To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on trunk road improvements in Sussex since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to ensure that bus users are properly consulted about changes to the provision of bus services in their area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what financial support he has made available for improved bus services in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England in the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had in respect of the tonnage tax.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he next expects to re-issue guidance on the use of road humps.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on public service obligations for regional air services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the evaluation study on the economic and environmental impact of dualling the A64 in North Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reason and upon whose authority the entrance doors to Berwick upon Tweed railway station were closed to the public on Sunday 27 February at a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what restrictions there are on the volume of freight traffic using the channel tunnel; what the reasons are for each restriction; and what restrictions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will list the dangerous or harmful cargoes known to have been lost overboard in UK waters since 1 January 1990 which are not thought to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many incidents there have been since 1 May 1997 of (a) anthrax and (b) other goods of military origin being washed up on UK shores, broken down by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what representations he has received from the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce concerning First Great Western Link's new timetable for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will meet First Great Western Link, the Strategic Rail Authority and interested hon. Members to discuss timetabling of services in the Thames...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what formula will be used to calculate the financial allocations in the Local Transport Plans 2006–11; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons the M1 Motorway near junction 18 was closed on 21 February; upon whose authority; whether a heavy goods vehicle was involved; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the M42 to be free of (a) roadworks and (b) lane closures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how much has been spent in total so far on preparatory work for the Manchester Metrolink extension; (2) how much has been spent on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the projected cost of the Manchester Metrolink extension scheme was (a) when it was first announced and (b) currently.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in what percentage of accidents occurring on motorways resulting in a motorway closure a heavy goods vehicle was involved in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) vehicles and (b) passengers passed through the port of Newhaven in the most recent period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transportwhat the average cost is of building one mile of new (a) motorway, (b) dual carriageway and (c) conventional two lane road.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of percentage change for road traffic volumes by (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with the Highways Agency concerning safety cameras on the (a) A205 and (b) A316 in Richmond Park constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much revenue has been raised in fines imposed as a result of speed cameras in Greater London in each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department is assessing the merits of introducing variable speed limits on roads other than motorways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many traffic accidents in which charges were brought in (a) Essex and (b) Southend-on-Sea in each year since 1997 resulted in (i) conviction and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much each trust port classified as a public corporation borrowed for 2003–04; and what the estimated level of borrowing by each such port is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency maintains records of the number of vehicle registrations by (a) street, (b) polling district, (c)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list his public engagements since 1 February in relation to the co-ordination of Government policy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the co-ordination of Government policy in relation to lone parents.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent communications he has had from the National Audit Office in respect of requests for information about the overall cost of his post.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with the National Assembly for Wales Secretary for Health on the treatment in English hospitals of patients resident in...

To ask the Solicitor-General if the Attorney-General will re-assess his role in the operation and application of the criminal justice system as it relates to the military.

To ask the Solicitor-General, if she will make a statement on the (a) operation and (b) outcome of the pilot scheme attaching Crown Prosecution Service officers to police officers; in which...

To ask the Solicitor-General what guidance she has provided to the Crown Prosecution Service on legislative provisions introduced since 1997 which availed a reversal of the burden of proof in...

To ask the Solicitor-General what the reasons were for the choice of Professor Greenwood of the London School of Economics to be invited to contribute to the drafting of the legal advice prepared...

To ask the Solicitor-General how many prosecutions there have been in (a) England and Wales, (b) Essex and (c) Southend for the offence of driving while using a hand-held mobile phone since the...

To ask the Solicitor-General what discussions the SFO has had with the Home Office with regard to whether the new Serious Organised Crime Agency SOCA will play a role in investigating overseas...

To ask the Solicitor-General whether the SFO has decided to open a domestic investigation into the allegations of overseas bribery on the Nigerian LNG project at Bonny Island.

To ask the Solicitor-General if she will list the police forces from which the SFO is getting assistance with overseas bribery investigations.

