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Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Friday, 16 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 July 2004. It was answered by Tony Blair (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 July 2004 on behalf of the Prime Minister.


Prime Minister

Question
To ask the Prime Minister, who commissioned the briefing papers on Iraq, referred to in paragraph 610 of the Butler Report; who decided not to circulate them to Cabinet Ministers; and for what reason.
Answer

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Prime Minister who commissioned the briefing papers on Iraq, referred to in paragraph 610 of the Butler Report; who decided not to circulate them to Cabinet Ministers; and for what reason. [185634] The Prime Minister: Material on a range of issues related to Iraq was commissioned by the Cabinet Office Overseas and Defence Secretariat. The resulting papers were circulated to the Departments involved.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
424 c284W; 185634
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Cabinet Documents Iraq Ministers WMD Intelligence Review Committee
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk