Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 30 June 1998

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 30 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 30 June, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Wednesday 1 July, see Part 2 of this Paper.

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

TUESDAY 30th JUNE

1
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46679)

2
N   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will reply to the honourable Member for West Derbyshire's letter of 11th May about the culling of badgers.

(48215)

3
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has has with the French Agriculture Minister about the quality and safety standards of French beef, with particular reference to possible gene contamination in French beef of cancer cells; and if he will make a statement.

(47753)

4
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46688)

5
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46690)

6
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in respect of the provision of (a) sports medicine, (b) sports science, (c) sports research, (d) talent identification and (e) the setting of standards within the UK Sports Institute.

(47794)

7
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the measures his Department has taken to invite sports to participate in the UK Sports Institute.

(47796)

8
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the nature of the sports research to be undertaken by the UK Sports Institute.

(47793)

9
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from (a) sporting bodies and (b) sporting individuals in (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales in respect of their access to the UK Sports Institute network; and if he will make a statement.

(47795)

10
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the deadline for the home country sports councils to identify prospective regional centres for the UK Sports Institute; and if he will make a statement.

(47797)

11
N   Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 25th June, Official Report, column 569, for what reasons it was not possible to publish the Strategic Defence Review in the first half of the year.

(48167)

12
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46681)

13
N   Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make his response to the Second Report from the Defence Committee on the draft Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) (Amendment) Order 1998 (HC 521).

(47611)

14
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) voluntary and (b) public organisations have currently signed up to the New Deal in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.

(47756)

15
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps will be taken to ensure that employers engaged in the New Deal adhere to the standards set under the terms of their employer agreement; and what action will be taken against those firms who are found to be exploiting New Deal recruits.

(47755)

16
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many personal advisers will be recruited to assist small and medium sized enterprises in recruiting under the New Deal; and how much will be allocated to the Employment Service in order to undertake the training of such advisers.

(47757)

17
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what discussions he has had with UK Vice Chancellors in respect of the advantages of eliminating differences in the level of fees paid by students for similar university courses from different parts of the UK.

(48255)

18
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46676)

19
N   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he will reply to the honourable Member for West Derbyshire's letter of 25th April on behalf of his constituent, Mr A. Mundin, of Belper about compulsory school uniform.

(48217)

20
N   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will expand the National Curriculum to introduce school students to the study of modes of reasoning about morality which do not emphasise the idea that obedience is the primary virtue.

(48176)

21
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, for what reasons technology college status has been removed from Mansfield High School.

(48166)

22
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if, under the new policy on village school closures, an amalgamation of village schools is to be treated the same as a closure of a village school; if such amalgamations have to be proposed by the LEA to the Secretary of State for approval; and if he will make a statement.

(47997)

23
   Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the funding arrangements for (a) the Chair and Research Centre in Urban Regeneration and Change and (b) the provision of staff and student amenities at University College Stockton.

(48269)

24
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the oral statement by the Minister for Small Firms on 19th June, Official Report, column 676, on the review of the single vehicles approval scheme, if enforcement of the Motor Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 will be suspended pending the outcome of the review; and if he will make a statement.

(48170)

25
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46683)

26
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rail links between Ebbsfleet and Charing Cross to carry both Channel Tunnel and other services between the completion of stages 1 and 2 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link; and if he will make a statement.

(48200)

27
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the South West Regional Planning Conference regarding Gloucestershire's Structure Plan; if he plans to accept Gloucestershire's revised allocation of 50,000 houses between 1991 and 2011; and if he will make a statement.

(47748)

28
   Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he will take to give effect to the Rail Regulator's statement that diversification by Railtrack beyond its core regulated activity of managing the domestic rail network would be properly ring-fenced and would have no impact on access charges levied by Railtrack plc.

(48263)

29
   Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has approved the £0.8 million commitment from the Teeside Development Corporation towards the establishment of a new Chair and Research Centre in Urban Regeneration and Change at University College Stockton and a further commitment of £0.5 million towards staff and student amenities.

