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Mail, Taily Express and Daily Mirror, respectively.
The Prime Minister: The information
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The northern editions of these papers are purchased by the Central Office of Information in Manchester, which keeps in touch with my Press Office and pro- vides Press cuttings when necessary.
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett asked the Prime Minister (1) how inany copies of each weekly, and bi-weekly, newspaper published within Greater Manchester are purchased by his Office to keep himself and senior civil servants informed ut regional news and opinion;
(2) how many copies of each evening newspaper published in the North-West of England are purchased by his Otica to keep himself and senior civil servants informed of regional news and opinion.
The Prane Minister: None, but the Manchester oice of the Central Office of Information keeps in touch with mỳ Itis, Qille and provides Press Cullinga
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Hong Kong
66. Sir Autissay Rojie asked the Sec retary of State for Foreign and Cammon wealth Altairs if he will publish_details of the Hong Kong Government's new plan for public assistance for: the unemployed.·
Mr. 1.ward: The Hong Kong Govern- ment plan to extend the prosent public scheme during the financial assistance year beginning Lt April 1977 tɔ include un imployed able-bodied persons between 15 and 55 years ni nge. The main features of the new scheme are that it wilt „poly to thì ứ who have lived in Hong Kong for two years and have been ubenişlüyed for one morth. As a te casu in the peent public awdance sehome, the Director of Social Waltars will have discretion to make paymrats to
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persons in distress who are not able to meet the proposed criteria.
Fishing Limits
Mr. McNamara asked the Secretary of State for Foreiga and Commonwealth Afars if he will make a statemet on the estimates he was made of third party countries' fishing yields within the British 200-mile limits suice the beginшng of the year and the progress he has made to ensure that in those circumstances where he estimates that there has been overfish- ing by third countries or by Community countries further overfishmg does not take place.
Dr. Owen: Last December the FEO Foreign Ministers agreed to limit fistung by certain third countries by allocating to each autonomous quotas for the first three months of this year. Surveillance ut fishing within our extended fishing limits suggests that vessels of the Soviet Union have lished out their quotas fer sprats.
Hazing regard to the tailing of Eastern Furopean countnes so far to enter into negotiations with the EFC, the Com- munity has now notified the USSR, Poland and the German Democrade Re. rubbe that fis nog in their vesel, within the nishing limits of member states is to be subject to Lernsing The number of fig.nces to be used will be that winch the Community considers necessary for these three countries to catch the residue of their quotas.
Her-Majesty's Government, a› Presi dency, have received from the Soviet and Polish Government proposals to enter ato negocation, walch are now under con- sideration with our EEC partners. From neither of these two Governments nor from the Government of the German Democratic Republic have'we yet received the lists of vessels requested.
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Mr. Michael Latham asked the Secre tary of State for Foreign and Comms in- wealth Aldurs what is the numericdi strengin of the commercial secucas in each of the tomowing overseas diplomatic p.xts, namely, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jorda, Kuwait Logon, Qatar, Saudi Archia, Syna, Egypt and the L'anted Arab Emirates whether any of the officials ia
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