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Written question asked by Lord Kennet (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 December 1996. It was answered by Baroness Chalker of Wallasey (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 December 1996.


Chalker of Wallasey, RtHonBaroness

Question
Whether the Foreign Secretary was correctly reported by the Israeli newspaper Ha aretz on 21st November as having "agreed" with the Israeli Defence Minister "that an effort must be made to prevent the expansion of Iraq's nuclear development project", and if so whether this agreement extends to an Israeli attack like that on Iraq's nuclear development project in 1981, which was deemed illegal by Her Majesty's Government.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
576 c42WA
Session
1996-97
Subjects
Iraq Nuclear weapons Radioactive materials Nuclear disarmament UN resolutions Israel