HC Deb 12 March 1999 vol 327 c383W
Sir Norman Fowler

To ask the Prime Minister (1) for what reasons he approved the decision of the Home Secretary on 20 February to seek an injunction againstThe Sunday Telegraph; and if he will make a statement; [76394]

(2) at what time on 20 February he was consulted by the Home Secretary on the injunction he proposed to apply for against The Sunday Telegraph; and if he will make a statement. [76393]

The Prime Minister

I refer the right hon. Member to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on 10 March 1999,Official Report, column 277. My right hon. Friend has explained fully the circumstances and events which led him to seek an injunction in his oral statement to the House on 22 February 1999, Official Report, columns 21–23.