§ Mr. BattleTo ask the President of the Board of Trade who on behalf of the United Kingdom Government attended the European Commission's expert group on the social aspects of the information society meeting held on Thursday 18 May; and if he will make a statement. [29862]
§ Miss WiddecombeI have been asked to reply.
The members of the Commission's "High Level Group of Experts on the Social and Societal Aspects of the Information Society" were selected and appointed by the European Commission itself and are not in any sense representatives of member state Governments.