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her departmental expenditure was for each year since 1997; and what administration costs limits were set for 2003-04. |
| | (117536)
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| 214 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions of companies there have been for failing to register under the terms of the packaging recovery note provisions for each month since January 1999. |
| | (117537)
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| 215 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many companies have registered under the terms of the packaging recovery note provisions in each month since January 1999. |
| | (117538)
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| 216 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further guidance she has given the Director General of Water Services in connection with his periodic review of water company price limits. |
| | (117539)
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| 217 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support she has given to (a) local authorities and (b) the Environment Agency to meet capital costs of site investigation and associated clean up of contaminated land in each year since 1997. |
| | (117540)
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| 218 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sites of contaminated land have been (a) investigated and (b) cleaned up under the auspices of (i) local authorities and (ii) the Environment Agency in each year since 1997. |
| | (117541)
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| 219 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcomes of the annual International Whaling Commission meeting in Japan. |
| | (117101)
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| 220 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department's vote in the Council of Ministers against a legislative proposal (a) was sufficient and (b) was not sufficient to achieve with other member states a blocking minority. |
| | (117207)
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| 221 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department abstained in the Council of Ministers on a legislative proposal which was passed by qualified majority voting. |
| | (117231)
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| 222 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department has been outvoted by qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers; and if she will list the legislation by year. |
| | (117248)
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| 223 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Department indicated dissent from a proposal in the Council of Ministers but did not register a vote or abstention. |
| | (117268)
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| 224 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what actions she has taken or is taking to ensure that the websites of her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are accessible to partially sighted and blind people; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 225 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the actions her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002; whether she has made an estimate of the cost of compliance; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 226 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the Government is taking to encourage the use of non-food crops to generate electricity; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 227 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to encourage building of power stations to burn non-food crops for the generation of electricity; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 228 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates the Government has received for the level of duty on bio-fuels that would be necessary to make the cultivation of these non-fuel crops profitable for British farmers; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 229 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations her Department has received about chicken influenza in Germany and Holland and importing poultry from these countries; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 230 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her proposals for egg printing will allow printing to take place (a) on farm and (b) at processing factories; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 231 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the 1st January 2004 deadline for the introduction of egg printing; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117141)
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| 232 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations her Department has received about planned restrictions on travelling hours for chickens; whether these will apply to free range birds; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 233 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the planned threshold of 350 birds for the new regulations concerning poultry; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 234 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received about the use of on-farm incinerators to dispose of fallen stock; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117144)
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| 235 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for maintaining prices to be charged for removing fallen stock in the next five years; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 236 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans have been put in place to ensure that unused UK milk quota is redistributed to UK farmers after 31st March 2004; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 237 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations her Department has received about plans to use the period 2000-03 as the reference point for subsidy payments to farmers; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117148)
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| 238 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that Parish Representation on the proposed Cotswold Conservation Board accurately reflects the geographical spread of Parishes within the area of outstanding natural beauty. |
| | (117610)
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| 239 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 17th March, Official Report, column 506W, on waste management, whether the data used in the Answer is the same as that given in the part of the Environment Agency Register of Waste Management Licences that applies to monitoring of emissions. |
| | (117570)
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| 240 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of unsupported sectors in the run-up to the Mid-term Review. |
| | (117550)
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| 241 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's strategy is with regard to its unsupported sectors in the Mid-term Review. |
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| 242 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will explain the mechanisms whereby local communities can discuss the Government's approach to Genetically Modified Organisms; and what timetable they should adhere to if they wish to make a final contribution to the consultations. |
| | (117552)
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| 243 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the implications for property owners faced by environment charges for access resulting from changes in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. |
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| 244 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on completing a pay audit in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies to measure any disadvantage in terms of remuneration for (a) women, (b) ethnic minorities and (c) people with disabilities; and if she will publish the results of such an audit. |
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| 245 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to conclude a partnership agreement with the trade unions representing the staff in her Department. |
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| 246 | Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in her Department and non-departmental public bodies on implementing the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000; and if she will publish the results of the monitoring required by the Act. |
| | (117623)
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| 247 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account she takes of sport and recreational interests when appointing members of the National Parks Authority. |
| | (117105)
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| 248 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd May, Official Report, column 895W, how many salmon have been tagged with radio transmitting or other tags in the Hampshire Avon since 1990; whether the project is now concluded; if she will place in the Library the results and advice given to Government and other organisations; and if she will list the organisations which may receive the advice. |
| | (117330)
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| 249 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether recent trials of separator grids to reduce cetacean deaths will be replicated next year during the peak of the bass fishing season. |
| | (117195)
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| 250 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many registered agricultural holdings for the purposes of IACS payments there were in (a) 1995 and (b) 1997; and how many there are now. |
| | (117523)
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| 251 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many working abattoirs there were in (a) 1980, (b) 1985, (c) 1990, (d) 1995 and (e) 2000; how many there are now; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117743)
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| 252 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she was consulted by (a) the EU constitutional convention and (b) the UK representative on the convention about the provision in the draft constitution giving EU exclusive competence over the marine resources of the sea; and what representations she (i) has made and (ii) will be making on this issue. |
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| 253 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what ways the exclusive competence allocated to the EU by the draft constitution over marine resources differs from the CFP's competence; and how it affects the (a) six and (b) 12 mile limit. |
| | (117724)
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| 254 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to assist those responsible for habitats where invasive non-native weeds are growing (a) to offset financial implications, (b) to install long-term plans to ensure these weeds are not just temporarily cleared but that all rhizomes are killed off and (c) to assist with safe disposal of cleared weeds to ensure that spread is not encouraged; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 255 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to assist those responsible for habitats where invasive non-native weeds are growing; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117799)
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| 256 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what duties are placed on local authorities to assist with the safe disposal of invasive weeds; who is responsible for monitoring this process to ensure that all waste is safely disposed of to ensure that rhizomes cannot spread; and whether she plans to issue further guidance and assistance to local authorities to ensure these criteria are met. |
| | (117800)
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| 257 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had regarding the control of invasive non-native weeds; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117801)
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| 258 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding the role of educating gardeners and others in controlling invasive non-native weeds; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117802)
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| 259 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates she has made of the costs of tackling invasive non-native weeds; and if she will make a statement. |
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| 260 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research has been done into effective methods of killing invasive non-native weeds with (a) chemicals available in garden centres to tackle weeds, (b) weedkillers which have now been withdrawn from general circulation and (c) chemical preparations available only to professionals; and what plans she has to reassess the status of the withdrawn chemical preparations if they are proved to be better at tackling the problem. |
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| 261 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to use (a) promotion and (b) education to heighten awareness of the non-native invasive weeds identified by the Non-Native Species Review Group; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117805)
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| 262 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what environmental assessment has been undertaken to measure the impact of non-native invasive weeds on the countryside; and if she will make a statement. |
| | (117806)
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| 263 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress (a) since February 2002 towards meeting the targets of the Government's Waste Management Strategy of 2000 and (b) since the Waste Summit. |
| | (117388)
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| 264 | Mrs Gillian Shephard (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports she has received from Sheffield Hallam University on the use of bio-fuels as the result of work commissioned by her. |
| | (117547)
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| 265 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what efforts have been made to publicise the national debate on genetically modified organisms and GM foods; and on what television and radio programmes ministers in her Department have appeared since 1st May to provide advanced information on the national GM debate. |
| | (117632)
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| 266 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what benefits she has identified for (a) the environment and (b) employment and business arising from the recycling of ink and t |
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