Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the efficiency of the pension schemes of abolished non-departmental public bodies in (a) identifying pensioners as they become eligible for payments and (b) ensuring that payments are processed and triggered for payment on the due date.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of future pensioners who will be eligible for payments by the pension schemes of abolished non-departmental public bodies.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the efficiency of the National Consumer Council pension scheme in discharging its duty to ensure payment to new pensioners on attainment of scheme payment eligibility.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the transparency of contact details for the National Consumer Council pension scheme.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will investigate the fitness for purpose of the members' payments division of the National Consumer Council pension scheme.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arrangements are in place to ensure that the pension schemes of abolished non-departmental public bodies which lay within his Department's remit efficiently discharge their liabilities to pensioners.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the expected cost to UK consumers who elect to cancel booked package holidays to Sharm el Sheikh and other destinations in the Middle East scheduled to depart during the months of December 2015 and January 2016 where such cancellation is not penalty-free; and if he will make it his Department's policy to...
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to issue revised travel advice for visitors from the UK with bookings for package holidays in Egypt departing in the next six weeks which use (a) the airport and (b) the resort at Sharm el Sheikh.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will extend the validity period of travel advice applying to Sharm el Sheikh to provide certainty on the right to penalty-free cancellation (a) six weeks and (b) four weeks prior to departure.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on travellers with bookings to (a) Sharm el Sheikh and (b) other destinations in the Middle East of the period within which the right to penalty-free cancellation can be ascertained being within 14 days of travel.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet representatives of the Association of British Travel Agents and consumer groups to discuss changes to rules applying to penalty-free cancellation during periods of regional airstrikes by British forces.
Michael Weir: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what service level agreements HM Revenue and Customs has with Concentrix for turnaround time on tax credit queries; and what assessment he has made of the contractor's performance in meeting those targets in each of the last 12 months.
Michael Weir: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average call response time to calls made to the (a) tax credit helpline and (b) general HM Revenue and Customs helpline for hon. Members was in each of the last 12 months.
Michael Weir: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have been employed to work on the (a) tax credit helpline and (b) general HM Revenue and Customs helpline for hon. Members in each of the last 12 months.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on the potential health effects of the cultivation of oilseed rape with the (a) Secretary of State for Health, (b) Secretary of State for Scotland and (c) Scottish Government.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of prescription drugs to treat (a) oilseed rape allergy syndrome and (b) conditions displaying symptoms consistent with oilseed rape allergy syndrome in each year since 2010.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many people have been given prescriptions to treat (a) oilseed rape allergy syndrome and (b) conditions displaying symptoms consistent with oilseed rape allergy syndrome in each year since 2010.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on health effects of the cultivation of oilseed rape with the (a) Secretary of State for Health, (b) Secretary of State for Scotland and (c) Scottish Government.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) employment and (b) the economy in (i) Fife and (ii) Scotland of the possible closure of Longannet power station.
Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what transmission charges have been paid by power stations in Scotland (a) in total and (b) by each power station in each year from 2005 to date.