§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response Her Majesty's Government gave to the letter of the Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs of 27 October 1998 asking for clarification of his comments, made on 23 October, to the effect that Her Majesty's Government had independent evidence that the Al Shifa factory in Khartoum was making chemical or biological weapons before the United States air strike. [67623]
§ Mr. FatchettMy right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary did not make the comments to which my hon. Friend refers.