Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many planning applications for development in the green belt have been referred to the National Planning Casework Unit since it was established; (2) how many planning applications for development on the green belt he has called in since the establishment of the National Planning Casework Unit.
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many called in planning applications for development on the green belt he has refused since the establishment of the National Planning Casework Unit.
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the proportion of sites on the green belt in England which have been previously developed.
Valerie Vaz: I hope the hon. Gentleman does not feel that I am just trying to look on the positive side, but he must be aware that Cardiff university is a Russell Group university and that it accepts students from the Welsh education system. It also has two Nobel laureate prize winners.
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent estimate she has made of the number of women in prison.
Valerie Vaz: What discussions he had during his recent visit to Burma.
Valerie Vaz: I thank the Minister for his response, and pay tribute to you, Mr Speaker: if you had not raised the issue of political prisoners with the general and Ministers during your recent trip, they would not have been released. May I urge the Minister to press the Burmese Government? There is still concern about the census. Many people have been displaced, Médecins Sans Frontières has been...
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will collect and publish statistics on the gender and ethnic background of (a) managers and (b) the work force of the NHS.
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the (a) field of expertise and (b) qualifications are of each member of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative multidisciplinary Team of Experts in Burma.
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has given to clinical commissioning groups on the number of pain management sessions which should be (a) funded and (b) funded for patients with painful progressive conditions.
Valerie Vaz: I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen South (Dame Anne Begg) for initiating the debate. I suppose that it is a measure of how far we have come that both the Front Bench spokespersons are from diverse backgrounds, which is very pleasing. Before I entered the House of Commons in 2010, I used to watch the evidence sessions of the Speaker’s Conference, and I suppose that, in a way,...
Valerie Vaz: I am disappointed that I have not received a response to my question to the Leader of the House of two weeks ago about the European solidarity fund. In the meantime, may we have an urgent debate on what “Money is no object” means, and whether it could apply to those waiting for personal independence payment assessments?
Valerie Vaz: What recent discussions she has had with the family and representatives of Pat Finucane.
Valerie Vaz: It is 25 years since the death of Patrick Finucane, and the Da Silva inquiry found shocking levels of state collusion. When will the Minister act on the growing calls for a public inquiry so that there can be justice for Patrick Finucane?
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2013, Official Report, column 151W, on Burma, whether he has raised the case of Naw Ohn Hla with his Burmese counterpart following her re-arrest in December 2013.
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2013, Official Report, column 352W, on Burma, whether he has raised the case of Daw Bawk Ja with his Burmese counterpart; and what reports he has received on whether she has been released.
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what humanitarian aid contribution her Department has made to Burmese refugees living in camps on the Thailand-Burma border in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid her Department provided in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to support victims of rape and sexual violence by Burmese armed forces.
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what effect the Government's plans for free school lunches for reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils in state schools will have on his Department's use of the number of pupils from reception to Year 11 eligible for free schools meals at any point in the last six years when calculating pupil premium.
Valerie Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the uptake of funding for free school lunches for reception, year 1 and year 2 pupils in state schools; and whether there will be clawback of this funding where uptake is less than 100 per cent.