Disabled Persons (Co-Option To Committees) Mr. Alfred Morris asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the cost of collecting information from local authorities on the co-option of disabled people to their committees as recommended by section 15 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act. Mr. Fairgrieve I am not in a position to estimate the costs to local authorities-------------------- | | -------------------- | | -------------------- |1975 | -------------------- |1976 | -------------------- |1977 | -------------------- |1978 | -------------------- |1979 | -------------------- |1979—First quarter| -------------------- |Second quarter | -------------------- |Third quarter | -------------------- |Fourth quarter | -------------------- |1980—January | -------------------- Mr. Austin Mitchell asked the Secretary of State for Trade what effect the exclusion of precious metals and precious stones would have on the import and export unit values of manufactures in the years since 1975; and what the corres- of providing this information, but the cost to my Department would be about £300.