Urgent question on Tuesday, 12 December 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Hague of Richmond. The answering member was Lord Browne of Ladyton.

Iraq

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 454 c725-6
Session: 2006-07
Department: Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Hague of Richmond | 454 c725-6 (Link to this contribution) (Urgent question): To ask the Defence Secretary what the implications of recent events are for Briti...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c725-6 (Link to this contribution) I have always said that lasting progress in Iraq cannot be achieved by military means alone, but wil...; Louise Ellman | 454 c736 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend should be commended on his measured approach to this complex and difficult issu...; Stuart Bell | 454 c733 (Link to this contribution) In his response to the urgent question, the Secretary of State mentioned the region. Has he consider...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c736 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her support. I knew that there was a ““but”” coming, but it is not too di...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c733 (Link to this contribution) We keep in close touch with the Governments of all those countries, who are consistently a moderatin...; Julian Lewis | 454 c735-6 (Link to this contribution) Given the Minister’s extremely robust response to his hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Selly O...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c732-3 (Link to this contribution) I greatly respect the right hon. Gentleman’s views on these matters because I know that he has studi...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c734 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman makes himself clear. I do not agree with him, but I am sure tha...; Chris Bryant | 454 c738 (Link to this contribution) Given the horrific situation in some parts of Iraq, is it not vital that we send out a clear message...; John Baron | 454 c736 (Link to this contribution) May I return to the role of the Prime Minister? The situation in Iraq is deteriorating, violence is ...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c737-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows that the disbanding of the Iraqi police was principally a function of the d...; Crispin Blunt | 454 c734-5 (Link to this contribution) A principal conclusion of the Iraq Study Group is that"““If the Iraqi government does not make subst...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c728-9 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for her contribution over many years—predating 2003, I might s...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c734-5 (Link to this contribution) The British Government’s view of that recommendation, at present, is that we should look at and cons...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c729-30 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister will, of course, be here tomorrow to answer questions at the...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c735-6 (Link to this contribution) One of the observations or conclusions of the Iraq Study Group with which I agree is that those two ...; Claire Curtis-Thomas | 454 c736-7 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s comments on the activities of the military forces in Iraq and the p...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c736-7 (Link to this contribution) As I said at the beginning of my statement, I have always said that we can provide an important mili...; Glenda Jackson | 454 c732 (Link to this contribution) Did I understand my right hon. Friend correctly? Does he regard the Iraq Study Group as having absol...; Dennis Skinner | 454 c734 (Link to this contribution) Is the Secretary of State aware that I do not need any so-called parliamentary experts to tell me ov...; Richard Younger-Ross | 454 c733 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister accept that as there is no British equivalent of the Iraq Study Group, that the—[H...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c733 (Link to this contribution) It might have been better for the hon. Gentleman if he had continued to forget the question that he ...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c731 (Link to this contribution) If my hon. Friend is correct in what he says about the perception of what is happening in Iraq, the ...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c734 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has, on this issue, the merit of consistency—and not all people who comment on it can...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 454 c726-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Defence Secretary for that response. While we accept much of what he said, will he accep...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c730 (Link to this contribution) We continue to study the report, which is complex and substantial. It is a welcome piece of work, be...; John Hayes | 454 c733-4 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State explain quite simply to an increasingly sceptical public why he is oppos...; Malcolm Rifkind | 454 c731-2 (Link to this contribution) Baghdad may not be the whole of Iraq, but 25 per cent. of the population live there. In the other fo...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c731 (Link to this contribution) It is not for me to agree or disagree with assertions made by the author of the report. However, the...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c731-2 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman knows that I respect his forensic analysis. I do not think that...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c726-8 (Link to this contribution) I make no criticism of the right hon. Gentleman’s desire to have the issue addressed at the Dispatch...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c736 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister cannot be accused of hiding, as he has been willing to answe...; Viscount Hailsham | 454 c734 (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman understand that those of us who opposed the war from the outset on the...; Michael Moore | 454 c729-30 (Link to this contribution) The House will be immensely grateful to the Secretary of State for coming here today, but as the sha...; Lynne Jones | 454 c735 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend mentioned that other countries were stirring up the insurgency. I do not know w...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c732 (Link to this contribution) I do not necessarily accept my hon. Friend’s last point, because I know of a number of Iraqi politic...; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 454 c732-3 (Link to this contribution) In view of what the Secretary of State said about the contribution of the Iraqi 10th Division to Ope...; Andrew MacKay | 454 c731 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree with Secretary of State James Baker, who said that his report’s co...; Mike Gapes | 454 c730 (Link to this contribution) I also welcome today’s opportunity to discuss this report, and add my voice to the call for a full d...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c733-4 (Link to this contribution) The view that I took when that request was made initially was reinforced by the decision of the Hous...; Ann Clwyd | 454 c728-9 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be aware that this morning one of the most important politicians in Iraq v...; Tobias Ellwood | 454 c737-8 (Link to this contribution) Many would argue that disbanding the Iraqi army and the police was one of the biggest mistakes of th...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c738 (Link to this contribution) At the end of the day, as the House will accept, we will respond appropriately to requests for such ...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 454 c735 (Link to this contribution) I shall see Abdul Aziz al-Hakim later today, and no doubt I shall have the opportunity to explore th...; David Winnick | 454 c731 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend accept that public support for the policy on Iraq is draining away simply ...
Subjects: Armed forces Armed conflict Deployment Iraq Police Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Terrorism
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