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Serious Fraud Office Investigation

The hon. Gentleman may have his view. It is entirely a matter for other Governments whether they express a view, but it is a matter for the director of the Serious Fraud Office and the Attorney-General to take a view on the law in relation to the public interest and the evidence before them. A view was taken, quite properly, on that public interest and on the evidence, and a view was taken that the investigation ought at this point to conclude.