§ Sir Geoffrey Finsbergasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many letters which have been with his Department for four, six, eight, 10 and 589W over 12 weeks, respectively, as at 10 April and which were from Members of Parliament remain without substantive replies from his Department.
§ Mr. Jopling[pursuant to his reply, 25 April 1984]: At 10 April 1984, five letters sent to my Department from Members of Parliament had not received substantive replies. Of these, three had been with the Department for four weeks and two for six weeks. At 24 April only two of these remained without substantive replies.