HC Deb 05 November 1993 vol 231 c480W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Attercliffe, (Mr. Betts) of 18 November,Official Report, column 57, what factual briefing was provided by civil servants for his speech to the Conservative and Unionist party conference in Blackpool.

The Prime Minister

In preparing for this speech, I drew on factual information already available in my office, and on other sources.