§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional legislation, not currently before Parliament, was assumed in the production of his Department's spending allocation for 1999–2000 to 2001–02 in the Comprehensive Spending Review. [68420]
§ Mr. StrawThere is a long-standing convention that legislative proposals for each year are not announced before the Queen's Speech at the start of the relevant Session.
My Department's spending allocation following the Comprehensive Spending Review does, however, take account of the Bill announced in the Queen's Speech on 24 November 1998 to modernise the law on immigration and asylum, including reform of the appeals system and new support arrangements for asylum seekers.