§ Q9. Sir C. Taylorasked the Prime Minister whether he will direct Ministers of the Crown not to make statements on television in interviews when they are able to make these in the first instance in the House of Commons.
§ Mr. George BrownI have been asked to reply.
No, these are matters best left to the judgment of individual Ministers though, where new policy developments are concerned, I am sure my right hon. Friends would, wherever possible, inform this House in the first instance.