HC Deb 15 June 1995 vol 261 cc662-3W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment his Department has made about the likely costs of a Welsh Assembly; on what assumptions such work has been based; and if he will place a copy of all studies in the Library. [28892]

Mr. Redwood

My Department did not work out the costs of the proposals for a Welsh Assembly—I did. The Welsh Office has told me what the costs of employing people at the Welsh Office are.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what work the Welsh Office has undertaken on a Welsh Assembly since 1979; and if he will place a copy of all studies in the Library. [28891]

Mr. Redwood

No studies or other substantive work on the possibility of a Welsh Assembly have been carried out by the Welsh Office since 1979.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will place a copy of his calculation of the cost of a Welsh Assembly in the Library. [28893]

Mr. Redwood

I refer the hon. Gentlemen to the information I put out in my press notice last Friday, 9 June 1995.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what independent advice his Department has sought on the costs of a Welsh Assembly. [28890]

Mr. Redwood

My Department has taken no independent advice on the costs of the current proposals for a Welsh Assembly.