Written question asked by Tam Dalyell (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 October 2002. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his statement of 23rd July, 389 c960, if he will place in the Library details of his information about the similar amount to the $11 million paid on or about 23rd December 1988 paid 18 months before.

Answer: Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his statement of 23 July 2002, Official Report, column 960, if he will place in the Library details of his information about the similar amount to the $11 million paid on or about 23 December 1988 paid 18 months before. [73716] Mike O'Brien: I can add nothing to that which I gave my hon. Friend on 23 July 2002. It is a longstanding Government policy not to comment upon intelligence matters. As I said to my hon. Friend in the House on 23 July 2002, I am informed that after the bombing of Pan Am 103, all reports of PFLP-GC funding that emerged were investigated and none was found to have any connection to the Lockerbie attack.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 73716; 390 c527-8W;390 c530W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Bombings Lockerbie Palestine Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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