§ Q3. Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Prime Minister whether the public speech on the democratic process made by the Secretary of State for Energy on 10th December at Bristol University represents Government policy.
§ The Prime MinisterI have nothing to add to the reply which I gave to the hon. 1641 Member for Melton (Mr. Latham) on 11th January.
§ Mr. WintertonWill the Prime Minister accept that the Secretary of State for Energy has defended the place of Marxists in the Labour Party, while the Prime Minister has on several occasions attacked extremist infiltrators in the Government party? Who are these infiltrators if they are not Marxists? Indeed, what are they?
§ The Prime MinisterThe hon. Gentleman obviously did not hear the answer that I gave a little earlier. I shall repeat it. My right hon. Friend's speech raised no issues of Government policy.
§ Mr. BuchanCan my right hon. Friend enlighten me to what aspect of Marx Opposition Members object? Is it the Right-wing philosophy of the German Hegel, the French sociology of Saint-Simon, or the labour of value theory of the British Adam Smith and Riccardo—both classic capitalist economists?
§ The Prime MinisterI thought that the Opposition were thinking of a combination of Harpo and Groucho Marx.