§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) on how many occasions in the last four months of which he has knowledge any civil servants in his Department have been approached by commercial lobbying on behalf of their clients at informal or unofficial engagements;
(2) on how many occasions in the last four months he or any of his Ministers have been approached by commercial lobbying on behalf of their clients at informal or unofficial engagements.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 25 January 1995]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 25 January 1995, Official Report, column 650W 197. Ministers and officials receive representations about a wide variety of matters, but the information requested is not collected.