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CABINET OFFICE

Public Bodies

Dr. Tony Wright: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what upper age limits apply to the membership of public bodies; and what plans he has to review this. [82054]

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Mr. Kilfoyle: All public appointments are made on merit. There are no upper age limits which apply to public appointments. I have no plans to review the current position.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Raw Cows' Milk

Mr. Michael J. Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 26 February 1999, Official Report, column 469, if he will list the names of the hon. Members who wrote to him in (a) January, (b) February and (c) March regarding the Monopolies and Mergers Commission's inquiry into the supply of raw cows' milk. [82053]

Dr. Howells: I am placing in the Library of the House a list of the hon. Members who wrote to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in January, February and March regarding the Monopolies and Mergers Commission's report into the supply in Great Britain of raw cows' milk.

Insolvency

Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will place the minutes of the Insolvency Review Working Party in the Library. [82008]

Dr. Howells: No. The Insolvency Regulation Working Party was established by the seven insolvency Recognised Professional Bodies and my Department's Insolvency Service. Its members were the representatives of these

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bodies. The Working Party was charged with reporting to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and to the Presidents of the professional bodies. The Working Party has completed its task and copies of its report are in the Library of the House.

Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will require those licensed under the Insolvency Act 1986 to publish information about their affairs and the impact of their actions on stakeholders. [82011]

Dr. Howells: I have no plans to do so.

Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the insolvency practitioners licensed by his Department. [82141]

Dr. Howells: The following practitioners are authorised by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State:



    Andrew David Dick


    Brendan Eric Doyle


    Colin Duckworth


    John Francis Dumble


    Peter William Engel


    Stephen John Evans


    Clive Everitt


    Evelyn Gabrielle Exley


    Peter Adrian Finn


    Andrew Charles Fozzard


    Nola Garside


    Neil Hammond Geddes


    James Campbell Gibson


    Roger William Gillett


    Stephen Gilmore


    Stephen Simon Goderski


    Simon Matthew Gwinnutt


    Patricia Ann Haddon


    Colin Michael Trevethyn Haig


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    Peter James Hughes-Holland


    Christakis Michael Icaovides


    Gethyn Islwyn Morris James


    Ruth Muir James


    Diane Johnston


    Rowan Fergus Jones


    Robert William Keating


    David Crew Knight


    Janice Vivienne Leigh


    Philip Alan Lightfoot


    Walter Lismore


    Hilary Lesley Felicity Ann Lofthouse


    Stephen Lord


    Philip Michael Lyon


    James MacLachlan


    John Harvey Madden


    Sandra Marshall


    Paul David Meakiin


    Malcolm John Mears


    Stephen Charles Mileman


    Daniel Britten Miller


    Nicholas John Miller


    Manubhai Govindbhai Mistry


    Rupert Graham Mullins


    John Michael Munn


    Eric Nisbet


    David Nisbet


    Christopher John Nutting


    Michael O'Connor


    Rodney Gavin Owen


    Christine Lesley Peak


    Nigel Paul Pincott


    Philip Daniel Pink


    David Graham Platt


    John William Powell


    John Prenderville


    Alan Redvers Price


    Norma Rosetta Prosser


    Michael Leslie Reeves


    Kenneth Brian Ribgy


    David John Roberts


    Pamela Mary Roe


    Stanley Rose


    Eileen Teresa Frances Sale


    John Christopher Sallabank


    Rashpal Singh Sandhu


    Michael Stanley Sargeant


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    Alan Keith Thornton


    Neil Tombs


    Brian Tomlinson


    John David Travers


    Stephen James Wainwright


    Roderick John Watson


    Peter George Weil


    Francis F. A. Wessely


    Andrew Richard Williams


    Steven John Williams


    David Frederick Wilson


    Vernon Charles Wright


    Michael William Young.

Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proposals he has to replace the present regulators of the insolvency business with a single independent regulator. [82144]

Dr. Howells: I have no such proposals.

Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the meetings held by the Insolvency Review Working Party have been open to the public. [82009]

Dr. Howells: None. The Insolvency Regulation Working Party met in private but also carried out a wide ranging consultation exercise so that all those with an interest in this field had an opportunity to make their views known.

Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many complaints relating to insolvency practitioners have been referred to his Department since May 1997. [82010]

Dr. Howells: Sixty-eight complaints about insolvency practitioners authorised by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State have been referred to my Department since May 1997.

Cashmere Wool Industry

Mr. Woolas: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what guidance he has issued to companies operating in the United Kingdom cashmere wool industry regarding the guaranteeing of the bond imposed upon them by the United States of America. [77900]

Mr. Battle: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) on 27 April 1999, Official Report, column 83.

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Wealth Warnings (Radio)

Mr. Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 25 January 1999, Official Report, column 28, if he is now in a position to make an announcement about the removal of wealth warnings from radio advertisements. [81572]

Dr. Howells: Since my reply of 25 January 1999, I have been undertaking further consultations with representatives of the credit industry and consumer bodies. Once these have been concluded, and I have considered their responses, I will make a further announcement.

Royal Mail

Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the delivery (a) targets and (b) performance of the Royal Mail letter service for (i) first and (ii) second class mail in each of the last 12 months in the Stoke-on-Trent postal area. [82145]

Mr. Ian McCartney: Responsibility for mail delivery performance rests with Post Office management from whom I understand that Royal Mail's delivery performance for first and second class mail for the Stoke-on-Trent postcode over the last four quarters has been as follows:

First class (percentage)Second class (percentage)
Target94.096.9
Actual:
June 199892.398.4
September 199892.498.8
December 199892.599.8
March 199990.097.7

These figures relate to the percentages of first class mail delivered the next working day after posting and of second class mail delivered within three working days of posting.

Product Liability

Mrs. Roe: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 24 March 1999, Official Report, column 270, on product liability, what plans he has to collate and publish details of cases concerning product safety; and if he will make a statement. [81681]

Dr. Howells: Records of cases kept by the courts do not provide sufficient information to enable a search to be made by reference to the particular legislation under which the actions have been brought. However, when product liability cases brought under Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 raise significant points of law, judgments given in them would be reported in published law reports, and these are monitored by the Department. The Secretary of State made a report to Parliament under section 42 of the 1987 Act on action taken under Part II of the Act (product safety) on 25 November 1998 (ISBN O 10 252299 5).

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