To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the possibility of establishing MI5’s handling of threat information on the Omagh bombing prior to 15 August 1998. (66529)

There have been no discussions for the reasons set out by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Woodward) in his answer of 2 May 2006, Official Report, column 1490W, with reference to the chief constable’s statement of 1 March 2006.