Adjournment debate on Thursday, 8 December 2005, in the House of Commons, led by Mike Gapes. The answering member was Kim Howells.

Terrorism (Foreign Policy Aspects)

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the foreign policy aspects of terrorism

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 440 c323-62WH
Session: 2005-06
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Foreign policy aspects of the war against terrorism. Government response to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee sixth report of session 2004/05 (HC 36 2004/05).
Wednesday, 8 June 2005
Command papers
House of Commons; Foreign policy aspects of the war against terrorism.Foreign Affairs Select Committee sixth report in 2 volumes with proceedings, evidence (HC 36 i-iii not printed separately) and appendices.
Tuesday, 22 March 2005
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: David Drew | 440 c327WH (Link to this contribution) We disagree on the invasion, but I am sure that we agree on its antecedents. I have been seriously u...; Speaker | 440 c323WH (Link to this contribution) As this is the last time that I shall chair a sitting of Westminster Hall before Christmas, I should...; Mike Gapes | 440 c323-5WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Sir Nicholas. May I begin by wishing you and all the staff of the House a happy Christmas...; John Barrett | 440 c325WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way on this important and topical issue. Will he comment on th...; Mike Gapes | 440 c325-6WH (Link to this contribution) : I have no further information than the hon. Gentleman about what was said in the House. All that I...; Philip Hollobone | 440 c326WH (Link to this contribution) In paragraph 27 of the report, the Select Committee makes clear its conclusion when it states:"““Ira...; Mike Gapes | 440 c326-7WH (Link to this contribution) : I was about to say that opposition to stability and the democratic processes in Iraq comes not onl...; Julian Lewis | 440 c343-5WH (Link to this contribution) I will take a slightly different perspective to that which has developed so far by asking people to ...; Fabian Hamilton | 440 c340-3WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome this opportunity to speak in the debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Chairman of the...; Julian Lewis | 440 c345WH (Link to this contribution) : Historical analogies are always debatable because, by definition, they are not identical to the si...; Mike Gapes | 440 c345WH (Link to this contribution) : Is there not a big difference between the situation in Iraq—or even that in Vietnam—and that which...; John Stanley | 440 c329-34WH (Link to this contribution) Like the hon. Member for Ilford, South (Mike Gapes), I welcome the opportunity to debate the report,...; Mike Gapes | 440 c328-9WH (Link to this contribution) : No. I am short of time, and I wish to say something about Israel, the west bank and Gaza before I ...; Lord Horam | 440 c337-40WH (Link to this contribution) I shall confine my remarks to the situation in Iraq, which is obviously a subject of much comment in...; Greg Pope | 440 c334-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to follow my two Foreign Affairs Committee colleagues. Like them, I want to focus on th...; David Drew | 440 c328WH (Link to this contribution) : Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?; Mike Gapes | 440 c327-8WH (Link to this contribution) : We have no plans to do so, but I will bear my hon. Friend's suggestion in mind. I will discuss tha...; Kim Howells | 440 c347WH (Link to this contribution) : I am sure that the hon. Gentleman did not mean to say ““young Arabs””, because the greater part of...; Nick Clegg | 440 c346-7WH (Link to this contribution) I start by bringing our attention back to the Select Committee report. A lot hinges on the first sen...; Julian Lewis | 440 c345-6WH (Link to this contribution) : I am delighted that the hon. Lady made that intervention. It neatly brings me to the central point...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 440 c345WH (Link to this contribution) One thing that I hope will come out of the report of our visit to Saudi Arabia is that we are engage...; Greg Pope | 440 c349WH (Link to this contribution) : I should point out that the report is the sixth report of the Committee on the foreign policy aspe...; Nick Clegg | 440 c347-9WH (Link to this contribution) : I stand corrected and rightly so. I take on board the observation that the Minister rightly makes....; Kim Howells | 440 c356-8WH (Link to this contribution) : I am not aware of such ambulance chasing. If it is going on, perhaps the hon. Gentleman will be ki...; Kim Howells | 440 c358-62WH (Link to this contribution) : I can give the right hon. Gentleman that assurance. Our security and intelligence services are ale...; John Stanley | 440 c358WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the Minister for his response. While one appreciates the importance of contingenc...; Speaker | 440 c362WH (Link to this contribution) I have used my discretion in allowing the Minister to finish, as the quote was valuable to the debat...; Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 440 c350-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the Chair, Sir Nicholas, and to speak under your chairmansh...; Nick Clegg | 440 c349-50WH (Link to this contribution) : I wonder, too, however, whether the shortness of the passage is also related to an understandable ...; Julian Lewis | 440 c356WH (Link to this contribution) : The Minister says that lawyers will be making money out of accusations of abuse. Is there anything...; Kim Howells | 440 c354-6WH (Link to this contribution) : As ever, Sir Nicholas, it is a great pleasure to speak under your chairmanship. I am pleased that ...
Subjects: Broadcasting Human rights Iraq Internet Foreign policy Terrorism USA Israel Palestine Syria
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