§ Dr. HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 20 December 1999, Official Report, column 315W, on136W public consultation exercises on policy matters carried out by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years; who was consulted and by what means; how responses were analysed; how and in what form the results were transmitted to those responsible for the consultation; how the results of the consultation were published; and what analysis has been carried out of the extent and nature of policy changes resulting from the consultation. [106300]
§ Mr. Robin CookThe Foreign Office welcomes ideas from outside Whitehall. Ministers and officials consult widely on policy matters. Detailed information of the kind asked for is, however, not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.