To ask the Solicitor-General how many full investigations into allegations of overseas bribery the SFO are undertaking.

To ask the Solicitor-General how many vetting investigations into allegations of overseas bribery the Serious Fraud Office is currently overtaking.

To ask the Solicitor-General what recent assessment she has made of whether the Serious Fraud Office has sufficient resources to investigate allegations of overseas bribery.

To ask the Solicitor-General how many investigations into overseas bribery the Serious Fraud Office estimates that it is able to undertake in any one financial year.

To ask the Solicitor-General how the No Witness No Justice programme interacts with the work of sexual assault referral centres.

To ask the Solicitor-General how many Special Advocates have resigned; and how many are in office.

To ask the Solicitor-General when she received the letter of resignation of Ian Macdonald QC as a Special Advocate; and when she replied to the letter.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the change to council tax receipts in 2005–06 arising from the business rates revaluation in England.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Croydon Central, the effects of the Department's policies and actions on...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequerwhat the percentage change in earnings was in each region of the UK for 2003–04, in descending order.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate the Government has made of the change in levels of immigration by travellers from the Republic of Ireland into the UK over the last five...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the (a) number and (b) percentage of pensioner households paying income tax in the UK (i) in total and (ii) broken down by region and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what data he has from field trials concerning his intention to introduce a reduced rate of VAT for micro-combined heat and power units; what representations...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to extend the derogation for recreational boat users to buy red diesel under the European Energy Products Directive.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) which (a) non-departmental public bodies and (b) executive agencies within the remit of his Department have regional offices based on the Government...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many teenage pregnancies there were in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in each year since 2002.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many unemployed people there were in each parliamentary constituency in Wales in (a) December 1984, (b) December 1994 and (c) December 2004, listed in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many VAT registrations there were in each local authority in Tyne and Wear in (a) 1999, (b) 2001 and (c) each year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he intends to extend to Northern Ireland the recent National Institute for Clinical Excellence recommendations in relation to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will set out the number of (a) planning applications which have come before Ards borough council (b) which have come before Ards borough...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many site meetings have been requested by each member of Ards borough council, in relation to planning applications which have come before...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) arrests and (b) cautions there have been in each police district command unit area in Northern Ireland for the (i) possession and...

To ask the Secretary of State forNorthern Ireland (1) what definition of political activity is given in guidance to Northern Ireland civil servants; (2) what (a) guidelines and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what decontamination work is being carried out by public bodies in Carrickfergus on (a) privately-owned land and (b) publicly-owned land.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the budget for each cross-border body is for 2005; and what the percentage change is from the previous year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many departmental (a) canteens and (b) bars there are; and how much has been spent on the (i) running, (ii) staffing and (iii) supply costs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many consultant orthopaedic surgeons there were per head of population in the Province on the latest date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many general practitioner registrars per head of population completed training in the Province in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to increase (a) the number of orthopaedic surgeons in the Province and (b) the number of operating sessions they devote to the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many planning applications were received by DOE Planning Service in Downpatrick for domestic properties on (a) Ballygelagh Road, Ardkeen,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many planning applications have been received by DOE Planning Service for domestic properties in the Ards Peninsula, (a) in the five years...

To ask the Secretary of State for NorthernIreland how many non-molestation orders have been issued in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many non-residential orders have been issued in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much each health trust in the Province spent on energy costs during the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the independent inquiry into hyponatraemia-related deaths will be able to compel witnesses to co-operate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the value of illegal cigarettes traded in the Province in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his most recent estimate is of (a) the size of the trade in illegal drugs in the Province and (b) the amount of money received from that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the value of illegal red diesel being smuggled into the Province in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of how many filling stations in the Province are selling illegal fuel.

