§ 37. Mr. W. O. J. Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what steps he proposes to take to extend and increase the effectiveness of commercial and information services in missions abroad within the necessary framework of restraint in public spending.
§ Mr. MulleyThe Report of the Plow-den Committee on the Representational Services Overseas stressed that economic and commercial services should be a first charge on the resources of the Diplomatic Service. This will continue to be our policy. We have decided to maintain our overseas information effort at about the same level for the next four years. In both fields we are constantly reviewing our methods to seek improvement.