Mrs Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Support Agency enforcement actions against non-resident parents who refuse to pay child support maintenance.
Mrs Anne Campbell: May I, too, warmly welcome the increase in science spending and tell the Chancellor that that will be extremely popular in my constituency? In the lead-up to his statement today, did he receive any representations on abolishing the Department of Trade and Industry, and if so, could he say why he rejected them?
Mrs Anne Campbell: Does my right hon. Friend agree that high-performance workplaces are those in which employers look very carefully at staff flexibility and make every attempt to allow staff to cope with their domestic, as well as their professional, responsibilities? Does that not reduce stress and absenteeism and mean that staff are more productive in the long term?
Mrs Anne Campbell: What action she is taking on gender and trade issues.
Mrs Anne Campbell: Does my right hon. Friend agree that women are often more adversely affected than men by trade globalisation issues? For instance, they are more likely to be affected by the transfer of call centres abroad. Will she ensure that her policies take account of gender issues and that our trade rules mean that globalisation is good for women as well as for men?
Mrs Anne Campbell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to widen the eligibility criteria for registration with the National Care Standards Commission to include agencies that do not provide personal care for the elderly but do provide domestic care and pay VAT.
Mrs Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what action coalition authorities are taking to compensate victims of mistreatment at the hands of UK or US forces; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs Anne Campbell: Can the hon. Gentleman confirm that when the last Conservative Government left office their spending plans for the following two years involved a reduction in that unit cost for university students of 6 per cent. each year? That is what this Government inherited when they took office in 1997. Obviously, they had to put some of that money back, and do so through the introduction of fees.
Mrs Anne Campbell: To put the hon. Gentleman right, there is an active branch of Labour students at Cambridge university, the president of which is a young lady called Jane Jacks. I thought he might like to know that.
Mrs Anne Campbell: Given that universities are under some obligation to try to increase the number of students from non-traditional backgrounds, I fail to see why a glut of applications in any one year would mean that the less traditional students were less likely to get places than those from the independent sector.
Mrs Anne Campbell: I am interested in the fee to be charged to the gap year student, the way in which eligibility for a grant is affected and the debt repayment terms, which are advantageous for many students. Will the new conditions applying to grants, fee repayment and so on apply, or will the old conditions pertain?
Mrs Anne Campbell: I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement and the report from Sir Michael Bichard. This appalling murder case uncovered weaknesses in some parts of the system and in some police forces. I know that Cambridgeshire police will take the recommendations very seriously and will already have considered the implications. Despite the fact that a national database will be in place, will my right hon....
Mrs Anne Campbell: My understanding is that the Sharon peace plan intends that the Israelis, after withdrawing from Gaza, should keep control of the Gaza-Egypt border. Is my right hon. Friend making representations to the Israelis that withdrawal from Gaza should be as full as possible?
Mrs Anne Campbell: Will my right hon. Friend look at the funding for services for children and particularly those who have been traumatised by domestic violence? Cambridge Women's Aid, which runs some excellent groups to deal with the problem, has told me that it feels that such services are very underfunded. I would be grateful if he investigated that.
Mrs Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether any of the money the UK is spending on the Darfur region of Sudan is being paid directly to (a) the UN co-ordination effort and (b) via any part of the Sudanese Government; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs Anne Campbell: To ask the Minister for Women if she will make a statement on the representation of women in positions of power in the transitional Government of Iraq.
Mrs Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action she has taken to combat the threat of animal rights extremism.
Mrs Anne Campbell: I, too, welcome the expansion of the screening programmes, but does my hon. Friend agree that there is still a problem at the GP level, as GPs have difficulty in deciding whether patients require routine or urgent referrals, particularly in some of the rarer cancers? Will she ensure that better guidance is given to GPs about these matters?
Mrs Anne Campbell: I am very pleased to see that there are policy differences on Iraq between my right hon. Friend and President Bush. Will he tell President Bush that it is important that the interim Government in Iraq have as high a status as possible, but that that will be much less likely if the multinational force remains under US command?
Mrs Anne Campbell: I have received several e-mails from constituents over the past few days claiming that the British Government are about to send 4,000 extra troops to Najaf. Will my right hon. Friend confirm or deny that point?
