Examination of Witnesses (Questions 116-119)
MR STEPHEN
LOTINGA
19 MAY 2009
Q116 Chairman: Good morning, Mr Lotinga.
As you know, this Committee has been asked by the House to investigate
the leak of a DCMS draft Report. Before we come to the conclusions
we want to talk to those who had been involved and we would like
to put some questions to you. Was it at your request that you
obtained the papers which were intended for the use of the CMS
Committee members, or were they offered to you?
Mr Lotinga: I did not request
the papers at any point, no.
Q117 Chairman: Sorry?
Mr Lotinga: I did not request
the papers at any point, no, and I do not believe they were offered
to me. I think they were just sent on to me automatically.
Q118 Chairman: So you were the passive
recipient of the documents?
Mr Lotinga: I never had a discussion
about why documents were coming or asked them to be sent to me.
Q119 Chairman: How often did you
get these sorts of papers?
Mr Lotinga: Knowing that the Committee
would want to talk to me about this, I went through my records
to have a look and I believe there were around 10 occasions, which
I can provide to the Committee, on which I received documentation
from the Select Committee.
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