IRAQI EMPLOYEES

Early day motion 2057, tabled 9 October 2007 by Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 44 members.

That this House recognises the courage of Iraqis who have worked alongside British troops and diplomats in Southern Iraq, often saving British lives; notes that many such Iraqis have been targeted for murder by Iraqi militias in Basra, and that an unknown number have already been killed, whilst many others are in hiding; further recognises that many Iraqis who have worked for fewer than 12 months for the UK are threatened by death squads; and therefore calls upon the Prime Minister to meet the UK's moral obligations by offering resettlement to all Iraqis who are threatened with death for the `crime' of helping British troops and diplomats.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 24, Labour 13, Conservative 3, DUP 1, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1.