§ Mr. Denis Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in the light of the letter sent to him by the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Small Heath giving new information about the circumstances in which the 549W director general of the Sports Council resigned his position, he will now make a further statement on this matter.
§ Mr. MacfarlanePersonnel matters are properly the concern of the Sports Council and its appropriate committee. The right hon. Gentleman's letter of 12 December deals in such matters and is therefore a matter between himself and the Sports Council. I have nothing to add to my previous answers to his questions.