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Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: Does the Prime Minister believe that it is acceptable to take money from the BBC's licence fee to pay for some of these Government policies or does he share my view that doing so would undermine the independence from government of the BBC?

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Political Activities (12 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 278W, on party conferences, how much the (a) Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and (b) Chair of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group spent sending representatives to attend each of the party political conferences in 2009; and whether prior permission was sought from the...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Sports (12 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he plans to take steps to prevent (a) playing fields, (b) other sports facilities and (c) libraries being disposed of in the Government's proposed sale of public assets.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Departmental Political Activities (12 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 28 October 2009, Official Report, column 474W, on party conferences, how much each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies spent sending representatives to attend each of the party political conferences in 2009.

Written Answers — Transport: Departmental Political Activities (11 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 1446W, on party conferences, how much Passenger Focus spent sending representatives to attend each of the party political conferences in 2009; and whether prior permission was sought from the Cabinet Office for Passenger Focus to attend.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Political Activities (11 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of his Department's non-departmental bodies sent representatives to attend each of the party political conferences in 2009.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Government: Assets (11 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with local authorities on the Government's proposed sale of public assets.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Public Buildings: Finance (11 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the (a) Tate, (b) British Museum, (c) British Library and (d) British Film Institute will be expected to release from their reserves to fund their building extension plans.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Political Activities (11 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 804W, on party conferences, how much each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies spent sending representatives to attend each of the party political conferences.

Written Answers — Health: Care Quality Commission: Political Activities (11 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 19 October 2009, Official Report, column 1268W, on party conferences, how much the Care Quality Commission spent sending representatives to attend each of the party political conferences in 2009; and whether the Care Quality Commission obtained prior permission from the Cabinet Office to attend.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Digital Switchover Help Scheme (10 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he plans to provide money from the Digital Switchover Helpscheme Fund to pay for other services; and how much he expects to provide initially.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Local Press (10 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects the pilots of the proposed independently funded news consortia to start; which English region will host a pilot scheme; what plans he has to fund such pilot schemes; and what plans he has to make provisions in relation to the existing regional news employees in the pilot area.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Future Jobs Fund (10 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding has been allocated from the Future Jobs Fund to create apprenticeships in the creative industries.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Competitive Sport (Schools) (9 Nov 2009) has video

Don Foster: Regarding the Minister's target for 16 to 19-year-olds, will he confirm that currently 63 per cent. of 16-year-olds and 81 per cent. of 19-year-olds are not meeting the target? With fewer than 1,000 days to go before the target is meant to be achieved, what new policies does he have? Will he at least look at young offender institutions, where the target is already being exceeded?

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: VisitBritain: Finance (9 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Visit Britain has (a) taken in fees for and (b) spent on administering each of its quality assessment schemes for accommodation businesses in each of the last five years; and what information his Department has obtained on the additional revenue generated for businesses participating in each of the schemes.

Taxation (Gambling) (5 Nov 2009) has video

Don Foster: Will the hon. Gentleman remind the House whether there was an opportunity in 2003 to investigate GPT for machines? At that time, the Government dropped the proposal and said that they would not look at it again until conditions in the industry stabilised. Does he believe those have stabilised, or have they got worse, as he is describing?

Scottish Parliament: Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (5 Nov 2009)

Mike Pringle: ...the proposed legislation in its current form; Scotland's destructive relationship with alcohol is complex and cannot be solved simply by increasing its price. Effective policies must seek to foster cultural change. The proposals still face several challenges in relation to what they seek to achieve and their legality. I am concerned that a minimum price at the suggested level of 40p per...