To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects in Scotland of changes to housing benefit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with the Deputy Prime Minister on establishing a commission on the West Lothian Question.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department spent of flood protection measures in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the City of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what her policy is on the extension of the scope of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority into other areas of activity;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will publish the (a) purchase date, (b) transaction amount, (c) supplier and (d) level 3 or enhanced transaction entry...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the amount of land in (a) England and (b) North Yorkshire and York organically farmed in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what communications she has received from the European Commission on the extent of preparedness by member states to introduce...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what proportion of the revenue generated by the London 2012 Olympic Games will (a) remain in London and (b) be distributed to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consultation he plans to hold on the organisations that will administer (a) feed-in tariff contracts for difference and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what information he holds on domestic energy consumption in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008, (d) 2009 and (e) 2010; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the cumulative savings to the public purse of reducing the energy consumption of Government Departments by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when his Department plans to publish measures to reduce the effects of Government policy on electricity costs for energy-intensive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2011, Official Report, column 1268W, on public sector: energy, whether public sector energy efficiency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the likely level of revenue from UK companies covered by the European Union Emission Trading Scheme up to 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of people resident in (a) total, (b) Reading and (c) Reading West constituency who have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on extending the feed-in tariff to combined heat and power plants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding his Department has allocated for research and development into tidal action renewable energy systems in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department invested in the MOX reprocessing plant at Sellafield in each financial year since 2000-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the effect of bird fouling on the (a) efficiency and (b) longevity of domestic solar panels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department plans to take to increase the level of private sector research and development in marine energy technologies...

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, (1) how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time staff were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many apprenticeships have been created directly by contracts with his Department in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day did not receive a substantive answer on the day...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department (a) has had and (b) plans to have with (i) the President of the European Council, (ii) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will instruct ambassadors and high commissioners not to pay road tolls in countries whose diplomatic representatives in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has provided assistance to Tripoli Zoo.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish the (a) purchase date, (b) transaction amount, (c) supplier and (d) level 3 or enhanced transaction entry if held for each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has given approval to the application by Hewlett Packard to offshore jobs under the Adams 2 contract it holds with his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many small companies outside the construction sector have been prosecuted for breaches of health and safety regulations where no customers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of health and safety inspectors by local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency were in receipt of (i) the basic state pension and (ii) pension credit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether schools will be entitled to bid for monies from the Innovation Fund to help them meet careers and guidance responsibilities set out in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency have moved off benefits and into work in the last 12 months for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of project licence applications for experiments on animals which were recommended by the Animal Scientific Procedures...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the likely effects of transposing EU directive 2010/63/EU into UK law on the annual number of laboratory...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received on the use of concussion/percussive blow to the head to kill neonate dogs, cats, ferrets and foxes as...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect on evidence gathering and deterring crime of the use of body-worn CCTV cameras by police officers...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of people involved in criminal acts during the public disorder in London in the period between 6 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2010, Official Report, columns 501-502W, on crime: databases, how many unsolved crimes on file in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many notifications the United Kingdom Central Authority for the Exchange of Criminal Records gave to each EU member state regarding the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many service providers have been contracted by police forces to provide forensic services.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the impact of human rights legislation on her ability to remove from the UK non-UK citizens whose...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to further regulate scrap metal yards.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to bring forward further statutory instruments in respect of the law governing the prescribing powers of non-medical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on redundancy costs since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much money his Department spent on international travel in each year since 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many overseas visits were made by (a) Ministers, (b) staff and (c) special advisers in his Department between June 2007 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many private homes have been entered by local authority inspectors to check compliance with (a) building regulations, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities have indicated that they intend to apply for financial assistance under the Bellwin Scheme in respect...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what planning guidance he has issued to local authorities on the installation of ground level solar panels; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 11 August 2011, on public disorder: support for businesses, how many...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 5 September 2011, Official Report, column 343W, on child benefits: Peterborough, for what reasons data on child benefit payments...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the proportion of income spent by households per decile of income of the population for childcare in (a) each of the last five financial...