§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many appeals mechanisms, as laid out in section 6 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, he expects to establish by the end of 1996; how many staff each appeals system will employ; and what their estimated annual running costs will be. [23615]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given today by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.