10. Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, during recent conferences at Geneva, he has received any complaints from the Press regarding the difficulty of obtaining official information; whether any official is specially detailed for this work; and whether he will see if any improvements can be made on future occasions?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONThe reply to the first part of the question is in the negative. The reply to the second part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the last part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given to a similar question on the 19th March of this year, from which it will be seen that the Secretary of State was satisfied that the present arrangement gives British Press representatives an equal opportunity of obtaining information with their foreign colleagues.
Mr. MALONEIs the hon. Gentleman aware that as recently as September last, during the Conference on the Rhineland evacuation, Press representatives had to obtain that information from the French, and will he read the "Daily Telegraph" of 17th September?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONI have seen the article to which the hon. Member refers. I was at Geneva myself, and certainly no complaints reached us at Geneva.