§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will introduce safeguards to protect the integrity and non-party political status of the Scottish Information Office.
§ Mr. RifkindThe staff of the Scottish Information Office, as civil servants, are well aware of established conventions followed by Ministers in relation to party 649W political activity. I see no need to issue new guidance to that which has stood successive Governments in good stead, and to which I fully subscribe.