§ 29. Mr. SavidgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made on the establishment of an electricity interconnector with Scotland. [36918]
§ Mr. IngramThis private sector project is principally a matter for NIE and Scottish Power. Consent for the Scottish leg of the project was granted by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Scotland, on 13 October 1997.
My noble Friend, the Minister for the Environment (Northern Ireland), announced on 26 March 1998 his decision to approve the revised outline planning application submitted by Northern Ireland Electricity plc (NIE) for the siting of the converter station at
Death causes Northern Ireland 1988–1996 Total deaths Substance 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 (a) Heroin - - - - - - - - - (b) Temazepan 3 2 1 1 - 3 1 2 - (c) Cocaine/Crack - - - - - - - - - (d) LSD - - - - - - - - - (e) Solvents 7 12 9 9 9 11 6 5 4 (f) Amphetamine - - - - - - - - - (g) Ecstasy - - - - - -— 2 - (j) Khat - - - - - - - - - (k) Alcohol 51 41 75 70 57 56 84 96 87 (m) Cannabis - - - - - - - - -
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many deaths of people aged over 60 years in Northern Ireland resulted from(a) over-medication, (b) suicide and (c) other misuse of medicinal drugs in each of the past 10 years. [38351]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe number of deaths of people aged over 60 years as a result of drug misuse including suicide are set out in the table. Deaths in Northern Ireland are recorded by date of registration and not by date of occurrence.
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Northern Ireland: deaths Cause of death Year Over medication Suicide Other misuse of medical drugs 1987 - 2 - 1988 2 6 - 1989 1 6 - 1990 2 5 - 1991 1 4 - 1992 2 7 - 1993 2 4 - 1994 - 6 - 1995 2 5 - 1996 2 3 - Islandmagee. This is conditional on the acceptance by NIE of the Notice of Opinion to approve the application, which will be subject to appropriate conditions.