IRAQ DECLARATIONS AND DOSSIERS

Early day motion 888, tabled 13 March 2003 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 25 members.

That this House notes that the Prime Minister pointed out in his statement on Iraq on 3rd February that United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 imposed on Saddam a duty to give 'a currently accurate, full and complete declaration of all aspects of its programmes to develop chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and other delivery systems'; further notes in the same statement the Prime Minister informed Parliament that the Government had produced a dossier on Iraq making clear that 'there is a huge infrastructure of deception and concealment designed to prevent the inspectors from doing their jobs' in Iraq; further believes that the provenance of this dossier was not made clear although it accepts that well researched academic publications are legitimate sources of information; further notes that the allegations made by US Secretary of State Colin Powell to the United Nations Security Council on 5th February that a base of the terrorist organisation Ansar-al-Islam, located in the Kurdish enclave in northern Iraq, contains a chemicals and poisons factory, were proved to be wrong by subsequent visits by journalists; and calls upon all ministers to provide this House with accurate, up-to-date and relevant information on Iraq and terrorist threats, to permit honourable Members to make judgements on facts, not propaganda.

Signatures by party: Labour 18, Liberal Democrat 4, Plaid Cymru 2, Labour/Co-operative 1.