§ 47. Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what instructions he has given to Ministers in his Department about official broadcasts by them.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellTo discuss clearly and frankly Government policy.
§ Mr. SteelIs there a new practice of allowing junior Ministers at the Scottish Office to appear on programmes, other than to make official broadcasts, in which they digress on matters in general? If so, will the right hon. Gentleman explain it to the House?
§ Mr. CampbellIt is not new. It was carried out—I was one of those concerned with it—by the Government who were in office up to 1964.