asked the Minister for the Civil Service whether, in his policy of reducing public expenditure, he will take whatever action may be proved necessary to ensure that no person employed full or part-time in a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation or any other Government body receives more in salary and expenses than the Minister who is in charge of the Department for which the person works.

No. The remuneration of these employees is fixed by reference to different criteria from those applying to the salaries of Ministers, which are determined on the basis of specific recommendations by the Top Salaries Review Body.

asked the Lord Privy Seal when he expects to resume the practice of making a monthly oral statement concerning likely forthcoming business at the EEC Council of Ministers.

I intend to make regular statements to the House concerning forthcoming EEC Council of Ministers business.Subject to the availability of parliamentary time, I hope to be making the first such statement shortly.

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether the Government will make their support for the entry of Spain into the EEC contingent upon the immediate lifting of restrictions against Gibraltar.

There is no formal link. The restrictions are, however, unjustified and should be lifted without delay.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in view of the fact that planning consent was given over a decade ago, and that circumstances have arisen which were unforeseeable and unforeseen, he will order a public inquiry into the proposal to quarry sand and gravel at Kettlestoun Mains, Linlithgow.

No. The planning permission is still valid, and its implementation is a local matter.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount written off by area health authorities in Scotland due to defaulting on payments, by private patients in National Health Service hospitals during the financial year 1978–79.

This information is not yet available for the financial year 1978–79. The corresponding figure for the financial year 1977–78 was £7,700.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has for the improvement of the A95.

None. Not being a trunk road, A95 is the responsibility of the Grampian and Highland regions.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to publish the results of the review of local authority fees and charges; and if he will make a statement.

Discussions continue with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities on local authority fees and charges, and I have taken no decision about publication.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the district councils in Scotland which since local government reorganisation have been given permission to build purpose-built headquarters; which headquarters have been completed; which are presently under construction; which are at the

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why he has not yet issued the departmental circular on the sale to sitting tenants of publicly-owned housing to new town development corporations; and if he will explain the reason for the delay.

A general consent to offer discounts on sales to sitting tenants, effective from the same date as for local authorities, was issued to new town development corporation on 5 June.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about maximum retail prices of milk in Scotland.

Maximum retail prices for milk in the United Kingdom, except Scotland, were increased by 1½p per pint from 3 June and a corresponding increase vacation in Scotland was deferred until 15 July. Application of new information about milk processing and distribution costs in Scotland in accordance with the system agreed by the previous Government in 1977 requires that the 1½p per pint increase

Under the financial planning system introduced in April 1977 authorities determine their own priorities for capital spending within their annual block allocations. The Secretary of States approval for a start on specific schemes is now needed only when the estimated cost is £0·5 million or over. The following information relates to such schemes only:crease should come into effect on 24 June 1979. An order to give effect to the new maximum prices will be laid before Parliament as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications have been received under the urban aid programme from organisations seeking to establish projects which have as one or their sole objective the provision of advice to and the Promotion of, co-operative and common ownership enterprises.

one, from the Clydeside co-operatives development project, which is currently under consideration.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report details of courses of education designated by his Department as non-advanced courses, under which students are not able to receive social security benefits during the summer vacation.

I understand that it is for the adjudicating authorities under social security legislation to determine whether, for the purposes of establishing entitlement to social security benefits during the summer vacation, the course which a student is attending is designated as advanced or non-advanced. The Child Benefit (General) Regulations 1976, as amended, define advanced education.I am sending the hon. Member a copy of the current "Course Code List", which the Scottish Education Department issues annually for the purpose of obtaining statistical returns, and I am placing a copy in the Library. This list contains a classification of vocational further education courses designated as advanced or non-advanced for statistical purposes. The list undergoes constant revision to take account of the regrading of particular courses or stages within courses resulting from alteration of course content.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many ballot papers were counted in each of the 53 local government districts in Scotland at the referendum on Scottish devolution held on 1 March.

As the count was conducted on the basis of regions and islands areas, this information is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is satisfied that the national need to prevent good quality agricultural land being lost permanently has been sufficiently emphasised to planning authorities in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

Yes. Circulars issued in 1975 and 1977 and the national planning guidelines stress to planning authorities in Scotland the importance of conserving particularly the better quality agricultural land. The guidelines state that there should be a presumption against taking prime quality land from agricultural use.The Secretary of State may also consider calling in for his own decision any proposal for development which could run counter to national agricultural policy. I should like to take this opportunity to confirm the Government's commitment to this policy of safeguarding agricultural land wherever possible.

