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Conduct Of The Right Honourable Member For Thanet South And Astra Defence Systems;ltd

EDM number 1369 in 1994-95, proposed by Stephen Byers on 10/07/1995.

That this House notes that between 5th June 1989 and 7th June 1990 the Right honourable Member for Thanet South was a director of Astra Defence Systems Ltd and in this capacity attended two board meetings held on 26th July and 3rd October 1989 at which consideration was given to reports concerning a project called Diana which involved the supply of an air defence system, guns and ammunition to Thailand and a contract to supply 126 naval guns to Chile; further notes that both these countries were used at the time as conduits for the supply or arms to Iran, and in particular Iraq, in breach of the arms embargo and that the whole surface fleet of the Chilean navy consisted of just 31 vessels at the relevant time; further understands that these matters were the subject of the Right honourable Member's evidence to the Scott Inquiry; and calls on him in the public interest to publish his evidence.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Stephen Byers10/07/1995WallsendProposed
John Hutton11/07/1995Barrow & FurnessSigned
Eric Illsley11/07/1995Barnsley CentralSigned
Lynne Jones11/07/1995Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Michael Connarty11/07/1995Falkirk EastSigned
Paul Flynn11/07/1995Newport WestSigned
Norman Godman11/07/1995Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Harry Barnes11/07/1995North East DerbyshireSigned
Hugh Bayley11/07/1995York, City ofSigned
Tony Banks12/07/1995Newham North WestSigned
Jack Thompson12/07/1995WansbeckSigned
Mike Hall12/07/1995Warrington SouthSigned
Jim Dowd12/07/1995Lewisham WestSigned
Jean Corston12/07/1995Bristol EastSigned
Jeremy Corbyn12/07/1995Islington NorthSigned
Harry Cohen12/07/1995LeytonSigned
Alice Mahon12/07/1995HalifaxSigned
John Cummings12/07/1995EasingtonSigned
John Evans13/07/1995St Helens NorthSigned
Anne Campbell13/07/1995CambridgeSigned
Alan Simpson13/07/1995Nottingham SouthSigned
Bridget Prentice13/07/1995Lewisham EastSigned
Colin Pickthall13/07/1995West LancashireSigned
John Gunnell17/07/1995Leeds South and MorleySigned
Llew Smith18/07/1995Blaenau GwentSigned
Keith Bradley18/07/1995Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Win Griffiths18/07/1995BridgendSigned
Audrey Wise18/07/1995PrestonSigned
Terry Lewis19/07/1995WorsleySigned
Janet Anderson19/07/1995Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Dennis Turner19/07/1995Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Ken Livingstone18/10/1995Brent EastSigned

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