The Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said today:

'We have not completed a full analysis of the Iraqi declaration. But it is clear, even on a preliminary assessment, that it is not the full and complete declaration requested in Resolution 1441 and we wish to hear the views of UNMOVIC and the IAEA.

'There are some obvious omissions: for example, the Iraqi regime has failed to account for the WMD listed in the final report of UNSCOM, including large quantities of nerve agent, chemical precursors and munitions. And it seems that Saddam Hussein has decided to continue the pretence that Iraq has had no WMD programme since UNSCOM left in 1998.

'This will fool nobody. If Saddam persists in this obvious falsehood, it will become clear that he has rejected the pathway to peace laid down in Resolution 1441.

'However, we have always said that we would want the declaration tested by hard questions and robust inspections. As that process continues, we will complete a full analysis of the Iraqi documents.

'Saddam can be in no doubt by now that Resolution 1441 offers him the final opportunity to comply honestly and openly.'