1.   Dr Kumar is to contact Marjorie Mowlam, Redcar MP and Labour spokeswoman on City and corporate affairs.

2.   Hilary Armstrong, MP for North-West Durham and party spokeswoman on nursery education, visited Springfield School in Darlington yesterday where a new nursery unit will open soon.

3.   An embassy spokeswoman on Monday had no comment on the communique, however.

4.   A company spokeswoman on Friday denied that the disease has been identified at a third site.

5.   A White House spokeswoman on Thursday night praised the agreement.

6.   Aides to Tipper Gore, a Clinton administration spokeswoman on mental health issues, said she favored such legislation.

7.   Farrow is a UNICEF spokeswoman on polio eradication.

8.   His spokeswoman on Friday said that policy is under review.

9.   It is rare for a defendant to forgo its right to a hearing, said Amelia Torres, a commission spokeswoman on competition matters.

10.   Q. Splitting from many Republican leaders, you have emerged as a much-televised national spokeswoman on this contentious issue.