To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Adam Price) of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 907W, on Members’ interests, if he will place in the Library a copy of the declaration made by the Secretary of State to the Permanent Secretary of his Department. (242046)

As stated in the Ministerial Code, the personal information which Ministers disclose to those who advise them is treated in confidence. However, an annual statement covering relevant Ministers’ interests will be published.