That this House notes that free trade unionism is a key ingredient of a move from totalitarianism to democracy; welcomes the renewal of free trade unionism in Iraq; and calls on the Government to give assistance and priority to the strengthening of this movement.

That this House notes that free trade unionism is a key ingredient of a move from totalitarianism to democracy; welcomes the renewal of free trade unionism in Iraq; and calls on the Government to give assistance and priority to the strengthening of this movement.

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 registers its grave concern at the allegations of mistreatment of Iraqi civilians by United States and United Kingdom forces; reaffirms its belief that the highest standards of international humanitarian and human rights law should be applied by occupying forces in Iraq; and calls on the United States and United Kingdom governments to establish an independent commission to investigate alleged human rights violations by Coalition forces personnel as a matter of urgency.

That this House registers its grave concern at the allegations of mistreatment of Iraqi civilians by United States and United Kingdom forces; reaffirms its belief that the highest standards of international humanitarian and human rights law should be applied by occupying forces in Iraq; and calls on the United States...

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 no explanation, apology or compensation has so far been proffered by the US military authorities in Iraq for the unjustified raid on 6th December 2003 on the temporary headquarters in Baghdad of the Iraqi Federation of Workers' Trade Unions (IFTU) which led to the arrest of eight IFTU leaders who were later released; congratulates a wide range of organisations around the world such as the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, the International Labour Organisation, the Scottish TUC, the RMT union, the Labour Start web site, the Italian CGIL, the International Metalworkers' Federation and the Congress of South African Trade Unions for showing solidarity with the fledgling independent Iraqi trade union movement; regrets that the Iraqi Governing Council and Iraqi political parties failed to act to defend such an important part of the new civil society in Iraq; agrees with the IFTU on the need for an apology from the local US military commander who led the attack, for commitments that such an act should never happen again, and for compensation for damages inflicted on the IFTU personnel and possessions; and endorses its appeal for the American authorities not to be further misled by remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime about the new trade union movement.

That this House notes that no explanation, apology or compensation has so far been proffered by the US military authorities in Iraq for the unjustified raid on 6th December 2003 on the temporary headquarters in Baghdad of the Iraqi Federation of Workers' Trade Unions (IFTU) which led to the arrest...

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...

That this House congratulates the Daily Record in promoting the Send the Jocks a Box Appeal this Christmas; and recognises the importance of these gifts in making Christmas Day more special for thousands of Scots soldiers serving in Iraq and the Gulf.

That this House congratulates the Daily Record in promoting the Send the Jocks a Box Appeal this Christmas; and recognises the importance of these gifts in making Christmas Day more special for thousands of Scots soldiers serving in Iraq and the Gulf.

That this House expresses its deepest sympathy to the family of the Japanese Diplomat Mr Katsuhiko Oku who was killed in Iraq with a fellow diplomat Mr Masamori Inoue from the Japanese Embassy in Jordan and their driver Jerjis Sulaiman Zora while travelling to a reconstruction conference in Tikrit; notes that Mr Oku was serving in the Japanese Embassy in London and was known to the honourable and Right honourable members of the British-Japanese Parliamentary Group and to the Parliamentary Rugby Team for whom he helped organise a tour of Japan and against whom he played; and extends its condolences to His Excellency Ambassador Orita and members of the Embassy on the tragic loss of their colleague.

That this House expresses its deepest sympathy to the family of the Japanese Diplomat Mr Katsuhiko Oku who was killed in Iraq with a fellow diplomat Mr Masamori Inoue from the Japanese Embassy in Jordan and their driver Jerjis Sulaiman Zora while travelling to a reconstruction conference in Tikrit; notes...

That this House remembers with great pride the supreme sacrifice made by Her Majesty's United Kingdom and Commonwealth Armed Forces in the defence of British interests in two world wars and in other conflicts; further congratulates the continuing service given by Her Majesty's Armed Forces, not only in Iraq, but throughout the world; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to ensure that the defence of the realm remains the first duty of government.

That this House remembers with great pride the supreme sacrifice made by Her Majesty's United Kingdom and Commonwealth Armed Forces in the defence of British interests in two world wars and in other conflicts; further congratulates the continuing service given by Her Majesty's Armed Forces, not only in Iraq, but...

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 welcomes the recent re-establishment of the Workers' Democratic Trade Union Movement as an independent trade union umbrella body in Iraq, supported by the ICFTU; and calls on the Government to provide promptly disinterested financial support to the WDTUM to assist it to help set up, and foster the growth of, independent trade unions in Iraq, of which eight have been formed since the fall of the Saddam Hussein's government as a vital pillar of civil society in Iraq.

That this House welcomes the recent re-establishment of the Workers' Democratic Trade Union Movement as an independent trade union umbrella body in Iraq, supported by the ICFTU; and calls on the Government to provide promptly disinterested financial support to the WDTUM to assist it to help set up, and foster...

That this House notes that during the recent invasion of Iraq, the UK Government sanctioned the use of cluster bombs by the military; notes that UK forces fired 2,000 L20 cluster shells around Basra alone; further notes with concern that the Government failed to make it its policy not to use cluster bombs in urban or populated areas in Iraq, stating instead that it would be 'unlikely' that they would not be used in those areas; expresses concern that unexploded ordnance is a direct result of cluster bomb use and that it poses a lasting threat to innocent civilians long after any conflict is over; and demands that the Government makes it its policy to rule out the use of cluster bombs, not only in urban or populated areas but also against military targets, in any future conflict.

That this House notes that during the recent invasion of Iraq, the UK Government sanctioned the use of cluster bombs by the military; notes that UK forces fired 2,000 L20 cluster shells around Basra alone; further notes with concern that the Government failed to make it its policy not to...

That this House recalls that on May Day 1959 the Iraqi Labour Movement mobilised one million people out of the then population of 14 million for a massive march in Baghdad to celebrate International Workers' Day; sends its heartfelt solidarity to the Workers' Democratic Trade Union Movement in the Iraqi Republic on the occasion on 1st May 2003 of the first free labour movement march since the demise of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship; further notes that the Iraqi trade union movement is working for the creation of a unified, federal and democratic Iraq that transcends religious, ethnic and nationalist divisions and also guarantees political and trade union rights, which were denied by the Ba'athist regime and its bogus trade union machine; and supports their call for the transfer of power from the occupying forces to an interim and broadly based coalition government which could remove the remnants of Saddam's dictatorship and prepare a permanent constitution which would provide the basis for free and fair elections under the direct supervision of the United Nations.

That this House recalls that on May Day 1959 the Iraqi Labour Movement mobilised one million people out of the then population of 14 million for a massive march in Baghdad to celebrate International Workers' Day; sends its heartfelt solidarity to the Workers' Democratic Trade Union Movement in the Iraqi...