Arms Exports (Iraq)

Part of Orders of the Day — Opposition Day – in the House of Commons at 5:18 pm on 23 November 1992.

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Photo of Mr Michael Heseltine Mr Michael Heseltine President of the Board of Trade 5:18, 23 November 1992

No.

The hon. Member for Livingston applied all his energies to blaming my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister. The hon. Gentleman was the impresario who so debased the general election campaign with the cynical exploitation of a five-year-old girl. He has been up to his old tricks again. The headline screamed, "Cook Reveals All". You and I, Mr. Deputy Speaker, might have faced so daunting a prospect with less than our usual equanimity. The hon. Gentleman is not exactly what one might call a Chippendale.

Behind the gory headline, it was obvious—