asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will offer placements in government departments to civil servants of the "5 plus 1" nations seeking to become full members of the European Union, rather than conducting twinning relations by e-mail as proposed. [HL212]

Her Majesty's Government are keen to help all 10 Central European EU candidate countries enhance their administrative capacity to implement European legislation by offering short-term placements in Whitehall departments.The UK will continue to offer a range of concrete measures to support the candidates' preparations for membership.In addition to, rather than as an alternative to, short-term inward placements, we are pursuing other initiatives, such as visits, outward placements and direct electronic links between experts, as well as participation in the Phare Programme's twinning scheme.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What information they have received about the alleged bombing of a hospital in Yei, in southern Sudan, in November. [HL218]

Our Khartoum staff in Nairobi report that in recent months the town of Yei has been bombed at least five times from high altitude by Government of Sudan bombers. Three of these bombings took place in November. On most of these occasions the hospital was hit and damage incurred to hospital buildings with a small number of fatalities and several injuries.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will ask the Turkish Government if (a) Mr. Hami Cakir and (b) Mr. Metin Yurtsever have died in police custody in Turkey; if so, whether those responsible will be brought to justice; and what information they have of recent violent attacks by the MHP (Grey Wolves) party and its Youth Wing on members of the HADEP (People's Democracy party). [HL256]

We understand that the deaths of Hami Cakir and Metin Yurtsever occurred while in police custody in Turkey. Officials from HADEP (People's Democracy Party) have indicated that they do not hold the Turkish police directly responsible for their deaths. It is believed that both men died as a result of injuries inflicted by extreme nationalist demonstrators at HADEP offices. We understand that members of the so-called "Grey Wolves" may have been responsible for a number of these violent attacks.We raised our concerns over the recent attacks on HADEP officials and offices during discussions with the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 7 December.

asked Her Majesty's GovernmentWhether the political dialogue opened up as a result of the European Union troika mission to Algeria in January has been sustained. [HL296]

As part of the ongoing political dialogue between the EU and Algeria, the Foreign Secretary held a bilateral meeting with his Algerian opposite number in June. The Minister of State, Derek Fatchett, represented the UK when the EU Troika and the Algerian Foreign Minister met in Vienna in October. The discussions were wide-ranging on both bilateral and European issues.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Answer by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 26 October (H.L. Deb., col. 1686) regarding the Government's policy towards the human rights record of China and Burma, respectively, whether they consider that, since democratic elections were held in Burma which were then undemocratically overturned, the human rights record of Burma justifies greater "outrage" on the part of the Government than the human rights record of China. [HL298]

We are deeply concerned about the human rights records of many countries and we judge these by the international standards which have been set out by the United Nations. We believe that it is important to address our human rights concerns in the way most likely to bring about concrete results in terms of practical progress on the ground. This will not be the same in each case. One of the important factors we take into account is the extent to which countries are ready to co-operate with the UN human rights system and also how far they are ready to undertake reform.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the introduction of free entry at all times for school children to the national museums and galleries in April 1999 is to be for all school children regardless of their nationality or country of residence; and [HL236]Whether the introduction of free entry at all times for "old-age pensioners" to the national museums and galleries in 2000 is to be for all old-age pensioners regardless of their nationality or country of residence. [HL237]

I can confirm that extra funds have been offered to the trustees of the major national collections to enable free entry for children from April 1999 and pensioners from April 2000 regardless of their nationality or country of residence.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether, in connection with the Consolidated Fund Bill, a statement has been made under the Human Rights Act 1998. [HL351]

I have today made a statement under Section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 that, in my view, the provisions of the Consolidated Fund Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Which funds, currently managed in Whitehall, will be transferred to the Scottish Parliament; and [HL279]Whether all funds currently made available to the Scottish Office will be available to the new Scottish administration; and, if not, what are the reasons for any exceptions; and [HL280]Whether any extra funds will be made available to the Scottish Office in respect of new or enhanced responsibilities; and whether they will specify these responsibilities and the sums required. [HL281]

