§ Lady Olga MaitlandTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy that United Nations sanctions should not be lifted until all United National resolutions against Iraq have been complied with, with particular reference to the release of missing Kuwaitis.
§ Mr. David DavisThe UN has repeatedly made clear to the Iraqi regime that there can be no question of relaxing sanctions until they are in full compliance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. We raise the subject of missing Kuwaitis and other third country nationals at every opportunity for example, when the Security Council last reviewed sanctions on 14 November.
§ Lady Olga MaitlandTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in talks with the Iraquis in relation to Kuwaiti detainees and prisoners of war.
§ Mr. David DavisIraq is beginning to co-operate with the ICRC in commenting on ICRC case files on missing persons passed to Iraq over 18 months ago. It has so far offered an incomplete response on 127 of the 609 case files. The tripartite commission will meet again on 8 December to review progress and approve the establishment of a technical sub-commission to speed up the substantive review of the case files. We continue to attach great importance to this issue.