To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 24 April 2007, Official Report, column 21WS, on Iraq, whether he expects the review team considering issues of media access to serving military personnel (a) to investigate and (b) to report on the sequence of events leading to the decision to allow some sailors to sell their stories; and whether the identities will be disclosed of the individuals in his Department who took that decision;

(2) pursuant to the answer of 24 April 2007 to question 132019, Official Report, column 1013W, on service personnel: media, if he will give an example of an instance of which his Department is aware of a relative of a serving serviceman or woman selling a second-hand account to a media outlet. [134499] (134730)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role the Department played in managing the bids by media organisations for the stories of naval personnel recently seized by the Iranians. (134203)

[holding answers 27 April and 1 May 2007]: I refer my right hon. Friend and the hon. Member to the statement I made to the House on 16 April 2007, Official Report, columns 23-26, and my further written statement of 24 April 2007, Official Report, columns 21-22WS. While the independently-led review of media access to personnel is under way, it would be inappropriate for me to comment further on the issues involved.