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the level of (a) secured and (b) unsecured personal debt of households in each income decile in each of the next four financial years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many senior civil servants in his Department at each grade had worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst and Young, Deloitte or KPMG immediately prior to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree of 22 October 2010, Official Report, column 896W, on departmental work experience, (1)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his oral Answer of 6 September 2011, Official Report, columns 170-1, on domestic energy prices, what steps the Government is taking to curb...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent steps he has taken to promote a programme of financial waste reduction in EU institutions.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many responses he has received to the consultation on machine games duty.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to respond to the consultation on machine games duty.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of requests made to his Department under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 were not answered within 20 working days between...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the review into the effectiveness of the 50p rate of income tax will consider the effects of the tax rate on the economy including loss of revenue...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has had discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Justice, (b) the Secretary of State for the Home...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of responses to items of correspondence received from the public and hon. Members to his Department since 25 May 2010 to the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses in Birmingham have participated in the national insurance contributions holiday since the scheme came into effect.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency have participated in the employer national insurance contributions holiday since the scheme came...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new businesses established in Belfast East constituency have participated in the National Insurance Holiday scheme.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2011, Official Report, column 400W, on social security benefits: overseas residence, what estimate he has made of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the contribution of controlled foreign companies to the national tax gap in each year since 2005.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that the tax regime applying to controlled foreign companies (CFCs) reduces the tax gap during the comprehensive spending...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on concessionary bus travel for pensioners in (a) England and (b) the City of York in each year since such schemes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received from (a) coach operators, (b) disability organisations, (c) other organisations and (d) individuals on changes in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) quality contracts and (b) quality partnerships exist governing bus services in England; and what geographical locations they cover in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information his Department holds on which Passenger Transport Executives have bus fleets which (a) are fitted and (b) they plan to fit with global...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent report he has received from the Traffic Commissioners on bus punctuality.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on accidents related to the road worthiness of caravans; (2) what research he has (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has any plans to extend the MOT test to cover spare tyres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to encourage children to (a) walk and (b) cycle to school; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of written questions tabled to him for answer on a named day did not receive a substantive answer on the day named for answer between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the replacement of the number-plate test for drivers with a comprehensive eye test by a qualified medical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review the policy of a driving licence holder undertaking a self-assessment to inform the potential suspension of a licence on medical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average time taken by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is, once informed of concerns on medical grounds, of a driver's fitness to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps are taken by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to enforce the self-assessment of drivers who, on medical grounds, may be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average length of time was between a driver suspended from driving to receiving a notice of the revocation of their licence from the Driver...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2011, Official Report, column 434W, on electric vehicles, how many Type 2 connectors he expects to be installed in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to encourage the linking of the trans-European transport and energy networks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Government Car and Despatch Agency has spent on uniforms for its drivers in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what purpose CCTV is used on the Humber Bridge; and what the cost has been of (a) installation and (b) maintenance since its installation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what further steps he plans to take to reduce congestion northbound between junctions 27 and 28 on the M1 motorway at rush hour times; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking in respect of the cost of insurance premiums for motorists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many domestic vehicles in each vehicle excise duty band were registered to addresses in York in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect on rail passenger numbers of the proposed increase in rail fares.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how an emergency incident would be co-ordinated from beginning to end and what the role of the (a) Maritime Operations Centre and (b) Maritime Rescue...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many road users excluding cyclists have been (a) killed or (b) injured in (i) Pendle constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) nationwide in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department has taken to implement a new port state control system following the request from the European Commission of 19 May 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the recommendations contained in the Committee on Climate Change's recent progress report on enforcement of speed limits...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which external consultants were contracted to advise his Department on the (a) design, (b) tendering and (c) award of preferred bidder status for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) fatal and (b) serious travel-related accidents there have been in (i) the City of York and (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information his Department holds on how many vehicles registered in Great Britain have a national flag on their number plate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) official and (b) VIP visits to (i) Headley Court and (ii) the wards of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham managed by his Department his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with (a) Babcock, (b) BAE Systems and (c) General Dynamics UK on the sale of Defence Support Group properties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which foreign companies have been awarded contracts that included an obligation for industrial participation in the latest period for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information regarding offset commitments has been provided to the European Defence Agency since Directive 2009/81/EC was transposed into UK law.