§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make it his policy to require all task forces and equivalent bodies sponsored by his Department to publish their working papers and minutes on the Internet. [58772]
§ Mr. TimmsWorking papers and minutes of task forces sponsored by this Department are internal policy documents and as such we have no plans to request their publication. When reports or documents are subsequently published or made available by conventional means, publication via the Internet is automatically considered.