Is the 45 minutes claim in the missing draft of the dossier produced by John Williams?

Following up my investigations, Lib Dem shadow Foreign Secretary Michael Moore asked Margaret Beckett what would appear to be a straightforward enough question: "whether the first draft of the Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction dossier authored by John Williams makes reference to Iraq's ability to deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes."

Beckett responded with a classic non-denial: "There are no plans for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to publish Mr. Williams' draft document, extracts from it or to confirm details of the contents."

Given that for Williams to have inserted the notorious claim in his draft the dossier would make it - as I have said - the smoking gun to end all smoking guns, you might think that the Foreign Office would deny this if possible. You might think Beckett would at least deny that the Williams draft was the first draft. You might think she would at least say "no plans to confirm or deny". Is this non-denial tantamount to an admission? Is Beckett burying herself deeper in the mire by perpetuating the cover-up?

Interestingly, the Theworkforyou website is running a poll on whether Beckett has answered the question. At present 2 (and I'm one of them) think not, while no-one thinks she has. What do you think?