§ 38. Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Lord President of the Council whether he will move to extend the conditions restricting the use of travel warrants for Members' spouses in view of their discrimination against single Members.
§ Mr. R. CarrNo. The reason for granting free travel facilities for the spouses of Members is that a Member's wife or husband is often expected to play an important part in his or her duties as a Member of Parliament.
The same considerations do not normally apply to single Members.
§ 39. Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Lord President of the Council what estimates have been made of the total cost of extending the conditions governing the use of travel warrants for Members' spouses to include a companion of the opposite sex for single Members.
§ Mr. R. CarrNo such estimates have been made.