§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Prime Minister why he will not take the necessary action to ensure that no person appointed to any ministerial office is entitled to write or make any oral declaration concerning his employment until 20 years after leaving office.
§ The Prime MinisterI shall continue to be guided by the position on ministerial memoirs as set out in the reply given to a Question by my right hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough (Mr. Bottomley) on 22nd January 1976.