To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the differences between the draft Iraq dossier written by Mr. John Williams dated 9 September 2002 and Mr. John Scarlett's draft of 10 September 2002. (175522)

[holding answer 7 January 2008]: As I told the House on 13 June 2007, Official Report, column 293WH, John Williams' draft was his personal attempt to explain the threat which Saddam Hussein and his regime posed. It was not specifically commissioned as part of the formal drafting process and was not used as the basis for the dossier the Government subsequently published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2007, Official Report, columns 1470-1W, on Iraq: documents, whether the copy of the draft sent to Lord Hutton's inquiry was redacted. (175520)

[holding answer 7 January 2008]: The copy of the John Williams draft sent to the Hutton inquiry was not redacted.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2007, Official Report, columns 1470-1W, on Iraq: documents, whether the Government requested the Hutton inquiry not to publish (a) all or (b) part of the draft Iraq dossier. (175521)

[holding answer 7 January 2008]: As I told the House on 13 June 2007, Official Report, column 296WH, all decisions on which documents were published on the Hutton inquiry website were taken by Lord Hutton.