asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the terms of reference of the inquiry into the Brixton riots are wide enough to include inquiries into the alleged attacks on press photographers, including injuries and smashed cameras, by a minority among police officers.

The interpretation of the terms of reference is a matter for Lord Scarman. His inquiry does not, of course, alter the general provisions that anyone who wishes to make a complaint against the police should write to the chief officer of the force concerned, so that the matter may be investigated and considered in accordance with the statutory procedures.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will provide a list of the aid pledged to Zimbabwe since independence, indicating for each donor country new pledges made at the recent donors' conference.

At the end of the Donors' Conference the Zimbabwe Government announced that the gross total of aid pledged since independence stood at 1,282 million Zimbabwe dollars (just over 2 billion United States dollars). This includes commitments made before or reconfirmed at the conference totalling 365 million Zimbabwe dollars. New pledges made at the conference totalled nearly 917 million Zimbabwe dollars. Of the total of 1,282 million Zimbabwe dollars, almost 900 million was for items on the conference agenda. The detailed breakdown of donor pledges is as follows:

asked Her Majesty's Government:(i) how many people speak English as their first language; (ii) how many people learn English as their second language; (iii) how many people learn English as a third or subsequent language; and (iv) what efforts are made by them directly or indirectly, and at what cost, to teach English to other than those who speak English as a first language.

It is estimated that about 300 million people speak English as their mother tongue. Probably another 375 million use it as an additional language, but it is impossible to distinguish between those who use English as a second or third language. The Government's efforts to teach English are carried out through the agency of the British Council and the BBC. In 1980 the British Council taught or helped to teach English directly to over 200,000 students in other countries and had 672 English teaching specialists at work overseas in Government departments, universities and other educational institutions and in the council's own offices. Some 130 of these specialists were provided by the Aid Programme under the Key English Language Teaching scheme in developing countries. The British Council estimate that the cost of this activity was more than £13 million. In addition much of their other work, for example libraries, book promotion work and exchange of persons programmes helps to foster the teaching and use of the English language.BBC English by Radio and Television teaches millions of learners in more than 100 countries through radio, television, video, films, publications and audio cassettes.English by Radio is transmitted in English for 30 hours 15 minutes each week. A further 30 hours of English tuition is broadcast each week in the BBC External Services vernacular programmes. Apart from direct broadcasts, English by Radio programmes are also put out by local broadcasting stations in more than 100 countries. The total cost to the grant in aid of these English by Radio activities in 1980–81 was £125,000.BBC English by Television series are purchased for screening on television and for use on video or film in various institutions in over 100 countries. BBC English by Television is currently self-financing.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What would have been the loss of revenue if occupational pensions had been reduced for tax purposes to take account of the annual rate of inflation in the years 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81.

I regret that this information is not available. The comparison suggested would in any event be misleading. To the extent that allowances and rate bands have themselves been increased to reflect inflation, the noble Lord's suggestion would represent a double allowance for the same factor.House adjourned at two minutes before eleven o'clock.