§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Prime Minister whether he will give a revised list of the all-inclusive costs of Ministerial visits overseas during the recent Parliamentary Recess so as to include the costs of travel, subsistence allowance and all expenses incurred for Ministers, officials and all those who were in any way associated with these visits for which Treasury funds were expended.
§ The Prime MinisterI would refer my hon. Friend to the Answers given to him on 1st November [Vol. 735, c.72–4] by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Mrs. White), on 1st November [Vol. 735, c. 67–8] by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 2nd November [Vol. 735, c. 106–8] by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence, on 27th October [Vol. 734, c. 214] by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary, on 21st October [Vol. 734, c. 87–8] by my hon. 267W Friend the Minister of State, Board of Trade (Mr. Mason) on 2nd November [Vol. 735, c. 117–8] by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport, on 1st November [Vol. 735, 60] by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, on 31st October [Vol. 735, c. 16] by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Social Security and on 31st October [Vol. 735, c. 36] by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Public Building and Works.
As for the visits not covered by these Answers, I would refer my hon. Friend to the Answer I gave him on 1st November [Vol. 735, c. 75] which shows the costs incurred by Ministers, but not accompanying officials, on the occasions in question. I will arrange for him to be supplied with the additional information he now wants on these cases in due course.