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has considered using the Typhoon as an alternative to the F35 Joint Strike Fighter to serve on the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Statement by the Prime Minister of 19 October 2010, Official Report, column 801, and with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of weapons used by UK forces in support of Operation Ellamy was represented by Brimstone and precision missiles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether additional Quick Reaction Alert provision will be created at RAF Coningsby following the drawdown of the Typhoon force from RAF Leuchars.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the Capability Decision Point will be reached for the Type 26 Frigate programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for future unmanned combat air vehicles research funding; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how he plans to consider continence in the revised Early Years Foundation Stage; and whether the special education needs single statutory assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what measures he plans to use to monitor the progress of the lowest attaining 20% of children in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he plans to incorporate regulations on water and toilet facilities in his revision of the School Premises Regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether facilities provided to the ASLEF union and funded through the Transforming Communications with Union Members project from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department collected any data on (a) levels of awareness among small and medium-sized businesses of sources of advice...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the annual number of start-up businesses that fail as a result of fraudulent activity against...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what steps his Department takes to monitor whether foreign defence companies meet their industrial participation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much foreign investment in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the City of York there was in each year since 2003; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether facilities provided to the RMT union and funded through the RMT Remote Access Project have been used for campaigning and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had on the conduct of British-based multinational corporations that are investors in the acquisition of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the levels of (a) trade and (b) investment between the UK and (i) Macedonia and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether facilities provided to the Amicas/Unite union and funded through the Piloting IT Services for Branches Project have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many compensation orders have been issued to people found guilty of offences connected with public disorder in August 2011; and what the total amount...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse of the reduction in funding for staff of HM Courts and Tribunals Service to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the reduction in funding for HM Courts and Tribunals Service staff to accompany magistrates to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish the value of estimated tax receipts, calculated in accordance with the Green Book, in each public sector economic assessment of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in the London borough of Bexley have been convicted of offences of (a) possession and (b) supply of illegal class A drugs in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in Reading West constituency have been convicted of (a) possession and (b) supply of illegal class A drugs in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the Prison Service has spent on staff bonuses in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues about removing clinical negligence from the scope of legal aid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people accessed legal aid in connection with claims for clinical negligence in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of potential effects on his Department of the planned closure of the Legal Services Commission.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many documents have been identified as missing from the National Archives; and what steps are being taken to recover any such documents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 13 July 2011, Official Report, column 31WS, on prison and probation services (England and Wales), what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 13 July 2011, Official Report, column 31WS, on prison and probation services (England and Wales), what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners in C category prison accommodation approved for transfer to D category prison accommodation have been waiting (a) more than three...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many probation officers were working for the probation service in England and Wales on 31 March 2011; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) probation officers and (b) probation service officers were employed by the probation service in England and Wales on 31 December (a) 2008,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many EU nationals resident in the UK were convicted of an offence resulting in a custodial sentence of more than two years in each year since 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to make the occupation of a home by squatters a criminal offence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on supporting victims of crime and witnesses who were party to proceedings at York (a) magistrates court and (b) Crown...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the independent evaluation of the first year of National Citizen Service will be completed; and when the outcome of the commissioning process for...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what his most recent estimate is of the number of young people under the age of 24 years who are in (a) training, (b) employment and (c) education in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the number of ambulance staff employed at band (a) six and (b) seven in (i) 2007, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the average number of years of unemployment of ambulance staff employed at each band from two to seven.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of (a) the number of people with asymptomatic variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and (b) the proportion of such people who...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease disclaimer to be removed from UK blood bags and products.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department plans to take to reduce levels of childhood tooth decay; and what recent progress has been made in reducing those levels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) gross expenditure including dental charges and (b) net expenditure was in respect of NHS general dental services in North Yorkshire and York...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the (a) purchase date, (b) transaction amount, (c) supplier and (d) level 3 or enhanced transaction entry if held for each individual...