HC Deb 29 June 2000 vol 352 c607W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Mr. Willis), of 8 February 2000,Official Report, column 132W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with. [128251]

Mr. Lock

Secondments and attachments are part of the Interchange Initiative, which promotes the exchange of people and good practice between the Civil Service and other organisations. Before an Interchange can occur, all parties must be satisfied that no conflict of interest arises.

The secondment to the Law Commission was of a solicitor to work on a company law reform project; and the secondee from ICL provided an external perspective on information systems/information technology strategy work in the LCD and on the development of the Department's Year 2000 programme.

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