§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the USA about the recall of UNSCOM's Director of Operations, Colonel James Moore, to Washington. [75215]
§ Mr. Tony Lloyd[holding answer8 March 1999]: None.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set up an inquiry into misuse for intelligence purposes of the disarmament agency set up after the Gulf War to eliminate Iraq's chemical and biological weapons. [75214]
§ Mr. Tony Lloyd[holding answer8 March 1999]: The UK government have repeatedly made it clear that all information exchanges between the UK and UNSCOM, and all activities by UK nationals assigned to UNSCOM, have been strictly in pursuit of UNSCOM's mandate to dismantle Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) capability. The US has made similar statements. UNSCOM Executive Chairman Richard Butler has said that he has always insisted on all UNSCOM activity being carried out strictly in pursuit of its disarmament mandate, not to benefit any individual member state.