To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the proportion of (a) male drivers and (b) younger male drivers who were killed who were over the legal alcohol limit for each year since 1979.

The information requested is in the table.

Fatally injured male drivers and riders: estimated percentage over legal blood alcohol limit by age: Great Britain: 1979 to 1989
	Aged up to 21	All ages
1979	32	32
1980	29	32
1981	23	30
1982	28	34
1983	24	28
1984	27	27
1983	21	25
1986	26	25
1987	22	27
1988	21	22
1989	17	20

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which methods of assessing the extent of mitigation of the M40's environmental impact (a) have and (b) have not, been applied to the MI1 link road; and for those in (a) what relative values have been applied.

The environmental impact of the M40 extension, which runs for 59 miles through largely agricultural land, cannot be directly compared with an urban scheme such as the A 12 Hackney Wick to M I 1 link road. The Department's methodology for environmental appraisal is applied to all road proposals, but the measures required to mitigate the adverse effects are dependent on the individual nature of each project. In the case of the M 11 link road, a significant amount of the cost of the scheme is for measures to mitigate the adverse effects of the road including the construction of three sections of tunnel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons Ministers in his Department have not complied with the prime ministerial guideline that all Ministers should accompany their replies to Members' letters with a copy of that reply.

It is, and always has been, the practice of the ministerial correspondence unit in the Department of Transport, to enclose a copy of letters from Ministers to Members, along with the original—and any enclosures, for example, press notices—of any replies dealing with constituents' correspondence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps were taken to secure the terms and conditions of employment of the TWA. United Kingdom-based employees being transferred to American' Airlines as a result of his decision to allow American Airlines to take over the TWA Heathrow routes;(2) if he will make it his policy, when he agrees to the transfer of airline routes from one foreign airline to another, to take steps to ensure the protection of employment terms and conditions of United Kingdom employees concerned.

These arrangements are matters for the companies concerned and their employees, subject to any relevant rules regarding employment protection and transfer. They are not matters in which I intervene arid I have no plans to change my policy in this respect.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the current level of investment by British shipowners in new capacity and the tonnage to be built.

In 1989, United Kingdom shipowners placed orders for 29 new vessels and took delivery of a further 34 second-hand vessels at an estimated total cost of £462 million. Comparable figures for 1990 are in preparation. I will write to the hon. Member with this information as soon as it becomes available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his policy towards the recommendations of the "Disability Manifesto: An Agenda for the 1990s", a copy of which has been sent to him, which relate to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

My Department has a strong and continuing policy commitment to improve transport facilities for disabled people.A summary of recent developments and current priorities is contained in the annual report for 1990 'from my Department's disability unit, a copy of which is in the library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he is able to announce the outcome of the investigations he commissioned into the accident to a maintenance gantry on the Severn bridge on 4 September 1990.

I am publishing the report of the investigations today and am placing a copy in the Library. I accept the broad thrust of all the recommendations in the report. As the report itself recognises, further work will be necessary before deciding exactly how certain of the recommendations are to be pursued; this work is already under way.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table to show the amounts of (a) hazardous and (b) toxic wastes imported into Great Britain from (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) the Irish Republic in each of the past five years for incineration.

Information on the importation of waste into Great Britain has been available only since the introduction of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations in October 1988. No distinction is made in the regulations between hazardous and toxic waste.From 1 October 1988 to 31 March 1989, a total of 29·4 tonnes of hazardous waste for incineration were imported through English ports from the Irish Republic. The equivalent figure for 1989–90 is 89·1 tonnes. Final figures for 1990–91 are not yet available.The provision of information for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland respectively. Information on trade within the United Kingdom is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on the quantity of toxic and hazardous wastes arising from the operations of the Du Pont company in Northern Ireland which is transferred to the incinerators of the Cleanaway and Raychem plants in Great Britain each year.

None. Monitoring the movement of hazardous waste within the United Kingdom is the responsibility of local waste disposal authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will produce a table showing (a) the level of grant made by the Housing Corporation to housing associations within each one of the five West Yorkshire local authorities in each of the past five years, (b) the housing needs index for each authority in each year, (c) the excess or shortfall of grant over or below housing needs index for each authority in each year and (d) the total excess or shortfall for each authority over the five-year period; and if he will outline the criteria used by the Housing Corporation which would cause the grant made to housing associations within each local authority being either above or below that authority's housing needs index.

The distribution of resources among local authority areas is a matter for the Housing Corporation. I have, therefore, asked the corporation to reply direct to my hon. Friend with the information he has requested. A copy of the reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House. It should be noted, however, that although the housing needs indicator is the best means available for allocating resources to Housing Corporation regions, for statistical reasons it is less reliable at local level. In determining priorities within the regions, therefore, the corporation's regional offices also use their own assessment of need, informed by discussions with local authorities in their enabling role.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representation the United Kingdom had at the ministerial conference for environment in Europe held in Drobis, Czechoslovakia on 22–23 June; and what decisions were taken at the conference.

[holding answer 1 July 1991]: I attended the "Environment for Europe" ministerial conference held in Drobis last week where we discussed ways for further strengthening co-operation to protect and improve the environment, long-term strategies towards a European protection and restoration system and an environmental programme for Europe. The conclusions of the conference have been made available in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance which has been issued to valuation officers on the interpretation of Statutory Instrument 474/91; and whether this guidance makes reference to the presence of en suite bathrooms or of tea-making facilities as relevant to assessing whether a householder is excluded from the business rate concession.

