Mark Thatcher And Arms Sales To Iraq (2)

EDM number 784 in 1992-93, proposed by Ken Livingstone on 10/11/1992.

That this House calls on the Government to ensure that the terms of reference of Lord Justice Scott's inquiry are wide enough to cover the investigation of the charges of former Israeli Military Intelligence agent Mr Ari Ben-Menashe that a Texas-based company owned by Mr Mark Thatcher was used to move equipment directly from Britain to Iraq, that Mark Thatcher introduced 'Supergun' designer Gerald Bull to South African Military Intelligence General Pieter Van de Westuizen, who subsequently introduced Mr Bull to the Iraqi Deputy Chief of Procurement who arranged payment for Mr Bull's services via Cardoen Industries' financial network and that Mark Thatcher introduced Mr Bull to Mark Thatcher's Chilean associate Carlos Cardoen, and that MI5 and MI6 report in full to Lord Justice Scott about any information they passed to former Prime Minister Thatcher about the accuracy of these charges involving her son.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.