E-mail to Jonathan Calvert of the Sunday
Times from Mr Keith, Friday 13 March 2009
Dear Mr Calvert,
I am writing further to my email of yesterday.
The Sub-Committee has been meeting today. It
has asked me to write to you again because the Sub-Committee must
be satisfied in fairness to the four Lords concerned that it has
been provided with all the material that it needs to conduct its
enquiry. To be frank, the enquiry is being impeded by the absence
of the material that I asked you for in my email, and the enquiry
is not therefore proceeding as quickly as we would wish because
some material from you may be missing. May I please therefore
reiterate my earlier requests, but with an additional request
that the material be delivered to us by Tuesday next.
As I have already told you, the Sub-Committee
does not wish to take oral evidence from the Sunday Times at
this stage, but instead requests a written statement addressing
the following points only:
(i) Mr Calvert's recollection of the phone call
he made to Lord Moonie which is described on page 12 of the Sunday
Times' transcript of its dealings with Lord Moonie, with particular
reference to the discussion regarding John Healey; and
(ii) Mr Calvert's recollection of the phone call
he made to Lord Taylor of Blackburn which is described on page
25 of the Sunday Times' transcript of its dealings with
Lord Taylor of Blackburn.
The Sub-Committee also requests that the Sunday
Times provide:
(i) Any evidence they have of their dealings
with Lord Moonie, Lord Snape, Lord Truscott and Lord Taylor of
Blackburn that has not thus far been supplied to the Sub-Committee,
including but not limited to the recording of the meeting with
Lord Taylor of Blackburn when Ms Newell was in the toilet, the
emails exchanged with Lord Taylor of Blackburn, the phone messages
left by Lord Taylor of Blackburn, and the recording of the phone
calls between Mr Calvert and Lord Taylor of Blackburn on 15 and
21 January; the emails exchanged with Lord Truscott; and the recording
of the phone call made by Ms Newell to Lord Moonie on 23 January;
(ii) An assurance that the Sunday Times have
now supplied the Sub-Committee with all the material in their
possession which includes any contact with the four Members concerned,
including all recordings, written communication, transcripts and
notes of conversations not otherwise recorded, and a list of any
such material that was created but has been destroyed, including
any self-destructing e-mails.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you
wish to discuss this.
Thank you and kind regards,
Brendan Keith
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