Select Committees (Hansard, 17 June 1986)

HC Deb 17 June 1986 vol 99 cc487-8W 488W

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) officials and (b) Ministers from his Department gave evidence to Commons Select Committees in each of the Sessions (i) 1983–84 and (ii) 1984–85.

§ Mr. Eggar
The following table gives the number of appearances of officials and Ministers from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Overseas Development Agency before House of Commons Select Committees in each of the parliamentary Sessions 1983–84 and 1984–85.

1983–84 1984–85

Ministers 9 3

Officials 27 46