§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much her Department spent on goods manufactured by the Distillers Company Ltd. In the last financial year.
§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will instruct her Department not to purchase brands of whisky, gin, vodka and brandy manufactured by the Distillers Company until the Distillers Company pays the 85 thalidomide children on the Y list the same compensation as that paid to children on the Xlist which was drawn up prior to the 1973 settlement.
§ Mr. OakesI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given today by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the disabled to similar Questions from my hon. Friend and my hon. Friends the Members for Luton, West (Mr. Sedgemore), Bedwellty (Mr. Kinnock) and Liverpool, Walton (Mr. Heffer).