§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the verification of UN sanctions placed on Iraq in each of the last five years, including a list of imports and their sources. [102664]
Mr. RommellExports to Iraq are monitored by the UN Office of the Iraq Programme. They provide a breakdown of Iraqi imports by sector. The document is available on the Internet atthe following address http:// www.un.org/Depts/oip/background/basicfigures2.html.
The following is a breakdown of Iraqi imports from EU countries over the last six years:
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Value: US$000s January to June 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Austria 1,490 9,671 12,341 28,740 76,845 58,677 Sweden 1,517 9,253 4,222 20,309 69,676 43,993 Denmark 7,131 15,195 8,402 20,165 39,298 17,947 Netherlands 12,559 24,977 42,752 32,522 37,693 24,026 Finland 269 1,377 6,884 7,744 8,981 3,359 Greece 188 2,040 870 4,093 5,868 16,314 Portugal 113 61 1,043 50 926 - Ireland 46 204 949 4,915 303 1,070 Luxembourg — — — 62 261 7,243 Fully comprehensive information concerning the source and type of goods imported by Iraq is not readily available, and would incur disproportionate cost to discover.
§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements he has made to compensate surviving family members of civilians killed by the United Kingdom and United States military campaign against Iraq. [104011]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe UK is committed to acting in accordance with international law. If military action is undertaken lawfully, no right to compensation arises. We have always been, and will remain, in the forefront of efforts to help the Iraqi people. Unlike Saddam Hussein, we have always tried to minimise the adverse effects of our actions on Iraqi civilians.