Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Hayman

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

24th September 1998

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jon Owen Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

25th September 1998

Sewel

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

25th September 1998

Nick Brown

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

29th September 1998

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 24th day of September 1998

L.S.

D.C. Gowdy

Permanent Secretary

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 28th day of September 1998

L.S.

P. Small

Permanent Secretary

We consent,

Clive Betts

Jim Dowd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

25th September 1998