§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral answer of 21 June,Official Report, column 116, if he will name the people described by him as honest and independent, who concluded that the Iraqi Government are deliberately trying to harm the Shia marsh Arabs.
§ Mr. HanleyThe answer referred, in the main, to the work of trained analysts in my Department. It is not our practice to reveal the names of officials engaged in work of this nature, but their conclusions are consistent with those of the United Nations special rapporteur on Iraq and the wetland ecosystem research group at Royal Holloway university of London.