§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Wyre Forest (Mr. Coombs),Official Report, 28 November, column 418, he will list the organisations to which he is writing to invite comments on the EC draft directive on data protection; and if he will set out the criteria adopted by his Department in selecting these organisations.
§ Mrs. RumboldWe are writing to United Kingdom organisations with a known interest in data protection issues. There are about 170; I am placing the list in the Library of the House. It is based on the data protection registrar's standard consultation list, together with other organisations which have approached us.