§ Q4. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Prime Minister whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of his official appointments for Wednesday, 5th May, 1971.
§ Mr. MaudlingI have been asked to reply.
It is not the practice to do so.
§ Mr. LewisWhile it may not be the practice, will the right hon. Gentleman suggest to the Prime Minister that, after enjoying the lunch which he has fixed for that day, when speaking to the assembled company he should explain not only that he has been successful in cutting, at a stroke, the surtax and the taxation paid by the higher income groups but that he is also going to cut prices at a stroke, as he promised to do during the election?
§ Mr. MaudlingThe hon. Gentleman will recognise that the Budget not only brought taxes down but has resulted in prices being cut as well.
§ Sir G. NabarroHaving regard to this auspicious occasion at the Savoy Hotel, will my right hon. Friend recommend to the Prime Minister that he should invite, as his special guests, two new recruits to Tory philosophy, namely, the right hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Marsh) and the former Labour Member for Pembroke, Mr. Desmond Donnolly, both of whom now reject the policies of the Labour Party?
§ Mr. MaudlingMy right hon. Friend will be the guest and not the host at that luncheon.
§ Mr. William PriceCan the right hon. Gentleman unravel one of the greatest mysteries in modern politics—
§ Mr. William HamiltonHe is in Germany.
§ Mr. MaudlingI do my shopping in the local village stores at the weekend. It will be interesting to see whether they have made cuts in their prices as the large grocery chain stores have advertised that they are doing.