§ Mr. Keith SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions since 24 March the Chiefs of Staff have accompanied the Chief of the Defence Staff to meetings of the War Cabinet. [81665]
§ Mr. George Robertson[holding answer 22 April 1999]: It is established practice under Section 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information not to disclose information relating to proceedings of Cabinet and Cabinet Committees. However, as I have made clear publicly on a number of occasions, we are not at war with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. There is therefore no War Cabinet. The Prime Minister regularly discusses the situation in Kosovo with his Ministerial colleagues.