Written question asked by Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 23 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 September 2004. It was answered by Chris Mullin (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 September 2004 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 5th January 2004 416 c84W, on Iraq, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) Mr Nadhmi Auchi's letter to him of 15th May 2003 introducing the Anglo-Arab Organisation and (b) his subsequent acknowledgement. - Including ref to copies of the letters have been placed in Library.

Answer: Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 12 January 2004, Official Report, column 84W, on Iraq, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) Mr. Nadhmi Auchi's letter to him of 15 May 2003 introducing the Anglo Arab Organisation and (b) his subsequent acknowledgement. [151126] Mr. Mullin: I apologise for the delay in replying to the hon. Member. As my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Rammell) stated in his answer to the hon. Member on 5 January 2004, Official Report, column 84W, Mr. Auchi wrote to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Hewitt) to introduce the Anglo Arab Organisation, on 15 May 2003, and she replied on 29 May 2003. In his pursuant answer on 3 March 2004, Official Report, column 980W, Mr. Rammell stated that Mr. Auchi also wrote to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 15 May 2003 about the Anglo Arab Organisation, and that my noble Friend the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, replied on his behalf on 7 July 2003. Copies of the letters, parts of which have been obscured under Exemption 12 of Part 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, have been placed in the Library of the House.

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