HC Deb 02 July 2001 vol 371 c42W
Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what date her Department received a request for documents under the Data Protection Act 1998 from Lord Ashcroft; and on what dates her Department replied to the request. [1008]

Clare Short

The Department for International Development received a subject access request from Lord Ashcroft's solicitors, under the Data Protection Act 1998, on 12 February 2001. A reply was issued on 23 March 2001, within the 40-day deadline required by the Act.

Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what date her Department received a letter from Lord Ashcroft and Carlisle Holdings regarding the remarks made at the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle in 1999; on what date her Department responded to the letter; if she will place copies of the correspondence in the Library; and if she will make a statement. [1006]

Clare Short

We have no record of any such correspondence.

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