To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards funding animal sanctuaries in Northern Ireland; and if money raised by licences...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the South Eastern Education and Library Board made application to the Chancery Court in connection with the status of the former Castle...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents and attacks on Fire Service and Ambulance Service personnel and vehicles have been recorded in each month since January; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions have taken place between the Northern Ireland Office and the Fire Brigades Union on strike action by firefighters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures will be in place to give fire cover in the North Down constituency if the Fire Brigades Union takes strike action.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what preparations he has made to ensure the safety and continuity of service to the public in the event of a firefighters' strike; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of retained organs at the Royal Victoria Hospital were (a) destroyed after a short period of time, (b) used for research, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons have been held accountable for the errors in organ retention at the Royal Victoria Hospital; and what the ratio of organ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many organs were retained at the Royal Victoria Hospital between 1972 and 2001; what the ratio was between heart and other organs; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when Mr. William McKee was appointed (a) Chief Executive of the Royal Victoria Hospital and (b) Chief Executive of the Royal Group of Hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on his policy on coroners' post-mortems; and if he will permit bereaved relatives to claim organs retained by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when Dr. Sodhi was employed as resident pathologist at the Royal Victoria Hospital; and how many hearts he retained after post-mortem during...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what progress has been made with the construction of traffic calming measures at Frederick Street and Braeside Gardens in Killyleagh; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the future of selective schools in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister by what date he expects the publication of the final recommendations of the Boundary Committee in respect of the periodic ward boundary review for the...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what evaluation he has made of the introduction of a compulsory leasing scheme for derelict empty properties; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to strengthen the powers of (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords compulsorily to purchase empty properties; and if he will...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to enhance the power of local authorities to deal with derelict empty properties; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) when decisions will be made as to which and when non-strategic sites will be transferred from English Partnerships to local authorities; (2) when decisions...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the inventory is of green goddess fire engines; and how many are operational.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what use he and his Department have made of focus group research since June 2001; if he will identify for each research project the topics covered, the person or...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement about the timing of local elections in England in 2004.

Mr. Gareth Thomas: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to review planning guidance for renewable energy generation; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to review guidance to police forces and local authorities on unauthorised traveller encampments.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proposals he has to lay before the House amendments to the Accounts and Audit Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/590).

