HC Deb 07 March 1978 vol 945 c1199
1. Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list his official engagements for 7th March.

The Secretary of State for Social Services (Mr. David Ennals)

I shall be meeting informally the Chairman of the BMA Council and the Secretary of the Council.

Mr. Adley

In view of the fact that I told the right hon. Gentleman last Wednesday what I was going to ask him, will he please be so kind as to tell the House why, 48 hours after that, he had a Question placed on the Order Paper by his hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Ogden), a perfectly bland and innocuous Question, which he chose to answer last night in great detail about his version of the Scott affair? Will he enlighten us?

Mr. Ennals

I had noticed Questions that had been tabled for today. I thought that it would be helpful for the discussion today and for any supplementary questions for me to set out a complete statement in order that any hon. Members could refer to it if they so wished and in order that I could refer to it if I so wished.