Since funding for the functions transferred to the Scottish Ministers will be available to the Scottish Parliament, government departments are currently reviewing their programmes, in consultation with the Scottish Office, in the light of the Scotland Act to establish precisely what funds currently managed by departments other than the Scottish Office relate to functions which will transfer to the Scottish Ministers. Work is taking place to establish the extent of any such expenditure and to assess the need for any consequential transfer of funds to the Scottish Parliament. The Government intend to publish the funding arrangement for the Scottish Parliament, together with those of the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly, in due course.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What research and evaluation studies are currently planned into the implementation of the provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. [HL225]

The Government will evaluate carefully the effects of the Act's provisions through the regular collection of criminal justice statistics, special data collections and regular research exercises.The Home Office will collect and analyse the local crime audits and crime reduction strategies required under the Act. These will form the basis for planning further research and evaluation on the work of the local crime and disorder partnerships in order to identify good practice and assess the partnerships' impact.Pilot studies concerning television links between courts and prisons, drug treatment and testing orders, the Narey measures to reduce delays and the youth justice measures are being evaluated by independent assessors and the Home Office.The six-month studies of live television links are being independently evaluated by Joyce Plotnikoff and Richard Wolfson. The drug treatment and testing orders are being evaluated by the Home Office with a team from South Bank University. The pilots of the Narey measures are being evaluated by consultants Ernst & Young. The youth justice pilots, which began in 10 areas of the country on 30 September and will run for 18 months, are being evaluated by a team led by Sheffield University.The Home Office, police and Crown Prosecution Service plan also to monitor the effectiveness of the provisions covering racially aggravated offences. Other provisions of the Act which are currently under consideration for research include anti-social behaviour orders, sex offender orders, home detention curfew and statutory time limit provisions.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Why the 1997 Labour Party Manifesto is listed as a government publication in the consultation document

The Labour Party Manifesto should have been included separately in the bibliography rather than under "Related Government Publications". The reference has been amended for the reprint of Supporting Families, which will be available from 16 December. The error is regretted.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether, in the light of an article by Jon Swain in

We fully support the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and we provide considerable assistance to it. Under the United Nationals (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) Order 1996, powers exist to arrest persons upon receipt of a warrant or request from the tribunal, but the order does not provide for arrest in advance of such receipt.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What assessment they have made of the reconviction rates, or other measures of the effectiveness, of Offending Behaviour Programmes and Sex Offender Treatment Programmes in the Prison Service; how this compares with the assessments made of similar programmes in the United States; how much is being spent in the current year on these programmes; and whether any other means of reducing recidivist behaviour are being considered. [HL232]

The standards for Prison Service accredited offending behaviour programmes are based on a large body of research on what works in reducing reoffending in a wide variety of countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Sweden, the Netherlands and elsewhere. The effectiveness of the service's accredited programmes is therefore likely to be comparable with them.The Prison Service is undertaking a long-term evaluation exercise into programme effectiveness, but it will be some years before firm conclusions can be drawn across the full range of programmes because of the need to wait to see whether participants are reconvicted. Interim outcomes relating to attitudinal and other change which is predictive of changes in recidivism are available for the sex offender treatment programme, and were reported in Home Office Research Findings No. 79 (ISSN 1364–6540).About 3,000 prisoners are expected to complete accredited programmes this financial year. The cost in prisons of delivering these programmes is approximately £7.2 million.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have yet agreed upon a definition of the word "family" as used in the consultation document

The aim of our policies is to support families, whatever their structure. Supporting Families is intended to be inclusive: we see no need to enter into a debate over definitions.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether there is any precedent for a Royal Commission agreeing to report within a time limit. [HL235]

The Royal Commission on Long-Term Care of the Elderly was established in December 1997 to examine a range of options for a fair and sustainable system of funding long-term care and to recommend, within 12 months, how the cost of such care should be apportioned between public funds and individuals. The Commission's first substantive meeting took place on 15 January 1998 and it is expected to publish its report at the beginning of 1999.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Williams of Mostyn on 16 November (

