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Mr. Parry' asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the cost on an annual basis of the running of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board since its introduction...

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Replica Guns

Mr. Young asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, pending the outcome of his review of the position relating to replica guns, he will take steps to impose a temporary ban on the import and sale of such guns.

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Mr. Marlow asked the Secretary of State for the Home. Department if he will give details of the racial incidents, setting out in each case the severity, nature and date of the incidents, that he took into account in his decision to give consent to a ban on marches in Coventry.

Mr. Whitelaw: No. It would not be appropriate for me to set out in detail the various considerations which the chief officer of police put before the city council and me when seeking the banning ordere

Open Channel Radio

Mr. Campbell-Savours asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the manufacturers he referred to in c.54 of the Official Report for 11 June who have expressed their intention to produce citizens' band radio equipment in Great Britain.'-

Mr. Raison: Those manufacturers who attended the land mobile specification committee which considered the specifications for citizens band radio did so on the understanding that they had expressed an interest in producing equipment in this country, and we have had other expressions of similar attitude in the course of enquiries about the specifications, Nine firms have now been issued with testing and development licences and a further 10 applications are pending. I am afraid, however, that our contacts with these organisations have not proceeded on an understanding that their details would be made public.

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OFFIC May 1979, Mr. Paul Chadd has received four briefs for the Crown. The fees paid to him were paid for professional services by counsel in private practice and it would not be appropriate for me to give details of the b Mr Chadd's fees are assessed and taxed by the courts on the same basis as are the fees paid to all other counsel.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

European Discussion Centre

Mr Spearing asked the Lord Privy Seal what is the purpose of and the annual cost to his Department of the European Discussion Centre.

Sir Ian Gilmour: The European Discussion Centre was set up to promote discussion of European matters. It organises seven conferences a year at which Community topics of current interest are debated. The cost to my Department in 1980-81 was approximately £50,000.

Passports

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Mr. Gordon Wilson asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will make a statement on the current bilateral agreements on passport acceptance during the Civil Service dispute.

Mr. Luce: I would refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield and Tamworth (Mr. Heddle) on 22 May and the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed on 1 June, and the reply given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State to my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Mr. Fox) on 16 June.

Since then, the Australians have informed us that they will accept a British visitor's passport for travel between the United Kingdom and Australia where a genuine need to travel at short notice exists and a normal British passport is unobtainable. Hong Kong will also accept British visitors passports for travel to Hong Kong provided the holder can produce some proof of residence in the United Kingdom, such as a United Kingdom birth certificate or driving licence on arrival. Jamaica has also said that British visitors passports are acceptable.

Mr. Cormack asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will make a statement on the present position of those British subjects who have applied for passports to be issued or renewed and who, because of the current problems in the Passport Office, have received no replies to their applications.

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Mr. Luce: I would refer my hon Friend to the reply I gave on 22 May to my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield and Tamworth (Mr. Heddle).

People who have had no response to postal applications may obtain standard passports by calling personally, or having someone call on their behalf, at a passport office. A further application form, two new photographs and evidence that the fee has been posted will be required if the original application has not reached the passport office. Alternatively, a British visitors passport may be obtained from a main post office, provided the journey

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