Thursday, 1 July 2004
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what public funds are available to pay land and river owners to improve access for recreational canoeing; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement about the Government's policy on the stamping of ungraded eggs (a) at the farm gate and (b) at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2004, to questions 179195, 179196 and 179197, on what date (a) she and (b) her officials...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list GM products which may be imported into the UK; and in which countries each is grown prior to export.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which of the GM crops with part C product approval contain antibiotic markers; and what those markers are.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on the UK's arrangements for payment of each element of the aid budget channelled through the European Union.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total amount paid by his Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003–04.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on poverty in East Timor; and what assistance the UK is providing.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will undertake an in-depth review of the development needs of Haiti; and if he will open a bilateral programme in the country at...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether a performance indicator which compares the effectiveness with which the Department operates in different partner countries has...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether non-Sudanese trucks are being used for the distribution of humanitarian aid in Darfur.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent information he has received about the length of time taken to receive customs clearance for the distribution of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the World Food Programme about the extent of the use of the rail line to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what multi lateral aid is available to deal with the crisis in Sudan; and what strategy he is pursuing to try to persuade the...
To ask the Solicitor-General on how many occasions the Law Officers have used the power to refer a sentence to the Court of Appeal on the basis that it is unduly lenient.
To ask the Solicitor-General what recent representations she has received from small business organisations regarding the Government's initiatives to tackle fraudulent schemes targeting the small...
To ask the Solicitor-General what contact representatives of the Crown Prosecution Service have had with their Portuguese counterparts for the purpose of ensuring the validity of convictions and...
To ask the Solicitor-General how many investigation legal advisers there (a) were immediately prior to July 2003 and (b) have been since July 2003.
To ask the Solicitor-General what plans there are to transfer responsibility for investigation legal advisers to HM Treasury.
To ask the Solicitor-General what plans the Law Officers have to increase the number of investigation legal advisers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many prosecutions there were of drivers of Irish-registered vehicles that did not have current Irish road tax in (a) 2002–03 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants and what percentage of the total Civil Service workforce in his Department will be relocated over the next five years (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the Departmental budget was allocated to cycling in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how long it has taken on average for the DVLA to (a) update its register following notification of a change of address and (b) issue a new document...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will list the travel costs incurred by (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) each Minister within his Department, for each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many journeys were made by helicopter by each Minister in his Department and its predecessors in each of the last 10 years; and what the journey...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the reasons were for the increase in the MOT test pad fee; (2) when the increase in MOT test pad fees became effective; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the location and number of all exits from motorways in England and Wales that are controlled (a) full and (b) part-time by traffic lights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what meetings his Department has held with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister concerning the powers of elected regional assemblies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of road accidents in 2003 occurred (a) at road junctions, (b) on roads where lanes had been closed off, (c) on motorways, (d) on dual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to retain the flexibility of Ryde Tunnel to take standard railway gauge and light railway tramcar stock.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the costs of the Vehicle Operator Services Agency's IT provision was at the end of the previous contract with EDS as a percentage of turnover; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on provision of non-vocational adult education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the financial provision for schools in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the Protocol system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on his policy on bullying in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the Playing for Success programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on reading attainment in primary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent discussions he has had with organisations representing school governors on improving children's diets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average infant class size was in the (a) Jarrow constituency and (b) north-east in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to help improve the teaching of mathematics following the publication of the Adrian Smith Report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if he will list the travel costs incurred (a) by his Department and its predecessors and (b) by each Minister within his Department,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the (a) book value of the stakeholding, (b) onward sale price and (c) arrangements for sharing any windfall gain from subsequent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action he is taking to retain school playing fields.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many specialist comprehensive schools there are, broken down by type.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many men (a) have been diagnosed with and (b) have died from breast cancer in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Wales are benefiting from (a) the child tax credit and (b) the child benefit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) children and (b) adults have been diagnosed as suffering from a brain tumour in each of the last 10 years, broken down by region.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the reason was for the recent reduction in opening hours of the Heathrow Customs Office for passengers arriving to clear unaccompanied baggage.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration was given to the costs to Heathrow passengers needing to use cargo agents to clear unaccompanied baggage due to the reduction in opening...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether military equipment sent from the United Kingdom to be used by British forces serving overseas is included in statistics relating to the value of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of total public sector pension liabilities, broken down by major employers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will publish in full the responses to the Treasury's December 2003 consultation paper on the taxation of pensions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many United Kingdom recipients of retirement annuities are eligible for refunds of any part of the basic rate tax deducted at source from such payments.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the projected demand for rural housing is in the East Riding of Yorkshire for the next 10 years; and how he intends to meet that demand.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects a third commencement order to bring into force the various remaining leasehold provisions in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 to be made.