To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 10 February 2009, Official Report, column 1829W, on foreign workers, what the definition of a temporary worker under Mode 4 of the general agreement in trade and services is. (267775)

[holding answer 30 March 2009]: The definition of a temporary worker under mode 4 of the general agreement on trade in services is in the public domain and can be found in the current EC services offer in the Doha development agenda (DDA) negotiations on the World Trade Organisation website:

www.wto.org

A hard copy of the EC services offer will be placed in the House Library.