HC Deb 26 June 1967 vol 749 c41W
Sir J. Langford-Holt

asked the Lord President of the Council why the cost of banquet meals in the House has been increased by 50 per cent.

Mr. Maxwell

I have been asked to reply.

There has been no general 50 per cent. increase in banqueting prices. Prices for three to five course private luncheons and dinners have increased by varying amounts, which are, in all cases but one, less than 50 per cent. The reasons for these increases were set out in the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Rye (Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine) on Monday last. —[Vol. 748, c. 169.]