I have been asked to reply.It is not our practice to disclose instructions which are issued for the confidential guidance of staff, but when deciding whether a household is to be excluded from non-domestic rating valuation officers will have regard to all the facilities provided and the intensity of business use. No particular facility will be considered in isolation, but only in relation to all the circumstances of the case.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Bexleyheath (Mr. Townsend) of 17 June, Official Report, column 65, if he will publish the decision reached in the review of the case of the hon. William Douglas-Home, and the reasons for it.

No. This is a private matter between the Ministry of Defence and the hon. William Douglas-Home.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the countries where United Kingdom forces are helping to discover and disarm anti-personnel minefields.

Royal Engineers are currently deployed in Colombia, the Falkland islands and Kuwait. In Colombia they are providing bomb search and disposal training as part of the Government's package of anti-drugs assistance. In the Falkland islands the explosive ordnance disposal detachment of the garrison field squadron is responsible for monitoring the minefields left behind by the Argentine invasion forces in 1982. In Kuwait, in the aftermath of hostilities, Royal Engineers co-ordinated the multinational effort of marking Iraqi-laid minefields. The current activities of the Royal Engineers in Kuwait do not include specific tasking on the search for and disarming of anti-personnel mines, but concentrate on the disposal of unexploded ordnance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement of the future of Ministry of Defence police currently involved in policing of Royal Ordnance plc sites at Chorley, Radway Green, Nottingham, Bridgewater and Glascoed.

The number of Ministry of Defence police officers to be based at each factory remains the subject of negotiations between the Ministry of Defence and Royal Ordnance plc.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current number of service personnel being treated for anxiety disorders or other psychiatric problems resulting either wholly or partially from Operation Granby.

Seventy-nine service personnel are at present receiving treatment within service facilities for anxiety disorders or other psychiatric problems resulting wholly or partially from Operation Granby.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel have had some form of treatment for anxiety disorders or other psychiatric problems resulting either wholly or partially from Operation Granby.

The information requested is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his policy towards the treatment of (a) service personnel suffering from anxiety disorders or other psychiatric problems resulting either wholly or partially from Operation Granby and (b) their families.

The services aim to identify and treat service personnel and their families suffering from anxiety disorders or other psychiatric problems at the earliest possible time. Service personnel would be treated within their community at service facilities and their dependents would be treated in both service and NHS facilities according to location.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what instructions have been issued to unit commanders involved in Operation Granby regarding service personnel suffering from anxiety disorders or other psychiatric problems resulting either wholly or partially from Operation Granby; and if he will make a statement.

The policy for the early identification and treatment of anxiety disorders and other psychiatric problems is well established within the services. Personnel at all levels have been briefed on the need for continued support in the aftermath of Operation Granby.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons the licence agreement for military training in the Dartmoor national park has been renewed.

The use of Dartmoor will remain crucial for effective military training, as it is the only primary training area in the south-west of England. The requirement for Duchy of Cornwall land on Dartmoor for military training purposes therefore continues to be in the national interest.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many accesses were made to each index of the police national computer over the past year; and whether he will include in these statistics an indication of the number of access requests that could search more than one index.

The Royal Ulster Constabulary does not have direct access to the police national computer but can indirectly obtain information from the computer by arrangement with police forces in Great Britain. Statistics are not maintained by the RUC on the number of inquiries made each year, but I understand from the chief constable that useage of this facility is infrequent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement about next steps agencies in his Department.

I am pleased to announce three new candidates for executive agency status. These are:

The vehicle inspection and driving test centres in the Department of the Environment;

The child support agency in the Department of Health and Social Services; and

Criminal compensation in the Northern Ireland Office.

Further details on the timing of the launch of these agencies will be announced in due course.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what conclusions he has reached on the report by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission on railway services provided by Northern Ireland Railways; and if he will make a statement.

I have placed today in the Library of the House the initial response produced by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, in consultation with the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company and Northern Ireland Railways, to the report submitted by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in December 1990.I am grateful to the commission for the comprehensive review it carried out. While commending NIR's management for its dedication and resilience in maintaining services despite terrorist disruption and confirming that the company did not operate against the public interest, the commission found that there was scope for improving efficiency and reducing costs. The commission identified the principal challenges facing the company as the need to modernise a railway heavily dependent on subsidy, the rationalisation of its complex pay system, sharp competition from bus and car, and the effect of terrorist disruption on the passenger base.The report made 34 recommendations and all have been accepted. Some are already being implemented. Others require further consideration about the manner of implementation. The outcome should be a significant improvement of services to the public and the management of the company.The Department continues to be in dialogue with the Transport holding company and Northern Ireland Railways about the implementation of the recommendations and I shall report on progress to the House in due course.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the topics of each television advertising campaign to be carried out by his Department and any other publicity campaign costing more than £100,000.

[holding answer 1 July 1991]: The information until 31 December 1991 is as follows:

Crime Prevention Public Awareness Campaign—multi media

Environmental Awareness and Energy Efficiency—multi media

Job Training Programme—multi media

Pedestrian Safety—television

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what arrangements were made in his Department for the financial and technical screening of sub-contractors working on the Conwy tunnel;(2) how many sub-contractors have been used on the construction of the Conwy tunnel; and how many of these have gone into liquidation.

