HC Deb 25 November 1994 vol 250 cc441-2W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the guidelines issued by his Department to regulate relationships with lobbying companies.

Mr. Ian Taylor

[holding answer 24 November 1994]: My Department has conditions of service for staff which incorporate the general principles of conduct that require civil servants not to misuse information which they acquire in the course of their duties, not to make use of their official position to further their private interests or those of others, and not to receive gifts, hospitality or benefits of any kind from a third party which might be seen to compromise their personal judgment or integrity.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list and date those occasions over the last two years, when Ministers or officials in his Department have met lobbying companies, prior to a decision being made on the subject of the meeting with the lobbying company.

Mr. Heseltine

[holding answer 24 November 1994]: This information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.