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HM Treasury
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the manufacturing cost per unit is for the (a) current and (b) new £1 coin.
Crossrail Line: Scotland
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Scottish Government has received related to Barnett consequentials resulting from the London Crossrail Project; and what assessment has been...
Foreign Exchange: Small Businesses
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of non-transparent pricing structures in foreign currency exchange on UK small businesses which trade...
Debts: Scotland
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the Debt Arrangement Scheme in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
Treasury: Data Protection
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) official and (b) official sensitive documents have been recorded as lost by his Department since 8 May 2015.
National Insurance Contributions: Older Workers
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of national insurance contributions forgone by the Exchequer from people who are above state pension age...
Taxis: Greater London
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether representations were made by or on behalf of his predecessor to the former Mayor of London on the regulation of the taxi and private-hire industry...
Royal Bank of Scotland: Incentives
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government had discussions with Royal Bank of Scotland on the recent giving of bonuses to nine executives of that bank.
Taxis: Exhaust Emissions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of changes in vehicle excise duty in April 2017 on (a) zero emission capable taxis and (b) costs for...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) impact on and (b) additional cost to the Civil Service of negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
Royal Bank of Scotland: Closures
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many local bank branches of the Royal Bank of Scotland have closed in each of the last five years.
Treasury: Staff
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are currently employed by his Department.
British Home Stores: Pensions
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the contribution made to the BHS pension fund by Sir Philip Green came from his personal income; and how much income tax was paid on that...
Welfare Tax Credits: Farmers
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many farmers are currently in receipt of tax credits.
Business: Competition
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he is taking to improve the UK's economic competitiveness.
Prime Minister: Uber
To ask the Prime Minister, how many meetings have taken place between civil servants, advisers or Ministers of her Office and Uber since July 2016.
Business Appointments Advisory Committee
To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment she has made of the work of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
Children: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting city mayors in establishing localised child poverty targets.
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his oral contribution of 27 March 2017, Official Report, column 9, what the financial budget allocated to support claimants...
Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work of 27 March 2017, Official Report, column 9,...
State Retirement Pensions: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions of 27 March 2017, Official Report, column 16,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the full equality impact assessment on the replacement of existing bereavement benefits by the bereavement support payment.
Jobcentre Plus: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to monitor the outcomes of support provided through Jobcentre Plus for (a) disabled and (b) autistic people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to measure the long-term employment outcomes of individuals being supported through his Department's Work and Health programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work of 27 March 2017, Official Report, columns...
Jobcentres: Pyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are registered at the jobcentre in Pyle; how many of those claimants are required to attend for daily signing; what cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department made of the travel distance between Pyle Jobcentre and Porthcawl prior to its decision on whether a...
Local Housing Allowance: Garston and Halewood
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Garston and Halewood constituency have been in receipt of local housing allowance for properties with (a) one, (b) two, (c)...
Local Housing Allowance: Liverpool City Region
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region have been in receipt of local housing allowance in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment of 25 August 2016 on the lower benefit cap, if he will publish the referred estimates of...
Employment: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of employment in Liverpool of the announced closure of jobcentres and other offices of his...
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department arising from the application of the under-occupancy penalty in each of the last...
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsideration request decisions made by his Department have been overturned by HM Courts and Tribunals Service since the...
Access to Work Programme: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Access to Work Hidden Impairments Specialist Team is able to refer people to specialist...
Personal Independence Payment: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16-year olds who were previously in receipt of disability living allowance have had their application for personal independence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people in (a) Batley and Spen constituency, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England who have...
Family Premium: Liverpool City Region
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of family premium for new claimants on families with one or more disabled...
Housing Benefit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to remove the entitlement to housing benefit for people aged 21-years old.
Universal Credit: Liverpool City Region
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region in receipt of income-based...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region have been in receipt of universal credit since April 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will carry out an impact assessment on the restrictions to backdating housing benefit introduced in April 2016 for working-age claimants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to inform parents receiving universal credit who have two or more children that if another child is conceived that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a person unable to plan and follow journeys as a result of psychological distress, but not otherwise impaired, will qualify for the...
Social Security Benefits: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department records whether benefit claimants are on the autism spectrum.
Department for Work and Pensions: Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department was of R v SSWP UK SC 0029/2016.
Work and Health Programme: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Government's Work and Health Programme will ensure that autistic people have access to...
Personal Independence Payment: Torbay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's most recent conversion rates are for cases moving from disability living allowance to personal independence payments in...
Occupational Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of planned increases in minimum contributions on the level of automatic enrolment opt-outs.
Carers: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the trends in the number of carers withdrawing their private pensions before reaching state pension age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the savings to the public purse from the introduction of the minimum income floor for universal credit.
State Retirement Pensions: Age
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications of regional variations in life expectancy for the forthcoming changes to the state pension age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of poor health on an individual's ability to make financial preparations for retirement.
Universal Credit: Farmers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on farmers of the introduction of the minimum income floor for universal credit.
Universal Credit: Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the findings of the Ofcom report, entitled Connected Nations, published in December 2016, that five...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her speech in Tallinn of 21 February 2017, what estimate she has made of the number of immigrants that will be needed in...
Compass Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2017 to Question 68479, on Compass: contacts, if she will make an estimate of the number of service...
Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2017 to Question 65925, on police: finance, if she will publish the real term change in aggregate central...
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for estimating costs to (a) the police and (b) her Department for the grant and renewal of authorities under section 5...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 30-day entry visas were issued by her Department where the applicant did not travel to the UK within that 30-day time period.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average time taken to process a 30-day entry visa was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 30-day entry visas have been granted by nationality of applicant in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2017 to Question 67822, on visas, whether her Department plans to develop a version of the visa data...
Offences against Children: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to eliminate the circulation of indecent images of children online; and if she will make a statement.
Refugees: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on facilitating access to the UK for refugees who are in urgent need of healthcare for life-threatening...
Modern Slavery Innovation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations will receive funding under the Modern Slavery Innovation Fund round that concluded on 8 March 2017.
Immigration: Advisory Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been substantiated by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner; and how many such complaints have been...
Director of Labour Market Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what operating budget has been set for the Office of the Director of Labour Market Enforcement in 2017-18 and each of the subsequent two years.
Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and Director of Labour Market Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the formal relationship is between the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the Director of Labour Market Enforcement.
Immigration: EEA Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make provision for EU and EEA citizens living in the UK for a period exceeding five years and who have not yet exercised their...
