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21 MARCH 1979 Indian Minister for External Affairs that there had been at least 34 cases of virginity testing at the British High Commission in New Delhi, and in the light of information now available to him, he will call for a report on the matter from the High Com- missioner.
Mr. Luard: The High Commissioner has reported on this matter. In the cases referred to, the entry clearance officer con- cerned, when referring some adult daughters for general medical examination as part of the entry clearance procedure, sought the lady doctor's opinion on the possibility that they might be married: eligibility for settlement in the United Kingdom depended upon their being un- married and thus dependent upon their parents. Instructions have been given that no more such requests should be made.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY European Parliament (Members' Pay and Allowances)
Mr. Charles Irving asked the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs what allowances are to be paid to the members of the European Parliament for (a) salary, (b) mileage (car). (c) hotel and/or living allowance, (d) secretarial, (e) research and (1) any other allowances.
Mr. Tomlinson: On salaries, I have nothing to add to the reply given by my hon. Friend on 7 March to my hon. Friend the Member for Newham, North (Mr. Lewis).-sVol. 963, c. 722.]
It will be for the directly-elected Assembly to determine its own allow- ances. The following allowances in European units of account (EUA), are paid to the present members-approxi- mate sterling equivalents are given in brackets:
80 EUA (£53-76) per day of attendance at Strasbourg, Luxembourg or elsewhere in the Community,
53 EUA (£35-62) per day of attendance out- side the Community.
Travel allowance:
0-34 EUA (£0·29) per km for first 400 kilometres.
0-13 EUA (£0-09) per km thereafter. Secretarial allowance:
140 EUA (£94-08) per month unaccount-
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Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what were the reasons for deleting infor aged under 14 years from the information mation about paid employment for those published in the Hong Kong by-census of 1976.
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M. Luard: This information omitted as an indirect result of the Hong Kong Government's decision to adopt in the 1976 by-census the normal inter- national practice of defining the econo- mically active population to exclude children under 14.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action is being taken in Hong Kong to commemorate 1979 as the Inter- national Year of the Child; what budget is allocated for this; and if any of these actions are directed towards eliminating child labour there.
Mr. Luard: There is no specific pro- gramme of action to mark the Inter- national Year of the Child in Hong Kong.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what powers exist in Hong Kong to 24- force compulsory education up to the age of 14 years; in whom or what such powers are vested; if such powers have ever been invoked; if so, what are the details of prosecutions or other enforce- ment and what is the establishment of such powers. staff charged with the enforcement of
Mr. Luard: The director of education has statutory powers to enforce compul- between 6 and 12. These powers will be sory attendance at school by children extended to children aged 12 and 13 in September 1979 and aged 14 in Septem- ber 1980. Enforcement is the responsi- bility of 98 district education inspectors assisted by social welfare department staff. There have only been two prosecu- tions since 1971 but 10,099 cases were investigated in the 1977-78 school year.
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further machinery is contemplated
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