British Policy and Parliament

British Policy Developments, 2001 - 2005

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The Butler Inquiry on the UK's Pre-War Intelligence on Iraq

• What the Butler said, by Stephen Pullinger, July 2004. A full report will be included in Disarmament Diplomacy Issue No.78.
• 'Collective' Misjudgements, background documents and links on the Butler Inquiry, July 14, 2004.

Britain and the Iraq War

• UK Attorney General's legal advice concerning war with Iraq, made public April 28, 2005
• Tony Blair on Terrorism and 'International Community', Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No.76, March/April 2004.
• UK White Papers on Defence and Foreign Policy, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No.75, January/February 2004.
• Lord Hutton Reports on the Death of Dr David Kelly, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No.75, January/February 2004.
• UK Debates Iraq War, WMD and Defence Policy, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No. 74, December 2003
• 'America is fortunate to call this country our closest friend in the world', President Bush State Visit to London, November 19-21, 2003
• Blair and Bush on Bush's forthcoming State visit to Britain, November 10-12, 2003
• The Hutton Inquiry: was Iraq a Serious and Current Threat? Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No.73, October - November 2003
• 'America must listen as well as lead', Tony Blair speech to Congress, July 18, 2003
• The Decision to go to War in Iraq, UK Foreign Affairs Committee Report, July 7
• 'The Decision to go to War in Iraq', UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee Inquiry, June, 2003
• '100 per cent' behind Iraq evidence, Tony Blair, June 2, 2003
• 'A Noble Purpose': President Bush/Prime Minister Blair Press Conference, Camp David, March 27
• Spain-UK-US Emergency Summit on Iraq, The Azores, March 16
• UK 'Six Tests' for Iraq: Statement by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, March 12
• Revised Draft of Spain-UK-US Resolution on Iraq, March 7
• US-UK-Spain Draft Resolution & France-Germany-Russia Memorandum on Iraq, February 24
• Statement on Iraq by 8 European Leaders, January 30, 2003
• UK Dossier on Iraq, Excerpts, September 24, 2002

Britain and Missile Defence

• What Price British Influence? Tony Blair And The Decision to Back Missile Defence, by Nicola Butler, Disarmament Diplomacy Issue No. 72, August - September 2003
• UK Moves to Support US Missile Defence Programme, News Review Special Edition, November 15 - February 1, 2003
• UK Statement on Support for US Missile Defence Programme, January 15, 2003
• UK Arguments on Missile Defence, July 2001
  • Article by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
  • Reply by Malcolm Savidge MP
  • Briefing for Labour Parliamentarians
• Labour Government Faces Tough Questioning on Missile Defence, by Lorna Richardson, May 2001

UK Nuclear Weapons' Programme

• People's Disarmament, by Angie Zelter, June 2001
• The Unlawfulness of the United Kingdom's Policy of Nuclear Deterrence: The Invalidity of the Scottish High Court's Decision in Zelter, by Charles Moxley, June 2001
• Conventionally-Armed UK Trident?, by Rob Green, April 2001
• Scottish High Court Ruling on the 'Trident Three', April 2001
• Last UK Trident Submarine Enters Service Amid Protests, February 2001
• UK anti-Trident protests, January 2001

General UK Policy

• The War Against Terrorism: UK Foreign Affairs Committee Report, June 19
• UK Green Paper on BWC, April 29, 2002
• Election 2001 News: Implications for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, June 2001
  • Labour Party Manifesto (excerpts)
  • Conservative Party Manifesto (excerpts)
  • Liberal Democrat Party Manifesto (excerpts)
• Speech by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, February 6, 2002
• The UK Strategic Defence Review, July 1998

See also: British Policy Developments, 1997 - 2001

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