To ask the Secretary of Statefor Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with the Chief Constable of Police in Northern Ireland on the possible involvement of the Provisional IRA in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects the Northern Area Plan to be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the outcome was of the inquiry undertaken by the Police Ombudsman in relation to the alleged breaches of determinations of the parades...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how proposed Government pension scheme changes will impact on pension scheme members in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will extend the personnel exchange and secondment arrangements announced on 21 February between the Police Service of Northern Ireland and...

To ask the Secretary of State forNorthern Ireland what his most recent assessment isof the scale of illegal distillation of spirits by the Provisional IRA in the Province.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with the Justice Minister of the Irish Republic following his statement in February that Gerry Adams MPMLA and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in settling post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychiatric illness claims against the Royal Ulster...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many accidents on Ballyquin Road, Limavady, County Londonderry, have been reported to DRD Roads Service within the past 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the investigation into the murder of Robert Laverty on 15 July 1972 in North Belfast.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what Government resources are available to help the victims of sexual abuse in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he plans to announce the strategy to address sexual abuse in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what services are provided by the statutory sector to the victims of sexual abuse in each health and social services board area in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the scale of smuggling in livestock in the Province.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans the Government have to extend the welfare food scheme to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission how the commission intends to regulate organisations that would be permitted participants in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether farmers will face penalties for failing to meet cross-compliance requirements; whether allowances will be made to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what inspection regime she has put in place for cross-compliance; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State forEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Management Committees of the Common...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairshow many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU Committee on agricultural structures and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans shehas for replacement of the Farm Waste Grants Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what initiatives her Department is taking to reduce the numbers of sick days taken by staff in the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of the complete RAF Board of Inquiry into the crash of RAF Harrier aircraft GR7 ZG475 on 1 June 1995; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the performance of the Prisoner of War Registration Unit and the PrisonerMonitoring Team at Camp Bucca in ensuring that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many defence contracts have been given to companies in Chorley constituency since 1997; and what the value was in each year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of its personnel budget for each financial year since 1997–98 the Ministry of Defence police spent in Scotland (a) in monetary terms and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of its personnel budget for financial years (a) 2001–02, (b) 2000–01, (c) 1999–2000, (d) 1998–99 and (e) 1997–98...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he intends to publish an updated version of his Department's efficiency technical note.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what military advice his Department is offering to the new Government of East Timor.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many veterans who have had claims of Gulf War-related illnesses refused have appealed against the decision; and what the success rate has been.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much block leave is allocated to units (a) prior toan operational tour of Iraq and (b) on return from Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the complete RAF Board of Inquiry into the crash of a Tornado aircraft in Glen Ogle on 1 September 1994.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the annual costs associated with the operation of the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) frigates and (b) destroyers are operational.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make an assessment on the safety of the Royal Air Force training flight path over the Air Ambulance Heliport at Strensham in Worcestershire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of Royal Air Force recruitment campaigns has been in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what effect the planned changes to the Royal Air Force will have on jobs in (a) London, (b) Essex and (c) the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect of planned changes to the funding of the Royal Air Force on UK national security.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list major project report projects that have been subject to re-approval since financial year 1997–98; and what the date of re-approval...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what research he has evaluated on the work carried out using radioactive materials at the Shoeburyness ranges as part of the original nuclear weapons...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions his Department has had with officials from the Department of Trade and Industry about the procurement of textiles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his Answer of 21 February, Official Report columns 113–14W, if he will make it his policy not to recover any costs, marginal or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his Answer of 21 February, reference 214418, what chargeable costs have arisen to date that are recoverable from the Department for...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2005, Official Report, column 1078W, on business rates, what the estimated average business rates bill for 2005–06 is.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) amount and (b) proportion of local government revenue was accounted for by (i) revenue support grant,(ii) other grants and funds, (iii) national...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much each London borough council spenton maintaining London parks in each year since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the estimated total rateable value is of hereditaments in each Government office region in England outside London that have a rateable value of (a) under...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the estimated total rateable value is of all hereditaments in London that have a rateable value of (a) under £5,000, (b) between £5,000 and...