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the proportion of the cost of specialist residential placements for vulnerable children contributed by different health authorities is taken into account...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) fire stations and (b) fire appliances there were in East Sussex in the last 12 months.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what action he plans to take to deploy additional fire prevention and emergency resources in Twickenham on dates for events to be held at the rugby stadium in the...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what action he plans to take to deploy additional military resources to (a) Greater London and (b) Inner London in the event of industrial action by the Fire...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to make available the existing stock of Fire Service fire fighting vehicles and appliances to members of the armed forces in the event of a...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to (a) restrict the marketing and use of fireworks during strikes by firefighters and (b) introduce special measures for areas with a high...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his estimate is of the number of fire fighting emergency vehicles which will be available in Somerset in the event of a firefighters strike; how many are...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many green goddess fire engines will be allocated to (a) Staffordshire and (b) the Lichfield Tamworth district during industrial action taken by the FBU.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will issue mobile radio communications equipment to crews operating Green Goddess fire engines to communicate with emergency control centres.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average length is of firefighting training given to members of the armed services covering for the striking firefighters; whether all service personnel...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) if he will list by constituency in Wales the number of Green Goddesses that will be available in each in the event of a Fire Brigade strike; (2) if he will...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what preparations he has made to ensure the safety and continuity of service to the public in the event of a firefighters' strike.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the guidelines to local authorities are for imposing council tax concerning servicemen with homes in the UK but who spend considerable amounts of time abroad...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister on which occasions a police authority budget has been capped since 1984.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the members of the West Midlands Regional Assembly; where they are from; what their function is; how they were chosen; how they can be dismissed;...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the schemes and initiatives sponsored by his Department and its agencies which are not the subject of national roll out, showing (a) the...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on local authority reactions to his recently published proposals to deal with travellers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment was made of the likely end-use of Beryllium prior to export licences being granted for its export to Iran.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which protocols have been signed by the United Kingdom banning the sale of beryllium to named countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the meetings Ministers and departmental officials have had with British Energy since 1 August; and if she will place in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people are employed by British Energy in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how long Project Blue related to British Energy has been under consideration in her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost has been of establishing the Business Link U; and whether all Small Business Service and Business Link staff will be required to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c) administrative...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 4 December 2001, Official Report, column 145W, on export credits, if she will list the 63 poorest developing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if British seamen on British-registered ferries employed through (a) Singapore and (b) Bermuda retain employment rights under British...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what measures are in place to ensure that British ferry companies pay their national insurance contributions for the workers on their ships.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the cost to business of employers' and public liability insurance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the appointments she has made since 8 June 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many non-devolved posts were advertised in the press in each year from June 1999; and what percentage were advertised in the Scottish press.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has received about improper transfer of energy accounts by npower; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how the Passport to Export scheme is promoted; (2) how many businesses took up the Passport to Export scheme in (a) financial year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the members of each regional development agency, stating for each member the (a) date of, (b) length of, their appointment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the timetable is to be announced for the programme of financial support for rural post offices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans the Government have to provide assistance to the Post Office Rural Network; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what new powers, responsibilities and resources the Small Business Council has been given in their recently extended remit to lessen the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much of the annual budget of Smart South West is publicly funded; how many officials are employed; and if she will make a statement as to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions she has had with Consignia on a definition for different types of sub post office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the annual budget is for Trade Partners UK for the financial year (a) 2001–02, (b) 2002–03 and (c) 2003–04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what preparations he has made to ensure the safety and continuity of service to the public in the event of a firefighters' strike; and what the cost is to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the website links associated with his Department, including sites now dormant or closed, and indicating whether they are live, dormant or...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost of Phase One of the UK Online interactive project has been; and how this relates to planned costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what statements made by UK citizens in Camp X-ray have been communicated to him; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the website links associated with his Department, including sites now dormant or closed, and indicating whether...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether representatives of his Department will attend the meeting on 7 and 8 November between Foreign Ministers of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Palestinian authorities, with specific reference to Jenin.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many posts were advertised in the press in each year since June 1999; and what percentage of them were advertised in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the situation in the Malagasy Republic.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the numbers of hits on the section of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website dealing with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Vietnam regarding the persecution of Christians in that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment her Department has made of (a) the obstruction of food aid and (b) human rights abuses committed by the Zimbabwe...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much money her Department has given to the UN World Food Programme in Zimbabwe.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the banning of Oxfam and Save the Children from distributing the World Food Programme food by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what action the Government are planning to implement the recommendations in the report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on (a) her Department's support for clinical services and (b) levels of maternal mortality in Malawi.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on her Department's approach to healthcare in Malawi.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how her Department's budget for improving health care in Malawi is spent.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of sector-wide approaches in improving the health care systems of poor countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions her Department has had with the Government of Angola about the humanitarian situation.