asked the Lord President of the Council if he will instruct all Departments that when a report is distributed to the Press ahead of publication, with date and time and subject to an embargo, such a report should be distributed to all Members of the House of Commons at the same time and on the same basis.

I have nothing further to add to what my right hon. Friend the Lord President of the Council said on 26th January 1977 on the question of the availability of Government publications in reply to a point of order raised by the hon. Member for Canterbury (Mr. Crouch) and other hon. Members.—[Vol. 924, c. 1515–161]