Written Answers
"Crisis In Central America": El Salvador
asked Her Majesty's Government:Why they do not report in their background brief
Crisis in Central America that the entire second stage of the Agrarian Reform Programme in El Salvador has been shelved indefinitely.
The background brief Crisis in Central ,America did not purport to give a comprehensive account of all developments in the area. A subsequent background brief, Developments in El Salvador, released in November, pointed out that implementation of the second stage of the 1980 Agrarian Reform Programme had been suspended.
asked Her Majesty's Government:What evidence they have to substantiate their claim in their background brief
Crisis in Central America that the Agrarian Reform Programme in El Salvador is continuing to make steady progress under President Magana'?
Published sources have confirmed that progress is being made, e.g. the article entitled. Agrarian Reform in El Salvador, published in the November edition of the Journal of Latin American Studies.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Why their briefing paper
Crisis in Central America states that the Agrarian Reform Programme in El Salvador allows a maximum holding of 100 hectares for each private owner when the reform does not at present affect properties of less than 500 hectares except those leased by tenant farmers.
As stated in Crisis in Central America, the Agrarian Reform Programme of 1980 provides, inter alia, for a limit of 100 hectares for each private owner. The question of how to implement this objective is at present the subject of considerable debate in El Salvador.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Why their briefing paper
Crisis in Central America makes no reference to human rights in El Salvador or to the work of human rights organisations.
Crisis in Central America did not attempt to provide comprehensive information on each of the countries in the area. However, reference was made to the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians in El Salvador, and a subsequent background brief, Developments in El Salvador, released in November, dealt in more detail with violations of human rights.
Albany Prison: Accommodation Statistics
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many prisoners were accommodated in A, B. C, D and E wings of Albany prison on 1st January and 30th November of this year.
The information requested is set out below:
Wing | A | B | C | D | E |
1.1.83 | Nil | 76 | 71 | 72 | 54 |
30.11.83 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 61 | 53 |
Dudley Borough Council: Staff Savings
asked Her Majesty's Government:Following a reply by the Secretary of State for the Environment to a question asked in the House of Commons concerning the statement by Dudley Council, "that it could save 33 per cent. of staff currently engaged in the Midland County Council on services which would be transferred to Dudley" (
Official Report, Commons, 23rd November 1983; col. 304), whether they will or have obtained a detailed breakdown of how these savings will be achieved, and whether they will place a copy in the Library.
I am arranging for copies of a detailed table of staff savings provided by Dudley Borough Council to be placed in the Library.
Signal Crayfish: Classification
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will add the signal crayfish (
Pacifasticus leniusculus) to Part I of Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
I am advised by the Nature Conservancy Council that the signal crayfish (Pacifasticus leniusculus) is not established in Great Britain in the wild and therefore its inclusion in Part I of Schedule 9 would not be appropriate