The SEC approved a rule requiring companies to reveal the pay gap between the CEO and their typical worker.
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule Wednesday requiring companies to reveal the pay gap between the chief executive officer and their typical worker, handing a new weapon to groups protesting rising income inequality.
The commission voted 3 to 2 to mandate the disclosure. The agency had delayed progress on the rule for years, with SEC Chair Mary Jo White facing attacks from unions and Democratic lawmakers in recent months for failing to get it done.
The disclosure is required under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which hasn't stopped it from splintering the five-member commission. Republican commissioners and business groups argue it's meant to embarrass CEOs and won't be useful to investors.
White and the SEC's two Democrats, Luis Aguilar and Kara Stein, approved the rule. Democrats have said the metric will be helpful to shareholders who are deciding how to vote on executive pay packages.
"While there is no doubt that this information comes with a cost, the final rule recommended by the staff provides companies with substantial flexibility in determining the pay ratio while remaining true to the statutory requirements" of Dodd-Frank, White said at the meeting.
The SEC required companies to disclose the median compensation of all its employees, excluding the CEO, and publish a ratio comparing that figure to the boss's total pay. Companies would have to report the pay ratio beginning in 2017.
In a nod to businesses such as Exxon Mobil Corp. that oppose the effort, the SEC will require the metric to be updated only once every three years and will allow companies to exclude as much as five percent of their foreign workers from the calculation.
The SEC gave allowed for some discretion in determining the median pay of workers. Companies can use sampling to estimate the figure, rather than calculating it by tallying data from all of the payrolls across the company.
"These decisions were designed to facilitate compliance with the rule in a manner that is reasonable and workable" for companies, Aguilar said.
Even so, Republicans and business groups still oppose the requirement and said the SEC ignored some of their recommendations to improve it. Groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce or the Business Roundtable are expected to sue the agency over the rule.
"We will continue to review the rule and explore our options for how best to clean up the mess it has created," the chamber's David Hirschmann said in a statement Wednesday.
Republican lawmakers have sponsored legislation that would repeal the provision in Dodd-Frank that underpins the SEC's rule. Commissioner Michael Piwowar, a Republican who opposed the measure, said he found White's decision to move forward "peculiar" given that opposition in Congress.
Commissioner Daniel Gallagher, another Republican, said the vote shows how the agency's rulemaking agenda has been hijacked by "ideologues" and partisans who want to shame businesses into reducing CEO pay.
Average CEO pay at the 350 largest U.S. companies by revenue surged 997 percent from 1978 to 2014, while the compensation of non-supervisory employees rose 10.9 percent, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a research group that advocates for workers.
While CEOs earned about 30 times what the typical employee did in 1978, corporate chiefs' pay had jumped to more than 300 times their employees' compensation as of 2014, the institute said.
The real driver of income inequality in the U.S.


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Matrix 4K pre-orders, Black Panther date, South Park: S21 & 30 Rock, plus Mission: Impossible/Rambo in 4K
All right, we've got a couple of news items to cover for you today...
First up, a quick reminder: Warner's The Matrix is now available for pre-order in 4K Ultra HD on Amazon with a street date of 5/22. Click here to visit the pre-order page.
Speaking of 4K, we have a number of retail sources now that are suggesting that the street date for Marvel and Disney's Black Panther on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K will be 5/15. This, of course, is subject to official confirmation by the studio. Watch for an announcement in the weeks ahead. [Read on here...]
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Warner Bros. is planning a 50th anniversary 4K release of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
So today's post is a quick one, but it's a very, very good bit of news, especially for catalog and 4K fans…
Retail sources have begun telling us that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is preparing to release a 4K Ultra HD version of director Stanley Kubrick's landmark science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey. This is something we've actually known was coming for a few months now, having heard it off the record directly from studio sources. Now that we're finally hearing the first word from retailers we feel comfortable confirming it. [Read on here…]
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Single & Single
By: John le Carre
A good many of John le Carre's novels deal, in one way or another, with the very difficult relationship that David Cornwell had with his con-man father. le Carre dealt with this quite specifically in A Perfect Spy (1986), but it's hard not to see another version of that story in this 1999 novel, in which a father and son are actually pitted against each other for part of the tale and then the son, Oliver, has to track down and rescue his dad from the Russian mafiosi who have kidnapped him.
None of this is clear from the outset. Oliver, it emerges, is in some sort of witness protection program, having finally revolted from the business he had grown up in under the watchful eye of his roguish father. Single & Single, you see, trade on the international market. They expedite things, and a good many of their clients are less than A-list citizens.
Proving once again that the collapse of the Cold War actually opened up more plots for thriller writers, le Carre takes us on a tour of the low-end trading business, providing the back story to the main event by having Oliver recall the workings of "Tiger" Single's affairs, sometimes while brooding about his own betrayal, sometimes while answering questions posed by a dogged copper named Brock.
Brock wants to put Tiger away. Oliver doesn't object too much to that, but first he wants to save his father's life. He feels it's the least he can do. Torn between his disgust at Tiger's illegal activities and his disgust with himself for playing Judas, Oliver has to fool the cops and the crooks in order to accomplish his goal, and he couldn't have managed it without some help - but you can read all about that.
I was put off le Carre for a spell after the depressing book and movie versions of The Tailor of Panama. That's why Single & Single sat on my shelf for so long. I'm glad I finally got around to taking it down.


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Major Music Events Canceled Due to COVID-19
By Erin / April 10, 2020
Since the end of 2019, the coronavirus disease has ravaged not only everyday life but largely the functionality of the entertainment industry as well. As it continues to spread, event organizers have been pushed to make the humane decision of postponing or canceling large gatherings from concerts, important conferences, and even major sports tournaments. The disease has now reached every U.S. state as well as over 150 countries, so the list of canceled events seems endless as our world continues every day on standby.
Musical artists began calling off their Asian tour dates and concerts back in early January after awareness spread of the danger associated with the swiftness of COVID-19 as it quickly overtook Asian countries. R&B artist Khalid was one of the first to postpone his Asian tour dates on Feb. 14 regarding concerns for "the safety of Khalid's fans, his team and everyone who has been working on these concerts." The original tour dates were between March 24 – April 14. Others like the band Green Day postponed their Asian tour dates and artist Avril Lavigne canceled hers on Feb. 29.
"Please everybody take care of yourselves and stay healthy," Lavigne wrote. "You're in my thoughts and prayers and we are hoping to announce rescheduled shows soon."
Queen and Adam Lambert were scheduled to perform a show in Paris on May 26 and have also postponed after France sent out a government decree to cancel all events over 5,000 persons until May 31 in an attempt to contain the virus.
Justin Bieber and Harry Styles are other male artists who were forced to postpone their 2020 tours. Bieber's Changes tour was scheduled to run May 14 – Sept. 26. Style's Love on Love tour of the U.K. and Europe has been moved to 2021.
Female artists Ciara and Mariah Carey made decisions to postpone their upcoming performances until later this year as well.