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for permanent residency her Department has received from EU nationals living in Garston and Halewood constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 29 November 2016 to Questions 54030, 54028 and 54029, what steps were taken by her Department to ensure that all...
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 25 of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16, when a formal review of Gangmasters and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what enforcement action the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner is able to take against registered immigration advisors in cases...
Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what operating budget was set for the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2017 to Question 63858, what process will be used to decide whether the Independent Anti-Slavery...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered immigration advisors have had their registration revoked or rejected for renewal as a result of the Office of the...
Detainees: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women recorded as pregnant have been held in immigration detention since the Immigration Act 2016 came into force; and how many of...
Visas: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence the data from the exit checks introduced in 2015 gives on the proportion of international students who break the terms of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the number of occasions and reasons why Compass has breached its (a) key performance indicators...
Immigrants: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to process checks by the Employer Checking Service is.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 7 March 2017 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on behalf of a constituent, on police dogs.
Psychiatry: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of psychiatrists currently on a Tier 2 visa who will attract the immigration skills charge.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that UK Visas and Immigration can manage the increased level of EU casework since January 2015.
UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of UK Visas and Immigration staff were employed to process EU casework in each month since January 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on consumer security of prohibiting end-to-end encryption.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of regional variations in levels of funding for services for domestic and sexual violence survivors;...
Divorce: Islam
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to staff of her Department on the recognition of Talaq divorces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recent case of fraud committed at the Reading branch of HBOS, what plans she has to establish a (a) National Fraud...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to improve the emergency services' efficiency for encouraging cooperation with air ambulances, civil air patrols and...
Home Office: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many security passes giving access to her Department's premises are currently valid.
Home Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently employed by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people holding security passes for other Government Departments are granted access to her Department's premises with that pass, by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many security passes giving access to her Department's premises have been issued in each year since 2010.
Construction: Undocumented Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story of 14 October 2015, entitled Campaign to tackle illegal working in construction begins,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story of 14 October 2015, entitled Campaign to tackle illegal working in construction begins, how...
Clinical Commissioning Groups: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what performance and regulatory framework NHS England operates to ensure that clinical commissioning groups meet standards of good governance; and what...
Health: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make child health a responsibility of a specific Minister to ensure accountability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many jobs he estimates will be lost in (a) Welwyn Hatfield constituency and (b) England in the 12 months after the discussion to reduce spending on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will announce a date for the publication of the tobacco control plan; and if he will take steps to ensure that that plan guarantees adequate and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will add homeopathic products and other herbal remedies that have no basis in science to the list of items under review by the NHS.
Dementia: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to work towards the elimination of dementia among senior citizens in the next 20 years.
Nivolumab: Hodgkin Lymphoma
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the clinical benefits of nivolumab for patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
Dental Services: Patient Choice Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it a requirement that dentistry practices update their information on the NHS Choices website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of treatment options for patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma whose disease has progressed or not...
Nivolumab
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NICE on that body's decision not to recommend nivolumab for treating relapsed or refractory classical...
Community Health Services: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the decision to break-up the services previously provided by a single block contract by Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust into 13...
Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Prime Minister's Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 22 March 2017, Official Report, column 864, if...
Royal Liverpool Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the official opening of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital will take place on the originally planned date; whether structural problems with...
NHS Pay Review Body
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual budget is of the NHS Pay Review Body.
Department of Health: EU Exit and Trade Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason he is not a member of the Government's European Union Exit and Trade Committee.
Junior Doctors: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate numbers of junior doctors are being trained.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the assurance process used by NHS England was to ensure governance, probity and value for money in the award of salary increases to the Liverpool...
Clinical Commissioning Groups: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure the best quality of care for patients in circumstances where a clinical commissioning group commissions a service from...
Health Professions: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) other NHS staff have left employment in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2016; and how many people in each such...
Social Services: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social care workers left employment with the NHS in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016; and how many such workers were non-UK EU or EEA nationals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of treatment provision for people diagnosed with (a) hepatitis B and (b) hepatitis C.
Dental Services: Coventry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged four and under in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry local authority area were admitted to hospital for a tooth...
Visual Impairment: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to expand access to habilitation services for children and young people with sight loss.
Obesity: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the role played by youth clubs and extra-curricular clubs in tackling childhood obesity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure incurred by (a) Bridgewater Community Healthcare and (b) Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trusts was in bidding for the Liverpool...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he plans to include in the Carers Strategy on the availability of breaks for carers.
NHS: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether the role of sustainability and transformation leaders will in future be standalone posts; and on what salary scale...
Care Quality Commission: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value is of efficiency savings the Care Quality Commission is required to make by 2019; and what proportion of those savings will be delivered...
Barts Health NHS Trust: Private Finance Initiative
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to relieve the premium costs to Barts NHS Trust of the Barts PFI projects.
Newham Clinical Commissioning Group: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to use the one per cent surplus required to be generated by Newham Clinical Commissioning Group for the benefit of Newham...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the announcement of 30 March 2017 on the new arrangement to manage community services in Liverpool, whether NHS Improvement plans to...
Microplastics: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2017 to Question 67657, for what reasons his Department is not planning to conduct an assessment of the implications...
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Bob Diamond
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, if his Department and its associated agencies will...
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2017 to Question 68609, what estimate his Department has made of the average (a)...
Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) a lease has been granted from the Crown Estates for the development of the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon and (b)...
Regeneration: EU Grants and Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to develop schemes to replace existing EU regeneration funding after the UK has left the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to give local councils a role in developing the Government's industrial strategy and to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide a date of publication for the Corporate Governance White Paper.
Energy Intensive Industries: Feed-in Tariffs and Renewables Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much public funding has been provided to (a) energy intensive industries and (b) UK steel producers under the...
Post Offices: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on how many and which post offices were subject to temporary closure in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on full and proper accounting of woodchip biomass of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the emissions reduction plan will halve carbon dioxide emissions from energy and...
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are currently employed by his Department.
Post Offices: Cowes
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the compliance of the Post Office with the Code of Practice on Public Consultation and...
Imphal Barracks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) current spend and (b) estimated total spend is of refurbishing Imphal Barracks in York in order to accommodate 1st Division Headquarters...
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on substitute service (a) family and (b) single accommodation in each year from 2010 to 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the capacity is of (a) service family and (b) single living accommodation in the City of York local authority area.
Armed Forces: Dual Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will re-align the Royal Navy's rules on the eligibility of dual nationality candidates for pilot and observer aircrew positions with those of the...
