HC Deb 14 December 1961 vol 651 c94W
Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation if he will state the non-official organisations concerned with Commonwealth and international affairs which receive public money for the production of leaflets and other propaganda.

Mr. Vosper

The Estimates of the Foreign, Commonwealth Relations and Colonial Offices include provision for payments to non-Governmental bodies, of the kind I think my hon. Friend has in mind, as follows:

  • The British Broadcasting Corporation,
  • The British Council,
  • The Commonwealth Institute,
  • The Atlantic Institute,
  • The British-Atlantic Committee, and
  • The British National Committee of the World Assembly of Youth.

While I understand these bodies all produce publications etc., the payments they receive are for their general purposes, rather than for specific activities.