HC Deb 01 February 1978 vol 943 cc233-4W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Minister of Overseas Development whether, pursuant to her reply on the establishment costs expended by the Crown Agents on entertainment, she will detail the names of the hon. Members and journalists referred to in her reply.

Mrs. Hart,

pursuant to her reply [Official Report, 24th January 1978; Vol. 942, c. 553–4], gave the following information:

The names of the hon. Members, journalists and other representatives of the Press who were invited to the Crown Agents' official receptions and lunchoens during the period 1972 to 1976 inclusive are as follows:

Hon. Members

  • The Hon. John Astor.
  • Col. Sir Tufton Beamish (now Baron Chelwood).
  • The right hon. Member for Middlesbrough (Mr. Bottomley).
  • The hon. Member for Essex, South-East (Sir B. Braine).
  • Mr. John Cordle.
  • Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker.
  • The hon. Member for Harrow, East (Mr. Dykes).
  • The hon. Member for Honiton (Mr. Emery).
  • The hon. Member for Surbiton (Sir N. Fisher).
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  • The hon. and learned Member for Darwen (Mr. Fletcher-Cooke).
  • The right hon. Member for Lanark (Mrs. Hart).
  • The hon. Member for Horsham and Crawley (Mr. Hordern).
  • The right hon. Member for Chipping Barnet (Mr. Maudling).
  • The right hon. Member for Newham, North-East (Mr. Prentice).
  • The hon. Member for Rugby (Mr. Price).
  • The hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Sir J. Rodgers).
  • The hon. Member for Richmond, Surrey (Sir A. Royle).
  • The hon. Member for Dorking (Sir G. Sinclair).
  • Mr. John Stonehouse.
  • The hon. Member for Horncastle (Mr. Tapsell).
  • Sir Richard Thompson.
  • Mr. Christopher Tugendhat.
  • The hon. Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Whitlock).
  • The right hon. Member for Bridlington (Mr. Wood).

Journalists and other representatives of the Press

  • Sir William Barnetson—(Chairman, Reuters).
  • G. Bickford—(Chairman, Newspaper Conference).
  • W. Deedes—(Daily Telegraph).
  • M. H. Fisher—(Financial Times).
  • Kenneth Fleet—(Daily Telegraph).
  • Maurice Green—(Daily Telegraph).
  • C. D. Hamilton—(The Times).
  • W. Harford Thomas—(The Guardian).
  • Dominick Harrod—(BBC).
  • John Junor—(Sunday Express).
  • Patrick Keatley—(The Guardian).
  • Lt.-Col. T. Pierce-Goulding—(Commonwealth Press Union).
  • Miss Margaret Reid—(Financial Times).
  • B. Roberts—(Sunday Telegraph).
  • Peter Shearlock—(Investors Review).
  • H. Stevenson—(Times Business News).
  • A. Whittam Smith—(Investor's Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette).
  • D. M. Williams—(West Africa).

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