HC Deb 22 July 1965 vol 716 c1818
17. Mr. Weatherill

asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what is the position regarding entertainment allowances for full-time members of the National Board for Prices and Incomes.

Mr. George Brown

Members of the Board do not have such personal allowances. There will be an annual hospitality fund for the Board, but the level of this has not yet been decided.

Mr. Weatherill

If this is so, why did not his public relations experts refute the specific statement in a paper published in June that these people had allowances?

Mr. Brown

Unlike the hon. Gentleman, we are not so easily taken in by the Daily Telegraph.

Mr. Biggs-Davison

When the hospitality allowances have been decided on, who is this hospitality to be given to?

Mr. Brown

To those to whom the members of the Board feel they need to give hospitality.

Forward to