Urgent question on Tuesday, 26 April 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Paul Flynn. The answering member was Alistair Burt.

Escape of Taliban Prisoners

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 527 c25
Session: 2010-12
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Paul Flynn | 527 c25 (Link to this contribution) (Urgent Question): To ask what repercussions the escape of Taliban prisoners will have on United Kin...; Alistair Burt | 527 c25 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Member for Newport West (Paul Flynn) for raising the subject of this serio...; Alistair Burt | 527 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman—[Laughter.] Clearly, we understand the point that he makes. ... Yes, I am ...; Julian Lewis | 527 c29 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister at least confirm the early report that suggests that instead of prisoners tunnellin...; Alistair Burt | 527 c30 (Link to this contribution) May I repeat something that I said earlier in relation to my statement? Of the 476 detainees who esc...; Alistair Burt | 527 c29 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for such a detailed question. However, I am sure that although he wi...; Alistair Burt | 527 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is entirely correct. He will not hear any voices from the Government side o...; Alistair Burt | 527 c30 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point. Armed forces from whatever background, whether Afghanis, oth...; Denis MacShane | 527 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has made a very clear and good statement, but is the situation not proof again that eve...; Andrew Bridgen | 527 c30 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the news of 476 dangerous Taliban fighters escaping from detention ri...; Alistair Burt | 527 c26 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, at this stage, not having the same experience as my hon. Friend, I am not able to go into d...; Bob Ainsworth | 527 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is right that this is a blow of whose significance we cannot at this stage be certain, ...; Chris Bryant | 527 c30 (Link to this contribution) I wholeheartedly support the calls that have been made this afternoon for redoubling the political e...; Lord Spellar | 527 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) May I express our admiration and support for the work of our troops in countering the Taliban and in...; Alistair Burt | 527 c32 (Link to this contribution) The short answer to the hon. Lady is that I do not know, and she must forgive me for that. I will en...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 527 c32 (Link to this contribution) I think the record will show that I have spent the best part of the past five years asking Ministers...; Jim Shannon | 527 c32 (Link to this contribution) That was a very sober statement to the House. The indications are that it took eight months to dig t...; David Miliband | 527 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the sober and serious remarks of the Minister today, which stand in sharp contra...; Patrick Mercer | 527 c26 (Link to this contribution) Having been involved with several such prisons around the world, I know that reinforced floors and l...; Alistair Burt | 527 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) I understand, and go along with, a certain amount of what the hon. Gentleman has said. This is a sig...; Paul Flynn | 527 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) The valiant professionalism of our soldiers in Afghanistan is as distinguished as that of any in our...; Alistair Burt | 527 c32 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed. I have already had that discussion with officials. The inquiry and investigation must b...; John Baron | 527 c28 (Link to this contribution) This event will come as a heavy blow to our armed forces just as the fighting season begins. The han...; Alistair Burt | 527 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the tone and the nature of the right hon. Gentleman's questions, which mirror almo...; Alistair Burt | 527 c28 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for understanding the essential nature of Afghanistan's involvement ...; Alistair Burt | 527 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) On the right hon. Gentleman's second point, I do not necessarily make the same link as he does betwe...
Subjects: Prisons Politics and government Prisoner escapes Security Afghanistan Taliban
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Escape of Taliban Prisoners

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