§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which media outlets were notified by the Scottish Office of the home visit by the hon. Member for Stirling (Mr. Forsyth) to Mrs. Sinclair on Sunday 14 May; what advance notice of press involvement was given to Mrs. Sinclair; and what were the costs to public funds.
§ Mr. RifkindThe Scottish information office arranged for media representatives to be told of the visit of my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State responsible for health and education to the home of Mrs. Margaret Sinclair and issued a press statement on my hon. Friend's behalf. The statement was sent to theGlasgow Herald, Scotsman, the Daily Record, the Scottish Daily Express, the Aberdeen Press and Journal, the Dundee Courier, Scottish Television, the BBC, Radio Forth and Radio Clyde.
No advance notice of press involvement was given to Mrs. Sinclair.
The total cost to public funds is estimated at approximately £40.