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what impact she estimates landmines within farmland have had on food production in Angola.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the progress being made towards the rebuilding of Angola's transport infrastructure.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what correspondence she has had with civil society in Angola to ensure the adherence to human rights within the country.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the levels of spending by the Government of Angola on basic social services since the end of the civil...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made towards the reintegration of Angolan refugees returning to their country of origin from neighbouring countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what evidence has been collated by the Government relating to whether the Norms for the Resettlement of Displaced Populations in Angola...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many unexploded landmines are estimated to remain in Angola.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance her Department has provided to (a) the Government of Angola and (b) NGOs for the clearance of landmines in Angola.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she had made of the success of efforts to provide agricultural assistance in Angola before September.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions her Department has had with colleagues in (a) the UNHCR and (b) other parts of the United Nations about the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her Department's strategy is for providing humanitarian relief to the people of Angola.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment her Department has made of the land mine problem in Angola.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her Department's strategy is for a demining programme in Angola.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) if she will make a statement on the money that the IMF has found missing from Angolan Government finances; (2) what assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what structures are in place to audit UK aid money provided to Angola.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what anti-corruption measures her Department supports in Angola.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her Department's strategy is for supporting agriculture in Angola.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian relief programme in Angola since April.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions her Department has had with the World Food Programme on their recommendations for the establishment of a...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding her Department has given to aid the humanitarian situation in Angola in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what UN agencies which her Department supports are working in Angola; and what financial commitment her Department has made to these...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which anti-corruption commissions are in receipt of financial assistance from the Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made on the Government of Belize's application for relief under the Commonwealth Debt Initiative.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to tackle low public sector wages in developing countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the estimated impact of the level of public sector wages on the potential for corruption in developing...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which developing countries are in receipt of support from her Department in the development of parliamentary commissioners for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support her Department provides to developing countries for the strengthening of criminal justice systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to make the (a) reporting and (b) recording of corrupt practice in development programmes easier.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the role of local media in combating corruption in developing countries; and what steps she is taking...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what action is being taken to improve the local banking systems in developing countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what precautionary steps are taken to reduce the potential for petty corruption in development projects funded by her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what evidence has been collected over the last 12 months on instances of petty corruption in development projects funded by her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what systems are used to audit the effectiveness of sector-wide approaches to donor funding; and if she will publish reports she has...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her assessment is of the effect the conflict in the Ivory Coast is having on UN famine relief efforts in Africa.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much aid will be provided to the Government of the Ivory Coast in this financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what preparations she has made to ensure the safety and continuity of service to the public in the event of a firefighters' strike; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the estimated amount of food aid required by the World Food Programme is; and how much has been distributed to (a) Zambia, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans she and her Department have to meet representatives of the Libyan Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many Departmental staff have been seconded to multilateral aid organisations for the purpose of improving aid effectiveness in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of overseas aid is spent on (a) basic health care and (b) education.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what efforts are being made to improve the quality of data collection in the measurement of aid effectiveness.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the projects in which her Department has undertaken joint evaluations of aid effectiveness with other major donors...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what consideration is given to anti-corruption strategies in the formulation of poverty reduction strategy papers.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the peace process in Sudan and the assistance provided by the British Government to that process.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment her Department has made of levels of political violence against ethnic minorities in Sudan; and what steps her...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on humanitarian aid flights to Sudan.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will publish the text of the final list of requests for market access tabled by the European Commission under the general...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost will be of ensuring that no student is financially disadvantaged by the A-level regrading.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight on 15 October 2002, Official Report, column 218, (a) whether there is an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the website links associated with his Department, including sites now dormant or closed, and indicating whether they are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent progress has been made by further and higher education providers to ensure that course materials are accessible to disabled...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to propose amendments to legislation regarding levies to the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether students with (a) the University for Industry and (b) the National Health Service University will be treated as participating in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to widen participation in higher education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funding available to those over 19 completing a modern apprenticeship in (a) England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action he has taken to implement the recommendations relevant to his Department in the Social Exclusion Unit report Reducing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when the Government will publish its review of student funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for what reason eligibility for student loans is restricted to those under the age of 55.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for what reason people aged 50 to 54 wishing to access loans have to state their intention to seek employment in writing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to raise the repayment threshold for student loans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans the Government have to raise the repayment threshold of student loans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to increase the earnings threshold at which student loans become repayable; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on student support for 2003–04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to introduce targeted maintenance support for less wealthy students.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans the Government have to allow universities to charge students top-up fees;

