Letter to the Parliamentary Relations
and Devolution Team, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from the
Clerk of the Committee
At its meeting yesterday, the Committee considered
the Government's response to its Fourth Report of the current
Session, Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism.[3]
The Committee has asked me to write, requesting further information
on several points.
Further to the response to recommendation 22,
the Committee wishes to receive a progress report on implementation
of the Agreement on Movement and Access. What steps has HMG been
taking to achieve implementation of the Agreement?
Further to the response to recommendation 25,
the Committee wishes to know what further progress has been made
with training Iraqi security forces, including the Iraqi police,
and what is the Government's current assessment of the ability
of those forces to take responsibility for security in those areas
in the South where security is currently provided by the British-led
MNF.
Further to the response to recommendation 39,
the Committee wishes to receive an update on the latest position
with respect to the Iranian nuclear programme, and on what specific
steps HMG has been taking to resolve the situation.
Further to the response to recommendation 48,
the Committee wishes to receive a fuller statement of the Government's
policy towards establishing a permanent section of the IAEA to
deal with non-state actors and in particular, whether the Government
is satisfied that sufficient funding is available for this aspect
of the IAEA's work.
The Committee has also asked me to pursue a
point arising from the letter from the Secretary of State to Mike
Gapes of 7 September.[4]
Are all three phases of the deployment of the new UN force in
Lebanon complete? What contribution has been made by the UK (a)
to UNIFIL and (b) to training and/or equipping the Lebanese armed
forces?
Steve Priestley
Clerk of the Committee
19 October 2006
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