Biological And Toxin Weapons Convention And Iraq

EDM number 303 in 2004-05, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 06/12/2004.

That this House notes that the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) binds signatories not to transfer to any nation any agents, toxins, weapons and equipment of biological and toxin warfare and provides that any nation finding another signatory in breach of this undertaking may lodge a complaint to the Security Council; understands that the Riegle Report to the US Senate has published evidence that the US sold biological materials including Bacillus Anthracis, Clostridium Botulinum, Histoplasma capsulatum, Brucella, Melitensis and Clostridium Perfringens to various agencies of the Iraqi Government pursuant to export licenses issued by the US Department of Commerce, in quantities set out in the Report and at the time when the US was fully aware of the Iraqi biological warfare programme and that these exports have been fully documented and are also set out in the 23rd September 2002 edition of Newsweek and by Senator Robert Byrd in speeches in the Senate on 20th and 26th September 2002; requests the Government to exercise its power to report these sales to the Security Council of the United Nations in the light of its commitment in the April 2002 Green Paper, Strengthening Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention that, those at every level responsible for any breach of international law relating to the use of such weapons will be held personally accountable because compliance with the BTWC is an issue the international community cannot avoid; and urges the Prime Minister either to lodge the necessary complaint with the Security Council of the UN or change his stated policy after an appropriate public announcement and discussion.

This motion has been signed by a total of 126 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	06/12/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Richard Younger-Ross	07/12/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	07/12/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/12/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	07/12/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	07/12/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	07/12/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	08/12/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/12/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	08/12/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	08/12/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	09/12/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/12/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	09/12/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/12/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	13/12/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Janet Dean	13/12/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/12/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/12/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	14/12/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	14/12/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	14/12/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	14/12/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	14/12/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	14/12/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	14/12/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	14/12/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Worthington	15/12/2004	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	15/12/2004	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	15/12/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	15/12/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	15/12/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	15/12/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	15/12/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	15/12/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	15/12/2004	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	16/12/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	16/12/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	16/12/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	20/12/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	20/12/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	20/12/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Drown	20/12/2004	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	20/12/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	20/12/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	20/12/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	20/12/2004	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Evan Harris	20/12/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Llew Smith	20/12/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	21/12/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	21/12/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	21/12/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	10/01/2005	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Steve Webb	10/01/2005	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	10/01/2005	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	10/01/2005	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	10/01/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	10/01/2005	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	10/01/2005	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Paul Keetch	10/01/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Jackson	10/01/2005	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	10/01/2005	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	10/01/2005	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
George Galloway	11/01/2005	Glasgow, Kelvin	Independent	Signed
Don Foster	11/01/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	11/01/2005	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	11/01/2005	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	11/01/2005	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	12/01/2005	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Follett	12/01/2005	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	12/01/2005	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	12/01/2005	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	12/01/2005	Medway	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/01/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Beith	13/01/2005	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	13/01/2005	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	13/01/2005	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Annette Brooke	13/01/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	17/01/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	17/01/2005	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	17/01/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	17/01/2005	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iain Coleman	17/01/2005	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	17/01/2005	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/01/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Brian White	18/01/2005	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	19/01/2005	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
David Laws	19/01/2005	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	19/01/2005	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	19/01/2005	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Paul Flynn	20/01/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John Randall	24/01/2005	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	25/01/2005	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Michael Moore	25/01/2005	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	26/01/2005	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Robinson	31/01/2005	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Clare Short	31/01/2005	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	03/02/2005	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	08/02/2005	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	09/02/2005	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Phil Willis	09/02/2005	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	10/02/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Edward Davey	21/02/2005	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	21/02/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Meacher	21/02/2005	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	21/02/2005	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	21/02/2005	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	21/02/2005	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	21/02/2005	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	22/02/2005	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	23/02/2005	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony McWalter	25/02/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Robert Wareing	25/02/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	03/03/2005	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	03/03/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry Pollard	08/03/2005	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	14/03/2005	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Lembit	17/03/2005	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	04/04/2005	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	04/04/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	05/04/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	06/04/2005	Monmouth	Labour	Signed

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