13 FEBRUARY 1959, Page 34

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 470 Set by H. G. Button

At Question Time in the House of Commons a Minister has been known to read out, as the answer to one of the questions put to him, the reply prepared for a different question. Competitors are invited to submit two plausible questions along with appropriate answers which would be start- lingly incongruous or agreeably amusing if trans- posed. Limit: 150 words. Prize six guineas.

Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 470,' 99 Gower Street, London, WC1, by February 24. Results on March 6.