In selecting main contractors invited to tender for all motorway and trunk road projects, the Department satisfied itself on the financial and technical ability of the chosen companies. In accordance with the Department's standard conditions of contract, the main contractor is fully responsible for the acts, defaults and neglects of any sub-contractor, his agents, servants or workmen. As such, the Department is not required to screen sub-contractors. Similarly the Department would not need to be made aware of any sub-contractor who may have gone into liquidation. The Conwy tunnel project has been subject to these normal procedures. The number of sub-contractors used to date on the project is in excess of 60.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the efficiency of the construction of the Conwy tunnel compared with that of similar projects elsewhere.

In selecting main contractors invited to tender for all motorway and trunk road projects, the Department satisfies itself on the financial and technical capability of such contractors. In accordance with the Department's standard conditions of contracts, contractors have an obligation to meet the requirements of the contract both in terms of timescale and standard. The Department appoints agents or consultant engineers for each project to watch and supervise the construction of the works. The Conwy tunnel project is subject to these normal procedures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any plans to cut back the number of NHS administrators in Wales to 1979 levels.

Responsibility for the number of administrative staff employed in the NHS in Wales is a matter for the appropriate health authority. The NHS reforms will deliver a better-managed and more responsive service in which resources follow patients and manpower requirements reflect local service needs. Provision of health care is now governed by district contracts in which quality and costs are continually scrutinised. In the year to March 1990—the latest period for which figures are available—management, administrative and clerical staff costs accounted for approximately 10.2 per cent. of the salary budget for district health authorities, including the Welsh Health Common Services Authority as opposed to 12.2 per cent. in the year to March 1979.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the average number of hours allocated to compulsory sport in Wales generally and in each local education authority area for secondary schools in each year between 1979 and 1990.

Sport is not a compulsory activity in maintained schools. Physical education, which includes such sporting activities as team games, swimming and athletics, has been included as a national curriculum subject in schools for pupils aged five to 14 since autumn 1990 under the provisions of the Education Reform Act 1988. It will shortly become a national curriculum subject for pupils aged 14 to 16.Information is not maintained centrally on time spent in secondary schools on sporting activities as part of PE.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what is the average amount of playing area in hectares and acres in (a) primary schools in Wales, (b) secondary schools in Wales and (c) all schools; and what was the equivalent figure in 1976, 1979 and 1984;(2) what percentage of Welsh schools have

The information requested is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in Wales; and how many primary and secondary schools have (i) no designated playing fields or (ii) no designated playgrounds.

On 1 January 1991 there were 1,717 primary and 230 secondary schools in Wales. The Education (Schools Premises) Regulations 1981 lay down minimum standards for the provision of recreation areas and playing fields in schools. Local education authorities are responsible for applying those standards, and information on these matters is not collected centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of livestock carcases dumped on (a) council refuse tips, (b) road side verges, (c) forests and woodlands and (d) rivers and lakes in Wales in each year from 1985 to 1990.

This information is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to set up a network of disposal centres for dead livestock in Wales; arid how much has been spent by his Department during each of the past five years on developing incinerators and digesters for dead livestock in Wales.

It is essentially the responsibility of the livestock sector to find ways of handling its waste within the framework of environmental and health restrictions. Under the farm and conservation grant scheme, on-farm grants are available to assist with waste disposal, and for on-farm anaerobic digesters for animal waste, including carcase waste. Grant aid for incinerators or disposal pits could be made only at the expense of the areas already covered.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many specific places on employment training the Government plan should be made available for adults with learning difficulties in 1992 in Wales.

This information is not available.

To ask the Secretary cif State for the Home Department (1) whether he was consulted by the Building Regulations Advisory Committee on its new proposals regarding fire regulations;(2) what response he will make to the new proposals on fire regulations in the Building Regulations Advisory Committee report published on 26 June.

The Building Regulations Advisory Committee (BRAC) advises the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Wales on matters concerning the building regulations. My understanding is that the committee held a meeting on 26 June, but its proceedings are confidential and no public report or statement has been made about the outcome of that meeting. There is no reason for the committee to consult Ministers or for Ministers to respond publicly to its reports. The Home Office has an observer on the committee and is represented on the committee's fire advisory panel and its stage 2 review committee which have been advising the committee on the fire safety aspects of its proposals. In addition, Home Office officials are in regular contact with officials of the Department of the Environment to ensure that there is no disagreement on the fire safety aspects of any proposed changes to the regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from chief fire officers with regard to the Building Regulations Advisory Committee proposals to change fire regulations for buildings in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

No such representations have been received, but I understand that chief fire officers have made their views known to the Department of the Environment both in a written submission from the Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association in response to the public consultation document which was issued by the Department in March 1990 and orally at a meeting.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons information on the number of doses of drugs administered to inmates of penal establishments became unavailable between the answers to the hon. Member for Warrington, South on 20 January 1988, Official Report, columns 706–8 and on 26 June, Official Report, column 475.

Statistics relating to the number of doses of medicines administered to prisoners in all establishments in England and Wales were last published in the Report on the Work of the Prison Department 1985/86 (Cm. 11) They were partly estimated because some prisons were unable to furnish the required information. Since corresponding information for 1986–87 was given to my hon. Friend in 1988 in respect of certain establishments an increasing number of prison pharmacies have failed to provide local statistics owing to staffing difficulties.A further factor has been the increasing diversity in prison medicine regimes. This development has led us to reassess the value of the statistics for management purposes and to accept the view expressed by the Social Services Committee in 1986—third report from the Social Services Committee, Session 1985–86: "Prison Medical Service"—that their publication serves no useful purpose.In the light of these factors central collection of these statistics has been discontinued.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many racially motivated incidents were reported to each police force in England and Wales in 1988, 1989 and 1990; what was the nature of the incidents reported; and what was the outcome.

