26 January 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
Internet Crime
In a written question, Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary about the allocation of funding to deal with internet crime.
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26 January 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
China Task Force
Shailesh Vara asks the Deputy PM about meetings of the China Task Force.
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25 January 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
Air Passenger Duty
Shailesh Vara questions the legality of the government's increase in air passenger duty.
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25 January 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
Criminal Investigation Department Officers
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary about the numbers of CID officers completing CID training courses in the past 10 years.
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23 January 2007 :
Parliamentary Question
Prisons
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary about the number of prison inmates who self-harmed or committed suicide who had suffered from mental illness.
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19 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Prison Service
In a written question to the Home Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks about compensation paid by HM Prison Service.
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18 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Child Support Agency
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Shailesh Vara asks about consolatory payments and compensation paid by the CSA over the last 5 years.
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18 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Communications Masts
In a written question, Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about guidelines for mobile phone and other communications masts.
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18 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Police
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary about compensation payments made by police forces.
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18 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Communications Masts
Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary about research on the health effects surrounding the siting of mobile telephone and communications masts.
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12 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Compensation Payments
In a written question to the Defence Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks about compensation paid by HM Forces.
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12 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Police
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary about the numbers of assaults on police officers in each year since 1997.
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7 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Consultants
Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary how much was spent by the NHS on external consultants in the last five years.
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5 December 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Prisons
In a written question to the Home Secretary, Shailesh Varar asks for numbers of suicides, attempted suicides, self-harm incidents and assaults in prisons in each year since 1997.
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30 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Tax Credit Office
Shailesh Vara questions the Chancellor about the amounts paid in colsolatory paments and compensation by the Tax Credit Office over the past five years.
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30 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
NHS Compensation
In a written question, Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary how much compensation was paid by the NHS in each year since 1997.
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29 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Civil Nuclear Constabulary
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Shailesh Vara asks how many officers were employed by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and its predecessor body the UK Atomic Energy Authority Police in the past 10 years.
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29 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
2012 Olympics
Shailesh Vara asks the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport about ensuring that the 2012 Olympics benefit as many part s of the UK as possible in terms of sport, transport and tourism.
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28 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Waste Management
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Shailesh Vara asks about best practice in dealing with waste disposal and recycling shared between local authorities.
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28 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Immigration Service
In a written question, Shailehs Vara asks the Home Secretary about police forces holding Immigration Service detainees.
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8 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Accession Countries
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary about estimates of the number of migrant workers to the UK from Romania and Bulgaria upon their accession to the EU.
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8 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Immigration Service
In a written question to the Home Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks about the holding of Immigration Service detainees in police cells.
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8 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Doctors and Nurses
Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary about the numbers of doctors and nurses expected to join and leave the NHS in the next 5 years.
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7 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Olympic Games
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Shailesh Vara asks for the expected completion dates for the Olympic stadium and the Olympic village.
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7 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Travel Warrants (Fraud)
Shailesh Vara calls for tightening up of procedures at Job Centre Plus to help protect against identity fraud.
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7 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Departmental Structure
Shailesh Vara asks the Foreign Secretary about changes to her Department's structures since 5 May.
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7 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Audiology
Shailesh Vara questions the Health Secretary about the number of audiologists working in and training to work in the NHS
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7 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Terrorism
Shailesh Vara challenges the Home Secretary over his decision not to collect data on the length of time a suspect is held under terror legislation before they are charged or released.
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6 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Rural Payments Agency
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Shailesh Vara calls for the RPA to make substantial part payment to farmers in England before the end of 2006.
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2 November 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Dentistry
In a written question to the Health Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks how many dentists that provide orthodontic treatment have signed the new contract for NHS dentists.
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31 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Waiting Times for Orthodontic Treatment
Shailesh Vara questions the Health Secretary about average waiting times for orthodontic treatment.
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31 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
EU Migrant Workers
Shailesh Vara questions the Home Secretary about criteria used to estimate the number of migrant workers to the UK from the 2004 EU accession countries.
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30 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Air Transport
Shailesh Vara questions the Defence Secretary over plans to upgrade the RAF's troop-carrying capability
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26 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Stolen Military Equipment
In a written question to the Defence Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks about equipment stolen from military establishments.
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19 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Strategic Health Authorities
In a written question to the Health Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks what guidance has been issued to SHAs to assist them in evaluating whether services should be retained at partiuclar hospitals.
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19 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Strategic Health Authorities
Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary about hospitals subject to review by SHAs.
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18 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Police
Shailesh Vara questions the Secretary of State for Wales on money wasted trying to merge the four Welsh police forces.
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11 October 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Security
Shailesh Vara calls on the Northern Ireland Secretary to make a statement on the security situation in the province.
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18 September 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Terrorism
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary about the numbers of people arrested, charged and released without charge under anti-terrorism legislation.
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13 September 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Middle East
Shailesh Vara asks the Foreign Secretary a series of questions about the evacuation of British nationals from Lebanon during the recent conflict.
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4 September 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Human Trafficking
Shailesh Vara asks the Home Secretary how many people were arrested, prosecutred and found guilty of human trafficking related offences.
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24 July 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
India
In a written question to the Foreign Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks whether she plans to discuss with her counterparts in India lessons that the UK can learn from the recent bombings in Mumbai.
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19 July 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Hospital-acquired Infections
In a written question to the Health Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks about progress in combating the spread of MRSA in hospitals.
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19 July 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Human Trafficking
In a written question to the Home Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks how many people were convicted for offences related to human trafficking in each of the last five years.
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18 July 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Overseas Nurses
Shailesh Vara asks the Health Secretary about the Government's policy on recruiting overseas nurses and, in light of the low number of vacancies currently, calls for the NHS to employ British-trained nurses.
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13 July 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Tax Credits
In a written question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shailesh Vara calls for an assessment of the level of fraud in the tax credit system.
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13 July 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
People Trafficking
In a written question to the Home Secretary, Shailesh Vara asks about discussions being held with non-G8 or EU countries on combating human trafficking.
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12 July 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Uganda
During International Development Question Time, Shailesh Vara asks about the effectiveness of UK aid to Uganda with particular reference to free education and support for children who have escaped from the Lord's Resistance Army.
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12 July 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Global Economic Growth
In a written question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shailesh Vara asks about the prospects for global economic growth.
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12 July 2006 :
Parliamentary Question
Ministerial Answers to MP's Questions
Shailesh Vara raises a 'Point of Order' in support of Anne Main, MP for St Albans, who is trying the get the Government to answer her question about released foreign sex offenders being placed on the sex offenders register.
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