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Local Government (Sick Days)
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many days were lost through sickness in local government in the last available year, and what is the number of statutory sick days allowed in each sector.
Mr. Key : My Department does not collect information on time off through sickness in local government. The terms and conditions of employment of local authority staff, including time off through sickness, are, by section 112 of the Local Government Act 1972, a question to be settled by each local authority.
Video Recordings
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the titles of the video recordings purchased by his Department during the financial year 1990-91 and 1991-92 to date.
Mr. Heseltine : My Department does not keep central records of such purchases and the information could be collected only at disproportionate cost.
House Building
Ms. Gordon : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the figures for house building in 1990 for each local authority, breaking down the figures into private, local authority, housing association and new town units.
Mr. Yeo : The figures requested are shown in Table 1(a) of "Local Housing Statistics : England and Wales", No. 97--April 1991--a copy of which is in the Library.
Homelessness
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish statistics listing the number of homeless applicants and the number of people housed under the homeless persons legislation by each local authority in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which statistics are available.
Mr. Yeo : The available information relates to the number of households on whom inquiries have been completed by local authorities under the homelessness legislation and, of these, the number accepted and found accommodation. This is already published.
The reported figures for individual local authorities appear quarterly in "Local Housing Statistics : England and Wales ". Annual totals for 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 are given in table 9(b) of volume Nos. 82, 86, 90 and 94, respectively. The 1990 totals are not yet published but figures for the four quarters separately are in table 9(a) of No. 94 and in table 9 of Nos. 95 to 97 of the same publication. Copies are in the Library.
Public Appointments
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the full-time and part-time public appointments for which his Department was responsible for each of the past five years together with the salary and the date when each appointment is due for renewal.
Mr. Heseltine : Information about full-time and part-time public appointments and levels of remuneration
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for the past five years for which my Department was responsible is given in the annual HMSO publication "Public Bodies" and "Public Appointments : A Handbook for Women's Organisations". Copies of these publications are held in the Library of the House.Environmental Action Guide
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he intends to produce the "Environmental Action Guide" ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Yeo : The "Environmental Action Guide" is now being printed and should be published by HMSO, on behalf of the Department of the Environment, in July. Copies will be placed in the Library. The more detailed advisory notes on specific technical and management topics will follow as soon as possible.
Hospitality Fund
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the expenditure covered by his Department's hospitality fund for the financial year (a) 1989-90, (b) 1990-91 and (c) 1991-92 to date.
Mr. Heseltine : Within my Department responsibility for expenditure on hospitality is delegated to senior managers, subject to detailed rules. No central record is kept of the individual items. Total expenditure for my Department, including the Property Services Agency services, the Building Research Establishment agency, the Historic Royal Palaces agency and the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre agency, is as follows :
|£
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1989-90 |83,500
1990-91 |<1>145,000
1991-92 |<2>20,000
<1> Provisional.
<2> To date.
Local Government Review
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action would be necessary for a parish or town council in England to be dissolved.
Mr. Key : A parish or town council in England can only be dissolved while the parish or town remains as a local government area, if there are fewer than 150 local government electors in the parish or town. In such cases the district council, on the application of the parish meeting, may by order dissolve the council.
A district council may review a parish or town and propose that its area should cease to form part of any parish. Such a proposal, if endorsed by the Local Government Boundary Commission and implemented by an order of the Secretary of State, would result in the end of the parish or town as a local government area, and with it the end of the parish or town council.
Tribunals
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what consideration he has given for a new title of the present valuation and community charge
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tribunals once the new council tax comes into effect ; if he will be issuing new guidance notes ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Key : The Government's consideration of the council tax appeal arrangements will include the matters mentioned by the hon. Member.
Community Charge (Students)
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether students normally resident in Northern Ireland but who spend approximately nine months of term time attending university in England, Scotland or Wales are required to pay community charge for July, August and September, when residing in their parents' homes in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Key : Full-time students in England, Scotland and Wales are treated as having their sole or main residence at the place where they are resident for the purpose of undertaking the course. They are therefore liable to pay the community charge at their term time address from the day the course commences until the day it ceases, including vacations.
Housing Statistics
Mr. Soley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many (a) self-contained units and (b) bed spaces in housing association rehabilitation schemes received initial project approval for housing association grant in each of the years 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91 and are planned for 1991-92 excluding re-improvements to existing properties owned by housing associations or local authorities for (1) Greater London, (2) inner London and (3) each London borough ;
(2) how many units or bed spaces in housing association rehabilitation schemes received project approval under the Housing Corporation's new programme for rent in each of the years 1988-89, 1989-90 and 1990-91 and are planned for 1991-92 excluding re-improvements to existing housing association properties for (a) Greater London, (b) inner London and (c) each London borough distinguishing between self-contained units and bed spaces.
