HC Deb 27 April 1970 vol 800 cc256-7W
Mr. Onslow

asked the President of the Board of Trade why he holds non-attributable Press briefings.

Mr. Roy Mason:

The Press ask for them occasionally.

Mr. Onslow

asked the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has formed of the cost to his Department, since October, 1964, of non-attributable Press briefings.

Mr. Roy Mason:

The cost is too negligible to estimate.