§ 5 and 6. Mr. Mayhewasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) why he is proposing to reduce information expenditure in Colonial territories; and what is the size and nature of the proposed reduction;
(2) why he is proposing to reduce British Council activities in Colonial Territories; and what form he proposes that the reduction shall take.
§ Mr. H. FraserMy right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his statement of the 25th July said that he looked for a cut of 10 per cent. in the cost of diplomatic and various administrative services overseas. While expenditure on information services and the British Council in the dependent territories must be considered in the light of this statement, it is too early yet to say exactly what reductions will have to be made or how they will be found.