§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister of State for Defence whether he will give an assurance that he will take action to prevent officials from his Department from issuing statements to the Press and the British Broadcasting Corporation dealing with a Parliamentary Question on the Order Paper prior to the Question being asked and thus circumventing the rights of Members of Parliament to ask Questions.
§ Lord BalnielI have nothing to add to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Gentleman's similar Question today.