HC Deb 29 June 1989 vol 155 cc531-2W
Mr. Blair

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which public relations firms his Department has employed and at what cost, for each year since 1979.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Apart from the special circumstances of privatisation work, the consistent practice of successive Governments has been to avoid the use of public relations firms or other firms outside Government for public relations work.

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