To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when (a) Ministers and (b) his Department received (i) Lord Carlile's report on the definition of terrorism and (ii) Lord Carlile's report on the operation of control orders which was published on 19 February.

holding answer 2 March 2007

The Department received the first draft of Lord Carlile's report on the definition of terrorism on 7 January and it was submitted to Ministers on 2 February. The Department received the first draft of Lord Carlile's report on the operation of control orders on 25 January. The draft final version of the report was submitted to Ministers on 9 February.