§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many civil servants from his Department have applied for permission to take up employment in firms with which the Government have a relationship or where the prospective employers might obtain an unfair advantage from knowledge obtained during their service, over the past 10 years; and on how many occasions such approval has been withheld.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThere have been two cases in which such permission was required, and on both occasions it was granted.