Formal Minutes
Tuesday 8 July 2014
Members present:
Sir Richard Ottaway, in the Chair
| Mr John Baron
Ann Clwyd
Mike Gapes
Mark Hendrick
| | Sandra Osborne
Andrew Rosindell
Nadhim Zahawi
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Draft Report (UK policy towards Iran), proposed by the
Chair, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraph 1 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 2 to 17 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 18 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 19 and 20 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 21 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 22 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 14, to leave out "No
concessions should be made on human rights in the interests of
making progress in other fields.".—(Mr
John Baron.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 3
Mr John Baron
Andrew Rosindell
Nadhim Zahawi
| | Noes, 3
Ann Clwyd
Mike Gapes
Sandra Osborne
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Whereupon the Chairman declared himself with the Noes.
Question accordingly negatived.
Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 23 to 32 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 33 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 34 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 35 to 43 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 44 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 6, to leave out "if
the circumstances warrant it."—(Mr John Baron.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 3
Mr John Baron
Andrew Rosindell
Nadhim Zahawi
| | Noes, 4
Ann Clwyd
Mike Gapes
Mark Hendrick
Sandra Osborne
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Question accordingly negatived.
Another Amendment proposed, in line 7, at end, to add ",
and if Iran also makes a similar public gesture recognising its
own support for terrorism, attack on the British Embassy or other
past behaviour."—(Mike Gapes.)
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 4
Ann Clwyd
Mike Gapes
Sandra Osborne
Andrew Rosindell
| | Noes, 2
Mr John Baron
Nadhim Zahawi
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Question accordingly agreed to.
Paragraph, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraphs 45 to 48 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 49 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 50 to 60 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 61 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 8, at end, to add "In
this, we recognise the significance of conclusions by the US Intelligence
Services that, in their opinion, there is no evidence Iran has
decided to construct a nuclear weapon."—(Mr
John Baron.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made—Amendment,
by leave, withdrawn.
Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraph 62 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 63 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 64 to 66 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 67 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 68 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 69 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 70 to 73 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 74 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 75 to 84 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 85 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 86 to 94 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 95 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 96 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 97 read, amended and agreed to.
Summary read, amended and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report
be the Third Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair
make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed
copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the
provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
[Adjourned till Monday 14 July at 4.00 pm
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