§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the British agencies which book acts for performance before British and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces.
§ Mr. LeeEntertainment paid for by the Ministry of Defence for the United Kingdom armed forces is provided286W solely by the combined services entertainment division of the Services Sound and Vision Corporation. I have no information about bookings made for and funded by other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces, or those arranged privately.
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Defence which British agency booked the South African group The C & G Band to play before North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces.
§ Mr. LeeThe Services Sound and Vision Corporation has no record of engaging this band. I have no information about bookings made for and funded by other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces, or those arranged privately.
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will review the arrangements by which performers are recruited to play before British and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces.
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will ensure that the South African group The C & G Band does not perform before British forces in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation;
(2) if he will ensure that South African performers are not recruited to play before British and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces.
§ Mr. LeeThe Services Sound and Vision Corporation's practice is to engage United Kingdom entertainers who are members of the appropriate United Kingdom union, and I see no reason for them to change this policy. Arrangements made by other NATO member countries are a matter for their Governments.
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will take steps to promote the contracting of British entertainers to perform before British and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces.
§ Mr. LeeThe Services Sound and Vision Corporation will continue to engage British entertainers wherever possible. I am happy to say that they have been well received and their work much appreciated in such widely separated and arduous duty stations as Northern Ireland and the Falklands.