Phoenix includes the national criminal record database and applications containing details of disqualified drivers, sex offenders, and persons who are wanted or missing.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What measures are being taken to prevent the theft or diversion of emergency food aid delivered to southern Sudan. [HL219]

The World Food Programme (WPF) has increased the number of food aid monitors in 17 locations of Southern Sudan. WPF is taking a more direct role in targeting food aid, but food continues to be diverted. The UN and the donor community are pressing the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLA) to take action to put an end to this practice.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will place in the Library of the House details of any projects aimed at countering violence against women which are assisted through Department for International Development programmes. [HL233]

The Department for International Development (DFID) is supporting a number of projects aimed at countering violence against women. A list of projects addressing this issue will be compiled by DFID and placed in the Library of the House by early in the new year.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What action they are taking in the light of the report by Professor McManus of University College London on discrimination in recruitment against ethnic minorities in respect of entry to medical schools. [HL294]

The Government welcome the steps taken by the Council of Heads of Medical Schools (CHMS) to ensure that their members have selection and admissions procedures which are fair and open. We welcome also the involvement of the Commission for Racial Equality in advising schools on standards for racial equality in recruitment and selection. We look to CHMS to monitor closely progress made in implementing their action plan.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What steps they are taking to deal with under-achievement by boys in primary and secondary schools; and what progress is being made. [HL249]

Raising standards of achievement for all pupils is at the heart of this Government's education policies. The successful implementation of those policies—particularly the literacy and numeracy strategies—will have a major effect on boys' and girls' levels of achievement.Boys' levels of achievement are a continuing cause of concern, particularly in early literacy. We have therefore put in place a number of policies which are specifically directed at boys. LEAs are now required to demonstrate, where relevant, in their Education Development Plans the action they will take to address this issue. We are ensuring that trainee teachers are aware of the need to set high standards, regardless of gender. We have encouraged and enabled schools to analyse the performance of groups of pupils by gender. The National Year of Reading is promoting positive images of fathers and other males reading to children, especially to boys. We are also funding several independent projects aimed at changing boys' perceptions of reading.Education Action Zones are required to look at issues affecting particular groups of pupils, such as boys' under-achievement. Some of the zones are looking at this issue as a priority within their action plans.In addition, we are providing financial and other support to about 140 work-related learning projects involving over 700 secondary schools. These projects are aimed at disaffected and under-achieving pupils at key stage 4. By delivering vocational and practical education in college and work contexts, they should help to raise attainments and improve attitudes. Given their relative underperformance at this stage, more boys than girls are gaining from these projects. We have also introduced, from this September, regulations allowing schools to disapply aspects of the National Curriculum at key stage 4 for selected pupils to offer them work-related learning programmes.The Government are monitoring closely the effects of these policies on boys' levels of achievement. It is too early to evaluate their impact on levels of achievement.

asked Her Majesty's Government:When the quinquennial review of the Equal Opportunities Commission, due to be published in September 1997, is now expected to be issued. [HL252]

We expect to publish the report of the quinquennial review of the EOC and place copies in the Libraries of the House in January 1999.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What programmes have been embarked upon by the Equal Opportunities Commission to encourage women and girls into specific occupations where they are deemed to be numerically under-represented; whether the Commission has set in train similar programmes to encourage men and boys into occupations where they are numerically under-represented; and if not why not. [HL250]

The Equal Opportunities Commission wants women and men to have access to the full range of jobs in every sector and at every level in the economy. The Commission supports the use of lawful measures by training, industry and employer organisations to encourage women or men into non-traditional areas of work. It may from time to time support such initiatives but the Commission does not itself fund programmes directed at one sex only.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will use the earliest legislative opportunity to ensure the protection against corporal punishment provided for all school pupils in England and Wales under Section 131 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is extended to all pupils in Scotland and Northern Ireland. [HL197]

