Parliamentary Questions (Hansard, 2 July 2002)

HC Deb 02 July 2002 vol 388 c283W 283W

§ Mr. Beith
To ask the President of the Council what recent assessment he has made of the performance of Government Departments in providing timely answers to written parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement. [65561]

§ Mr. Robin Cook
No recent assessment has been made.
However, I refer the right hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr. Yeo) on 2 May 2002, Official Report, column 949W.