Appendix 1
Submitted by the Principal Clerk, Table
Office, House of Commons
Following recent practice, I enclose a copy of the
Table Office's list of questions which had been blocked by virtue
of a minister's refusal to answer them in the Session 1999-2000.
I refer to the Table Office's previous memoranda
to the Committee which set out the procedure relating to the compilation
and use of the pattern of answers list. In line with previous
years the list is neither a complete digest of blocking answers
nor an absolute statement of what may not be asked. It is primarily
an internal document designed as a practical guide to some of
the limits set by ministers in replying to questions.
There are four points about style: subject headings
may differ from the Official Report, since the list attempts to
group types of response; page numbers refer to Hansard Daily Parts;
additional supporting blocks are referred to with date and U I
Number only, since that is sufficient for the Office's purposes
for tracing on POLIS; and, for the sake of clarity, qualifications
of blocks are included in italics (this is a change from previous
years).
27 January 2000
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