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many hereditaments in each London borough have a rateable value of (a) under £5,000, (b) between £5,000 and £10,000, (c) between £10,000...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many hereditaments in each Government Office Region in England outside London have a rateable value of (a) under £5,000, (b) between £5,000 and...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has received regarding the reliability of the 2001 Census data for Southend in setting the local government financial settlement for Southend.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place in the Library the response of Newcastle upon Tyne city council to his recent consultation on changes to the use classes order.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of how voluntary organisations co-ordinate their work with local authorities to combat antisocial behaviour...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effect of antisocial behaviour orders on the prison population of young offenders.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding inappropriate conditions on antisocial behaviour orders.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of antisocial behaviour orders which are breached.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children under 18 years old with learning difficulties have been given antisocial behaviour orders.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government plans to require buildings in metropolitan areas to use laminated glass to reduce the risk of mass civilian injury in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the interim report on community support officers will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood will receive a substantive reply to the letter to UKvisas of 26 August 2004 regarding an...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the work of social services departments is affected by their duty under section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act to reduce crime and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed staffing reductions in the Criminal Cases Review Commission on the investigation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on congestion (a) charges and (b) penalty charge notices by the Department since the commencement of the congestion...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) visual deterrent dogs, (b) guard dogs, (c) police dogs, (d) tracker dogs, (e) anti-terrorist dogs, (f) riot control dogs, (g)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for drink-driving resulted in custodial sentences in 2003 (a) in total and (b) broken down by police authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date he expects the statistical report Drug Offenders in England and Wales 2003 to be published; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prisoners have (a) started, (b) completed and (c) dropped out of educational courses in prisons in each year since 1997; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made with the review of immigration and public health.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are employed by the Government to test those entering the United Kingdom for tuberculosis; and at which ports of entry they...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the official residences for which his Department is responsible; who occupies each one; what the annual cost is of running...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals were made by international students who had their visa applications rejected in each of the last five years, broken down by...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the questions, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford on 2 December 2004, reference (a) 203020 and (b) 203021.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Government will bring forward amendments to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill to ensure that plea bargaining will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2005, Official Report, column 547W, on police administrative staff, how many police forces accept the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2005, Official Report, column 547W, on police administrative staff, which police forces are not members...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to review the pay and conditions of police officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many accidents involving police vehicles there have been in each year since 1997 in (a) Essex and (b) Southend.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to increase security at ports of entry.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on postage by the Department in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instructional officers serving in Her Majesty's prisons are on the old contract; and in which prisons they serve.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether instructional officers in Her Majesty's prisons who have not signed up to the new contract are required to carry out escort duties in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prison places are planned for each of the next five years; and what the projected prison population is for each of the next...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average amount of time spent on purposeful activity per week broken down by individual prison has been in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what definition of purposeful activity in prison he uses.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether private sector prisons have access to (a) the Quantum IT infrastructure and (b) the e-OASys offender assessment system.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is his policy that exemption from registration should be granted for members of the royal family if compulsory registration were...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suspected sham marriages have been reported to his Department by registrars in each month since 1997; how many prosecutions have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many targets have been set in each year since 1997 by the Department; and, of these, which have been (a) met, (b) nearly met, (c) not...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Public Service Agreement target to reduce vehicle crime by 30 per cent. from 1998–99 levels by 2004 was met.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government have taken to combat the terrorist threat posed by United Kingdom citizens.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether (a) British Retail Consortium and (b) the Institute of Grocery Distribution Emergency Planning Liaison Group have been invited to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of convictions in 2004 for ticket touting at football matches.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last reviewed penalties for under-age driving; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Prime Minister for what reason details of the occasions and frequencies of meetings and visits of the Intelligence and Security Committee are not placed in the public domain; and if he...

To ask the Prime Minister whether he invited the Intelligence and Security Committee to visit the USA in February; whether he made proposals as to whom they should meet; and if he will make a...

