HC Deb 08 February 1999 vol 325 c46W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what rules or guidance his Department has to govern the(a) formal and (b) informal interaction between his civil servants and commercial lobbyists. [66216]

Mr. Byers

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 27 July 1998,Official Report, column 4, in response to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice).