Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British diplomatic posts were (a) gained and (b) lost during calendar year 2004 to the personnel establishments of UK Missions in (i) Council of Europe member states including international bodies of which the UK is a member located in Europe, (ii) Africa and (iii) Latin America including Belize and the Dominican Republic.
Mr John Wilkinson: Will my hon. Friend recognise the outstanding role played by the Royal Auxiliary Air Force as well as those of the Territorial Army and the Royal Naval Reserve, to which he belonged? Is it not notable that No. 600 (City of London) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force, from Northolt in my constituency, sent a range of different specialists to fill gaps and provide essential skills, without which...
Mr John Wilkinson: Will the Minister bear it in mind that, when this project was put out to consultation, the public were informed that the net cost would be £135 million? Last autumn, the Secretary of State admitted that the estimated cost had risen to £800 million. It is now £1.1 billion. At that rate, is not this the fastest escalating estimated cost in the history of the NHS? When will the Treasury take...
Mr John Wilkinson: I am sorry that the Secretary of State for Education and Skills has gone. I was looking forward to commiserating with her about that nasty experience at the head teachers' conference when she seemed to have got the bird. I was wondering how that could have happened to such a nice person. All those of us who serve on European Standing Committee B—I see in his place the hon. Member for...
Mr John Wilkinson: The hon. Gentleman is talking nonsense, as he has been for a considerable period of time. Substantial improvements have been made in the fuel efficiency of power plants, particularly in respect of fuel consumption. Such technological improvement will continue, as it will in the aerodynamic sphere to reduce aerodynamic drag and as it will in the structural sphere to ensure that composite and...
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health from what percentage of Harefield Hospital's catchment area for cardiothoracic NHS inpatients, in-patients will be drawn for the new hospital on the Paddington Basin Health Campus; and when its facilities will be available for them.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has consulted HM Treasury on the increase in land acquisition costs over those published in the public consultation document on the Paddington Basin Health Campus project and for which budget provision had been made.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the outcome has been of negotiations between Pearcroft Ltd. and his Department on the Paddington Basin Health Campus.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the cost to his Department of providing housing for relatives of patients receiving hospital treatment on the Paddington Basin Health Campus.
Mr John Wilkinson: Does the Minister not realise that his eulogy of the European common fisheries policy is making a mockery of the fate of the thousands of fishermen around our coasts who have lost their jobs since the initiation of that policy? Can he bear in mind that free, responsible maritime nations such as Iceland, Norway, Chile and many others husband their fish stocks up to 200 nautical miles, or the...
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has received the outline business case for the Paddington Basin Health Campus from the North West London strategic health authority.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his latest estimate is of the cost of the new hospital planned to be built at Hatfield.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provision he is making for the construction of homes for key workers and in-patients' relatives at the new hospital in Hatfield; and what the cost is of each.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to his Department will be of providing cancer treatment facilities at the new planned hospital at Hatfield; and what estimate he has made of the cost of provision of such facilities to an equivalent standard at Mount Vernon hospital Northwood.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to move the in-patient facilities of the cancer centre at Mount Vernon hospital to a new hospital at Hatfield.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the number of (a) cancer in-patients who could be referred to the new hospital in Hatfield from within a 15 mile radius of it and (b) cancer in-patients who can be referred to the Cancer Centre at Mount Vernon hospital, Northwood, from within a 15 mile radius of it.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the outcome has been of negotiations between Multiplex Ltd. and his Department concerning the Paddington Basin Health Campus.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what role he expects that the Paddington Development Corporation will play in the NHS Paddington Basin Health Campus project.
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) from whom his Department is purchasing land for the construction of (a) homes for (i) key workers and (ii) relatives of inpatients and (b) hospital facilities at the Paddington Basin Health Campus; and what acreage of land his Department is to acquire in each instance; (2) what his estimate is of the cost to his Department of the acquisition of...
Mr John Wilkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the cost to his Department up to 2014 of providing key worker housing for those employed at the Paddington Basin Health Campus.