HC Deb 15 February 1999 vol 325 c451W
Mr. Redwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what procedures were put in place to ensure there was(a) no conflict of interest and (b) no appearance of conflict of interest when the former Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Mandelson), met BAe during his period as Secretary of State. [66601]

Mr. Byers

[holding answer 19 January 1999]: I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the answer which my right hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Mandleson) gave to the hon. Member for Chichester (Mr. Tyrie) on 7 December 1998, Official Report, column 65.