§ Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the US Central Intelligence Agency comments on the 10 September 2002 draft of the UK Government's Dossier, Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, included comments on the claim that Iraq sought to procure uranium from Africa. [167278]
§ Mr. RammellThe US Central Intelligence Agency did offer a comment, just before the September dossier was finalised, noting that they had concerns about the credibility of the reference to the supply of uranium from Africa. But they provided no explanation for their concerns. UK officials were confident that the statement in the dossier was based on reliable intelligence. A judgment was therefore made to retain the reference.
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§ Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 30 January 2004,Official Report, column 581W, on Iraq, whether the source upon which it based its claim in the September 2002 dosier, that Iraq sought to procure uranium from Africa, is the same information that it understands was discussed with the International Atomic Energy Authority before 7 March 2003. [173387]
§ Mr. MacShaneI refer my hon. Friend to the answers given by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary on 6 May 2004,Official Report, columns 1733–1734W.