§ 1. Mr. A. Lewisasked the Minister without Portfolio whether he will publish in HANSARD a list of his official public and Government appointments and engagements during the month of June, 1964.
§ Mr. LewisWhy is the Minister so diffident? We do not often see him in the House and when he comes here he does not often have to answer many Questions. There are only two for him to answer today. May I ask what he does with his spare time other than make propaganda for the Tory Party? Can he give us some idea of what he does to earn a salary apart from a political stipend?
§ Mr. DeedesIf I had done anything wrong there would have been more Questions put down for me to answer 454 than there are today. We had this argument in a debate a short time ago. My duties have not altered specifically from the duties of my predecessors who have been responsible for co-ordinating information services.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithIs my right hon. Friend aware that the promotion of the general information services and his official help and guidance to the Foreign Press are widely appreciated and very much in the country's interests?
§ Mr. DeedesAs to the foreign Press, I accept the fact that the Government information services ought to be made available to the overseas Press as well as to our own.
§ Mr. LiptonIf the right hon. Gentleman is responsible for information, why is he so reluctant to give us some information about himself? Is it due to modesty or panic?
§ Mr. DeedesModesty.