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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.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Austin Mitchell06/12/2004Great GrimsbyLabourProposed
Richard Younger-Ross07/12/2004TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn07/12/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton07/12/2004GowerLabourSigned
Alan Meale07/12/2004MansfieldLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd07/12/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Terry Lewis07/12/2004WorsleyLabourSigned
Harry Barnes08/12/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock08/12/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer08/12/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Nigel Jones08/12/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson08/12/2004Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Marsha Singh08/12/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
Adam Price09/12/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Kevin McNamara09/12/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
David Drew09/12/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Rudi Vis13/12/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Simon Thomas13/12/2004CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Janet Dean13/12/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Lynne Jones13/12/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/12/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson13/12/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge14/12/2004Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Teddy Taylor14/12/2004Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Norman Baker14/12/2004LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Allan14/12/2004Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard14/12/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Harry Cohen14/12/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty14/12/2004Calder ValleyLabourSigned
John Pugh14/12/2004SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Worthington15/12/2004Clydebank & MilngavieLabourSigned
Jon Trickett15/12/2004HemsworthLabourSigned
David Hamilton15/12/2004MidlothianLabourSigned
Diane Abbott15/12/2004Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Helen Clark15/12/2004PeterboroughLabourSigned
Michael Clapham15/12/2004Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Colin Challen15/12/2004Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell15/12/2004Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Colin Breed15/12/2004South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Kilfoyle15/12/2004Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Roger Williams16/12/2004Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Green16/12/2004LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes16/12/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood20/12/2004Batley & SpenLabourSigned
David Taylor20/12/2004North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew Stunell20/12/2004Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Drown20/12/2004South SwindonLabourSigned
Sue Doughty20/12/2004GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham20/12/2004Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Paul Marsden20/12/2004Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jon Owen Jones20/12/2004Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
Evan Harris20/12/2004Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Llew Smith20/12/2004Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Tony Clarke21/12/2004Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael21/12/2004Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Patsy Calton21/12/2004CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart10/01/2005North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
Steve Webb10/01/2005NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Walter10/01/2005North DorsetConservativeSigned
Roger Berry10/01/2005KingswoodLabourSigned
John Barrett10/01/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Bradley10/01/2005Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady10/01/2005South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Paul Keetch10/01/2005HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Helen Jackson10/01/2005Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Phil Sawford10/01/2005KetteringLabourSigned
Alex Salmond10/01/2005Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
George Galloway11/01/2005Glasgow, KelvinIndependentSigned
Don Foster11/01/2005BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian H Donohoe11/01/2005Cunninghame SouthLabourSigned
Tom Brake11/01/2005Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner11/01/2005BolsoverLabourSigned
Sarah Teather12/01/2005Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Barbara Follett12/01/2005StevenageLabourSigned
Jim Dowd12/01/2005Lewisham WestLabourSigned
David Chidgey12/01/2005EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews12/01/2005MedwayLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd12/01/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Alan Beith13/01/2005Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
John Battle13/01/2005Leeds WestLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing13/01/2005PerthScottish National PartySigned
Annette Brooke13/01/2005Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams17/01/2005ConwyLabourSigned
John Thurso17/01/2005Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin17/01/2005Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley17/01/2005RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Iain Coleman17/01/2005Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill17/01/2005OchilLabourSigned
Bill Etherington18/01/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Brian White18/01/2005North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Malcolm Savidge19/01/2005Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
David Laws19/01/2005YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor19/01/2005Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Taylor19/01/2005Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Paul Flynn20/01/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
John Randall24/01/2005UxbridgeConservativeSigned
John Horam25/01/2005OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Michael Moore25/01/2005Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes26/01/2005North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Robinson31/01/2005Belfast EastDUPSigned
Clare Short31/01/2005Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
Graham Stringer03/02/2005Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Harold Best08/02/2005Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith09/02/2005Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Phil Willis09/02/2005Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dobbin10/02/2005Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Edward Davey21/02/2005Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow21/02/2005Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Meacher21/02/2005Oldham West & RoytonLabourSigned
Brian Iddon21/02/2005Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Kate Hoey21/02/2005VauxhallLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders21/02/2005TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Reid21/02/2005Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Alice Mahon22/02/2005HalifaxLabourSigned
Brian Cotter23/02/2005Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony McWalter25/02/2005Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Robert Wareing25/02/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Janet Anderson03/03/2005Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Vincent Cable03/03/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Kerry Pollard08/03/2005St AlbansLabourSigned
Anne Campbell14/03/2005CambridgeLabourSigned
Lembit 17/03/2005MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Ainsworth04/04/2005East SurreyConservativeSigned
Derek Wyatt04/04/2005Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Frank Cook05/04/2005Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Huw Edwards06/04/2005MonmouthLabourSigned

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