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.

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...

That this House welcomes the launch in the House on 15th January, of IDICT an international campaign to bring Saddam Hussein and others in the current regime in Iraq before an int ernational tribunal to face charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes against peace and the crime of genocide; notes that since 1979 the Baathist regime in Iraq has committed repeated acts of brutality against the people of Iraq and the citizens of other countries; believes that charges against Saddam Hussein and his associates include the invasion of Iran and Kuwait, the occupation and destruction of Kuwait, the use of chemical weapons against the Kurds and against Iran, the genocidal campaign against the Kurds, the continued and systematic repression of Iraqi civilians, the systematic destruction of the land inhabited by the Marsh Arabs, politically motivated assasinations inside and outside Iraq, the abduction and continued detention of Kuwaiti and Iraqi citizens and the continued violation of Security Council resolutions; maintains that these well-documented acts violate international law as well as the basic norms of behaviour recognised by civilised laws; calls on the United Nations Security Council to set up an international tribunal to try the members of the Baathist regime in Iraq on the above-mentioned charges; and emphasises the most important reason for prosecuting those responsible is the need for justice, especially for the victims and their surviving relatives.

That this House welcomes the launch in the House on 15th January, of IDICT an international campaign to bring Saddam Hussein and others in the current regime in Iraq before an int ernational tribunal to face charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes against peace and the crime of...

That this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government to make representations to the Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, to provide information on and to release forthwith 909 Iraqi hostages detained without trial, some since April 1980, 604 Kuwaitis also held without trial, and all other prisoners of war or conscience held inside Iraq; believes that all such hostages, detainees and prisoners of war should be given freedom to join their families, whether in Iraq, Kuwait or elsewhere; and further requests Her Majesty's Government to propose to the United Nations Security Council a specific resolution giving UN human rights monitors free access and powers to visit and inspect all prisons and concentration camps, as recommended by the first International Conference on Human Rights and Kuwaiti prisoners of war, held in London on 12th and 13th March 1996.

That this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government to make representations to the Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, to provide information on and to release forthwith 909 Iraqi hostages detained without trial, some since April 1980, 604 Kuwaitis also held without trial, and all other prisoners of war or conscience held...