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To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 29 September 2008 (WA 337-38), what protocols or guidance are in place concerning the taking of minutes in meetings between (a) Ministers and private sector organisations, and (b) civil servants and private sector organisations. [HL724]
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether minutes are routinely taken in meetings between civil servants and private sector organisations concerning matters of commercial interest. [HL725]
To ask Her Majesty's Government what records are kept of meetings of (a) Ministers and private sector organisations, and (b) civil servants and private sector organisations. [HL726]
All such meetings are conducted in accordance with the Ministerial Code and Civil Service Code.
Guidance on record-keeping is set out in the Records Management Code and Managing Private Office Records, which can be accessed online at www.national archives.gov.uk/recordsmanagement/code/default. htm and www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/popaper sguidance-full.pdf.
Copies are also available in the Library of the House.