§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will institute a public inquiry into the expenditure of public money on repair of vandalised buildings in Belfast.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThis expenditure will be subject to audit and to examination if necessary by the Public Accounts Committee in due course and I see no need for any special inquiry.
§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list in the Official Report the names and amounts received by builders in Northern Ireland of public funds for repairs of vandalised buildings in each of the years from 1964 to 1975.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe information could only be provided with a disproportionate use of resources. It would be a mammoth task to attempt to compile comprehensive information covering contracts carried out on behalf of a multiplicity of public bodies and Government Departments.