§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he received the report of the Performance and Innovation Unit on the pursuit and seizure of criminal assets, following tie recommendations of the Third report of the Home Office Working Group on Confiscation; what action he proposes to take following the report; what discussions(a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have had with (i) the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (ii) the Minister of State, Cabinet Office, (iii) the Prime Minister and (iv) officials in the Cabinet Office regarding the report; if he will place a copy of the report in the Library; and if he will make a statement. [123788]
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what responsibilities for policy on the confiscation of criminal assets have been transferred to the Cabinet Office; and if he will make a statement. [123789]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeI refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 5 June 2000,Official Report, columns 105–07W.