§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if a special adviser in his Department has made unauthorised disclosures of information regarding the Government White Paper on Freedom of Information. [20880]
§ Dr. David ClarkNeither of my special advisers has made any unauthorised disclosure of information regarding the White Paper on Freedom of Information "Your Right to Know".
43WI gave clear instructions to my Department that contracts with the media in the run-up to the publication of the White Paper should not go beyond matters already in the public domain, and my special advisers acted fully in conformity with those instructions.