HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 c524W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in what circumstances it is his Department's practice, when issuing a public consultation document, to inform those consulted that their responses will be made public unless they explicitly ask for them to be kept confidential; and if he will arrange for his Department to do so in all cases in future.

Mr. Norris

In the Department of Transport, practice when issuing consultation documents has varied in the past. In future, however, the Department will inform those consulted that their responses might be made public unless they explicitly ask for them to be kept confidential.