§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Mr. Shepherd) of 13 December,Official Report, column 490, he will publish a list of the international organisations which provided information classified as confidential in the past 12-month period for which figures are available.
§ Mr. EggarThe information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if confidential information, documents or other articles as referred to in clause 3(1)(b) of the Official Secrets Bill is obtained by the Government from any organ of the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. EggarWe receive a number of papers, such as working documents to be considered by the Council of 79W Ministers, or reports from the Commission on international negotiations being conducted by the Commission on behalf of the EC under a mandate from the Council, which might fall into this category.