§ Mr. HURDasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that in some areas the Press is being excluded from conferences of parish, district, and county councils concerned with the rearrangement of local government areas; and whether, with a view to assuage friction, he can devise means of encouraging a contrary practice?
§ Miss LAWRENCEIt is in the discretion of county councils whether the Press shall be admitted, and my right hon. Friend is not disposed to interfere with their discretion, especially in view of the fact that the frankest possible interchange of views is likely to be conducive to the public interest.