§ 25. Mr. Maxwell-Hyslopasked the Minister of Health whether he will give an assurance that the 10 per cent. census meant that one person in 10 was selected as a sample; and, in view of the fact that those selected to receive the census forms also received a pamphlet from the Registrar General stating that they had been selected out of millions, if he is satisfied that this pamphlet was not misleading to the public.
§ Mr. LoughlinThe answer to both parts of the question is "Yes, Sir".
§ Mr. Maxwell-HyslopWould the hon. Gentleman agree that, particularly in official communications, accuracy is to be preferred to flattery, and that, to send forms to people saying that they have been selected out of millions when they have been selected out of tens, is grossly inaccurate, though very flattering?
§ Mr. LoughlinI cannot understand why the hon. Gentleman is being pernickety. There are about 15 million heads of households and if one is chosen as one in 10, he is in fact chosen as one in millions.
§ Sir Knox CunninghamIs the hon. Gentleman aware that, as one selected, I feel very honoured to be one in a million?
§ Mr. LoughlinIt so happens that I was in a hotel at the time and I also was one selected.