To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if women's refuges in Wales are exempted from collective community charge; and if he will make a statement.

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment on 8 March, Official Report, column 799.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received from companies about the additional burden of cost and administration to be placed on them under the terms of the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement Regulations) 1989; and if he will make a statement.

I have received no such representations.