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That this House congratulates the winner of the Orwell book prize for political writing, A T Williams, for his investigation into the killing of the hotel receptionist Baha Mousa by British soldiers in Iraq; notes that the book, A Very British Killing, unearthed damning evidence about what really happened to Mousa, who was beaten to death in 2003; and believes that the book should be required reading for all British soldiers as part of their training.

That this House notes the report of Robert Fisk of The Independent on Sunday on 4th January, based on military and medical records, describing the assault by British soldiers on eight young Iraqis arrested in Basra, one so badly that he subsequently died in British custody; notes that the body of the dead man, Baha Mousa, was returned to his family covered in bruises and with his nose broken and that apparently British military authorities offered 8,000 dollars to the family provided the mili...