As the report is merely a short initial report, it seeks to do no more than to make observations and raise questions which we hope will help the House when it examines some of the enormous and awesome issues raised by the Iraqi Refugee Crisis and associated upheavals in the world.

We must recognise, as I am sure the ODA recognises, that the Government Department, in addition to the Iraqi Refugee Crisis, is meeting four other huge crises of disruption, pressure and potential disaster around the world.

I warmly support the Government's reaction to the Iraqi Refugee Crisis of recent months.

That is something that your Lordships might reflect on when recognising that by far the greater part of the Iraqi Refugee Crisis results from the US/UK-led intervention.

Before he finishes talking about Iraq, may I draw his attention to Amnesty International's report of this summer, "Iraq: Rhetoric and Reality - the Iraqi Refugee Crisis"?