§ 76. Mr. Robert Howarthasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he is yet ready to announce further appointments to the Board of the Post Office.
§ Mr. StonehouseI have appointed Mr. A. S. Ashton to be the Member for Finance and Corporate Planning. Mr. Ashton is Executive Finance Director of Esso Petroleum Limited, and I am grateful to it for agreeing to release him from his present engagements on 1st January, 1970, to take up his new appointment.