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 5 September 2011, Official Report, column 156W, on health services: foreign nationals, what the cost was of reclaiming NHS costs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the NHS of the Government's proposal to remove clinical negligence from within the scope of Legal Aid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people received treatment at York NHS walk-in centre in each year of its operation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what effect the implementation of the Health and Social Care Bill will have on NHS baseline funding. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes in the funding allocated to the devolved Administrations he expects to result from implementation of the provisions of the Health and Social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many organ donations made by non-UK citizens have been used in operations performed within the NHS in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the number of people with chronic pain in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire; what NHS services and treatment are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department provided for the social work bursary in each of the last three years; what proportion of the bursary was awarded in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what capital expenditure York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust incurred in each year since 1996-97.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were (a) in total and (b) in each speciality at York Hospitals NHS Trust in each year since 1996-97.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were waiting for (a) outpatient appointments and (b) in-patient admissions at York NHS Trust on 1 April (i) 1997, (ii) 2001, (iii) 2005,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average length of time patients waited for (a) outpatient appointments and (b) in-patient admissions at York NHS Trust in (i) 1997, ii) 2001,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many staff were employed at York Hospitals NHS Trust by main staff group as at 30 September (a) 1997, (b) 2008 and (c) in the latest year for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many full-time equivalent (a) medical consultants, (b) other doctors, (c) nurses and midwives and (d) other health professionals were employed...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with his foreign counterparts on the provision of aid to the Horn of Africa.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the G20 in November 2011 and international action in respect...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent reports he has received on the human rights situation of the Transitional Federal government of Somalia; what steps he is...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his policy is on the establishment of internally displaced peoples' camps inside Somalia; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what reports he has received on the Liboi reception centre for refugees arriving in Kenya from Somalia; what assistance his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the conflict in Somalia.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with other governments on the five-year evaluation of the Central Emergency Response Fund.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Royal Air Force and Royal Navy pilots were qualified to fly Harrier jets at 1 June 2010; and how many are still qualified. To ask Her Majesty's Government...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether consideration is being given to the award of posthumous Victoria Crosses to Sergeant Talaiasi Labalaba and Trooper Thomas Tobin for their bravery during...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is possible to award either a Victoria Cross or a George Cross without the award being announced.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what blood analysis testing is carried out on members of the United Kingdom Armed Forces to detect and prevent genetic damage caused by radiation.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the comments on euthanasia by Martin Green, the Government's National Dementia Champion for the Independent Sector, in the Daily Telegraph on 28 August...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring United Kingdom banking liquidity requirements into line with those proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Sassoon on 5 September ((Official Report, col. 14), what was the basis on which the Minister asserted that bankers' remuneration was...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have the necessary baseline information on bank remuneration in 2011 to permit all necessary responses under Project Merlin.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider significantly restricting the activities in the United Kingdom of Swiss banks which will not provide full details of the accounts held...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what they class as the international development work of the British Council in the light of the Spending Review 2010.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 5 September (HL 11495), whether they will take action to collect centrally information on financial gains made...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider that current interest rate policy is designed to be fair to savers or borrowers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether permitting United Kingdom local authorities to raise sterling funds in the bond market will lead to an increase in the cost to the public of funding...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to offer financial incentives to increase the number of domestic and commercial properties in the United Kingdom that are insulated to modern...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what area of England was designated as green belt in 1997; and what is the current area now designated as green belt.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of land in England is designated as (a) national park, (b) area of outstanding natural beauty, and (c) green belt.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the land of England is designated as urban or developed.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed with the relevant authorities in other European countries their successful prosecution of cases involving female genital mutilation.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether fines levied on financial services firms and individuals under the proposed new regulatory framework will be paid to the Government or used to reduce the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Hanham on 5 September (WS 11), what are the current fire service college ownership and business arrangements.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 30 June (WA 464) and 14 July (WA 203), whether the methods used by public health observatories to detect potential...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 19 July (WA 266), whether (a) they also recognise the benefit of a multidisciplinary approach in updating the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will record and publish (a) instances when United Kingdom diplomats lobby for United Kingdom business interests, (b) who they lobby for, and (c)...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have been requested by or on behalf of the United Nations to increase their financial assistance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the dangers to the health of Gaza's population, in particular those under the age of 18, arising from Israel's blockade, in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with other European Union member states or the European Union High Representative with a view to agreeing concerted European Union...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel concerning the bombing of Gaza during August and the loss of life of civilians and children.

