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Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what external scrutiny of performance against public service agreements is planned. - (Holding answer 12 November 1998).

Asked by

Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 1998

Reference

59425; 319 c842W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what monitoring he is carrying out of the effect that transfer of asylum appeals to provincial centres is having on legal representation at asylum appeals.

Asked by

Lord Allan of Hallam

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 1998

Reference

60253; 319 c723W

House

House of Commons

Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

What plans they have, with European partners, to monitor the Presidential elections in Algeria scheduled for April 1999, and whether they will propose that the European Union send an advance mission, to establish whether there is sufficient freedom of association and of assembly to make free and fair elections possible....

Asked by

Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 1998

Reference

HL 3884; 594 c215WA

House

House of Lords

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what fisheries conservation objectives are intended to be achieved by the designation of landing ports.

Asked by

Christopher Gill (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 1998

Reference

59828; 319 c685W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has for the monitoring of genetically-modified crops; and if he will ensure that this includes the monitoring of gene transfers. - Includes ref to Dir90/220/EEC.

Asked by

Anthony Steen (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 1998

Reference

319 c491W; 59753

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to measure the effectiveness of the Monetary Policy Committee (i) annually and (ii) over four-year periods; if he will comment on the effectiveness of the Monetary Policy Committee to date.

Asked by

Ashok Kumar (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 1998

Reference

319 c551W;319 c551-2W; 59528;59583

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what evaluation he has made of the spread of radioactive gases over the South Coast from the French nuclear power station at Cap La Hague.

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 1998

Reference

60107; 319 c487-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make arrangements for the testing of dioxin levels at the site of Avenue Cokeworks, Wingerworth, Derbyshire. - Inc ref to 29 April 1998 311 c129-30W.

Asked by

Harry Barnes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 1998

Reference

59597; 319 c348W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the ecological monitoring of farm-scale trials of genetically-modified crops will involve.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 1998

Reference

319 c347W; 59683

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what monitoring he carries out on the composition of the regional customer service committees appointed by the Director of Ofwat. - Inc ref to Director General of Water Services Annual Reports, in the Library and to 'Representing...

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 1998

Reference

319 c345-6W; 59336

House

House of Commons

Lords statement on latest developments in Iraq

Lords statement on latest developments in Iraq.

Lead member

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Ministerial statements

Date

16 November 1998

Reference

594 c1017-31

House

House of Lords

Statement on latest developments in Iraq

Statement on latest developments in Iraq.

Lead member

Tony Blair

Department

Prime Minister

Type

Ministerial statements

Date

16 November 1998

Reference

319 c607-23

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how he intends to set local targets for (a) improving air quality, (b) improving road safety, (c) improving public transport and (d) road traffic reductions.

Asked by

Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 November 1998

Reference

319 c274-5W; 59497

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received since May from health authorities concerning cement kilns.

Asked by

Gordon Prentice (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 November 1998

For answer on

12 November 1998

Answered on

12 November 1998

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received since May from health authorities concerning cement kilns. [59478] Mr. Milburn: None. However, this is a matter which the Department's Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants has examined in detail following reports by the Environment Select Committee. The Committee has issued the following statement this week: "This statement updates a previous statement issued by the Committee in October 1997. The Committee has subsequently examined data collected by the Environment Agency into Complaints and Odours in the Clitheroe area. It is satisfied that there does not appear to be a link between complaints or odour threshold exceedances and the burning of Secondary Liquid Fuel (SLF) during the monitoring period; and that the concentrations of substances detected in ambient air samples did not indicate any concerns for health. The Committee is also aware that separate dust monitoring has been carried out at Clitheroe Hospital on behalf of the Environment Agency, Ribble Valley Borough Council, East Lancashire Health Authority and Communicare NHS Trust. Despite some concerns which the Committee has about the monitoring methodology-- specifically, the unsatisfactory nature of the samplers used in the early phase of monitoring and improvements which might have been made to the study design--the Committee agrees that none of the evidence suggests that particles released locally are likely to pose a special risk to health. The Committee notes that the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions has established an air quality monitoring site at Chatburn and that the first year's data show that air quality in the area is well on target to meet the objectives for Sulphur Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide set out in the National Air Quality Strategy to be achieved by 2005. The Committee notes the action taken by the Environment Agency since 1 April this year to enforce a "Haze and Odour Condition" on emissions from Castle Cement such that "no persistent haze or odour which causes offence (sourced from either chimney) is present at ground level outside the site boundary". It notes its intention to continue to investigate all complaints and to take the appropriate action to enforce this. The Committee notes that the fitting of a wet scrubber on one of the kilns at Castle Cement and the decommissioning of two other kilns at the site are expected to lead to overall improvements in local air quality over the coming years, particularly in the reduction of levels of Sulphur Dioxide and Particles. The Committee also had access to more recent health data collected by the East Lancashire Health Authority. This examined hospital admission rates for asthma and for any respiratory illness, mortality data and prescribing data from general practice. These data do not provide any evidence to support the assertion that the health of residents in the Clitheroe area is being adversely affected as a result of exposure to emissions from local industry. Indeed, people living in Clitheroe tend to have lower than average values compared to people living elsewhere in the health authority. In summary, the Committee reiterates the point that the data available to it do not indicate that air quality in the area is worse when SLF is burned when compared with coal; nor do the data point to the need for a survey of the health of the local population to be carried out."