Military Bases: City of York
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military units and agencies are currently based in the City of York at (a) Imphal Barracks, (b) Queen Elizabeth II Barracks and (c) Towthorpe...
Armed Forces: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel presently serving in the (a) Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF have a spouse or family member who is a veteran, serving personnel or a reservist.
Armed Forces: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase response rates (a) to the armed forces, (b) families and (c) the reserves Continuous Attitude Survey.
Armed Forces: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 28, paragraph 3.34 of the 46th Report of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body, published on 28 March 2017, what the implications are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraphs 4.12 and 4.13 of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body 46th Report, what mechanisms his Department has in place to monitor...
Armed Forces: Career Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraphs 5.9, page 55, of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body 46th Report, published in March 2017, what steps his Department is...
Ministry of Defence: EU Exit and Trade Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason he is not a member of the Government's European Union Exit and Trade Committee.
Syria and Iraq: Military Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Government's response to the Defence Committee on UK military operations in Syria and Iraq, published on 9 March 2017, HC 1065,...
Armed Forces: Deployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 18 April 2016, HCWS 678, on Armed Forces update, when he will provide the House with the annual update on embedded...
Adam Werritty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times he has met Mr Adam Werritty since he became Secretary of State for Defence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times Mr Adam Werritty has been received on his Department's premises since May 2015.
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to review the safeguards on consent to enlistment in the light of the Committee on the Rights of the Child's finding in 2016 that...
Aircraft Carriers: Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2017 to Question 68785, what steps he plans to take in response to the finding of the National Audit Office in...
Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31 of the National Audit Office report, Delivering Carrier Strike, published in March 2017, what steps his Department plans to...
Merlin Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2017 to Question 68695, if he has made an assessment of the implications for the availability of Merlin helicopters...
Wildcat Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2017 to Question 68787, if he will place the feasibility study on the tactical data link for the Wildcat helicopter...
Ministry of Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential cost saving of a competitive tendering process for requirements management systems.
Afghanistan: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what lessons he has learnt from the recent fall of Sangin, Helmand province, to the Taliban.
Department for Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2017 to Question 62638, how his Department ensures local authorities meet statutory...
Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support he is providing to businesses that are no longer eligible for Small Business Rate Relief as a result of the...
Non-domestic Rates: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of charging business rates for properties with solar panels on state schools in...
Waveney District Council and Suffolk Coastal District Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to facilitate the merger of Waveney and Suffolk Coastal District Councils to form a new East...
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what formula his Department used to determine the allocation of additional funding for adult social care referred to in...
Digital Technology: Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the role of business rates in developing the digital economy.
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the seller of a property to pay for, arrange and make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2017 to Question 5198, on housing: construction, what the sources are of the independent...
Land Use: Bristol
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2017 to Question 51988, what proportion of that Government land which is planned for...
Private Rented Housing: Carbon Monoxide
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with landlords on the adequacy of smoke and carbon monoxide alarm regulations in the...
Rented Housing: Carbon Monoxide
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to meet with the (a) National Landlords Association and (b) Scottish Association of Landlords to discuss the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making it compulsory for landlords to provide a carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2017 to Question 69065, on sleeping rough, in what areas the Government plans to spend the...
Wind Power: Decommissioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the decommissioning of windfarms.
Parking: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to carry out an assessment of the effect on privacy and industry regulation of the practice of...
Scotland Office
Exports: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans his Department has to promote Scottish exports to countries outside of the UK in April 2017.
Scotland Office: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what funds his Department has allocated for social media campaigns on platforms such at Twitter and Facebook.
Trade: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the strategic priorities are for his Department's social media campaigns on Scotland's trade with the rest of the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish the subjects of all social media posts from his Department in the last 12 months.
Trade: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the reasons are for his Department providing information to the public which describes trade within the UK domestic market as an export.
UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans his Department has to ensure that the UK's trade arrangements with the EU after the UK has left the EU do not adversely affect...
Trade: South East Asia
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions his Department has had with the governments of Singapore and Malaysia on future investment and trade deals; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times he has met Mr Adam Werritty since his Department was established.
Women and Equalities
Electoral Register: Young People
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to use the centenary of women's right to vote as a means of encouraging electoral registration and democratic...
Gender Recognition: Health Services
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2017 to Question 68173, whether the review into the de-medicalising and streamlining of the Gender Recognition Act...
Government Equalities Office: Security
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people holding security passes for other Government Departments are granted access to the Government Equalities Office premises with that...
Roads: Wolverhampton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse has been invested in (a) new road infrastructure in Wolverhampton and (b) improving existing road...
Transport: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is giving to the West Midlands Combined Authority to improve rail and road links across the West Midlands.
Railways: Wolverhampton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate the Government has made of the number of direct inter-city rail services which will run between London and Wolverhampton after...
Taxis: Assistance Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled people who rely on assistance dogs are not refused access to a taxi or minicab due to being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to review the statutory framework for the hackney carriage and private-hire vehicle industry; and if he will make a statement.
Airports: National Policy Statements
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures he has put in place for members of the public to raise concerns about the (a) process and (b) content of the nationwide consultation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many attendees there have been at each of the public consultation events his Department has held on the draft Airports National Policy Statement.
Public Transport: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent from the public purse on (a) bus services and (b) the West Midlands Metro in (i) Wolverhampton and (ii) the West Midlands...
Public Transport: Wolverhampton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the (a) redevelopment of Wolverhampton Railway Station and (b) extension of the West Midlands...
Govia Thameslink Railway
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has received from Govia Thameslink Railway for Network Rail Schedule (a) 4 and (b) 8 payments for service disruption on the...
High Speed 2 Railway Line: Chilterns
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of risk HS2 Ltd has identified to the Chilterns aquifer based on the current route design for High Speed 2.
Railways: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who is responsible for the mobile signal that train operating companies use for on-board WiFi.
Great Western Railway Line: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide details of the improved WiFi capabilities on the new Hitachi trains due to be rolled out on the Great Western Rail route.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether improvements to WiFi connectivity on-board trains will be discussed during the Great Western Rail franchising talks.
Aviation: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the amount of compensation that has been paid out to consumers in compensation for delayed and cancelled...
Railways: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many strike days have been undertaken by workers on the railways in each of the last 10 years.
Motor Vehicles: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the legislative basis is for enforcement agencies to measure the noise level being emitted from a motor vehicle.
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of non-compliance with DVLA codes of practice by private car parking companies have been the result of audit visits carried out by the...
Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the West Midlands Combined Authority on additional toxicity charges for diesel vehicles.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Yemen: Military Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts from the countries in the Saudi Arabia-led coalition participating in...
British Embassy Kabul: Pashto and Persian Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 20 March 2017 to Questions 67806 and 67810, how many diplomats and members of staff based at the UK...
Sub-Saharan Africa: Droughts
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to UN officials on drought and population movement in sub-Saharan Africa.
Israel: Entry Clearances
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Israeli Government on the effect of recent law changes on the ability of UK...
Ukraine: Electronic Warfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to learn from the cyber and information warfare experienced in Ukraine over the last 10 years.
Cameroon: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2017 to Question 64298, what recent progress he has made in discussions with his...
Hong Kong: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) his Chinese counterpart and (b) members of the Hong Kong Government on the charging of...
Abdul Jawad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his US counterpart on facilitating access to medical treatment in that country for two-year...
Hugh Lanning
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral contribution of 28 March 2017, Official Report, column 107, what the nature of the consular assistance was...
Jamaica: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his counterpart in Jamaica; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
Sub-saharan Africa: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will meet charities and faith groups to ensure that the provision of natural clean water in sub-Saharan Africa is an...
Yemen: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on the level of provision of medical treatment to Yemeni civilians of the...
Department for International Development: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people holding security passes for other Government Departments are granted access to her Department's premises with that...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many security passes giving access to her Department's premises are currently valid.
Department for International Development: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people are currently employed by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many security passes giving access to her Department's premises have been issued in each year since 2010.
Somalia: Famine
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what lessons her Department learnt from the famine in Somalia in 2011 to minimise the risk of a recurrence of such a famine.
Department for Education
Schools: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2016 to Question 51314, what the Ofsted categories of assessment are for each (a) academy school and (b) free...
Universities: Sheffield
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2017 to Question 68884, what nationality the non-UK domiciled higher education enrolments are at (a) Sheffield...
Department for Education: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to Answer Question 68291, tabled by the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish on 16 March 2017, on Two Trees School, Denton.
Primary Education: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2017 to Question 66862, whether it is her Department's policy to allow parents to withdraw their children from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times she or Ministers of her Department have held meetings or had discussions on the reception baseline assessment with representatives from...
Department for Education: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) official and (b) official sensitive documents have been recorded as lost by her Department since 8 May 2015.
Eleven Plus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to redesign the 11-plus test to insulate it against non-academic factors such as parental engagement or income.
Video Games: Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential use of computer games in primary schooling.
Primary Education: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential use of computer programming in primary schooling.
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the results of the national funding formula consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers in (a) Kirklees, (b) Yorkshire and (c) the UK are (i) under 35, (ii) between 35 and 60 and (iii) over 60-years old.
ICT: Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the average proportion of a school day which was spent on teaching computer skills in primary schools in the...
Health Services: Vocational Guidance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage young people to work towards a career in healthcare.
Primary Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on children from low income backgrounds attending a maintained nursery school on their level of attainment...
ICT: GCE A-level
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 16 to 18-year old students took A-level computer science in each of the last five years.
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62482, on children: day care, of those children who will not be eligible for the 30 hours of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2017 to Question 64215, on primary education: standards, what the title of the research referred to in that Answer is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of extending the early education offer for working parents with three and four-year olds to 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-maintained nursery schools there were at the end of each year since 2009; and how many such schools there were in the most recent...
Class Sizes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average pupil to teacher ratio was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England in each year since 2005.
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the quality of training provided through the apprenticeship levy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the extension of early education for three and four-year olds with working parents to 30 hours...
Department for Education: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many security passes giving access to her Department's premises are currently valid.
Department for Education: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people are currently employed by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on making in-year changes to the list of approved qualifications in Key Stage 4 performance tables.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of removing the BCS Level 2 ECDL Certificate in IT Application Skills from the list of qualifications to be...
Schools: Census
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 28 March 2017 to Questions 69028 and 69027, when the next set of data in the Schools, pupils and their characteristics...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2016 to Question 57066, how many Sure Start children's centres there were in England in 2016.
Schools: Vocational Guidance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that careers advice in schools promotes vocational learning.
Church Commissioners
St Botolph's Church Peterborough
To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions she has had with the Diocese of Peterborough on the proposals for alterations to St Botolph's...
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
EU Exit and Trade Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons she is not a member of the European Union Exit and Trade Committee.
Sky: 21st Century Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her oral contribution of 6 March 2017, Official Report, column 589, on BSkyB's proposed takeover of News International,...
Betting Shops
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a cumulative impact test to enable councils to reject applications...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to the letter of 7 March 2017 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on behalf of a constituent, on internet...
Primary Education: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of primary school children who do not receive two hours of sport and physical...
Data Protection Act 1998
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of which sections of the Data Protection Act 1998 will be repealed in order to ensure consistency with the...
Broadband: High Peak
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many successful applications for the Better Broadband Subsidy Scheme there have been in High Peak constituency since that scheme's...
Sports: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2017 to Question 68575, on sports: drugs, if she will specify what steps her Department is taking to...
Sports: Governing Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what date sports national governing bodies are required to enact all necessary reforms set out under the new national code for...
Telephone Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has undertaken any research on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on consumer phone bills and mobile roaming...
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ivory: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will establish an inquiry into the extent to which ivory dealers are misrepresenting the age of ivory in order to...
Food: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual value was of fruit and vegetables prohibited from sale in the UK for failing to comply with rules on size,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a flooding impact assessment has been made for areas on the southern side of the Severn Estuary following the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an Environmental Impact Assessment has been carried out on the effect of sediment movements along the Severn Estuary...
Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has commissioned or published any reports on vaccination as an alternative option to culling in the...
Horses: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2017 to Question 64423, what steps her Department plans to take to enforce compliance...
Fisheries: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs in the fishing industry which have been directly funded through the...
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average amount of compensation paid, per animal, to dairy farmers whose herds have been compulsorily slaughtered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of potential trends in the level of food self-sufficiency in each of the next 10...
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) official and (b) official sensitive documents have been recorded as lost by her Department since 8 May 2015.
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate her Department has made of the level of household food insecurity in the UK; and pursuant to the Answer...
Food: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what change her Department expects in the level of food prices in the next six months.
Angling: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the administration costs for issuing fishing rod licenses were in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has accrued to the public purse from the fishing rod license in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to abolish the fishing rod licence and provide an alternative means to raise funds for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have there been for fishing without a valid rod licence in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mitigating actions local authorities that breach air quality targets are required to take.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to consult on its forthcoming air quality strategy.