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what underspend his Department has identified in the current year's capital programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what meetings (a) he and (b) his ministers have had with UK universities between 1 September 2001 and 17 October 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many successful prosecutions have been brought under the Protection Against Cruel Tethering Act 1988.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to promote the planting of biofuel crops on set aside land; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which body is responsible for the regulation of genetic biotechnology on farm animals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to increase the access to waterways for canoeists; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his answer of 19 September 2002, Official Report, column 283W, on climate change, what costs are associated with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will answer the letters of 15 March and 21 August from the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border, on Mr. D...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what notification she has received from (a) Nirex, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) the Health and Safety Executive/Nuclear...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the level of her Department's funding for Horticulture Research International was in each of the last five years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to stop the illegal trade in ivory.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what mechanisms she is using to monitor the conservation duty on internal drainage boards in the Land Drainage Act 1994; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the local authorities that operate a door-step recycling scheme; and what plans she has to encourage more...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if the Quinquennial Review of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has been completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 21 October, reference 75837, on the Rural White Paper, if she will list the funding schemes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the outcome of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development with particular...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list (a) the location of meetings he has organised during the consultation on The Future Development of Air Transport in the UK and (b) his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the change in the number of injuries and fatalities in bus and coach transport between 1997 and 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the nature and investigation of each complaint that has been made against a railway business under the terms of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce concessionary travel fares for people in rural areas attending training courses; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list external (a) public relations/communications companies, (b) advertising and marketing companies, (c) management consultancies, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to extend the number of cycleways, especially in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c) administrative executive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the Government's (a) policy and (b) advice on the use of hand-held mobiles while driving.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to announce plans to extend the East London Underground Line to stations in south London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list (a) the number of people employed, (b) the role and terms of reference and (c) the annual budget of (i) the Northern Lighthouse Board...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will publish his response to the consultation process on the London to Ipswich Multi-Modal Study.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received about upgrading the A12 between London and Ipswich.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for planting foliage in central reservations of 10 metres or more on motorways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research has been commissioned on the effect of foliage in central reservations of motorways on driver psychology.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has commissioned research into the effect of planting foliage on the central reservations of motorways in other countries on (a) safety, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many non-devolved posts were advertised in the press in each year from June 1999; and what percentage of them were advertised in the Scottish press.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review the Government's assessment of the viability of regional Eurostar rail services following the responses received to his consultation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action he proposes to take to improve road safety in buses and coaches before 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will list the new road schemes under consideration by his Department; (2) if he will list the new road schemes which the Highways Agency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reason the Isle of Wight was excluded from the terms of reference of the south coast corridor multi-modal study.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to issue guidance on the forms of traffic calming.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) national and (b) regional transport and traffic studies have been undertaken since 1997 which include the Isle of Wight.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what recent assessment he has made of the performance of (a) Trinity House Lighthouse Service and (b) the Strategic Rail Authority, including...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with those organisations that certify the standards of bed and breakfast accommodation with the aim of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions she has had with the Football League and National Conference League on the subject of transfers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what use is made of the former Gatekeeper's Room in Marble Arch.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the cost associated with her proposal to transfer licensing responsibilities from magistrates to local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what targets for numbers of schemes and finance to be allocated have been agreed between the New Opportunity Fund and Sport England for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what changes have been made to the agreements made at the beginning of the programme between New Opportunity Fund and Sport England for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions her Department has had with football authorities and the Department for Education and Skills about raising awareness in...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many people have visited the 1901 Census website since its relaunch; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will list external (a) public relations/communications companies, (b) advertising and marketing companies, (c) management...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Wrexham of 8 August, in respect of Mr. and Mrs. Jones.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will instruct the chief Executive of the Court Service to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Wrexham of 8 August.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c)...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if the Lord Chancellor will estimate the saving to public funds of holding the next European elections and local elections on the...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on regional appeals tribunals.