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many fire service personnel were (a) injured and (b) fatally injured during the course of their duties as a result of exploding fuel tanks in each of the last...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what conclusions relevant to the procurement of a digital radio system for the Fire Service he has drawn from the performance of the Airwave police radio network.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list by local authority area (a) the amount of local authority social housing grant paid in the year 2002–03, (b) the amount of housing capital...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the assessment of the backlog of housing need used in Chapter 5 of the Barker Review of Housing Supply in the UK.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much neighbourhood renewal money has been spent in Leyton in each financial year since the inception of the allocation; how much has been allocated to the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidance he gives to planning authorities regarding the design and construction of new buildings and the capacity to withstand earthquakes.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he will be taking to ensure that the content of leaflets distributed to households in regions due to hold a referendum on an elected regional assembly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made towards the 5 per cent. reduction in real terms in his Department's administration budget by 2008 announced by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the total amount paid by his Department to employment agencies for the supply of temporary staff was in financial year 2003–04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the travel costs incurred by (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) each Minister within his Department, for each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many journeys were made by helicopter by each Minister in his Department and its predecessors in each of the last 10 years; and what the journey...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many employees in his Department have (a) signed a formal opt out from and (b) are exempt from the Working Time Directive; and how many employees in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what progress has been made in merging the Royal Parks Constabulary and the Metropolitan Police; and if she will make a statement;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what guidance is issued by her Department to amateur sports clubs on the facility to register with the Inland Revenue as a Community...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) procedure and (b) criteria applied for the appointment of British Museum trustees are; and what role she has in assessing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what provision is made for public access to decisions made by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment design reviews;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps are being taken to enhance the playing of cricket at state schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans there are to make the Government's Art Collection viewable online.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made by Ofcom towards finalising its code on television access services.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research will begin its operations.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for statutory review of a refusal to grant asylum have been submitted; how many such applications have been granted;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the National Audit Office's findings on the relative value of spending on immigration case work and on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans there are for an awareness campaign to educate young people of the risk of pulmonary infections and respiratory cancer associated...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his interim reply of 10 June 2004, ref. 177874, when a response will be sent to the letter of 4 May 2004 from the hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the findings were of the psychologist's report to the Criminal Cases Review Commission on the subject of historical sex abuse; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions the Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred a case to the Court of Appeal owing to an error in a police method or...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2004, Official Report, column 317W, on DNA evidence, if he will undertake a study into the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking to reduce waiting times for drug rehabilitation treatment in South Somerset.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures have been taken by the Government to encourage the use of ecologically-friendly burials, with particular reference to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal firearms were (a) found and (b) confiscated by Lancashire police in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were found by police to be carrying knives in public areas in Lancashire in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budget for the National Offender Management Service for (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06 is; and what proportion will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who the employing body is for prison staff under the National Offender Management Service arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who will be responsible for commissioning new prison establishments under the National Offender Management Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what safeguards will be in place to ensure that information in the proposed police national intelligence database is confidential and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who is authorised (a) to input and (b) to amend information on the Police National Computer; what procedures and arrangements are in place...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many doctors work at Wymott and Garth prisons (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) contracted to the Prison Service and (ii) work as...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government measures to tackle racism; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the number of sexual abuse cases against teachers that reach court with flawed evidence on the part of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the implications of allowing teachers accused of sex abuse anonymity until conviction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many UK companies have gone bankrupt in each quarter of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions she has had with the Home Office on increasing co-operation between the police and trading standards departments to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she is taking to consult on the recent report on doorstep selling by the Office of Fair Trading.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many registered applications are outstanding in employment tribunals; how many of these are part-time worker pension cases; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many applications have been registered in employment tribunals relating to flexible working regulations in each region; how many costs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many cases concerned with (a) equal pay, (b) sex discrimination, (c) race discrimination, (d) disability discrimination and (e) unfair...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what measures her Department has put in place to (a) provide advice and (b) share best practice with employers with respect to increasing the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what measures her Department has taken to raise the profile of women in science, engineering and technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she is taking to encourage employers to provide support for women in the science, engineering and technology sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the work of the Promoting Science, Engineering and Technology for Women Unit in encouraging implementation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many miners found to have a co-morbid condition other than chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were (a) informed to seek further medical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many active pirate broadcasting stations the Radiocommunications Agency has identified as operating in the UK in each year since 1997; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has received from (a) employers' organisations, (b) pensioners' organisations and (c) unions on the retirement age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much money has been saved by Royal Mail Group plc as a result of the decision to abolish the second daily postal delivery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 7 June 2004, Official Report, column 105W, on Maternity/Paternity Leave, what information she has (a) requested and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what average amount trade unions have spent through their political funds in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many UK trade unions have political funds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many accident and emergency matrons (a) are eligible to claim £10,000 from the Accident and Emergency Patient Experience Fund, (b) have claimed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many accident and emergency attendances he estimates there are per month by people of no fixed abode.