§ 59. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he can arrange for future issues of the Registrar-General's statistical review to be presented to Parliament as a Command Paper?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAI am unaware of any reason why a less economical arrangement should apply to the issue of this particular publication than to other non-parliamentary publications.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSIs the hon. Member aware that the Minister of Health in answering a question made reference to this document, instead of quoting 1655 statistics? In these circumstances, how can hon. Members obtain information if Ministers decline to furnish it and also decline to publish the document?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAAny hon. Member can obtain a copy on demand. What the hon. Member is asking is that every Member of Parliament should be automatically supplied with this expensive publication.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSIs it not a fact that Ministers in answering questions decline to furnish statistics unless those statistics are contained in a paper presented to Parliament?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe hon. Member cannot expect me to answer that question. He must address it to the Minister concerned.