HC Deb 31 July 1997 vol 299 c647W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the President of the Board of Trade pursuant to her oral answer to the right hon. Member for Wokingham, (Mr. Redwood),Official Report, 3 July, column 406, when she (a) wrote and (b) dispatched the letter to the right hon. Member. [7409]

Mrs. Beckett

[holding answer 9 July 1997]: The letter was written on Friday 4 July and was faxed to the right hon. Gentleman's home on Saturday 5 July.

Mr. Cummings

To ask the President of the Board of Trade when she expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Easington, dated 23 May, concerning the surplus in the mineworkers' pension scheme. [8650]

Mr. Battle

I replied to my hon. Friend on 15 July 1997.