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BAE-Saudi Arabia

The Leader was asked if he had seen the reported comments on behalf of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), expressing "serious concerns" about the decision to drop the fraud inquiry. He referred to the twin statements made previously by the head of the Serious Fraud Office and the Attorney General. Mr Straw said that a combination of them was a judgement by both that it would not be in the public interest for the inquiry to proceed, and that always had been one of the two tests for prosecutions. The Leader also pointed to the words in the statement of the Attorney that, in his judgement, even a further 18 months of inquiry would not have produced evidence which could lead to a reasonable chance of conviction. He referred to his comments on the issue during Business Questions earlier. The PMS added that the Prime Minister had set out a full account of his position on this issue at PMQs this week.

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