Prime Minister's question asked in the House of Commons, by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). It was answered by Tony Blair (Labour) on Wednesday, 27 June 2007 on behalf of the Prime Minister.

Iraq

Answer: The numbers of UK forces in Iraq depend on the conditions in Iraq. The numbers of forces have come down from 9,000 to 7,000 to 5,500. When, in the next few weeks, we are able to complete a further phased withdrawal, they will come down even further, but they must come down as and when the security conditions allow. We have already handed over responsibility for several provinces that used to be under our control to the Iraqi forces. The 10th division is now operating very effectively down in Basra, so we will be able to do more in the near future, but it must be dependent on the security circumstances.

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