§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services why his local office in Soho road, Birmingham, has placed restrictions on the suppliers of cookers to recipients of single payments.
§ Mr. WhitneyIn order to ensure that second-hand cookers sold to claimants are properly reconditioned, the Birmingham local offices now ask suppliers to confirm that this is the case when they give claimants estimates for these appliances. No other restrictions apply.