§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times allied aircraft have fired at(a) Iraqi aircraft and (b) Iraqi installations from outside the no-fly zones since the conclusion of Operation Desert Fox. [77226]
§ Mr. George RobertsonAllied aircraft have not fired at either Iraqi aircraft or Iraqi installations from outside the no-fly zones since the conclusion of Operation Desert Fox.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with the Biwater Company over targeting sites in the area of the Al Taji factory in outer Baghdad. [78030]
§ Mr. George RobertsonNone.
18Wdates and locations of each meeting, the Ministersinvolved on each occasion, and the name of the US counterpart at each meeting. [77148]
§ Mr. George RobertsonSince 1 June 1998, MOD Ministers have had bilateral meetings with our US counterparts on the following occasions:
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the approximate weight of ordnance fired against targets in Iraq on Monday 15 March. [78054]
§ Mr. George RobertsonUK forces did not launch or drop any ordnance against Iraqi targets on 15 March.
§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answers of 16 February 1999,Official Report, column 739, and 15 March 1999, Official Report, column 511, from whom he received the account of the episode relating to the 16-year-old Iraqi youth. [77353]
§ Mr. George Robertson[holding answer 18 March 1999]: The information came to me from my noble Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement who was told of the case at a private occasion by a reliable source who had been in Baghdad at the time. I am withholding further details under Exemption 12 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, relating to the privacy of an individual. The account is consistent with other accounts of the repressive brutality of Saddam' s regime. For example, the Iraqi National Accord has reported that in 1991 a six-year-old boy was accused, together with his father, of participating in an uprising against Saddam. The boy and his father were both shot. Similarly, in 1996, a 12-year-old boy was arrested and imprisoned for three months because his brother was an opponent of Saddam's.
§ Mr. SoamesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the targets attacked by British aircraft in the northern and southern no-fly zones of Iraq, together with relevant battle damage assessments since he last wrote to hon. Members with the details of earlier engagements. [77976]
§ Mr. George RobertsonI will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.