§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements there are in his Department to monitor regional news programmes on television and local radio to keep him, and senior civil servants, informed of regional news and opinions.
§ Mr. TomlinsonComprehensive monitoring of local broadcasts is not practicable,270W but the News Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office keeps abreast of the more important regional news through frequent contact with the London headquarters of the television and local radio companies and with the London correspondents of the major provincial newspapers.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many copies of each of the following newspapers are purchased each day by his Department in order to keep himself and senior civil servants informed and how many copies of each paper purchased are northern editions; The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Express and Daily Mirror, respectively.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe following are supplied to Ministers and senior civil servants in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London:
The Guardian … 69 copies Daily Telegraph … 47 copies Daily Mail … 21 copies Daily Express … 19 copies Daily Mirror … 17 copies No northern editions are supplied.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many copies of each weekly and biweekly newspaper published within Greater Manchester are purchased by his Department to keep himself and senior civil servants informed of regional news and opinion.
§ Mr. TomlinsonTwo copies ofThe Guardian Weekly are purchased for the use of Ministers and senior civil servants in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many copies of each evening newspaper published in the North-West of England are purchased by his Department to keep himself and senior civil servants informed of regional news and opinion.
§ Mr. TomlinsonNo evening newspapers published in the North-West of England are purchased for the use of Ministers and senior civil servants in 271W the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.