The publication of the number of racial incidents reported to forces is a matter for chief officers. Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary collects forces' figures centrally—the totals for 1988, 1989 and 1990, including figures from the Metropolitan police, are as follows:

	Number
1988	4,383
1989	5,044
1990	6,359

The nature of these incidents varies greatly and is not centrally recorded. Their common factor is that, in each case, a racial motivation was perceived by the victim, the investigating officer or a third party. The outcome of each reported incident is a matter for chief officers, but Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary monitors as a priority the response of forces to Home Office guidance on tackling racial attacks and harassment.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of West Yorkshire about attacks on Muslim graves in Bradford and Leeds; and if he will make a statement.

We have every confidence that the force is responding to these attacks promptly and effectively. I understand that attacks in Bradford in May led to several arrests, and that two people are on bail pending charges. An attack in Leeds last week is under investigation. The police have kept in close contact with leaders of the Muslim community throughout.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many racial attacks were reported to the police during 1990.

[pursuant to his reply, 20 May 1991, c. 346]: Six thousand three hundred and fifty-nine racially motivated incidents were reported to police forces in England and Wales during 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his policy towards the recommendations of the "Disability Manifesto: An Agenda for the 1990s", a copy of which has been sent to him, which relate to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

My Department does not have the major responsibility for any of the matters on which the manifesto makes recommendations. But we shall continue to work towards enabling people with disabilities, including, where applicable, our own staff, to maximise their potential and to contribute fully to all aspects of the life of the community.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table to show for each magistrates court area, for the year ended 31 March 1990, the number of (a) summonses for domestic rates arrears, (b) defendants present, (c) defendants not present, (d) committals and (e) hours each court sat.

The information requested is not available from central records, and to the extent that it could be obtained at all could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for the further extension of custody time limits.

I intend to lay regulations which will, with effect from 1 October, extend custody time limits to London, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex. In Birmingham, the time limit to committal will be reduced from 84 to 70 days.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now advise local authorities how they can enforce the law on Sunday trading.

[holding answer 2 July 1991]: As I indicated in my reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Mr. Porter) on 17 June at columns 27–28, we do not consider it either appropriate or necessary to issue guidance about the enforcement of the law on Sunday trading to local authorities; and no development since then causes us to alter that judgment. Responsibility for enforcing the provisions about Sunday trading in the Shops Act 1950 was given by Parliament to local authorities. The authorities have power to enforce those provisions whether by way of a prosecution or a civil action seeking an injunction. Decisions on the means by which to fulfil their responsibility are a matter for the authorities, in consultation with their legal advisers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what practical assistance is offered by Her Majesty's Government to women victims of sexual and physical abuse in relation to the provision of refuges;(2) what plans he has to extend financial support beyond the National Women's Aid Federation to other groups that are affiliated to this federation.

I have been asked to reply.Practical assistance and funding for individual refuges are local matters, and there are no plans to change this. However, many residents in women's refuges are entitled to and receive social security benefits, and individual refuges receive practical advice and support from the Women's Aid Federation (England) Ltd. which is grant-aided by the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what consideration he has given to introducing a more comprehensive system of support with his Department to deal with problems faced by ex-service men and women.

The social security system treats ex-service men and women in the same way as other customers. In addition, under the war pensions scheme administered by the Department, war pensions and allowances are payable where disablement or death occurs as a result of service in the armed forces; the war pensioners welfare service also provides advice to war pensioners and war widows on war pension matters and help and support with general welfare problems. The war pensions welfare service works closely with other Government Departments and agencies, including war pension committees and voluntary organisations representing ex-service men and women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what arrangements are in place for notifying the terminally ill of successful applications for attendance allowance; if he has any plans to review these; arid if he will make a statement.

People awarded attendance allowance under the terminal illness provisions are notified that they qualify under the special rules. The special rules are not defined in the award notice. The standard leaflet—DS 668—issued with the notice explains the conditions for the allowance and the rules for review and appeal, and gives information on other benefits and help available. It also describes the terminal illness criteria, but does not link them to the special rules.The arrangements for the terminal illness provisions are kept continually under review. We have no specific plans to amend the arrangements for the notification of awards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his policy towards the recommendations of the "Disability Manifesto: An Agenda for the 1990s", a copy of which has been sent to him, which relate to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Our strategy on benefits for people with disabilities, was set out in "The Way Ahead"—Cm 917. The strategy provides a more comprehensive and coherent system of benefits for people with disabilities than ever before, laying firm foundations for the future. The changes set out in "The Way Ahead" concentrate new help where it is needed most—on people with moderate to severe disabilities who just fail to qualify for attendance allowance or mobility allowance, on those disabled from birth or in their early years who have lost the opportunity to earn and save, and on those who would like to work but are prevented by disincentives in the benefit system.The cornerstone of the strategy is the introduction of two new benefits. Disability living allowance for people disabled under age 65, replaces and extends the help currently available through attendance allowance and mobility allowance, bringing new help with extra costs to nearly 300,000 disabled people. Disability working allowance will offer around 50,000 disabled people who are capable of some work a new choice of earnings topped up by benefit. These two new benefits plus other important initiatives announced in "The Way Ahead" will bring extra help to an estimated 850,000 disabled people and their carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, further to his reply of 7 December, Official Report, column 232, regarding payment to claimants' bank accounts, if he has now issued the guidance; and if he will send a copy to the hon. Member for Oldham, West.

The issue of guidance to local offices is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the benefits agency. He will write to the hon. Member and copies will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he expects to publish the first report of the pensions ombudsman.