The Government consider that children in independent schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland should benefit from the same protection against corporal punishment as in England and Wales. It will, however, fall to the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly to consider appropriate legislation to ensure this.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will introduce a Bill to reform the law in Scotland relating to incapable adults; and, if so, when and in which Parliament. [HL192]

The subject of decision-making on behalf of adults who are unable to manage their own affairs is an important one. The Government have been made fully aware of the issues through the report by the Scottish Law Commission in 1995 and subsequent public consultation, which attracted a substantial and carefully considered response. We accept the need for reform of the existing legislation in this important area of the law that provides support and protection for some of the most vulnerable people in society.It will be within the competence of the Scottish Parliament to legislate in this area and this statement cannot pre-empt announcements about the Scottish Parliament's legislative programme. It excludes consideration of the SLC's recommendations about medical treatment and research and advance statements. These are sensitive issues and we received many responses on them in the consultation exercise. We have not made any decisions on these matters yet; and we shall also want to consider what emerges from the Lord Chancellor's recent consultation exercise on similar proposals for England and Wales.We agree with the general principles proposed by the SLC that any intervention should: produce a benefit for the adult; be least restrictive of the adult's freedom; wherever possible encourage the adult to use existing skills and acquire new skills, and take account of the present and past wishes of the adult.In relation to particular aspects of the report, we agree with the SLC on the following:The proposed definition of mental incapacity;The current office of the Accountant of Court should be expanded to form a new office of Public Guardian;The function of the Public Guardian should be to maintain public registers of all those authorised to take decisions on behalf of an incapable adult and to supervise and monitor the performance of financial guardians;The recognition of continuing and welfare powers of attorney and the introduction of public scrutiny of the exercise of such powers;The creation of a new concept of guardianship to provide for a broad and flexible system of one-off intervention orders and longer-term guardianship, with appropriate welfare or financial powers as ordered by the court; and

asked Her Majesty's Government:What plans there are to review the operations of the War Pensions Agency. [HL338]

Departments are required to undertake a Prior Options Review of their Next Steps Agencies from time to time as their Framework Agreements expire. The War Pension Agency's Framework Agreement expires in 1999 and a review will be carried out to examine the available options for administering the war pensions scheme for the next five years. We will be consulting ex-service organisations and representatives of war pensioners. I will be writing to the members of the Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions to ask them for their views.We expect to announce the results of the review in autumn 1999.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Working Group into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome announced on 4 November will be considering whether Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), as defined by the "Dowsett" or "London" criteria, is a distinct illness from that characterised by the "Oxford" or "CDC 1994" criteria for the purposes of clinical management. [HL293]

The remit of the Working Group on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) has not yet been fully defined. It is intended that it will review management and practice in the field of CFS/ME with the aim of providing best practice guidelines for professionals, patients and carers to improve the quality of care and treatment for people with CFS/ME.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many case reports from parents of adverse reaction by their children to vaccines the Medicines Control Agency has received; and [HL292]Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman on 7 December (

By 9 December 1998 the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) had received 531 reports from parents of adverse reactions to vaccines given to children. The working group has made considerable progress in assessing reports for which medical documentation is available, and its report is expected next year.We understand that the MCA-sponsored study of autism in relation to measles, mumps and rubella vaccine has been completed and that the authors will shortly submit this work for publication in the medical literature.

asked Her Majesty's Government:

asked Her Majesty's Government:How the Immigration Appeals Adjudicators, Special Adjudicators, Chairmen of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal and lay members of that Tribunal are recruited; what selection criteria are applied; what the length and content of their training are; what provision is made for ongoing training after appointment; and how performance is monitored on an ongoing basis. [HL181]

