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Afghanistan (Civilian Killings)

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

542 c23 

Session

2010-12

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

David Winnick | 542 c23 (Link to this contribution) To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on what discussions he has had...

Nick Harvey | 542 c23 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is of course referring to the very regrettable events in Kandahar on Sunday morni...

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Nick Harvey | 542 c32 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more that the extraordinary investment that has been made in Afghanistan over the ...

Lord Beamish | 542 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) The killing of 16 innocent civilians in Afghanistan yesterday was an appalling act, and I join the M...

Peter Bone | 542 c33 (Link to this contribution) This was a terrible incident, but the whole House will be aware that our young men and women put the...

Nick Harvey | 542 c23-4 (Link to this contribution) In answer to some of the factual questions the hon. Gentleman asked at the beginning, ISAF has confi...

Nick Harvey | 542 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree. We will still face many challenges in the remaining period of combat operations in...

Jeremy Corbyn | 542 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) This is a terrible tragedy. It is not the first, and it will probably not be the last. Equal tragedi...

Nick Harvey | 542 c27 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the right hon. Gentleman's stress on the need for a political solution. During...

James Morris | 542 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) Despite the terrible events of the weekend, does the Minister agree that it is more imperative than ...

David Winnick | 542 c23-4 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister says, we are all deeply shocked and horrified by the news that an American soldier—a...

Patrick Mercer | 542 c28 (Link to this contribution) History has a way of repeating itself. Not only did six British soldiers die last week within miles ...

Nick Harvey | 542 c30 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the lesson to be drawn from this is that we should speed up a process which is m...

Nick Harvey | 542 c32 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes some very good points. I would like to reassure him that, as part of the pre-op...

Nick Harvey | 542 c28 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises some interesting historical points, but asks me specifically whether we kn...

Nick Harvey | 542 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) The Chicago summit will provide an opportunity for the international community to make long-term com...

Nick Raynsford | 542 c31 (Link to this contribution) Apart from the horror of the latest incidents, by which we have all been rightly shocked, a number o...

Andrew Murrison | 542 c31 (Link to this contribution) At morale-sapping moments such as these, our troops need to know that the standard operating procedu...

Nick Harvey | 542 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) We are able to say what success would be. Success would be an orderly and successful handover of sec...

Nick Harvey | 542 c31 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend's constituency has been in the eye of the storm in the last couple of weeks, and it w...

Nick Harvey | 542 c33 (Link to this contribution) I commend my hon. Friend's words, as he is absolutely right in what he says, and I know from the con...

John Hemming | 542 c29 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will be aware that a minority of the House, including myself, voted for withdrawal some...

Nick Harvey | 542 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) Let me assure my hon. Friend that the internationally agreed plan remains firmly in place. It was re...

Julian Lewis | 542 c28 (Link to this contribution) I thought you might pick me for that, Mr Speaker. The Afghan Government and the Afghan people are r...

Tobias Ellwood | 542 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) I echo what has been said about the improvements to the Afghan national army. We should not forget t...

Bob Russell | 542 c32 (Link to this contribution) Although this was an appalling atrocity, does the Minister agree that, in recognition of what has be...

Tony Baldry | 542 c32 (Link to this contribution) This incident raises broader questions about the general responsibility to the civilian population. ...

Lord Watts | 542 c30 (Link to this contribution) Does not the recent tragedy demonstrate that we need to speed up the process of transferring as much...

Nick Harvey | 542 c31 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman should, perhaps, raise that issue at business questions. I agree that it is...

Nick Harvey | 542 c29 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman makes a very good point—that the sense of grief that will grip communities ...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 542 c24-5 (Link to this contribution) These are devastating events for the victims and their families which may well have long-term implic...

Julian Brazier | 542 c30 (Link to this contribution) I share the horror felt by Members in all parts of the House at this ghastly incident, and endorse t...

Bob Stewart | 542 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) We have got two years and about nine months left of combat operations in Afghanistan, and we have lo...

Nick Harvey | 542 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) Many more parties in addition to the Americans and the Taliban will need to be party to any lasting ...

Jason McCartney | 542 c33 (Link to this contribution) Three of the six British servicemen who died last week were constituents of mine. Over the weekend, ...

John Baron | 542 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) Given the differences that there are between the Taliban and al-Qaeda and the increasing amounts of ...

Denis MacShane | 542 c28 (Link to this contribution) Two years and nine months is half the length of the second world war, and a plan that cannot be chan...

Nick Harvey | 542 c30 (Link to this contribution) It is important for us to retain an international view. The ISAF strategy is one that we have drawn ...

Keith Vaz | 542 c29 (Link to this contribution) The whole House is shocked by this terrible event, as are members of the British Afghani community, ...

Nick Harvey | 542 c28 (Link to this contribution) Nobody has said that we are adhering to a plan that cannot be changed. The point I have been at pain...

Nick Harvey | 542 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) It is important to stress that there is a US and Afghan investigation now under way into exactly wha...

David Miliband | 542 c27 (Link to this contribution) May I return the Minister to the question of a political strategy, which he rightly says is the key ...

Nick Harvey | 542 c24-5 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend is right to say that we demand exacting standards from our new mili...

Nick Harvey | 542 c29 (Link to this contribution) The ISAF strategy is kept under constant review. I can reassure my hon. Friend that it will continue...

Nick Harvey | 542 c33 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right to pay tribute to the personal commitment made by all those whom ...

Nick Harvey | 542 c28 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. In addition to their past atrocities, the Taliban are also res...

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Homicide Security Afghanistan

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