§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Lord President of the Council whether he will publish a detailed list in HANSARD showing the various charges made for items of food, tea and coffee supplied in the Members self-service tea room and the actual costs of the materials purchased from outside suppliers; and to what extent rent, heat, fuel and light, etc., is a cost in the items supplied.
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§ Mr. MaxwellI have been asked to reply.
The amount of work and the expense involved in producing these figures would be very great, and I could not therefore ask the administration of the Refreshment Department, which is at present working under great stress, due to shortage of staff and reorganisation, to undertake it.