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Mr. Brotherton
asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many copies of the report of the National Consumer Council on welfare benefits have been printed.
Mr. John Fraser
The National Consumer Council itself published its discussion paper on means-tested benefits. I am asking the Council's chairman to write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Brotherton
asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what was the cost to public funds of the recent report of the National Consumer Council on social security benefits.
Mr. John Fraser
£5,520, which will be met out of a total grant-in-aid of £450,000 in 1976–77. But the National Consumer Council expects to recover £1,200 from sales of the report.