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Mr. Brotherton
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what plans he has for an expansion of the Civil Contingencies Unit;(2) how many civil servants have been employed by the Civil Contingencies Unit in each year since 1970.
Mr. Merlyn Rees
None. The activity to which the hon. Member refers is discharged by a committee drawn from the Departments concerned.