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EDM number 608 in 2002-03, proposed by Paul Flynn on 29/01/2003.

That this House notes that all the sites listed in the UK dossier on Iraq of 24th September 2002 have subsequently been inspected by UNMOVIC and IAEA inspectors who report that they have not discovered 'any signs of weapons of mass destruction of any programmes for their production'; recalls that some of the sites visited on the day of the publication of the dossier were found to be derelict or used for benign purposes; further notes that on page 34 of the dossier it is claimed that 'Iraq consistently refused to allow UNSCOM inspectors access to any of the presidential sites'; but that the UNSCOM document S/1998/326 reports that 'The initial entry to the eight presidential sites in Iraq was performed by mission UNSCOM 243 during the period from 25th March to 4th April 1998... Co-operation from Iraqi counterparts was satisfactory'; believes that the intelligence provided for the dossier has proved to be unreliable and inaccurate; urges that no future intelligence claims should be accepted until it has been meticulously verified; and notes with alarm the prospect that similar uncorroborated claims could be used as a pretext to send British soldiers into battle to kill and to be killed.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Flynn29/01/2003Newport WestLabourProposed
Llew Smith29/01/2003Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Lynne Jones30/01/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Harry Cohen30/01/2003Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn30/01/2003Islington NorthLabourSigned
Simon Thomas30/01/2003CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Glenda Jackson31/01/2003Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Martin Caton31/01/2003GowerLabourSigned
Harry Barnes03/02/2003North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock03/02/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Gibson03/02/2003Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Terry Davis03/02/2003Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Ann Cryer03/02/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson03/02/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Jon Owen Jones04/02/2003Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
Terry Lewis04/02/2003WorsleyLabourSigned
Alice Mahon04/02/2003HalifaxLabourSigned
Bill Etherington04/02/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard04/02/2003WalthamstowLabourSigned
Robert Wareing04/02/2003Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
David Drew05/02/2003StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harold Best05/02/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/02/2003Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis10/02/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Tony Banks11/02/2003West HamLabourSigned
David Hamilton12/02/2003MidlothianLabourSigned
Michael Clapham13/02/2003Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned

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