To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterparts on forced organ harvesting in that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the treatment of minority religious groups in Egypt.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the possible financial implications of opting out of each of the police and criminal justice...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will publish her Department's cost-benefit analysis of opting back in to Council Decision 2010/348/EC of 17 November...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the treatment of religious and other minorities in Iran.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Maldives counterpart on human rights issues and the persecution of Christians.

To ask the Attorney-General how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments were made redundant in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and how many such staff received payments in lieu of...

To ask the Attorney-General how many people in Northern Ireland have been (a) charged and (b) convicted under anti-terrorism legislation in each year since 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect of High Speed 2 on passenger numbers on (a) the Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster line, (b) the Oxenholme to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect of High Speed 2 (a) phase 1 and (b) phase 2 on jobs, employment and growth in Barrow and Furness constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport of 31 January 2013, Official Report, column 1153, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether Local Transport Note 2/95 continues to apply in Wales and Scotland; (2) whether the Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to build a new railway station in Gilsland, on the border of Cumbria and Northumberland; and when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy that spending on jobs and maintenance should be ring fenced and excluded from the National Rail budgetary reductions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what cost-benefit analysis his Department has made of (a) electrification and (b) line-speed improvements on the Lancaster to Barrow-in-Furness railway.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visa applications have been processed in (a) under three months, (b) under six months, (c) under a year, (d) under 18 months and (e)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what family visit visa applications to the UK there were in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012 by (i) overall number of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government plans to retain unchanged existing provisions of the UK-US extradition agreement required by the EU-US extradition...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has held with the Northern Ireland Executive on the levy issued on foreign students and temporary migrants to use the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals are currently held in prisons solely for immigration purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Wilson Doctrine on the interception of the telephone calls and electronic messages of hon. Members still applies; and whether the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to reinstate the ban prohibiting Gujarat's Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, entering the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will take steps to ensure that the National Crime Agency makes tackling online child abuse images an operational priority; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the resources (a) required by and (b) allocated to the National Crime Agency to combat online child abuse images.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is her policy that students from China are charged £200 to access the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to her letter to the Interim Director General, UK Visas and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the conversion of HM Prison The Verne into an immigration removal centre will cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment she has made of the operation of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment she has of the threat posed by paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions she has had the Northern Ireland Executive on increasing out of state visitors to Belfast.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff from each prison establishment in England and Wales were working on detached duty at another prison establishment on the most recent day...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent estimate he has made of the number of deaf prisoners in England and Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish the report shown to Benjamin Mire before his resignation from the Property Tribunal Panel; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of the Minister for Crime Prevention of 31 October 2013, Official Report, on sexual violence prosecutions, what proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on interpreters and translation services in each month in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what steps he is taking to improve resettlement outcomes for young people leaving custody; (2) what steps his Department is taking to assist young...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what preparatory work is being undertaken in anticipation of the next National Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement; (2) what the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product has been in each year between 1993 and 2013.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people aged 18 to 24 years were unemployed in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Chelmsford local authority area in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the level of unemployment was in (a) Kettering constituency and (b) Northamptonshire in (i) October 2013 and (ii) May 2010.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what steps he is taking to increase participation in the National Citizenship Service; (2) how many young people in (a) Stafford constituency and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the England Coast Path will be extended to areas in Hampshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many dogs in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales were placed on the register of exempt dogs in 2012 under section 4A...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many visits the Permanent Secretary and the four next most senior civil servants in his Department made to the European...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the new protocol to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement applies outside the Exclusive Economic Zone...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if his Department will take steps to ensure that people in food poverty with mobility limitations are made more aware of food...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect on woodland creation of the hiatus created by current discussions on the reform of CAP.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what discussions he has had with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Northern Ireland Executive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make an assessment of the costs and benefits of a decision for the UK to leave the EU in his Department's area of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the rate of unemployment among young people.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the level of child poverty.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to help families with the cost of childcare.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent steps he has taken to regulate financial services.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the level of default or penalty fees charged when a customer goes into an...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an estimate of the amount UK bank customers spend on bank fees and charges in a year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the effect on the national debt was of money given to failing banking institutions in each year from 2008.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on which dates he met the City of London Remembrancer since May 2010.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to support the European Commission's proposal of 30 September 2013 to regulate commodity derivatives as part of the review of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many workers on low pay have stopped paying income tax since 2010.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) prosecutions and (b) cautions for not paying the minimum wage there were in each year from its introduction to 2008-09.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people and employers will be ineligible for the national insurance employment allowance for each of the exceptions classes set out in Clause 2 of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what public spending as a percentage of gross domestic product has been in each year between 1993 and 2013.