asked Her Majesty's Government:What would be the approximate cost to public funds of agricultural subsidies for fencing, improvement and other operations on the Crown Estate common near Plynlimon were they to give approval for the fencing proposals that are now awaiting a decision by the Secretary of State for Wales.

The planting, fencing and land improvements proposed by the Crown Estate Commissioner could, if carried out in full, result in grant of the order of £50,000. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Wales has personally visited the site and his decision on the fencing proposals will be made shortly.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the information contained in

The most recent edition of Home Defence and the Farmer was published in 1962, and this is now out of print. An updated version is being prepared but no date can yet be given for its publication.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will list those sites in Northern Ireland that have been listed under the "Ramsar Convention", what further areas are under consideration for listing, and when formal listing of these sites can be expected.

Lough Neagh and the adjacent Lough Beg have been listed as a United Kingdom wetlands site of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. Strangford Lough and Lough Foyle are under consideration for listing, but it is not possible to indicate when this might be achieved.

asked her Majesty's Government:Why they refuse access to journalists to police cells where remand prisoners are held.

Access by journalists to police cells in the Metropolitan Police District is a matter for the commissioner, but I understand that arrangements for a visit are in hand.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will make a statement about ministerial salaries in the light of the outcome of the debate in the House of Commons on 19th July.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many remand prisoners who would ordinarily have been detained in prisons within the London area had to be accommodated in police cells during June; how many of these were outside the Metropolitan area, and whether they will give the locations and the numbers in each;what

In the light of the opinion of the House of Commons on 19th July on MPs' pay, the Government Consider that Ministers' and other office holders' salaries should be established for the period up to the end of 1987. The table below sets out the Government's proposals. The salaries shown are those to which office holders are entitled; some individuals draw less. At 1st January 1984, 1st January 1985, 1st January 1986 and 1st January 1987 the percentage increases will be the same as for MPs, as shown in the table below.The additional cost of implementing these proposals is estimated at £0.14 million in 1983–84, £0·22 million in 1984–85, £0·17 million in 1985–86 and £0·17 million in 1986–87. For 1983–84 these costs will be contained within the provision for total public expenditure in the latest public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 8789).arrangements they have made for solicitors' and family visits to the prisoners concerned, and whether the Chief Inspector of Prisons or any other independent person has the duty of monitoring the conditions under which they are being held to ensure that they approximate to the European Standards; andWhat is the longest period for which any remand prisoner has been held in police custody.

The only readily available information relates to the number of prisoners recorded as held overnight in police custody from London and the South East, as follows: