§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on goods manufactured by the Distillers Company Ltd. in the last financial year.
§ Dr. GilbertThe Ministry of Defence paid a total of £479,000 in the financial 87W year 1976–77 to firms in the Distillers Company Limited group.
§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will instruct his 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 X list which was drawn up prior to the 1973 settlement.
§ Dr. GilbertI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given today by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security to my hon. Friend for Luton, West (Mr. Sedgemore.)