Solicitor-General written question – answered at on 21 July 2009.
Francis Maude
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)
To ask the Solicitor-General on what date (a) she and (b) the Attorney General last met Mr. Damian McBride in the course of their official duties.
Vera Baird
Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office
Neither myself nor the Attorney-General met with Mr. Damien McBride in the course of official duties.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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