Sir Bob Russell

Has the Secretary of State thought of giving Treasury officials and Ministers an idiot's guide to what Her Majesty's armed forces are all about, because some of the comments over the weekend about army horses and tanks showed a degree of ignorance?

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what guidance his Department has given on membership of the English Defence League by members of HM Armed Forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the timetable is for the introduction of the bill to ban wild animals in circuses; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she has had with the Government of St Helena on the (a) current water supply infrastructure and (b) anticipated demand following the opening of the airport and increased tourism; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements have been made for the Keogh Review team to meet hon. Members whose constituencies are served by hospitals being investigated by that Review; and if he will make a statement.

Mention has been made of an additional 1 million people going to accident and emergency. The derision I received earlier was an attack on organisations such as St John Ambulance, which trains first aiders, because the simple fact is, as I said when speaking to my ten-minute rule Bill 10 years ago, that first aiders will

"reduce visits to overstretched accident and emergency departments by people whose injuries did not warrant hospital attention"-[Official Report, 19 November 2003; Vol. 413, c. 809.]

We should be getting more first aiders out there. If the last Labour Government had listened to that, we would have 1 million more first aiders.

Let me bring a note of conciliation to the debate. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that if the nation had more people who are knowledgeable about first aid, fewer people would make their way to A and Es in the first place?

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people died from venous thromboembolism in each hospital trust area in the East of England in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received requesting assistance in negotiating the safe release of two Greek Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria in April 2013; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's policy is on clinical commissioning groups that do not offer funding to couples seeking IVF treatment on the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

Twenty-four hours before Drummer Rigby's murder, I bid farewell to the last Ministry of Defence police officer at Colchester garrison. Some 33 MOD police once provided security to military families in Colchester, but the Labour Government started the process of scrapping that dedicated service. In noting the Prime Minister's support for the armed forces covenant, and in the absence of any Defence Minister, will he order the immediate reinstatement of MOD police at Colchester garrison?

Will Ministers confirm that it remains the Government's policy that the development of brownfield sites will take precedence over building on green fields?

In support of Government schemes to increase house building, what action is being taken to press Government Departments and public bodies in general to dispose of surplus sites and property? In my experience, the NHS is by far the worst offender.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice she has given to police authorities on the employment in civilian roles of former police officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education

(1) whether visually-impaired children with special educational needs will be entitled to (a) an education, health and care plan and (b) specialist support from birth where appropriate to their assessed needs; and if he will make a statement;

(2) whether all children and young people with severe sight loss will receive an education, health and care plan; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health

(1) what assessment his Department has made of the potential effectiveness of a point of care test for group B streptococcus carriage in maternity settings; and if he will make a statement;

(2) what steps his Department is taking to develop a point of care test for group B streptococcus carriage in pregnant women considered to be at high risk; what time-scale has been set for the introduction of such a test; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) financial and (b) other support the UK has provided to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria since the inception of the Fund; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has been invited to attend the British Nuclear Test Veterans' Association Conference in Coventry from 24 to 26 May 2013; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the Ministry of Defence personnel who will be deployed to the Afghan National Army Officer Academy to provide training and related support will be female; and if he will make a statement.

I thank my right hon. Friend for that helpful answer. I know that he would like to praise the volunteers at Colchester credit union for all they do. Will he discuss with his ministerial colleagues in the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Education the importance of encouraging all of us, particularly children, to undertake regular saving?