Date

12 November 1998

Reference

319 c308-9W; 59478

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to change the Government's policy on non-disclosure of information on the ethnic origin of individuals appointed to public bodies.

Asked by

Helen Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 1998

Reference

59575; 319 c200W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals he has to monitor and publish performance on emissions from power generators on a basis of less than 12 months intervals. - Includes ref to DETR News Release and Energy Trends. (Holding answer 10 November 1998).

Asked by

Lord Boswell of Aynho (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 November 1998

Reference

59164; 319 c220W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the impact of the schools pack Partners in Europe; what feedback he has received from schools and pupils; how he intends to monitor the future success of the pack in schools.

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 1998

Reference

58747; 319 c90W

House

House of Commons

Donoughue, Lord

Who is responsible (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) elsewhere in the European Union for identifying, monitoring and preventing or minimising possible adverse effects on fish stocks in Northern European waters, including possible damage to the health of the fish and of consumers of fish, from pollutants (whether natural,...

Asked by

Lord Kennet (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 1998

Reference

594 c77WA; HL 3603

House

House of Lords

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions in each month, or other period for which the information is available since 1st May 1997 WHO guidelines for atmospheric pollution levels have been exceeded. - Includes tables.

Asked by

Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 November 1998

For answer on

9 November 1998

Answered on

9 November 1998

Mr. Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on how many occasions in each month, or other period for which the information is available since 1 May 1997 WHO guidelines for atmospheric pollution levels have been exceeded. [59016] Mr. Meale: Air pollution data from national monitoring sites, from 1 May 1997, for four pollutants (nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide) for which WHO have set guidelines, is presented in the tables. It should be noted that data are provisional from 1 April 1998. Nitrogen dioxide WHO 1-hour mean>=110.ppb _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Number of exceedences Number of days Maximum hourly ppb May 1997 3 1 121 June 1997 2 2 249 July 1997 3 2 150 August 1997 4 4 144 September 1997 6 6 217 October 1997 35 3 249 November 1997 25 8 156 December 1997 6 3 154 January 1998 6 5 134 February 1998 9 7 132 April 1998 2 2 124 May 1998 3 3 122 June 1998 1 1 119 August 1998 3 3 123 October 1998 5 4 598 November 1998 1 1 190 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Carbon monoxide WHO 1-hour mean>=25.0ppm _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Number of exceedences Number of days Maximum ppm October 1998 4 4 48.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Carbon monoxide WHO 8-hour running average>=10.0ppm _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Number of exceedences Number of days Maximum ppm October 1997 2 2 12.1 November 1997 1 1 12.1 January 1998 4 4 11 October 1998 3 3 47.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Ozone WHO 8-hour running average>=60.0ppb _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Number of exceedences Number of days Maximum ppb May 1997 51 8 80 June 1997 28 6 77 July 1997 47 9 83 August 1997 204 14 100 April 1998 1 1 64 May 1998 78 16 84 June 1998 11 2 72 July 1998 1 1 60 August 1998 34 4 101 September 1998 6 5 71 October 1998 10 9 72 November 1998 1 1 65 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sulphur Dioxide WHO 24-hour running average>=44.0ppb _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Number of exceedences Number of days Maximum ppb July 1997 3 3 82 September 1997 1 1 45 October 1997 9 8 78 November 1997 16 12 94 December 1997 8 6 92 January 1998 22 12 93 February 1998 2 2 56 May 1998 9 6 66 July 1998 2 2 65 September 1998 7 7 89 October 1998 2 2 47 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

9 November 1998

Reference

319 c19-20W; 59016

House

House of Commons

Williams of Mostyn, Lord

Whether they will introduce measures to introduce coherent and user-friendly legislation to tackle unfair discrimination with consistent powers of monitoring and enforcement. [HL 3658].

Asked by

Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 1998

Reference

594 c73WA; HL 3658

House

House of Lords

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