"With the continued spread of the Coronavirus throughout the U.S., as a pregnant woman, my doctors have advised me to limit travel and large group gatherings," said Ciara to the Associated Press.
Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Cher, Billie Eilish, and Celine Dion are among a variety of other female artists that were forced to cancel their performances. Madonna was forced to cancel her Madame X Tour mid advance, and Miley canceled her trip to Australia to perform at the World Tour Bushfire Relief concert, which also included an appearance from Lil Nas X.
Bands like Pearl Jam, Guns N' Roses, Dan + Shay, the Jonas Brothers, and the Rolling Stones have made the same difficult but necessary decisions.
"We have been through a lot as a band over the past 30 years and we did not make this decision lightly," Pearl Jam explained on a fan FAQ. "Our team worked tirelessly to see if we could keep the tour going. It became clear by Monday afternoon that we would not be able to – in good conscience – head out on the road. Even though our gear was already en route and our crew was on the ground for rehearsals, we made the difficult decision to postpone. We wanted you all to know as soon as we knew so you could make your own plans."
Moreover, on March 4 city officials called off Ultra Music Festival's flagship Miami festival, originally scheduled for March 20-22. The C2C: Country to Country music festival scheduled for March 13 in London, Dublin, and Glasgow has postponed to later unknown dates. J. Cole's second annual Dreamville Festival was originally scheduled for April 4 in Raleigh, NC, but has been rescheduled for Aug. 29. Bonnaroo has been rescheduled for Sept. 24-27. A rescheduled date of Aug. 15 has been announced by the indie-pop band National Parks for the Superbloom Music Festival in Utah. The New York festival Governor's Ball was to be headlined by Tame Impala, Flume, and Vampire Weekend, but has been canceled indefinitely. On March 31 Alabama's Hangout Fest made the decision to cancel their three-day event in Gulf Shores, which was scheduled to feature artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lana Del Rey and Post Malone.
"This morning we received notice from the City of Gulf Shores that Hangout 2020 cannot proceed in May due to COVID-19," Hangout Fest tweeted. "After our fastest sellout ever, and what was shaping up to be a banner year on the beach, we are gutted that this is the outcome for all of you, but agree that this is the right decision for the health and safety of everyone involved."
As the virus continues to spread, events are unavoidably being canceled or postponed around the world at a progressive daily rate. Right now the health and protection of humanity is everyone's greatest concern, as it should be. While a pandemic like such is concerning and traumatic, it is a humbling reminder that we are all human and we must work together to protect life on Earth. We all face the same impending dangers to humanity, no matter one's social status or net worth.
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 21 January 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 21 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.
For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 21 January, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.
For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Monday 25 January, see Part 2 of this Paper.
Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the outcome of the Agriculture Council held in Brussels on 18th to 19th January; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement about Crown immunity in relation to the randomised badger culling trial.
Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will introduce routine testing for TB in all cattle.
Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research his Department is currently funding into formulating a new TB vaccine for cattle.
Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which countries will qualify for privileged entry arrangements under the Kennedy Report on the reform of quarantine; and how many pet animals were imported from these countries in (a) 1998, (b) 1997, (c) 1996.
Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list (a) the organisations that have responded to the Kennedy Report on the reform of quarantine and (b) the organisations and individuals he will be consulting before he announces his decisions on the new regime.
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much genetically modified (a) maize, (b) soya and (c) canola was imported for (i) seed, (ii) animal feed and (iii) human consumption in the last year for which figures are available.
N Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received on (a) genetically modified organisms and (b) the biotechnology industry from the US Administration.
N Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he will take to protect organic farming from possible effects of biotechnology.
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is the Chair of the Ministerial Group on Older People; and if he will list the Group's full membership.
N Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) secretarial and (b) other administrative help is given to honourable and Right honourable Liberal Democrat Members of the Joint Cabinet Consultative Committee; and what is the estimated cost of this assistance to date.
Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans exist to increase the broadcasting coverage of Channel 5 to areas that currently are unable to receive transmissions, with particular reference to Worcester.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations have been received by the NMEC concerning food at the Dome.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications have been made for (a) branded restaurants and (b) other catering facilities at the Dome.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if all applicants for catering facilities at the Dome were interviewed by the same panel.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is his policy on the provision of ethnic food at the Dome.
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what basis International Military Services (Iran) is trading; and if he will make a statement on its activities.
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what basis International Military Services Ltd is trading; and if he will make a statement on its activities.
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what basis International Military Services (Saudi Arabia) is trading; and if he will make a statement on its activities.
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the membership of the National Defence Industries Council and its working parties; and how these have changed since 1996.
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements exist for publicising the public access arrangements to the defence estate; and what plans he has to publish the arrangements on the internet.
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what income was received by the MoD estate from (a) agricultural lettings, (b) sporting rights and (c) commercial lettings in each year since 1994-95.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries' armed forces pension schemes have been studied as part of the UK Armed Forces Pension Scheme Review announced on 23rd September 1998.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel, and at what ranks, are currently attached to (a) HMS 'Ark Royal' and (b) HMS 'Intrepid' in Portsmouth Dockyard; and at what annual cost per ship.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the crew numbers of the Swiftsure class of submarines are up to full complement; how many officers and men are on each submarine; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the conclusions of the review of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme; and what opportunities there will be for public consultation before final recommendations are implemented.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if representations from the public can be made to the review of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has sought from (a) members of the armed forces and (b) the public on the review of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme.
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the British equivalent of the US Department of the Navy SP10 Memo 4900 SP131522 relating to UK Trident purchases in the US from fiscal year 1984 to date.
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of AWE Company Security, Environment, Safety and Health Systems Analysis reports.
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with BNFL about extending the life of the Chapelcross and Calderhill reactors; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have taken place with United States government officials concerning the possibility of Britain meeting future US tritium requirements.
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the DETR regarding the implications of the OSPAR agreement for continued operation of the Chapelcross tritium production facility.
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the items to be purchased from the money authorised recently to be paid to the US Government as the UK share of the fiscal year 1999 Trident procurement programme.
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the money paid by the UK to the US Government on Trident to be spent during fiscal year 1999 is for items essential to maintain the continued operational availability of the UK Trident system.
Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his forecast for the longevity of the tritium production facility at Chapelcross.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to publish a revised code of conduct on ethics and discipline for the Royal Navy.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from European partners concerning Project Horizon.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the percentage of his Department's systems which might be affected by millennium compliance failure by other departments, public or private companies and international government and non-governmental systems.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget has been allocated within his Department to deal with the millennium bug.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to establish the post of Chief of Defence Personnel.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to publish a revised code of conduct on ethics and discipline for the Royal Air Force.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of his Department's systems are currently not millennium compliant.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to publish a revised code of conduct on ethics and discipline for the Army.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what alternative systems to Project Horizon are available to the Royal Navy.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what departmental funds have been spent to date on Project Horizon.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for his Department's future participation in Project Horizon.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many outstanding legal cases are pending against his Department on grounds of (a) equal opportunities, (b) racial discrimination, (c) homosexuality and lesbianism, (d) post-traumatic stress syndrome and (e) physical injury.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if it is his policy to provide single accommodation for all single service personnel.
