Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 September 2004. It was answered by Denis MacShane (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 September 2004 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he requested (a) the Secret Intelligence Service and (b) the Government Communications Headquarters for updated evaluations of the conclusions set out in the Government dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (i) following the dossier's publication up to 20th March 2003 and (ii) once the United Kingdom was in receipt of Iraq's declaration on its programmes of weapons of mass destruction, pursuant to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002), provided on 8th December 2002.

Answer: Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he requested (a) the Secret Intelligence Service and (b) the Government Communications Headquarters for updated evaluations of the conclusions set out in the Government dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (i) following the dossier's publication up to 20 March 2003 and (ii) once the United Kingdom was in receipt of Iraq's declaration on its programmes of weapons of mass destruction, pursuant to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002), provided on 8 December 2002. [186216] Mr. MacShane: Intelligence has been gathered and evaluated on an on-going basis since the publication of the dossier.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 424 c684W; 186216
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Chemical weapons Biological weapons Intelligence services Information Documents Iraq Weapons UN resolutions UN Security Council
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