HC Deb 22 March 1976 vol 908 cc51-2W
Mr. John Moore

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his answer of 17th March in regard to the organisations which received advance copies of Command Paper No. 6393, which of the 70 organisations received more than one copy; which organisations received the 81 copies issued to the Lobby and accredited overseas correspondents; and which journalists received the 80 copies at the embargoed Press conference.

Mr. Joel Barnett

Of the 70 organisations listed in my reply to the hon. Member of 3rd March the following received more than one copy of the Confidential Final Revise of Command Paper No. 6393, Public Expenditure to 1979–80:

The Times.

Daily Mail.

Evening News.

Financial Times.

Observer.

Western Mail.

New Statesman.

BBC.

ITN.

Sunday Times.

Press Association.

The Glasgow Herald.

The Scotsman.

Economist.

Thames TV.

The issue of copies of the Confidential Final Revise of Command Papers to individual Lobby correspondents and accredited overseas correspondents in the Press Gallery is the responsibility of Lobby officials.

The 80 copies distributed at the Press conference were made available on request. The following newspapers, agencies and broadcasting organisations were represented:

Financial Times.

The Times.

The Guardian.

The Daily Telegraph.

Daily Mail.

Daily Express.

Daily Mirror.

Sun.

Morning Star.

Evening Standard

Evening News.

Birmingham Post.

Liverpool Daily Post.

Manchester Evening News.

Western Morning News.

Thomson Newspapers.

Westminster Press.

The Scotsman.

The Glasgow Herald.

Sunday Times.

Observer.

Sunday Telegraph.

BBC.

ITN.

Thames Television.

Independent Radio News.

Press Association.

Reuters.

Keystone Press Agency.

Newspoint.

Central Press.

United Press International.

Agence France-Presse.

Wall Street Journal.

Washington Post.

New York Times.

Die Welt.

Stuttgarter Zeitung.

Neue Zurcher Zeitung.

Asahi.

Berry Republicain.

Economist.

District Council News.

District Council Review.

Municipal Journal.

Municipal Review.

Surveyor.

Health and Social Services Journal.

Social Services.

Times Educational Supplement.

Review.

Monthly News.

Freelance.