To ask the Prime Minister for what purpose he will meet the Intelligence and Security Committee on 7 March; what is to be discussed; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Prime Minister whether he will be attending the civil ceremony for the marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles in his official capacity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the final report on the independent rates review was presented by the Government to the Broadband Stakeholders Group in November 2004;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for what reasons the Government asked the Broadband Stakeholders Group to review apparent disparities between the Valuation Office Agency's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Tradeand Industry how many businesses ceased trading in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many new businesses have started up in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans her Department has to impose a maximum interest rate for credit cards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has received concerning companies using misleading claims of a sweepstake win in direct mail advertising; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in how many (a) industrial tribunal cases and (b) appeals to the Employment Appeals Tribunal since 1997 the tribunal (i) decided and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many jobs were created by inward investment in each region of the UK in each of the past 15 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the reasons are for the continuing interest of the Office of Fair Trading in the milk industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what powers regional development agencies have to invest in and support investment in (a) transport infrastructure and (b) transport services;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps her Department is taking to ensure continuity of support to the UK solar PV industry when grant allocations under her Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her Department's estimate is of the amount of solar photovoltaics installed in the UK in 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the average annual change since 2002 in solar photovoltaic prices has been under her Department's solar PV Demonstration Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the sub-post offices in each area that have been redefined from (a) urban to rural classification and (b) rural to urban...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consultations her Department has launched with the active involvement of Post Office Limited on its definitions of sub-post office branch...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the length of runway required for an airport on St. Helena; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions he has had with Shelco regarding its proposal to build (a) an airport and (b) other infrastructure requirements on...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what estimate he has made of the level of public funding necessary to sustainSt. Helena in the next 10 years (a) without an...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much public funding has been made available to St. Helena in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will personally take up with the Child Support Agency the case of Mr. Lovelace, a constituent of the hon. Member for Vale of York.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people (a) of working age and (b) over state pension age have been in receipt of council tax benefit since 1997, broken down by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the latest recommendations of the Disability Rights Commission with regard to employment are; and how his Department intends to implement them.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Audit Board of the Administrative Commission on Social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the total value of the guaranteed minimum pension accumulated since 1978 in contracted-out occupational pensions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the Department of not reducing state pensions of pensioners who are hospital in-patients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to amend (a) sections 101B and 101C of the Pension Schemes Act 1985 and (b) section 37 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many new claimants left incapacity benefit at the (a) four month and (b) 12 month stage of their claim in each quarter since January 2003...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of incapacity benefit were in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit only, (b) incapacity benefit in combination with each other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the effect on the number of pensioners in receipt of pension credit in 2009–10 of linking the basic state pension to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the largest possible entitlement for the savings credit element of pension credit has been in each year since its introduction; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the interaction between pension credit and other social security payments for (a) those in residential care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) men and (b) women have had no (i) own-rights or (ii) own or spouse rights entitlement to the basic state pension because they did...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) men and (ii) women who will fail to meet the minimum of 25 per...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of whether the Public Service Agreement target to reduce the inequalities between the level of development...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the implications for claims for (a) disablement benefit and (b) reduced earnings allowance from those suffering...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate how many people became newly entitled for the 2004–05 winter fuel payment who would need to claim the payment; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures he is taking to prepare for a possible outbreak of avian flu; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action is being taken by his Department to protect against possible mutations of the avian flu virus; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of women aged (a) 50 to 64 and (b) 65 to 70 years have been screened for breast cancer on the NHS in (i) England, (ii) each strategic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the provision of assistance with transport costs to mature students attending NHS sponsored courses at university; what other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the estimated cost is per usage of NHS defibrillators located in non-NHS premises, including capital cost amortisation over the estimated useful...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the progress made towards implementing a dental NHS IT system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acres of vacant, dormant, unused and under-utilised land are owned by his Department; and if he will estimate the number of homes that could be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of excess unused capacity within the NHS for diagnostic services; (2) whether primary care trusts will have the choice of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pre-registration training places there have been for doctors in England in each year since 1980.