§ Q2. Sir Knox Cunninghamasked the Prime Minister whether the public speech delivered by the Minister of Technology to the Welsh Council of Labour at Llandudno on 25th May about Parliamentary reform is in accordance with the policy of Her Majesty's Government.
§ The Prime MinisterI would refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to the Answers I gave to similar Questions on 29th and 30th May and on 11th June.— [Vol. 765, c. 241–2; Vol. 765, c. 259; Vol. 766, c. 29–30.]
§ Sir Knox CunninghamSince the Minister of Technology is so keen on reform, as the Prime Minister appears to be about another place, will he widen his horizon to include the present Government, who have suffered more by-election defeats and who are the most distrusted and detested Government of this century?
§ The Prime MinisterThe hon. Gentleman is, of course, entitled to his views, but they are not very widely shared— [HON. MEMBERS: "Oh."]
§ Sir Knox CunninghamThat's what you think.
§ Mr. FauldsGo home, foreigner. Go home. [Interruption.]
§ Mr. SpeakerOrder. The hon. Member for Smethwick (Mr. Faulds) must learn to behave properly.
§ The Prime MinisterI do not think that the hon. and learned Member for Antrim, South (Sir Knox Cunningham) expressed quite so fulsome a view when a whole series of by-election defeats faced his party when it was the Government; although he was, of course, speaking from his safe base in Northern Ireland.