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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Ashton of Upholland (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 8 October 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Iraq.


Iraq

My Lords, the noble Lord is of course right. The balance must be between establishing clear criteria about precisely how we determine what support would be given to individuals—as I have indicated, a combination of financial resettlement and for some in certain circumstances the possibility of coming here—and being clear that we want this to happen as swiftly as possible. Again, I hope that when noble Lords see the detail of what is being put forward, notwithstanding the noble Lord’s comments, they will feel more able to ask more detailed questions if that is appropriate, or indeed to debate the issues. Certainly, I would be more than happy to take those questions and to relay them to my colleagues in another place and Ministers here, and to make sure that noble Lords get the answers.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
695 c40-1 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Army Deployment Civilians Armoured fighting vehicles Immigration Iraq International cooperation Internet Economic situation Police Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Training Security Israel Palestine Middle East Reconstruction Peace negotiations al Qaeda Basra Resettlement
Link
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