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Proceeding contribution from Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 31 October 2006. It occurred during Opposition day on Iraq.


Iraq

We are not, and I will get to that point. I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s constituents who will be putting their lives on the line—again, if they have been there before. Not one person in the House will do anything other than support them to the hilt. We ask of them huge things: to give up their lives and to risk serious injury. Frankly, it is not helpful to the debate to suggest that there is any lack of support by people on this side of the House, or anywhere else, for what they are doing. I refer him not just to what General Dannatt said on behalf of the Army, but to the reaction on websites and in chat rooms all over the place, which shows how people in the Army feel. The hon. Gentleman will find that, finally, people think that here, today, we are getting an opportunity for Parliament to do its duty.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
451 c193-4 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Armed conflict Deployment Iraq
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk