Written question asked by Andrew Turner (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 October 2004. It was answered by Tony Blair (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 October 2004 on behalf of the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 13th October to the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight, 425 c284, what brief the Iraq Survey Group had in relation to securing weapons of mass destruction sites when it began its work in Iraq; and what arrangements were in place between the fall of the Saddam regime and the commencement of the group's work.

Answer: Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight, Official Report, 13 October 2004, column 284, what brief the Iraq Survey Group had in relation to securing weapons of mass destruction sites when it began its work in Iraq; and what arrangements were in place between the fall of the Saddam regime and the commencement of the group's work. [192725] The Prime Minister: The Iraq Survey Group was formed on 1 June 2003 to begin a more systematic collection of evidence to build an understanding of Iraqi WMD programs. The physical security of sites was the responsibility of coalition forces from the end of the conflict until the establishment of the Iraq Interim Government.

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