§ Mr. Sedgemoreasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he will instruct his Department not to purchase brands of whisky, gin, vodka and brandy manufactured by the Distillers Company until such time as the Distillers Company pays the 85 thalidomide children on the Y list the same compensation as that paid to children on the X list which was drawn up prior to the 1973 settlement.
§ Mr. HattersleyNo, I would not regard this as an appropriate course.
§ Mr. Sedgemoreasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how much his Department spent on goods manufactured by the Distillers Company Ltd. in the last financial year.
§ Mr. HattersleyNo record is kept which would provide this information.