All the above posts, apart from lay members of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal, whose posts are only part-time, may be occupied on a full-time or part-time basis. All posts are filled by open advertised competition apart from a few occasions when I have directly seconded serving Circuit Judges to the Tribunal. Candidates for full-time positions must have served in a part time capacity for long enough to establish competence and suitability for full-time appointment. There are no statutory qualifications for appointment as a part-time Immigration Adjudicator. However, in practice, I will only consider persons who hold a seven-year general qualification within the meaning of Section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (i.e. a right of audience in any class of proceedings in any part of the Supreme Court or in all proceedings in the county courts or Magistrates' courts) who are advocates or solicitors in Scotland, or barristers or solicitors in Northern Ireland, of not less than seven years' standing. Part-time Chairmen of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal are normally recruited from the ranks of part-time Immigration Adjudicators.Lay members of the Tribunal require no specific qualifications as such.All applicants are required to submit the names of three persons able to comment on their suitability for appointment, together with application forms designed to seek out information which will enable them to be assessed against the published selection criteria. Apart from the statutory requirement mentioned above, these relate to age, health, character, legal knowledge and experience, skills and abilities, and personal qualities. Candidates must also be able to satisfy the physical requirements of the office. Selected applicants are interviewed by a three-member panel consisting of a member of the relevant judiciary, one of my senior officials and a lay person. In reaching their decisions, the panel would take into account the views as to suitability provided by the consultees, as well as the strength of the competition on that particular occasion. The recommendations of the panel would be submitted to me, but the decision on whom to appoint rests entirely with me.All judiciary appointed to the IAA are subject to an initial induction programme that includes a two-day residential training course before they are permitted to sit. Special Adjudicators are then required to attend a further two-day residential course before they can be assigned to handle asylum appeals. There have been several recent appointments of new Adjudicators and Tribunal Chairmen who have previously sat in other jurisdictions (e.g. Recorders and Circuit Judges) who have had an abbreviated special/adjudicator course. In addition to the standard induction programme, each hearing centre has at least one formal training day per year, there is a two-day residential judicial conference every two years, as well as other occasional

asked Her Majesty's Government:What are the ethnic origins of Immigration Appeals Adjudicators, Chairmen of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal and lay members of that Tribunal. [HL182]

There are a total of 248 Immigration Appeals Adjudicators, of whom 239 are designated as Special Adjudicators. There are also 39 Chairmen of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal and 20 lay members of that Tribunal. Questions asking the ethnic origin of candidates for legal appointments to the Immigration Appellate Authorities have been included on application forms only since 1991. Candidates have never been under an obligation to answer such questions. However, from the information currently held, I can say that amongst the Immigration Adjudicators there are a total of 119 White, two West Indian, one Pakistani, one Chinese, two Asian, two African, one Euro-African and 120 whose ethnic origins remain unknown. Of the above who are designated as Special Adjudicators the breakdown is 90 White, one West Indian, one Pakistani, one Chinese, one Euro-African and 145 unknown. The ethnic origins of the Chairmen of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal and the lay members of that Tribunal are unknown.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What disposal methods are being used to stockpile rendered offal from the BSE eradication scheme; and whether they can confirm that such offal has not been or will not be dumped at sea. [HL157]

Commission Regulation 716/96 requires that the carcases of cattle purchased under the Over Thirty Months Scheme (OTMS) are disposed of by incineration or rendered and destroyed; broadly similar provisions are contained in the Commission legislation governing the Selective and Offspring Culls. All these schemes are open only to animals showing no clinical symptoms of BSE.A small proportion of carcases, including all offspring cull carcases, are incinerated direct and the ash landfilled in appropriately licensed sites. The majority of OTMS and Selective Cull carcases, however, are rendered and the resultant material—meat-and-bone meal (MBM) and tallow—is currently being safely and securely stored pending destruction.

asked Her Majesty's Government:When they plan to publish the Government's Forestry Strategy for England. [HL269]

On 8 December 1998 we published A New Focus for England's Woodlands, our forestry strategy for England, and a copy was placed in the Library.The strategy sets out our priorities and programmes for the creation and management of woods and forests in England. It will help to focus discussion on how we, in partnership with other organisations, can work to ensure that England's woods and forests continue to provide benefits for England's people.The strategy sets out a series of actions to help achieve our priorities and to help implement our key programmes. The strategy is not prescriptive. It sets out the framework for the Government's continued support for forestry in England and will guide the targeting of our resources in the years ahead.

