§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information has been received from Mr. Rolf Ekeus of the Special UN 5W Committee for the Destruction of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction on the amount of materials for biological weapons supplied to Iraq by western companies; and which were these companies. [18909]
§ Mr. David DavisThe UN Special Commission makes information available in a regular series of reports to the Security Council. The last of these were published on 10 April and commented on iraq's past biological weapons programme. Copies will be placed in the Library of the House.
It is not our practice to comment in detail on information given to us by UNSCOM on companies which have trade with Iraq. Any information about potential offences will be investigated and, if substantiated, will be a matter for the courts.