HC Deb 19 April 2000 vol 348 c502W
Sir George Young

To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to her oral answer of 6 April 2000,Official Report, column 1152, if she has initiated a review of procedures for making documents available to hon. Members; in what terms she has written to her ministerial colleagues on their responsibilities to the House; and if she will publish their responses and her conclusions at the end of this review. [118657]

Mrs. Beckett

I have written, in my capacity as Leader of the House, to ministerial colleagues reminding them of the importance of making documents available to hon. Members in the House.

I also refer the right hon. Member to Madam Speaker's comments on 18 April 2000, Official Report, columns 829–30.