§ Mr. David YoungTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy 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. WakehamInformation on the number of communications from Members of the European Parliament is not identifiable except at disproportionate cost. However, it is the practice, where an MEP raises a matter in correspondence which is exclusively of local interest, to reply suggesting that the MEP should refer the matter to the hon. Member for the constituency concerned. As with other correspondence, the reply to such a communication would normally be copied to the hon. Member concerned only if the MEP had himself copied his letter in this way.