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Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party). It was answered on Tuesday, 7 February 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Grand Committee.


IMC Report

Question
I am most grateful to the Minister for that reply, but would she kindly go back and check the accuracy of reports that a pre-publication copy of the latest IMC report was indeed passed to the Alliance party, and thereby to the Democratic Unionist party? If that was the case, will she take action to make sure that that pattern is not repeated?
Answer

If the hon. Lady has evidence that a pre-publication copy was passed to anybody, we would be grateful for it. I can only repeat, however, that the report was not passed to any of the Northern Ireland parties; there may have been speculation about the content, but no copy was issued by the Department.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
NIGC c13-4 
Session
2005-06
Oral question type
1st Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons Grand Committees
Subjects
Disclosure of information Northern Ireland Publications Northern Ireland Independent Monitoring Commission Democratic Unionist Party Alliance Political parties