HC Deb 03 November 1999 vol 337 c237W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what advice and guidance are given to former members of the Joint Cabinet Consultative Committee concerning disclosures of JCCC deliberations in memoirs. [96745]

Marjorie Mowlam

All members of the JCC are bound, in respect of the proceedings of the Committee, by the recommendations of the Radcliffe Report on Ministerial memoirs.

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what is the most recent estimate of the annual cost of servicing the Joint Cabinet Consultative Committee. [96743]

Marjorie Mowlam

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him by my predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Copeland (Dr. Jack Cunningham) on 1 July 1999,Official Report, column 254.