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to sign the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of married couples in Chelmsford will benefit from the married couples tax allowance announced on 30 September 2013.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an assessment of the effect on the cost of living of the rate of VAT.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax credit awards were made in relation to children who were aged (a) 17, (b) 18 and (c) 19 in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the Ministry of Defence about salvage operations on the wreck of HMS Victory; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources available to her Department to exercise the default powers of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the proportion of people aged (a) under 16, (b) 16 to 24, (c) 25 to 39, (d) 40 to 60 and (e) over 60 years...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she intends to reply to the Question from the hon. Member for Barnsley Central tabled on 9 September 2013 on the Public Libraries...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to help improve home ownership amongst members of the armed forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the five-year plan for Five Powers Defence Arrangements exercises.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to extend the Five Powers Defence Arrangements to cover non-conventional threats.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he next plans to meet his Malaysian counterpart to discuss the Five Powers Defence Arrangements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what work is taking place to assess the effect that service in the Reserves might have on young people from deprived backgrounds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has for the future use of Territorial Army bases in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make an assessment of the costs and benefits of a decision for the UK to leave the EU in his Department's area of responsibility; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of applications to the war pension scheme are successful in receiving financial compensation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the reasons are for the (a) underspend in the building cost of HMS Portland and (b) overspend in the cost of HMS Sutherland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which companies have benefited from compensation for high energy user industry to mitigate the effect of the carbon floor tax to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the rate of growth in exports of (a) goods and (b) services from each UK region was in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure that British students have the skills to compete for jobs that are currently popular with migrants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to preclude those who put companies into administration from choosing their own...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give creditors' committees greater powers to instruct insolvency practitioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce an insolvency practitioner ombudsman.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment she has made of the availability of class 3a and 3b laser pens.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what assessment he has made of the effects on local communities of post office branch closures; (2) what steps he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department issues e-bills when requesting payments from other bodies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the use of transfer or exit fees charged on retirement homes; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for how many local authorities in England it is a default position to collect council tax payments via direct debit or other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the risks of fire in the home caused by an increase in the use of moulded plastic fuse boards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) his Department and (b) relevant local authorities spent on 1st East Urban Regeneration Company throughout that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions he has had with UK Trade & Industry on inward investments into enterprise zones.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will commission a review of the level of service offered to homeowners by property management companies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment his Department has made of the potential to reduce the number of statutory duties imposed on local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he intends to bring forward legislative proposals on new regulations to bring into effect a simplified by-law process for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what value of loans applied for under the Help to Buy scheme to date relate to properties in (a) Greater London and (b) the rest...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total value of business rates levied in Nottinghamshire was in each of the last three years; and in which parliamentary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many senior staff his Department shares with other Government departments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his response to the hon. Member for Southampton Test of 31 October 2013, Official Report, column 1101, which levies on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make an assessment of the costs and benefits of a decision for the UK to leave the EU in his Department's area of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the total spending in the (a) public and (b) private sector of all research on (i) wave and (ii) tidal...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to encourage employees to make tax-free donations directly from salaries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department gave to support the development of genetically-modified organisms in the latest period for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what equipment of her Department has been lost or stolen (a) overseas and (b) in the UK since 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support her Department is providing to those affected by the recent earthquake in the Philippines.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what decompression support is available to civilian staff of her Department after a period of duty overseas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether someone who is awaiting a mandatory reconsideration on an application for employment support allowance and who possesses a note from a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been referred to Work Choice in each month since it commenced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are currently engaged in Work Choice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what performance targets he has established for local authorities on the processing and payment of housing benefit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what training is available for Jobcentre Plus advisers on autism.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect of withdrawing housing benefit protection under universal credit on (a) rent arrears and (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether governors of free schools are individually and collectively responsible for the repayment of false financial claims made by the school of which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department takes to monitor the finances and expenditures of free schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether people who did not achieve a GCSE grade A*-C in (a) English and (b) mathematics by the end of Year 11 will be expected to have done so by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many secondary school students sitting GCSEs were eligible for free school meals in each year since 2004; what number and proportion of such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will expand the teaching of road safety and the Highway Code in schools as part of the national curriculum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what comparative assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) pupil progress and (b) staff morale of (i) performance related pay and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on ensuring that changes to the special educational needs system are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent assessment he has made of the provision of needs assessments for parents or carers of disabled children and the availability of support for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what risk assessment (a) his Department and (b) the National College of Teaching and Leadership made of the implications for teacher supply of an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many initial teacher training enrolments have been made by (a) mode, (b) subject and (c) provider in the latest period for which data is available;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make an assessment of the costs and benefits of a decision for the UK to leave the EU in his Department's area of responsibility; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department will conduct its second review of the adult autism strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will ensure that the mandate for Health Education England includes reference to professional training needs relating to autism.