§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) on what date his Department was informed of intelligence reports relating to the Hinduja brothers referred to in paragraph 8.4 of the report of the Hammond Inquiry; [154232]
(2) on what date intelligence briefings relating to the Hinduja brothers were first made available to him. [153437]
§ Mr. Byers[holding answer 12 March 2001]: It is not the practice, and has not been the practice of successive Governments, to comment on intelligence matters.