§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list and date those occasions in the past two years when Ministers or officials in her Department have met lobbying companies, prior to a decision being made on the subject of the meeting with the lobbying company.
§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the guidelines issued by her Department to regulate relationships with lobbying companies.
§ Mr. SackvilleThere are no guidelines which refer to lobbying companies.
Guidance to Ministers on the conduct of their affairs is contained in "Questions of Procedure for Ministers", issued by the Cabinet Office.
Staff rules incorporate general principles of conduct that require civil servants not to misuse information which 330W they acquire in the course of their duties; not to make use of their official position to further their private interests or those of others; and not to receive gifts, hospitality or benefits of any kind from a third party, which might be seen to compromise their personal judgment or integrity.