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his officials is responsible for co-ordinating his Department's action on the millennium bug.
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the compliance of the practice of recruiting men and women aged under 18 years to the armed forces with the United Kingdom's responsibilities under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he has issued to local education authorities relating to the means by which existing Section 11-funded adult education will be protected following the introduction of ethnic minority achievement grants.
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to introduce quality assurance procedures within Section 11-funded adult education.
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will ensure that, within the new administrative arrangements for ethnic minority achievement grants, the level of existing funding of adult education within each participating local education authority is ring-fenced before the retained and devolved proportions of the authority's allocations are set.
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much was spent per student out of the Local Management of Schools allocations for primary and secondary students up to 16 years in each local education authority in the years (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99.
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to the letter of 27th August (EM CC/614/2044) to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, what interim results he has received in respect of the non-statutory code of practice on unfair discrimination on grounds of age in the teaching profession.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the participation rate of three-year-olds in early education in Portsmouth.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the increase in standard spending assessment for education for Portsmouth Education Authority for 1999-2000.
Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance is given by (a) the Quality Assurance Agency and (b) other bodies to universities and other institutions of higher education in relation to (i) the systems to be used in their internal complaints procedures and (ii) the ways in which complaints procedures should be publicised.
Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action is being taken to ensure that universities and other institutions of higher education have in place an internal complaints procedure available to (a) undergraduates and (b) postgraduates.
Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list those universities and other institutions of higher education which do not currently have in place a formal internal complaints procedure available to (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate students; and what timetable has been set for the introduction of such complaints procedures in each case.
Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the state-maintained grammar schools, grouping them by constituency.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the (a) areas and (b) projects which have been involved in the millennium volunteers programme to date.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to extend the millennium volunteers scheme to Leicester.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the millennium volunteers programme.
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the total amount spent by his Department on central administration of education action zones; and what is this amount as a proportion of the total departmental expenditure on education action zones.
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the total amount of the private sector financial contribution for each education action zone and show this as a proportion of the total available budget.
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each education action zone the resources provided from other government initiatives.
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each education action zone the amount of private sector contribution that has been given in (a) cash and (b) kind in each case, broken down (b) by type of help provided.
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list those instances where a contribution from a TEC to an education action zone has been included as a private sector contribution.
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list those education action zones which have no school currently or previously in special measures.
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what each education action zone is proposing to spend as a proportion of its total budget on (a) administration, (b) project co-ordination and management not included in (a) and (c) salaries not included not in (a) or (b).
Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many allotment sites have been (a) approved for sale and (b) sold since 24th June 1998.
N Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the current tabulation of the distribution of the SAP rating of the housing stock.
N Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 18th January, Official Report, column 306, concerning rental deposits, if a date has beeen set for the meeting with Ministers; and how its conclusions will be reported to honourable Members.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement about progress at the Environment Council meeting on 21st December on the proposed Directive on end of life vehicles.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if it is Government policy that no vehicle powered by liquid petroleum gas and no dual-powered vehicle may be transported on the EuroTunnel Shuttle; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many new housing units were built and how many existing housing units were cleared in each local authority area in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland in the calendar years 1993 to 1998.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to letters of 15th December 1997 (EE/P50/17203/97) and of 9th June (EE/P50/9738/98) to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, what action has been taken as a result of the Environment Agency's Report on its research using earthworms as indicator organisms of contaminated land.
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the letter of 17th July (R/J/P50/8480/98/98) to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, what progress has been made in developing a gender audit to assist transport planners.
Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on Railtrack's position as regards planning legislation, with particular reference to demolition of property.
N Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the trunk roads in England and Wales which have junctions less than two kilometres apart where there is a 70 mph speed limit.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has commissioned on the redevelopment of the Defence Estate; and when it was published.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had, and with whom, concerning the definition of public interest in the sale of publicly-owned sites.
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the research work which he has commissioned in connection with his pesticide minimisation policy; what are the terms of reference of that research; and if he will publish the results of the research.
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what funding is provided to the Air Transport Users Council from public bodies; and if he will list those bodies.
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which department has responsibility for monitoring the Warsaw Convention as it relates to air travel.
N Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the cost to British industry of traffic congestion.
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the proposed EU directive on the incineration of waste; and if he will make a statement.
Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made towards resolving the issue of the former National Bus Company Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
N Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned into the possibility of biotechnology causing irreversible contamination of the ecosystem.
N Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the potential for biotechnology to produce herbicide resistant weeds.
N Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what evidence he has assessed that biotechnology may cause permanent changes to the ecosystem.
N Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the potential of horizontal gene transfer biotechnology to produce new viruses and bacteria.
N Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimates he has received of the average number of miles driven by a non-company car driver in each of the last five years (a) in the course of work, (b) for travel from home to work and (c) for other reasons.
N Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the average number of miles driven by a company car driver each year (a) in the course of work and (b) not in the course of work.
N Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has (a) to reduce the number of discretionary journeys made in company cars not in the course of work and (b) to reform the system of allowances for business-related journeys.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire concerning the lack of representatives of their counties on the East Midlands Development Agency Board.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people of Asian origin he has appointed to the Board of the East Midlands Development Agency.
N Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what factors underlie the timescale for issuing a section 34 consent under the Coastal Protection Act 1949 to The Gosport Marina Limited in respect of its proposed redevelopment and construction of a 400 metre section of the Millennium Promenade at Gosport.
Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he has taken to ensure the compliance with the landfill site licence in respect of noxious smells at the Highmoor Quarry site in Oldham.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the letter of 28th October from the Financial Secretary to the honourable Member for Linlithgow (3/5658/98) concerning the Customs and Excise investigation into Lear's macaws and other parrots, what is the current position in respect of the Lear's macaws and their return to Brazil.
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the United Kingdom's net contribution to (a) the European Union, (b) NATO, (c) the United Nations, (d) the Council of Europe, (e) the WEU and (f) the OSCE in the latest year for which figures are available.
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Knowsley South of 8th December 1998, Official Report, column 140, regarding deaths from hypothermia, if he will provide the information by (i) region and (ii) parliamentary constituency.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the quantity of beer smuggled into the United Kingdom for resale in the last year.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions for smuggling (a) alcohol and (b) tobacco there have been in each quarter since January 1993.
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent amendments to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative have been made to give further support to post-conflict and post-catastrophe countries.
Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for the Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex local authority areas (a) the locations of land in respect of which conditional exemption from inheritance tax is currently allowed, (b) the number of cases in which such exemption has been lost or deferred tax charged as a result of breaches of the conditions related to exemption in 1998-99 and (c) the location of land in respect of which exemption has been lost or deferred tax charged in each of the last five years because of breaches of the relevant conditions.
N Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the ability of transport companies to obtain insurance cover to operate services on 1st January 2000; and if he will make a statement.
N Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the British Embassy in Moscow learnt of the Interfax Report of 6th December that a rescue attempt was to be made to release the hostages in Chechnya, employed by Granger Telecom.
N Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department in London learnt of the BBC World Service Report from the Caversham Monitoring Service that Interfax had reported that a rescue attempt was to be made to release the hostages in Chechnya employed by Granger Telecom.
N Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the advice he has placed in the Library in respect of people travelling to Chechnya was issued to individual visa applicants employed by Granger Telecom or was issued to the company that employed them.
N Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the advice given to travellers visiting Chechnya is the same as that given to people intending to work there.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what requests he has received from the Government of Iran for compensation for a stray missile which landed in or near the Iranian city of Koramshahr.
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what stage discussions with the BBC World Service have reached in relation to their three year plan; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures he has taken and what further measures are planned to address the problem of illegal fishing by Spanish nationals in Gibraltarian waters.
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to provide St. Helena with landing facilities for aircraft.
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish six-monthly reports on progress towards a resolution of the conflict in Kashmir.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received concerning the case of Swathi Pankhania, born on 18th March 1973, currently being dealt with in Bombay.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what basis the entry clearance officer in Bombay is calling for additional evidence in the case of Swathi Pankhania, HO Ref. S787788.
Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his policy for dealing with the spread of head lice among school pupils.
N Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what appraisal he has made of the incidence and cost of ill-health currently attributable to poor ventilation and condensation in the housing stock.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health took 17 weeks to reply to the letter dated 9th September 1998 from the honourable Member for Christchurch about the continued availability of animal insulin for diabetics; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the forthcoming White Paper on Health is planned to be published; and if it will contain a section on dental care.
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his letter of 21st October (POH(3)5437/58) from the Minister of State for Public Health to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, what is Her Majesty's Government's policy at the World Health Organisation on the proposed destruction of the known stocks of smallpox virus.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the letter of 9th October (POH(6)5437/63) from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, what assessment his Department has made of fabrics containing fungicide which kills house dust mites in new bedding materials.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the letter of 1st December (POH (6) 5437/66) to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, what assessment he has made of Japanese research on organ preservation.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will give (a) the names, (b) the terms of office and (c) the nominating body of the members of Barnet Community Health Council.
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he takes to assess value for money in the purchase of ambulances by health trusts; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had a bone marrow transplant in the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place to inform doctors of the symptoms of organophosphate exposure.
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has taken to educate doctors regarding the recognition and treatment of chronic organophosphate poisoning.
N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many physiotherapy posts are currently vacant in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North West and (c) North Cheshire Health Authority; and in each case what percentage of the total number of posts this vacancy level represents.
N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members on the (a) North Cheshire Health Authority, (b) Warrington Community Health Trust and (c) Warrington Hospital NHS Trust are resident in (i) the Warrington North constituency, (ii) the Warrington South constituency and (iii) other areas.
N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric physiotherapy posts are currently unfilled in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North West region and (c) North Cheshire Health Authority.
N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what in each of the past five years, was the percentage of students completing physiotherapy training who took up employment in the NHS.
N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total expenditure on agency physiotherapy staff in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North West region and (c) North Cheshire Health Authority in each of the past five years.
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the recommendations on beta interferon funding made by West Midlands Beta Interferon Management Group on 6th October 1998.
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the waiting list for beta interferon treatment drawn up by the West Midlands health authorities.
N Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission further research into the causes of the increasing incidence of hay fever, eczema, asthma and similar allergies.
N Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department has identified linking asthma, eczema and similar allergies to chemical by-products from (a) home heating systems and (b) car exhaust fumes.
N Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been commissioned into the incidence of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by long-term exposure to poorly-ventilated domestic gas appliances.
N Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of awareness among general practitioners of the incidence of carbon monoxide poisoning from poorly-ventilated domestic gas appliances and the medical symptoms of long-term exposure to low levels of carbon monoxide.
Mr David Lock (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned into the safety of the drug, Lamotrigine.
Mr David Lock (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations have been made to his Department since the drug, Lamotrigine, was licensed for use in Britain, arising out of or related to the use of this drug or arising out of or connected to side effects suspected to be related to the use of this drug.
Mr David Lock (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths have been reported to his Department since the drug, Lamotrigine, has been licensed for use in Britain arising out of or related to the use of this drug or arising out of or connected to side effects suspected to be related to the use of this drug.
Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the health implications of variations in costs of the new aspirin and paracetamol pack sizes; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received specialist treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome at the Havering Hospitals NHS Trust broken down by those treated as (a) out-patients and (b) in-patients in each of the last three years.
Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those NHS trusts in Britain which offer specialist treatment to patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome.
Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of people in Britain diagnosed as suffering with chronic fatigue syndrome; and how many are receiving, or have received, specialist treatment for their condition.
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the ratio of orthopaedic consultants to (a) adults and (b) pensioners in each health authority.
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of section 11 funding in each of the participating local education authorities is currently used to support adult education.
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list each local education authority currently using section 11 funding to support adult education.
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of section 11 funding is currently used to support adult education.
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total amount of section 11 grant for the financial year 1998-99.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportation orders were made between 1st June 1997 and 31st May 1998; and how many have not yet been executed.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the cost of a Royal Commission of Inquiry into animal experiments.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th January, Official Report, column 330, on deportation orders, if he will give the reasons for the deportation orders not having been given effect.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th January, Official Report, column 330, on deportation orders, how many (a) failed asylum seekers and (b) immigration offenders were removed in 1996 and 1997; and how many have yet to be removed.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the deportation orders made between 1st June and 30th November 1998 were in respect of people who were in custody.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were deported between 1st June 1997 and 31st May 1998; and of these how many were on the strength of deportation orders made before 1st June 1997.
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the number of staff on establishment at Feltham Young Offenders Institution when it is at full strength; and what is the current number of staff at Feltham.
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Job Simulation Assessment Centre system of prison service recruitment.
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when it is planned to end doubled-up cell accommodation at Feltham Young Offenders Institute
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reduce the length of time in each day for which remand prisoners in young offender institutions remain locked in their cells.
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average length of time prisoners on remand in young offender institutions spent in custody awaiting disposal of their case in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce a requirement that all asylum interviews are tape-recorded.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to have disposed of the outstanding applications for asylum made between 1st July 1993 and 31st December 1995.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish guidelines to staff on implementing the new policy of considering compassionate circumstances at all stages of an asylum case.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if a person who has been refused political asylum but granted indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom has the right to appeal to a special adjudicator about the decision to refuse political asylum.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has commissioned to ascertain how asylum seekers who have not taken up the offer of assistance under the National Assistance Act 1948 are currently supporting themselves.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average length of time from asylum application to initial decision in each year since 1980.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the lowest Civil Service grade at which a decision to refuse asylum may be made.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research has been carried out on the comparative costs of (a) current arrangements for funding asylum seekers and (b) restoring benefits for asylum seekers, during the period that his Department takes to process an application.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what opportunity will be afforded to asylum seekers who have been able to demonstrate that they have been the victims of unscrupulous advisers to establish their claims without their case being prejudiced by the actions of those advisers.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if an individual who has been granted exceptional leave to remain will be entitled to apply for reunion with family members abroad within four years.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted (a) refugee status and (b) exceptional leave to remain following a successful appeal against refusal of that status in each year since 1993, broken down by country of origin.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications made between 1st July 1993 and 31st December 1995 have been disposed of to date; and with what result.
