Mr. Speaker, to begin with let me correct the record. As members just heard, the prime minister had a direct conversation with the president of the United States on Friday. We have been in active consultation with a number of allies over the past two or three weeks. I met with British foreign secretary Robin Cook 10 days ago. We are looking at the situation.
We fully agree that Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi government must live up to their obligations. We are very concerned about all the reports that they are continuing to develop weapons of mass destruction. We insist that they live up to the obligations of the United Nations, which is exactly what every other country that supports the United Nations has said.
We do not intend however to start making judgments until we have had the full process worked out.