Auditing Practices Committee (Hansard, 3 April 1990)

HC Deb 03 April 1990 vol 170 c507W 507W

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the content of his letter to the Auditing Practices Committee regarding its policy on the release of information following the Privy Council Office's letter to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby on 11 August 1989.

§ Mr. Redwood
As foreshadowed in the letter to which the hon. Member refers, my Department has raised with the Auditing Practices Committee its policy on the release of information about its proceedings. The matter is now being considered by the committee.