To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged between (a) 1 and 16, (b) 17 and 30, (c) 31 and 50, (d) 51 and 65 and (e) over 65 years wore spectacles in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK lost their eyesight in each of the last five years; and what the reasons were for each loss of sight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) British Medical Association and (b) Parkinson's Disease Society on possible links between Parkinson's disease and stomach upsets and illness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of statins prescribed through the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have been diagnosed with (a) allergies, (b) asthma and (c) eczema in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Departtment has has with Iraqi Kurds on moves to give them autonomy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce consumer energy prices in-line with changes in the wholesale market prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received eye tests on the NHS in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the new Symfony Lens to be available on the NHS as an alternative to glasses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to adopt a child.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have become gamekeepers in each of the last three years; and what the age group and gender is of all registered gamekeepers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more people to become gamekeepers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to enable elderly people to claim their benefits manually without requiring an online application.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations have been carried out by Scotland Yard since 1984 on suspected individuals involved in crimes by the SS in the Second World War.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take in conjunction with the Egyptian government to develop the Nile delta for the production of food.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in Israel on the need for negotiations with Egypt to develop agriculture in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government has offered support to the Egyptian government to help establish the Egyptian parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking with her Egyptian counterpart to reduce the level of poverty in Egypt.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to increase the number of women in the Egyptian political system.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to support the introduction of green tourism in Egypt.