HC Deb 29 April 1999 vol 330 c268W
Mr. Lock

To ask the President of the Council what was the total cost to public funds of the afternoon sitting of the Special Standing Committee on the Immigration and Asylum Bill on 20 April. [82207]

Mrs. Beckett

The additional costs incurred were mainly for catering staff overtime, and some minimal costs for committee staff and security. It is not possible to identify the specific additional cost of running this committee to public funds because it is not the House's practice to analyse day to day running costs.