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to implement the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians report, "Allergy: the Unmet Need"; (2) how many people have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much public money his Department spent on allergy care in the NHS in the last year for which figures are available; (2) what plans his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what basis he recommended an optimal dose for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and related anti-depressant drugs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the results of clinical trials of paroxetine (Seroxat) which showed that patients treated with placebos experienced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will request the Medicines and Health Care Regulatory Agency to undertake a full, detailed, and publicly available review of the evidence on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the funding of anti-TNF alpha therapy in the Portsmouth Hospitals Trust area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans his Department has to increase the number of hospitals with facilities to treat brain tumour patients, with particular reference to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to reduce treatment waiting times for (a) children suffering from brain tumours and (b) all brain tumour patients; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to provide a central information resource on brain tumours, for use by patients and carers; (2) what steps his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what campaigns his Department has undertaken to raise the awareness of male breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on annual mammogram screenings for women of 40 to 49 years of age who are assessed as having an increased risk of breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the occupancy rates were for care homes, broken down by region, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many carer's assessments have been conducted under the Carer and Disabled Children Act 2000 in each year since the Act came into force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding was received by each children's hospice from the public sector (a) as a proportion of its total funding and (b) in cash terms in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent representation he has received from diabetes sufferers regarding choice in the provision of insulin; and if he will make a statement;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the Chief Executive of the East Lancashire Hospitals National Health Service Trust to return to normal duties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS expenditure was spent on employment costs in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what sanctions will be imposed on those primary care trusts that fail to deliver properly structured falls and osteoporosis services; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what annual financial resources were calculated according to his formula for and paid to the Fenland Primary Care Trust (a) in the years before...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been to the NHS waiting list in Derby, North in the last seven years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many homeless families in temporary accommodation with one or more children aged 0 to 5 were visited by a health visitor within one week of moving in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in reducing inequalities in infant mortality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were recorded as having mental health problems in (a) Chorley and (b) Lancashire in the last year for which figures are available; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients have been prescribed methadone in each of the last five years for which records are available; what quantity of methadone has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the value of using methadone as a treatment for heroin addiction; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether every hospital has appointed a director of infection control.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the likely effects on numbers of (a) managerial and (b) clerical and administrative staff resulting from the full...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money his Department has given to charities who offer support and provide information regarding obesity (a) under section 64 grants and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent per head of population on health services in each primary care trust in the eastern area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the cost to date is of the pilots and roll out of (a) the chlamydia screening programme and (b) the bowel cancer screening programme; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much it cost the national health service to treat patients suffering from smoking-related illnesses in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to replace the four-week follow-up for smoking cessation services with the longer term review of success rates recommended...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned from drug companies into the (a) safety and (b) suitability of synthetic insulin; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he (a) commissioned, (b) received and (c) plans to publish (i) the Tuberculosis Action Plan and (ii) the Hepatitis C Action Plan; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the estimated cost of a full-length active prosthetic arm is within the NHS; (2) if he will make a statement on NHS procedures for fitting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the cost to his Department of advertising in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the budget available to each cadet force in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British passport-holders have been excluded from the compensation scheme for civilian internees of the Japanese; and for what reasons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence why the eligibility for compensation for civilian detainees of the Japanese was changed between the Prime Minister's account of the scheme and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) who carried out the research on the basis of which people were excluded from the compensation scheme for civilian internees of the Japanese; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel are from the Commonwealth in the (a) Royal Air Force, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force personnel worked on Diego Garcia in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what action coalition authorities are taking to compensate victims of mistreatment at the hands of UK or US forces; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Geneva conventions will apply in full to all foreign forces in Iraq after 30 June; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the arrangements are regarding charges for post and parcels sent by relatives in Northern Ireland to serving soldiers on active duty in Iraq; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2004, Official Report, column 1446W on Iraq, what the origin was of the foreign technology and technical assistance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the future form of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of The Royal Anglian Regiment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes he plans to make to the command structure of British forces serving in Iraq after the handover of power on 30 June 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) maximum time taken by his Department to assess claimants for attendance allowance in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) individuals, (b) men and (c) women have claimed (i) housing benefit, (ii) disability living allowance, (iii) income support and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are in receipt of housing benefit in Scotland, broken down by local authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many carers are estimated to be eligible for the carer's allowance; and how many carers are claiming carer's allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many parents have faced criminal sanctions under the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 because they have (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Child Support Agency cases which have been moved from the old to the new system have been followed up with a new complaint.