Sir George Young : These are matters for the Housing Corporation. I have therefore asked the corporation to respond to the hon. Member direct. The subsequent reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Cavity Wall Insulation
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will bring forward proposals for improved standards of thermal insulation in building regulations in respect of cavity wall insulation ; and if he will revise the approved document entitled "Conservation of Fuel and Power" so as to require U values to be calculated on a more realistic basis.
Mr. Yeo : The Building Research Establishment is carrying out a study to see how the higher standards for the conservation of fuel and power in the building regulations, which came into force last year, are working in practice. The results of this study, together with other work, will be used as a basis for considering how the standards in the building regulations can be further strengthened.
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I have received from Eurisol a copy of its report of an investigation into the heat loss through certain cavity wall constructions. I have asked the Building Research Establishment to examine the report, and its supporting evidence, and advise on any implications for the building regulations.Aggregates
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the length of time that will be available for public consultation on the draft of a revised mineral plan guidance note 6.
Mr. Yeo : It is not the intention to publish draft guidelines for consultation until the end of this year at the earliest. A decision will be taken at that time over the time length for public consultation but it is expected to be three months.
Press and Public Relations
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total expenditure by his Department on press and public relations, including staff and running costs, in 1979-80 and in each following year ; and what is his estimate for 1990-91 and budget for 1991-92.
Mr. Heseltine : Further to the answers which I gave to the hon. Member on 25 and 30 April, Official Report, column 492 , and column 137 , respectively, the latest estimate of outturn for 1990-91 is £7.7 million and the current budget for 1991-92 is £6.8 million ; the latter figure excludes Property Services Agency services and the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre where budgets have not yet been finalised.
Drought Precautions
Mr. Anthony Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what measures have been taken to secure water supplies in the event of a hot, dry summer ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : While skilful resource management and average rainfall last winter restored the levels of most surface water reservoirs, the cumulative effect of two hot, dry summers, and three relatively dry winters has severely reduced the levels of water stored underground in aquifers. In parts of the south-east and east, some groundwater levels are at the lowest recorded for the time of year.
The prime responsibility for ensuring the adequacy of water supplies rests with the water companies, under the Water Act 1989. But the National Rivers Authority is responsible for abstraction licenses and for ensuring that water resources are used judiciously. I have therefore been consulting Lord Crickhowell, chairman of the National Rivers Authority, about the measures that have been taken to secure water supplies should we see a return to hot, dry weather this summer. This statement reflects these consultations.
Contingency planning to overcome potential difficulties has been carried out, drawing on experience gained over the past two years. Supported by the Government, the NRA has placed particular emphasis on the need for close liaison with the water undertakers and other interested parties, such as the National Farmers Union. A number of
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ad hoc groups are also in place for assessing the situation and developing plans to alleviate possible difficulties. In accordance with the contingency plans developed in this way, appropriate measures are being phased in as the situation demands.Among the first steps aimed at conserving resources has been the widespread use of publicity campaigns to alert the general pubic, industry and agriculture to possible shortages of water. Such campaigns have been promoted both by the NRA and water supply undertakers through the press, radio, television and also the distribution of leaflets, public meetings and visits to schools. These campaigns are planned to continue throughout the summer in areas at risk and are generally aimed at increasing awareness of the situation and encouraging the wise use of water.
Plans to use water resources to best effect are being implemented as necessary by reducing abstractions from sources that are running low, such as aquifers in the south-east, while increasing supplies drawn from rivers and reservoirs. Where appropriate, existing pipeline links have been supplemented by advancing the construction of those planned for the future or by laying temporary pipes. Also, in some cases water companies and the NRA have applied to my right hon. Friend for drought orders authorising increased abstractions or reduced discharges, which has helped to refill reservoirs during the winter and secure additional resources for the summer, and water companies in some areas have been able to develop new bore holes or recommission previously abandoned sources.
To reduce demand, water companies have introduced hosepipe or sprinkler bans in the affected areas and these have been shown to produce worthwhile savings. A sprinkler can use in one hour as much water as an average family in one day, or even more ; indeed, when demand is high in summer, bans are sometimes necessary because distribution systems cannot cope.
