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Troop Deployment (Afghanistan)

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

441 c1433-5 

Session

2005-06

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1433-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to set the record straight in light of today’s press reporting on ...

Liam Fox | 441 c1433-5 (Link to this contribution) Statement about the proposed deployment of British troops in Afghanistan.

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Patrick Mercer | 441 c1440 (Link to this contribution) I respect absolutely what the Secretary of State said, but there is no doubt that if the deployment ...

Marquess of Lothian | 441 c1439 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State rightly complains about the damage that can be done by speculation about anno...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1436-7 (Link to this contribution) I undertake to do that. This may sound pedantic but I do not want anyone in the House to assume genu...

Bob Russell | 441 c1439 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State is aware that two battalions of the Parachute Regiment are officially station...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 441 c1437-8 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has always been entirely straightforward with the House, and I fully accept w...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1440 (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much to the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues.

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1440 (Link to this contribution) Without prejudice to any decisions, yes. I will look at that.

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1438 (Link to this contribution) I take the point that my right hon. Friend makes. I am sure he was not suggesting that there is no r...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1437-8 (Link to this contribution) First, I accept the right hon. Gentleman’s apology. I thank him for his kind words about trying to b...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1439-40 (Link to this contribution) Yes. I would love to make this three in a row.

Iain Duncan Smith | 441 c1438-9 (Link to this contribution) May I urge the Secretary of State to clarify tomorrow, if not today, what is becoming an artificial ...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1439 (Link to this contribution) The assumption in certain quarters that 16th Air Assault Brigade may be involved could be due to the...

Michael Moore | 441 c1436-7 (Link to this contribution) May I say to the Secretary of State that we would echo the international consensus about the need fo...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1435-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) for the discussions that we have already had and fo...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1438-9 (Link to this contribution) I will, if the right hon. and gallant Gentleman will allow me, answer that point directly tomorrow. ...

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 441 c1440 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his openness with the House today in his statement. Will he rest ...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1437 (Link to this contribution) On the first point, my hon. Friend is labouring under a misapprehension. The idea that the United St...

Angus Robertson | 441 c1439-40 (Link to this contribution) The Chief of the Air Staff, Sir Jock Stirrup, said that"““two operations””—" simultaneous operation...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 441 c1439 (Link to this contribution) Yes.

Gavin Strang | 441 c1438 (Link to this contribution) The whole House will welcome the clarification that the Secretary of State has given us this afterno...

Liam Fox | 441 c1435-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for both the tone and content of the Secretary of State’s response. It is a pity, give...

Jeremy Corbyn | 441 c1437 (Link to this contribution) Can the Secretary of State at least tell us what requests or information have been received from the...

Subjects

Armed forces Deployment Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan

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