Answer
My Lords, I do not think that I can comment on the position of DTI officials five years ago. I simply do not know whether they were told or what action they took. The Commission has now written to the DTI to tell officials that it will ask member states to discuss the issue at the next meeting of the directive’s technical adoption committee on 21 June. We believe that that discussion will lead to a satisfactory conclusion, which seems the best way to handle it at this stage.