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether Mr. J. M. Drinkwater, QC, accompanied the members of the delegation to Zimbabwe-Rhodesia listed in his written answer, Official Report, 14 June, column 306; and, in what capacity.

As he states in the preface to his report, Mr. J. M. Drink-water, QC, was asked by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister when Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition to go to Rhodesia to observe the election and to report on the circumstances in which it was held. For security reasons and on grounds of convenience he travelled to and from Rhodesia and inside that country with the group of observers headed by my right hon. and noble Friend Lord Boyd. The conclusions he came to were, however, entirely his own.

asked the Lord Privy Seal what was the total cost of repatriating the five British citizens from Rio de Janeiro on 16 June; and if he will set out the individual charges against each person.

I regret that it has not been possible to obtain this information in the time available. I shall write to my hon. Friend.

asked the Lord Privy Seal why no arrangements were made to meet the British Airways flight BA 323 from Paris on 16 June when five British citizens who were repatriated from Rio de Janeiro arrived in a destitute state.

The circumstances of the British nationals referred to did not appear to require exceptional arrangements.

asked the Lord Privy Seal why no arrangements were made to ensure that the five British citizens who were repatriated from Rio de Janeiro on 16 June were able to proceed to their homes instead of being stranded without funds on arrival in London.

Normal practice where possible is to provide repatriates with rail tickets to their place of residence. I am looking into why this was not done in this case and will write to my hon. Friend. The British seamen concerned were given a small sum of money before leaving Brazil and the availability of the services of the Department of Health and Social Security explained. The men's relatives were also advised of their arrival details.

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will consult with the United States State Department jointly to raise in the Security Council of the United Nations as a threat to peace the actions of the President of the Nicaragua Republic.

No. The appropriate regional authority, the Organisation of American States, is seized of the problem and should be given every opportunity to resolve it.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what would be the cost to the Treasury in lost revenue of abolishing the television licence fee.

The estimated total television licence revenue for the current financial year is £382 million.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were discharged from prison in 1978 after serving sentence.

During 1978, 49,573 males and 2,848 females were discharged from prisons in England and Wales after serving sentences of imprisonment. In addition, 19,312 males were discharged from borstals or detention centres and 350 females were discharged from borstals.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will review the operation of the Bail Act 1976.

An analysis of bail decisions made by courts in the first year of the Act's operation is being prepared, and I shall consider the operation of the Act in the light of that analysis.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action has been and is being taken to ensure that all Vietnamese immigrants being allowed into Great Britain are genuine refugees and that there are not Communist infiltrators among their ranks.

I have no evidence that such infiltrators have been among the Vietnamese refugees accepted for resettlement in the United Kingdom. If such evidence came to light appropriate action would be taken.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to improve the present severely overcrowded situation in Winson Green prison, Birmingham.

The overcrowding at Birmingham prison reflects the continuing pressure on the prison system generally, but it has been worsened by the loss of places at Gartree following the riot there on 5 October 1978. Until those places are restored, overcrowding at Birmingham will continue, although attempts to reduce its worst effects by making use of other accommodation within the Midland region will continue.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals, currently imprisoned, were recommended for psychiatric treatment at the time of imprisonment; how many are receiving such treatment; and whether he is satisfied with the facilities available in Her Majesty's prisons for such treatment.

The information requested is not recorded centrally and is not readily available. The prison service does not have suitable facilities or staff for the proper care and treatment, other than as a temporary measure, of offenders who are suffering from mental disorder of a nature or degree warranting their detention in hospital for medical treatment under the Mental Health Act 1959: to the extent that such offenders are imprisoned because an appropriate hospital place is not available, the position is unsatisfactory, although staff provide the best care they can. The prison service also provides a considerable range of psychiatric treatment for inmates who are mentally disordered to a lesser degree, although a number of improvements are desirable: for example, it has proved difficult to recruit enough doctors to the prison medical service, which remains under strength.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to seek to amend the gaming laws in order to enable public houses to operate fruit machines in such a way as to compete on equal terms with clubs.

The Royal Commission on Gambling did not recommend that the use of gaming machines in public houses and clubs should be subject to the same controls. I am currently considering the commission's various recommendations on gaming, but cannot yet say what the outcome will be.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to give courts the power to ban people convicted of offences of violence from entering public houses.

