HC Deb 03 May 1962 vol 658 cc1208-9
Mr. Donnelly

On a point of order. May I seek your guidance, Mr. Speaker, on a point on which I apologise that I have not given you notice? Just before Easter the Attorney-General, as you will recall, make a statement in the House about Messrs. Burgess and Maclean, in rather exceptional circumstances, in response to a Private Notice Question. Since then it has come to my knowledge that the Government are paying sums of money to Burgess and Maclean in Moscow to dwell there. Could the Chancellor of the Exchequer have permission to answer Questions Nos. 40 and 41?

Mr. Speaker

I have had no such request.

Mr. Donnelly

Further to that point of order, Sir. Do I understand that the Chancellor has made no such request?

Mr. Speaker

I said that I had received no such request which, in the context, disposes of the matter for today.

Mr. Nabarro

It was not a point of order, anyway.