§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much public money will be spent on entertaining, Christmas decorations and other festive activities this Christmas season by his Department and Government agencies answerable to his Department; and of this sum how much will be spent in Ministers' private offices, his London flat in London and official residences.
§ Mr. SoamesI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Truro (Mr. Taylor) on 26 October,Official Report, column 706, concerning entertainment expenditure by my Department and its agencies.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many official Christmas cards he and his Ministers intend to send in 1994; how much these cards will cost(a) to buy, (b) to post and (c) in staff time to sign, address and place in envelopes; and if he will place in the Library a sample copy of the official Christmas card he intends to send this year.
§ Mr. FreemanThere are no plans for Ministers in this Department to send official Christmas cards this year.