(48270)

30
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46685)

31
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times (a) heroin, (b) ecstasy, (c) cocaine, (d) LSD, (e) cannabis, (f) amphetamines, (g) temazepam, (h) paracetamol, (i) alcohol, (j) solvents, (k) co-proxamol, (l) methadone and (m) tobacco have appeared on death certificates in each year between 1992 and 1996.

(48070)

32
N   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the honourable Member for West Derbyshire's letter of 10th March about his constituent, Mr Eric Pugh, on the subject of tax relief on resuscitation training materials.

(48214)

33
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the Third World countries which are financially indebted to the United Kingdom, breaking down the figures to show those organisations owed money; and if he will make a statement.

(47750)

34
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reform the system for recording births, deaths and marriages; if he will examine the system of, and cost of, access to these records; and if he will make a statement.

(47754)

35
N   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the question from the honourable Member for Leicester East of 20th May relating to the Bingham Report (43079).

(48254)

36
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46686)

37
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Belarus concerning the treatment of the diplomatic corps based in Minsk.

(48209)

38
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to follow up the Nazi Gold Conference of 1997.

(48208)

39
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the number of British Council staff at overseas locations on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 24th June 1998.

(48205)

40
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the number of Department of Trade and Industry officials operating from diplomatic posts on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 24th June 1998.

(48204)

41
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the role played by the government of Libya in (a) Guinea Bissau, (b) Sierra Leone and (c) Liberia.

(48212)

42
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list diplomatic posts abroad together with the number of his Department's staff in each on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 24th June 1998.

(48203)

43
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the Arusha Agreement in Burundi.

(48211)

44
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent killings in Champnagri, Kashmir.

(48210)

45
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the implications for Her Majesty's Government of the offer made by Credit Suisse, Swiss Bank Corporation and the Union Bank of Switzerland to settle the lawsuits by Holocaust victims in the United States.

(48207)

46
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the relative staffing levels of diplomatic representation abroad as between the UK and (a) France, (b) Germany and (c) Italy.

(48206)

47
   Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to (a) maintain and (b) enhance the BBC World Service.

(48266)

48
   Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to assist the BBC World Service in retaining its China Service.

(48265)

49
N   Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he was notified by his officials that the official opposition would not obstruct the passage of the Bill enabling the UK Government to ratify the Ottawa Convention.

(48201)

50
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list, for each of the past five years (a) the total amount spent by the UN on crop substitution programmes in Afghanistan and (b) the amount contributed each year by the United Kingdom.

(47848)

51
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring is being undertaken to ensure that money given to Afghanistan for crop substitution programmes is actually spent on those programmes; and if he will make a statement.

(47847)

52
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Venezuela regarding the protection of rainforests.

(47751)

53
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his latest estimate of the real increase in National Health Service funding between 1997-98 and 1998-99; and if he will make a statement.

(48220)

54
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46677)

55
N   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data he has collated and what estimates he has made as to the numbers of people on NHS waiting lists who are aged over 65 years.

(46626)

56
N   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will strengthen the powers of (a) nursing home inspectors, (b) the Secretary of State and (c) the courts to prevent the precipitate closure of nursing homes by the owner's liquidator or receiver.

(48172)

57
N   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers are available to (a) him, (b) nursing home inspectors and (c) the courts to prevent the precipitate closure of nursing homes by the owner's liquidator or receiver.

(48171)

58
N   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will intervene in the proposed closure of Abbey Nursing Home, Great Haywood, Stafford.

(48173)

59
N   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the honourable Member for West Derbyshire's letter of 18th March on behalf of his constituent, Mr Paterson, of the Matlock Dental Practice.

(48216)

60
N   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmacies are currently supported by the essential small pharmacy scheme.

(48221)

61
N   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community pharmacies he estimates will close if resale price maintenance on over the counter medicines is discontinued; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such closures on the progress of (a) primary care groups and (b) health action zones.

(48218)

62
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the recommended working hours per week of junior doctors.

