§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will estimate the number of man hours or days which have been expended within his Department on work related to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and its Sub-Committee.
§ Mr. WhitneyPrecise information is not available and could be produced only at disproportionate cost. However,654W in addition to the equivalent of 1.6 staff engaged full-time in this work it is believed that in 1983, possibly a further 90 devoted some of their time to servicing the Committee.