Letter to the Parliamentary Relations
and Devolution Team, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from the
Clerk of the Committee, 11 March 2005
Following cancellation of the evidence session
with Baroness Symons, Donald Anderson has asked me to write with
a few questions to which the Committee hopes it will be possible
to give a swift response.
Iraq
What steps has the United Kingdom taken to engage
with Iran and Syria on their role in relation to Iraq, and with
what results?
What steps has the United Kingdom and the international
community taken to prevent a serious escalation in tension in
Kirkuk?
Has the United Kingdom provided Turkey with
assurances over the territorial integrity of Iraq?
North Africa
What progress has been made towards a memorandum
of understanding to allow extraditions from the United Kingdom
to countries in the Maghreb?
I look forward to hearing from you as soon as
possible. As you know, the Committee intends in the present circumstances
to proceed with its Report before Easter. A reply by the middle
of next week would allow us to make use of your answers in the
Committee's Report.
Steve Priestley
Clerk of the Committee
11 March 2005
| 