(47749)

63
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make the National Health Service responsible for running and financing nursing homes.

(47752)

64
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46684)

65
   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 519, what estimate he has made of the cost of the increase in-prison population for each of the next 10 years.

(48264)

66
N   Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to prevent illegal drugs getting into prison; and if he will make a statement.

(48199)

67
N   Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the advantages of introducing drug detecting devices into prisons in accordance with the proposal of the Chief Inspector of Prisons in his recent annual report; and if he will make a statement.

(48175)

68
N   Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the advantages of using dogs in prisons to detect illegal drugs in accordance with the proposal of the Chief Inspector of Prisons in his recent annual report; and if he will make a statement.

(48174)

69
N   Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners who are using illegal drugs; and if he will make a statement.

(48202)

70
N   Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, in the new trials announced by his Department for providing disinfecting tablets for prisoners who inject drugs, inmates will be allowed to remain anonymous; and if he will make a statement.

(48168)

71
N   Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged 65 years or over are currently subject to deportation orders; and how many people aged 65 years or over have been deported or removed in each of the last three years.

(46691)

72
N   Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department offers for the relatives of murder victims; and if he will make a statement.

(47435)

73
N   Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to collect statistics on the number of murders committed by people treated under the care in the community policy; and if he will make a statement.

(47436)

74
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the projects undertaken by her Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if she will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46675)

75
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, how much car parking will be available at the Millennium Dome; and to whom it will be available.

(48169)

76
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the projects undertaken by her Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if she will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46678)

77
N   Mr Michael Trend (Windsor):    To ask the Prime Minister, what has been the total cost to the Government of hosting the presidency of the EU, including the cost of publicity for each government department, broken down by department and item.

(48082)

78
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46689)

79
N   Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will review the problems faced in meeting the costs of attending specialist hospitals by families whose income is just above income support levels.

(48084)

80
N   Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans she has to allow the reclaiming of expenses for hospital visits by spouses whose income is at the level of income support.

(48083)

81
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list the projects undertaken by her Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if she will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46680)

82
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the existing commercial reprocessing contracts which remain to be carried out at Dounreay.

(47758)

83
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the projects undertaken by her Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if she will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46682)

84
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many export licence applications awaiting decisions on 24th June had been waiting for (a) 20 days, (b) 40 days, (c) 60 days and (d) more than 60 days.

(48228)

85
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what percentage of applications for export licences were processed by her Department within 20 days for the period 1st May 1997 to date.

(48227)

86
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the average times taken to process export licence applications in the periods (a) 1st May 1996 to 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st May 1997 to 1st May 1998.

(48226)

87
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many export licence applications were refused by the Export Control Organisation during each of the four-week periods used by her Department from 6th March to date.

(48225)

88
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the total number of export licence applications processed by the Export Control Organisation in each of the four week periods used by her Department from 6th March to date broken down into (a) those circulated to other government departments and (b) those not circulated.

(48224)

89
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many export licence applications waited more than 20 days for a decision in each of the periods (a) 1st May 1996 to 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st May 1997 to 1st May 1998.

(48230)

90
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the staff by grade in the Export Control Organisation on (a) 3rd May 1997, (b) 1st January 1998 and (c) 3rd May 1998.

(48229)

91
N   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what research he has evaluated into the number of pharmacies in the United Kingdom per 10,000 population relative to those in other EU countries.

(48223)

92
N   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of the loss of resale price maintenance on over the counter medicines on small businesses, with particular reference to pharmacies.

(48213)

93
N   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, she last met the Director General of Fair Trading to discuss resale price maintenance on over the counter medicines.

(48219)

94
N   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the advantages of regulating prices of over the counter medicines; and what research she has evaluted as to practice in other EU countries.

(48222)

95
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the projects undertaken by his Department since 1st May 1997 to research public reaction to (a) Government policies and (b) potential new policies; and if he will place the results of the research in the Library.

(46687)

96
N   Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what factors underlie the length of time taken to review the case of the murders of William Crompton and Fiona Ovis; and if he will make a statement.

(47434)



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