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written question – answered on 18 November 2003.

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  • North/South Language Implementation Body: Budget

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the budget for 2003 for both sections of the Language Implementation Body; and how it compares with the budget for 2002.

  • Northern Ireland: Public Sector Pension Schemes

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the cost, for each of the last three years, of the six largest public sector pension schemes in Northern Ireland in terms of: (a) total employees'...

  • East Belfast: Holywood Arches Pedestrian Crossing

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to create a pedestrian crossing at the heart of the Holywood Arches area in East Belfast.

  • Killinchy: Sewage Disposal Works

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the revised timetable for applications for planning permission for the sewage disposal works at Killinchy, County Down; and when it is planned to complete...

  • Special European Union Programmes Body

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 8 September (WA 8), why proportionality of the Special European Union Programmes Body was taken into...

  • North/South Ministerial Council:Business Plan

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Who developed and approved the business plan for the North/South Ministerial Council; what are the objectives of the council; which body monitors them; and whether...

  • North/South Implementation Bodies: Budgets

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they discuss with the Government of Eire the budgets for North/South Implementation Bodies but not the issue of proportionality of contributors; and, if...

  • Northern Ireland: Nomenclature

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 29 October (WA 39) concerning the incorrect title given to Northern Ireland by the North/South Ministerial...

  • Northern Ireland Commission for Employment Tribunals: Recruitment

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 4 November (WA 88), what is the recruitment process for the president, vice-president and chairmen of the...

  • Northern Ireland Assembly: Elections

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the announcement of elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly on 26 November 2003 will prevent communication between officials from the Northern Ireland...

  • Ulster-Scots Agency

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 17 June (WA 87) concerning the budget of the Ulster-Scots Agency for 2003, whether the only consideration...

  • Northern Ireland Legislation: Religious Discrimination

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What legislation has been enacted for Northern Ireland since 1 January 1998 which has discriminated against anyone on the grounds of religion.

  • Northern Ireland: Civil Service Smoking Chambers

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What legal advice they have received about their actions in creating 144 smoking chambers for the civil service in Northern Ireland; and whether they are liable...

  • Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the mission statement for the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure for the years 2003 and 2004; whether it includes the concept of...

  • Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How much the employment of the economists in the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure costs per year; whether, as a unit of staff, they have...

  • Northern Ireland: Employment and Smoking

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether under equality law in Northern Ireland a potential employer is permitted to ask an applicant for a job if he or she is a smoker; if not, why; and whether...

  • North/South Ministerial Council: Equality of Status

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Under the arrangements for the North/South Ministerial Council, whether the departments of the Government of Eire are given equal status to the government...

  • IRA Terrorism: Libyan-supplied Weapons

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 8 October (WA 61), whether Libyan-supplied weapons have been used by the IRA, if so, in...

  • Northern Ireland: Devolution

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether devolution of central government functions in Northern Ireland to elected representatives or institutions can be achieved by secondary legislation, or...

  • Zimbabwe: Aid

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Answer by the Lord President on 10 November (HL Deb, col. 1088), on what basis they are able to claim that no irregularities have been detected...

  • Zimbabwe: Aid

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Answer by the Lord President on 10 November (HL Deb, cols. 1085–88), what processes are in place to monitor the impartial delivery of food aid...

  • Guantanamo Bay: Judicial Procedures

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 3 November (WA 67–68), whether the Attorney-General, in discussions with the United...

  • Law Officers' Advice: Disclosure

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by the Attorney-General on 6 November (WA 128–129), whether the study by Edwards, the Attorney-General, Politics and the...

  • Law Officers' Advice: Disclosure

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by the Attorney-General on 6 November (WA 128–129), whether Erskine May, Parliamentary Practice is correct in stating that the...

  • Mr Hadi Soleimanpour: Order to Proceed

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the reasons given to the Bow Street Magistrates' Court that led them to extend the date by which a decision must be reached as to the issue of an Order...

  • Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001: Detention of Foreign Nationals

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How many foreign nationals have been detained under Part IV of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

  • Armed Forces Pension Scheme

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What benefits will be payable when the planned changes to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme take effect in 2005 to war widows aged 70 or over who are: (a) pre-1973...

  • Gulf War 1990–91: Vaccines

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 6 November (WA 140) and given their disclosures on 9 October of shortcomings in medical record-keeping during and...

  • Health and Safety Commission

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether additional funding is being sought by the Health and Safety Commission; and whether an increase in the numbers of inspectors and the amount of preventive...

  • Health and Safety Commission

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the terms of reference of the Health and Safety Commission in respect of (a) road transport, (b) rail transport; and (c) other industry sectors; and what...

  • Disabled People: Employment

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they offer any programme, addressed specifically to the needs of disabled people, in order to assist them in finding employment.

  • Licensing Act 2003

    asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will lay before Parliament the secondary legislation under the Licensing Act 2003 on (a) the procedures to be followed in making an application for a...

  • Licensing Act 2003

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What additional funds they are allocating to local authorities in order for them to discharge their functions under the Licensing Act 2003.

  • Licensing Act 2003

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What recommendations they will make to local authorities with regard to how much they should charge applicants for (a) a premises licence; (b) a club premises...

  • Public Schools: Charitable Status and Tax Relief

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the annual tax relief for public schools with charitable status in the last financial year.

  • Export of Cultural Objects

    asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will be laying under the Export Control Act 2002 (i) an order relating to the export of cultural objects and (ii) guidance about the exercising of...

  • Newspapers and Periodicals: Resale Price Maintenance

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the law relating to the prohibition of resale price maintenance applies to the retail sale of newspapers and periodicals.

  • EU Working Time Directive

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the proposed European Union regulation to remove an individual's right to opt out of the Working Time Directive envisages the exclusion of certain groups...

  • Manufacturing

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they will take to address the current fall in output in the manufacturing industry.

  • Primary Care Practices: List Size

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the July census date for general practitioner practices disadvantages general practitioners who operate student health services on or near campuses, given...

  • Hunting Bill

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Answer by the Lord Chancellor on 18 September (HL Deb, col. 1066) that "attempts were made to reach a consensus. This House rejected an elected...

  • Better Regulation Task Force Report: Independent Regulators

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they consider that there is a need for 108 independent regulators, as identified by the Better Regulation Task Force report, Independent Regulators.

  • Ministers: Training

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What training is provided for senior Ministers in (a) the structure and administration of government; and (b) the constitutional framework and principles within...