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on how the advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment his Department has made of compliance by NHS England to the breast cancer quality standard statements relating to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding each clinical commissioning group has received for 2013-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children are diagnosed at birth with congenital disease.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received from (a) charities, (b) individuals and (c) hon. Members regarding paediatric wheelchair provision in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support for parents or carers of disabled children; and if he will discuss with the Secretary of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the names of the members of NHS England's Molecular Diagnostic Testing Group.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy on the promotion of homoeopathy through the NHS Choices website is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the take-up of the influenza vaccine among those entitled to a free vaccination in (a) England, (b) Cumbria and (c) Barrow...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with mental health problems who are victims of crime are properly supported; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many under 18 year olds have been admitted to adult mental health wards in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many under 18 year olds have accessed cognitive behavioural therapy in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwives were working in the NHS (a) in Greater Manchester and (b) nationally in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how Public Health England plans to incorporate the health and wellbeing of people with musculoskeletal conditions into its work-streams and framework for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding each local authority has received for health provision in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will implement a national awareness campaign surrounding early diagnosis of sepsis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of skin cancer were diagnosed in each year for which data is available.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount spent on alcohol during 2012-13 by the Cabinet Office.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount spent on alcohol during 2012–13 by the Department for Education.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount spent on alcohol during 2012–13 by the Department for Work and Pensions.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what improvements to the living accommodation for servicemen and women of all ranks has been made at RAF Cranwell in the financial years 2012–13 and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the latest estimated cost to the Exchequer of the recent manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate market.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, and if so when, they intend to dispose of their shareholding in the Royal Bank of Scotland.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to split the Royal Bank of Scotland into a “good bank” and a “bad bank” as proposed by the Parliamentary...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for the future of Ulster Bank Ltd.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost to the Exchequer of (1) severe disablement allowance, (2) incapacity benefit, and (3) employment and support allowance, payments owing to a...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguards are in place to protect people who suffer from mental illness from accusations of benefit fraud.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in reducing the number of children from London boroughs placed in specialist care and foster homes in East Kent.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what official representation there will be by British businesses and Ministers at the forthcoming Commonwealth Business Council in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what outcomes they are seeking from the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Sri Lanka.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to implement the Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83/EU) so as to include travel in its scope.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to work with NATO to mobilise all drones and reconnaissance aircraft in the Mediterranean to identify boats liable to sink.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address the regional economic imbalance between London and other parts of the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what contributions the United Kingdom will make to assist with securing free and fair elections to the Constituent Assembly in Nepal on 19 November; and what...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered levying a windfall tax on the profits of energy companies; and, if so, what was the outcome of that consideration.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for building a new generation of nuclear power stations to improve the United Kingdom's energy security.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what powers are available to the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England if it considers house prices are rising too fast, or mortgage lending...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for the future of fire authorities.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to include the injection of nuclear genetic material from any Mustela nivalis cell other than a male gamete into a genetically...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government at what point in the 2011–12 financial year the Ministry of Defence first anticipated that it would be underspent by over £1 billion.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the $12 million loan to Grenada from the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience has been disbursed so far; and whether consideration will be...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of working days lost in England each year due to neurological conditions, as defined by the World Health Organisation...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they consider to be the prospects for ending polio transmission by 2014 and certification of a polio-free world by 2018; and what aid they are providing...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 24 October (WA 187–8) relating to Ministers and Whips, whether they will now provide the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many visitors from Commonwealth countries have been refused entry into the United Kingdom in each year since 2010; and, for each Commonwealth country,...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average cost of defending an appeal brought to the First Tier Tribunal against decisions made (1) in the United Kingdom, and (2) outside the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average cost of defending a judicial review in the Upper Tribunal or the Administrative Court against decisions made (1) in the United Kingdom,...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in response to the comment of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in a report on Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (published on 1...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Newby on 23 October (HL Deb, col 1000), on what evidence the Minister based his statement that “income...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of construction units both completed and started in existing settlements in the Occupied Territories, including...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their review of out-of-court disposals will include out-of-court disposals for children under the age of 18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average number of days of absence due to sickness per member of staff of the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last five years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will use the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting to call for an international inquiry into the civilian deaths that occurred in the final...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the grounds on which they agreed with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to allow the use of the Eurobond exemption by a range of United Kingdom...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the latest estimated cost per year of allowing the use of the Eurobond exemption for tax minimisation.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the impact on the yield from the television and radio licence fee were it taxable for those over 70 who pay higher rates of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the impact on public funds (1) were the winter fuel allowance withdrawn from those over 70 who pay higher rates of income...