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Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Monday, 24 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 February 2005. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 February 2005 on behalf of the Treasury.


Treasury

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the cases being investigated by OLAF pertaining to illegal exports to Iraq referred to on page 125 of the Court of Auditors annual report for 2003.
Answer

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the cases being investigated by OLAF pertaining to illegal exports to Iraq referred to on page 125 of the Court of Auditors annual report for 2003. [211375] Mr. Timms: I have been asked to reply. The European Court of Auditors cannot provide a greater level of specific information to the outside world than is provided in its adopted reports. This is in order to protect the professional relationship between auditor and auditee. It would also be inappropriate to comment until OLAF have completed their investigations.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
211375; 430 c862W
Session
2004-05
Subjects
Exports Iraq European Anti-Fraud Office
Link
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