HC Deb 11 January 1989 vol 144 c702W
17. Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Government of Iraq concerning the plight of Kurdish people.

Mr. Waldegrave

As I told the hon. Member in a written reply on 25 November, at column142, we have repeatedly expressed our concern at the treatment of the Kurdish community in Iraq. I also refer the hon. Member to my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State's comments to the House on 30 November at column 689. I raised the question of alleged use of chemical weapons against Kurds in my speech on 9 January to the Paris conference on chemical weapons.

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