Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have changed the rules which prevent non-governmental bodies from using government premises for non-governmental purposes; and if no change in the rules has been made, why the launch of the non-governmental Initiative for Free Trade was allowed to take place in the Map Room of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in early October.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office premises may be used by non-governmental bodies for events that are in line with Government policy, as in this case.