§ Sir Nicholas LyellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library the instructions to Parliamentary Counsel to date for the drafting of the Financial Services and Markets Bill. [101133]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonNo. Drafting instructions represent only the beginning of the drafting process. The Government have published explanatory notes on the Bill, and Ministers explain the Government's policy in the course of Parliamentary proceedings.