There are no plans for Government legislation on this subject in the current parliamentary Session, but I have said to my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow, Central (Mr. Grant) that I shall be glad to meet him to discuss the content of a possible Private Member's Bill on the subject.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to review the present system of petitions made by prisoners in Her Majesty's prisons to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

I have no immediate plans to review the present system of prisoners' petitions, but am considering the case for such a review in response to the recommendation contained in the fifteenth report from the Expenditure Committee.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average time a prisoner has to wait to receive a reply to a petition that has been made to his Department.

The most recent information on this subject is contained in the results of a survey carried out in the quarter ending 31 December 1977, when the average period between a prisoner handing in a petition and a reply being despatched was found to be 39 days.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to come to a decision on the desirability or otherwise of introducing citizens' band radio.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will soon be in a position to announce a legal citizens' band radio system; and if he will make a statement.

As I indicated in my reply to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Aldershot (Mr. Critchley) on 25 May, the issue of citizens' band radio is being kept under review.—[Vol. 967, c. 298.]

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the Parliamentary Boundary Commission to publish its draft proposals for the Greater Manchester and Merseyside metropolitan parliamentary constituencies.

I understand that the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England is unlikely to publish its provisional recommendations for constituencies in Greater Manchester and Merseyside before autumn 1980.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reasons were given by the Wessex regional health authority for its inability to provide a hospital place for the mentally-disordered person on 31 May 1978 who had been waiting for between 12–18 months.

The Wessex regional health authority has said that it does not yet have the facilities necessary to contain offenders of this kind in sufficient security. Inquiries into the possibility of transferring the prisoner are continuing.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the age, sex and offence of the 22 sentenced prisoners recommended for transfer under section 72 of the Mental Health Act awaiting transfer on 31 May.

The information is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the offences and the length of imprisonment of the five non-criminal mentally-disordered offenders in prison on 31 December 1978.

Two were held pending deportation for 82 days and 238 days respectively. Two were held in contempt of court for 51 days and 323 days respectively, the former person being made the subject of a hospital order under the Mental Health Act 1959, and one was committed to custody for 88 days for non-payment of rates.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reasons the Oxford regional health authority has given for being unable to find a place for the mentally-disordered offender who on 31 May 1978 had been waiting for six to 12 months for a hospital bed.

The Oxfordshire area health authority has indicated that the two hospitals which have looked after the offender in the past are unable to provide a sufficiently secure place for him. Inquiries into the possibility of transferring the prisoner are continuing.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reasons have been given by South East Thames regional health authority for its inability to find a hospital bed for the mentally-disordered prisoner who on 31 May had been waiting six to 12 months.

There has been some reluctance to accept this prisoner in present circumstances because of the risk of public disquiet if he were removed to a National Health Service hospital very close to the scene of his recent crime. An offer has been made to provide a bed in that hospital nearer the date of his release from prison, but the possibility is being explored of finding a vacancy elsewhere.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to receive the report of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England on its current review of constituencies.

I understand that the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England is unlikely to report before mid-1982.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many male and female prisoners remain in prison (a) 15 years, (b) 20 years and (c) 25 years after committing a single offence.

I will reply to the hon. Member as soon as this information is available.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a statement showing what combined salaries it is proposed should be paid in each member State of the EEC to Assembly Members who are also Members of their national upper or lower Houses of Parliament; and what they will receive in respect of each mandate.

Most member States have not yet enacted legislation dealing with this matter. As soon as complete information is available, I shall publish it in the Official Report.

asked the Lord Privy Seal what is his policy on the cancellation of official debt owing to the United Kingdom by the poorest developing countries.

The Government intend to honour fully the commitment of the previous Administration.

asked the Lord Privy Seal (1) what will be the British contribution to the Aid India Consortium for 1979–80; how this contribution compares with the previous Administration's plans; and if he will make a statement;(2) what alterations he envisages in the pattern of aid to India, in the years 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82; and by how much it will be reduced.

Although we shall continue to provide substantial aid support for India's development programme, no decision has yet been taken on individual country aid allocations for this year and the following two years.

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will publish in the Official Report those countries at present receiving British aid, indicating how much they received in 1978–79, how much they were previously due to receive in 1979–80; and how much they will now receive following the cuts recently announced for 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82.

Statistics for 1978–79 are not yet available. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given on 25 May to my hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Mr. Shepherd.)[Vol. 967, c. 290–92.] The effect of the £50 million reduction in 1979–80 will be determined only after a detailed review of the entire aid programme, and levels of aid for future years will be considered in the course of the next public expenditure review. Most commitments spread over several years. It is not my practice therefore to announce detailed expenditure figures for particular countries in advance.

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, in view of the statement made of the reduction in expenditure on overseas aid, he will indicate which programmes and which recipient countries will be most affected; and if he will make a statement.

