§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if(a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees. [75877]
§ Mr. Chris SmithI refer the right hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for East Surrey (Mr. Ainsworth) on 9 March 1999,Official Report, column 195.