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Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children: Day Care (10 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children received free child care in (a) Birmingham, Northfield constituency and (b) Birmingham in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment: Autism (9 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what proportion of people with autism are in employment in Birmingham; (2) what assessment she has made of levels of access to employment for adults with autism; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: GCSE: Birmingham (9 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many school pupils in Birmingham achieved (a) five A* to C grades at GCSE or equivalent and (b) five A* to C grades at GCSE or equivalent including English and mathematics in each year since 1998.

Written Answers — Justice: Employers' Liability: Insurance (9 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what representations he has received on the establishment of an employers' liability insurance bureau as an insurance fund of last resort for persons disabled by asbestos; and if he will make a statement.

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: I do not expect the Minister to know the answer to this question now, but perhaps he could write to us after the debate; I do not know the answer to it. In relation to the Saar Corvettes, were they used off Lebanon in the Lebanon war, and were any checks done as to whether they were used off Lebanon?

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: I, too, welcome this debate and endorse the report that we are discussing. I will focus on one issue, but before I mention that, I want to put on record my endorsement of what my hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Roger Berry) said and the themes of his speech. He made important points about extraterritoriality, re-export, brokers and the need for a register of UK brokers. One of his most...

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: My hon. Friend is right. It would be trying your patience, Mr. Pope, and going beyond the remit of this debate if we spent too long discussing what has gone on for many years. The Committees on Arms Export Controls raised concerns before Operation Cast Lead, and the predecessor Committee, the Quadripartite Committee, has raised concerns about UK policy and practice on arms exports to Israel....

Written Answers — Transport: Driving: Working Hours (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will bring forward proposals to amend the Employments Rights Act 1996 to extend the definition of Working Time Regulations to include the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Animal Welfare: Circuses (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will bring forward proposals to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Economic Situation (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to assist those local communities which are most vulnerable to the effects of the recession; and if he will make a statement.

MG Rover (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Burden: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise with the Minister the results of the investigation into the affairs of Phoenix Venture Holdings Group, MG Rover Group and 33 other companies. I am pleased to be joined by my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Hall Green (Steve McCabe), who has taken a close interest in the issue, and I know that many other hon. Members with constituencies in...