That this House praises the professionalism of UK armed forces serving in Iraq and understands the anxieties felt by their families at home; believes that families should have a free parcel delivery service to their loved ones; and calls upon the Government to ensure this service is re-introduced in the run-up to the festive period.

That this House praises the professionalism of UK armed forces serving in Iraq and understands the anxieties felt by their families at home; believes that families should have a free parcel delivery service to their loved ones; and calls upon the Government to ensure this service is re-introduced in the...

That this House utterly condemns the barbaric murder of Mr Ken Bigley; sends its heartfelt condolences to his family, salutes their resilience and dignity in their time of trial and, like them, looks for an early resolution to the conflict in Iraq.

That this House utterly condemns the barbaric murder of Mr Ken Bigley; sends its heartfelt condolences to his family, salutes their resilience and dignity in their time of trial and, like them, looks for an early resolution to the conflict in Iraq.

That this House notes that the outgoing Head of the Iraq Survey Group, Dr David Kay, told the New York Times in an interview published on 26th January that his team had uncovered no evidence that Niger had tried to sell uranium to Iraq for its nuclear weapons programme and that the original reports on Niger have been found to be based on forged documents, and that the Bush administration has since backed away from its initial assertions; contrasts this with the reply by the Prime Minister to the honourable Member for Blaenau Gwent on 28th October 2003 in which he said that the United Kingdom ensured that the International Atomic Energy Agency was made aware of the contents of non-UK-owned intelligence on apparent Iraqi attempts to procure uranium from Niger, and shared all relevant UK-owned material with the IAEA and United Nations Monitoring Vertification and Inspection Commission on these alleged uranium procurement activities; and calls upon the Government to explain, and publish, the exact source of its beliefs that Iraq tried to obtain uranium from Niger for its nuclear weapons programme.

That this House notes that the outgoing Head of the Iraq Survey Group, Dr David Kay, told the New York Times in an interview published on 26th January that his team had uncovered no evidence that Niger had tried to sell uranium to Iraq for its nuclear weapons programme and...

That this House notes that in his 2004 State of the Union address President Bush declared his intention to double the budget of the National Endowment for Democracy, and to focus its new work on the development of free elections, and free markets, free press, and free labour unions in the Middle East; notes with regret, however, the raid by US occupation forces in the Baghdad headquarters of the free trade union movement in Iraq, and that the offices are still closed whilst trade union assets are still frozen; and calls upon the US Administration to initiate a full inquiry into the circumstances of the original raid on 6th December 2003, to explain its actions, to issue an apology, to offer compensation and to make it its policy fully to recognise the positive role of secular trade unions whilst it remains an occupying power.

That this House notes that in his 2004 State of the Union address President Bush declared his intention to double the budget of the National Endowment for Democracy, and to focus its new work on the development of free elections, and free markets, free press, and free labour unions in...

That this House believes that the powerful campaign being run by the Daily Mirror for medals recognising the bravery of six military policemen killed in Iraq also shows the need for medals which recognise all British servicemen and women who have been killed in the line of duty as proposed in Early Day Motion 445.

That this House believes that the powerful campaign being run by the Daily Mirror for medals recognising the bravery of six military policemen killed in Iraq also shows the need for medals which recognise all British servicemen and women who have been killed in the line of duty as proposed...

That this House notes that the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention binds signatories not to transfer to any nation any agents, toxins, weapons and equipment of biological and toxin warfare and provides that any nation finding another signatory in breach of this undertaking may lodge a complaint to the Security Council; further understands that the Riegle Report to the US Senate has published evidence that the US sold biological materials including Bacillus Anthracis, Clostridium Botulinum, Histoplasma capsulatum, Brucella, Melitensis, and Clostridium Perfringens to various agencies of the Iraqi Government pursuant to export licences issued by the US Department of Commerce, in quantities set out in the Report and at the time when the US was fully aware of the Iraqi biological warfare programme and that these exports have been fully documented and are also set out in the 23 September 2002 edition of Newsweek and by Senator Robert Byrd in speeches in the Senate on 20th and 26th September 2002; requests the Government to exercise its power to report these sales to the Security Council of the United Nations in the light of its commitment in the April 2002 Green Paper, Strengthening Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention that, those at every level responsible for any breach of international law relating to the use of such weapons will be held personally accountable because compliance with the BTWC is an issue the international community cannot avoid; and urges the Prime Minister either to lodge the necessary complaint with the Security Council of the UN or change its stated policy after an appropriate public announcement and discussion.

That this House notes that the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention binds signatories not to transfer to any nation any agents, toxins, weapons and equipment of biological and toxin warfare and provides that any nation finding another signatory in breach of this undertaking may lodge a complaint to the Security...