To ask the Prime Minister what his role is in relation to authorisation of the use of the armed forces in the event of outbreaks of foot and mouth disease.

To ask the Prime Minister what recent discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart in respect of the sale of Hawk jets to India.

To ask the Prime Minister what recent discussions he has had with President Bush about the desirability of obtaining explicit UN approval for military action against Iraq.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will establish the post of a Minister for men's issues.

To ask the Prime Minister how many Government sponsored official histories are in preparation; when each was commissioned; who the authors are; what the estimated dates of completion are; and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the value of biofuels for road transport in contributing to achieving his environmental and rural development goals;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of (a) families with children and (b) lone parents who will have relevant incomes as defined under section 7 of the Tax...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) families with children and (b) one-parent families will be eligible for the maximum rate of child tax credit.

Mr. Gareth Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints the Financial Services Authority and the Bank of England have received about the Confederacion Española de Caja...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place a progress report on the Customs and Excise electronic self-service facilities for current internal based administrative processes in the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c) administrative executive...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the use of Digicerts supplied by Equifax to UK firms must comply with USA export law and regulations, with particular reference to those...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what capital has been realised by the sale of the estates of each of HM Treasury and its agencies since 1997 and what is the estimated value of what remains.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Treasury over the impact of the taxation of foot and mouth relief for small businesses, with particular reference to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the Inland Revenue in determining an individual's tax code; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the value of the tax exemption on the cost of charges and commissions included in life insurance products in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amendments are being proposed to the EU Directive on money laundering which allowed prior notification to the legal representatives of suspects; and if...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Office for National Statistics will publish its joint letter with the National Audit Office concerning the accounting treatment of Network Rail;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to hold an investigation into the erroneous figures on the value of United Kingdom pension contributions which have been published by the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the marginal rate of tax at which all contributors' pension contributions could be allowed if (a) all contributions were to be allowed...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a list of local authorities in England and Wales ranked by the difference between the Office of National Statistics mid-2000 Population...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the rates of duty in each EU member state in respect of red diesel.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the actions taken by the Financial Services Authority to address investor concerns about the fall in value of the Split...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) oral and (b) written communications took place between the Financial Services Authority in the UK and the Guernsey Financial Services Commission...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to ensure that the on-line tax self-assessment service complies with the requirements of the Welsh Language Board.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the on-line tax self-assessment material is not available in Welsh; and what proportion of this is available in Welsh in another form.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints his Department has received in each of the last five years relating to VAT inspection.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of (a) families with children and (b) lone parents who will be eligible for working tax credit and will have relevant incomes...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his policy on the acquisition and possession of air weapons.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the powers of the police to confiscate drink in the possession of young people.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 19 September 2002, Official Report, columns 74–75W, when he will introduce legislation to amend the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what evidence he has collated on the effectiveness of (a) anti-social behaviour orders and (b) acceptable behaviour contracts; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his plans to offer language and citizenship education to those settling in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of asylum claims received a decision within two months in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the countries from which the Government will not as a matter of course accept asylum applications.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many nationals of each country from which a visa is required applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers were arrested in 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have been directed to (a) Hampshire, (b) Portsmouth and (c) Southampton; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of those who sought asylum in the United Kingdom in 2001 (a) entered the country on valid travel documents and claimed asylum...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers are being supported by the national asylum support service; and of these how many have dependent children.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the asylum seekers who are supported by the national asylum support service made in-country applications for asylum.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans the Department has to open a camp for asylum seekers in Lichfield District.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charities were removed from the list of those registered by the Charity Commission in the last year for which information is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many cells there are in Chelmsford Prison; how many are (a) single occupancy cells and (b) two person occupancy cells; how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with (a) his European counterparts and (b) senior police officers regarding tackling child prostitution;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he has taken and plans to take to alert parents to the dangers of paedophiles using the internet to target children.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he intends to improve the protection of children held in prison custody.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he will take to encourage use of community police support officers in Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the backlog of hon. Members' correspondence at the IND is; what the target date is which he has set to clear the backlog at the IND;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 3 September from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Baez Azez Baez.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 18 September from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. John...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 5 September from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. Vida...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to improve the crime detection rate and increase the numbers of criminals brought to justice.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of crime prevention partnerships in reducing crime in the Portsmouth, South constituency;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress with reducing (a) crime affecting older people and (b) the fear of crime among older people.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what penalties are incurred by erroneous completion of (a) death certificates and (b) cremation forms.

