To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 3 February (WA 111) concerning the Northern Ireland Parades Commission, why a request for information was not passed to the commission for reply. [HL1369]

I refer the noble Lord to the Answer I gave on 29 January 2009 (Official Report, col. WA 78), which makes clear that, where questions are of an operational nature, noble Lords will be referred to the public body concerned.