HC Deb 19 March 1999 vol 327 cc841-2W
Sir Brian Mawhinney

To ask the Prime Minister (1) if he will issue instructions to Ministers on the actions to be taken following unauthorised receipt of (a) drafts and (b) final unpublished versions of Select Committee reports; [77846]

(2) pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Penrith and The Border, 16 March 1999, Official Report, columns 641–42, if he will require the Chancellor to return the leaked Select Committee report to the Chairman of the Social Security Committee; [77844]

(3) if he will make a statement on the Government's policy when Ministers receive leaked copies of a Select Committee report in (a) draft and (b) unpublished form. [77845]

The Prime Minister

I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Spelthorne (Mr. Wilshire) on 1 March 1999,Official Report, column 531.