To ask the Secretary of State for (1) the Home Department what steps he is taking to segregate non drug addicts from drug addicts in prisons. (2) what estimate he makes of the number of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will commit more resources to police forces in order to combat drug dealers who target the young operating in housing estates and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug treatment and testing orders have been issued in (a) Hampshire and (b) the Portsmouth, South constituency; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) racially motivated, (b) violent, (c) street and (d) drug-related crimes were reported in (i) Lancashire and (ii) the North-West...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he gives to coroners' courts on recording deaths as drugs-related.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to support dysfunctional families.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to tackle the misuse of fireworks.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police have left the Hampshire Constabulary in the last 12 months because of (a) retirement, (b) early retirement, (c) injury and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent guidelines he has issued to chief constables on the control of illegal raves in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the net cost is in a full year of substituting contract and agency staff to undertake work in removal centres that previously was...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to end and to reduce imprisonment of juveniles.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the outcome was of the Justice and Home Affairs and Civil Protection Council held in Brussels on 14 and 15 October; what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with chief constables on the effect on police forces of the proposed local government funding settlement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which Government agencies are responsible for tackling money laundering in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the recent National Crime Intelligence Service report.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) amendments and (b) new clauses he has introduced to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill (i) in the Commons between...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff were employed by the Nottinghamshire Police on (i) 31 March 1997, (ii) 31 March 1998,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to ensure that those released from Oakington Reception Centre pending appeals have a duty to report daily or weekly to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking to tackle the problem of persistent re-offending; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans there are to recruit part-time police officers and to allow full-time officers to change to part-time if they wish to (a) before...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans to improve the pay and conditions for frontline police officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to take to ensure the maintenance of present levels of police services in Surrey.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on proposed changes to the police funding formula and their impact on future police authority funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to expand the provision of community officers to all areas: and over what timescale.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to reduce the paperwork of police officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are being taken to reduce the number of collisions involving police vehicles which lead to injury and death.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review his guidance in respect of policing charges.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to reduce the prison population.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much money has been spent on racial equality services by the Commission for Racial Equality in Scotland in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what his estimate is of the number of cases of rape that went unreported in (a) Lancashire and (b) the north-west of England in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action she plans to take to help protect female students from rape.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government is taking to prevent rape and related crimes against women and to promote rehabilitation after the crime has occurred.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of notifiable offences is committed by persistent reoffenders; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when (a) child murderers and (b) sex offenders, who have been convicted abroad and who subsequently return to the Untied Kingdom, will have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special constables are members of the police forces in England and Wales as at the beginning of April; and what his estimates are of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent progress has been made in reducing street crime in Sussex.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on coordination of policies on street crime.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the levels of street crime.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on action taken following the recent Prison Service report on strip searching; what assessment he has made of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Lord Chancellor's Department about victim impact statements.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have died from violence in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what restrictions there are on the entry into the UK of workers from Eire who have been accepted by that country from EU candidate countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 15 October 2002, Official Report, column 635W, on child maintenance, for what reason the figure given was on a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c) administrative...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the basis is of his policy on payment to people who become disabled over the age of 65 years of the mobility component attached to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to allow recipients of disability living allowance to receive these benefits in another European Union country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the official British contribution to mark the forthcoming European Year of Disabled People.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to compel local authorities to give disregard for housing and council tax benefit to ex-service personnel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many occupational pensioners have protected claims to incapacity benefit because their initial date of claim preceded the inception of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 21 October 2002 to the hon. Member for Harwich, Official Report, column 14, on the Universal Bank, what alternative...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were blocked in Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust beds in each month since January 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make available to the House the findings of his Department's inquiry relating to Lord Owen's period as a Minister at the Department in relation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the statistics on the incidence rate of breast cancer for (a) Lincolnshire and (b) each county in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the death rate from breast cancer in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) each county in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on raising awareness of breast cancer since 1997; what progress has been made in cutting the number of deaths from breast cancer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received concerning the number of cancer patients awaiting radiotherapy treatment but not included on official NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received concerning the effectiveness of new systems for logging data relating to cancer treatment introduced...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the waiting list for breast cancer was for each month since September 2002; and how many breast cancer patients were tested to ascertain their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the number of people diagnosed with lung cancer since 1992; and how this compares with other (a) Commonwealth and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give a breakdown of the component parts of the national cancer waiting lists as published by the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received concerning its target to introduce 1,000 new cancer consultants to the NHS by 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations his Department has received concerning the transparency of cancer fund allocation within NHS health authorities in England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received concerning the effectiveness of the peer review teams introduced under the NHS Cancer Plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has given to primary care trusts to allow patients waiting for cardiac surgery to be treated out of their area in (a) the UK and (b) abroad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the web site links associated with his Department, including sites now dormant or closed, and indicating whether they are live, dormant or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he intends to publish the review of the Domiciliary Oxygen Service; (2) whether he intends to accept the recommendations of the Royal College...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out for each of the last five years the amount of expenditure on preventative measures to tackle the misuse of (a) alcohol, (b) tobacco,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many visits the GP Czar has made to Portsmouth South; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he intends to make a decision before the end of 2002 on whether to make recombinant available to all people with haemophilia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent further consideration he has given to making recombinant clotting factors available to all haemophilia patients in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when the 2002–03 budget was (a) finalised and (b) published for the (i) Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and (ii) Portsmouth City Primary Care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the Government's planned expenditure is on training in the meat and poultry sectors in (a) 2002–03, (b) 2003–04 and (c) 2004–05;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the annual expenditure per person under the age of 18 on mental health services in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays in obtaining NICE guidance for cancer treatments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department is doing to encourage improved health and preventative health programmes through increased physical activity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has considered the case for primary care trusts having physical activity co-ordinators within their public health teams.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has considered the case for a cross departmental strategy at national, regional and local level for joined-up action and funding to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on prescribing the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS trust; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for post-surgery radiotherapy in (a) Southampton Hospital and (b) the nearest three units which provide similar services has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations his Department has received concerning the success of the 'education and support programme for district and community nurses in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when a full review will be published on current progress in implementing the Government Prostate Cancer Programme issued in December 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received from (a) Public Health Laboratory Service Management and (b) trades unions concerning (i) the transfer of local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what experiments have been conducted using the release of radioactive xenon gas from Harwell Atomic Energy Research Laboratories.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has had with the Health Professions Council regarding the increase in the retention fee for radiographers; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people have been waiting more than (a) six, (b) 12 and (c) 18 months for radiotherapy treatment in each English health authority area; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has received the South East Health Board Review Panel's analysis of and recommendations for the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust Renal Services;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the financial position of the Salisbury Alcohol and Drugs Advisory Service; and what the waiting time is for an appointment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much he estimates it would cost clinically to test the smallpox vaccine to be supplied by Powderject.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the percentage smoking rates in each year since 1990 in (a) England and (b) each NHS region for (i) all adults, (ii) non-manual groups and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the data available on death rates from (a) suicide and (b) undetermined injury in each year since 1996.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people died in 2001 while on the waiting list for heart surgery; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) CT scans and (b) MRI scans are included in figures for (i) in-patient and (ii) out-patient waiting times; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are waiting for a neuro-physiology (a) diagnostic test and (b) consultant appointment at (i) Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in each NHS Trust have been waiting more than (a) six, (b) 12, (c) 18 and (d) 24 months for (i) CT and (ii) MRI scans; and if he will make...

