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Written question asked by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Monday, 6 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 February 2006. It was answered by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 February 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Iraq

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on which dates (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have visited British soldiers injured in Iraq; and what locations were visited.
Answer

I have visited British Service personnel who were wounded in Iraq on four occasions since May 2005. My predecessor visited on three occasions since the start of Operation Telic. Other Defence Ministers have made 13 visits between them. The detail of the visits is as follows:

Secretary of State for Defence
Date Location of visit
April 2003 Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM), Birmingham
December 2003 Shaibah Field Hospital, Iraq
June 2004 Shaibah
May 2005 Shaibah
December 2005 Shaibah
January 2006 Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court
January 2006 RCDM (in a private capacity as part of a wider official visit)
Under-Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans
Date Location of visit
February 2004 Chilwell Rehabilitation Centre
March 2004 Shaibah
March 2004 Cyprus
October 2004 Joint HQ Medical Centre, Germany
February 2005 RCDM
September 2005 RCDM (in a private capacity as part of a wider official visit)
Minister for the Armed Forces
Date Location of visit
May 2003 Shaibah
October 2003 Shaibah
March 2005 Shaibah
June 2005 RCDM
Minister for Defence Procurement
Date Location of visit
April 2004 Shaibah
July 2005 Shaibah
November 2005 RCDM

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
442 c1892W;442 c1892W; 50366
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Armed forces Injuries Iraq Peacekeeping operations Ministers Visits abroad
Link
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