§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 16 March 2001,Official Report, column 776W, if, in his discussions with the hon. Member for Leicester, East (Mr. Vaz), he asked the hon. Member if he had sought to ensure the co-operation of witnesses in respect of each of the complaints in relation to which the Parliamentary Commissioner reported she had not completed her inquiry. [157564]
§ Mr. Robin Cook[holding answer 9 April 2001]: As was clear from the previous reply, the discussion referred to took place after the publication of the report of the Committee on Standards and Privileges and after the Commissioner had brought her inquiries to a conclusion.