Mr. Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on the plans to reform the welfare food scheme to help ensure children from poorer families have a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the value of the contracts for the two studies awarded to Logica and BAE Systems for the C41STAR is; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many condoms have been purchased by his Department for non-medical purposes in each of the last five years; and what his Department's planned...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c) administrative executive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 1 February 2002, Official Report, column 596W, what the total area in square feet of all empty properties owned by (a) his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full-time, (ii) part-time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects delivery of the first tranche of 55 Eurofighters to be complete.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what use he and his Department has made of focus group research since June 2001; if he will identify for each research project the topics covered, the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of the heavy-lift recovery of HMS Nottingham from Australia to the UK will be; where HMS Nottingham will be repaired in the UK; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to repair HMS Nottingham on her return to the UK; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the schemes and initiatives sponsored by his Department and its agencies which are not the subject of national roll out, showing (a) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his best estimate of the annual production capacity of chemical weapon agents at the al-Muthanna establishment in Iraq in 1991.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many posts were advertised in the press in each year since June 1999; and what percentage of them were advertised in the Scottish press.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) regular service personnel and (b) reservists there are in the medical establishment in the British armed forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what have been the salary costs of Ministry of Defence civilian personnel in each of the past four years; and what are the projected costs over the next...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the outcome of Operation Antler into the activities of scientists at Porton Down.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what lessons he has learned from Operation Saif Sareea for the likely requirement for (a) additional medical personnel and (b) medical reservists to meet...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received on the pay settlement awarded to the non-industrial sector at his Department; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to conduct a pay audit on the non-industrial staff of his Department; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the in-service date is for the Photo Reconnaissance Imagery Strike Module Improved Date Modem; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the contract for the photo reconnaissance imagery strike module data modem by QinetiQ is worth and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to report to Parliament on the final contractual terms and other arrangements for Carlyle Investments to become the strategic partner for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on recent findings of investigations into the effectiveness of the SA80.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many serving armed forces personnel under 25 years of age have (a) attempted and (b) committed suicide in each of the last five years for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what share of the contract to modify the next generation of Tactical Tomahawk missiles will be paid by the UK; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to allow members of the Territorial Army to become eligible for senior positions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 16 October, Ref 36810, if he will give the (a) dates of the occasions, (b) countries visited and (c) parliamentary private...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes he plans to make to war pensions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to allow war widows and widowers to keep their pensions on remarriage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to review the recent settlement paid out to ex-service pensioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the website links associated with his Department, including sites now dormant or closed, and indicating whether they are live, dormant or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he plans to publish the Defence White Paper.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many files in the Public Record Office remain closed beyond the 30-year rule; and whether they will place in the Library of the House a list of closed files...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether written applications for absent votes, which are held on file by electoral registration authorities, are open to inspection by members of the public.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Who the Police Service of Northern Ireland considers carried out the recent shooting of a bus driver in Londonderry; and, if any paramilitary groups were involved,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, in acting as recorded in the minute 3.2.3 of 8 April, is in breach of Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the reason for the present closure of the NIR line from Coleraine to Londonderry; when the line will be open again; what steps are being taken to ensure...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In view of the investment in excess of £100 million aided by the European Union on the railway line between Belfast and Dublin, why punctuality on the service...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When work will start on the relaying of the railway line from Bleach Green to Whitehead; and how long it will take.

