HC Deb 03 March 1999 vol 326 cc773-4W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Prime Minister when he or his officials, his special advisers or Parliamentary Private Secretary first had access to a copy of the report on Sierra Leone as agreed by the Foreign Affairs Committee. [73632]

Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Prime Minister when(a) he, (b) his officials, (c) his advisers and (d) his PPS were first made aware of certain key conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Sierra Leone. [73703]

The Prime Minister

[holding answer 26 February 1999]: I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Spelthorne (Mr. Wilshire) on 23 February 1999, Official Report, column 231.

Sir Brian Mawhinney

To ask the Prime Minister on what day and at what time(a) he and (b) officials working in No. 10 Downing street were informed that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office had received a leaked copy of the draft Foreign Affairs Committee report on Sierra Leone. [74155]

Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Prime Minister when he knew that a copy of the draft report of the Foreign Affairs Committee's Sierra Leone inquiry had been sent to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the second week of January. [73573]

The Prime Minister

[holding answers 26 February and 2 March 1999]: Officials in No. 10 were informed on the evening of Monday 22 February. I was informed the following day.