§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what guidelines he(a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to local authorities on the quality of insurance cover required by them to cover negligence claims arising from the compiling and publication of independent reports commissioned by them. [25890]
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Number of cases by county and year of notification County 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Total Dairy herds Clwyd 1 11 59 163 280 399 451 303 184 19 1,870 Dyfed 12 70 215 486 1,075 1,680 1,465 902 479 47 6,431 Glamorgan Mid 0 4 9 33 35 27 26 22 15 0 171 Glamorgan South 1 8 28 20 52 94 88 49 26 3 369 Glamorgan West 0 1 1 7 9 24 12 8 6 0 68 Gwent 2 21 45 73 127 227 207 113 81 11 907 Gwynedd 1 5 16 13 46 84 69 56 29 8 327 Powys 0 8 25 53 113 229 242 182 104 14 970 Total 17 128 398 848 1,737 2,764 2,560 1,635 924 102 11,113
§ Mr. HagueI have issued no such guidelines and have no immediate plans to do so. However, in the light of the recent developments in north Wales, I have asked my officials, in collaboration with those of other Government Departments, to look at this issue further.