§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will amend the next edition of the booklet, "You and the Community Charge", to inform community charge payers that(a) the Secretary of State for Social Security can breach a duty of confidentiality in disclosing information to community charge officers and (b) the electoral registrar can take a copy of the community charge register and subsequently sell their names and addresses without their knowledge or consent.
§ Mr. GummerNo, since neither is true. Regulations will specifically empower my right hon. Friend to pass information to registration officers without breaching any duty of confidentiality. Electoral registration officers may inspect community charges registers, but they have no power to copy and sell them.