House of Lords

written question – answered on 5 January 2004.

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  • House of Lords: Old Palace Yard Road Gulleys

    asked the Chairman of Committees: What was the purpose and cost of painting the cast iron road gulleys in Old Palace Yard black this autumn; and by how many years this will extend the lives of...

  • Afghanistan: Judicial Reform

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What financial and personnel resources have so far been expended; what resources have been pledged; and what resources they estimate will be needed to provide...

  • Iraq: Judicial Reform

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What financial and personnel resources have so far been expended; what resources have been pledged; and what resources they estimate will be needed to provide...

  • EU Accession Treaty: Employment in UK

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps remain to be taken, and when, to implement the assurances previously given, that citizens of states due to accede to the European Union on 1 May 2003...

  • Iraq: Criminal Justice System

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their policy towards the dual criminal justice systems in Iraq: one operated by civilians and one a military system operated by the coalition partners; and...

  • Saudi Arabia

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What detailed assessments they have made of the most recent human rights record and the political viability of the present governing regime in Saudi Arabia, and...

  • Chechnya

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What discussions they have had with the Russian Government on the prospects of a broadly-based inclusive political process in Chechnya both to promote a...

  • Israel

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How they voted in the United Nations General Assembly on the proposal to seek the opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the wall and...

  • Israel

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to the Cadennabia Declaration by the joint Israeli-Palestinian working group on Jerusalem, concerning the "Jerusalem Barrier".

  • Israel

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the most recent occasion on which they discussed with the Government of Israel all of the following issues: (a) the removal of settlement outposts from...

  • Liberia

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether weapons surrendered to the United Nations Peace Keeping Force in Liberia and to ECOMOG troops will be destroyed; and, if not, what will happen to them.

  • Sudan

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are pressing for international monitoring following recent fighting in the Darfur province of Western Sudan; and whether they will be represented in...

  • Sudan

    asked Her Majesty's Government: In what ways they consider that international monitoring, both before and after any peace agreement for the Sudan, could be made more effective; and whether they...

  • Sudan

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are in favour of establishing an independent body to monitor human rights in Sudan, including the proposal to establish such a body through the United...

  • Afghanistan: Constitutional Loya Jirga

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What financial contribution they have made to the process of elections to the Constitutional Loya Jirga in Afghanistan; and what provisional assessment they have...

  • Congo: Ugandan, Zimbabwean and Angolan Armed Forces

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their estimate of the numbers of military forces of Uganda, Zimbabwe and Angola still remaining within the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and by when...

  • Congo: UN Panel on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress is being made by the UN Panel on the Illegal Exploitation of the Natural Resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • Russia: Parliamentary Elections

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will raise with the Government of Russia the fairness of the recent parliamentary elections.

  • UK and Russia: Academic, Cultural and Sporting Exchanges

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How they propose to facilitate academic, cultural and sporting exchanges between the United Kingdom and Russia.

  • Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What was agreed at the meeting of states parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in Geneva on 27 and 28 November.

  • Biological Weapons Convention

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the outcome of the recent discussions in Geneva on national measures to reinforce the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention.

  • Military List

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are introducing new controls to license the activities of those who trade in military goods between overseas countries.[HL526] simone

  • Overseas Territories Consultative Council

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the outcome of the fifth annual Overseas Territories Consultative Council.

  • Terrorist Organisations: Fund-raising

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Home Secretary received a plea from relations of those murdered in the Real IRA bombing in Omagh in August 1998 asking that any new anti-terrorism...

  • Fire Services Act 2003: Section 1

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to instruct all fire authorities that, when use is made of the powers granted to the Secretary of State under Section 1 of the Fire Services...

  • Fire and Rescue Authorities: Funding

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the present annual increase of 4.7 per cent in spending on the Fire Service will need to change when the proposals for improved and additional services, as...

  • Fire and Rescue Authorities: Funding

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How much is spent annually on the Fire Service; and how this money is distributed between central and local government

  • ODPM: Financial Contributions to External Seminars

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether it is normal practice for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to subsidise the costs of seminars being organised by external companies on legislation...

  • Territorial Army: Vaccinations

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the current regime, including recommended intervals between doses, for vaccination of members of the Territorial Army and reservists who are being called...

  • Operation TELIC: Reservists

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What percentage of Her Majesty's Armed Forces still serving in Operation TELIC are reservists; and what has been the average period of absence from civilian...

  • Battle of Trafalgar: 200th Anniversary

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005.

  • Data Protection: EC/US Discussions and UK Citizens

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, and if so under what provision, the European Commision is permitted to make an agreement with the United States to give that country personal details and...

  • Inland Revenue: Tax Returns

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, when a payer sends a return to a tax office which is logged as received but subsequently lost, the Inland Revenue sends notification of this to the sender.

  • UK Sport

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 9 December (WA 58) on the review of UK Sport, (a) what were its terms of reference; (b) what was...

  • Olympic Games 2012: London Bid

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Who are the members of the working group of officials set up to provide advice on the 2012 Olympic bid; and when the working group has met.

  • Passive Smoking

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will take measures to ensure that non-smokers are protected from passive smoking in the workplace and in public places.

  • Nutrition: Carbohydrates

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to review the promotion by the Department of Health and Food Standards Agency of high carbohydrate intakes, in view of the continuing problem...

  • National Health Service: Doctors

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What rules exist requiring a doctor to work in the National Health Service after receiving state-funded medical training.

  • Renewable Energy: Biodegradable Solid Waste

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Energy on 31 March (Official Report, Commons, col. 506W), why the amount of biodegradable solid waste...

  • Renewable Energy: Wind Farms

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How many individual wind-driven turbines there are in (a) Wales; (b) Scotland; (c) England; and (d) Northern Ireland; and How many wind farms there are in (a)...

  • Renewable Energy: Wind Farms

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the average cost of wind-driven turbines in United Kingdom wind farms; and What is the estimated amount of investment in wind farms in (a) Wales; (b)...

  • Renewable Energy: Wind Farms

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What employment opportunities have emerged consequent upon the decision to build wind farms in the United Kingdom.

  • Renewable Energy: Wind Farms

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of noise pollution consequent upon the building of wind farms in the United Kingdom.

  • End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Which body is responsible for commencing proceedings in Scotland for offences under the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2635).

  • Information Technology Strategy and UK Rankings

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the United Kingdom has slipped from seventh in the World Economic Forum's networked readiness index rankings in 2002–03 to 15th in 2003–04; and...

  • Information Technology Strategy and UK Rankings

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the figures from the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report, which show that the United Kingdom is eighth in the rankings in terms of...

  • Employment Deductions

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether accommodation or other benefits can be taken into account for the purposes of determinations in relation to: (a) the National Minimum Wage Act 1998; (b)...

  • Broadband

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they consider that the Anglesey Connected programme, aimed at providing high speed Internet access to public sector institutions and facilities on the...

  • Broadband

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they consider that the fees charged by British Telecom for activation of broadband connections are inflating the costs of Internet services provided by...

  • Broadband

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in light of the recently announced decision of Oftel and Ofcom to require a reduction in the price of wholesale broadband supplied by British Telecom to...

  • Broadband

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the fees charged for activation of broadband connections in the United Kingdom are set at adequately competitive levels; and whether the example of Italy,...

  • Privacy and Electronic Communications

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they have taken to alert and inform commercial enterprises of the coming into force of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.

  • Privacy and Electronic Communications

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the use of cookies on Government websites is fully compliant with the requirements of the recently implemented Privacy and Electronic Communications...