§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on goods manufactured by the Distillers Company Ltd. in the last financial year.
§ Mr. TomlinsonI regret that the information is not available. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not itself purchase large quantities of the types of goods manufactured by the Distillers Company. Such stocks as are purchased are not bought direct from manufacturers, and no records of manufacturers are kept.
§ Mr. Hefferasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will instruct his Department not to purchase brands of whisky, gin, vodka and brandy manufactured by the Distillers Company until 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. TomlinsonI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the disabled is giving him today.