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Written / Oral Questions -- 2007
Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Palestine
(20 Nov 2007)
 
“In the past year, there have been well over 1,000 identified rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza. Thirteen Israeli citizens have been killed and 317 wounded. What are the Government doing to prevent the proliferation of missiles in the Gaza strip, which are the cause of unacceptable daily attacks on Israeli citizens?”
Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Departments: Berkeley Group (9 Oct 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 23 July 2007, Official Report, column 735W, on Departments: Berkeley Group, whether the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, East (Mr. Prescott) met with (a) directors, representatives or lawyers acting for and (b) employees of (i) Berkeley Group Holdings plc, (ii) St George plc, (iii) Berkeley...
 
Written Answers — Health: Accident and Emergency Departments: Cambridgeshire
(3 Sep 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of accident and emergency departments that will close in Cambridgeshire over the next five years.
Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Casinos (23 Jul 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: Can the Secretary of State enlighten the House as to why, only a week or so ago and from that Dispatch Box, the Prime Minister changed the Government's policy on casinos at a stroke? Was not the Prime Minister present at Cabinet meetings that endorsed the 888 principle?
 
Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Departments: Berkeley Group (23 Jul 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the right hon. Member for Hull East met (a) directors, representatives or lawyers acting for and (b) employees of (i) Berkeley Group Holdings plc, (ii) St. George plc, (iii) Berkeley Homes plc, (iv) St. James Group Ltd, (v) Berkeley First Ltd, (vi) Berkeley Commercial Development Ltd and (vii) Berkeley Strategic Land...
Written Answers — Health: Community Hospitals: Capital Investments (18 Jul 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria his Department uses to assess the needs of primary care trusts in taking decisions to allocate capital funding for community hospitals.

Written Answers — Health: NHS Next Stage Review (18 Jul 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the statement of 4 July 2007, Official Report, column 970, on the NHS next stage review, on what projects the £750 million community hospital capital funding has been (a) allocated to be spent and (b) already spent; what mechanisms have been used to allocate funding; and how much has been (i) allocated and (ii) spent on each project.
Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: School Meals: Take-Up (10 Jul 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2007, Official Report, columns 372-3W, on school meals: take-up, whether the 4 per cent. target relates exclusively to lunches.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: NHS Next Stage Review (4 Jul 2007)

Malcolm Moss: In the light of fact that the Secretary of State said in his statement that he wanted more "patient control, choice and local accountability", what encouragement can he give to patients who are fighting to retain services at their local community hospitals, such as Doddington hospital in my constituency? Are those words about patient choice as empty as his predecessor's?

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gambling: Licensing (4 Jul 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations his Department has received from (a) the gaming industry and (b) local authorities on the deadline for premises license applications in order to secure continuation rights.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Machines: Standards (4 Jul 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans his Department has to permit the pre-testing of gaming machines prior to the implementation of the new machine categories provided for in the Gambling Act 2005.
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Pupils: English Language (13 Jun 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps have been taken to ensure that staff in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools with high numbers of English as an additional language pupils are being supported in their teaching.
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Pupils: English Language (6 Jun 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate he has made of the number of English as an additional language pupils in (a) Cambridgeshire, (b) Norfolk and (c) Lincolnshire; (2) what estimate he has made of the increase in the number of English as an additional language pupils in the last five years in (a) Cambridgeshire, (b) Norfolk and (c) Lincolnshire.

Written Answers — Education and Skills: School Meals: Take-up (5 Jun 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures he plans to take in response to trends in secondary school meal take-up following the introduction of new standards for school food.
Written Answers — Home Department: Workers Registration Scheme (23 May 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many workers were registered under the Workers Registration Scheme in (a) Cambridgeshire, (b) Norfolk and (c) Lincolnshire in each of the last five years.
 
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Pupils: Languages (21 May 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether all schools are required to report to his Department the first language of all their pupils.
Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Gangmasters (16 May 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate he has made of the number of gangmasters in (a) Cambridgeshire, (b) Norfolk and (c) Lincolnshire; (2) what steps are being taken to ensure that migrant workers are not exploited by unregistered gangmasters; (3) what steps are being taken to ensure that gangmasters are complying with the law on the...
 
Written Answers — Home Department: Human Trafficking (16 May 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what definitions of human trafficking are given in UK legislation.
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Machines (10 May 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 25 April 2007, Official Report, columns 1119-20W, on gaming machines, what the critical milestones are for finalising the testing regime for ensuring that gaming machines comply with the technical standards required under the Gambling Act 2005.
 
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Education: Cambridgeshire (9 May 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for what reason the Cambridgeshire Standards Fund Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant was reduced by 30 per cent. in 2004.
 
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Pupils: Languages (9 May 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what funding his Department makes available to support schools with increasing numbers of bilingual learners; (2) what funding has been made available for (a) local authorities and (b) individual schools in Cambridgeshire to deal with increasing numbers of bilingual learners.
Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills: School Meals (26 Apr 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: You have done that to me twice now, Mr. Speaker. Does the Minister share my deep concern at the ongoing decline in the take-up of school meals, and is it not doubly ironic that the imposition of the deep-fried standard has actually contributed significantly to that decline? Will he adopt a more co-ordinated approach with Ministers from other Departments with an interest in this matter and...
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Machines: Standards (25 Apr 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the testing regime for ensuring that gaming machines comply with the technical standards required under the Gambling Act 2005 has been finalised.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Machines: Standards (25 Apr 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether contractors have been selected to undertake on behalf of the Gambling Commission the tests required to ensure that gaming machines comply with the technical standards required under the Gambling Act 2005.
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs: Licensing (26 Mar 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many regional casinos must be licensed in the pilot scheme in order to comply with the EU legislation relating to freedom of enterprise.
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Casino Advisory Panel (22 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make the transcripts of the evidence in public sessions held by the Casino Advisory Panel available to the public.

 Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (22 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the differences are in (a) scale and (b) nature of operation is between regional casinos, large casinos and small casinos under the 2005 legislation.

 Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Tourism (21 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which UK cities received the highest number of tourist visitors in each of the last 10 years.
Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Modernising Medical Careers (19 Mar 2007)
Malcolm Moss: Does the Minister not realise that the new scheme is likely to lead to serious managerial problems in many of our hospitals, which will lead to a diminution of care and an extended waiting list?
Written Answers — Education and Skills: School Meals (14 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects on (a) nutrition and (b) costs which might arise from use of new-generation steam convection ovens in school kitchens; and what advice he has received from the School Food Trust on this subject.
 
Written Answers — Education and Skills: School Meals (13 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) with which partnership the School Food Trust is working on its plans for regional training kitchens for the school food workforce; how many such kitchens there will be; and by what date it is planned that the kitchens will be operational; (2) what discussions (a) his Department and (b) the School Food Trust have had with private...
 
Written Answers — Education and Skills: School Meals (13 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which baseline year he has selected by which to judge the School Food Trust's performance against its targets of increasing school meal uptake by four percentage points by March 2008 and 10 percentage points by autumn 2009; and how many school meals were consumed in that year.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (8 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2007, Official Report, column 1404W, on gaming clubs, for what reasons the research paper commissioned by the Casino Advisory Panel was not received in time to provide background to assist in the scoping phase of the panel's work.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (8 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2007, Official Report, column 1403W, on gaming clubs, which members of the Casino Advisory Panel had expertise in each of the categories of expertise stated in the answer to question 123659.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (8 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2007, Official Report, column 1404W, on gaming clubs, on what date the Casino Advisory Panel asked her Department for its 2006 budget to be determined; and on what date the Panel was informed of its budget.
 
Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Licensing Act (5 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Moss: What assessment she has made of the effect of the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003 on the performance of live music.
 
Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Licensing Act (5 Mar 2007)
  
Malcolm Moss: According to the MORI research commissioned by the Minister's Department, only60 per cent. of smaller venues that previously offered live music were given licences under the LicensingAct 2003, many of which have expensive conditions attached. Will the Minister tell the House what proportion of that group implemented the conditions? If he cannot do so, does that not render the statistics...
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether (a) recordings and (b) transcripts were made of the public evidence sessions held by the Casino Advisory Panel with casino licence bidders.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the evidential basis was for the Casino Advisory Panel's assessment of the effect of regional casinos on urban areas.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will place in the Library copies of the Casino Advisory Panel's (a) conflict of interest and (b) hospitality registers.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether it would be permissible for a casino to be located in Manchester in a location other than that in East Manchester considered by the Casino Advisory Panel.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which people were informed of the Casino Advisory Panel's (CAP) decision to nominate Manchester as a location for a regional casino prior to the publication of CAP's final report.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what visits the Casino Advisory Panel members made to casinos in other countries in each of the last two years; and which of those visits were to casinos which operated machines classified in the UK as category A machines.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will place in the Library the minutes of the Casino Advisory Panel meeting of19th January 2007.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what expertise regarding the social impact of casinos members of the Casino Advisory Panel were required to demonstrate before appointment to the Panel.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what international examples were drawn on by the Casino Advisory Panel in the process of making their decision on proposed casino locations.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the purpose was of the Casino Advisory Panel's commissioning of a research paper.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the Casino Advisory Panel (CAP) first asked for their budget for 2006 to be determined; and on what date she informed CAP of its 2006 budget.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (28 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the Casino Advisory Panel (CAP) requested money specifically for research on the social impact of gambling; and whether CAP's budget determined by the Secretary of State included an element for such research.
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs: Planning Permission (27 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had on the statement of the Casino Advisory Panel that problem gambling is a town planning consideration.
Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Syria (20 Feb 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: Since Syria seems to continue to violate UN resolution 1701 by allowing the smuggling of arms into southern Lebanon, what effective steps are the Government taking to prevent Syrian interference in the fragility of southern Lebanon, to prevent the rearming of Hezbollah and, of course, to obtain the release of the Israeli soldiers?
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs: Greater Manchester (16 Feb 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what she was first informed of the Casino Advisory Panel decision on the location of the Supercasino in Manchester.
 
Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs: Greater Manchester (16 Feb 2007)
 
Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the chief executive of Manchester city council has met Casino Advisory Panel member James Froomberg in the last eight weeks.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Casino Advisory Panel (8 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in which locations the Casino Advisory Panel held its last five meetings.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Gaming Clubs (7 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she expects the order relating to the casino advisory panel's recommendations for the location of the new casinos to come before the House.

Oral Answers to Questions — Constitutional Affairs: Casino Advisory Panel (30 Jan 2007)

“Those of us who thought that the process of implementing the Gambling Act could not get any worse—I include members of the Scrutiny and Standing Committees in that group—are frankly astonished by today's announcement about the location of the super-casino. The decision of the casino advisory panel flies in the face of not only the main recommendation of the Scrutiny Committee—...”

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: London Olympics (5 Jan 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made with remediation work on the contaminated land on the Olympic site; what the role is of the Olympic Delivery Authority in the remediation process; and what role the London Development Agency is taking in the process.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: London Olympics (5 Jan 2007)

Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the cost of remediation on the Olympic site.

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