§ Q8. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Prime Minister whether he will take steps to impose a general rule forbidding chairmen of state, nationalised and statutory boards making controversial and political statements orally and in written articles, outside the scope of the board's sphere of administration in which they are working, corresponding to the practice adopted by the established Civil Service.
§ The Prime MinisterThe rules about the political activities of members of public boards remain as stated in my reply to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol, Central (Mr. Palmer) on 4th March, 1965.—[Vol. 707, c. 307–8.]