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Directory Inquiries ( 9 Jun 2003)

Lord Acton: My Lords, two or three years ago, when I was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, I had occasion to try to find the code for Italy. It took me 11 telephone calls, including two to my wife to complain about the United States, before I got the number. Is that not an awful warning of the higher qualities of service that my noble friend expects?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Prison Suicides ( 4 Jun 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prisoners committed suicide in Styal women's prison in each year from 1993 to the present date.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Secure Training Centres (22 May 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: What financial penalties have been imposed on the contractors for (a) Hassockfield, (b) Medway and (c) Rainsbrook secure training centres in each of the last two years; and by how much in respect of each performance measurement.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Secure Training Centres (22 May 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the average cost per week of a place at (a) Hassockfield, (b) Medway and (c) Rainsbrook secure training centres.

Armed Forces Pension Scheme (20 May 2003)

Lord Acton: My Lords, can my noble friend say, in respect of the overall scheme to which he has referred—

Armed Forces Pension Scheme (20 May 2003)

Lord Acton: My Lords, would my noble friend explain, in relation to the overall scheme which he described to the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Vincent, which family an actuary would say is better off? Would it be the family of a member of the Armed Forces, the family of a member of the police or the family of a member of the fire service? I could not understand it.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Home Office Departmental Report 2003 (19 May 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Home Office will publish their annual report for 2002–03.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Members' and Peers' Correspondence (19 May 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish departmental and agency correspondence figures for 2002.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Food Standards Agency: Departmental Report, Spring 2003 (16 May 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Food Standards Agency's departmental report for Spring 2003 will be published.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Prison Suicides (13 May 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: How many: (a) men; and (b) women committed suicide while in prison in England and Wales in (i) each of the last five years; and (ii) the current year to date.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Law Commission: Quinquennial Review (12 May 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: When the quinquennial review of the Law Commission is due to report.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Post Mortem Removal of Organs: Report into case of Mr Cyril Mark Isaacs (12 May 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: When the report will be published of the independent investigation into the case of the late Mr Cyril Mark Isaacs, which followed serious concerns raised by his widow, Mrs Elaine Isaacs, about the handling of the coroner's post mortem examination of her late husband and the retention of his brain for research.

Prison Population (30 Apr 2003)

Lord Acton: My Lords, can my noble and learned friend say whether the number of women prisoners, which has increased enormously in recent years, is still increasing?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Home Detention Curfew Scheme (10 Apr 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any changes will be made to the home detention curfew scheme.

Zimbabwe ( 7 Apr 2003)

Lord Acton: My Lords, my noble friend is quite right in saying that feeding the hungry in Zimbabwe should indeed be a priority. Is she aware that, as a result of the destruction of the commercial farming sector in Zimbabwe, and of the poor rains, especially in Matabeleland and Masvingo, the number of people at risk from lack of food—it is currently 7.2 million—is assessed by independent observers as...

NHS Waiting Lists (31 Mar 2003)

Lord Acton: My Lords, is my noble friend aware of what an outstanding performance she has just given? If she was not aware before, is she aware now?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Unitary Structures of Local Government (24 Mar 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: When they propose to consult on the cost model they are developing to assist the Boundary Committee for England to assess the relative cost differential of different patterns of unitary government in the regions.

Written Answers — House of Lords: ESPHCA Council, 6 March (24 Mar 2003)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: What the outcome was of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council held on 6 March in Brussels.

Prison Population (10 Mar 2003)

Lord Acton: My Lords—

Zimbabwe ( 5 Mar 2003)

Lord Acton: My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Park of Monmouth, on introducing the debate. I was brought up on a maize farm in southern Rhodesia. The farmworkers' families, like black Zimbabweans today, cooked maize meal—known as mealie meal or sadza—as their staple food. My eldest sister married a tobacco and maize farmer, and three of their sons followed in his footsteps. Last year,...

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