Air Pollution: Monitoring
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to introduce a national air quality monitoring system.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people are currently employed by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is giving to local authorities to tackle fly tipping.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many security passes giving access to her Department's premises are currently valid.
Agriculture: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations and correspondence she has received from the Welsh Minister for Agriculture on agricultural policy...
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a timetable outlining the measures required for the UK to establish itself as an independent coastal...
Fisheries: Treaties
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the status of the 1964 London Fisheries Convention after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the fishing industry on the status of the 1964 London Fisheries Convention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the ban on the sale of antique ivory objects made after...
Microplastics: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2017 to Question 67637, for what reasons her Department does not have plans to assess the...
Fisheries: Monitoring
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to set a target for the proportion of future UK fishing trips to be monitored either by a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2016 to Question 48853, what proportion of the total UK fishing trips have been...
Department for Exiting the European Union
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will take steps to ensure that job creation and economic development across the whole of the UK is a priority during...
Department for Exiting the European Union: Management Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2017 to Question 65684, what the procurement spend of his Department has been since its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times the UK has made a legal challenge through the EU Court of Justice in each of the last 10 years; and if he will provide...
Harassment: Court Orders
To ask the Attorney General, what training is available for Police and Crown Prosecution Service staff on the nature and enforcement of restraining orders.
Prisons: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any of the 2,500 extra prison staff announced in the Prison Safety and Reform white paper, published by her Department on 3 November 2016, will...
National Offender Management Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and (b) her Department spent on external consultancy fees relating to NOMS in each of the...
Personal Injury: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will extend the duration of her Department's consultation on Reforming the Soft Tissue Injury (Whiplash) Claims Process to take account of the...
Probation: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average caseload for probation staff was during each of the last three years for the (a) National Probation Service and (b) Community...
Judiciary: Political Impartiality
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has discussed the importance of an independent judiciary with her US counterpart.
Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2017 to Question 65872, on domestic violence and legal aid, by what means the Government announced its intention to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons she is proposing a negative discount rate for personal injury claims calculations; and if she will make a statement.
Probate: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her Department's rationale was for introducing a sliding scale of probate fees based on the worth of an estate.
Cremation: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her policy is on Hull City Council conducting an inquiry into the baby ashes scandal with terms of reference similar to the Emstrey Inquiry.
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2017 to Question 64306, how the post-implementation review of the legal aid changes made by the Legal Aid,...
Crime: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations she has received on the operation of the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.
Rape: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to collect data on victims of rape who are cross-examined about their sexual history by lawyers during the course of Crown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 28 November 2016, on the UK prisons system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will review the definition of vulnerability in relation to when that term is considered as an aggravating factor during sentencing.
Ministry of Justice: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) official and (b) official sensitive documents have been recorded as lost by her Department since 8 May 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department advises families to take who have had relatives buried in the wrong plot.
Ministry of Justice: EU Exit and Trade Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason she is not a member of the Government's European Union Exit and Trade Committee.
Administration of Justice: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps she has taken to reduce barriers experienced by pregnant women in accessing justice; and if she will make a statement.
First-tier Tribunal
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time period is between the submission of an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal and the hearing date.
Criminal Proceedings: Wolverhampton
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were heard at (a) Wolverhampton Crown Court and (b) Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court in each of the last six years; and of those cases...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the Tribunals Service in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England related to (i) personal independence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reports her Department has received from the Victims Commissioner which dealt with all or in part with the operation of the Victims Code of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many payments were made to victims of crime by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority during 2015; and what the average payment made was by...
Prisons: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement of 22 March 2017 on plans to create additional prison places, for how long HMP (a) Hindley and (b) Rochester will be...
Ministry of Justice: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many security passes giving access to her Department's premises have been issued in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to publish her Department's response to the consultation on (a) reforming the advocates' graduated fee scheme which closed on 2 March...
Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to publish her Department's response to the consultation on the review of the introduction of fees in the employment tribunals which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many security passes giving access to her Department's premises are currently valid.
Ministry of Justice: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are currently employed by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people holding security passes for other Government Departments are granted access to her Department's premises with that pass, by Department.
Courts: Sunderland
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to update the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South on plans for the Sunderland courts complex.
Government Departments: Digital Technology
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2017 to Question 68395, on digital technology, which experts he consulted in assessing the risks arising from...
Aviation: Emergency Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will assess the potential merits of donating a fleet of 10 single piston-engine, high-wing aircraft to the UK Civil Air Patrol on the...
National Cyber Security Centre
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contribution the National Cyber Security Centre is making to the Government Transformation Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to support people who have been affected by domestic violence to participate in the electoral process; and if he...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether representations were made by or on behalf of the former Prime Minister to the former Mayor of London on the regulation of the taxi and...
Cabinet Office: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are currently employed by his Department.
Self-employed: West Midlands
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are currently registered as self-employed in (a) Coventry South constituency, (b) the city of Coventry and (c) the West Midlands.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2017 to Question 62917, whether any other such meetings have been omitted from the official records on gov.uk.
Cabinet Office: Security
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many security passes giving access to his Department's premises are currently valid.
Prime Minister: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are currently employed by 10 Downing Street.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of (a) the relationship between civil servants, advisers and ministers working at 10 Downing Street and Uber and (b) any...
Asylum: Balkans
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the joint report from the International Rescue Committee and 11 other organisations, Out of Sight, Exploited and Alone, concerning...
Immigration: North Korea
To ask Her Majesty's Government, what steps they are taking to ensure that North Korean nationals who enter UK territories are not involved in any unlawful activities.
Digital Technology: Migrant Workers
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the oral answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 27 March (HL Deb, col 355), and in the light of the call by the Coalition for a Digital Economy in its...
Terrorism: British Nationals Abroad
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the withdrawal of the passport of Sufiyan Mustapha Hamza, whether they will withdraw passports from all other British jihadis currently in Iraq...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what practical assistance is provided by the Home Office to refused asylum seekers who are co-operating with re-documentation procedures, to obtain new...
Education: Leadership
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possible benefits of encouraging good leadership and psychological wellbeing in education, adult and childcare services.
Drugs: Intellectual Property
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to incorporate EU regulations affecting pharmaceutical intellectual property into UK law; and if so, how.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the criteria and principles for deciding whether to publish a report by the Insolvency Service; and who makes that decision.
Nuclear Power Stations: Cumbria
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether ministers have had discussions with NuGen concerning the impact of the placing into administration of Westinghouse on the development of the Moorside...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 20 March (HL5833), what criteria they will employ to assess the impact of the voluntary package...