In collaboration with the NRA, and in consultation with NFU and others, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has sought improvements in the way that water is applied to crops and the manner in which restrictions should best be imposed. The result is a leaflet on good irrigation practice. Apart from the potential savings in the use of water, the guidance provides for early warning by the NRA of the need to impose restrictions on spray irrigation. It is now being applied in the NRA's Anglian region.
In the longer term, the NRA is making plans to ensure that resources are developed to meet demand into the next century. As a first step, the NRA has published a preliminary survey of the prospects for public water supplies to the year 2011, in a report entitled "Demand and Resources of Water Undertakers in England and Wales", copies of which are available in the Library.
In addition, the NRA is investigating options for the strategic development of water resources including major new water transfer schemes. It is taking a fresh look at options hitherto considered uneconomic, such as a national grid and desalination, and expects to publish initial results this autumn. These results will then contribute to the NRA's development of a broad national development strategy to meet expected demand from all sources.
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Mineral Workings
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what steps he proposes to take to protect the environment, in addition to any schemes of working that may be agreed by local planning authorities, in those areas where (i) a dormant Interim Development Order-- IDO--permission is re-activated following registration or (ii) mineral working continues to take place under active IDO permissions, in the period before the introduction of any changes to the powers of local authorities established under the Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981 as a result of the current review of that Act ;
(2) when he will publish the findings of the working group currently undertaking the review of local authorities' powers under the Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981 ;
(3) what steps he proposes to take to compensate property owners who suffer blight as a result of discovering they live in or adjacent to prospective mineral workings following registration of IDO permissions ;
(4) what plans he has to include environmental and amenity organisations in the working group currently undertaking the review of local authorities' powers under the Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981 ; and if he will make a statement ;
(5) if he will list the members of the working group currently undertaking the review of local authorities' powers under the Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981, and if he will state the basis on which members were appointed.
Mr. Yeo : The amendments that the Government introduced in the Planning and Compensation Bill at Report stage on 16 May to deal with IDOs, provide that a dormant IDO permission cannot be reactivated until a scheme of operating and restoration conditions has been approved by the mineral planning authority. In any other case, such a scheme must be submitted for the mineral planning authority's approval within 12 months of the permission being registered. These amendments will ensure that in a relatively short period of time the details of all valid IDO permissions will be known, that the permissions are brought up to acceptable standards and that dormant sites cannot be reactivated without warning or proper conditions. It would not be appropriate to make provision for compensation for property owners who find themselves living adjacent to mineral working sites. However, the proposals in the Planning and Compensation Bill will ensure that all sites operate to acceptable standards. Statutory blight provisions only apply where there is a formal indication that land may need to be acquired by a body possessing compulsory powers. Where nuisance arises from development carried out under statutory powers, legislation is in place to compensate affected landowners for depreciation. Where land is affected by nuisance from private development, it is open to any owner to take action against those causing the nuisance or for him to seek damages through the courts.
The amendments we have introduced to deal with IDOs do not preclude the mineral planning authority from taking action under their existing powers, introduced by the Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981. The Government have announced that they are reviewing these powers and this review is being undertaken by officials
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with the assistance of a small informal working group comprising three representatives of the County Planning Officers Society and three representatives of the minerals industry. The review, which is already under way, is examining the technical details of the provisions. The Government have no plans to change the membership of the working group. However, interested bodies are welcome to submit representations, and any proposed changes arising from the review will be the subject of full public consultation, including environmental and amenity groups, before decisions are taken. I hope that this consultation exercise will take place next year.Heveningham Hall
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what conclusions he has drawn from his recent visit to Heveningham hall.
Mr. Yeo [holding answer 14 June 1991] : My right hon. Friend visited Heveningham hall on 2 June. His impression was that, while much remains to be done, good progress has been made with the restoration work recently. English Heritage will continue to monitor the situation and keep us informed.
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Bovine Offal
Mr. Hague : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the spreading on land of protein material derived from specified bovine offal.
Mr. Gummer : The specified offals may not be used in human or animal feed, and therefore normal commercial outlets have disappeared for the small quantity of material resulting when these offals are rendered--some 25,000 to 30,000 tonnes per year, out of the rendering industry's total annual output of some 400,000 tonnes of protein material.
The Government asked the Tyrrell committee to advise on its possible use as a fertiliser. The committee's view was that it should not be used. The risk of the agent being present or transmitted was remote, but it was better to be super-safe. There were alternative means of disposal--burning, burial or use as fuel. So on balance it would be wise not to use material derived from specified offal as fertiliser.
