Parliamentary activity

That this House notes that between 5th June 1989 and 7th June 1990 the Right honourable Member for Thanet South was a director of Astra Defence Systems Ltd and in this capacity attended two board meetings held on 26th July and 3rd October 1989 at which consideration was given to reports concerning a project called Diana which involved the supply of an air defence system, guns and ammunition to Thailand and a contract to supply 126 naval guns to Chile; further notes that both these countries w...

That this House notes that on 2nd or 3rd September 1992 the Right honourable Member for Thanet South signed a public interest immunity certificate covering documents required by the defence in the Matrix Churchill case; believes that the only reason the certificate was not used was due to the intervention of the Treasury Solicitor; deplores the action of the Right honourable Member when the documents covered by the certificate included reports relating to the supply of arms to Iraq by BMARC, ...