§ Mr. SpeakerMr. Heath. Business Question.
§ Sir Ian Orr-EwingOn a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Has the Prime Minister sought your permission to answer Question No. Q 12? I put forward this point of view for a serious 606 reason since the Paymaster-General has often been responsible for the co-ordination of Government information services. We have read in the Evening Standard, in an article from a most responsible source, that not only have 164 extra Press relations officers with strong Socialist views been appointed, but—
§ Mr. SpeakerThe hon. Member must resume his seat when Mr. Speaker stands. I was seized of the point of order at the beginning. It developed into a supplementary question that he might have asked had the Question been answered by the Prime Minister. I had called the Leader of the Opposition for the Business Question, which indicates that the Prime Minister had not asked me whether he might answer Question No. Q 12.
§ Sir Ian Orr-Ewing rose—
§ Sir Ian Orr-EwingMy motive, Sir, was in order that the anxieties of the House could be set at rest at the earliest possible moment.
§ Mr. SpeakerNobody in the House ever questions any other hon. Member's motive. I am simply dealing with the point of order.