The effect of the reduction in overseas aid on specific allocations will have to be determined after a detailed review of the entire aid programme and priorities within it.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he is satisfied with the availability of National Health Service dentists in Powys; and whether he will make a statement.

Dental services in Powys will be improved from 1 July, when an addditional general dental practitioner will commence practice in Llan-idloes and Newtown. I hope that the Government's acceptance of the recommendations of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration will lead to further improvement in National Health Service dental services.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how and when the Government will take over the cost of the Cleddau bridge to the relief of Dyfed ratepayers.

This matter is under consideration and I hope to make an announcement soon.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the amount written-off by area health authorities in Wales due to defaulting on payments by private patients in National Health Service hospitals during the financial year 1978–79.

£468.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he has any plans to improve the Cardigan-Aberystwyth trunk road during the next five years; and if he will make a statement;(2) if he plans to improve the Aberystwyth-Machynlleth trunk road during the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

A number of improvements have been carried out to the A487 trunk road between Cardigan and Machynlleth in recent years and others are at present under construction. Several further schemes are planned; the timing will depend upon availability of funds.

asked the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if, pending the appointment of the remaining Members of the House of Commons Commission, it would be appropriate to raise matters affecting the Commission and its responsibilities with him as an ex-officio Member.

Yes.

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps he is taking to improve the supply of Scots newspapers to the House.

None; the House receives a number of Scottish newspapers. If the hon. Member has a particular newspaper in mind, which is not at present delivered to the House, I shall ask the authorities of the House to see whether there is a justification for it to be purchased.

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will make it a condition of holding commercial exhibitions of works of art in public or semi-public premises that he should appoint the executive committee to ensure that only artefacts of the highest quality are displayed.

The powers and responsibilities of the Minister responsible for the arts would not support a condition in such general terms.

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will move to set up a Select Committee on local government.

The House is shortly to consider the general structure of our Select Committee system and the proposals for departmentally related committees put forward by the Procedure Committee. I suggest that the hon. Member awaits that debate.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what are his intentions concerning the Post Office's position on telecommunications attachments.

We are looking into this whole question with the aim of ensuring that the customer obtains the best possible telecommunications service.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what are his intentions on the National Enterprise Board's role in the development of high-technology industries especially INMOS and NEXOS.

My right hon. Friend expects to make a statement in due course about all the NEB's operations.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what assistance he is giving to the British television manufacturing industry in the development of 3-D colour television: and whether British manufacturers will be in a position to exploit this new field before our major competitors.

The Department has as yet received no direct submission from any British television manufacturer on the development of 3-D colour television as such. I would certainly welcome any initiative from the industry to develop such a new product.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what direct action he intends taking dramatically to increase Great Britain's expenditure on industrial research and development in the light of the figures shown in the Official Report, 11 June, c. 72.

The level of expenditure by industry on research and development is primarily a matter for individual firms. The measures which the Government are taking to improve the general financial and economic climate within which industry operates should lead to greater investment in all areas, including research and development.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the number of firms in the Bothwell constituency which have received regional development grants since 1974, by year, the total amounts involved, and the number of jobs involved.

The information is not available in the form requested and could not be provided without disproportionate cost. The payment of regional development grant is intended to assist the modernisation and regeneration of industry but is not directly related to the creation of employment. I am writing further to the hon. Member.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the number of firms in the Easington constituency which have received regional development grants since 1974, by year, the total amounts involved and the number of jobs involved.

The information is not available in the form requested and could not be provided without disproportionate cost. The payment of regional development grant is intended to assist the modernisation and regeneration of industry and is not directly related to the creation of employment. I am writing further to the hon. Member.

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will make a statement on his meetings on 13 June in Liverpool; and what specific steps he now proposes to take to help the small businesses there.

My right hon. Friend will pay his first official visit to Merseyside on 22 June. However, I spent a full day in Merseyside on my two-day visit to the North-West on 12 and 13 June, in which I listened to the views of industry, business and local government. In Merseyside my visits to successful small enterprises were very valuable.There are no specific plans to assist small firms in the North-West in isolation, but along with small firms throughout the country they will benefit from the tax measures announced in the Budget. A major priority of the Government is to promote a flourishing small business sector through stimulating the economy and removing obstacles to growth.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what action he intends taking to increase the courses available in secondary schools in computer science, especially on the engineering side.

