§ Norman LambTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list(a) letters, (b) e-mails, (c) telephone calls and (d) meetings between her Department's officials, including the National Contact 1036W Point (NCP), and representatives of companies whose dossiers were forwarded to the NCP for investigation or monitoring in the last 12 months. [186181]
§ Mr. TimmsThe information requested forms part of the dialogue process between the companies and the NCP. This process is confidential under Exemption 13—Third Party Commercial Confidences, and Exemption 14—Information Given in Confidence of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. The NCP will make a public statement at the end of the dialogue.
A statement has already been issued on the allegations against DeBeers (www.dti.gov.uk/ewt/debeers.doc). A statement regarding the allegations against Avient will follow shortly.