§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in what circumstances it is his Department's practice, when issuing a public consultation document, to inform those consulted that their responses will be made public unless they explicitly ask for them to be kept confidential; and if he will arrange for his Department to do so in all cases in future.
§ Mr. LangAll consultative documents issued by my Department inform those consulted that their responses will be made available to the public unless they indicate that they wish their reply to be treated as confidential.