The number of pupils receiving tuition in some form of computer studies in their fourth and fifth years of secondary schooling has increased significantly in recent years. The balance and breadth of the curriculum in schools, however, remains a matter for individual local education authorities and the schools themselves.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to ensure that there is at least one British-built micro-computer in every secondary school within the next three years.

The provision of computing facilities for schools is primarily a matter for individual local authorities. As my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State told the hon. Member for Hamilton (Mr. Robertson) on 22 May [Vol. 967, c. 72], the possibility of a programme to promote awareness of microelectronics in schools and colleges is under consideration and one aim of such a programme could be to foster and advise on the use of computers.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will designate as mandatory rather than as at present discretionary grants to postgraduate vocational students.

As I stated in reply to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. McCrindle) on 11 June—[Vol. 968, c. 22]—my right hon. and learned Friend is considering the need to extend the scope of mandatory awards; this would require legislation and would need to be considered along with other claims on resources.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will consider amending rules to provide that war service years should count in full for the purpose calculation of teachers' pension entitlement.

No The war service of teachers is treated in the same way as that of other public servants. There is no case for more favourable treatment of one sector of the public service.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the qualifying level for free school meals as a percentage of (a) gross and (b) net average earnings for a one, two and four child family each year since 1970.

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the contents of the letter he wrote to the Kirklees metropolitan council on or about 18 May; and whether he has now written to ask Kirklees whether it wishes to proceed with either of the comprehensive reorganisation schemes it submitted in spring 1979 as indicated in the reply to the hon. Member for Batley and Morley, Official Report, 22 May, column 73–4.

The Department's letter enclosed a copy of the statement made by my right hon. and learned Friend on 16 May in the House and an order revoking an earlier section 99 order and said that the outstanding court action against the authority was being withdrawn.It has been decided not to ask Kirklees whether it wishes to proceed because this is now a matter entirely for the authority, which can decide whether or not to publish section 13 proposals for reorganising schools in the Batley area.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has for developing school pupil and higher education and further education student exchanges with their counterparts in other countries.

My right hon. and learned Friend's grant to the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges amounts to about £1·5 million this year. This will enable the bureau to sustain all its established exchange schemes while developing others which are self-financing. I am writing to my hon. Friend with further information.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he plans to meet his EEC colleagues.

I expect to do so on Friday, 22 June at an informal meeting in Paris.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the research projects at Dundee University sponsored by (a) the Science Research Council, (b) the Social Science Research Council and (c) the Medical Research Council and the amount of financial assistance being made available to individual projects.

Grant support is being given to Dundee university for research as set out below:

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish (a) the names of the education authorities in England whose estimated net expenditure on education per head of population was less than or equal to £108·47p in 1978–79, and (b) the net expenditure per head of population by such education authorities in 1978–79.

My Department does not prepare figures of expenditure for each local education authority. Certain analyses of their estimates and expenditure are contained in the education statistics published annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, copies of which are available in the Library.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received from the National Union of Students since 4 May.

Representations have been received about policy relating to overseas students, about the student support system, about student union financing and about policy for 16–19 year olds.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proposals he has for changes in the common agricultural policy.

I have nothing to add to the speeches made by my right hon. Friend and my hon. Friend to the House last Friday.—[Vol. 968, c. 769–80 and 858–67.]

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will delay the implementation of the proposed alteration in fishing net mesh sizes due on 1 July until adequate supplies of nets to the new mesh sizes are available for all fishermen to whom the restriction applies.

No. I have already deferred the introduction of these measures by one month to 1 July, in part to help fishermen adapt to the new mesh sizes. A further delay would be detrimental to the conservation of fish stocks and could not be considered.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from what representative bodies and persons his Department secured unanimous agreement to his proposals to alter

I met representatives of all sections of the fishing industry on 24 May when there was general agreement with my decision to introduce the national measures on 1 July. The following organisations were represented at the meeting:

• British Fishing Federation.
• Scottish Fishing Federation.
• National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations.
• Fisheries Organisation Society.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report the figures for 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978 appearing in annex I of Cmnd. 6020, 1974–75, "Food from Our Own Resources", and also annex III and annex V thereof.

The information requested to the latest available date is as follows:

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many livestock exporters have been prosecuted in the current year for breach of the welfare code for export of live animals to the EEC; and if he will make a statement.

Local authorities and the police are responsible for enforcing the relevant legislation in Great Britain and the number of prosecutions for offences related to the export of live animals is not recorded separately. In Northern Ireland, where the relevant legislation is directly enforced by the Department of Agriculture, there have been no prosecutions in the last 12 months.

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to work out and to publish a statement of his policy on the use of land.