Written question asked by Teddy Taylor (Conservative) on Monday, 14 February 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 February 2000. It was answered by Robin Cook (Labour) on Monday, 21 February 2000 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Internet report on the assassination attempt on Colonel Gaddafi in Libya in 1996; what support was supplied by Her Majesty's Government to the persons who made the assassination attempt on Colonel Gaddafi in Libya in 1996. - (Holding answer 17 February 2000).

Answer: Sir Teddy Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will make a statement on the Internet report on the assassination attempt on Colonel Gaddafi in Libya in 1996; [110429] (2) what support was supplied by Her Majesty's Government to the persons who made the assassination attempt on Colonel Gaddafi in Libya in 1996. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. [110430] Mr. Robin Cook: [holding answer 17 February 2000]: Nothing in the Internet report sustains the allegation that either the previous Administration or the Intelligence Agencies proposed the assassination of Colonel Gaddafi.

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