HC Deb 14 January 1988 vol 125 cc394-5W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the conventions governing the content of Government advertising and promotional materials; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Brooke

The conventions on central Government publicity and advertising are set out in the Government's evidence submitted to the Widdicombe inquiry in 1985 and deposited in the Library of the House (published as annex D to "Local Authority Publicity: interim report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Conduct of Local Authority Business, chaired by Mr. David Widdicombe QC").