§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make it his policy that letters and papers referred to in parliamentary replies shall be provided directly to the hon. Member asking the question and placed in the Library on or before the afternoon on which the answer falls due.
§ Mr. Chris Patten[holding answer 10 July 1990]: It is already my policy that, wherever possible, enclosures referred to in replies are provided directly to the Member (and placed in the Library) on the same day as the question is answered.