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been provided for research into Down's syndrome (a) in total and (b) with specific reference to brain development in each year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Committee (i) for the implementation of the Community action...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Committee for the implementation of the Community action plan to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many women were given hysterectomies in an NHS hospital in the latest year for which figures are available; (2) what steps are being taken to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been made available for frontline health services in Burnley in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been made available for improving buildings in Burnley for (a) general practitioner practices, (b) East Lancashire Acute Trust, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has made for combating the health effects of increasing levels of UV radiation due to the decline in cloud cover and ozone depletion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average annual cost of treating an AIDS patient in England was in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the oral answer by the Prime Minister on Wednesday 23 February 2005, Official Report, column 305, what proportion of the sum of £50...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will state what powers NHS matrons have to withhold payment to cleaning service providers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on the health implications of trade in illegal cigarettes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the reasons are for the delay in publishing guidance based on the recommendations of the Department's working group on healthcare workers and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust has received the additional £5 million allocated after the external review of services in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many elderly people were diagnosed as suffering from malnutrition in (a) Greater London, (b) each London borough and (c) England in each year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what procedures the Meat Hygiene Service has put in place to ensure that trade union health and safety representatives can inspect all premises on which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what facilities the Meat Hygiene Service makes available to its inspection staff at meat plants to ensure that staff can store foodstuffs and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment has been undertaken by the Meat Hygiene Service of the ergonomic and manual handling risks to its meat inspection staff; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospitals in (a) England and (b) Leicester South conduct regular checks to identify cases of MRSA.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the reasons are for the decision to terminate access to the Drug and Therapeutics bulletin database on the National Electronic Library for Health in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what role the NHS Appointments Board has in the approval of a foundation trust's chairman elected from within the Board of Governors; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date the NHS Counter Fraud Compliance Unit was proposed for closure in the Arm's Length Body review; what recent transitional arrangements have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which functions of NHS Estates will remain with the Department of Health after 1 April; and which functions will transfer to other bodies; (2) when...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the proportion of GDP spent on public healthcare in (a) 1996 and (b) 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the forecast total cost of the NHS University is from its establishment to its abolition; (2) what the forecast cost is of abolishing the NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish the Government's response to the replies received on the consultation paper Proposal to Exclude Overseas Visitors from Eligibility to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of each stage of the Shipman Inquiry, broken down by main budget headings; and what the cost was of legal fees paid to each party...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Government (1) have spent on promoting public health policies aimed at protecting against skin cancer in each of the last 10 years; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many student midwives were in receipt of non-means tested state financial support in (a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when the Food Standards Agency contacted the Health Protection Agency in connection with contamination of the food chain by Sudan 1 dye; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the recall of food products known to contain the Sudan 1 dye.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what forms of cancer may be caused by the Sudan 1 dye; what symptoms may be shown by those consuming the dye; and what degree of risk is associated with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Government have spent on advising the public that vitamin D obtained from sunlight is essential for health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made towards achieving the public service agreement target to reduce substantially mortality rates from the major killer diseases...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment he has made of whether the public service agreement target to reduce mortality rates from heart disease by at least 40 per...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed in each of the last five years; and how many sufferers were born abroad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission a research project into the effectiveness of pentosan in the treatment of variant CJD.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Government has spent on free vitamins for mothers and babies in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2005, Official Report, column 564W, on waiting times, when he intends to begin (a) monitoring and (b) publishing...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what provisions (a) within and (b) under the Data Protection Act 1998 are designed to ensure that designated data...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs who the ministerial design champion for his Department is.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans the Government has to vary land search charges.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what the total cost to public funds of providing legal advice, assistance and support in relation to planning...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether the Registrar General was permitted to retain the 1921 to 1971 decennial population censuses for England and...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what recent progress has been made towards the public service agreement target to reduce the proportion of disputes...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what recent progress has been made towards the Public Service Agreement target to reduce public fear of crime and...