It is therefore intended to make an order under the Animal Health Act to require that the protein material obtained from specified bovine offal should be disposed of either on licenced landfill sites, by incineration, or by such other means as may be licensed by the agriculture Departments.
Public Appointments
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the full-time and part-time public appointments for which his Department was responsible for each of the past five years together with the salary and the date when each appointment is due for renewal.
Mr. Curry : The readily available information about the appointments for which the Department is responsible, all
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of which are part time, is given in "Public Appointments : A Handbook for Women's Organisations" and annually in "Public Bodies", copies of which are in the Library.Oil-seed Rape
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the market for the expected harvest of the oil-seed rape crop this year ; and what estimates he has made of the likelihood of a surplus.
Mr. Curry : There is crushing capacity for some 1.5 million tonnes of rape seed in the United Kingdom, and significant quantities of rape seed are also incorporated directly into animal feed. There is an export market for United Kingdom rape seed elsewhere in the European Community. It is too early to predict how the market for the 1991 crop will develop.
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what evidence there is that the production of oil-seed rape is injurious to the health of humans or to the ecological interest of the immediate locality.
Mr. Curry : In common with other agriculturally grown or naturally occurring vegetation, the pollen of oil-seed rape may affect some species, including human beings. However, I am not aware of any conclusive scientific evidence that this crop is injurious to the ecology of the immediate locality. Matters concerning human health are for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health. Like any other crop, cross- pollinisation can occur and it is quite normal to protect crops by zoning where purity is needed.
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Mr. Hardy : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the area devoted to the cultivation of oil-seed rape this year ; and what was the area so used in 1990 and 1989.
Mr. Curry : The information sought is as follows :
1991 : 450,000 hectares (estimate)
1990 : 390,000 hectares
1989 : 321,000 hectares.
Surpluses
Mr. Latham : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the current level of surplus produce in British intervention stores ; and what proposals he has for disposing of them.
Mr. Curry : Tables showing EC and United Kingdom intervention stock levels are deposited in the Library of the House each month. Any disposal of intervention stocks has to be approved by the European Commission and a number of schemes are currently operating for the commodities held in United Kingdom stores.
Common Agricultural Policy
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give figures for the common agricultural policy budget for each year since 1985, including the amount set for 1992, giving figures separately for (a) the guarantee section and (b) the guidance section.
Mr. Curry : The information requested is given in the table :
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Year Guarantee section<1>Guidance section Other CAP expenditurTotal expenditure
on the CAP<1>
|mecu |£ million|mecu |£ million|mecu |£ million|mecu |£ million
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1985 |19,728 |11,601 |690 |406 |52 |31 |20,470 |12,037
1986 |22,119 |14,330 |727 |471 |47 |30 |22,893 |14,831
1987 |22,950 |16,508 |863 |621 |32 |23 |23,845 |17,152
1988 |27,640 |18,749 |1,142 |775 |58 |39 |28,840 |19,564
1989 |25,849 |16,925 |1,349 |883 |49 |32 |27,247 |17,840
1990 |26,426 |18,416 |1,825 |1,272 |77 |54 |28,328 |19,742
1991 |33,326 |23,225 |2,011 |1,401 |363 |253 |35,701 |24,879
1992 |36,470 |25,416 |2,704 |1,884 |364 |254 |39,538 |27,554
<1> Figures for 1991 and 1992 include 1,000 mecu monetary reserve (£697 million).
<2> Other agricultural expenditure comprises mainly 50 per cent. of set-aside (since 1989) and
income aids (since 1991).
Sources:
1985 to 1990: Outturn figures.
1991: Budget.
1992: Preliminary draft budget.
Thames Estuary (Marine Aggregates)
Mr. Moate : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has received from the Kent and Essex sea fisheries committee and other fishing interests about proposals for an increase in extraction of marine aggregates in the shallow coastal waters of the Thames estuary ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Curry : The Kent and Essex sea fisheries committee and other fishing interests have expressed concern that an increase in extraction of marine aggregate from the outer Thames estuary would harm fisheries.
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The Government's policy is that licences will be granted for extraction of aggregate only where this is possible without unacceptable damage to sea fisheries and the marine environment. The fishing industry will be fully consulted on any application. The Ministry will ensure that any application for a licence will be given a careful scientific scrutiny to ensure the protection of fisheries.Agricultural and Food Research Council
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the amounts spent by his Department on the Agricultural and Food Research Council for each year since 1979 in (a) cash and (b) real terms.
