§ Viscount Goschenasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 23 March (HL Deb, col. 588), whether civil servants were involved in briefing the Financial Times on the draft Gershon report. [HL2158]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyI refer the noble Lord to what I said in the House on 23 March. Consistent with convention, the Government do not comment on leaked reports.