HC Deb 20 November 1997 vol 301 cc267-8W
Mr. Jenkin

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the answer of 10 November from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,Official Report, column 441, if he will make it the Government's policy to ensure that e-mail addresses for all Ministers are available to all hon. and right hon. Members.[15845]

The Prime Minister

[holding answer 13 November 1997]: E-mail can be an effective additional way of communicating between Ministers, officials and the public.

It is up to individual Ministers to decide whether to establish and publish e-mail addresses.

My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is willing to provide a central list of e-mail addresses along the lines indicated in his reply of 10 November, Official Report, column 441.