asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if, in lieu of SR 1978/179 Catering Establishments (Self-Catering) Regulations (N.I.) 1978, he will make a new statutory rule, omitting the words "in its opinion", to meet the criticism in the Eleventh Report from the Examiner of Statutory Rules.

I am advised that the inclusion of the expression "in its opinion" would be unlikely to preclude the basis for the tourist board's opinion being open to challenge on appeal. I am, nevertheless, satisfied that these words are superfluous in practice, and suitable amending legislation will be made in due course.