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Ecgd And Arming Iraq

EDM number 1213 in 1992-93, proposed by Llew Smith on 21/01/1993.

That this House condemns the increasing practice of Ministers in replying to parliamentary questions in the form of personal letters to honourable and Right honourable Members; deplores the refusal of the President of the Board of Trade to publish in the Official Report his letter on the financing of defence equipment to Iraq by the Export Credits Guarantee Department to the honourable Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak, as set out in his Answer to the honourable Member for Blaenau, Gwent, Official Report, 19th January, column 158; declares the ú54.3m guarantees made available to Iraq for weapons by the ECGD to be a disgrace; and demands a full public explanation by the Government.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Llew Smith21/01/1993Blaenau GwentProposed
Dennis Skinner21/01/1993BolsoverSigned
Tony Benn21/01/1993ChesterfieldSigned
Nick Ainger21/01/1993PembrokeSigned
Eric Clarke21/01/1993MidlothianSigned
Lynne Jones21/01/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Rachel Squire21/01/1993Dunfermline WestSigned
Nigel Spearing21/01/1993Newham SouthSigned
Alan Meale21/01/1993MansfieldSigned
Bill Michie22/01/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Paul Flynn22/01/1993Newport WestSigned
Jim Dowd22/01/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Terry Davis22/01/1993Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
John Cummings22/01/1993EasingtonSigned
Michael Clapham22/01/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Ken Livingstone22/01/1993Brent EastSigned
Eric Illsley22/01/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
John Heppell22/01/1993Nottingham EastSigned
Peter Hardy22/01/1993WentworthSigned
Allan Rogers22/01/1993RhonddaSigned
Colin Pickthall22/01/1993West LancashireSigned
Audrey Wise25/01/1993PrestonSigned
John Battle25/01/1993Leeds WestSigned
Harry Barnes25/01/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Tony Banks25/01/1993Newham North WestSigned
John Evans25/01/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie25/01/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Ronnie Campbell25/01/1993Blyth ValleySigned
William McKelvey25/01/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion25/01/1993Dundee EastSigned
Ernie Ross25/01/1993Dundee WestSigned
Kenneth Eastham25/01/1993Manchester, BlackleySigned
Eddie Loyden26/01/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Calum MacDonald26/01/1993Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Michael Connarty26/01/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Ian Davidson26/01/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
Maria Fyfe26/01/1993Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Gerry Steinberg26/01/1993Durham, City ofSigned
Richard Burden27/01/1993Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Peter Hain27/01/1993NeathSigned
Win Griffiths27/01/1993BridgendSigned
Norman Godman27/01/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Keith Bradley27/01/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Joan Lestor27/01/1993EcclesSigned
Ian McCartney28/01/1993MakerfieldSigned
Chris Mullin28/01/1993Sunderland SouthSigned
Jack Thompson28/01/1993WansbeckSigned
Bill Etherington02/02/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Martyn Jones09/02/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Roland Boyes15/02/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Tommy Graham25/02/1993Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours04/03/1993WorkingtonSigned
Doug Hoyle11/03/1993Warrington NorthSigned
Frank Cook23/03/1993Stockton NorthSigned

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