HC Deb 28 March 1972 vol 834 cc231-2
Q9. Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Prime Minister what plans he has for holding regular televised Press conferences.

The Prime Minister

None, Sir.

Mr. Hamilton

The whole country will be thankful for that. In view of the success of the right hon. Gentleman's recent television broadcast, may I ask him to consider giving fortnightly or monthly performances of that kind?

The Prime Minister

It is rather difficult to know when the hon. Gentleman is putting what he describes as a friendly supplementary question and when it is designed for other purposes. I have no plans to hold regular Press conferences, but it is possible to have Ministerial broadcasts on important matters, such as the one I made last Friday and which the Leader of the Opposition then followed.