FORMAL MINUTES
Tuesday 15 July 2003
Members present:
Mr Donald Anderson, in the Chair
| Mr David Chidgey | Mr Richard Ottaway
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| Mr Fabian Hamilton | Mr Greg Pope
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| Andrew Mackinlay | Sir John Stanley
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| Mr John Maples | Ms Gisela Stuart
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| Mr Bill Olner | |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism),
proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's
draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 20 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 21 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 22 to 42 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 43 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 44 to 50 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 51 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 52 to 54 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 55 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 56 to 76 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 77 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 78 to 81 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 82 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 83 to 91 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 92 read, as follows:
"We conclude that in the course of this Inquiry,
we have seen no evidence to contradict the Attorney General's
view that the military action against Iraq was in conformity with
international law."
Paragraph disagreed to.
Paragraphs 93 to 129 (now paragraphs 92 to 128) read
and agreed to.
Paragraph 130 (now paragraph 129) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 131 to 144 (now paragraphs 130 to 143)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 145 (now paragraph 144) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 146 to 152 (now paragraphs 145 to 151)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 153 (now paragraph 152) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraph 154 (now paragraph 153) read and agreed
to.
Paragraph 155 (now paragraph 154) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 156 to 195 (now paragraphs 155 to 194)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 196 (now paragraph 195) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 197 to 208 (now paragraphs 196 to 207)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 209 (now paragraph 208) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 210 to 246 (now paragraphs 209 to 245)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 247 (now paragraph 246) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 248 to 250 (now paragraphs 247 to 249)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 251 (now paragraph 250) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 252 (now paragraphs 251) read and agreed
to.
Paragraph 253 read, as follows:
"For all of these reasons, we commend the Foreign
Secretary for distancing the United Kingdom from suggestions that
'regime change' in Iraq might be followed by similar operations
in other countries. We further conclude that 'regime change' is
an unsustainable policy for dealing with proliferation of WMD,
and that other strategies must be developed."
Paragraph disagreed to.
Paragraphs 254 to 258 (now paragraphs 252 to 256)
read and agreed to.
Paragraph 259 (now paragraph 257) read, amended and
agreed to.
Paragraphs 260 to 266 (now paragraphs 258 to 264)
read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report,
as amended, be the Tenth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions
of Standing Order No. 134 (Select committees (reports)) be applied
to the Report.
Several Papers were ordered to be appended to the
Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, That the Appendices
to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported
to the House.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Thursday 17
July at 2.45 pm
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