HC Deb 14 May 1999 vol 331 c228W
Mr. Trend

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 11 May 1999,Official Report, column 120, on the Al Shifa plant, what steps Her Majesty's Government took to check the Americans' evidence that the plant was being used for the production of chemical weapons materials. [84223]

Mr. Robin Cook

It is established practice under Section 1(c) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information not to disclose or discuss information received in confidence from foreign governments.