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Mr. Gummer : MAFF commissions with the Agricultural and Food Research Council since 1979-80, in both cash and real terms, are as set out in the table.
Year |cash |<1>real terms
|£ million |(1979-80=100)
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1979-80 |30.4 |100.0
1980-81 |37.4 |104.3
1981-82 |44.3 |114.8
1982-83 |48.6 |117.4
1983-84 |51.3 |118.1
1984-85 |52.8 |114.8
1985-86 |51.8 |107.6
1986-87 |47.9 |96.7
1987-88 |44.2 |84.5
1988-89 |46.4 |82.6
1989-90 |46.0 |76.3
1990-91 |45.6 |69.7
<1> Using the GDP deflator.
Blue Ear Pig Disease
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many of his veterinarians have been drafted into (a) the Lincoln veterinary centre and (b) other areas, as a result of blue ear disease ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : One veterinarian spent two days on detached duty at the Lincoln veterinary investigation centre and veterinarians have spent a total of 38 man days on detached duty in other areas as a result of blue ear pig disease.
HOME DEPARTMENT
The Feldberg Inquiry"
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reasons his Department's inspectors gave for persuading Professor Feldberg to use rabbits rather than cats for the experiments detailed in the Medical Research Council report "The Feldberg Inquiry".
Mrs. Rumbold : Section 5(6) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 requires special justification for the use of cats, dogs, primates and equidae. Following implementation of the Act, it became standard practice for inspectors to require research workers who were using cats to change, whenever possible, to alternative species. As a result, during the summer of 1989, when Professor Feldberg's research reached a stage when his use of cats was no longer considered essential, the inspector urged Professor Feldberg to change to rabbits, so that his authority to work on cats could be withdrawn.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the experiments detailed in Medical Research Council report "The Feldberg Inquiry" were justified under section 5(4) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Mrs. Rumbold : In September 1989, Professor Feldberg sought the inspector's permission for a change to his project licence in connection with research he was undertaking into the regulation of blood sugar. He wished to replace a procedure involving the injection of drugs into the brain with one which he considered could produce a similar effect but involved the heating of the abdomen of the rabbit.
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Contrary to the comments made in the Medical Research Council's report, the licence amendment would not have been granted unless the adverse effects had been weighed against the potential benefit of the work, as required by section 5 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. The change proposed involved replacing a procedure with a less invasive technique. The inspector's judgment that the proposed change to Professor Feldberg's work was justifiable was an opinion confirmed some months later by two of the three independent experts consulted by the Medical Research Council.Fox Hunts
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will seek a report from the chief constable of (a) South Yorkshire and (b) West Yorkshire on the total number of police involved in policing fox hunts during the last 12 months ; and if he will give the cost involved ;
(2) if he will seek a report from the chief constable of (a) South Yorkshire and (b) West Yorkshire listing the number of occasions during the last 12 months, when police video cameras were used to film hunt protesters, showing the locations where they were used.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The policing of hunts and the deployment of officers are operational matters entirely for the discretion of the chief officer. I understand that, over the past year, a total of about 25 officers from South Yorkshire Police have at various times attended fox hunts to deal with disorder. The costs involved are not readily available and could not be determined at disproportionate cost. West Yorkshire police has not deployed officers specifically to police fox hunts. Neither force has used video cameras at fox hunts on any occasion.
Public Appointments
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the full-time and part-time public appointments for which his Department was responsible for each of the past five years together with the salary and the date when each appointment is due for renewal.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : The readily available information about the appointments of which my Department was responsible in the past five years, including salary details, is given in "Public Bodies" which is published annually and in "Public Appointments : A Handbook for Women's Organisations" which also gives information as to when appointments fall for renewal. Copies of both publications are in the Library.
Animal Experiments
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he accepts the Medical Research Council's recommendations that (a) the establishment of Home Office inspectors needs to be increased, and (b) their role to be re-examined with a view to their being more involved in the monitoring of the treatment of animals during experiments.
Mrs. Rumbold : I refer the hon. Member to my reply of 11 March 1991 to a question from the hon. Member for Glasgow, Pollok (Mr. Dunnachie) at column 335 .
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Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-purpose bred animals were supplied to the Charing Cross and Westminster medical schools within the last year ; by whom they were supplied ; and for what specific experiments they were supplied.
Mrs. Rumbold : It is not normally our practice to provide such detailed information about individual scientific procedure establishments, but I have the agreement of the medical school to say that no such animals were supplied within the last year.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he plans to take in order to detect contraventions of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 by personal and project licence holders.
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