Written question asked by Lynne Jones (Labour) on Thursday, 24 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 January 2008. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Iraq: Weapons

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether the Government have intelligence that Iraq sought to procure uranium from Niger that it still believes to be accurate and that was unknown to the US at the time that the US expressed reservations on the Government's September 2002 Iraq dossier, further to paragraph 93 of the Intelligence and Security Committee Report, Cm 5972, of September 2003;

Answer

It is the long-standing policy of the Government not to comment on intelligence matters.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

471 c222W; 183226

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Iraq Weapons

Link

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