§ 46. Mr. GEORGE TERRELLasked whether the right hon. Gentleman has been informed by any past or present Members of the Government, and, if any, which, that they are or have been directly or indirectly interested in any oil companies or concerns which hold or have tendered for contracts for the supply of oil for the Navy?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIt is no part of my duty to inform myself, or of the duty of my colleagues to inform me, of the private investments of Members of the Government. It is the duty of every Minister who has to advise or take action at any stage in regard to a contract affecting the public service, if he has any pecuniary interest direct or indirect in its subject matter, to disclose the fact spontaneously and at once. I have no reason to doubt that this duty has been and will be adequately discharged.