HC Deb 14 June 1999 vol 333 cc58-9W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if all the persons within Government who had sight of the Macpherson report before its publication were required to account for their movements during the period within which a copy was shown to a journalist and whether any checks were made of their account. [86115]

Mr. Straw

The conduct of the inquiry into the leaking of parts of the Macpherson report was a matter for the independent investigator. Establishing who would have been in a position to leak the material is an integral part of investigations of this kind.