Written Questions Archive
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Mice celebrate as calls for cats rejected
Calls for the recruitment of a team of "respectable" parliamentary cats to chase the mice out of the Palace of Westminster have been rejected once again.
Wednesday 24th February 2010
Winterton queries freedom of information cost
The cost of handling freedom of information requests made of Parliament is £165,000 per annum, Commons authorities have revealed.
Wednesday 24th February 2010
Commons moth problem 'declining'
The "significant numbers" of moths, which are presumably guilty of chomping away at parliamentary furnishings, have caught the attention of Labour MP Graham Allen.
Wednesday 10th February 2010
Commons bar earmarked for closure had £480,000 refurb
A Commons bar that is due to be converted in the children's nursery underwent a £480,000 refurbishment less than three years ago.
Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Commons bar takings revealed in written answer
House of Commons bars see steady trade, but not enough to plug the hole in the budget or save Bellamy's, figures released by the parliamentary authorities have revealed.
Friday 29th January 2010
Parliament crèche consultation 'not feasible'
House of Commons authorities appear to have backtracked on a pledge to consult the Commons administration committee on the conversion of a popular Parliament bar into a children's nursery.
Tuesday 26th January 2010
Legg inquiry 'cost £1.1m'
Sir Thomas Legg's audit of MPs expenses has so far cost around £1.1m, with Legg receiving £142,000 of this in personal fees.
Thursday 14th January 2010
Cost of MP's questions queried
The estimated cost to the public purse of answering parliamentary questions tabled by Caroline Spelman on a single day was £37,250.
Tuesday 24th November 2009
66 laptops stolen from MoD
The Ministry of Defence has had 66 laptops stolen since the beginning of the year, the department has revealed.
Tuesday 10th November 2009
Straw's special advisers 'stress free'
The justice secretary has said that his special advisers enjoy working for him. Jack Straw was responding to a written question from his Conservative shadow.
Wednesday 4th November 2009
No figures on horse meat imports
The government does not hold data on the amount of horse meat imported into the UK, a minister has revealed.
Tuesday 3rd November 2009
MP asks about cost of Legg audit
Norman Baker has tabled a parliamentary question asking how much Sir Thomas Legg's investigation into MP's expense claims has cost.
Tuesday 20th October 2009
Tories query payments to Toynbee
The chairman of the Conservative party has asked for information about payments made to Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee by government agencies.
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