HC Deb 19 March 1999 vol 327 c574W
Sir John Stanley

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 9 March 1999,Official Report, column 169, on leaked documents, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sights of drafts of select committee reports in whole or in part, from any civil servant, special adviser or Minister or (ii) been informed of conclusions of Select Committee reports by any civil servant, special adviser or Minister prior to their publication by the select committees. [76743]

The Prime Minister

In my answer of 9 March 1999,Official Report, column 169, what I say about members of Select Committees is equally true as regards civil servants, special advisers or Ministers.