Mary Henry (Independent)

He and Prime Minister Blair consider themselves to be two great Christian leaders. Christians in Iraq have had to flee from Basra in the south, which is controlled by British troops, and from Baghdad where the Chaldean Christians have virtually all had to seek refuge in, of all places, Syria. It is too late to ask for a debate on Iraq between now and the end of the week but I ask the Deputy Leader if our concern for the appalling plight of all civilians in Iraq could be conveyed to the ambassadors of the United Kingdom and the United States of America because I have heard very little expression of concern for them from Prime Minister Blair or President Bush.