HC Deb 27 July 2000 vol 354 c837W
Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what guidelines Ministers should follow if their Department deals with a matter affecting their own constituency. [133215]

Mr. Paul Murphy

Section 6 of the "Ministerial Code", published by the Prime Minister in 1997 and setting out detailed guidance for Ministers on how they should conduct business, deals with Ministers' Constituency and Party Interests.

Paragraph 64 of the Code states that, Where Ministers have to take decisions within their Department which might have an impact on their own constituencies, they should, of course, take particular care to avoid any possible conflict of interest.