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Hong Kong
Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of all his engagements and meetings during his most recent visit to Hong Kong.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs accompanied my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on his visit to Hong Kong on 4 and 5 September. With my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, he met the Governor and members of the Executive Council; attended a dinner hosted by the Governor for business and political leaders and a lunch hosted by the Chief Secretary for community leaders and representatives; visited the mass transit railway and the city polytechnic and attended a private dinner.
He also visited the border to meet the Gurkhas and Royal Hong Kong police and visited a Royal Naval patrol craft; had a meeting with British business men and attended a private reception.
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South Africa
Mr. Pendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards sporting links with South Africa.
Mrs. Chalker: Our policy has not changed since the answer my hon. Friend the Minister for Sport gave to the hon. and learned Member for Fife, North-East (Mr. Campbell) on 23 July. We have continued to encourage all concerned to promote racially integrated sport in South Africa. We hope that contact with integrated sports will resume as soon as possible.
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Nuclear Proliferation
Mr. Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the meeting of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council on nuclear proliferation and control of sensitive technology sales, held in London on 26 September.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: The recent experts' meeting in London discussed arms transfers and non-proliferation, in particular the development of agreed guidelines governing conventional arms transfers and the development of modalities of a consultation and information exchange mechanism on arms transfers to, as a matter of priority, the middle east. Senior officials are meeting again in London on 17 and 18 October to continue this process.
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"Community Alone" Agreements
Mr. Knapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have reviewed the publication of the so-called "Community Alone" agreements Command Papers; and what proposals they have for future publication.
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Mr. Garel-Jones: As "Community Alone" agreements are already published in the Official Journal of the European Community, their publication as Command
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Papers is an unnecessary waste of resources. Consequently we have consulted the Chairmen of the Select Committees concerned and have agreed that this practice should cease. In order that hon. Members are kept fully informed I will instruct officials responsible for drawing up the White Paper on developments in the Community to ensure that in addition to the current annex C on major treaties and agreements signed by the Community there is an additional annex on "Community Alone" agreements.
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Sports Facilities
Mr. Rowlands: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has of the number of sports clubs and sports facilities incurring 100 per cent. costs and 50 per cent. of the business rate; and how many receive 100 per cent. rate relief.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett: In 1990-91 Welsh local authorities received 756 applications for discretionary rate relief from non-profit making clubs used for recreational purposes including sporting organisations. Of the 673-89 per cent.-organisations granted relief,
105 (16 per cent.) were granted relief of up to 20 per cent. of rates payable; 297 (44 per cent.) were granted relief of 21-50 per cent. of rates payable; 80 (12 per cent.) were granted relief of 51-80 per cent. of rates payable; 191 (28 per cent.) were granted relief of over 80 per cent. of rates payable.
The number of non-profit-making recreational clubs paying 100 per cent. rates is not known.
Sports Expenditure
Mr. Rowlands: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the estimated local authority capital expenditure in recreation and sport in 1989-90 and 1990-91, respectively; and what is the estimated expenditure in 1991-92.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett: Gross capital expenditure by local authorities in Wales on recreation, parks and baths was £39.6 million in 1989-90. Comparable information for 1990-91 and 1991-92 is not yet available.
Poll Tax
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many people in Wales have not paid the poll tax for the year 1990-91;
(2) how many people have paid the poll tax for the year 1990-91.
Mr. David Hunt: The information requested is not available centrally.
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what is the percentage of arrears for the last financial year for the poll tax in Wales;
(2) what is the amount of cash outstanding from non-payment of the poll tax in Wales in the last financial
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Mr. Nicholas Bennett: At 31 March 1991, local authorities reported that arrears of community charges in Wales were £49 million; around 12 per cent. of the full amount due a collection rate of 88 per cent. Local authorities have continued to recover 1990-91 arrears, but
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