§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will publish in the Official Report the correspondence which has passed between him and the hon. Member for Newham, North-West making complaint of the wasteful expenditure of taxpayers' money by the Chairman of the North Thames Gas Board in spending £1,000s in sending out letters at first-class postage charges months ago notifying all and sundry of his impending retirement at the end of March.
§ Dr. John A. CunninghamNo. I do not believe that such publication would serve any useful purpose. As I explained to my hon. Friend, the matter was one which lay within the responsibility of the British Gas Corporation. However, while he has copies of his own letters and my replies he can readily make these available to whomsoever he chooses.