§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when the Minister of the Environment plans to answer the letter of Mr. Keith Duell dated 5 December 1997 regarding Verely Lake. [28862]
§ Angela EagleThe Government Office for the South East replied to Mr. Duell's letter on 30 January 1998.
§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is his policy for responding to letters received in the(a) Scottish Gaelic, (b) Welsh, (c) Urdu, (d) Hindi and (e) Chinese language. [28050]
§ Angela EagleThe Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions has a translation service for incoming correspondence of all languages into English, and replies can be made in the language of the original letter.