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what recent assessment he has made of whether the Public Service Agreement target to increase the proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Croydon, Central, the effects of the Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 21 February 2005, Official Report, columns 237–38W, on Digital Broadcasting, what the technical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding her Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on library (a) buildings and (b) books in Greater London in each year since 2001–02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what recent representations she has had from amateur sports clubs regarding the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many extended licences have been issued since the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the Traveller community groups and organisations that have received Lottery funding since May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what occasions the MadforArts Advisory Panel has met since its formation; who attended the meetings; if she will publish the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much public funding the MadforArts Advisory Panel (a) received and (b) allocated in the last year for which figures are available;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what mechanisms have been put in place to invite feedback about the MadforArts project; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what resources are available to assist in the development of karting facilities for young people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what resources have been made available to fund motorsport development in each of the last three years; and to which projects it has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the Department for Trade and Industry Motorsport Competitiveness Panel reported; and what steps have been taken by her Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the total amount (a) allocated and (b) distributed by each of the lottery distribution bodies in each year since 1994.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what plans she has to review the procedures for the licensing of nightclubs; (2) if she will bring forward proposals to require...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what recent assessment she has made of whether the Public Service Agreement target to enhance the take-up of sporting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what recent assessment she has made of whether the Public Service Agreement target to enhance the take-up of sporting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent progress has been made towards the Public Service Agreement target to modernise delivery to the customer by ensuring that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent progress has been made towards the Public Service Agreement target to develop appropriate regulatory frameworks that protect...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with English Heritage regarding the cultural and architectural heritage of Southend-on-Sea; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the merits of introducing legislation to control or limit the sale of tickets for (a) music concerts,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received from the music industry on proposals to introduce legislation to control the sale of tickets for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what advice her Department gives to people considering buying tickets for music events from individuals offering such tickets on online...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will meet representatives of the music industry to discuss the operation of the law as it affects the sale of tickets for music...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many departmental (a) canteens and (b) bars there are; and how much has been spent on the (i) running, (ii) staffing and (iii) supply...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what input she has had to the review of the disabled facilities grant; (2) how much her Department contributed towards vital housing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many child care places there were in the Easington constituency in each of the last three years; and what the occupancy rates were in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what precautions for fire safety are required in the design of new school buildings; what plans she has for mandatory fire sprinklers; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the quality of the GCSE exam.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what support the Department plans to provide for Revealweb: the National Database of Accessible Resources after March 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what steps her Department is taking to publicise the options available to parents who do not believe their child's school is compliant...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on delivering special needs education in North Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the Specialist Schools grant-in-aid from her Department was spent on developing overseas networks in the last period for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in how many cases the Student Loans Company has accepted mitigating circumstances when reassessing unreturned annual review forms in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the effects of the Sure Start programme in Weymouth and Portland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the effects of the Sure Start programme in the constituency of Wellingborough.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the effects of the Sure Start programme in Milton Keynes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on Sure Start funding in Morecambe and Lunesdale.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the effect of the Sure Start programme in Dover.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the effects of the Sure Start programme in Loughborough.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if she will make a statement on the effects of each Sure Start programme in Rochdale; (2) what research she has conducted on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Sure Start centres in each region have parental support and relationship support services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money has been allocated to Sure Start provision in Kettering in each year since it was first introduced; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the effects of the Sure Start programme in Inner Burton in East Staffordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate she has made of the number of families who have participated in the Sure Start programme in Hartlepool since the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the effects of the Sure Start programme in Fleetwood.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many awards of the Sure Start strengthening families grant were made in each region in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the effects of the Sure Start programme in Birmingham, South West.