§ Q22. Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday, 29th November.
§ The Prime MinisterAfter meetings in the morning with ministerial colleagues and others, I was host at a lunch for the retiring Belgian Ambassador at 10 Downing Street. In the afternoon, I attended the debate on the problems of thalidomide children, and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and I held a meeting with the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition and the hon. Gentleman the Member for Leeds, South (Mr. Merlyn Rees). In the evening, I was host at a reception to mark the completion of the current programme of cleaning the Whitehall buildings.