Written question asked by Michael John Foster (Labour) on Thursday, 21 January 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 January 1999. It was answered by Lord Morris of Aberavon (Labour) on Thursday, 28 January 1999 on behalf of the Attorney General.

Attorney General

Question: To ask Mr Attorney General, what plans he has for departmental (a) White and (b) Green Papers to be made available on floppy disk format in a form which facilitates access for the visually impaired. - Including ref to 27 January 1999, 324 c296W.

Answer: Mr. Michael J. Foster: To ask the Attorney-General what plans he has for departmental (a) White and (b) Green Papers to be made available on floppy disk format in a form which facilitates access for the visually impaired. [67843] The Attorney-General: My department has not recently published a White or Green Paper. However, the independent report of the Review of the Crown Prosecution Service (the Glidewell Report) published on 1 June 1998 was made available on the Internet and could therefore be converted for use by the visually impaired. My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office confirmed in his reply on 27 January 1999, Official Report, column 296, that the Cabinet Office will shortly issue guidelines on the arrangements for publishing White and Green Papers; and I would expect any such publications produced by this office to comply with that guidance.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 67843; 324 c344W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Software Attorney General Disability aids Government departments Visual impairment White papers Consultation papers