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Trade And Industry Committee Inquiry Into Arms Sales To Iran

EDM number 650 in 1996-97, proposed by Ken Purchase on 12/03/1997.

That this House notes with alarm that documents showing that Astra/BMARC paid millions of pounds in secret commissions on sales to Iran and Iraq have been uncovered; notes these documents were in the possession of the DTI inspectors throughout the Trade and Industry Committee inquiry into arms sales to Iran but were not made available to the inquiry where they would have supported witnesses who claimed there was a large but secret order book at Astra/BMARC supplying arms to Iran which helped facilitate the arming of both parties to the Iran/Iraq conflict; and requires the Government to give a true account of what use its arms agents made of Astra/BMARC in the 1980s.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ken Purchase12/03/1997Wolverhampton North EastProposed
Michael Clapham12/03/1997Barnsley West & PenistoneSeconded
Chris Mullin12/03/1997Sunderland SouthSeconded
Hugh Bayley13/03/1997York, City ofSigned
Harry Barnes13/03/1997North East DerbyshireSigned
Norman Godman13/03/1997Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Evans13/03/1997St Helens NorthSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/03/1997Islington NorthSigned
Bill Michie13/03/1997Sheffield, HeeleySigned
William McKelvey13/03/1997Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion13/03/1997Dundee EastSigned
Lynne Jones13/03/1997Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ernie Ross13/03/1997Dundee WestSigned
Dennis Skinner17/03/1997BolsoverSigned
Eric Illsley17/03/1997Barnsley CentralSigned
Ken Livingstone17/03/1997Brent EastSigned
Tom Cox17/03/1997TootingSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/03/1997LeighSigned
Tony Banks17/03/1997Newham North WestSigned
John Heppell18/03/1997Nottingham EastSigned
Dennis Turner18/03/1997Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Gerry Steinberg18/03/1997Durham, City ofSigned
Andrew Faulds18/03/1997Warley EastSigned
Jean Corston18/03/1997Bristol EastSigned
David Clelland18/03/1997Tyne BridgeSigned
Alice Mahon18/03/1997HalifaxSigned
Eddie Loyden18/03/1997Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Martyn Jones18/03/1997Clwyd South WestSigned
Peter Hardy18/03/1997WentworthSigned
Llew Smith19/03/1997Blaenau GwentSigned
Nick Harvey19/03/1997North DevonSigned
Alan Meale19/03/1997MansfieldSigned
Edward O'Hara19/03/1997Knowsley SouthSigned
Eric Clarke19/03/1997MidlothianSigned
Ian Davidson19/03/1997Glasgow, GovanSigned
Mike Gapes19/03/1997Ilford SouthSigned
Bill Etherington20/03/1997Sunderland NorthSigned
Maria Fyfe20/03/1997Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
John Gunnell20/03/1997Leeds South and MorleySigned
Mike Hall20/03/1997Warrington SouthSigned

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