§ Lord Houghton of Sowerbyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will now raise the status of guidelines issued by departments to the status of parliamentary papers laid before Parliament and ordered to lie on the Table.
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Wakeham)No. Guidelines are issued by departments for a variety of different purposes and it is for the Secretary of State or Minister concerned to decide whether they should be laid before Parliament.