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints have been attributed to the (a) old and (b) new Child Support Agency systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to increase the number of books, magazines and newspapers available in large print, audio, Braille and electronic formats...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of families containing one or more children have incomes below 60 per cent. of median contemporary incomes (a) before and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the profile is of claimants who (a) have had their incapacity benefit withdrawn and (b) have had a 20 per cent. reduction imposed upon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are employed (a) in the UK and (b) in each region in Jobcentre and Jobcentre Plus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many women in the Tamworth constituency have benefited from (a) the New Deal for Lone Parents and (b) the New Deal for Partners since 1997.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what training programmes have taken place for staff in his Department in (a) substance misuse and (b) drugs treatment in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those areas of Government activity which will remain wholly and exclusively the responsibility of the British...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) where the wording for the new EU constitution will be made available; (2) where the wording for the European Constitution...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the URL is for the site where the European Constitution Treaty may be accessed; and where printed copies of the treaty will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role (a) UK courts and (b) European courts will play in the UK in interpretation of the wording of the European...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out the contents of the articles of the EU Constitution on (a) energy and (b) public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what access the International Committee of the Red Cross has to prisoners detained in Afghanistan; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many prisons and detention camps in Afghanistan are under United Kingdom authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects Croatia to join the European Union; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met the Foreign Minister of Croatia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the expenditure by his Department on refurbishment of property in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs under which legal jurisdiction (a) civilian contractors and (b) his staff working in Iraq will fall from 1 July.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has held with the Polisario Front about proposals to seek prisoner release.
asked Her Majesty's Government: In what ways they are supporting the proposal to create a parliamentary assembly for south-east Europe.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in view of the finding by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Execution that summary executions have been carried out in Darfur, they...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in view of alleged attacks by Sudanese Janjaweed militia on Chadian territory, they consider the situation in Darfur to be a threat to peace within the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will make any further efforts, either bilaterally or through the European Union, to persuade the government of Ethiopia to accept the decision of the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Who decides whether a prisoner taken by either the United States, the United Kingdom or other member of the coalition occupying force in Iraq is classified as a...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the date of their last discussions with the government of the Russian Federation concerning human rights in that country.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether in the last 12 months they have discussed judicial issues with the government of the Russian Federation.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What undertakings were given to Kurdish representatives in the administrative area, Coalition Provisional Authority North, in Iraq by the head of that authority...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What decisions on export subsidies the leaders of the G8 countries have called for to be taken by July, and by whom; whether any of these fall to the United States...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What issues will be discussed at the European Union and United States summit on 25 and 26 June; and whether these include the ending of agricultural export subsidies.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the forthcoming agendas of COREPER (European Union Committee of Permanent Representatives) and the Agriculture and Fisheries Council include the ending of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will propose a scheme to the General Assembly of the United Nations that would allow people living in low-lying islands and coastal areas to claim...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 13 November (WA 216) and in light of recent correspondence with Home Office Ministers, how many...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What instructions and guidance have been given to members of the Armed Forces and other United Kingdom personnel and contractors in Iraq as to the obligations...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the statement by the Lord Bach on 12 May (HL Deb, col. 378), when and in what circumstances Ministers were first informed of the practice of hooding;...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the statement by the Minister of State for the Armed Forces on 13 May (HC Deb, cols. 513–515), whether they will seek the permission of the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What further representations the Ministry of Defence has received about the case of war pensioner Alexander Izett, on which Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Howell of the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What level of co-ordination there will be between the European Union planning cell and NATO in the forthcoming European Union peacekeeping deployment to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many electors on average there will be per parliamentary constituency in: (a) England (b) Wales (c) Scotland; and (d) Northern Ireland after the number of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 14 June (WA 55), on what evidence the Food Standards Agency's Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Food Standards Agency will consider evidence of the testing and sampling of illegal meat imports for infectious diseases before deciding on further...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What feedback has been received on the value of the Food Standards Agency's training course for local authority enforcement officers on illegal imports; and what...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Who administers the Financial Services Compensation Scheme; and whether they have made a payment to a resident of Northern Ireland.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What extra requirements paid and volunteer instructors in outdoor and adventurous activities will have to undertake as a result of the proposals for Work at Height...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their estimate of the volume of disposable nappies entering the waste stream in the United Kingdom per year; and what resources they have allocated to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether rail franchises are subject to European Union public procurement rules.
asked Her Majesty's Government: For how long the lift in Heathrow Terminal One has been out of action; and whether they will estimate when it will be back in full working order.
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