HC Deb 26 June 2000 vol 352 c351W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many times(a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department have held meetings with the United States Special Envoy for Cryptography since 20 October 1999 on (i) encryption and (ii) other issues; what were the dates and locations of each of these meetings; and what other (1) British and (2) United States Government departments took part in each meeting. [127130]

Ms Hewitt

Since October 1999 neither Ministers nor officials have met the United States Special Envoy for Cryptography on encryption or other issues.