§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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. WaldegraveIt is usual practice for consultation documents issued by the Office of Public Service and Science to state that responses received may be made publicly available unless respondents request that their remarks be treated as confidential.