§ Q27. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Prime Minister whether he will advise Ministers that when Members of Parliament send letters to the appropriate Departments together with constituents letters an individual reply should be sent dealing with each of the constituents complaints, so that this may be sent on to the complainant without him or her being made aware of matters raised by other persons.
§ The Prime MinisterMinisters aim to be as helpful as possible in answering hon. Members' letters and it is the normal practice to send letters dealing individually with constituents' letters forwarded by hon. Members. There may, however, be circumstances when it is appropriate to deal in a single letter with points raised by more than one constituent; and it must be for each Minister to decide how his correspondence with hon. Members should be handled in a particular case.