§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action has been taken by Her Majesty's Government to ascertain the whereabouts of Doctor Hector Eugenio Talbot Wright, who was wounded and abducted by armed men in Beunos 66W a candidate or his agent on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the election and do not involve public funds. The maximum permitted amounts are kept under review; they have not been increased since introduced in 1979 in time for the first direct elections to the European Parliament. In addition, candidates are allowed free delivery of one election address to each elector. At the European Parliament elections in June 1979 the total cost to public funds of this service was £1,578,872.47 for the United Kingdom as a whole, that is, an average of £5,600 per candidate; but this item is not regarded as forming part of the candidates' permitted election expenses.