§ Mr. SproatTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the average time taken by the Ministers in his Department, including himself, to answer letters from hon. Members, in each of the first three quarters of 1992, measuring the time from the receipt of the letter to the dispatch of the substantive reply.
§ Mr. GoodladI refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Gower (Mr. Wardell) on 3 November, at col 173.