HC Deb 27 January 1989 vol 145 c768W
Mr. Cryer

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the ministerial advisers appointed in his Department for each year since 1979, the salary each person received, whether paid directly or to another employer, and the duties undertaken, whether solely in his Department or in conjunction with other Departments; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Forth

[pursuant to his reply, 16 January 1989, c. 16]: I am now able to reply to the hon. Member's question about the appointment of ministerial advisers to the Department of Trade and Industry since 1979.

not elimination of) overall support and protection. For the short term it proposes a freeze and reductions, expressed in terms of an aggregate measure of support and protection, leaving Governments free to choose their own combination of policies to achieve an agreed reduction in aggregate support.