Email received Oct 20 2004
I have said before that Blair makes a mockery of the whole system of PQs and the accountability that they are supposed to provide. See below for illustration yet again of this.Iraq
Llew Smith: To ask the Prime Minister whether he has completed the investigation into the intelligence on the allegations that Iraq sought uranium from Africa, to which he made reference in his oral answer of 4 June 2003, Official Report, column 154. [190766]
The Prime Minister: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 22 July 2004, Official Report, column 463W.
Llew Smith: To ask the Prime Minister what the basis was for his statement to the House on 4 June 2003, Official Report, column 161, that he has no doubt that the Iraq Survey Group would find the clearest possible evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. [190767]
The Prime Minister: I refer my hon. Friend to answers I gave at Prime Minister's questions on 13 October.
Glenda Jackson: To ask the Prime Minister what evidence he used to support his statements to the House (a) on 25 February 2003, Official Report, column 124, on the prospect of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction remaining intact and (b) on 18 March 2003, on Iraq not being the only regime with weapons of mass destruction. [190998]
The Prime Minister: On the prospect of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction remaining intact, I refer my hon. Friend to the answers I gave at
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Prime Minister's questions on 13 October. Countries of concern other than Iraq and Global Trade are covered in Chapter 2 of the Butler Report.Llew Smith: To ask the Prime Minister what steps he took to validate the claims made by Hussein Kamel in 1995, under questioning by the United Kingdom's secret intelligence services and the intelligence services of the United States, that Saddam Hussein had already destroyed his weapons of mass destruction. [191668]
The Prime Minister: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for East Carmarthen and Dinefwr (Adam Price) on 16 September 2004, Official Report, columns 1775–776W.
Llew Smith: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list each occasion recorded in the Official Report where he claimed Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction; and if he will publish a correction of each statement in the Official Report. [191671]
The Prime Minister: I refer my hon. Friend to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Straw) on 12 October 2004, Official Report, columns 151–55, and the answers I gave at Prime Minister's questions on 13 October.
Llew Smith: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Adam Price), of 16 September 2004, Official Report, column 1776W, on Iraq, if he will identify in respect of each question the particular part of the Butler Review and the other unnamed inquiries and statements to which he refers that provide the answer in each case. [191810]
The Prime Minister: These documents are publicly available and can be found in the Official Report, the Libraries of the House and on the No. 10 website.
Iraq Survey Group Report
Glenda Jackson: To ask the Prime Minister when he received the final report from the Iraq Survey Group on weapons of mass destruction; and if he will make a statement. [190693]
Llew Smith: To ask the Prime Minister on what date he received the Iraq Survey Group's recent report; and when he read it. [190768]
The Prime Minister: I received a final copy of the report when it was published on 6 October 2004.
Glenda Jackson: To ask the Prime Minister (1) which parts of the Iraq Survey Group report (a) confirm and (b) dispute the findings of United Nations weapons inspectors from 2002–03; [190694]
(2) which parts of the Iraq Survey Group report (a) confirm and (b) dispute the findings detailed in Government dossiers on this issue. [190695]
Llew Smith: To ask the Prime Minister (1) with which conclusions of the Iraq Survey Group he does not agree; and if he will give the reason for disagreement in each case; [190762]
(2) what assessment he has made of the findings of the Iraq Survey Group's report compared to his dossier entitled Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, dated
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September 2002; and what steps he has taken to establish why there are significant differences between the conclusions; [190764](3) what comparative assessment he has made of the findings of the Iraq Survey Group's report and his dossier entitled Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, dated September 2002; and what steps he has taken to establish the reasons for the significant differences between the conclusions. [191670]
Paul Flynn: To ask the Prime Minister if he will publish a list of all matters in the Iraq September dossier that were untrue, inaccurate or otherwise misleading; and if he will make a statement. [192110]
The Prime Minister: I refer my hon. Friends to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary (Jack Straw) on 12 October 2004, Official Report, column 151–55, and the answers I gave at Prime Minister's Questions on 13 October.