Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Robert Halfon (Conservative), on Wednesday, 29 April 2020, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 6 members in total.

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Situation in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq

That this House warmly congratulates the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq, as it lifts the lockdown, for its concerted measures that have so far contained the spread of coronavirus in a population of about 6 million people to 347 cases and four deaths; notes that the KRG carries 70 per cent of the burden of the nearly $1 billion annual cost for providing basic services to over a million internally displaced people and refugees from Syria, many in camps, and who account for one fifth of the population; further recognises that sharp decreases in oil prices present grave difficulties given that Kurdistan and Iraq rely so heavily on oil revenues; hopes that the Iraqi government and the KRG can soon reach a long-term agreement on oil and revenue-sharing; and urges the caretaker government in Baghdad not to proceed with plans to cut federal subventions to the Kurdistan Region.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

409 

Session

2019-21

Other sponsors

Bob Blackman

Jack Lopresti

Jonathan Edwards

Jim Shannon

Chris Stephens

Subjects

Iraq Disease control Oil Refugees Kurdistan Regional Government Coronavirus

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk