Tuesday, 8 June 2010
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2010, to Question 572, what timetable she has set for introducing badger control measures;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on the practice of factory farming of dairy cows.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of invoices from suppliers to her Department were paid within 10 days of receipt in (a) March and (b) April...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy to promote the use of environmental stewardship schemes to protect biodiversity in upland areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions her Department has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the forthcoming fisheries negotiating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what additional resources she intends to allocate for the extension of flood defences following the recommendations of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what options her Department is considering for flood prevention in Pendle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether she plans to maintain agreed levels of funding for flood defence schemes in Upton-upon-Severn, Uckinghall,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will assess the merits of bringing forward proposals to prohibit the provision of seafood produced from endangered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will bring forward proposals to set standards of animal welfare for the procurement of food and meals by the public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has for the Forestry Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will hold a public inquiry into the alleged role of UK-based (a) firms and (b) nationals in the dumping of toxic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what her estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in her Department and its agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what her most recent estimate is of the annual cost to her Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans she has to consult trade unions in her Department concerning deficit reduction plans.
To ask the Attorney-General if he will undertake a review of the effects on the civil justice system of the operation of conditional fee agreements.
To ask the Attorney-General how many special advisers (a) he and (b) the Solicitor-General (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what his most recent estimate is of the number of pensioners living in poverty in (a) the UK and (b) Coventry; (2) what steps he plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Minister for Defence Procurement has examined the break clauses on the aircraft carrier contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what requests he has received from the Health and Safety Executive Nuclear Installations Inspectorate for information on changes to the organisational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what account he plans to take of environmental impact assessment regulations in implementing proposals for a new hydrodynamics facility, project Hydrus,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the extent is of the contacts between the Royal Navy and the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on external consultations in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-UK citizens are employed as special advisers in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many drivers provided by his Department were involved in transporting the Minister for Veterans to France and to his constituency on 29 and 30 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will offer QinetiQ an incentive to generate business at the Hebrides Range.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how revenue arising from new business at the Hebrides Range will be divided between his Department and QinetiQ.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for how long RAF Brize Norton was closed as a consequence of the incident on a Hercules aircraft on 6 May 2010; and how many flights were (a) diverted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effects on the Afghanistan Airbridge of the incident involving a Hercules aircraft at RAF Brize Norton on 6 May 2010;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what operational safety reviews are in place for the UK's nuclear submarine fleet; and for what reason such reviews did not detect the safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of a malfunctioning safety valve on board a vessel of the UK's nuclear submarine fleet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the RAF Typhoon to take over responsibility for Quick Reaction Alert from the RAF Tornado.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the RAF received notification from any other national agency of the flight path of the Russian Blackjack bombers intercepted on 10 March 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions (a) RAF Typhoons and (b) RAF Tornados have been deployed over Scotland in a Quick Reaction Alert capacity in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much he has agreed to allow the Government of Anguilla to borrow in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the economic stability of (a) Anguilla and (b) the Turks and Caicos Islands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what financial assistance he plans to provide to Ascension Island.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made a recent assessment of threats to biodiversity in (a) the Falkland Islands, (b) Ascension Island, (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will ensure that new constitutions for British Overseas Territories include effective equality clauses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on human rights in Colombia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to visit Cuba.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the future of the EU Common Position on Cuba.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the progress of settlement talks in Cyprus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken at (a) national and (b) international level to bring (i) stability and (ii) humanitarian aid to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many non-UK citizens are employed as special advisers in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that there is an equal age of consent in Gibraltar.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the recognition of the government of Honduras.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Israeli government in respect of British nationals who were part of the Free Gaza...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the destination of the aid carried by the Free Gaza Movement flotilla.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the merits of an international investigation into the actions of the Israeli government in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the level of child safety in Pitcairn.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the incidence of corruption in the Russian Federation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects elections to be held in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Government's policy is on whether any new member of the United Nations Security Council should automatically have the veto.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on relations with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Yemen; and what steps his Department has taken together with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of invoices from suppliers to his Department were paid within 10 days of receipt in (a) March and (b) April 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies concerning deficit reduction plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will estimate the number of crimes detected through the use of CCTV equipment in the last 12 months; and what types of crime were so...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to implement early intervention policies.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has for the Forensic Science Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she plans to take to reduce the incidence of knife crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport which Ministers in his Department have been issued with (a) a Blackberry, (b) an iPhone, (c) another make of mobile...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what the (a) make, (b) model and (c) place of manufacture is of the car allocated for the use of each Minister in his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects of the London 2012 Olympics on the economy of (a) Pendle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he has had recent discussions with S4C on voluntary reductions in its budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of his Department's expenditure which is allocated to each region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many additional rail carriages have been provided to Northern Rail as part of the High Level Output Specification Process, and how this compares...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans his Department has for funding a new bridge over the Wear in Sunderland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to extend the requirement for the wearing of seat belts in coaches beyond the current age limit of 13 years; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of invoices from suppliers to his Department were paid within 10 days of receipt in (a) March and (b) April 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) front line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which of his Department's development awareness raising projects in Scotland have been abolished in the last 12 months; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will take steps to ensure the continuation of the Governance and Transparency Fund to encourage transparent and accountable...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the My Aid project for the allocation of UK aid represents Government policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ensure that no expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what mechanism he plans to introduce for direct public involvement in determining the allocation of his Department's aid budget; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans he has to consult trade unions in his Department concerning deficit reduction plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers are employed by his Department; and at what Civil Service pay grade in each such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to encourage the use of energy from waste through anaerobic digestion; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of invoices from suppliers to his Department were paid within 10 days of receipt in (a) March and (b) April 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in his Department and its agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects his Department's proposal to give general practitioners authority over commissioning to be implemented; what steps he plans to take to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent guidance his Department has issued to (a) general practitioners and (b) other NHS staff on the level of fees charged for the signing of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken since his appointment to ensure that his Department's interest in the former health centre at Saxon Square, Christchurch, is sold...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what payments his Department has made to Marie Stopes International for (a) abortion, (b) family planning and (c) other reproductive health services in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the future of (a) National Health Service and (b) his Department's IT systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department plans to publish the report it commissioned from McKinsey on the fiscal future of the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on requests from West Midlands Strategic Health Authority that primary care trusts in the West Mercia form a cluster.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the provision of specific drugs which the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence indicates do not represent value for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to provide additional cancer services on the Royal Liverpool University hospital site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he expects the contracts in relation to the replacement for the Royal Liverpool University hospital to be signed; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies concerning deficit reduction plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he plans to take to encourage people to undertake apprenticeships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many limited liability companies ceased operations in the last financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to review the operation of the Companies Act 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to bring forward proposals to reintroduce the Operating and Financial Review; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding he plans to allocate to further education in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what in-year changes he plans to make to his Department's funding for each further education institution in the West Midlands in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the change in the number of staff in further education colleges in the West Midlands between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish the UK Foreign Bribery Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) plasma and (b) LCD televisions there are in ministerial offices in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse of proposed reductions in numbers of non-front line staff in his Department and its agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to his Department of redundancy payments for (a) front line and (b) other staff employed by (i) his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse of the Electoral Commission was in the last 12 months for which figures are available; what assessment he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1707W, on the electoral register, what the estimated cost is of contacting by (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effect of levels of expenditure on electoral registration measures on levels of registration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources provided by local authorities to electoral registration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much (a) central and (b) local government authorities spent on advertising to promote voter registration in each year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which local authority electoral registration departments use bar coding on their electoral registration forms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of telephones to confirm continued entitlement to electoral registration; and which local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of total expenditure by local authority registration officers in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will assess the merits of ring-fencing funds allocated by his Department to local government for voter registration purposes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what reasons his Department has identified for variations in levels of voter registration in different local authority areas with similar socio-economic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has for the future of (a) community legal advice centres and (b) community legal advice networks; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the policy proposal in the Coalition agreement: our programme for government to give anonymity to defendants in rape trials is to apply to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to consult trade unions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies concerning deficit reduction plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of segregation have been recorded in each young offender institution in each year since 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many strip searches have been recorded in each young offender institution in each year since 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many control and restraint incidents were recorded at each young offender institution in each year since 2006.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what salary he receives as Deputy Prime Minister.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many special advisers he (a) has appointed to date and (b) plans to appoint.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the estimated cost is of setting up his office; what the estimated cost is of running his office in its first 12 months; and how many special advisers he has.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he plans to publish his ministerial diary.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister in which local authority areas the chief executive was the returning officer for the parliamentary constituency of that local authority area in the 6 May 2010...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser has been allocated (a) a ministerial car, (b) a ministerial salary, (c) secretarial support, (d) a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the setting of local authority housebuilding projections in local plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the provision of funding for all local authority new build housing schemes announced by his Department in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations he has received from local authorities and their representative bodies on the review of the local authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the Exchequer of proposals to freeze council tax in England for one year; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of invoices from suppliers to his Department were paid within 10 days of receipt in (a) March and (b) April 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time equivalent staff at each civil service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister in his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many Government (a) cars and (b) drivers are allocated to Ministers in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when and in what form he plans to publish a list of all items of expenditure by his Department over £25,000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to announce his decision on the relocation of Gloucestershire's fire control operations to the Regional Centre in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the Green Belt, with particular reference to applications being made to develop land designated as Green...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy to rationalise the number of social housing associations; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the salary levels of senior officials running social housing associations; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes with (a) three or four and (b) five bedrooms he expects to be built in each region in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) if he will take steps to remove regional housing targets in the West Midlands in advance of the introduction of primary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on funding of Pathfinder housing areas; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effects on his Department's funding for Housing Market Renewal areas of changes in public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to respond to the South East Regional Select Committee's First Report of Session 2009-10, on Housing in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance from his Department is in effect in respect of on-going (a) examinations in public of local development framework...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects the review of local government finance to (a) commence and (b) conclude.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the number of employees of each local authority who received an annual salary of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in what circumstances those resident in a local authority area will be able to initiate a local referendum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what costs his Department incurred in contesting each judicial review of local government reorganisation for (a) Devon, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect of mid-year reductions in local authority budgets on contracts with the voluntary and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects small business rate relief to become automatic; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the cost of cancelling the demand for retrospective business rates made upon newly separately-rated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations his Department has received on retrospective business rates on firms in ports in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has for the future ownership of the Ordnance Survey; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will issue guidance to planning inspectors on the award of costs in respect of large planning appeals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to publish guidance on the effects of the abolition of the Regional Spatial Strategies and transitional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what date he expects regional spatial strategies to cease to be effective; and what function such strategies will have prior...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what timetable he has planned for the abolition of regional spatial strategies and the return of decision-making powers on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many cooperative housing units are registered in each region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the funding by his Department of programmes for houses for social rent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has for capital allocations to the Decent Homes programme of (a) Lambeth Living and (b) United Residents Housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has for the future of his Department's Decent Homes programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he plans to issue to planning inspectors in respect of the treatment of appeals against planning decisions...
To ask the Leader of the House what reviews are being undertaken by the Government; for what purpose in each such case; and to what estimated timescale.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will appoint a Minister with responsibility for co-ordinating the work of the Department for International Development, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) savings to the Exchequer arising from the abolition of the British Education Communications and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on the future of the Building Schools for the Future programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what his plans are for future funding of the Building Schools for the Future programme in (a) Houghton and Sunderland South constituency and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what his plans are for the future of Durham county council's Building Schools for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding from the Building Schools for the Future programme he plans to allocate to Gateshead.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what capital funding his Department has allocated to the rebuilding of Selby Park primary school in the next four years; (2) what funding his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his plans are for funding of the school rebuilding programme relating to (a) Wrockwardine Wood, (b) Phoenix, (c) Lord Silkin and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how much his Department has spent on the creation of the www.scienceandmaths.net website; (2) how much his Department has spent promoting the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) implementation of penalty clauses and payments in its contracts and (b) potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on the implementation of the one-to-one tuition scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of the budget deficit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to increase economic growth.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to increase economic growth.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to increase economic growth.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received on his policy on capital gains tax.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the mechanism for the provision of funding from the Exchequer to the devolved administrations; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to provide financial assistance to community-based credit unions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of invoices from suppliers to his Department were paid within 10-days of receipt in (a) March and (b) April 2010.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many changes there have been to the level of duty in sales of beer in the last 30 months; and what the total percentage change has been.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 28 April 2010 from the then hon. Member for Billericay regarding his constituent Mr Welford.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have had discussions with Channel 4 about its acceptance of television advertisements for abortion services; and whether they will make...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why only 16 per cent of new asylum applications will get early access to legal advice from October; and whether they have considered applying the results of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what risk assessments have been undertaken in the past three years by the Civil Aviation Authority; and whether they considered one on volcanic ash.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to start re-testing incapacity benefit claimants with the work capability assessment before moving them to replacement benefits; whether they will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to reduce cycling-related deaths, particularly among women.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Diploma in Languages and International Communication will be introduced in September 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to reduce further the target levels of carbon dioxide emissions; and over what timescale.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the forecast increase in the number of those classified as being in fuel poverty due to electricity cost increases from increasing expenditure on renewable...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to implement the terms of the Aarhus Convention that non-governmental organisations and individuals should not encounter prohibitive costs in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will not implement any European Union measures that would adversely affect the City of London's status in providing financial and related services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their proposal to require referendums before any further European Union treaty amendments are agreed includes treaties for the admission of new countries...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of the proposed European Public Prosecutor; and whether United Kingdom citizens may be extradited to stand trial in other European Union member...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many chickens have been imported from (a) European Union, and (b) non-European Union, countries in the past three years; which five countries exported the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had about the reasons for the closing of the two main branches of the Arab Bank in the Gaza Strip.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance to (a) pharmacists, and (b) shop assistants, has been published which would ensure that personal health details remain confidential when drugs are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what payments each department made to Marie Stopes International for (a) abortions, (b) family planning, and (c) other reproductive health services in the last...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how migrant domestic workers will be able to undertake volunteering or study to pass the Life in the UK Test in the light of their possible working conditions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the budget and cost of all external management consultants employed by the National Health Service in the last financial year for the geographic area...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have raised the case of Aijalon Mahli Gomes, held in a North Korean prison, with the Government of North Korea.
To ask Her Majesty's Government who is the harbour authority as defined in the Harbours Act 1964 for the Helford River in Cornwall.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the results of International GCSE examinations taken by pupils at independent schools will be included in the 2010 school performance tables.
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