HC Deb 14 January 1991 vol 183 cc382-3W
Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library copies of maps delineating the precise border, with all co-ordinates, which existed between Iraq and Kuwait after each significant alteration since their establishment in international law; and if he will place a copy of each relevant treaty, agreement or draft agreement to which the United Kingdom was a party which is relevant to the establishment of that border.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Extracts from the Anglo-Turkish convention of 1913, and copies of letters by the Prime Minister of Iraq and the Sheikh of Kuwait in 1932 confirming recognition of the Iraq-Kuwait frontiers, are being placed in the Library of the House. A map attached to the 1913 convention may be examined at the Public Records Office.

Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what preparations have been made by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for the eventuality of war in the Gulf.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

I am replying in the absence of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence, who is chairman of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The answer is none. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is responsible for commemorating and caring for the graves of those who died while serving in the armed forces of the Commonwealth during the first and second world wars.