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Business, Innovation and Skills: High-Speed Broadband (12 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: How acceptable is it that a village like Hilton in my constituency, which has a population of nearly 4,000, should have a speed that is too low to enable people to carry out any normal domestic activities? Its thriving business sector also struggles with a speed that is unacceptable. Is it not correct to take a tougher regulatory line with BT?

Business, Innovation and Skills: Topical Questions (12 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: Has the Minister heard the same representations that I have heard concerning companies that believe that European regulatory steps could impede their ability to hedge on their currency—a vital activity for export-oriented businesses? South Derbyshire is dominated by just those kinds of companies.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Rodents (12 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 961W, on rats, when his officials last met the UK pest control industry's rodenticide resistant action group; and if he will make a statement; (2) pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 961W, on rats, if he will make an...

Written Answers — Justice: Location (11 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects to respond to the Reunite report entitled Relocation which was funded by his Department and published in July 2009.

Free Fruit in Schools (10 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: My hon. Friend has referred to quite large-scale extensions of the schemes in various parts of the country, and I am very interested in their results, as I am sure that she is. The test that I set was the extent to which we can reverse the problem of the drop-off in the consumption of fruit and vegetables in year 3, but in my constituency a number of schools have voluntarily extended the...

Free Fruit in Schools (10 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: It is a pleasure to have such a long time in which to debate this subject; I had not expected that. Free fruit and vegetables, such as carrots, have been provided for all infant-age children in English schools since the end of 2004. The introduction of the service followed pilots in 2000 and 2001 showing minimal delivery problems, strong support from children and staff, and even stronger...

Free Fruit in Schools (10 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: On the first, I agree entirely. There are still examples of entirely inappropriate advertising, even with the tougher voluntary codes that have been adopted. Some of the links to merchandising have been broken. My son is big enough to be beyond this now—in fact he is bigger than me—but he used to link a lot of his eating patterns to merchandising for food products. Clearly that is...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates: Aerials (10 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he has provided guidance to the Valuation Office Agency on the application of business rates to wireless masts.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Standards (10 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Public Expenditure (5 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme relating to his Department; and what training is available to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in respect of the delivery of value for money savings.

Written Answers — Treasury: Northern Rock: Compensation (4 Nov 2009)

Mark Todd: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2009, Official Report, column 548W, on Northern Rock: compensation, if he will publish the submissions made by the Government to the Northern Rock independent valuer.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Banking Reform (3 Nov 2009) has video

Mark Todd: We can assess the value of the asset protection scheme as applied to RBS only if we know a little more about the due diligence that has been conducted and the sensitivities that have been applied to that exercise. Will that be published together with the other details of the scheme when it is made available to the House?