§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Minister, pursuant to his answer of 12 December 1997,Official Report, column 695, if he will make it his policy to assign lead responsibility for the promotion and co-ordination of bids by towns or cities in the United Kingdom to host an expo to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. [21920]
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 22 December 1997]: Further to my answer of 12 December 1997, Official Report, column 695, the Government would need to decide in the light of any bid which Whitehall Department was the most appropriate focal point for co-ordination.