§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security on how many occasions in the last five years he has knowingly provided incomplete information in answers to parliamentary questions other than on grounds of disproportionate cost; and on what subjects.
§ Mr. LilleyMy team of Ministers and I answer parliamentary questions on the basis set out in paragraph166W 27 of "Questions of Procedure for Ministers", as have our predecessors. We also seek to comply with the Speaker's guidance on the need for brief answers to oral questions.