HC Deb 25 January 1999 vol 324 c101W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what rules or guidance his Department has to govern the(a) formal and (b) informal interaction between his civil servants and commercial lobbyists. [66201]

Mr. Denham

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

The guidance that was referred to in the response has since been fully adopted by the Department and its agencies.