§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Attorney-General 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.
§ The Attorney-GeneralShould a public consultation document be issued, usual practice would be followed whereby comments are sought on the understanding that they can be made publicly available unless respondents have requested that their responses be treated as confidential.