§ Mr. TynanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department had with the Department for Trade and Industry regarding the decision to license the export of beryllium to(a) India and (b) Iran in 2001. [74698]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienViews expressed by any individual department involved in the licensing process fall under the description of "internal discussion and advice" the disclosure of which would in this case harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion. The information is therefore being withheld on the basis of Exemption 2 of Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.