Flexible Working: Males
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to tackle workplace discrimination; in particular, what assessment they have made of the case for more flexible working for men;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of Santander's reported use of employment contracts guaranteeing one hour of work per month, what is their estimate of the number of...
Energy: Prices
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish energy and climate policy price impact tables for the years 2015 and 2016, which were last released in the Annual Energy...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether increases in the global mean sea level are inconsistent with reasonably expected natural variability; and whether...
Aircraft Carriers: Procurement
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the projected £6.2 billion cost of the UK's two new aircraft carriers has already been spent.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to encourage UK shipbuilders to bid for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Solid Support Ships.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in relation to the procurement of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Solid Support Ships, what consideration they have given to the challenges of overseas...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in relation to the procurement of the new Royal Fleet Auxiliary Solid Support Ships, what consideration they have given to the recommendation by Sir John...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what anti-submarine capability they will deploy when the P-8A maritime patrol aircraft are brought into service.
Baltic States: NATO
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they have taken against attempts to undermine by disinformation the effectiveness of the British troops deployed to the Baltic States as part...
Syria: Chemical Weapons
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are taking steps, in collaboration with UK allies, to use the latest technologies to provide early warnings to communities in Syria of chemical...
EU Defence Policy
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made on (1) the establishment of the EU Defence Union, (2) the development of European multilateral defence procurement, and (3) the...
European Network of Defence-related Regions
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the purpose of the European Network of Defence-related Regions; and what part the UK plays in it.
European Security and Defence College
To ask Her Majesty's Government what benefits the UK derives from membership of the European Defence and Security College.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the estimated savings in (1) manpower, and (2) cash, of the cuts proposed for the Royal Marines.
Hercules Aircraft
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 3 April (HL6359), what was the average cost per flying hour for the C130 fleet for each year since...
Digital Technology: Skilled Workers
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the oral answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 27 March (HL Deb, col 355), and in the light of the finding by the Coalition for a Digital Economy in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the oral answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 27 March (HL Deb, col 355), whether they intend to address the need for people from overseas with the...
Gambling: Children
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 2 March (HL5634), what measures they use in assessing whether the Gambling Commission is...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the report by Arts Council England, The arts and culture sector and exit from the European Union, what assessment they have made of the...
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The Who 12/3/21
It was 42 years ago tonight (December 3rd, 1979) that 11 fans died in a stampede while entering the Who's concert at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum. The tragedy — which all but eradicated festival concert seating for nearly two decades — happened when thousands of fans who were lined up outside the venue to make a mad dash for the stage upon the arena opening, rushed through only a few doors opened by the venue, flooding the lobby area, leaving nearly a dozen fans dead in their wake.
The fans killed in the stampede were Teva Ladd (27), Walter Adams, Jr. (22), James Warmoth (21), Phillip Snyder (20), David Heck (19), Stephan Preston (19), Peter Bowes (18), Connie Burns (18), Bryan Wagner (17), Karen Morrison (15), and Jacqueline Eckerle (15). A further 23 concert-goers were injured while attempting to enter the arena.
In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, without yet knowing all the facts, a still-in-shock Pete Townshend spoke to Cincinnati's WEBN and was quick to lay blame on the band itself: ["We know it was our fault and it's our responsibility. And I'm not going to get into any deep conversations with any police chiefs, fire marshals, federal people, or whatever. I mean. . . or even any mums and dads. Y'know, I'm a father. I've got two young kids."] SOUNDCUE (:18 OC: . . . two young kids)
A bereaved Daltrey also spoke to the local station: ["There's no words to say what I feel. I'm a parent, as well. I've got a boy of 15 and two little girls. And I can say. . . I'm just sorry for what's happened, y'know?"] SOUNDCUE (:10 OC: . . . what's happened y'know)`
The victims' families and the survivors sued the Who, the concert promoter Electric Factory Concerts, and the city of Cincinnati. The suit was settled in 1983 with the families each receiving $150,000 and the 23 survivors splitting $750,000 — roughly $32,000 each.
Pete Townshend revealed how the Who and its entourage dealt with the news of the Cincinnati tragedy following their show at Riverfront Coliseum: ["That incident alone, was just appalling to me, absolutely appalling — I can't tell you. But what actually happened was I dealt with it, and the pain that it caused me, I think we all did, Bill Curbishley, me — our manager — y'know, a couple of the guys involved in the promotion of the concert, y'know, certainly all of us in the band and the women that were traveling with us at the time, whoever it was, y'know, by sitting there and getting drunk! There seemed to be nothing else that we could do, y'know, otherwise none of us were ever going to sleep. Y'know, we didn't know if we were responsible or not. We had no way or knowing what our role in it was."] SOUNDCUE (:34 OC: . . . in it was)
The Who's then-drummer Kenney Jones recalls that although a heart-wrenching situation for the Who, the Cincinnati tragedy, truly had nothing to do with the band: ["We were in the clear. And we had all the families who had lost their kids write to us all — collectively and individually — saying, 'Look, please don't feel guilty in any way, please don't blame yourselves.' And it was, literally, the promoter's fault as I remember. Y'know, this bus arrived late, apparently, and then heard we had already started and they didn't wanna miss it, so they rushed for this one door — that was the only door open — and straight down a flight of steps. One fell over, the other one fell on top of that one, and that's what happened."] SOUNDCUE (:28 OC: . . . that's what happened)
Radio executive Andy Denemark remembered how rock radio handled the Cincinnati tragedy, which turned out to be a dry run of sorts for the following year's coverage of John Lennon's murder: ["That was a big story for us. Y'know, when you work in the news business, a big negative story is when you shine. Good news isn't a thing that a network waves its flag about. So, for a rock radio network trying to establish itself as a credible news source, the Who's stampede at the concert in Cincinnati was a big story for us. And the way we would talk to affiliates to try and get them on board, y'know, we would say: 'What did you do that day? Did you have a news source?' Now, the networks did carry the Who story, because it was a big story — people were killed."] SOUNDCUE (:32 OC: . . . People were killed)
In 2015, a tribute to the victims was finally unveiled at Riverfront Coliseum — now renamed U.S. Bank Arena — and housed on the plaza level between the arena and the Great American Ball Park.
