Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what account was taken of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's guidelines on the provision of dental services for children in deciding the minimum number of units of dental activity for children under the new contractual arrangements.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will assess the accuracy of the calculations of units of dental activity for dentists working on the new dental contracts; and if she will make a statement.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) guidance and (b) instructions were given by her Department to the Dental Practice Board during the formation of the new system of dental contracts on the calculation of units of dental activity; and if she will make a statement.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the proportion of dentists who are likely to meet the targets set for them under the new contractual arrangements; if she will review the effectiveness of the target system; and if she will make a statement.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of 5 September 2006 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on behalf of Kaisha Dally-Lewis (Home Office Reference Numbers D2108650, D2090294 and D2080066).
Clare Short: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Clare Short: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we do not have an exit strategy on Iraq, and that the chaos can continue for many years to come? Does he agree that if we are to decide on an exit strategy, we first need to know why we were there, and does he agree that we should not accede to the American aspiration to set up permanent bases, which will almost certainly mean a permanent insurgency?
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, dated 24 May (acknowledged 31 May 2006 re B13764/6) regarding Mr. M. Lewis, HO Ref L1049561.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the immigration and nationality directorate will reply to the letter of 18 January from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, on behalf of Andrew Russell, of Park Lane, Birmingham (Home Office Reference R1050090, correspondence ref. B1755/5).
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letters from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 10 April 2006 (acknowledgement reference B9696/6) and 24 May 2006 on behalf of Mulukjan Begum (Home Office reference M1273553).
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, of 12 January regarding UK policy on returning asylum seekers to Zimbabwe on behalf of Dr. Margaret Sherratt (acknowledgement reference 185435/05).
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the immigration and nationality directorate will reply to the letter of 10 May 2006 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on behalf of Sylvia Cumberbatch (Home Office reference C1145804, acknowledgment reference B12281I6).
Clare Short: I think we would all agree that all human beings should deplore the killing, injuries and destruction of infrastructure in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel. Leaders on all sides should note the warning from Louise Arbour, the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, who has a distinguished record as a judge in Canada and as an international prosecutor. She warned yesterday that the scale of the...
Clare Short: No, I do not, and I very much regret the fact that my hon. Friend is so absolutely unbalanced in her attitude to these matters. I do not believe either that her comments are helpful to the people of Israel, whom she seeks to defend and protect. Israel's dilemma—and this is the view of many serious scholars and commentators, but it is not said often in the House—is that it wants the...
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter of 6 June 2006 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on behalf of Mohammed Kashif Zahoor (Home Office reference Z1040405, acknowledgement reference B14821/6).
Clare Short: Does the Minister agree that the fundamental reason why people in Gaza and south Lebanon are willing to use violence is that there is no political route to justice? Does he also agree that the road map is collapsing, and that Israel is in breach of it by expanding its borders with settlements surrounding Jerusalem? If we do not take action, there will be unending violence in the middle east,...
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-British Commonwealth citizens are serving in the armed forces, broken down by country of origin.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether she plans to take action in response to the recent British Medical Association motion calling on the Government to send a team of physicians to Guantanamo Bay to seek unfettered access to detainees.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, dated 30 March 2006 on behalf of Mrs. Fadumo Mohd Sharif-Said, Home Office reference S1175012, acknowledged on 5 May 2006, reference B8779/6.
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the immigration and nationality directorate will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 29 March on behalf of Halrick Thompson (Home Office reference T1077292, acknowledgement reference B8645/6).
