§ Mr. SteenTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 2 December,Official Report, column 738, on the publication of a code for enforcement agencies, what estimate he has made of the cost of publication by the agencies of their own codes of practice.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonDeregulation Ministers are responsible for ensuring that enforcement agencies publish their own codes of practice setting out how they have met the principles in "Working with Business: a code for enforcement agencies". Therefore, it is for Departmental Deregulation Ministers to determine what resources should be devoted to publication of the codes of practice taking into account the size and nature of the business community with whom each of the enforcement agencies deal.