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Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will instruct the UK representation in Sudan to investigate why the National Security Agency of Sudan confiscated all copies of the Al-Mushahid sports paper. [211894]
Mr. MacShane: We regularly highlight the importance of press freedom with the Government of Sudan, and our Embassy in Khartoum will be raising this case at the first opportunity.
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government has made to representatives of UK companies with operations in West Papua with respect to the companies' human rights protection, monitoring and reporting policies in the territory. [209004]
Mr. Alexander: The Government has a dialogue with UK companies operating in Papua on a wide range of issues, including human rights. We are not aware of any British company in Papua acting against Indonesian law. We continue to monitor the human rights situation in Papua. We have made our position clear on several occasions, that Papua should be handled according to the Special Autonomy Law 2001, which takes into account the aspirations of the Papuan people and Indonesia's territorial integrity.
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether children have contracted MRSA in Northern Ireland. [212172]
Angela Smith:
The information requested is set out in the following table.
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David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) physical and (b) verbal attacks were recorded on (i) doctors, (ii) nurses, (iii) auxiliary staff and (iv) administrative staff (A) in hospitals and (B) throughout the NHS in the Province in each year since 2000. [214175]
Angela Smith: The information is not available in the format requested. However, the number of recorded attacks (both verbal and physical) on Health and Personal Social Services staff in all disciplines, during the financial years for which figures are currently available, is detailed in the following table:
Number | |
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200001 | 1956 |
200102 | 2438 |
200203 | 5056 |
Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the costs have been of maintaining each of the North/South implementation bodies since the suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly. [210878]
Mr. Paul Murphy: The British Government's expenditure in respect of each North/South Implementation Body for the financial years 200203 and 200304 is set out in the following table. Separate information is not available for the post-suspension period of 200203. Details of expenditure in the current financial year are not yet available.