HC Deb 21 January 1999 vol 323 cc556-7W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what rules or guidance his Department has to govern the(a) formal and (b) informal interaction between his civil servants and commercial lobbyists. [66211]

Mr. Straw

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