Correspondence from the Secretary of the
Cabinet to the Chairman of the Committee, 26 March 2009
Thank you for your letter of 4 March regarding
the arrest of Damian Green.
As I stated in my Memorandum to the Public Administration
Select Committee (PASC)[1]
and also in my evidence session to that Committee, I was only
notified that the Police investigation into Home Office teaks
involved Damian Green MP, that he had been arrested and that his
offices were being searched after the event This would have been
at a little after 2.30pm on 27 November 2008, The only conversation
I have had with the Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, the Minister for the
Cabinet Office, was after the event when I explained how the arrest
was connected to the investigation into leaks in the Home Office.
Neither I nor my private office staff were involved in any discussions
which suggested that the Home Office leaks' investigation might
lead to the arrest of an MP.
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