§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether his Department uses any guidelines when issuing Green and White Papers, in deciding whether or not to invite respondents to allow their submissions to be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. RidleyYes. It is the Department's policy that on all major consultation exercises on matters of general public interest respondents are explicitly asked whether they agree that copies of their responses may be placed in the Libraries of both Houses and in the departmental library.