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what recent assessment she has made of whether the public service agreement target to ensure that 50 per cent. of children reach a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of whether the public service agreement target to reduce the proportion of young people not in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the public service agreement target for the level of education, training and employment outcomes of care leavers aged 19 to be at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of progress towards the public service agreement target to narrow the gap between the proportions of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of whether the public service agreement target to reduce the under-18 conception rate by 50 per cent. by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of whether the public service agreement target to increase the stock of Ofsted-registered childcare by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of whether the public service agreement target to increase the take-up of formal childcare by lower...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of whether the public service agreement target to introduce a successful light-touch childcare approval...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average salary for a secondary school teacher is in (a) England and (b) the Romford and Havering constituencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions the Government held with representatives of the aerospace industry before the agreement by the EU to lift the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with President Mubarak on human rights in Egypt, with particular reference to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to the Government of Egypt concerning the arrest of Dr. Ayman Nour MP.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the Welsh translation of the European Constitution will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the awarding of an honorary knighthood to the American former head of IBM.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many women were elected to the Iraqi National Assembly; which political parties or ethnic groups they represent; how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many women have been elected to local government in Iraq; and what percentage of total elected representatives this represents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Israeli Government concerning the withdrawal of forces from Jericho.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the US Administration concerning the assassination of Rafik Hariri.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the (a) Israeli, (b) Syrian and (c) Lebanese Government regarding the assassination of Rafik Hariri.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on North Korea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil servants were suspended or sacked from employment by his Department under suspicion of breaching the Official...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many women have been appointed to posts within the Palestinian Authority; and what their responsibilities are.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what recent progress has been made towards the Public Service Agreement target to reduce people trafficking affecting the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many student visa applications there were in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004 from (i) China, (ii) India, (iii) Pakistan and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what UKvisas' (a) policy is and (b) guidelines are in relation to student visa applications from China; what plans his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the expected total cost of the student visa scheme was in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004; and what the estimated amount of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for student visas there were in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004 from overseas students intending to study...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of whether UKvisas' guidelines for the issuing of student visas are in line with those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the most common grounds for the refusal of student visa applications were in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the UK has taken to promote democratic governance in Swaziland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the transparency of the process towards multi-party democracy in Uganda.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the ability of the Ugandan Forum for Democratic Change to operate freely.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assessment has been made of the registration of voters in the advance of Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections; (2)...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prisoners either convicted, on bail or on remand, have access to secretarial support or have been provided with a personal laptop, and at what cost.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 21 February (HL1083), what is the cost of informing Parliament of the legal and other costs they have incurred,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What systematic assessment they have made of prospective metal fatigue as a determinant of safe in-service lives for military transport aircraft.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by the Baroness Ashton of Upholland on 23 February (WA 207) and the Lord Filkin on 23 February 2004 (WA 10), whether the absence or...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many pupils they estimate on average are truant from schools in London each day.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they intend to take following the publication on 22 February of an Ofsted report into literacy and numeracy standards at key stage 2 which found that...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much money has been spent to date on the University for Industry, including its operating arm learndirect, since its establishment.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What arrangements exist for citizens of (a) Gibraltar, and (b) the Falkland Islands to attend universities in the United Kingdom; what is the reason for any...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will provide additional funds for those sports failing to meet their potential.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will consider allowing certain councils to administer local benefit offices of the Department for Work and Pensions to achieve greater efficiency and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the estimated cost of the Lancaster House reception on 28 February arranged by the Department of Trade and Industry to say farewell to Sir Robin Young and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in the light of their advice in 2003–04 on ways to introduce better systems of booking National Health Service appointments and their definition of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they have taken to address the deterioration in the ecological condition of the Ouse Washes Special Protection Area Ramsar site since it was placed on...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the waters between 100 and 200 nautical miles around the Azores were opened up to European Union trawlers; and what assessment of fish stocks in these waters...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 23 February (WA 211–12), whether they will establish a central record of the age at which...