HC Deb 01 March 1993 vol 220 cc24-5W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Lord President of the Council what are the five highest costs attributed for answering individual written parliamentary questions since 1979 for which costs have already been calculated.

Mr. Newton

[holding answer 20 January 1993]: The answers to my hon. Friend the Member for Teignbridge (Mr. Nicholls) on 16 December 1991, at columns 22–25; to my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell) on 18 January 1990, at columns 382–89; to my then hon. Friend the Member for Pembroke, Mr. Bennett, on 25 May 1989, at columns 695–719; to my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Mr. Norris) on 6 May 1988, at columns 628–44; to my then hon. Friend the Member for Darlington, Mr. Fallon, on 11 May 1987, at columns 4–14.

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Lord President of the Council when he expects to answer the question of 20 January from the hon. ' Member for Newport, West on the costs attributed for answering parliamentary questions.

Mr. Newton

I replied to the hon. Member today.