HC Deb 04 December 2001 vol 376 cc210-1W
Dr. Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessments his Department has(a) made and (b) received of links between Iraq and the bin Laden organisation. [17254]

Mr. Bradshaw

Al-Qaeda has contacts in several countries outside Afghanistan. We have no convincing information that any regime other than the Taliban supports al-Qaeda.