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

(2) whether both the Government's June 2002 and September 2002 sources of intelligence that Iraq sought to purchase uranium from Africa, referred to in paragraph 89 of the Intelligence and Security Committee Report, Cm 5972, of September 2003, were either passed to or discussed with the International Atomic Energy Agency the information they had on that issue.

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; 183227

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Iraq Weapons

Link

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