HC Deb 18 January 1978 vol 942 c224W
Mr. Neubert

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many appointments have been made to the principal office of public bodies in the last two years; and of those appointments how many were (a) previously active members of the Labour Party and (b) former parliamentary candidates in that capacity.

Mr. Hattersley

In the last two years I have made 39 such appointments of whom 20 were previously active members of the Labour Party including three who were former parliamentary candidates in that capacity.