§ Mr. David YoungTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many communications he has received from Members of the European Parliament since 18 June 1989 that concern local or United Kingdom matters; and if he will make it his practice where such matters are involved to provide the hon. Member for the local constituency with a copy of the correspondence and the reply for information.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 4 April 1990]: I have received a total of 40 communications since 18 June 1989, 29 of which dealt with local matters and the remaining 11 with national matters.
When a Member of the European Parliament writes about a matter which is of purely local interest, my reply would suggest that the MEP should refer the matter to the hon. Member for the constituency concerned. Such replies would normally be copied to the hon. Member concerned only if the MEP had copied his own letter in this way.