asked Her Majesty's Government:In respect of the proposals in the Maidenhead flood relief scheme to remove about three million tonnes of gravel for resale to the construction industry, whether the Environment Agency has investigated the full environmental effects of removing the gravel by road and rail; and how, in coming to its decision about the preferred option, it will take into account the full environmental benefits of rail transport. [HL127]

I understand that the Environment Agency has investigated the environmental advantages and disadvantages of using either road or rail for transporting the gravel generated by the construction of the Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton flood alleviation scheme. The agency will take full account of both environmental and economic factors in selecting the preferred option.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What plans have been made to introduce measures to secure scallop stock conservation. [HL191]

Following issue of a consultative paper in June this year and careful consideration of the responses, it has been decided to proceed with the introduction of specific licensing arrangements for over 10-metre vessels fishing for scallops using mechanical dredging gear.Permission to fish for scallops with mechanical dredging gear will be granted where vessel owners can demonstrate that they currently hold licences with a history of having caught a minimum of 1 tonne of scallops by this method in any calendar year during the period 1 January 1994 to 31 May 1998. The users of mechanical dredging gear will be required to complete a logbook for all fishing trips during which scallops are caught. Where licences are aggregated, the permission to fish for scallops with mechanical dredging gear will only be given if all the donor licences carried that permission.These arrangements are planned to take effect from 1 April 1999 and will be reviewed after two years in the light of experience. The review will take account also of progress towards the development of more precisely targeted conservation measures.A number of respondents to the consultation exercise proposed that scallop licensing should be introduced for vessels of 10 metres and under. This will be considered as part of broader management arrangements for these vessels. However, I should make it clear that if scallop licensing were to be introduced in this context, the reference period for determining eligibility would also be 1 January 1994 to 31 May 1998.Fisheries departments will be writing to all owners of over 10-metre vessels setting out the criteria for qualification for a licence and inviting applications. The letter will also deal with the arrangements for considering applications from those who do not meet the qualifying criteria but who have made a financial commitment to invest in a scallop vessel, gear or licences for aggregation onto a scallop vessel prior to 31 May 1998.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What plans they have for the development of the Government's Foresight Programme. [HL330]

I am delighted to announce that the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has published today the blueprint for the next round of Foresight, which will start in April 1999. Copies have been filed in the Library.The next round of Foresight will have a broader focus than before. The work will be taken forward through 10 sectoral panels and three thematic panels looking at the ageing population, crime prevention and the future of manufacturing. Associate programmes will be run by professional institutions and other organisations, working closely with the Office of Science and Technology.There will be many avenues for participation, with a particular emphasis on involving young people. An Internet-based Knowledge Pool will provide a unique resource to support Foresight participants and promote widespread debate on emerging results and conclusions.The Government's vision is to put the future on Britain's side. We have the talent to exploit the opportunities of the future. The forthcoming Competitiveness White Paper will set out a framework for the Government's role in helping British business to achieve this. Foresight is a central part of that framework.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What is the total amount owed by Algeria under Export Credit Guarantees at the most recent date. [HL148]

The total amount owed by Algeria at the end of November 1998 was £174 million.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether living artists who have given works of art to public collections are entitled to a share of the profits when their works are leased to private commercial organisations. [HL202]

Under copyright law, artists are granted rights which generally allow them to authorise or prohibit rental or lending of originals or copies of their works to the public. This is as required by Directive 92/100 EEC, which was implemented in the UK by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996. Artists therefore have legal rights to obtain benefits from leasing of their works, including to commercial organisations. However, any benefits artists derive when they donate a work to a public collection will depend on what arrangements they have made with the collection, including whether they have assigned their rights.

asked the Chairman of Committees:With reference to the granite setts outside Chancellor's Gate: