That this House notes the deeply disturbing report of BBC correspondent John Simpson indicating the high numbers of children being born with serious defects in the Iraqi town of Fallujah; further notes that the report says that those born with congenital heart defects is 13 times the rate found in Europe, that other babies have been born with limb loss or distortion, paralysis or brain damage, and that officials in the town have warned women that they should not have babies; further notes that during the US onslaught on Fallujah, white phosphorus and depleted uranium weapons were amongst those used, and also that after the fighting was over, rubble from the town was bulldozed into the river, polluting water supplies; further notes that there has not been a proper independent inquiry by medical experts to establish the cause of these birth defects; and considers that this consequence of this US military action makes it a human rights atrocity.

That this House notes the deeply disturbing report of BBC correspondent John Simpson indicating the high numbers of children being born with serious defects in the Iraqi town of Fallujah; further notes that the report says that those born with congenital heart defects is 13 times the rate found in...

That this House calls on the Government to establish an independent inquiry into the death of 20 Iraqis, after allegedly being taken into UK custody, following a fire fight near the town of Al Majar-al-Kabir in Maysan province on 14 May 2004.

That this House calls on the Government to establish an independent inquiry into the death of 20 Iraqis, after allegedly being taken into UK custody, following a fire fight near the town of Al Majar-al-Kabir in Maysan province on 14 May 2004.

That this House is appalled at the corruption, waste and theft associated with the US occupation of Iraq; takes note of the BBC Panorama programme of 10th June which disclosed that there are currently over 70 whistleblower cases involving $23 billion about which the US Justice Department has issued gagging orders; sympathises with the US public at the corruption and waste facilitated, tolerated and covered-up by the Bush Administration; and further notes that there has been much more waste and theft of Iraqi resources which, reasonably, the US should pay back.

That this House is appalled at the corruption, waste and theft associated with the US occupation of Iraq; takes note of the BBC Panorama programme of 10th June which disclosed that there are currently over 70 whistleblower cases involving $23 billion about which the US Justice Department has issued gagging...

That this House records that, on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the reasons given for it, including the infamous weapons of mass destruction, were falsehoods; and notes that the widespread allegation that the invasion was illegal is almost certainly well-founded.

That this House records that, on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the reasons given for it, including the infamous weapons of mass destruction, were falsehoods; and notes that the widespread allegation that the invasion was illegal is almost certainly well-founded.

That this House notes the re-broadcast of Between Iraq and a Hard Place on More4 which gave evidence of the theft of Iraq resources since the 2003 invasion as one of the largest in the history of the world; further notes the key findings of the report Crude Designs: The Rip-Off of Iraq's Oil Wealth which states that at an oil price of $40 per barrel, Iraq stands to lose between $74 billion and $194 billion over the lifetime of the proposed contracts, from only the first 12 oilfields to be developed; further notes that these estimates, based on conservative assumptions, represent between two and seven times the current Iraqi government budget; and further notes that under the likely terms of the contracts, oil company rates of return from investing in Iraq would range from 42 per cent. to 162 per cent., far in excess of usual industry minimum target of around 12 per cent. return on investment.

That this House notes the re-broadcast of Between Iraq and a Hard Place on More4 which gave evidence of the theft of Iraq resources since the 2003 invasion as one of the largest in the history of the world; further notes the key findings of the report Crude Designs: The...

That this House invites the BBC and other news media to consider whether it is accurate automatically to describe many mass murders in Iraq as being caused by suicide bombers when no evidence for this is available, and notes that the use of remote-controlled detonators is commonplace.

That this House invites the BBC and other news media to consider whether it is accurate automatically to describe many mass murders in Iraq as being caused by suicide bombers when no evidence for this is available, and notes that the use of remote-controlled detonators is commonplace.

