HC Deb 21 March 1994 vol 240 cc7-8W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what will be the implications for the operation of his Department of the code of practice on open government.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The code of practice on Government information will reinforce and build the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's existing arrangements for the provision of information. I see it as an important element in our commitment to open government, which has been demonstrated during recent months by the release of unprecedented quantities of previously withheld material into the public domain.