§ Joan RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many appointments to public bodies were made by his Department in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99 by (i) gender and (ii) ethnicity; and if he will make a statement. [92564]
§ Mr. Byers[holding answer 26 July 1999]: I will write to my hon. Friend shortly and place a copy of that letter in the Library of the House.