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Ministerial Statements On Arms For Iraq

EDM number 774 in 1992-93, proposed by Robin Cook on 10/11/1992.

That this House records its concern at the discrepancy between statements by Ministers in the House and the minutes of ministerial meetings released in court; notes that on 10th November 1989 Lady Thatcher stated 'supplies of British defence equipment to Iraq and Iran continue to be governed by the guidelines introduced in 1985' Official Report, Volume 159, column 800, while the ministerial minutes reveal that the guidelines had been circumvented since 1988; notes that on 13th November 1989 the honourable Member for Wokingham, the Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry stated, 'I have no reason to believe that the company, Matrix Churchill, has contravened United Kingdom export controls' Official Report, Volume 160, column 1, while the ministerial minutes reveal that since 1988 Ministers had known that Matrix Churchill was supplying machine tools to Iraqi munition plants; and further notes that on 31st January 1991, Official Report, Volume 185, column 1102, the Prime Minister stated 'for some considerable time we have not supplied arms to Iraq', while the ministerial minutes reveal that as recently as July 1990 approval was given for the export by Matrix Churchill of machine tools designed to produce fuses for Iraqi arms; and demands that ministers make a full statement of how they can reconcile their words in the House with their actions in private.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Robin Cook10/11/1992LivingstonProposed
David Clark10/11/1992South ShieldsSigned
Bill Michie11/11/1992Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Audrey Wise11/11/1992PrestonSigned
Edward O'Hara11/11/1992Knowsley SouthSigned
Keith Bradley11/11/1992Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Harry Cohen11/11/1992LeytonSigned
Frank Cook11/11/1992Stockton NorthSigned
Bob Cryer11/11/1992Bradford SouthSigned
John Cummings11/11/1992EasingtonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe11/11/1992LeighSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie11/11/1992Glasgow, PollokSigned
John Evans11/11/1992St Helens NorthSigned
Andrew Faulds11/11/1992Warley EastSigned
Norman Godman11/11/1992Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Nick Ainger11/11/1992PembrokeSigned
John Gunnell11/11/1992Leeds South and MorleySigned
Harry Barnes11/11/1992North East DerbyshireSigned
Roger Berry11/11/1992KingswoodSigned
Alan Williams11/11/1992Swansea WestSigned
William McKelvey11/11/1992Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Alan Meale11/11/1992MansfieldSigned
Colin Pickthall11/11/1992West LancashireSigned
Bridget Prentice11/11/1992Lewisham EastSigned
Dawn Primarolo11/11/1992Bristol SouthSigned
Ernie Ross11/11/1992Dundee WestSigned
Alan Simpson11/11/1992Nottingham SouthSigned
Dennis Skinner11/11/1992BolsoverSigned
Peter Hardy11/11/1992WentworthSigned
John Hutton11/11/1992Barrow & FurnessSigned
Eric Illsley11/11/1992Barnsley CentralSigned
Glenda Jackson11/11/1992Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Lynne Jones11/11/1992Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Jane Kennedy11/11/1992Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Robert Litherland11/11/1992Manchester CentralSigned
Ken Livingstone11/11/1992Brent EastSigned
Tony Lloyd11/11/1992StretfordSigned
John McAllion11/11/1992Dundee EastSigned
Ian McCartney11/11/1992MakerfieldSigned
Tony Worthington12/11/1992Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Dennis Turner12/11/1992Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Clive Betts12/11/1992Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Win Griffiths12/11/1992BridgendSigned
George Galloway12/11/1992Glasgow HillheadSigned
Paul Flynn12/11/1992Newport WestSigned
Derek Enright12/11/1992HemsworthSigned
Alistair Darling12/11/1992Edinburgh CentralSigned
David Clelland12/11/1992Tyne BridgeSigned
Ronnie Campbell12/11/1992Blyth ValleySigned
Chris Mullin12/11/1992Sunderland SouthSigned
Alice Mahon12/11/1992HalifaxSigned
Eddie Loyden12/11/1992Liverpool, GarstonSigned
John Heppell12/11/1992Nottingham EastSigned
Jim Dowd12/11/1992Lewisham WestSigned
Max Madden16/11/1992Bradford WestSigned
Jeremy Corbyn16/11/1992Islington NorthSigned
Peter Hain16/11/1992NeathSigned
Mike Gapes17/11/1992Ilford SouthSigned
Mike Hall17/11/1992Warrington SouthSigned
Tommy Graham17/11/1992Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Robert Hughes17/11/1992Aberdeen NorthSigned
Joyce Quin17/11/1992Gateshead EastSigned
Robert Parry17/11/1992Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Richard Burden17/11/1992Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Peter Kilfoyle18/11/1992Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Austin Mitchell18/11/1992Great GrimsbySigned
Stuart Bell18/11/1992MiddlesbroughSigned
Bill Etherington19/11/1992Sunderland NorthSigned
Keith Vaz19/11/1992Leicester EastSigned
George Mudie19/11/1992Leeds EastSigned
Simon Hughes23/11/1992Southwark and BermondseySigned
Andrew MacKinlay23/11/1992ThurrockSigned
Jimmy Hood26/11/1992ClydesdaleSigned
Michael Clapham26/11/1992Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Jack Thompson26/11/1992WansbeckSigned
Martyn Jones30/11/1992Clwyd South WestSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours30/11/1992WorkingtonSigned

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