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be put into place. At this stage, however, it is not possible to offer a precise timetable for the introduction of the new- arrangements.
The costs of a new authority are one of the matters which are still being considered and it would be premature to offer an estimate of the financial resources that might be required in a particular financial year.
Police Bail
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the type of condition he intends police may apply to police bail.
Mr. Maclean: Under the Bail Act 1976 a court may attach conditions to the grant of bail if it considers that is necessary in order to ensure that, for example, a defendant surrenders to custody, does not commit an offence while on bail, and does not interfere with witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice. I intend the police to be able to attach conditions for similar purposes to bail which they grant. I do not consider it appropriate to specify the precise nature of such conditions, which will vary according to the circumstances of the individual case.
Prisons (Drug Tests)
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his timetable for introducing urine testing for drugs in prison; and what is his estimate of the cost in this financial year and in 1994-95.
Mr. Peter Lloyd: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Alun Michael, dated 19 October 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about drug urine testing in prisons.
Detailed plans, including a timetable, for the introduction of drug urine testing are still being developed. There has been no estimate of the cost.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to alter the ruling that people who have had previous convictions for unrelated matters can have their award for compensation from the criminal injuries compensation scheme reduced or refused.
Mr. Maclean: Details of the rules of the new tariff scheme will be given in a white Faper to be published later in the year. It is expected that the basic rules for eligibility
pemain Insealy as before.
Lenient Sentences
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the\ Home Department what is his timetable for extending the Alluincy-Ceneral'e right of appeal for lenient sentences: and what is his estimate of the cost in this financial year and in 1994-95.
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Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to publish the findings of research carried out for his Department by Sheffield university on drug use by young people.
Mr. Maclean: We intend to publish the report by Sheffield university by the end of this year.
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Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his timetable for implementing his proposal for new powers for the police to stop trespassers disrupting lawful activities; and what is his estimate of the cost in this financial year.
Mr. Charles Wardle: We intend to introduce legislation to implement these proposals as soon as a suitable opportunity arises. The timetable thereafter will depend upon the speed of progress which such legislation makes. It is too soon to offer reliable estimates of the costs and savings to which the proposals will give rise.
Rape Trials
Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when, and through what process, he intends to abolish the judge's mandatory warning to juries in rape trials about the truthfulness of women; and from what date he intends the changes to apply.
Mr. Maclean: We intend to introduce legislation to abolish this requirement as soon as a suitable opportunity arises. The commencement date will, of course, depend upon the progress which such legislation makes.
British Citizenship
Sir Ivan Lawrence: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to grant British citizenship to the wives and widows of service men who scrved in the defence of Hong Kong during the second world war; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Howard: I have no power to grant British citizenship to this group of people unless they meet the residence requirements of the British Nationality Act 1981 or quality under the Hong Kong selection scheme; and I do not think track would be justifier in bringing forward legislation to dispense with the normal statutory provisions in their case. The Government have on many occasions given au aconse
samsanna that these wives and widows may come to the United Kingdom with a view to settlement at any time. I readily repeat that assurance. It would then be open to them to apply in the vial way to he registered or naturalised as British citizens when they met the statutory requirements.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Pensions
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