The pensions ombudsman, Mr. Michael Platt, has submitted to me his first report in accordance with section 59B(6) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975. The report covers the period from Mr. Platt's appointment on 2 January 1991 to 31 March 1991, and describes the setting up of his offices and other aspects of the establishment of the service. I have today arranged for a copy to be placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether he has received Lord Cullen's direction under regulation 9(2) of the Offshore Installations (Public Inquiries) Regulations 1974; and if he will make a statement.

Lord Cullen's direction was received by my Department on 12 June 1991. He directed that four fifths of the costs of part 1 of the Piper Alpha inquiry shall be paid by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. A copy of Lord Cullen's direction and notes have been placed in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make it his policy to include education on violence against women in the national curriculum.

The National Curriculum Council's guidance to schools on health and citizenship education contains advice relevant to such education across the whole curriculum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make it his policy to encourage education on violence against women in courses studied in institutions of higher and further education.

It is for the academic authorities in each institution to decide on the content of the education provision made by the institution, subject to the requirements of any validating body.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what the proportion of women among primary school teachers was for the years 1979, 1985 and 1990.

Figures for women teachers as a percentage of qualified teachers in maintained nursery and primary schools in England for the years requested are as follows:

Year	Percent
1979	78
1985	79
1990	82

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his policy towards the recommendations of the "Disability Manifesto: An Agenda for the 1990s", a copy of which has been sent to him, which relate to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. and learned Friend will give careful consideration to the education recommendations in the manifesto. His general view is that the position of pupils with special educational needs is adequately protected by the Education Act 1981 which requires that wherever possible such children should be taught in ordinary schools. The Department is not aware of any widespread failure by LEAs to meet their various obligations under the Act.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Clydebank and Milngavie (Mr. Worthington) of 5 February, Official Report, column 131, what information he has on the capital and current funds allocated by the Universities Funding Council for 1991–92 for the upgrading of animal accommodation in veterinary schools.

The UFC circular letter 7/91 of 25 February, a copy of which is in the Library, indicated that the council intends to contribute nearly £70 million over three years for building works and equipment to assist universities in meeting the requirements of the code of practice under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. In 1991–92, £35 million is being assigned, of which some £10 million is from capital grant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what budget his Department has for the production of materials in braille.

The Department has no budget for the production of materials in braille. The GCSE examining groups and the GCE A and AS-level examining boards cover the cost of brailling examination papers by making a small addition to the examination entry fees of all candidates. In the case of candidates from maintained schools, those fees are met by the local education authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish his Department's working papers in support of the figure claimed for the cost of the EC directive on working hours.

A memorandum prepared by my Department on the costs of the social action programme to the United Kingdom and the methods used to derive these cost estimates has already been published in the report by the House of Lords Select Committee on European Communities on "Part time and temporary employment—Session 1990–91, 2nd report, pp 33–45.The European Commission has meanwhile published a revised version of the draft working time directive taking account of amendments proposed by the European Parliament. Using the same method as in the original calculation, my Department estimates that the direct costs to employers of implementing the directive as amended would be increased by over £500 million to at least £2.5 billion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when Her Majesty's Government intend to ratify the International Labour Organisation convention 161 on occupational health nurses.

The Government expect to receive advice from the Health and Safety Commission next year on ILO convention 161, in the light of which they will give further consideration to whether to ratify the convention in question.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many enterprise agencies there are; how many there were in 1989; what was the cost to the public funds in each case; and if he will make a statement.

I know of 421 local enterprise agencies operating in the United Kingdom. Of these, 408 are approved by my Department under the statutory provisions which allow for tax relief on donations to them. In 1989, the total number of approved agencies was 396.Government funding of local enterprise agencies in England has been primarily through my Department's local enterprise agency grant and project schemes—LEAGS and LEAPS. During 1989–90 total funding under LEAGS and LEAPS was £1,879, 562 and during 1990–91, the final year of the schemes, it was £1,932,714.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his policy towards the recommendations of the "Disability Manifesto: An Agenda for the 1990s", a copy of which has been sent to him, which relate to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

The Department is committed to giving people with disabilities the opportunity to participate fully in training and employment. We therefore provide a wide range of specialist schemes and services to help them gain and keep employment and develop within it. People with disabilities also have access to the full range of non-specialist employment and training services, which will include the new work experience programme that my right hon. and learned Friend announced recently, employment action. In many cases access to non-specialist provision allows for reduced eligibility or length of stay rules and special help for people with disabilities.We are already giving careful consideration to ways of improving the effectiveness of this provision for people with disabilities. Last year the Department issued two consultative documents that considered all the employment and training services we provide for people with disabilities and put forward many proposals for improvement. We received responses from a wide range of organisations and individuals, including almost all of the organisations that produced the disability manifesto. Responses are still being considered on some issues, but we have announced our first decisions. These concerned improvements in the specialist services provided by the Employment Service and in our local and national advisory machinery. We will announce other decisions as soon as they are reached, including any changes to the legislative framework.My right hon. and learned Friend also launched the new symbol that is currently being successfully promoted by the Employment Service to encourage and help employers to commit themselves publicly on a voluntary basis to good policies and practices in employing people with disabilities.In addition, from April this year we have given unemployed people with disabilities priority access to four of our main employment and training programmes. They are now one of the key groups for entry onto employment training, the enterprise allowance scheme, job clubs and the job interview guarantee scheme. Training and enterprise councils and the Employment Service will ensure that people with disabilities who are unemployed will he given this priority recognition. My right hon. And learned Friend has written to TEC chairmen about this priority and special guidance has been issued about people with special training needs, including people with disabilities, so as to help TECs plan and implement their strategies for taking action. The increased priority will help strengthen the opportunity for people with disabilities to participate in the labour market.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many specific places on employment training he plans to make available for adults with learning difficulties in 1992.

