HC Deb 21 January 1999 vol 323 c533W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what rules or guidance his Department has to govern the(a) formal and (b) informal interaction between his civil servants and commercial lobbyists. [66208]

Mr. Chris Smith

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