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to have disposed of the outstanding asylum applications made before 1st July 1993.
Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisons were visited in England and Wales by Sir David Ramsbottom during the last 12 months; and how many of his reports of such visits have to date been published.
Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average length of time spent by young people held in custody on remand before their case was decided in the last year for which figures are available.
Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the juvenile prison establishments which have workshops in England and Wales.
Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisons in England and Wales do not have a probation service operating within the prison; and if he will make a statement.
Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of uniformed prison officers who are working in prisons in England and Wales are from ethnic minority communities.
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what central government payments have been made to the Police Federation in each of the last five years in support of (a) conferences organised by the Federation and (b) other purposes; and if he will indicate the statutory authority under which such payments are made.
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reduce the incidence of suicide among people aged under 18 years in prisons in England and Wales.
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many boys aged (a) under 15, (b) 15, (c) 16 and (d) 17 years are currently imprisoned in adult prisons in England and Wales.
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those people aged under 18 years who committed suicide in prisons in England and Wales last year were (a) being held in adult jails and (b) on remand.
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to remove the United Kingdom's reservation on Article 37 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reservations and derogations the UK Government has entered under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision he has made for additional staff at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate during the transfer of files from Croydon.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enquiries were made to the PEO of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in Croydon on 15th January.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what arrangements are in place in his Department to respond to Law Commission reports; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what staff and other resources in his Department are dedicated to responding to Law Commission reports.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the titles and dates of publications of Law Commission reports on which legislation has not been enacted.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he expects to respond to the Law Commission's report of March 1998 on psychiatric injury.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement concerning the backlog of unimplemented Law Commission reports concerning uncontroversial issues.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he expects to respond to the Law Commission's report of December 1997 on aggravated, exemplary damages.
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is the Government's policy with regard to the maintenance of the monopoly enjoyed by the Worshipful Company of Scriveners on notary public services in London.
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how long it takes to process an application for grant aid under the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme.
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications were made for grant aid under the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme (a) in each year from 1st April 1995 to 31st March 1998 and (b) from 1st April to 31st December 1998; of these (i) how many have been approved, (ii) what payments were made, (iii) how many were refused and (iv) how many are outstanding.
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many renewal claims were made for child benefit (a) in 1997-98 and (b) from 1st April to 31st December 1998; how many (i) have been processed with payments made and order books issued and (ii) are outstanding; and how long it takes to process a renewal claim.
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she has taken to ensure that Northern Ireland Electricity (a) undertakes a review of existing infrastructure and investment in new infrastructure and (b) implements an effective strategy for communications with consumers.
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions have taken place with senior management in Northern Ireland Electricity concerning the protracted interruptions to electricity supply over the Christmas 1998 period; and what was the outcome.
Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the President of the Council, what plans she has to meet requests from honourable and Right honourable Members for the payment of their salaries in euros.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the President of the Council, what plans she has to propose reforms of parliamentary procedure in respect of uncontroversial Bills implementing Law Commission recommendations.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the President of the Council, what representations she has received concerning the procedure for putting non-contentious, technical law reform Bills recommended by the Law Commission before Parliament; and if she will make a statement.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the President of the Council, how many Bills based on Law Commission recommendations have been enacted in each of the last five years.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the President of the Council, what was the length of time of the debates which took place at each parliamentary stage of each of the Bills introduced to implement Law Commission recommendations in each of the last five years.
N Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, what invitations have been extended to political parties other than the Liberal Democrats to develop policy jointly with the Government using the JCCC mechanism.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the architect Enric Miralles on (a) the estimated date of completion of the Scottish Parliament's new building and (b) the cost overrun on the project.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the allegations made by the project manager for the Scottish Parliament's new building that he was prevented from taking the action necessary to solve problems of building cost overrun.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the interim findings of the Quigley Committee on student applications.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will state the terms of reference of the Quigley Committee on higher education; and when he expects it to report.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what were the criteria used in calculating the initial estimated building cost for the Scottish Parliament; and what factors have led to an increase in cost since that estimate.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what reports he has received from the project manager of the Scottish Parliament's new building as to the prospects for the building being completed on time.
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to extend industrial injury benefit to the self-employed; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much it would cost to raise the upper threshold of income support for those in residential or nursing care to £60,000 with a lower limit of (a) £10,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000, (d) £40,000, (e) £50,000 and (f) no lower limit.
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much it would cost to raise the upper threshold of income support for those in residential or nursing care to £70,000 with a lower limit of (a) £10,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000, (d) £40,000, (e) £50,000, (f) £60,000 and (g) no lower limit.
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much it would cost to raise the upper threshold of income support for those in residential or nursing care to £50,000 with a lower limit of (a) £10,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000, (d) £40,000 and (e) no lower limit.
Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much it would cost to raise the upper threshold of income support for those in residential or nursing care to £40,000 with a lower limit of (a) £10,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £30,000 and (d) no lower limit.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the target times are for the CSA to deal with applications for compensation; and what are the actual times.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the average time taken for the CSA to determine applications for compensation.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many applications for compensation, received by the Child Support Agency before 1st May 1998, are still awaiting determination.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many applications for compensation received by the Child Support Agency in the last two years have been determined within 30 days.
Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the annual cost of compensation for families in receipt of family credit for lost income while on parental leave assuming its application to children aged up to eight years and take up of 10 per cent. for men and 50 per cent. for women.
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what evaluation he has made of the responses to his Department's consultation on changes to the system of child support; and what reforms he proposes to make as a result and when.
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will place in the Library a copy of the responses his Department has received following the consultation process for the paper, A New Contract for Welfare: Support for Disabled People.
Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the number of (a) pensioners, (b) single pensioners and (c) pensioners in couples in Stoke-on-Trent; and what estimate he has made of the number of (i) single pensioners and (ii) pensioners in couples in Stoke-on-Trent who will qualify for the minimum pension guarantee.
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate is provided by his Department's Family Resources Survey of the number of non-taxpaying pensioners who have some dividend income and who have capital in excess of £8,000.
N Ms Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action he will take to ensure that postal service users pay an affordable, uniform price for services wherever they use the service in the UK.
N Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will specify the procedures for recovery of losses incurred by BNFL on nuclear reprocessing contracts in the UK in the process of cancellation by German interests (a) under contract and (b) under intergovernmental agreements; if he will specify the amount of such losses; and if he will make a statement.
N Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the purchase by the Post Office of German Parcel requires clearance by European or UK regulatory or competition authorities.
N Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial obligations have been incurred by the Post Office in its acquisition of and indirect stake in General Parcel arising from its purchase of German Parcel.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is his Department's current estimate of the cost of implementation of the draft EC Directive on end of life vehicles.
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the results of the consultation exercise by his Department to assess the implications of the draft EC Directive on end of life vehicles.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the letter of 7th October from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, what response he has had from OST to his request about taking forward specific projects recommended by Sir Gareth Roberts' report on researchers.
N Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the letter of 11th November (td-235-11) from the Minister of State for Energy and Industry to the honourable Member for Linlithgow, what progress he has made in considering air products refrigeration systems using air as the coolant as an alternative to CFCs and other ozone-depleting refrigerants.
Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with British Gas plc about the break up and sale of Transco.
Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how he proposes to use his special share to protect consumers in the impending break up of Transco by British Gas plc.
N Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to review the regulations covering safety standards for domestic gas appliances.
Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the changing trading relationships between the United States of America and (a) the European Union as a single entity and (b) individual EU member states with reference to the continuing sanctions relating to the trade dispute over bananas.
Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Stroud, of 18th January, Official Report, columns 364-5, on nuclear fuel, what is the basis for his statement that the Japanese government's preferred means of using recovered plutonium is for it to be converted into MOX nuclear fuel.
Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made by BNFL in developing the tank waste remediation system for vitrification of long-lived radioactive wastes at Hanford; and what plans it has to apply this technique to the immobilization of high level radioactive wastes at BNFL's Sellafield site.
Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of (a) competition policy issues which arise from insurance companies which own their own garages and carry out in-house repairs being exempt from VAT on labour and (b) the impact which this has on independent garages; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many quango posts in Wales have become vacant since May 1997; in which newspapers advertisements for these posts have been published; and which of these posts were filled without having been publicly advertised.
N Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place a copy in the Library of the letter from the Head of European Division concerning the recent appointment of the Chief Executive of the Wales European Centre.
Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the quangos which were operating in April 1997 which subsequently have had their powers transferred to other quangos.
Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the estimated cost, in each of the next three financial years, of the recently announced inducement payments for students prepared to undertake teacher training courses; if these payments are to be made to students regardless of whether they are undertaking such courses in Wales or elsewhere; and if such grants will be made by his Department to students from outside Wales wishing to undertake such courses at colleges in Wales.
Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the timescale for the conclusion of his review of the regional assistance map of Wales; and what is his anticipated timescale for legislative changes arising from the review.
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what agreements exist between Government departments and the Law Commission about the timing of responses to Law Commission reports.
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quantity of beer has been seized by HM Customs officials at Portsmouth Ferry Port in each quarter since January 1993.
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what transitional support will be available to rural areas upon losing Objective 5b status.
Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that the entry clearance officer in Bombay is informed of his letters to the honourable Member for Leicester East in respect of the case of Swathi Pankhania, Ref S787788.
Revised 21 January 1999


When you have not enough money to buy a programming joke cup or patience to wait for it.
I envy you, I wish I had the time and the energy. When I do have the time, I don't have the energy and viceversa.
@telephantasm That's sad :/ I don't as like that for a while. No I go up much earlier in the morning, and I've got a lot more energy during the day.
@agnibha it's a T470p. It's pretty bulky, and the battery sticks out a little. My colleague has the T480s, which is really slim. And it charges with USB-C. The only problem we've discovered so far is that the fans seem to go way to fast on Windows.
@iamavalos I think it was a gift..


My home institute is the University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy in Albuquerque, NM, USA. I teach the full range of physics courses required for an undergraduate degree at UNM, as well as specialized graduate courses in particle physics.
The UC School of Physical and Chemical Sciences hosts research across a wide range of frontier fields, some of which are not represented at my home institute. I hope to become better acquainted with these research fields and in fact have already begun to do so through interesting conversations with members of the School.
I am teaching in two courses: Quantum Field Theory (PHYS416) and Applied Electrodynamics (PHYS313).
Since arriving at UC four weeks ago, I have delivered two special topic lectures to the students of PHYS310 (Modern Physics).
I also delivered two seminars to faculty, advanced students and researchers on Silicon Tracking Detectors for contemporary particle physics experiments, such as those at the Large Hadron Collider.
In addition, I presented a talk on 'Active Learning Techniques for Science Instruction' that was attended by members of the UC community, drawn from a range of schools and departments.
I've enjoyed contributing as a panel member on a review of the PCAS (Post Graduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies) program; this allowed me to read a variety of fascinating background documents about that program, to spend a full day in discussion and interviews with members of the UC faculty, staff, and students involved in it, and then contribute to the preparation of a document on the panel's findings.
I have been welcomed warmly into my host school (Physical and Chemical Sciences). Faculty there greeted me with a coffee hour, offered me tours of their laboratories, and even invited me to dinner in their homes.
With regards to living in Christchurch, I really enjoy the crisp cool days combined with the magnificent landscape. They are a source of immense pleasure to me and my family, every day.
The Erskine Programme is pleased to announce the arrival of the first two visiting fellows for Semester Two 2018.
Professor Octavio Manero-Brito from The National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico who is visiting the School of Mathematics and Statistics.
We hope they and their families have a wonderful time at UC.
The Erskine Programme is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Canterbury, Cambridge and Oxford Visiting Fellowships and Grants.
Professor Sudesh Mishra from the University of the South Pacific, Fiji who will be visiting the School of Humanities and Creative Arts (English), and the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies.
Dr Bradford Wilson from Princeton University, USA who will be visiting the Departments of History and Politics, and the School of Law.
Dr Paul Matthews from the University of Georgia, USA who will be visiting the School of Educational Studies and Leadership.
Professor Robert Hackett from Simon Fraser University, Canada who will be visiting the Department of Media and Communications.
Professor John Nauright from the University of North Texas, USA who will be visiting the School of Health Sciences.
Dr Thomas Bennett from the University of Cambridge, UK who will be visiting the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences.
Dr Timothy Weil from the University of Cambridge, UK who will be visiting the School of Biological Sciences.
Dr Roisin Burke from the School of Law, who will be visiting the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford, UK.
Dr David Pomeroy from the School of Teacher Education, who will be visiting the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Professor Annick Masselot from the School of Law, who will be visiting the Centre for European Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK.
We would like to congratulate all the recipients.
The Erskine Programme would like to welcome Professor Sally Seidel from the University of New Mexico, USA to UC. Professor Seidel will be joining the Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences for 3 months.
We wish Professor Seidel and her family an enjoyable time at UC.


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Elizabeth (?)
Reference MFN-36421
Last Edited 21 Jul 2010
Elizabeth (?) married Daniel Shelvey, son of Harry Frederick James Shelvey and Emily Louisa Harding. Elizabeth (?) was born in 1762 at Sholden, Kent, England. She died in 1837 at Kent, England.