That this House is appalled at the appointment of Ahmed Chalabi as a deputy prime minister and oil minister in Iraq; notes his multi-million pound criminal record in Jordan and his role in spreading falsehoods including untruths about weapons of mass destruction, which led to the war and deaths of very many Iraqi citizens; further notes that he intends to use his ministerial position to privatise Iraq's oil, thereby robbing the Iraqi people of yet more of their oil resources; further notes that he acts as a block to former Ba'athists returning to help administer Iraq and continues to press for the death penalty for Saddam Hussein, thereby continuing to fuel the insurgency violence; and believes that the lives of British troops should not be put at risk for the promotion of such policies and such a person.

That this House is appalled at the appointment of Ahmed Chalabi as a deputy prime minister and oil minister in Iraq; notes his multi-million pound criminal record in Jordan and his role in spreading falsehoods including untruths about weapons of mass destruction, which led to the war and deaths of...

That this House recalls President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 election theme 'The Great Society' which had the vision of prosperity, social improvement and civil rights reform, and was defined as a society in which poverty would be abolished, education would be available for all, peace would prevail and every man would be free to develop his potential; also recalls that this fine vision was scuppered by the cost of and opposition to the unjust war in Vietnam; notes the Prime Minister's vision for modern, reformed, well invested public services in this country, but is concerned that this could similarly be scuppered by the cost of an unpopular foreign war; so demands that continued, substantial investment in public services in this country take priority over the costs of the conflict in Iraq.

That this House recalls President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 election theme 'The Great Society' which had the vision of prosperity, social improvement and civil rights reform, and was defined as a society in which poverty would be abolished, education would be available for all, peace would prevail and every man...

That this House considers that the killing of an estimated 600 people, many of them women, children and innocent civilians fleeing the conflict, by US forces in Fallujah during the first weeks of April to have been an atrocity.

That this House considers that the killing of an estimated 600 people, many of them women, children and innocent civilians fleeing the conflict, by US forces in Fallujah during the first weeks of April to have been an atrocity.

That this House notes that the Butler Inquiry into the Intelligence Services' pre-war claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction no longer has bi-party support, and that confidence in it must therefore inevitably be seriously eroded; and believes that as a consequence it should be abandoned in its present form and replaced by an inquiry, with the confidence of all the three main parties represented in the House with a wider remit and a more broadly-based membership, including at least one person who was not in favour of the war and sceptical of the reasons for it.

That this House notes that the Butler Inquiry into the Intelligence Services' pre-war claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction no longer has bi-party support, and that confidence in it must therefore inevitably be seriously eroded; and believes that as a consequence it should be abandoned in its present form...

That this House notes the report Continuing Collateral Damage: The Health and Environment Costs of War on Iraq 2003 by the international health charity MEDACT, which indicates that between 21,700 and 55,000 people died between 20th March and 20th October, and that limited access to clean water and sanitation, as well as poverty, malnutrition and disruption of public services, including health services, continue to have a negative impact on the health of the Iraqi people; and does not share the apparent view of those responsible, who fail to record or report these matters, that those deaths are unimportant.

That this House notes the report Continuing Collateral Damage: The Health and Environment Costs of War on Iraq 2003 by the international health charity MEDACT, which indicates that between 21,700 and 55,000 people died between 20th March and 20th October, and that limited access to clean water and sanitation, as...

That this House notes with dismay that on 16th October the United Nations Compensation Commission paid out another $196,246,476.95 of Iraq's money to 26 governments and three international organisations for distribution to 1,395 claimants; further notes that this brings the amount disbursed to almost $18 billion, making it probably the biggest reparations operation since Versailles; further notes that under the USA Patriot Act the federal government has confiscated $1.7 billion of Iraqi assets in the US; regards these continued reparation payments, confiscation of assets and refusal fully to write-off Iraqi debt in current circumstances as deplorable; further notes that the US controlled Iraq Development Fund falls a long way short of being properly accountable; and calls on the Government to make its position clear in the face of this scandal.

That this House notes with dismay that on 16th October the United Nations Compensation Commission paid out another $196,246,476.95 of Iraq's money to 26 governments and three international organisations for distribution to 1,395 claimants; further notes that this brings the amount disbursed to almost $18 billion, making it probably the...

