asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will make available copies of the evidence which the Government has given to the Committee of Inquiry into Civil Service pay, under the chairmanship of the right honourable Sir John Megaw.

The Government are making their formal written evidence to the Inquiry publicly available. Copies of the memoranda which they have recently submitted have been placed in the Library.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What were the terms of the "no-victimisation" clause in the agreement with the Civil Service unions on resumption of normal working after the strike earlier this year, and whether they apply to the unions as well as to the management side of this dispute; and:What were the terms of the "no-victimisation" agreement with the Civil Service unions on resumption of normal working after the strike and whether they apply to the unions as well as to the managerial side of this dispute, and if not, why not.

One of the provisions in the framework agreement for an orderly return to work, reached with the Civil Service non-industrial unions at the end of the pay dispute this year, states that there will be no penalisation by the official side of any staff who took part in the industrial action. The framework agreement also records the agreement of both sides to work towards restoring normal working relationships as soon as possible; and an undertaking by the trade union side to co-operate fully in achieving a speedy and orderly resumption of work, clearance of the backlog, and return to normal operation. These provisions could not be achieved if all staff failed to work harmoniously in the recovery process. I am encouraged by reports I have received that the return to work has, so far, gone well.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Home Office circular of 18th February 1976, published in

I will write to the noble and learned Lord giving a description of the likely system of the administration of justice in a post-nuclear attack period and I will enclose a copy of Home Office Circular No. ES 3/1976.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What measures they have taken in fulfilment of their Scientific, Educational and Cultural Agreement with the USSR of April 1981.

The biennial British/ Soviet Cultural Agreement regulates exchanges between people in the educational, scientific and cultural fields. It contains both facilitating clauses and others of a more specific nature dealing with the routine exchanges, activities and events which the two sides have agreed should take place. The British Government, through their agent the British Council, are fulfilling these obligations.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether consultations have been completed on the Interim Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Education of Children from the Minority Groups (Cmnd. 8273) published in June 1981; what action is to be taken, and when, on the recommendations set out in the report.

Interested bodies have been asked by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science to comment by 18th December 1981 at the latest on the recommendations made in the Committee of Inquiry's first report. My right honourable friend will make his response to this report when these comments have been considered.

asked Her Majesty's Government:In relation to the fire which took place at St. Bartholomew's Hospital on the night of 25th July 1981—(i) whether the number of fire doors then fitted complied with existing legislation; (ii) whether the number of fire doors then fitted is regarded as safe and satisfactory; (iii) whether there has been any improvement, and if so what, in the situation since that date.

Hospitals are not covered by the Fire Precautions Act 1971 but the City and East London Area Health Authority's policy is to maintain equivalent standards. The fire doors at St. Bartholomew's Hospital effectively controlled the fire but the opportunity is being taken to fit two extra fire doors as part of the reconstruction of the fire damaged area.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many district handicap teams, as recommended by the Court Committee on Child Health Services (1976) and encouraged by a DHSS circular, have been set up; and how many more are estimated to be necessary.

Information on the number of district handicap teams is not held centrally. The establishment of these teams is and must be a matter for local initiative, but the Government are encouraged by indications that a large number of health authorities already have multi-professional teams for comprehensive assessment in operation or planned; and the implementation of the new Education Bill may be expected to give a further impetus to this process.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What meaning they attach to the word "additionality"; and whether they consider their current use of this concept increases awareness of the benefits of membership of the EEC.

:"Additionality" is shorthand for the relation between UK receipts from the EC and public expenditure. There is "additionality" in that EC receipts make possible a higher level of public expenditure than would otherwise be possible. The term may be inelegant; but Government spokesmen have pointed on many occasions to the benefits of EC receipts.

asked Her Majesty's Government:To what extent Consular officials are able to offer legal advice or assistance to inquirers overseas.

Consular officers are not qualified to give legal advice; it is in any event no part of the function of Government to do so. However, posts are normally able to provide a list of lawyers practising locally who will of course be familiar with local law and procedures.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will place in the Library of the House a summary of the registration and naturalisation record, demographic surveys and passport records, together with any other information available, which were used in estimating the number of United Kingdom passport holders in Malaysia, together with any arithmetical calculations applied to the relevant information for the purpose of arriving at the estimate.

It would not be possible to classify and summarise the registration and naturalisation records without disproportionate cost. Nor is it possible to record specific demographic surveys and other information which formed the basis of the estimates of the number of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies in Malaysia at various times in recent years.These figures have been in the broad range of 1·3 million citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who also have Malaysian citizenship and 110–130,000 citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who have no other citizenship—the latter composed of an estimated 20,000 registered under Section 6(1) of the British Nationality Act 1948, and 9,000 naturalised as citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, mostly prior to independence, and an estimated 100,000 citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies under Section 12(3) of the British Nationality Act 1948. It is not possible to be more accurate.House adjourned at half past ten o'clock.