§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the President of the Board of Trade 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.
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§ Mr. HeseltineThe code of practice on government information commits the Department to publishing relevant facts and analysis underlying major policy proposals. This would include details of any public consultation exercise. Comments on public consultation documents are sought on the basis that the Department would not want to publish individual responses against the wishes of those providing them.