RULE OF LAW (MINISTER'S SPEECH)

HC Deb 14 January 1975 vol 884 cc75-6W

Q8. Mr. Adley

asked the Prime Minister if the public speech by the Secretary of State for Education and Science at Sunderland on 7th December, on the rule of law, represents Government policy.

Q11. Mr. Lawson

asked the Prime Minister if the public speech on the rule of law by the Secretary of State for Education and Science at Sunderland on 7th December 1974 represents Government policy.

Q25. Mr. Tebbit

asked the Prime Minister if the public speech of the Secretary of State for Education and Science made in Sunderland on 7th December concerning the importance of upholding the rule of law represents Government policy.

The Prime Minister

In so far as my right hon. Friend was commenting on purely domestic affairs of the Labour Party in the country, no question of Government policy arises. In respect of such parts of the speech as refer to Government policy, the answer is "Yes".