HC Deb 05 July 1977 vol 934 c478W
Mr. Ward

asked the Lord President of the Council whether he will set up a further committee of inquiry into the refreshment facilities within the Palace of Westminster to put forward comprehensive proposals for the longer term physical rearrangement of accommodation for improved catering services.

Mr. Foot

I consider the first priority must be to put the finances of the Refreshment Department on a more satisfactory long-term basis, and to introduce a system of budgetary control, as recommended by the Committee of Inquiry chaired by my hon. Friend the Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Mr. Mikardo). I hope that we shall soon be in a position to achieve this.