Whether his department has had any face-to-face interaction with identified offenders to help solve the problem of (a) monopolistic pricing of key intermediate inputs and (b) the purchasing of outputs; if not, why not; if so, (i) what interaction, (ii) with whom and (iii) what were the consequences? W730E 609. Mrs J D Kilian (Cope) to ask the Minister of Communications: (1) (a) How many legal advisers were appointed permanently to his staff complement, (b) how are legal firms or practitioners selected and (c) how often is the list of legal practitioners revised; (2) whether his (a) Ministry and (b) department from time to time obtain legal services from private legal firms or practitioners; if so, (3) whether a specific panel of legal firms or practitioners were selected for his (a) Ministry and (b) department; if so, (i) which legal firms or practitioners were selected to serve on the panel for his (aa) Ministry and (bb) department and (ii) what are the names of these firms or practitioners; (4) (a) what amounts were paid out to the respective firms in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009 and (b) what was the total cost of outsourced legal services in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009?