§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if answers sent to hon. Members in reply to parliamentary questions by the head of executive agencies in his Department are(a) seen, (b) approved and 107W (c) amended by him before they are sent; and if he will identify such letters to which amendments by him have been made in 1994–95. [7822]
§ Sir John WheelerAs responsibility to answer parliamentary questions on operational matters has been delegated to the chief executives of executive agencies, such answers provided by chief executives are not approved or amended by Ministers before being sent to hon. Members. The questions and answers are copied to Ministers, for information, usually before the reply appears inHansard.