§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the United Kingdom has passed all evidence it has on Iraq's588W possession of weapons of mass destruction to the (a) UNMOVIC and (b) IAEA inspectorates in Iraq. [98510]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienWe have regularly briefed the UN inspection teams on such matters. Such briefings have covered all relevant information.
§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the trilateral French-German-Russian proposals on Iraq. [98517]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe proposal made by France and Germany, and subsequently endorsed by Russia, has been carefully considered. Its central principal is that inspections should be allowed to continue without a specific time-limit. The UK believes that the key issue with regard to the UN inspections programme is that Iraq must demonstrate a willingness to co-operate fully and actively with the inspectors.
Without that full and unconditional Iraqi cooperation, the mandate of the inspectors, established under UNSCR 1284 and reiterated in UNSCR 1441, would be seriously undermined.
§ Mr. LazarowiczTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the provision of peacekeeping forces within Iraq in the event of military action being taken against that country. [98953]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienNo decision has been taken to launch military action against Iraq. We have been in recent contact (including at the 17–18 February European Council) with all our EU and other major international partners on the role of the international community in the event of military action against Iraq.