To ask the Attorney-General if he will arrange to have printed in the Official Report a copy of the letter dated 4 July, reference C91//232/8 from the Lord Chancellor to the hon. Member for Coventry, South-East.

No, but arrangements have been made to place copies of the letter in the Libraries of both Houses.

To ask the Attorney-General, pursuant to the letter from the Lord Chancellor to the hon. Member for Coventry, South-East of 4 July, reference C91/232/8, if he will list those debt-related proceedings which involve a risk of imprisonment.

The debt-related proceedings for which the Lord Chancellor has responsibility which involve a risk of imprisonment are as follows:

Oral Examination.

Attachment of Earnings.

Rescue of goods seized in execution.

Judgment summons.

There are other debt proceedings which are dealt with in the magistrates' courts which involve a risk of imprisonment. As such, these are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for the Home Department.