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What has been the cost to the British taxpayer of the United Kingdom's support for United States air action in Iraq; whether it has been subjected to political or military cost/benefit analysis; and, if so, with what result. [HL 4552].

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 November 1999
Reference
HL 4552; 606 c188-9WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the United Kingdom is participating in the provision of military training and "surplus equipment" to Iraqi rebel leaders (as reported in the International Herald Tribune on 29 October); and what is the status of such assistance in international law. [HL 4515].

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 1999
Reference
606 c155WA; HL 4515
House
House of Lords

Whether they have any information that contradicts the opinion that a humanitarian catastrophe is in the process in Iraq as a combined result of the policies of Saddam Hussein, the low price of oil, the condition of the Iraqi infrastructure (including that of Iraqi oil industry) and sanctions. [HL 4072]....

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 October 1999
Reference
605 c97-8WA; HL 4072
House
House of Lords

Whether they intend terminating the bombing of Iraq by the United Kingdom and the United States which was described by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean as an "exceptional" and "limited" use of force, as "the only means to avert an immediate and overwhelming humanitarian catastrophe" (16 November 1998, 594...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 October 1999
Reference
HL 3995; 605 c14WA
House
House of Lords

What is their position on the disposal of mustard gas and VX which were found in the premises of the United Nations Special Commission on its departure from Iraq. [HL 3343].

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 July 1999
Reference
HL 3343; 604 c4WA
House
House of Lords

How many new weapons or weapons systems (a) were used in Operation Desert Fox by the joint United Kingdom States forces engaged in it, and (b) are being used by the NATO forces now operating in the former Yugoslavia; and whether the firms who have manufactured these weapons or weapon...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 May 1999
Reference
601 c95WA; HL 2293
House
House of Lords

What, in international law, is the status (a) of Iraq airspace and (b) of the air defence systems which American and British aircraft have been attacking. [HL 1679].

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 April 1999
Reference
HL 1679; 600 c25WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they accept (a) the opinion expressed by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency that "Iraq is completely free of nuclear weapons and that it does not at present have the practical and technical ability or the materials to make nuclear weapons" and (b) his statement that...

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Lord Kennet (Labour)
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Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 March 1999
Reference
599 c59WA; HL 1680
House
House of Lords

Whether they have reason to doubt the reports of statements by HRH Prince Sultan Bin Abdullah Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence and Aviation and Inspector General of Saudi Arabia, that "Neither Kuwait not any other Gulf Co-operation Council Member State now fears Iraq" and "We do not...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 March 1999
Reference
599 c58WA; HL 1676
House
House of Lords

Which are the other parties in any coalition against Iraq of which the United Kingdom is a member. [HL 1693].

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 March 1999
Reference
HL 1693; 599 c60WA
House
House of Lords

Whether British Forces attacking Iraqi targets, other than in self-defence, are operating under United States command; if so, whether the British Government have now accepted American policy towards Iraq which explicitly includes the toppling of the present Iraqi Government; and whether that is compatible with the provisions of the Charter...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 March 1999
Reference
HL 1442; 598 c163-4WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they have a new agreement with the United States and Turkey (as reported in the International Herald Tribune, 3 March) on "technical rules of engagement in the north of Iraq which will give pilots even greater flexibility to decide when to fire their weapons". [HL 1419].

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 March 1999
Reference
HL 1419; 598 c114-5WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they will cite the United Nations Security Council Resolution which legitimates attacks under the new United States policy to topple Saddam Hussein, in which British aircraft are now taking part. [HL 1421].

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 March 1999
Reference
HL 1421; 598 c62WA
House
House of Lords

What steps they are taking to establish the facts concerning damage to the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline; whether attacks on this pipeline such as those of 28 February and 1 March are now permitted under the new rules of engagement agreed by the United States and Turkey; and whether this new policy...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 March 1999
Reference
HL 1420; 598 c61-2WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they have been consulted by the United States Administration on: (a) the desirability of financially and militarily supporting Iraqi opposition groups to secure the dismantling of Iraq, as the United States Secretary of State has been advocating to governments in the Middle East; and (b) the undesirability of dismantling...

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Lord Kennet (Labour)
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Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 February 1999
Reference
597 c119-20WA; HL 999
House
House of Lords

Whether United States proposals to topple Saddam Hussein are compatible with the text of the Security Council Resolution 1205 (1998), in which the words are found "reiterating the commitment of all member states to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Kuwait and Iraq". [HL 998].

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 February 1999
Reference
597 c119WA; HL 998
House
House of Lords

Whether, as reported in the International Herald Tribune on 22 December 1998, the United States and British air strikes demolished Iraq's 'two main factories for producing parts for short-range missiles permitted by the United Nations'; if so, whether these demolitions were intended; and, if so on what grounds they were...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
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Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 February 1999
Reference
HL 996; 597 c111-2WA
House
House of Lords

Whether current United States and British military activity in and over Iraq remains "humanitarian" as recently stated by the Secretary of State for Defence, or is in aid of the policies as stated by the United States administration. [HL 1000].

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
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Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 February 1999
Reference
HL 1000; 597 c112WA
House
House of Lords

Whether British forces are giving military training to Iraq forces to topple the Iraqi Government, as alleged in the Sunday Times of 24 January; and, if so, whether this is compatible with the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and conspiracy) Act 1998. [HL 997].

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 February 1999
Reference
HL 997; 597 c112WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the United States are exempt from the operation of the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998 which forbids any activity in this country aimed at the toppling by violent means of govts abroad; and if not, whether United States officials have been conducting such activities here with some...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 February 1999
Reference
HL 785; 597 c27-8WA
House
House of Lords