To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will take steps to ascertain whether the present arrangements regarding answers to questions relating to the employment service are acceptable to hon. Members on both sides of the House.

I refer the hon. Gentlemen to the assurances I gave to the House during the Adjournment debate on executive agencies on 21 May, Official Report, columns 145–152, and to my written replies to questions from the hon. Members for Liverpool, Broadgreen (Mr. Fields) and Bristol, South (Ms. Primarolo) on 9 and 10 July respectively, Official Report 9 July, column 102 and 10 July, column 144.