asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Truscott on 30 November (WA 79), whether they propose to withdraw the statement that the minutes of the Royal British Legion's Gulf group meeting held on 5 September misrecorded the group's discussion and were in error, given that the group's members have confirmed that the minutes were a correct record; and whether they will now respond to the original Question; and [HL836]

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Truscott on 30 November (WA 79), what precedents there are for a Minister of the Crown to inform the Royal British Legion (RBL) of an error in the minutes of a meeting of the RBL, or that of another voluntary organisation, without having consulted the organisation, when the minutes were confirmed as a correct record by those who attended; and whether they intend to apologise to the Royal British Legion in this instance. [HL1061]

Officials did not consider that the minutes accurately reflected their statement at the 5 September meeting of the Gulf War Group, but this was remedied under matters arising at the subsequent meeting on 7 December when a further statement was made clarifying any misunderstanding.