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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further investigations he has undertaken or has supported into whether the Anfal campaign of Saddam Hussein in 1987-88 was a war crime; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 October 2008

Reference

222402; 480 c225W

House

House of Commons

Iran: Iraq

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of Iranian funding of the Revolutionary Guard Qods Force in Iraq.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 2008

Reference

214328; 478 c1005W

House

House of Commons

Iraq: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made with the programme for funding displaced Iraqis within that country and in Syria; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 June 2008

For answer on

4 June 2008

Answered on

12 June 2008

Since 2003, DFID has committed over £149 million in humanitarian assistance to Iraq, £17 million of which has been allocated for this year. We have channelled our assistance to a variety of international organisations working to provide assistance to the most vulnerable people displaced inside Iraq and in the region. Support provided through these organisations includes food, water, shelter and medicine.We are also working to promote a coordinated international effort in response to humanitarian situation, with the Government of Iraq (GoI) in the lead. The GoI has recognised it holds primary responsibility for the welfare of its people and is working to address the humanitarian situation inside the country. To that end, the GoI last week allocated $40 million to the World Food Programme, to assist in the provision of food for internally displaced people. The UK is also encouraging the GoI to take a lead in providing financial support to Iraqi refugees in the wider region, and we are seeing some progress being made. The GoI has allocated $25 million to Syria, Lebanon and Jordan to support Iraqis who are currently living there, and very recently announced $195 million to support voluntary returnees from the region back to Iraq.However, while international aid is vital in supporting the most vulnerable Iraqis—both within Iraq and in the wider region—the longer term solution to the humanitarian problem hinges on sustainable improvements in the security situation. Currently refugees that have been interviewed in the region have said they do not wish to return to Iraq because they believe it is unsafe to do so. The UNHCR, who lead on refugee issues, has also made it clear that the situation in Iraq does not currently warrant mass refugee return. Therefore, security must be the Iraqi Government's top priority, to allow displaced people to feel safe enough to return home.

Date

12 June 2008

Reference

208907; 477 c443-4W

House

House of Commons

Iraq: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the political implications of the recent missile attack by Iran upon Ashraf City in Iraq.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 June 2008

Reference

477 c131W; 208911

House

House of Commons

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