P144 CEEFAX 2 144 Fri 21 Jan 22:14/01 1/3 MONDAY'S AGENDA AT WESTMINSTER MPs will take Friday off for constituency work and then return on Monday for question time with Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. MPs will debate the Disqualification Bill which allows members of the Irish Republic's Oireachtas Pariament to sit in the Commons or as NI Assembly MPs. The Armed Forces Discipline Bill is set to clear the Lords. Peers will also consider the report stage of the Nuclear Safeguards Bill. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Letters News Indx Extra Main MenuP144 CEEFAX 2 144 Fri 21 Jan 22:12/41 2/3 OFFICIALS DENY ON-BONE BAN WILL RETURN The Ministry of Agriculture has said a document suggesting the EU may bring back the beef-on-the-bone ban and extend it to sheep is incorrect. Farmers' leaders reacted with horror after a Welsh Assembly e-mail suggested the EU wanted vertebrae and intestines removed from cattle and sheep carcasses But officials say the e-mail, leaked to the press by mistake, was wrong. It was not an accurate record of the meeting it followed, said the ministry. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Letters News Indx Extra Main MenuP144 CEEFAX 2 144 Fri 21 Jan 22:04/58 3/3 SQUAD WILL TARGET BENEFITS FRAUD GANGS The Government is unveiling a new team of investigators formed to crack down on organised benefit fraud. The national intelligence unit will focus on organised criminal gangs whose scams cost the taxpayer millions. The National Audit Office revealed that the level of fraud by Income Support and Jobseeker's Allowance claimants could be as high as £1.5bn a year. The unit, to be launched on Monday, will liaise with police and councils. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Letters News Indx Extra Main Menu