To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require local authorities to clean and maintain unadopted alleyways; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require local authorities to clean and maintain unadopted alleyways; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of a moratorium on payments of retrospective rates on port businesses.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of a moratorium on payments of retrospective rates on port businesses.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many companies have registered for his Department's scheme to enable retrospective business rate charges to be paid over eight years; and how many such companies are (a) newly-rated port companies and (b) located outside ports.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many companies have registered for his Department's scheme to enable retrospective business rate charges to be paid over eight years; and how many such companies are (a) newly-rated port companies and (b) located outside ports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on (a) agency fees and (b) salaries of agency staff recruited to work at its headquarters (i) in each financial year since 2004-05 and (ii) in 2009-10 in the latest period for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on (a) agency fees and (b) salaries of agency staff recruited to work at its headquarters (i) in each financial year since 2004-05 and (ii) in 2009-10 in the latest period for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many agency and temporary staff his Department employed in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many agency and temporary staff his Department employed in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the Personal Care at Home Bill's compliance with the new burdens doctrine for local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the Personal Care at Home Bill's compliance with the new burdens doctrine for local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people entered post at each grade of the Senior Civil Service in his Department (a) on promotion from within and (b) on recruitment from outside his Department in each year since January 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people entered post at each grade of the Senior Civil Service in his Department (a) on promotion from within and (b) on recruitment from outside his Department in each year since January 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many grade 2 civil servants are employed in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many grade 2 civil servants are employed in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes in rateable values in the 2005-10 Rating Cycle have been provided to port operators as a result of the new regime of retrospective business rates on firms operating in ports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes in rateable values in the 2005-10 Rating Cycle have been provided to port operators as a result of the new regime of retrospective business rates on firms operating in ports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has undertaken costings of the policies of (a) the Conservative Party and (b) the Liberal Democrat Party at the request of Ministers or special advisers in the last 36 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has undertaken costings of the policies of (a) the Conservative Party and (b) the Liberal Democrat Party at the request of Ministers or special advisers in the last 36 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what account his Department's food procurement policy takes of animal welfare.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of written questions for answer on a named day his Department has answered on the due date in the current session of Parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of written questions for answer on a named day his Department has answered on the due date in the current session of Parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will set out with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Croydon Central constituency, the effects of his Department's policies on the constituency since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will set out with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Croydon Central constituency, the effects of his Department's policies on the constituency since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people his Department employs to maintain its social media and networking sites; and at what cost in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people his Department employs to maintain its social media and networking sites; and at what cost in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on translators in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on translators in each year since 1997.

Adjournment debate on the role of MPs.

Adjournment debate on the role of MPs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what procedures were used to implement the separate rating of port companies in each year since 1999; and how many such companies were (a) visited and (b) notified of their rating by a representative of the Valuation Office Agency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what procedures were used to implement the separate rating of port companies in each year since 1999; and how many such companies were (a) visited and (b) notified of their rating by a representative of the Valuation Office Agency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fast track reviews of rating assessment of port companies were (a) initiated and (b) completed in 2009; how many will continue into 2010-11; how business rates are being collected from companies which have not yet been assessed;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fast track reviews of rating assessment of port companies were (a) initiated and (b) completed in 2009; how many will continue into 2010-11; how business rates are being collected from companies which have not yet been assessed;...

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on housing in Southwark.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on housing in Southwark.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on planning applications.

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on planning applications.