The Home Affairs Select Committee conducted an inquiry into terrorism and community relations earlier this year. It asked the Home Office to pass on any documents relevant to this inquiry, but was not given a joint Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office dossier, Young Muslims and Extremism, which was subsequently leaked to the press.
Home Secretary Charles Clarke, who was giving evidence to the committee, said the question was about whether the document was of direct relevance.
"There are an enormous amount of documents," he added.
A spokeswoman for the committee said it was not clear whether its report would have been altered if the committee had seen the dossier earlier.
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