That this House notes that the Secretary of State for Defence, when asked what reports he had received of civilian casualties in Iraq as a consequence of the dropping of cluster bombs, replied 'we are aware of no proven reports of civilian casualties caused by United Kingdom cluster bombs' (3rd June, Official Report, column 393W); further notes that www.iraqbodycount.org lists 23 specific reports involving deaths as a consequence of cluster bombs which it says accounts for between 828 and 1,172 reported deaths; also notes that some of these happened in Basra and the south of Iraq where the forces had responsibility; and invites the Secretary of State to reconsider his Answer.

That this House notes that the Secretary of State for Defence, when asked what reports he had received of civilian casualties in Iraq as a consequence of the dropping of cluster bombs, replied 'we are aware of no proven reports of civilian casualties caused by United Kingdom cluster bombs' (3rd...

That this House notes that the United Kingdom told the inspectors of the United Nations that Iraq sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa, despite having no active civil nuclear power programme that could require it; further notes that the Chief Nuclear Inspector for Iraq, Mohammed El Baradei recently reported to the United Nations that the documents which formed the basis of this claim are in fact not authentic and that we have therefore concluded that these specific allegations are unfounded; and believes that this represents another failure for UK intelligence in respect of Iraq.

That this House notes that the United Kingdom told the inspectors of the United Nations that Iraq sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa, despite having no active civil nuclear power programme that could require it; further notes that the Chief Nuclear Inspector for Iraq, Mohammed El Baradei recently reported...

That this House notes that United Kingdom policy towards Iraq. prior to its support for the war effort of the United States, has had dire humanitarian consequences for the Iraqi people and this is confirmed by Mr Benon Sevan, the United Nations Under Secretary General in charge of Iraq's oil-for-food programme; notes that he has said that the new retroactive pricing initiative, introduced at the behest of the UK, whereby the Sanctions Committee sets the price for Iraqi oil several weeks after it is sold, along with the paralysis at that committee, has caused a 35 per cent. drop in the country's crude oil exports since November and that this has diminished the amount of money available for humanitarian aid; and further notes that the vast majority of Iraqi people hold to the view that western powers such as the United Kingdom, rather than Saddam Hussein are responsible for their economic impoverishment and that vindictive policies towards them such as the one highlighted by Mr Sevan give evidence of this.

That this House notes that United Kingdom policy towards Iraq. prior to its support for the war effort of the United States, has had dire humanitarian consequences for the Iraqi people and this is confirmed by Mr Benon Sevan, the United Nations Under Secretary General in charge of Iraq's oil-for-food...

That this House notes the content of the strictly confidential United Nations draft document entitled Likely Humanitarian Scenarios, which has been published on website www.casi.org.uk/info/undocs/war021210.pdf by the Cambridge-based NGO Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq, which estimates likely humanitarian consequences of anticipated military scenarios in Iraq as 500,000 people possibly requiring treatment as a result of direct or indirect injuries, 39 per cent. of the population in need of potable water, the outbreak of diseases in epidemic if not pandemic proportions being very likely, the nutritional status of 3.03 million people countrywide likely to be dire and 900,000 Iraqi refugees requiring assistance; and calls for this information to be a factor militating against war.

That this House notes the content of the strictly confidential United Nations draft document entitled Likely Humanitarian Scenarios, which has been published on website www.casi.org.uk/info/undocs/war021210.pdf by the Cambridge-based NGO Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq, which estimates likely humanitarian consequences of anticipated military scenarios in Iraq as 500,000 people possibly requiring...

That this House notes the suggestion of Mikhail Gorbachev, at a meeting with parliamentarians on 10th July, that the United States and Iraq should attempt to resolve their differences by direct discussions between representatives of both their countries rather than resort to war; and considers that the United Kingdom Government should adopt this proposal as its official policy and that an offer of a venue in London for such talks should be made to both sides.

That this House notes the suggestion of Mikhail Gorbachev, at a meeting with parliamentarians on 10th July, that the United States and Iraq should attempt to resolve their differences by direct discussions between representatives of both their countries rather than resort to war; and considers that the United Kingdom Government...