asked Her Majesty's Government; What is the current position on the proposal for a rapid transit system from North Down to Belfast

asked the Chairman of Committees: Further to his Written Answer of 23 October (WA106), what are the correct figures for the number of hours sat by (a) the House of Lords; and (b) the Houses of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Who drew up the specification for the contract with Capita to process applications for criminal records checks.

asked Her Majesty's Government: In respect of debt relief under the heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) initiative, what are the minimum and maximum times taken to move from the decision point...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the measures required under the current legislation to counteract money laundering which they have...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Who authorised the decision to omit the playing of the National Anthem during the BBC Northern Ireland broadcast of the "Last Night of the Proms".

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the European Union has given grants to the Government of Morocco to vaccinate sheep against foot and mouth.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures they are taking to encourage the use of degradable plastic products, particularly in packaging materials.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they are taking to conserve and enhance biodiversity in England.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether reports in the German press and in the Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom, that a senior Sudanese diplomat violated United Kingdom and international...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect proposals for constitutional change to be presented to them by Bermuda; and when they expect a decision to be made.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they intend to take to ensure that the agreement to cease hostilities between the Sudanese Government and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army makes...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What work is being undertaken by the United Kingdom Special Representative for Sudan, Mr Alan Goulty, in view of the current situation in Sudan.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there is any evidence of the continued presence of Al'Qaeda and Egypt's Al-Islamiya in Sudan.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their latest estimate of the role played by the Ugandan People's Defence Force in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo; and what representations...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will make an announcement on the travel advice for Indonesia.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What goods on the Military List have recently been approved for export to Iraq.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What recent changes there have been to United Nations sanctions against (a) Somalia and (b) Angola (UNITA).

asked Her Majesty's Government: What recent changes there have been to European Union sanctions against Zimbabwe.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the total number of personnel and vehicles on the war establishment of the 1 (UK) Armoured Division.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What practical arrangements have been made to deal with the disposal of foetal remains where abortion is caused by the use of the abortion drug mifepristone and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What research has been carried out on microwaving food in plastic containers to ascertain whether there is any leakage from the plastic of dioxins, carcinogens or...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether a report on the operation of the European Community Nutrition Labelling Directive (90/496/EEC) has yet been submitted to the European Parliament, as...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish their proposals for the creation of foundation hospitals in the National Health Service, including the way in which borrowing by...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How information about an individual healthcare professional's fitness to practise will be exchanged between states of the European Union; and how such information...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What mechanisms will be in place to audit medical training and competence at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across the European Union.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made on the plans to reform the Welfare Food Scheme to help ensure children from poorer families have a healthier start in life.