Written answers
Wednesday, 10 October 2012

• House of Lords
  • Banks: British Business Bank
    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the British business bank proposed by the Secretary of State for Business on 24 September will be allowed, under European Union rules, to lend or procure...
  • Children: International Law and Rights
    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford (HL1730), and in the light of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office-funded report Children in Military...
  • European External Action Service
    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 13 July (WA 284-5), how they define the area of competence between member states and the European...
  • Finance: Gilt-edged Securities
    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they survey the opinions of investors in gilt edge securities and whether they have assessed their reaction to falling gross domestic product and...
  • Food: Self-sufficiency and Consumption
    To ask Her Majesty's Government how they calculate the levels of domestic food self-sufficiency and domestic food consumption; and what level of each was attained by the United Kingdom in each of...
  • Gambia
    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they and the European Union have made representations to President Yahya Jammeh regarding the resumption of executions in Gambia.
  • Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012: British Business Embassy
    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Minister of State for Trade and Investment will report to Parliament on his work at the British Business Embassy during the Olympics.
  • Plastic Bags
    To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to bring policy and legislation on single-use plastic bags in England into line with policy and legislation in Northern Ireland,...
  • Valuation Office: Appeals
    To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of initial determinations on appeals against council tax banding by the Valuation Office is referred on to the Valuation Tribunal; and in what...