§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will publish a list of all material sent to the communications and transport deregulation task force by outside persons and organisations, together with the dates on which such material was received by the task force;
753W(2) if he will publish a list of all meetings held between the communications and transport deregulation task force and outside persons and organisations, together with the dates of such meetings.
§ Mr. Neil Hamilton[holding answer 18 January 1994]: The eight deregulation task forces, of which the transport and communications task force was one, were independent of Government. My Department provided a secretariat but task force members held their own meetings from time to time and collected evidence for their own use. Et is not therefore possible to provide a complete list of meetings with organisations or of material provided in evidence.