§ Norman BakerTo ask the President of the Council if he will list the average number of days of consideration for Government Bills in(a) the House of Commons and (b) the House of Lords in each parliamentary Session since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [42125]
§ Mr. Robin Cook[pursuant to his reply, 11 March 2002, c. 706W]: I regret to say that there was an error in that I had understood the times given for consideration of Bills in the Lords to include time spent in Grand Committee, which they did not. I give a corrected version' of the entire answer as follows, which I hope will be for the convenience of Members.
In the Departments for which the Attorney General is responsible, details are as follows:
Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service has not run any publicity or advertising campaigns in each of the last four years.
Details of the publicity costs incurred by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last four years were provided in my reply to PQ number 36156.
Treasury Solicitor's Department
The Treasury Solicitor's Department has not been involved in any specific publicity and advertising campaigns over the last four years. However, the 515W Department does incur advertising and publicity costs in its normal course of business. Details of these costs over the last four years were given in my reply to PQ number 36156.
Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office has not run any publicity or advertising campaigns in each of the last four years. Details of the publicity costs incurred by the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last four years were provided in my reply to PQ number 36156.