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Proceeding contribution from Gordon Brown (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 22 July 2008. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Iraq.


Iraq

That is exactly what I am saying. The training function that we have agreed to carry out will be completed. Simultaneously, we are working on the economic development front in Iraq and a plan will be published in the next few months. We are working to transfer control of the airport to civilian use, which should happen by the end of the year. We hope—there is a vote in the Iraqi Parliament today—that provincial local elections will be announced later in the year. We are intent on completing the job that we started. The job that we have been doing over the past year, intensified in recent months, has involved embedding our troops with the Iraqi forces, and we believe that we will complete that job to our satisfaction and theirs.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
479 c671 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Airports Elections Iraq Foreign investment Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Training Security Iran Syria Reconstruction Basra
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk