HC Deb 13 March 2003 vol 401 cc357-8W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what rules govern the placing of(a) speeches and (b) notes for speeches by Ministers of his Department (i) on his Department's website and (ii) in the Library. [102193]

Mr. Spellar

Ministers address a very wide range of audiences in the course of business.

Key speeches, such as mark a significant development in, or are significant new statements of policy, are placed on the departmental website. Copies of such speeches will be placed in the Library of the House on request.

Notes for speeches are not placed on the website or in the Library.

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 24 February 2003,Official Report, column 290W, on ministerial speeches, if he will place a copy of the notes from which he spoke in the Library. [102340]

Mr. Spellar

I have not kept a copy.

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