§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will define what he means by the word "dud" in his reply to the Adjournment debate on 1 February, referring to a document of air intelligence unit of the US air force in relation to payment by Ali Akbar Mostashemi to terrorist groups for a contract to bomb an airliner.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWhen the report in question was assessed, it was found to be no more than an unsubstantiated rumour of no intelligence value.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will submit to the Committee on Intelligence the transcripts of conversations, in 1988, between Iranian Government officials recording their satisfaction with the Lockerbie explosion.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggAs the hon. Gentleman knows, we do not comment on such matters.