In the summer of 2018, Roger Daltrey visited Finneytown High School to pay tribute to the students of the school that were killed at Riverfront Coliseum: ["I don't know whether any of you understand, but the policemen and fire (units) wanted to get the crowd out. They wanted to us not to play. And it was our manager, who said, 'If you do that, there will be a problem.' He really has never been thanked for what he did that night, 'cause he had huge rounds with him, which would've made their rescue job so much harder."] SOUNDCUE (:19 OC: . . . so much harder)
In 2019, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the tragedy, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and longtime Who manager Bill Curbishley teamed up with Cincinnati's local ABC-TV affiliate WCPO for the local news documentary, The Who: The Night That Changed Rock, with an expanded documentary hitting all streaming services.
In the doc, all three talk candidly about that fateful night, with Townshend revealing, "Y'know, I'm still traumatized by it. It's a weird thing to have in your autobiography that, you know, 11 kids died at one of your concerts. It's a strange, disturbing, heavy load to carry."
Daltrey said: "That dreadful night of the third of December became one of the worst dreams I've had in my life."
Manager Bill Curbishley, who made the decision to not tell the band about the pre-show stampede for fear of fans already in the arena rioting, admitted, "Despite everything, I still feel inadequate. I don't know about the guys, but for me, I left a little bit of my soul in Cincinnati."
According to WCPO.com the special spotlighted how, "The band members and Finneytown, Ohio residents also reveal a special relationship between the Who and the Cincinnati high school where three of the victims were students. The documentary shares how that relationship has turned a horrible night into something positive, celebrating the futures of some current Finneytown High School students who will major in the arts or music in college, while remembering the students whose futures were cut short on December 3rd, 1979."
The Who will screen their legendary March 10th, 1973 show from the Netherlands on Saturday (December 4th) to salute the 11 fans that tragically died in 1979. The 12th Annual P.E.M. Memorial honors the 11 fans who perished on December 3rd, 1979 while entering Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum prior to the Who's concert that night.
The Who.com posted, "From 6:15 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST the Who's show as part of Pop Gala '73 at Sporthal de Vliegermolen, Voorburg in the Netherlands will be screened for the first time. The stream — https://bit.ly/3o5VmD3 — will be followed directly by the Alumni Band concert."
The band added: "We honor the memories of our 11 dear friends who tragically lost their lives on December 3, 1979 on the plaza of Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio waiting to see the world's greatest rock band . . . The Who."

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The Benefits of Diversity in the Workplace
August 17, 2022 / Lisa Quinn O'Flaherty
Diversity in the workplace means that there is a wide variety of individuals at every level in the company, and those individuals have differing lived experiences. They are of different genders, ages, sexualities, abilities, races, colours, nationalities, religious beliefs, family situations, socio-economic background, cultures, and professional and educational backgrounds.
Transposition of the European Union (Preventive Restructuring) Regulations 2022
Directive (EU) 2019/1023 was transposed in Irish law on 29th July 2022 by the SI No. 380 of 2022 European Union (Preventive Restructuring) Regulations 2022. The Regulations provide for added protections for companies struggling with solvency and for creditors of such companies. The objective of the directive is to harmonise and simplify restructuring and insolvency measures throughout the EU.
Understanding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
August 9, 2022 / Lisa Quinn O'Flaherty
Some confusion can arise when businesses are implementing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policies, also known as an EDI Policy or a Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Policy. The terms equality, diversity and inclusion while overlapping mean very different things.
Employment Law Update: Sick Leave Bill 2022
July 14, 2022 / Lisa Quinn O'Flaherty
Until now employers were not obliged to pay employees for absences for sickness, unless they had provided for such in the contract of employment. Many employers currently pay the first three days of sick leave, as most employees are entitled to social welfare payments beginning after the first three days of illness.
The Sick Leave Bill 2022 has been passed by government, and will commence shortly. It obliges employers to pay their employees when they are absent due to illness. The bill requires that a where a sick employee has thirteen weeks service, the employer must pay 70% of his or her daily pay up to a maximum of €110 per day.
Planning for the Future: Enduring Power of Attorney
June 28, 2022 / Lisa Quinn O'Flaherty
An Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) is a document made by any person with full mental capacity directing who should look after their affairs if they should lose decision-making capacity at any point in the future. This action is available to everyone to allow us to plan for our own futures.
The Wisdom in having a Solicitor Draft Your Will
April 25, 2022 / Lisa Quinn O'Flaherty
Time and time again the courts are left to unravel the tangled web of probate disputes and problems arising from the lack of clarity by a testator. Many of these disputes could have been avoided had a solicitor drafted the will. Solicitors are trained to elucidate the intentions of a testator, and to avoid the traps and pitfalls of loose language and the possible differing legal definitions of words.
Managing a Merger: Future-proofing for mergers, acquisitions and new company structures
In any merger or acquisition of shares, one of the crucial elements to consider at an early stage is how the stakeholders will conduct their business after the transaction completes. There can be a lot of focus on getting the deal done, but it is important to also prepare for smooth running post-completion.
Employment Law Update: Dealing with Issues in Flexible Working
April 5, 2022 / Lisa Quinn O'Flaherty
The landscape of work has changed in the past two years. There is a greater focus on getting the job done, and less focus on how and when the job gets gets done. While this has had an overall benefit to workplace wellness, there are some issues to be conscious of for employers.
Explained: Intestate Succession- when a person dies without a will
March 15, 2022 / Lisa Quinn O'Flaherty
When a person dies without having made a valid will (dies intestate), the Succession Act 1965 sets out who shall inherit their estate and in what shares. These rules are not flexible, and may not be the most prudent or the most tax-efficient way to provide for a family, which is why it is preferable to make a will and leave instructions as to how your estate will be distributed.
Gategate: Is the Damage to the Gates of the Russian Embassy in Dublin a violation of Article 22 of the Vienna Convention?
Amid reports of a protestor driving a truck through the closed gates of the Russian Embassy in Dublin, the Embassy has released a statement alleging that the action is in violation of Article 22 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. I question whether this is indeed a breach of the convention, or are the alleged actions of the protester simply criminal damage.


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The property consists of only three guest rooms, catering for a maximum of six guests at any given time. With two pools, a large open living and dining area and TV room, it is the perfect place to unwind and relax. To further provide peace and quiet for our guests, we only accommodate children under 14 years of age if all three rooms are booked to one group.
Completed in June 2015, the entire property has been built to create a feeling of breathability, tranquility and ease, and its location at the foot of the Bukit hills provides a constant and refreshing breeze. Melali has been designed with luxury and comfort in mind, with a keen attention to detail and all the finishing touches needed for an indulgent stay.