This information is not available, but I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to his question on 2 July, at column 108.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Government statistics on investment in United Kingdom industry differentiate between domestic investment and investment into the United Kingdom from other countries.

The annual census of production provides data on capital expenditure by manufacturing businesses located in the United Kingdom analysed by the country of incorporation of the enterprise. These data are published in Central Statistical Office Business Monitor PA 1002, available in the Library.No information is however available on the country from which such expenditure is financed. Data on direct investment capital flows are published in CSO bulletin 33/91 also available in the Library. It should be noted that these relate to international flows between related companies and not to investment in capital goods.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 1 March, Official Report, columns 648–49, on his Department's environmental policies, if he will list the policies which have been subject to the arrangements for considering environmental implications since the publication of "This Common Inheritance", Cm. 1200.

As I explained in my reply on 1 March at columns 648–49, I consider all departmental policies with possible environmental implications. For example, I considered the environmental effects of the changes in the tax system announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Budget statement, in particular the further increase in the differential in between rates of excise duty charged on leaded and unleaded petrol and the increased rates of excise duties on hydrocarbon oils. My predecessor also reviewed the regulations governing the civil service mileage allowances.I have also kept under review the implications for Treasury policies of international discussions on climate change.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Her Majesty's Government have any plans to issue a new United Kingdom commemorative crown.

Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to approve my recommendation that a new commemorative crown be issued in 1993 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the coronation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his policy toward the recommendations of the "Disability Manifesto: An Agenda for the 1990s", a copy of which has been sent to him, which relate to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

The Treasury has an equal opportunity policy discussed with the departmental trade union side, kept under continuous review and published in a guide issued to staff. One of the guiding principles is that disability is no bar to recruitment or to advancement within the Department. Additional computer and office furniture have been provided to assist disabled staff. Where possible parking spaces are made available. All Treasury offices have wheelchair access.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance he plans to provide for refugees in Asia.

I have approved an allocation of £8 million from this year's humanitarian aid budget, more than £6 million of which will be provided to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross and to non-governmental organisations for their work with Afghan refugees. This is in recognition of the very serious continuing problems of the 5 million or so Afghans living in exile in Pakistan and Iran.Assistance will also be made available for the work of UNHCR in Sri Lanka, the UN Border Relief Organisation (UNBRO) and NGOs working on the Thai-Cambodia border and with Vietnamese boat people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a statement on the level of activity in the telecommunications industry since 1986.

Telecommunications is one of the most dynamic industries in the United Kingdom. Over the past five years the market has grown rapidly, stimulated by the Government's commitment to competition and increased customer choice. In mobile telephony we have the two largest cellular networks in the world, with 10 times as many customers as in 1986. In March my right hon. Friend announced that we would be ending the duopoly in the fixed telephony market, and allowing new companies to enter the market. We have already received five formal applications for new licences and over 20 strong expressions of interest. This is good for the industry, and good for consumers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what further plans he has to encourage an increase in manufacturing output.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to boost manufacturing output.

Manufacturing output will be helped by our policies of fostering and extending a competitive environment, encouraging innovation, improving incentives and, above all, defeating inflation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans his Department has to increase public expenditure in order to help British industry become more competitive.

A competitive market provides the best stimulus to efficiency. Government policies are designed to encourage competition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the number of companies acquired by other companies within the United Kingdom in each year from 1979 to 1990.

The information that is available is as follows.

Acquisitions and mergers by industrial and commercial companies within the United Kingdom:
Year	Companies acquired
1979	534
1980	469
1981	452
1982	463
1983	447
1984	56S
1985	474
1986	842
1987	1,528
1988	1,499
1989	1,337
1990	776

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the various measures for the assistance of United Kingdom exporters which are currently available to them.

The effectiveness of the range of export services available to United Kingdom companies through the DTI-FCO overseas trade services operation is monitored through a quality management system. Overall satisfaction rates exceed 70 per cent. for nearly all services, and 90 per cent. of our customers say that they will use our services again.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last met representatives of the European Commission to discuss aid to industry.

My Department and I meet representatives of the European Commission on a regular basis to discuss various matters including aid to industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a statement on the current level of inward investment from Japan.

Latest figures from the Central Statistical Office show that Japanese investment represents 4–1 per cent. of total foreign direct investment in the United Kingdom. The DTI knows of 158 Japanese companies manufacturing in the United Kingdom. According to Japanese Ministry of Finance statistics, 41 per cent. by value of all Japanese, manufacturing and non-manufacturing, investment in the EC at end of financial year 1990–91, came to the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has received any representations requesting him to consider nationalising certain industries.

I have received a copy of the Labour party's document, "Meet the Challenge, Make the Change", which calls for a programme of nationalisation including British Telecom, the water industry and the national grid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the United Kingdom's current balance of trade in information technology.

Information on trade in electronics and information technology products—defined as divisions 75 and 76 of the standard international trade classification —may be obtained from the monthly business monitor MM20 (Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom) copies of which are in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the future of the shipbuilding and marine engine building industries in the United Kingdom.

The futures of the United Kingdom's shipbuilding and marine engine building industries will depend on their respective abilities to win orders in the face of international competition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proposals he has for increasing the percentage levels of regional assistance available in development areas.

