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Written Answers — Defence: European Union Satellite Centre (22 May 2006)

David Wilshire: ...European Union Satellite Centre are being used by his Department; (2) what information was (a) requested and (b) received from the European Union Satellite Centre prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Orders of the Day — Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords] (10 Apr 2000)

Mr David Wilshire: ...with a UN-driven activity as a result of which several states have signed such agreements. The list is long, although some significant countries have not signed up. However, we should note that Iraq has signed up to that UN initiative, so it would seem that the current agreements are inadequate. I am sure that we would all agree on that. That is why I have no difficulty with the Minister's...

Orders of the Day — Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords] (10 Apr 2000)

Mr David Wilshire: ...become seven and there are question marks over other countries—some are probable and some are possible nuclear weapons states. We need to know where we stand with countries such as Israel, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya and Syria. Dare I suggest that although the current Government of South Africa have renounced nuclear weapons, there is still a question mark about what happened in...

Orders of the Day — Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords] (10 Apr 2000)

Mr David Wilshire: ...about whether the Bill meets that need. I agree with the hon. Gentleman that safeguard agreements patently have not worked. There can be no dispute about that, since we discovered what went on in Iraq, and have subsequently discovered what has been going on in North Korea. In those cases, there can be no argument about the fact that the current arrangements have failed, and we do not know...

Orders of the Day — Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords] (10 Apr 2000)

Mr David Wilshire: ...point. I assume that most or all of the additional protocols being negotiated will contain broadly the same provisions, so a loophole in the United Kingdom would be a loophole in North Korea or Iraq. That reinforces the argument that it is wrong to accept that the operators are content, in whichever country. As well as considering the NPT, we must consider the Bill in the context of other...

Orders of the Day — Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords] (10 Apr 2000)

Mr David Wilshire: ...hon. Members have pointed out, the Bill is an unexpected consequence of the Gulf war. At the time of that war, we had no idea that our safeguard arrangements were inadequate. Our discovery that Iraq has been developing nuclear weapons while the agreements to which it has signed up exist means that we have to take action. We have made the same discovery about North Korea. We must...

Orders of the Day — Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords] (10 Apr 2000)

Mr David Wilshire: I understand why the hon. Gentleman calls on Iraq to sign up to the additional protocol, but does he have any reason to believe that, were it to do so, it would be any more likely to stick to it, given that it was a signatory to the safeguard agreement in the first place?

Oral Answers to Questions — Overseas Development: Disaster Relief (20 May 1991)

Mr David Wilshire: .... I know that my right hon. Friend is well aware of the tremendous job being done there. Is she aware that that warehouse is now full because of a lack of flights to get the donated goods to Iraq? Will she, therefore, meet me and others to see whether it is possible to make more arrangements for more mercy flights?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: The Gulf (19 Mar 1991)

Mr David Wilshire: ...circumstances, does he also agree that there can be no lasting peace in the middle east until the coalition forces have satisfied themselves that there are no chemical or biological weapons left in Iraq?