§ 100. Sir E. Keelingasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the despatching organisation and messengers of Government offices are used to convey letters from civil servants to individual Members of the House of Commons seeking their support on particular questions; and whether he will stop this practice.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI am grateful to my hon. Friend for drawing my attention to cases where this has happened. I am arranging for Departments to issue instructions making it clear that action of the kind referred to in the Question is forbidden.