§ Mr. HeppellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which organisations were consulted by his Department, on each of the recommendations of the business deregulation task forces before they were agreed and action proposed in the DTI document "Deregulation: Cutting the Red Tape".
§ Mr. GummerDecisions were taken on the task forces' 130 recommendations for my Department in the normal way; interested bodies have been or will be consulted as appropriate.