ANNEX K: REGULATORY REFORM PROPOSALS AND ORDERS - PARLIAMENTARY CONSIDERATION Information about Third Parties
18.If you give information about a third party which the Minister believes may be damaging to the interests of that third party, the Minister does not have to pass on such information to Parliament if he does not believe it is true or he is unable to obtain the consent of the third party to disclosure. This applies whether or not you ask for your representation not to be disclosed.
19.The Scrutiny Committees may, however, be given access on request to all representations as originally submitted, as a safeguard against improper influence being brought to bear on Ministers in their formulation of regulatory reform orders.
Cabinet Office
Regulatory Impact Unit
October  2001