HC Deb 19 December 2001 vol 377 cc373-4W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out for each of the conclusions in section 6.4 of the Performance and Innovation Unit report, 'Winning the Generation Game',(a) what progress his Department has made and (b) what future plans his Department has for acting on them; and if he will set out against each of the conclusions the targets and deadlines that have been set. [24195]

Mr. Paul Murphy

My Department does not employ any staff directly and so is limited in its capacity to influence the terms on which they are employed.

However I should be delighted to welcome a higher proportion of older people among those being seconded to the Wales Office from other organisations.