asked Her Majesty's Government:What has been the outcome of consultations on the 24th Report of the Law Reform Committee on Latent Damage (Cmnd. 9390).

Following publication of the Law Reform Committee's Report, on 29th November 1984, my department received a number of representations from a broad range of interested groups. In the light of the comments received, the Government propose to introduce legislation based on the committee's recommendations as soon as parliamentary time is available.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How much grant-aid was paid from public funds by (

The following grants have been provided by the bodies concerned towards these facilities:

	Nature Conservancy Council	Countryside Commission for Scotland
(i) Inverdruie	—	£26,345
(ii) Loch an Eilein	£12,800	£6,405

Since the centres opened, the Nature Conservancy Council has provided £9,185 towards the running costs at Loch an Eilein up to August 1984 and the Countryside Commission for Scotland £87,314 towards the running costs of the Rothiemurchus Estate ranger service, which includes duties in connection with the two centres. No grants have been given for the running or maintenance costs of the facilities by the Highlands and Islands Development Board, the Scottish Tourist Board or the Scottish Sports Council. I have no information concerning the provision or otherwise of support by local authorities or other public bodies.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What is their response to the report of the West Midlands Low Pay Unit which provides evidence that the Youth Training Scheme has undermined legal rates of pay and helped provide a source of cheap labour.

The prime puropse of the Youth Training Scheme is to provide quality training to help create a competitive economy. As the scheme is also helping to reduce young people's earnings to more realistic levels, this should improve their job prospects and is therefore to be welcomed. The West Midlands Low Pay Unit's report provides no evidence that the Youth Training Scheme has undermined the statutory minimum rates set by wages councils.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What would be the cost (a) to them and (b) to other employers if a statutory right to three weeks' paternity leave were granted to all new fathers.

I regret that the information requested is not available.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they yet know (as they did not on 30th October 1984) whether there are any anti-Sandinista forces in Honduras and if so how and when they found out.

On 13th and 16th May we received reports that the Honduran foreign minister had referred publicly to the presence of contra forces in Honduras.

asked Her Majesty's Government:If they will make a statement about their proposals for the administration and servicing of the outstanding debt of the Greater London Council and the metropolitan county councils following their abolition.

I refer my noble friend to the answer given by the Minister for Local Government in another House on 16th November 1984 [Official Report, Commons; cols. 376–380]. The proposals contained in that answer will form the basis for the administration and servicing of the outstanding debt of the Greater London Council and the metropolitan county councils following abolition.