Written question asked by Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) on Friday, 5 March 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 March 1999. It was answered by Robin Cook (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 March 1999 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps were taken by (a) special advisers, (b) Ministers, (c) officials or (d) other persons on behalf of his Department to seek to obtain (i) a draft copy and (ii) the key conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on Sierra Leone; on what date and at what time he told the Permanent Secretary that he had received (a) the leaked draft and (b) the leaked key conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on Sierra Leone; if he informed the honourable Member for Dundee West that he had received from him the copy of the leaked draft of the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on Sierra Leone. - Ref to 326 c875-6W, 4 March 1999.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

327 c233-4W; 75887;75885;75886

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Disclosure of information Civil service Ministers Special advisers Sierra Leone Foreign Affairs Committee Select Committee reports EU Foreign Affairs Council