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Iraq

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

437 c24-40 

Session

2005-06

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Chris Bryant | 437 c32 (Link to this contribution) I was glad that the Secretary of State paid tribute to many people in the Iraqi police force, not on...

Marquess of Lothian | 437 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for giving me advance sight of it. On behalf of...

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Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c24-7 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall make a statement about our operations in Iraq. On returning t...

Michael Moore | 437 c30 (Link to this contribution) The whole House will be grateful to the Secretary of State for making his comprehensive statement th...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c28-30 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his words of support and his plaudits for our force...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c30-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks about my making the statement immediately on the House’s ...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 437 c32 (Link to this contribution) We expect a lot of our troops and they never let us down, and now is not the time to call for Britis...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c32 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his comments about the police because we must be balanced and remember th...

Mike Gapes | 437 c33 (Link to this contribution) In January, 8.5 million Iraqis bravely voted. That is about 60 per cent. of the people—a similar num...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman, who now has an important position in holding the Government to acc...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c34 (Link to this contribution) On the second point, despite the difficulties that arose recently in Basra, in general terms the MND...

Crispin Blunt | 437 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) Last week in a press conference with President Talibani, the Prime Minister seemed to accuse the Ira...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c33 (Link to this contribution) A great deal of thought has been given to that. Just as the terrorists have increased their activiti...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c35 (Link to this contribution) Yes, on both counts. There is no doubt in my mind that what is going on Iraq is not just a local tac...

Desmond Swayne | 437 c35 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State share the analysis that it was precisely because of the success of last ...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is always a great defender of the senior service, and on this occasion he is absolute...

Andrew Miller | 437 c34 (Link to this contribution) We must not forget the important role being carried out in the area by the Royal Navy. I pay tribute...

Elfyn Llwyd | 437 c36 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Secretary of State that any troop withdrawal will have to be events-led; it is plai...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend who, as usual, has set me an exam question in some detail. Thankfully on the ...

Andrew Mackinlay | 437 c35 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State reaffirm that we will not be handing over responsibility unless or until...

Speaker | 437 c38 (Link to this contribution) Order. We have heard sufficient for the Secretary of State to digest.

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c38 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman. I hope that I am not misreading the House, but I thought that every...

Michael Jabez Foster | 437 c37 (Link to this contribution) Once again, my right hon. Friend has set out a balanced statement of the successes and the challenge...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c37 (Link to this contribution) Far be it from me to launch an undeserved and prejudiced attack on the ““Today”” programme, whose st...

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 437 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State accept from me the Democratic Unionist party’s expression of support and...

Neil Gerrard | 437 c36 (Link to this contribution) In his statement, while telling us about progress that had been made the Secretary of State clearly ...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c37 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Home Secretary heard my hon. Friend’s comment.

Mark Pritchard | 437 c37 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State mentioned obstacles to the exit strategy. Does he agree that if Iran’s allege...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c40 (Link to this contribution) We are doing everything we possibly can on our own. We are doing everything we can to expand the num...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c40 (Link to this contribution) On one of the points that the hon. Gentleman raised, six months’ deployment, like everyone else. On ...

Charles Walker | 437 c40 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State is right that many thousands of people have been killed in Iraq. One of the c...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c39 (Link to this contribution) It will not surprise the hon. Gentleman to know that I think that the governor was wrong when he ask...

Bob Russell | 437 c39-40 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State announced this afternoon that the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment based...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) Despite all the predictions, the self-discipline shown by the majority of the groups has been huge. ...

Andrew Turner | 437 c39 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Secretary of State that terrorist activity should not hasten our departure from Ira...

Tobias Ellwood | 437 c38 (Link to this contribution) I fully concur with the comments that the Secretary of State made about the military. I wish that th...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c37 (Link to this contribution) I think I made the precise point that terrorist activity and, by implication, those assisting such a...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 437 c36 (Link to this contribution) In extending once again my condolences to the family of the hon. Gentleman’s constituent, may I say ...

Subjects

Armed forces Arrests Army Deployment Iraq Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Terrorism Security Civil disorder Territorial Army Basra

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