MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1

[ 6 DECEMBER 1977 ] ·Answers
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WRITTEN ANSWERS
. 1 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING
-1i OBJECTS
?S
J!he Earl of CLANCARTY asked
· ,....~; Majes(y's Government:
~ Whether they are aware that in
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France, since 1st September 1977, .a
section for the study of unidentified
flying objects has been set up in the
National Centre for Space Studies in
lToulouse, under the direction of
Monsieur Claude Poher, a distinguished
scientist, and that this body is sponsored
upon the French Ministry of Industry
. ·j a!ld. Resea~ch;. and whet.her. there is a
j s1mtlar scientific orgamsation under
. l. Government sponsorship in the United
· .. Kingdom to study unidentified flying
'l,t~ .
objects, working closely with the French· .
~ •. 9ne.
The MINISTER of STATE,' DEPAR,T,~i
MENT of EDUCATION and SCIENCE1
(Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge): • HeC:
Majesty's Government understand that a
study group called the Groupe d'Etudes ~
sur les Phenomenes Aerospatiales Non-:
Identifies (GEPAN) has been set up under·
the French Ministry of Industry, Com-
merce and Artisans at the National
Centre for ~pace Studies' in Toulo.u.se.
The group has no formal links with the
United Kingdom, and we have no similar
scientific group to study unidentified
objects or phenomena.
LEGAL AID REFUSALS
L rd CHITNIS asked Her Majesty's
Gov rnment:
hether they will list in the Official
Rep rt the number of applications for
legal aid which have been refused for
each ear since 1970 and whether they
will c ssify this information according
to the following categories:
(a) ere the Supplementary Benefits
Co mission have determined the
app 'cant's disposable income at an
amo nt greater than the limit;
(b) wh e the Supplementary Benefits
Com ission have determined the
applic nt's disposable capital at
an am unt greater than the limit;
(c) where the proceedings to which
the ap ication related are not
proceedi s for which legal aid may
be given;
(d) where t e applicant has not
shown th he has reasonable
grounds f o taking, defending, or
being a part to the proceedings;
(e) where it a ears unreasonable
that the appli ant should receive
legal aid in the articular circum-
stances of the ca e.
The LORD CHAN LLOR: The
available information is se out below in
two tables. No informati is available
about category (c) and co ined figures
only are available for categori (a) and (b).
In England and Wales comb ed figures
only a.re available for .categories (d) and (e).
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