§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions the European Commission has denied a request for access to documents from an outside source since the establishment of the European Ombudsman; and what is the nature of the documents which have been withheld. [9644]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonUnder the code of conduct approved by the Council and the Commission concerning public access to documents, it is for each institution to implement the principles in the code as they concern access to its documents. We do not therefore hold detailed information on the requests for access to documents that have been refused by the Commission.