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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list (a) the categories of specialist comprehensives, (b) the number of schools in each category and (c) the number and percentage of successful and unsuccessful applications for specialist school status. - Inc tables.

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 December 1999
Reference
341 c399W; 102865
House
House of Commons

Statement on what was the outcome of the Education Council held in Brussels on 26th November; and if he will make a statement. - Includes fact that copy of the Council minutes will be placed in the Library.

Asked by
Jim Hood (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 1999
Reference
340 c226W; 100829
House
House of Commons

What was the outcome of the Education Council held in Brussels on 26 November. [HL 177]. - Inc fact that a copy of the Council minutes will be placed in Library.

Asked by
Baroness Hilton of Eggardon (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 1999
Reference
HL 177; 607 c42-3WA
House
House of Lords
Type
Select Committee reports (Government responses); Command papers
Notes
Received 30.11.99
Date
30 November 1999
Reference
Cm 4536
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many copies of the European Commission booklet, The Raspberry Ice Cream War, were printed in (a) English and (b) other Community languages; what determined these numbers; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Richard Body (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 November 1999
Reference
337 c843W;337 c844W; 97764
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department collates on the foreign language skills of staff in diplomatic service grades. - Will write.

Asked by
Andrew Mackinlay (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 November 1999
Reference
98003; 337 c851W;337 c851-2W
House
House of Commons

To ask the President of the Council, what languages other than English have been used in advertising designed to convey the Government's message about year 2000 compliance to ethnic minority communities. - I will write.

Asked by
Barry Gardiner (Labour)
Answering body
Leader of the House of Commons
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 November 1999
Reference
337 c746W; 98424
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to sign the Council of Europe Charter on Minority and Regional Languages.

Asked by
Cynog Dafis (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 November 1999
Reference
97883; 337 c844W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on developments since April 1998 in the Fight the Fog Campaign. - Includes fact that further information at http://europa.eu.int/comm/sdt/en/ftfog/index.htm.

Asked by
John Bercow (Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 October 1999
Reference
95293; 336 c911W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Irish Government about joint funding of Irish-medium post primary schools in the border region; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 19 October 1999).

Asked by
Andrew Mackinlay (Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 October 1999
Reference
94766; 336 c640W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
14 October 1999
Reference
605 c509-10
House
House of Lords
In the light of the research in the June 1999 report by the Joseph Rowntree Trust that suggests that audio information is the most accessible format for those who speak ethnic minority languages, what provision is available nationally to ensure that information in ethnic minority languages is in formats accessible to all.
Asked by
Lord Ahmed (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
14 October 1999
Reference
605 c509-10
House
House of Lords
Deposited by
Welsh Development Agency
Type
Consultation papers; Deposited papers
Date
20 September 1999
Reference
Dep 99/1609
House
House of Commons

That this House congratulates the Federation of Deaf People on their well organised march through London in support of their campaign for British Sign Language (BSL) as an official language of the United Kingdom; and calls on the Government to respond positively and promptly to the petition presented by the...

Primary sponsor
Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
20 July 1999
Reference
850
House
House of Commons

Further to his Written Answer on 27 May 1999 at 601 c102WA, what action has resulted from the consideration being given to amending the Palace of Westminster website to indicate that it is possible to have a guide in a foreign language if visitors require one. [HL 3372].

Asked by
Lord Hoyle (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 July 1999
Reference
HL 3372; 604 c19WA
House
House of Lords

That this House supports the case being made by Gorsedd Kernow, Cussel an Tavas Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek, Agan Tavas, Dalleth, Kesva an Taves Kernewek and the Cornish Committee of the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages, for Her Majesty's Government's recognition of the Cornish language to be incorporated within...

Primary sponsor
Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
8 July 1999
Reference
803
House
House of Commons

Whether, when the ability of the European national veterinary surgeons to communicate effectively with all parties is assessed, that assessment is by means of an examination, oral or written; whether marks are awarded; and, if marked, what is the pass mark; and when European national veterinary surgeons are required to...

Asked by
Lord Willoughby de Broke (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 July 1999
Reference
HL 2961; 603 c92WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they will raise in the Council of Europe the number of primary and secondary schools in the south east region of Turkey that are currently closed, together with the question of appropriate languages for education. [HL 3237].

Asked by
Lord Hylton (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 July 1999
Reference
HL 3237; 603 c84WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the impact on the budgets of those further education colleges which are major providers of English as a foreign language courses of the current proposal by the Further Education Funding Council to withdraw Schedule...

Asked by
David Chaytor (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 June 1999
Reference
334 c223W; 88888;88890;88892
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers
Notes
Received 05.07.99
Date
8 June 1999
Reference
HC 508 1998/99
House
House of Commons