asked the Lord President of the Council if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the cost to public funds of each Select Committee of the House of Commons, and when appropriate each Sub-Committee of a Select Committee, in each of the last five parliamentary Sessions.
The identifiable costs directly attributable to Select Committees in the last four financial years and the estimated outturn in the current financial year are as follows:Management Division (Manpower and Training) Section in the
Lurgan and Portadown Examiner, Lurgan Mail, Portadown News, Craigavon Times, Armagh Guardian and Ulster Gazette during 1975 and to 1st December 1976.
The Inland Revenue placed the following numbers of recruitment advertisements in the newspapers concerned:
| Newspaper | Placed in 1975 | Placed in 1976 up to 1st December |
| Lurgan and Portadown Examiner | — | 1 |
| Lurgan Mail | — | 1 |
| Portadown News | 3 | 1 |
| Craigavon Times | 3 | — |
| Armagh Guardian | — | 1 |
| Ulster Gazette | — | — |