Written question asked by Tam Dalyell (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 January 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 30 January 1998. It was answered by Derek Fatchett (Labour) on Friday, 30 January 1998 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations Her Majesty's Government has had from Lord Callaghan of Cardiff on the precise objective of a military attack on Iraq in the absence of the use of ground forces. - Ref to HL 585 c44, 26 January 1998.

Answer: Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations Her Majesty's Government have had from Lord Callaghan of Cardiff on the precise objective of a military attack on Iraq in the absence of the use of ground forces. [26715] Mr. Fatchett: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given in another place by my noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Baroness Symons, to the noble Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, on 26 January 1998, Official Report, House of Lords columns 44-45.

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