asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he has issued instructions as to the methods to be used for the recording of meetings held in the offices of Ministers of Her Majesty's Government.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he has circularised other Ministers with any advice on the manner in which records are to be made of ministerial meetings with non-Government representatives.

No central instructions or guidance have been issued. Whether a formal record of such ministerial meetings is made and, if so, in what form and with what circulation, are questions best considered in relation to particular circumstances.