Daniel Shelvey b. 1731
Elizabeth Shelvey+ b. 1762, d. 1837
Harry Frederick James Shelvey1
M, b. June 1895
Father James Thomas Frederick Shelvey b. 8 Aug 1870, d. 1919
Mother Emily Matilda Ramsey b. 1888, d. 1930
Last Edited 1 May 2009
Harry Frederick James Shelvey married Emily Louisa Harding. Harry Frederick James Shelvey was born in June 1895 at London, England.1
Emily Louisa Harding b. 6 Sep 1889, d. 1974
Daniel Shelvey+ b. 1731
[S99] Website: Births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales.
Emily Louisa Harding
F, b. 6 September 1889, d. 1974
Last Edited 30 Apr 2009
Emily Louisa Harding married Harry Frederick James Shelvey, son of James Thomas Frederick Shelvey and Emily Matilda Ramsey. Emily Louisa Harding was born on 6 September 1889 at St. George East, London, England. She died in 1974 at London, England.
Harry Frederick James Shelvey b. Jun 1895
Emily Matilda Ramsey
Emily Matilda Ramsey was born in 1888 at London, England. She married James Thomas Frederick Shelvey, son of Daniel William Shelvey and Emma Priscilla Reynolds, on 30 November 1891 at The Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Fulham, London, England. Emily Matilda Ramsey died in 1930 at In a hospital, 28 Marloes Road, Kensington, London, England.
James Thomas Frederick Shelvey b. 8 Aug 1870, d. 1919
Harry Frederick James Shelvey+ b. Jun 1895
Daniel William Shelvey
M, b. 1835, d. 21 November 1879
Father James Shelvey b. 1804, d. 1871
Mother Sarah Elizabeth Stokes b. 1803, d. 1879
Daniel William Shelvey was born in 1835 at Kent, England. He married Emma Priscilla Reynolds on 9 February 1857 at St. Mary's Church, Lambeth, London, England. Daniel William Shelvey died on 21 November 1879 at 11 Talbot Mews, Kensington, London, England.
Emma Priscilla Reynolds b. 31 Aug 1840, d. 1911
Ellen Shelvey b. 1859
Annie Shelvey b. 1861
Caroline Harriet Shelvey b. 1864
Daniel William Shelvey+ b. 1866, d. 1923
Louisa Hettie Shelvey b. 1868
James Thomas Frederick Shelvey+ b. 8 Aug 1870, d. 1919
Edward John Shelvey b. 1873
Ada Florence Shelvey b. 1876
Minnie Amy Shelvey b. 4 Dec 1877, d. 15 Jan 1927
Emma Priscilla Reynolds
F, b. 31 August 1840, d. 1911
Emma Priscilla Reynolds was born on 31 August 1840 at London, England. She married Daniel William Shelvey, son of James Shelvey and Sarah Elizabeth Stokes, on 9 February 1857 at St. Mary's Church, Lambeth, London, England. Emma Priscilla Reynolds died in 1911.
Daniel William Shelvey b. 1835, d. 21 Nov 1879
Sarah Elizabeth Stokes
Her married name was Shelvey. Sarah Elizabeth Stokes married James Shelvey, son of William John Shelvey and Sarah Regis. Sarah Elizabeth Stokes was born in 1803. She died in 1879 at London, England.
James Shelvey b. 1804, d. 1871
Sarah Ann Shelvey b. 1827, d. 27 Feb 1881
Jane Elizabeth Shelvey b. 1829, d. Oct 1894
Daniel William Shelvey+ b. 1835, d. 21 Nov 1879
William Shelvy b. 13 May 1842, d. 1881
James Shelvey
Father William John Shelvey b. 29 Mar 1767
Mother Sarah Regis b. 1766
James Shelvey married Sarah Elizabeth Stokes. James Shelvey was born in 1804 at Sandwich, Kent, England. He died in 1871 at Kensington, London, England.
Sarah Elizabeth Stokes b. 1803, d. 1879
Father Daniel William Shelvey b. 1835, d. 21 Nov 1879
Mother Emma Priscilla Reynolds b. 31 Aug 1840, d. 1911
Daniel William Shelvey was born in 1866 at London, England. He married Mary Jane Potter in 1889 at Kensington, London, England. Daniel William Shelvey died in 1923 at Talbot Mews, Kensington, London, England.
Mary Jane Potter b. 1867, d. 20 Mar 1912
Mary Emma Shelvey b. 1889, d. 4 Feb 1891
Edward Thomas Shelvey b. 21 Feb 1893, d. 1979
James Walter Shelvey b. 28 Dec 1905, d. 1972
Minnie Amy Shelvey
F, b. 4 December 1877, d. 15 January 1927
Minnie Amy Shelvey was born on 4 December 1877 at Talbot Mews, Kensington, London, England. She died on 15 January 1927 at age 49.
Ada Florence Shelvey
Ada Florence Shelvey was born in 1876.
Caroline Harriet Shelvey
Caroline Harriet Shelvey was born in 1864.
Edward John Shelvey
M, b. 1873
Edward John Shelvey was born in 1873.
James Thomas Frederick Shelvey
M, b. 8 August 1870, d. 1919
James Thomas Frederick Shelvey was born on 8 August 1870 at 20 Blechynden Mews, Kensington, London, England. He married Emily Matilda Ramsey on 30 November 1891 at The Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Fulham, London, England. James Thomas Frederick Shelvey died in 1919 at 3 Talbot Mews, Kensington, London, England.
Emily Matilda Ramsey b. 1888, d. 1930
Louisa Hettie Shelvey
Louisa Hettie Shelvey was born in 1868.
Ellen Shelvey
Ellen Shelvey was born in 1859.
Annie Shelvey
Annie Shelvey was born in 1861.
Sarah Regis
Sarah Regis was born in 1766. She married William John Shelvey, son of Daniel Shelvey, in 1787.
William John Shelvey b. 29 Mar 1767
Elizabeth Shelvey b. 1787
Thomas Shelvey b. 1789
John Shelvey b. 1790
Anne Shelvey b. 1794
William Thomas Shelvey b. 1799, d. 1879
Joseph Shelvey b. 1801
James Shelvey+ b. 1804, d. 1871
Stephen Shelvey b. 1806
Barwick Shelvey b. 1808, d. 1877
William John Shelvey
M, b. 29 March 1767
Father Daniel Shelvey b. 1731
William John Shelvey was born on 29 March 1767. He married Sarah Regis in 1787.
Sarah Regis b. 1766
Jane Elizabeth Shelvey
F, b. 1829, d. October 1894
Jane Elizabeth Shelvey was born in 1829 at Sandwich, Kent, England. She died in October 1894 at Hayes, Middlesex, England.
Sarah Ann Shelvey
Sarah Ann Shelvey was born in 1827 at Saint Werburgh, Kent, England. She died on 27 February 1881 at Percy Road South, Hackney, Middlesex, England.
William Shelvy
M, b. 13 May 1842, d. 1881
William Shelvy was born on 13 May 1842. He died in 1881 at St Saviour, London, England.
