Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 16 June 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 June 2004. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 June 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the countries of origin were of (a) advice, (b) technology and (c) materials discovered by the Iraq Survey Group which contributed towards the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction in that country.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the countries of origin were of (a) advice, (b) technology and (c) materials discovered by the Iraq Survey Group which contributed towards the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction in that country. [179760] Mr. Hoon: The Iraq Survey Group continues to investigate foreign assistance to Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction programmes and is expected to produce a substantive report later this year. The Iraq Survey Group has confirmed that Iraq was holding discussions with North Korea regarding technology associated with a 1,300 km range missile system. It has also been confirmed that foreign technology and technical assistance were critical to the progress made by Iraqi engineers and designers.

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