NUCLEAR ESCALATION AND IRAQ

Early day motion 1855, tabled 5 November 2002 by Llew Smith (Labour). Signed by 27 members.

That this House commends the article by Dr Rowan Williams, the next Archbishop of Canterbury, in the Daily Telegraph on 5th November; agrees with his analysis that military conflict initiated by the United States with United Kingdom support against Iraq could escalate into a nuclear conflict involving Israel; recognises with horror the huge numbers of innocent civilians and military conscripts who would die if nuclear weapons were exploded over or near densely populated cities in the middle east; further recognises that radioactively contaminated clouds show no respect for national borders, as the Chernobyl accident showed; and calls for all efforts be made to reach a diplomatic solution to the Iraq crisis.

Signatures by party: Labour 24, Labour/Co-operative 3.