Daniel Shelvey
Father John Shelvey b. 1703
Mother Mary Shoemaker b. 1701, d. 1745
Daniel Shelvey was born in 1731 at Kent, England. He married Jane Abbott on 8 October 1758 at Monkton, Kent, England.
Jane Abbott b. 1737, d. 1759
Mary Shelvey b. 25 May 1760
Barwick Shelvey b. 4 Aug 1761
William John Shelvey+ b. 29 Mar 1767
Ann Shelvey b. 23 Apr 1769
Richard Shelvey b. 20 Apr 1771
Daniel Shelvey b. 15 Aug 1773
Sarah Shelvey b. 11 Feb 1775
Hannah Shelvey b. 14 Mar 1778
James Shelvey b. 14 Mar 1778
Joseph Shelvey b. 13 Aug 1780
Barwick Shelvey b. 24 Aug 1783
Margaret Shelvey b. 12 Aug 1787
William Thomas Shelvey
William Thomas Shelvey was born in 1799 at Guston, Kent, England. He died in 1879 at Eastry, Kent, England.
Barwick Shelvey
Barwick Shelvey was born in 1808 at Kent, England. He died in 1877 at London, England.
John Shelvey
Reference MYID 36447
John Shelvey was born in 1790 at Sutton, Kent, England.
Stephen Shelvey
Stephen Shelvey was born in 1806 at Northbourne, Kent, England.
Anne Shelvey
Anne Shelvey was born in 1794 at Sutton, Kent, England.
Thomas Shelvey
Thomas Shelvey was born in 1789 at Sutton, Kent, England.


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What Should I Know About Algeria?
Algeria Travel
French Algeria
Algeria Africa
Algeria Government
Algeria Export
Algeria Population
Brendan McGuigan
Algeria is a huge country in Northern Africa, and the 11th largest nation on Earth.
Algeria is a huge country in Northern Africa. It covers 920,000 square miles (2,380,000 sq. km), making it more than three times the size of Texas, and the 11th largest nation on Earth. It shares borders with Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia, and Western Sahara, and has coastline on the Mediterranean.
People have been living in the region that is now Algeria, and the surrounding Maghreb, for more than 200,000 years. The first civilizations sprang up between 4000 and 8000 years ago, eventually forming a cohesive population, usually referred to collective as the Berber culture.
Algeria has coastline on the Mediterranean.
From about 900 BCE the area was invaded repeatedly by various peoples, mostly from across the Mediterranean. First the Phoenicians came, trading along the coast and eventually establishing Carthage in nearby Tunisia and various outposts in Algeria. Then came the Romans, who conquered the Berbers more or less completely by 24 AD. By the 4th century the region had been converted to Christianity.
Most Algerians adhere to the Islamic faith.
Beginning in the 8th century Algeria, and the greater Maghreb, became a strategic target for the expanding Islamic world. By the end of the first decade of the 8th century the Umayyads had conquered all of North Africa, including Algeria. Over the next few centuries it converted to Islam and was Arabized dramatically.
In the 16th century the area came under the control of the Ottoman Empire, and became a center for Mediterranean piracy and privateering. It was in Algeria that the infamous pirate Red Beard — also known as Barbarossa — eventually was based, as a provincial governor. During this period both Arabs and native Berbers saw their roles diminished, as Turkish became the national language and Turks became entrenched in most positions of power. Piracy continued to spread and become institutionalized in the area, as well as its neighbors, in a confederacy known as the Barbary States. In addition to capturing the wealth of European traders, these pirates also began capturing Christians as slaves, a turn of events that eventually led the young United States to enter into two of its earliest wars against the Barbary Coast.
In the early 19th century Algeria was conquered by the French, who began to settle and develop the region. Although infrastructure developed under French control, to the majority of the Muslim inhabitants of the country, France was seen as a harsh colonial power. Resistance and open revolt continued throughout all of the French occupation, but it began to grow substantially and develop during the 1930s. Although relatively peaceful attempts were made for a Constitution and more equality in the mid-1940s, these were met with no support by the French government.
By 1954 the situation had gotten bad enough that the citizenry revolted on a massive scale. The National Liberation Front was the main body of revolt, launching a full-scale civil war that would last for eight years. In that time nearly two million Algerians died, and another two to three million were relocated. Independence was finally achieved in 1962, after one of the longest, bloodiest wars for independence in modern history.
Although the new constitution was somewhat democratic, it held very few checks on power for the elected head of state, who was able to form the government and could more or less define policy as he saw fit. Two years later a bloodless coup overthrew the elected president, and the minister of defense, Houari Boumediene took power, dissolving the constitution and consolidating his power base. In 1989 a new constitution was adopted allowing multiple parties to participate in government, and reducing the role of the military in the operation of the government.
In 1991, following the surprising success of a fundamentalist Islamic party, the FIS, the military effectively took power again, stopping any further elections. Since then there has been a low-grade civil war in Algeria, fought by the Islamic factions against the government. Elections have since been held, in 1999 and 2004, but only after changes to the Constitution were added banning Islamic parties from participating.
Because of the unstable political situation, visitors to this country should exercise caution. Bombings do take place with relative frequency, and banditry can be a problem in the south. For those willing to take care, however, the country can offer an amazing alternative to nearby Morocco. The violence has largely subsided in the past few years, but tourism has yet to catch up, leading to low prices and a lack of crowds at the country's many amazing attractions. Of particular note are the oasis towns, such as Timimoun, where one can experience a setting right out of a storybook. Thousands of palm trees, beautiful architecture, and glittering views make it a sight worth seeing. The architecture throughout the country is one of its most appealing draws, with beautiful Islamic architecture on display in cities such as El-Oued, the Town of a Thousand Domes.
Flights arrive daily in Algiers from most major European cities and hubs within Africa. Traveling overland is not necessarily the safest proposition, and some borders, such as those with Morocco, are closed. It can be done, however, but special care should be taken to choose a reliable guide.
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Also, the north of Algeria is as much beautiful as the south. I mean, all the north is green with many historical monument "remains" that the first men left there (Berbers) also romaines, Muslims and Turks talk about the mountains and seas.
It's only the desert that is attractive in Algeria. Have you been to Blida in winter? it snows heavily there, tessemsilet, and the northern cost of Algeria is all green and beautiful!
By: Ruslan Olinchuk
By: david hughes
By: Eray


Thanks, Jenny. Adding the auto-response will quell anxieties. It seems so rude to re-send, but when we haven't heard, we can't help wondering if our fledglings landed safely.
The only problem with the auto-response is as follows. If, god forbid, we have another crash and lose queries, the auto-response becomes useless. So I still recommend re-sending if you don't hear within a few months. This may result in a double rejection, I'm afraid, but it's still the best course of action. We really are getting caught up, so hopefully wait times will shorten considerably.
It's a pain, (an understatement), having to deal with server crashes in this kind of business, I'm sure. But it's awesome of you to be so communicative about it and to make it a point to respond back to all of your queries. More than awesome, really. Hope your IT guy does wonders for ya!