Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of personnel who have served on deployments to Afghanistan who will not qualify for the diamond jubilee medal.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will meet representatives of the Down's Syndrome Association to discuss the administrative requirements of support-permitted work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what dates planned meetings scheduled between a Minister in her Department with (a) the Born Free Foundation, (b) the Captive Animals Protection Society, (c) the Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals and (d) other animal welfare charities or organisations to discuss this House's Resolution on the use of wild animals in circuses have been cancelled by the Minister; for what reasons in each case; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the joint letter dated 22 December 2011 from the Born Free Foundation and the Captive Animals Protection Society on the resolution of this House on the use of wild animals in circuses.

As the Army is reduced to the size it was at the time of the Boer war, although there is to be no reduction in the number of Ministers, does the Minister accept that it would be untenable for any member of 16 Air Assault Brigade, who could have served in up to three deployments to Helmand province, to be made compulsorily redundant?

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her Department's target time is for responding to communications from (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public.

Perhaps I can ask the Deputy Leader of the House to consider these examples: the Gurkha rights campaign and the Royal British Legion's military covenant campaign, on which I tabled early-day motions, or indeed early-day motion 1-I think-in 2009, which I also tabled and which the then Conservative Opposition thought was so brilliant that they brought it to the House and we had a vote on it.

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Following the hon. Gentleman's theme, would he also put a limit on the number of parliamentary questions an MP could table?

I welcome the Foreign Secretary's warm words about the countries of the Arab League. With the eyes of the world on Syria, will he give me his personal assurance that he will not close his eyes to what is happening next door in Israel, where United Nations resolutions and international law are being breached against the Palestinian people?

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Jubilee Medal will be awarded to members of the armed forces who have been made compulsorily redundant prior to the qualifying date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Football Association and (b) representatives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people on homophobia and discrimination in football; what steps he is taking to (a) tackle this issue and (b) provide support for those who have experienced discrimination; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers based at Merville Barracks, Colchester Garrison, by battalion or other unit were issued with notice of compulsory redundancy in (a) September, (b) October, (c) November and (d) December 2011; how many were issued with notices during January 2012; and how many he expects to be issued with notices between February and July 2012 inclusive.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what financial support his Department is providing to local authorities of garrison towns to ensure that there is sufficient quality housing available to soldiers made redundant as a result of implementation of the Strategic Defence Security Review; what steps he is taking to mitigate the potential effects for those on social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement.

Successive Labour and Conservative Governments from 1945 to 1980 built a massive supply of family council houses, but for the next 30 years, they did not. It is a question of supply and demand. Does the right hon. Lady agree that we need more affordable rented houses?

Does the right hon. Lady agree that successive Labour and Conservative Governments-[ Interruption. ]

What would the administrative costs be of levying the £20 fee and processing it?

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will request IPSA to make it its policy that letters from the Authority to hon. and right hon. Members are signed and that the name of the person signing the letter is printed with their job title.

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if he will request IPSA to provide a secure (a) postal address and (b) e-mail address within IPSA, with a named individual for hon. and right hon. Members to submit confidential staff information.

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the average cost to IPSA was of processing a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in the latest period for which figures are available.