HC Deb 24 January 2000 vol 343 c117W
Mr. Maude

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what advice the Financial Secretary received from the Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury regarding his shares declared in the Register of Members' Interests. [105433]

Mr. Gordon Brown

By long-standing convention, any advice which Ministers seek from civil servants is confidential and is not made public, as provided for under Exemption 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.