Written and Oral Questions to Ministers

Topic: Defence Questions

3rd December 2007

Oral Question: Does the Minister realise that the most devout hope of the families of any serviceman on operations is that he or she should have the right equipment to undertake their jobs?

Topic: Affordable Housing in the South East

31st July 2007

Written Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to increase the availability of affordable housing in the South East.

Topic: Housing - Low Incomes

24th July 2007

Written Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes were built in West Sussex in each year since 1997?

Topic: NHS Manpower

23rd July 2007

Written Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed in the NHS in (a) England and (b) West Sussex; and what percentage of each is employed in

Topic: Police - Finance

23rd July 2007

Written Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding has been allocated to the police per head of population in (a) Sussex and (b) the South East of England for 2007-08.

Topic: Wounded Service Personnel

16th July 2007

Oral Question: Would the Secretary of State accept that it is a great failing of the Ministry of Defence that more is not known about the great triumph, success and heroism of British soldiers, particularly those who have been seriously wounded?

Topic: Statement on Constitutional Reform

3rd July 2007

Oral Question: The Prime Minister will of course be aware that there is much to welcome in his statement on both sides of the House.

Topic: Statement on Iran (Detention of Naval Personnel)

19th June 2007

Oral Question: The Secretary of State must agree that this incident was a very serious operational failure indeed. If the captain of one of Her Majesty's ships were to run it aground on a sand bank, he would be arraigned before a court martial.

Topic: Productivity of farming (Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs)

9th May 2007

Written Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help improve the productivity of farming.

Topic: Regulatory Burden (Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs)

9th May 2007

Written Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to decrease the level of regulatory burden for which his Department is responsible.

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