§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when the Lord Chancellor will reply to the letter of 17 September from the hon. Member for Nottingham, North on the legality of action on Iraq. [74983]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe letter of 17 September was sent to the right hon. Harriet Harman MP, the Solicitor General, at the Law Officers' Office, and not to the Lord Chancellor nor any minister in the Lord Chancellor's Department. The Solicitor General will reply to the letter shortly.
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