Former Labour MP for Doncaster North
I warmly welcome the statement and wholeheartedly congratulate my right hon. Friend on what he is doing with the fair shares initiative—it shows the clear difference between us and that lot on the Opposition Benches—but do the increases contain any special recognition for areas such as mine that are having difficulties in recruiting GPs?
I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. Anybody with half an ounce of grey matter between their ears knows that economic migrants are a good and necessary thing for this country. The real problem is the amount of people who try to cheat the asylum system. My constituents want the Home Secretary to concentrate on that issue, not get drawn in to a "mine's bigger than yours" contest with the...
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 68, in clause 30, page 39, line 13, leave out subsection (1). No. 72, in clause 30, page 39, line 24, leave out 'that Act' and insert 'the Road Traffic Act 1988'.
With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment No. 74, in clause 26, page 36, line 4, at end insert 'and (c) after paragraph (c) insert— ''(d) the nature of the first aid training for the purposes of this section and section 36 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 and the administrative arrangements for receiving such training,''.'.
May I explain that if hon. Members want to speak, it might help if they made that clear?
One never knows.
I am sure that the Committee is grateful for that information.
It was not merely a point of order, so I do not think that I can take anything further to it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) whether support is provided in schools to young people with (a) diabetes and (b) kidney-related illnesses to educate them about the dangers of over-consumption of salt; (2) what initiatives are being undertaken in schools to raise awareness of the dangers of over-consumption of salt by young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on research into (a) Alzheimer's disease, (b) Parkinson's disease, (c) Huntingdon's disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) motor neurone disease in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has commissioned on degenerative neurological disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people who are suffering from (a) Alzheimer's disease, (b) Parkinson's disease, (c) Huntingdon's disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) motor neurone disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if she will list the meetings that she has held with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to discuss the large Combustion Plant Directive; (2) if she will list the meetings which have taken place between her (a) Ministers and (b) officials and (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in the Department for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department spent on Clean Coal projects in each year since 2000 broken down by project; and what the estimated spending for 2004 is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new undergraduates were admitted to each medical school in 2003–04.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the estimated costs associated with holding a national referendum are.
