BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICES

HC Deb 20 January 1948 vol 446 cc14-5W

86. Mr. Erroll

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by what principles the British Information Service in the U.S.A. is guided when distributing copies of speeches in the B.B.C. series of political addresses.

Mr. McNeil

It is a principle that the British Information Services should not be used for party purposes. The British Information Services may, however, issue without comment the text of such party speeches to British officials and to a small number of other persons interested in British affairs who have specially asked for this kind of material, provided that the party nature of the speech is made quite clear.