None.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next plans to meet representatives of the British Chamber of Commerce to discuss the recession of industry.

Officials of my Department keep in touch with the Association of British Chambers of Commerce on a wide range of business matters. I last met representatives of the ABCC on 5 June 1991.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has on the change in turnover of language schools in London for each of the past three years for which figures are available.

No such information is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry further to his reply to the hon. Member forr Great Grimsby on 23 May, Official Report, column 627, (1) if he will publish a list showing the dates on which the Institute of Chartered Accountants or the joint disciplinary scheme informed him of the result of their inquiries;(2) if he will list the dates on which the reports were given to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

The information requested is as follows:

Name of Company	Report sent	Decision notified
1 Milbury plc	26 October 1988	—
Westminster Property Group Limited
2 Minet Holdings plc	13 August 1990	—
WMD Underwriting Agencies Limited
3 Alexander Howden Holdings plc	13 August 1990	—
4 The Greenbank Trust plc	19 June 1990	11 June 1991
5 Aldermanbury Trust plc	31 January 1991	—
6 Sound Diffusion plc	15 March 1991	—
7 The Animal Defence Society Limited	14 March 1991	—

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has any plans to propose legislation under which partners from the auditing firms implicated in money laundering will be barred for life from practising.

Under part II of the Companies Act 1989 the recognised supervisory bodies must ensure that only fit and proper persons are eligible for appointment as company auditors. Paragraph 6(2)(c) of schedule 11 to the Act makes relevant provision in respect of partnerships.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his policies of support and encouragement for the exporting of United Kingdom manufactures.

My Department and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office provide, through oveseas trade services, a wide range of help, advice and support to exporters at each stage of the export process, from researching opportunities through to contacting and visiting markets. These services are described in "Export Inititive—a pocket guide" a copy of which is in the Library. Some 2,000 staff in the two Departments are engaged, worldwide, in helping exporters.The services we offer are available to those exporting both goods and services. In particular, we aim to help small and inexperienced exporters who, without Government encouragement, might never consider selling overseas; experienced exporters who are new to a particular market; and those pursuing project business, where Government influence is often not only helpful but vital when contracts are to be clinched.Together with the FCO we have instituted regular independent monitoring of our services and the way in which they are delivered. The feedback received from industry shows overall satisfaction rates among our business customers exceeding 70 per cent. for nearly all services, and 90 per cent. of those monitored say they would use our services again.It is encouraging to note the steady rise in the level of exports of manufactured goods in recent months. The efforts of those concerned are to be applauded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is his policy towards the recommendations of the "Disability Manifesto: An Agenda for the 1990s", a copy of which has been sent to him, which relate to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

New technologies have improved the opportunities for participation of people with disabilities in the life of the community. This Department contributed as part of the information technology awareness campaign to a better understanding of possible applications of information technology and telecommunications products and services to benefit the disabled. Current policies and programmes to stimulate innovation in industry will lead to further developments, not only important to national economic growth but, in some cases, of particular value in the lives of those with disabilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will place in the Library copies of the report he commissioned on the Post Office by the consultants Ernst and Young.

No, since I have commissioned no reports on the Post Office from the consultants Ernst and Young.

	Captive birds imported total	Number dead on arrival	(Percentage of total)	Number dead in quarantine	(Percentage of total)
1987	163,699	3,480	(2·13)	13,521	(8·26)
1988	184,577	4,732	(2·56)	20,619	(11·17)
1989	184,601	4,015	(2·17)	19,471	(10·55)

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next plans to meet representatives of the Confederation of British Industry to discuss the condition of industry in the United Kingdom.

Ministers and officials of my Department keep in touch with the CBI on a wide range of business matters. I last met representatives of the CBI on 14 June 1991.

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will make it his policy to ensure the continuation of the compulsory national sheep dipping scheme for the foreseeable future;(2) if he will make it his policy to ensure that sheep scab remains a notifiable disease and that dipping be imposed on flocks in which scab is confirmed and on contiguous flocks.

The future of compulsory dipping will depend on an assessment of the effectiveness of the existing arrangements, including the degree of commitment to them shown by the sheep industry. Changes in the arrangements for dealing with infected flocks were announced last year and will be implemented shortly.

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he proposes to take to reduce the number of sea birds drowned in monofilament nets; and if he will make a statement.

A number of regulations and byelaws are concerned with the use of fishing nets. There is little evidence to suggest that these nets are threatening the survival of any species in our waters.

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the number of wild-caught birds which were imported into the United Kingdom in 1987, 1988 and 1989 and indicate, for each year, the estimated proportion which died (a) in transit, (b) during the first 15 days of quarantine and (c) during the last 20 days of quarantine.

The totals of captive birds imported into Great Britain, together with totals of mortalities on arrival and during quarantine are set out below. The figures do not distinguish wild-caught from captive-bred but most of the birds are considered to have been wild-caught. Information about the proportion of birds dying during particular periods of quarantine could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give details of restrictions imposed on premises with suspected or confirmed cases of blue ear disease in the past 24 hours; and if he will make a statement.

No new suspected or confirmed cases of blue ear pig disease were reported within the 24 hours at 3.30 pm on 3 July 1991.

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will place each day in the Library an updated report of the number of cases of blue ear disease and premises restricted, including the number of premises and their locations; and if he will also make a copy of this available to the hon. Member for South Shields at the same time.