To ask Her Majesty's Government who are the stakeholders that are contacted as part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey; who contacts them and by...

To ask Her Majesty's Government who are the stakeholders that are contacted as part of the MORI Captains of Industry Survey; and what assessment they have made of the information collected in the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to amend the Draft Traveller Planning Policy (DTPP) to make it consistent with the National Planning Policy Framework, and whether there...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what use is made by the National Health Service of cytogenetic m-FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridisation) blood analysis. To ask Her Majesty's Government what is...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 14 January 2010 (WA 180-81), whether they will update the figures on the number of members of the emergency...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the fee arrangement with the financial advisers to HM Treasury in connection with a possible sale of HM Treasury's ownership of Northern Rock produces a...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many successful judicial challenges on human rights grounds there have been to deportation orders this year; how many involved an argument that deportation...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total cost of the Independent Commission on Banking.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have reviewed the record of the Bank of England in forecasting inflation; and whether they will publish the outcome of any such review. To ask Her...

To ask Her Majesty's Government which voluntary organisations working in the penal sector have had their funding cut or reduced in the past 12 months.

To ask Her Majesty's Government by what proportion voluntary sector funding in the penal sector has been reduced; and how this compares with overall reductions in prison expenditure.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will seek to have the ceasefire line in Lebanon (the Blue Line) fully delineated; and if not, why not.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Browning on 14 July (WA 211), whether they have under review avenues of immigration relating to applications by...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what blood analysis testing is carried out on civilian nuclear workers in the United Kingdom to detect and prevent genetic damage caused by radiation.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they use to judge whether a state is considered fragile or conflict-affected.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will support a vote in September in the United Nations General Assembly to recognise Palestine as an independent state and a full member of the United...

To ask Her Majesty's Government who were the representatives from the United Kingdom that attended the meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 23...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what organisations and individuals made submissions about the United Kingdom to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Parallel...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether free schools will be exempt from compliance with any provisions of the Equality Act 2010; and, if so, what are those exemptions.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to follow recommendations 5 and 9 of Darren Henley's review of music education in England and to include music in the national curriculum and the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will include music in the English Baccalaureate through the establishment of a sixth pillar of creative and cultural education subjects.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the link between the United Kingdom's economic and employment prospects and the United Kingdom's creative and cultural music...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any remarks were made on behalf of the United Kingdom at the United Nations Human Rights Council Special Session on "The situation of human rights in the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during the current general assembly of the United Nations, they will support the application by the Government of Taiwan for participation as observers in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of people nominated by members of the general public for honours receive one.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether consideration is being given to introducing a new rank lower than Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, to recognise those who work abroad...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Department for International Development's new Private Sector Department will work with UK Trade and Investment.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they use to assess whether a situation invokes the use of the United Nations "responsibility to protect" norm; and how they judge whether a state...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many jobs they estimate are currently filled by non-graduate, non-European Union students; and what rights non-European Union citizens have to obtain a visa to...