asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Prevention of Terrorism Act an exclusion order could lawfully be served excluding someone from Wales or Scotland or England.

No. Exclusion orders under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1976 may only exclude a person from Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What action they propose to take arising from the decision of the Government of the United States of America not to sign the International Law of the Sea Treaty adopted by 130 nations; whether the Law of the Sea Conference will be recalled; and whether, in association with others, they will seek to influence the United States Government to reverse their decision.

We are examining the texts which were, adopted at the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference in the light of all our national interests. There will be a meeting of the conference in September to consider the work of the Drafting Committee. We continue to remain in touch with all our major allies on this subject.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have made representations to the Government of Malaysia concerning the hanging of persons convicted under a procedure objected to by the Malaysian Bar, and, if so, with what results.

As was stated in another place on 25th June, the ten member states of the European Community recently made a collective appeal for clemency on behalf of Tan Chay Wa, a Singaproean sentenced to death under the Malaysian Internal Security Act. So far as we are aware, he has neither been reprieved nor executed.

asked Her Majesty's Government:When, and on what evidence or discovery, the gassing of badgers with cyanide was believed to be inhumane, and whether the use of cyanide gassing of foxes will now be outlawed.

; A copy of the report in question has been placed in the Library of the House. The experimental work, which was carried out with ferrets and badgers, provides no information on the cyanide gassing of foxes. We are considering this further.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have made adequate arrangements for the delivery of mail throughout the country in the event of a national rail stoppage.

This is an operational matter which falls within the responsibility of the Post Office under the Post Office Act 1969. I am advised by the Post Office, however, that they will try to maintain all the main postal services in the event of a total rail stoppage. As around 70 per cent. of letters and 60 per cent. of parcels normally go by rail at some stage of their journey, some delays will be inevitable. However, I understand that during the recent disruption in rail services, the majority of mail was still being delivered within the Post Office's normal service targets.House adjourned at ten minutes past nine o'clock.