HC Deb 04 February 1991 vol 185 c70W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the rules applicable to Iraqi prisoners of war held following capture by the international coalition forces.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Iraqi prisoners of war will be treated strictly in accordance with the Geneva convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war, signed in Geneva on 12 August 1949. A copy is available in the Library. Under the convention, Iraq is required to observe the same obligations towards allied prisoners of war.