§ The Prime Minister (Mrs. Margaret Thatcher)There has been no change in the criteria, which are set out in the aide memoire published in April 1969, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. FreudWill the Prime Minister include in her next ministerial broadcast a summary of how her 1979 election promises have been kept, so that when her diaries are published they will be considered authentic when she leaves office?
§ The Prime MinisterI would not need a ministerial broadcast to do that, but I shall be delighted in the speeches to respond to the hon. Gentleman's invitation.
§ Mr. StokesWhen my right hon. Friend next makes a ministerial broadcast, will she please make it clear that it is she, and she alone, who will decide the date of the next general election, not the newspapers?
§ The Prime MinisterYes, Sir.