Cabinet Office

Tuesday 8th January 2013 Ministerial Corrections

Justice and Security Bill (Lords)

The following is an extract from the answer given by the Minister without Portfolio, the right hon. and learned Member for Rushcliffe (Mr Clarke), to a question from the right hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) during the Second Reading Debate on the Justice and Security Bill on 18 December 2012.

[Official Report, 18 December 2012, Vol. 555, c. 726-7.]

[Mr Clarke]

… Sir Daniel Bethlehem, a former legal adviser to the Foreign Office, told the Joint Committee on Human Rights that the flow of intelligence from the United States was being limited. He said that he did not want to exaggerate, but the point was that the trust of the United States had been weakened and that trust needed to be restored.

Letter of correction from Kenneth Clarke:

An error has been identified in the answer given to the right hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps).

The correct answer should have been:

[Mr Clarke]

… Lord Butler of Brockwell, a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee, told the House of Lords that the flow of intelligence from the United States was being limited. He said that he did not want to exaggerate, but the point was that the trust of the United States had been weakened and that trust needed to be restored.