§ 47. Mr. Ernest Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which overseas information services are to be curtailed as a result of the proposed reduction in Government expenditure.
§ Lord John HopeNo cuts have so far been made in information services for which the Foreign Office is responsible, but I cannot exclude this possibility.
§ Mr. Ernest DaviesWill the Joint Under-Secretary of State give an indication of what cuts are likely to take place, and will he give an assurance that no cuts will take place in the overseas information services? In view of the necessity of making known the British case abroad, would it not be false economy to make such cuts—or has the Government abandoned all hope of making known abroad the present British policy?
§ Lord John HopeThe answer to the last part of the hon. Gentleman's supplementary is "No, Sir." I think that as far as the rest of his supplementary was concerned, he was trying to get me to unsay something which I have already said, which I cannot do.