§ Mr. ByersTo ask the President of the Board of Trade on what date he or other Ministers or former Ministers in his Department received extracts for comment from Sir Richard Scott's draft report; on what date comments were submitted to Sir Richard; and what requests have been made for an extension of the period within which comments should have been made. [27552]
§ Mr. Heseltine[holding answer 12 June 1995]: The Government do not disclose details of correspondence between the inquiry and individual witnesses. In the case 580W of draft extracts in particular, the inquiry has asked that these be treated in strictest confidence.