The Gulf

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 February 1991.

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Photo of Mr Graham Riddick Mr Graham Riddick , Colne Valley 12:00, 19 February 1991

Is my right hon. Friend aware that a former Labour Cabinet Minister yesterday described reporters in Baghdad as "fifth columnists" not, perhaps, without some cause? Will my right hon. Friend communicate to the BBC and ITN the real sense of anger that is felt by many people in this country at what they see as Britain's reporters reporting back to this country from Baghdad only what Saddam Hussein wants them to report in his efforts to undermine the morale of the British people—efforts which will, of course, prove ineffective?