§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the meetings Ministers and departmental officials have had with British Energy since 1 August; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the financial agreement concluded with British Energy in September. [75689]
§ Ms HewittMy Department holds regular meetings with British Energy. Full details of the credit facility agreement are commercially confidential unless and until it is made public by British Energy.
§ Mr. Liddell-GraingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people are employed by British Energy in the UK. [76133]
§ Mr. BluntTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how long Project Blue related to British Energy has been under consideration in her Department. [76692]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 24 October 2002]I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 15 October 2002,Official Report, column 667W to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr. Yeo).
"Blue" is a word that my Department used in referring to British Energy. It is standard practice to use a code when dealing with sensitive matters to protect them from casual observers.