With an amazing team of staff, it is our aim to provide you with a uniquely personal, comfortable and enjoyable experience. No matter what your interests are, whether they be lazing around the pool, exploring the Bukit on scooter, getting massages, stretching it out on a yoga mat, learning to surf, eating, drinking, sunning yourself on the beach or at one of the amazing beach clubs, we are here to provide information and recommendations to ensure you have the most memorable stay.
Melali is situated on the south western tip of the Bukit Peninsula, approximately 45 minutes drive from Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport.
The property is located at the end of a quiet Bingin laneway nestled amongst the surrounding farmland and the rolling hills of the Bukit. Expect a 2 minute scooter ride to Bingin village or, if on foot, a 10-15 minute walk . From the village it takes a few minutes to wander down the steps to the famous Bingin Beach. Other beaches of the Bukit Peninsula are a short drive from Melali : Uluwatu (5km), Padang Padang (2.5km) and Balangan (6km). The closest cafe is a 10 minute walk from Melali (or a 2 minute scooter ride).
Being part of a small village surrounded by farmland and local homes, you will occasionally hear the natural sounds of geckos, roosters, dogs and crickets. This is the real Bali. For guests who are sensitive to sound, we have ear plugs available.
Set within a lush tropical garden, Melali consists of three guest rooms in total (two Sunset Suites and one Private Pool Villa).
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SPORTS Minister Justin Tkatchenko expects all major Pacific Games projects to be ready by March, 2015.
Tkatchenko allayed any concerns regarding the slowness of preparations, particularly of sports venues like the Taurama Aquatic Centre and the Sir John Guise Stadium as well as the Pacific Games Village.
These venues are still in the early stages of construction and with only 20 months to the Games, there is a fear that Port Moresby will be not be ready on time.
Other venues like the Rita Flynn netball courts and the Lloyd Robson Oval have not been touched.
"I'm very upbeat after being advised by the Venues, Infrastructure and Equipment Committee," Tkatchenko said.


In other words, we did not do it lightly. We were prepared. We celebrated the day we started marketing for our new regions and excitedly waited for the loan applications to flood in. Happily, they did. Sadly, our carefully thought-out systems and processes broke. In less than ten hours after launch, we were in emergency meetings with our UX folks, systems team, partners, you name it. It all broke. My co-founder and I had been to this rodeo before, so we were not entirely surprised by this event. If we had not prepared, more would have broken and it would have taken much longer to fix.
As it turned out, some of the things that broke were quite Homer Simpsonian: "You can only upload your application documents as JPGs, not as PDFs or any other format." Why did we limit this? Not sure, but in some meeting a few months ago, we decided it was a good idea and the developers did their jobs. Other things that broke were less predictable, such as our local distribution partners not having any personnel to give reloadable cards to our clients when they showed up.
The lesson, not new and thus even more painful for us, is that scaling IS hard and things WILL break. I remember several series B/C conversations in various companies where we would passionately argue with the VCs that everything was working great and all we needed was money to grow exponentially ("just add water!"). They knew better and would always dig deep into the systems and processes in place to scale up. They were right to do so. At Mimoni, we were cautious enough to not light up all of Mexico at once, though we still ended up acting overconfident and the same things ended up breaking across three cities instead of what could have been a single location.
We are slowly fixing all the urgent stuff, and we will get there eventually. Fortunately for us, our 18 months in Mexico City have given us a very robust sales base to work with, so we can afford a few hiccups as the rest of the country launches. It would be a very different story (in a bad way) if we had tried to launch in several cities before we had a solidly consolidated business in at least one location.
Would we do the same thing again? Absolutely. No amount of planning will avoid scaling pains. You just have to do it and be ready to put out fires. A reasonable person could argue that opening three cities at once was overly ambitious and we are now paying for it. Maybe. Though another just as reasonable person would say that opening one single other location after 18 months does not really prove scalability, which is the end goal. We went for the prize behind door #2, pushing it until it broke. We now fix it and push again, yes, until it breaks again.
Par for the course in startups, I would say.


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Q: Fastest way to compare the properties of two objects Someone suggested using reflection for this. The method I have works great, but over 800,000 iterations, I came to the obvious conclusion (that most already came to) that reflection just doesn't cut it.
Here's part of my Helper class:
public static class Helper
{
    public static string[] ignoredProperties =
    {
        "EntityState",
        "EntityKey",
        "Prop1",
        "Prop2",
        "Whatever",
    };

    /// <summary>
    /// Check if properties of two objects are the same. Bypasses specified properties.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
    /// <param name="first"></param>
    /// <param name="other"></param>
    /// <param name="ignoreProperties"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static bool PropertiesEquals<T>(this T first, T other, string[] ignoreProperties)
    {
        var propertyInfos = first.GetType().GetProperties();
        foreach (PropertyInfo propertyInfo in propertyInfos)
        {
            //Faster with custom method ? Nah...
            //if (FindElementIndex(ignoreProperties, propertyInfo.Name) < 0)

            //Probably faster if hardcoded.... Nah, not really either...
            //if (propertyInfo.Name != "EntityKey" && propertyInfo.Name != "EntityState" && propertyInfo.Name != "Group_ID" && propertyInfo.Name != "Import_status")

            if (Array.IndexOf(ignoreProperties, propertyInfo.Name) < 0)
                if (!Equals(propertyInfo.GetValue(first, null), propertyInfo.GetValue(other, null)))
                    return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    public static int FindElementIndex(string[] input, string value)
    {
        int arraySize = input.Length - 1;
        Type valueType = value.GetType();

        for (int x = 0; x <= arraySize; x++)
        {
            if (input[x] == value)
                return x;
        }

        return -1;
    }

The problem is that those objects, depending on the type, can have up to 50 properties to check. So I can't really do a bunch of ifs there.
Is there any way I could speed this up a bit?
Thanks.

A: You can use Reflection.Emit for creating comparing method dynamically, and then just simply running it. The code will be JITted and run fairly quickly.
There is one downside - you have to know how IL works.

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Is there any way I could speed this up a bit ?

Absolutely. If you're going to fetch the same properties multiple times for different objects, create a delegate for each property (see this blog post I wrote a while ago for some examples) or use a project like Hyperdescriptor.
(As of .NET 3.5, another way to create the delegate would be to use expression trees and compile them.)

A: You can build an Expression where you specify which properties should be compared. You can then compile it as a lambda expression and use it to compare the items with the performance of a delegate call.