§ Q10. Mr. Adam Butlerasked the Prime Minister if he will give an instruction to all departmental Ministers concerned to carry out an immediate review of, and a check on, the necessity for the requests for regular information of all sorts sent out by their Departments and other bodies and organisations for which they are responsible.
§ The Prime MinisterNo. Ministers and their advisers already accept that information should be sought only when it is essential to the fulfilment of their duties.