Mary Henry (Independent)

I too, ask the Leader if we could have a debate this week on the situation in Iraq. It is important to remember that the civilian casualties are not only people who are hit by bombs, shrapnel, bullets or even collapsing buildings. The hospitals there have pointed out the huge increase in the number of people attending with stress related conditions such as strokes and coronaries, and the dreadful plight of terrified children.

Regarding the Order Paper I wish that former Progressive Democrats Senator, Maureen Quill, were here because she was a great woman for pointing out the waste of paper in this House. She wanted us to request reports rather than receive them regularly in the post because she said in that way we were much more likely to pay attention to them. She would have had some very firm words about this which I consider to be a terrible waste of paper because it is gone at the end of the day.