Cheltenham Liberal Democrats

On 10 May, Rosehill street in Cheltenham was devastated by a major gas explosion. Within 24 hours, 600 residents of Hatherley in my constituency had also been evacuated following a police explosives alert. Will the Deputy Prime Minister join me in congratulating the emergency services, the council and residents on their response to that unprecedented

combination of emergencies and send a letter of special support to the jubilee street party in Rosehill street, which is going ahead anyway in a great show-

On the subject of consistency, House of Lords reform was in the Conservative manifesto. Surely, if we all agree on a predominantly elected second Chamber, it should not take that much time.

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As a Liberal Democrat, but also as the MP for Cheltenham, I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he agrees that it should be possible to strike a perfectly good balance between the absolute need to protect civil liberties and traditional British freedoms and apply the principles behind the existing legislation that he mentioned to new and fast-developing technologies to prevent our security services from falling behind.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 208W, on what the total value was of the financial penalties transmitted to other EU Member States under EU Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA, in each year since it came into force; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer

(1) what proportion of the tax revenue raised from a person on the average national income was paid by the UK to the EU in the latest period for which figures are available; what proportion of such payment to the EU was spent in the UK in financial year 2010-11; and if he will make a statement;

(2) how much and what proportion of tax paid by a UK taxpayer on the average national income was allocated to the EU budget in the latest period for which figures are available;

(3) what proportion of the tax paid by a British taxpayer on the average national income was spent on (a) welfare, (b) national debt, (c) health, (d) education, (e) government administration, (f) public order, (g) defence, (h) housing, (i) infrastructure, agriculture and industry, (j) the EU budget, (k) overseas aid, (l) recreation, religion and culture, (m) environment and (n) other matters in financial year 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the contract for difference feed-in tariffs taking account of risk allocation and financeability in the (a) strike price and (b) terms of the contract.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 18 October 2010, Official Report , columns 42-4WS, on national policy statements, whether it is his policy that contract for difference feed-in tariffs would have a single technology-neutral strike price and standard technology-neutral terms and conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to support (a) security sector reform in Egypt and (b) Egyptian civil society to hold security and justice providers to account.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

(1) whether the local green space designation measure has been implemented by his Department; and whether local planning authorities are now able to plan its incorporation into local plans and joint core strategies;

(2) if he will assess whether the local green space designation of 100 hectares in close proximity to an urban area would be considered appropriate in a local plan or joint core strategy subject to proper consultation and examination.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to support (a) security sector reform in Egypt and (b) Egyptian civil society to hold security and justice providers to account.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who will represent the UK at the next Friends of Yemen meeting.

I congratulate the Minister on all his congratulations, which are well deserved. When it comes to local democracy, the framework compares very favourably with the regional spatial strategies, which wasted tens of millions of pounds and generated tens of thousands of objections. Does he accept that there is a slight risk that when local plans come to be examined in public, we will again see the influence of the Planning Inspectorate and elements of the local plans may be overturned? Does he agree that when it comes to local plans, the default answer from the Planning Inspectorate ought to be yes?

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to support (a) security sector reform in Egypt and (b) Egyptian civil society to hold security and justice providers to account.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from what sources other than the public purse he intends that the Contract for Difference support for new nuclear will be financed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many confiscation orders the UK has transmitted to another EU member state under the 2006 Council Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognitions to confiscation orders in each year since it came into operation; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress his Department has made with Aerospace, Defence and Security in developing and implementing UK national standards for private military and security companies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the total monetary value was of the proceeds of crime or property related to crime which the Asset Recovery Office has traced or identified as a result of information exchanges and co-operation with other EU member states under the 2007 Council Decision concerning co-operation between Asset Recovery Offices in each year since it came into force; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the total amount of money confiscated was under the 2006 Council Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognitions to confiscation orders, which the UK has received, from confiscation orders issued by (a) the UK and (b) other member states in each year since it came into force; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the cost of capital reduction for renewable energy projects following the introduction of contract for difference under electricity market reform of the Government not acting as the counterparty for the contracts with electricity generators.