Conduct Of The Iraqi Interest Section, Embasssy Of The Hashemite Kingdom Of Jordan

EDM number 1016 in 1994-95, proposed by Lynne Jones on 20/04/1995.

That this House notes that, on 30th January 1995, Z. Ibrahim, Head of the Iraqi Interest Section at the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, claimed in a faxed letter to the honourable Member for Selly Oak that her letter of 9th November 1994 requesting a response on the subject of the Iraqi regime's policy of mutilating 'offenders' had not reached the Embassy but if a copy would be forwarded, immediate action would be taken; condemns the failure of Mr Ibrahim to respond to two further letters on the subject until 18th April; notes that the excuse given for the policy of mutilating army deserters and thieves is that the measures are of a 'deterrent nature in the difficult circumstances facing Iraqi society due to continued sanctions imposed on Iraq, which have resulted in serious social conditions unknown to Iraqi society in its previous conditions of security and stability'; does not consider that this is a justifiable reason for the present reign of terror and suggests to Iraq's respresentatives in the United Kingdom that they convey the message to the Saddam Hussein regime that sanctions are more likely to be lifted if it demonstrates its willingness to behave in a more civilised manner.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.