HL Deb 19 November 1998 vol 594 cc214-5WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will cause an independent examination to be made of the computer file attributes of the contemporaneous note said to have been made by Mr. Craig Murray of his meeting with Mr. Tim Spicer on 19 January, as proposed by S. J. Berwin & Co. in their letter to Sir Thomas Legg of 6 July. [HL3878]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

No. Sir Thomas Legg and Sir Robin Ibbs have carried out a thorough and independent investigation of the supply of arms to Sierra Leone. They interviewed all the key witnesses and saw all the key papers. The Foreign Secretary has presented this report to the House of Commons and accepted all its conclusions.