§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many times he approached Anne Edwards of the Sunday Express to become a member of the commitee investigating matters connected with motorway cafés; why, in addition to a £10 a day tax-free expense allowance and travelling expenses, she was offered full or partial reimbursement of loss of earnings; why she was asked whether she was a Vietnam war reporter; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MaclennanA number of telephone calls were made to Miss Edwards, to ascertain whether she was interested in serving on a Government committee. These ended with a call informing her that she had not been selected. Miss Edwards was offered the normal terms of attendance at such committees and asked for information for inclusion in the curriculum vitae for the Press notice 225W which would have been issued had she been appointed.