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written question – answered on 18 January 2007.

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  • Animal Welfare

    asked Her Majesty's Government: When secondary legislation consequential on the Animal Welfare Act 2006 will be laid before Parliament.

  • Anti-social Behaviour Orders

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people have had anti-social behaviour orders served on them in the past year.

  • Benefits: Winter Fuel Payment

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McKenzie of Luton on 19 December 2006 (WA 273), what savings to the Exchequer would result if the winter fuel payment to...

  • British Citizenship

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, having regard to the total prohibition on dual nationality in Nepal, which was communicated on 22 November 2006 to the Home Office and the Foreign and...

  • British Citizenship

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Under what circumstances a person would not have been a British Dependent Territories citizen on 4 February and 30 June 1997, if (a) he was born in Hong Kong after...

  • British Citizenship

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Under what circumstances a person would not have been a British Dependent Territories citizen on 4 February and 30 June 1997, if (a) he was born in Hong Kong after...

  • Children: Policy Review

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Why their policy review of children and young people (January 2007) did not mention foster parents, stable placements or the training of staff in children's homes.

  • Children: UN Conventions

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will indicate the date when they will sign up in its entirety to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

  • Climate Change

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the response by the Confederation of British Industry and United Kingdom companies to their proposals on climate change controls.

  • Climate Change

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether their present policy of increasing wetlands environmental zones will counter the effects of pollution, incorrect waste disposal and global warming in and...

  • Crime: Domestic Violence

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How many lives were lost during the years 2002 to 2005 as a result of domestic violence.

  • Crime: Rape

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the proportion of successful convictions for rape in the last year for which statistics are available where guilt was established through (a) a guilty...

  • Cyclists: Footpaths

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prosecutions there have been of cyclists riding on footpaths in the Metropolitan Police area in each of the past 10 years for which figures are available;...

  • Cyprus: Green Line

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made an assessment of Greek Cypriot proposals to establish checkpoints at the green line crossing points; and whether they will make...

  • Demonstrations

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have received from Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur or other senior police officers about the policing of demonstrations, what...

  • Diplomatic Passports

    asked Her Majesty's Government: To which categories of people they issue diplomatic passports; and on the basis of what criteria.

  • Disabled People: Care Services

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations the Minister for Care Services has received from Nicole Penn-Symons, chief executive of the Disabled Living Foundation, regarding the...

  • EU: Biodiversity

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will take steps to assist the European Commission to promote the growth in environmental goods, technologies and services.

  • EU: Biodiversity

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will propose measures to help the European Commission to increase its wetlands biodiversity conservation programme in both member states and nearby...

  • Flags

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What legislation covers the definition of the form, shape and design, and any rules about the permitted use, of (a) the union flag; (b) the English flag (cross of...

  • Guantanamo Bay

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will seek an urgent meeting with the Government of the United States to make representations for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison and the...

  • Health: Prescriptions

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures are being taken to encourage the medical profession to prescribe in line with patient pack sizes.

  • Health: vCJD

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations the Secretary of State for Health has had from the chairman of the Haemophilia Society on the findings of Professor John Collinge in the...

  • Immigration: Children

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How many non-British children have been taken into care by children's social services, on or soon after arrival in the United Kingdom, in each of the past three...

  • Immigration: Children

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made an assessment of the average and standard deviation of the ages, between 16 and 20, at which children develop particular dental...

  • Immigration: Children

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How many unaccompanied young persons made applications for asylum in 2006; and in how many of these cases, and in respect of what countries, there was a dispute...

  • Immigration: Children

    asked Her Majesty's Government: How many young unaccompanied asylum seekers from countries to which non-suspensive appeals apply claimed to be under 18; and on what grounds were each deemed to be...

  • Immigration: Deportation

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will keep central records of persons detained under the immigration laws in the belief that they were foreign nationals liable to deportation, and who...

  • Immigration: Harmondsworth Removal Centre

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Why night staff at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre have only limited access to ligature cutters which can be used to save those who may try to hang...

  • Immigration: Harmondsworth Removal Centre

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will give a breakdown of the persons who were discharged from Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre during the third quarter of 2006, showing how...

  • Immigration: Spot Checks

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish figures showing the number of sudden spot checks carried out by security and immigration personnel on entrants through United Kingdom...

  • Immigration: Unlimited Detention

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the evidence of irreparable mental health damage to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers detained without time limit.

  • Iraq: Execution of Saddam Hussein

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Why no immediate official comment was made by members of the Cabinet on the circumstances surrounding the execution of the former president of Iraq.

  • Local Government: Unitary Authorities

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the invitation to local authorities to submit proposals for unitary status, published on 26 October, is according to the system and within the framework...

  • Local Government: Unitary Authorities

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the timescale for the invitation to local authorities to submit proposals for unitary status, published on 26 October with a deadline of 25 January 2007,...

  • Obesity

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on childhood obesity recommends surgical procedures; and, if so, which specific...

  • Roads: Abnormal Loads

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Which accredited companies have been approved to escort abnormal loads on motorways.

  • Schools: Manchester

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What percentage of 18 year-old students who attended a City of Manchester school and were resident in the city obtained a place at a higher education institution...

  • Schools: Meals

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the level of skill required for preparing adequate school meals; what training is provided for this purpose; and what is the relevant sector skills council.

  • Schools: Meals

    asked Her Majesty's Government: What provision is typically made in state schools for the storage of school meals brought in by pupils; and whether these arrangements are adequate.

  • Schools: Multiverse Theory

    asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Adonis on 18 December 2006, whether multiverse theory could be taught in schools, being one of a range of views on the...

  • Security Industry: Private Companies

    asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will stop using private security companies that have not been registered as approved in accordance with the compliance requirements of the Security...

  • Traffic Management Act 2004

    asked Her Majesty's Government: When they propose to publish the outstanding regulations following the enactment of the Traffic Management Bill.