§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether confidential information recovered by the Police Service of Northern Ireland as a result of recent raids in Stormont, north and west Belfast contains (a) any documents dated after September 2001; and (b) any transcripts of, or documentation concerning, conversations between the Prime Minister and the President of the United States; and [HL5914]
Whether, in the intelligence information gathered recently from raids in north and west Belfast, there was any confidential information about contacts between the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland. [HL5942]
§ Lord Williams of Mostyn:The documents in question are currently being analysed and forensically examined. This is being done as part of a criminal investigation in which the documents play a central part. The nature of the information requested and its release into the public domain may adversely affect the ongoing investigation and any subsequent prosecution.