HC Deb 15 December 1981 vol 15 c120W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Lord Privy Seal what is the cost to public funds of the current visit of two South African Members of Parliament as guests of his Department to the United Kingdom.

Mr. Luce

The cost to Her Majesty's Government of the visit of Mr. Samuel de Beer MP and Mr. Wynand Malan MP is expected to be £9,725.

As part of our general policy of encouraging change in South Africa through contact and persuasion, the Government sponsor visits to the United Kingdom by representatives of a wide cross-section of South African opinion of all races.