To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on long-term plans for rail connectivity between Newcastle and Edinburgh.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his proposals are for maximising North Sea resources within the Infrastructure Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to ensure UK Continental Shelf tendering processes are open, transparent and accountable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the ability of the UK fabrication industry to deliver UK Continental Shelf projects; and what capacity and capability constraints he has identified on that ability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of EU competition regulations on the ability of the Government to actively support UK content in the UK Continental Shelf.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of applying the alliance contracting concept to (a) the UK fabrication sector and (b) operators in the UK Continental Shelf.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average weekly earnings were for the (a) richest and (b) poorest five per cent of earners in each of the last five years (i) in real terms and (ii) as a proportion of all UK earnings.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) size and (b) potential risk posed to the economy from (i) the UK and (ii) the international shadow banking system.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent change there has been in the average wage of UK workers.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the economy of the North East since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the UK manufacturing sector since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest performance rating assigned to universal credit by the Major Projects Authority is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on named GPs for NHS patients under the age of 75.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants exercised the right to buy in each local authority in Northumberland, Durham and Tyne and Wear in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is in relation to the public forest estate; and what assessment she has made of the implications for that policy of the recommendations of the 2012 Independent Panel on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect that the coming into force of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 has had on the payment of costs incurred by claimants for mesothelioma compen...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which organisations collect subscriptions through the employers' payroll service in his Department and its agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities currently operate restrictions on the display of to-let boards in all or part of their areas; how many applications he has received from local authorities for t...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce a final decision on the Regulation 7 application by Newcastle City Council for the removal of deemed consent to to-let boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations collect subscriptions through the employer's payroll service in his Department and its agencies.