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Ministerial Visits
Mr. Gray:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the parliamentary constituencies which he has visited in an official capacity in the past 12 months. [71348]
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Mr. Nick Brown
[holding answer 15 February 1999]: I have visited the following parliamentary constituencies in an official capacity since my appointment as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food:
Battersea
Cardiff, Central
Cotswold
Dumfries
East Lothian
Edinburgh, Central
Exeter
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Hereford
Hexham
Kensington and Chelsea
Kingston and Surbiton
Lagan Valley
Livingston
Mid Ulster
Midlothian
Montgomeryshire
North Cornwall
North Norfolk
North-West Norfolk
Northavon
Oxford, East
Plymouth, Devonport
Plymouth, Sutton
Roxburgh and Berwickshire
South Down
South-East Cambridgeshire
South-West Devon
South-West Norfolk
Teignbridge
Tiverton and Honiton
Torridge and West Devon
Totnes
Truto and St. Austell
Upper Bann
Vale of York
Vauxhall
West Tyrone
Workington.
Departmental Policies
Mr. Maclean:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what systems he has in place to ensure that policies being developed by his Department are subject to a crime impact (a) assessment and (b) audit and are not likely to lead to enhanced criminal opportunities. [72750]
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Mr. Morley
[holding answer 24 February 1999]: I refer the right hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in relation to departmental co-operation, on 24 February 1999, Official Report, column 311. I can also confirm that MAFF's policies are
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subject to audit monitoring to prevent and detect fraud, both internal and external to the Department. In particular, MAFF applies controls to guard against fraud and irregularities in administering Common Agricultural Policy schemes. These controls are subject to regular audit under EU procedures.
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