I have taken care to inform the House and the public at large of all significant developments in the current disease outbreak. I am arranging for the Library to receive a copy of the weekly returns made to the European Commission detailing the parishes in which one or more cases of the disease have been confirmed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the number of visas granted and the number of refusals, arising from interviews undertaken in Islamabad for entry into Britain on 22 April.

The number of visas granted and refused in Islamabad on 22 April was as follows:

	Number
Granted	190
Refused	74

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department has on the number of detentions without trial, the number of disappeared suspects and the number of deaths in detention in the Punjab in the current year.

In January, the Indian Government announced that the number of detentions in the Punjab were 145 in 1988, 35 in 1989 and 16 in January-October 1990 under the National Security Act, and 3,685 in 1988, 2,146 in 1989 and 982 in January-September 1990 under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act. No more recent figures are available. We have no official information on numbers of disappeared suspects or of deaths occurring in Indian prisons.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of India on the level of human rights violations and abuse of the law in the Punjab in the current year; and if he will make a statement.

The Indian Government are well aware of our concerns about human rights abuses, from our regular contacts with them. We have encouraged them to exercise maximum restraint in dealing with the serious terrorist violence they face as exemplified by the appalling massacre of train passengers by Sikh terrorists on 12 June.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will obtain for his departmental library a copy of the report by Amnesty International on the Punjab, dated 10 May.

The FCO library has already received this report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make inquiries of the appropriate authorities in Eire to ascertain why three students from Shipley college, two Pakistani nationals the other a Bangladeshi national, all settled in the United Kingdom, were refused visas to enter Eire on 18 June; and if he will make a statement.

It is not the practice of Her Majesty's Government to intervene on behalf of foreign nationals who have been refused visas by independent sovereign states.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has for the training of diplomats from central and eastern Europe.

Following a recent competitive tender I am happy to announce that in the autumn the institute of international studies at Leeds university under the guiding hands of Professor David Dilks and Dr. John Hemery, will run a course to improve the skills of over 50 diplomats from a number of central and eastern European countries. This is a further aspect of the know-how fund programme to help the process of radical change in the civil services of those newly democratised countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the names and addresses of the general practices that will be budget holders in Northumberland from 1 April.

I understand from the chairman of the Northern regional health authority that there are eight general practices within the Northumberland family health services authority participating in the first wave of fundholding. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. Peter Carr, the chairman of the Northern regional health authority for details.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health by how much expenditure on the national health service has increased in North Staffordshire in (a) real and (b) cash terms since May 1979.

The North Staffordshire health authority was established on I April 1982. The annual accounts of the authority record total revenue expenditure of £71·2 million cash for 1982–83 and £124·0 million cash for 1989–90—the latest year available. Those figures represent increases of 74·2 per cent. in cash terms and 20·7 per cent. in real terms, measured at 1989–90 prices.Prior to 1 April 1982 the authority's predecessor health district formed part of the larger Staffordshire area health authority. The annual accounts of the health authorities responsible for services in Staffordshire as a whole record total expenditure of £68·3 million cash for 1978–79 and £234·9 million cash for 1989–90. Those figures represent increases of 244 per cent. in cash terms and 47 per cent. in real terms, measured at 1989–90 prices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action his Department is taking to identify the level of HIV infection in the United Kingdom and the consequential cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement.

The surveillance of HIV infection and AIDS is based on voluntary confidential reporting by clinicians of AIDS cases, monitoring of named HIV-1 tests through laboratory reports, a collaborative study in selected laboratories of named HIV tests, and the unlinked anonymous HIV prevalence monitoring programme. In England and Wales this surveillance effort is co-ordinated by the public health laboratory services AIDS centre which is part of the PHLS communicable disease surveillance centre. For the period April 1990 to March 1991 the PH LS AIDS centre received £415,000 to conduct AIDS surveillance and named HIV test monitoring and a further £678,000 was awarded to the PHLS by the Medical Research Council to conduct unlinked anonymous HIV prevalence monitoring.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received from the Brook hospital defence campaign and from the Greenwich "Hands off the NHS" group.

We have received a letter from one right hon. Member on behalf of the "Hands off the NHS" group. No representations have been received from the Brook hospital defence campaign.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has any plans to establish a formal mechanism for the annual review of the level of bursaries paid to nursing students pursuing Project 2000 courses.

No. Bursary levels will continue to be kept under review in the light of all relevant circumstances, in particular recruitment and retention.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to receive results for work on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from (a) the laboratory of the Government Chemist and (b) the London school of Tropical Hygiene, referred to in his answer of 12 June, Official Report, column 558.

This Department has received a pre-publication copy of the report of the results of the study, by the laboratory of the Government Chemist, of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons present in cigarette smoke and they are included in a paper, "Yields of tar and other smoke components from UK cigarettes", which has been accepted for publication in the journal "Food and Chemical Toxicology", July 1991 issue, expected to appear late August. Copies will be placed in the Library.The results of the investigation by the small area health statistics unit at the London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine into incidences of cancer and mortality rates around incinerators is expected this autumn. The results of its coking work investigations may take longer and it is not possible to give an expected date yet. The reports of both studies will be made public.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what change has taken place over the past 10 years in the proportion of water extracted from boreholes rather than directly from watercourses; and if he will make a statement.

In the 10 years to 1989, the water available for public supply from boreholes in Scotland increased from 0.4 to 1.6 per cent. of the available yield from all public sources. Surface water sources provide for over 96 per cent. of all Scottish public water supplies, the remainder coming from boreholes or springs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from the river purification boards on the application of control orders under the conditions of the Spray Irrigation Act (Scotland) 1964; and if he will make a statement.