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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 19 April 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Eric Joyce. The answering member was Ian Pearson.


Democratic Republic of Congo

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the Democratic Republic of Congo


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
445 c100-23WH 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department of Trade and Industry
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 445 c123WH (Link to this contribution) Order. It is with great deal of regret—I offer a personal apology to the Minister—that I have to cal...
Ian Pearson | 445 c123WH (Link to this contribution) : I have less than a minute, and I am afraid that I cannot. A number of points have been raised and...
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Ian Pearson | 445 c121-3WH (Link to this contribution) : I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Falkirk (Mr. Joyce) on securing today's debate. I am ...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 445 c120-1WH (Link to this contribution) : I was going to refer to the international arrest warrants that my hon. Friend mentions. It is extr...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 445 c118-20WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Hancock, and I congratulate the hon. Member for...
Jeremy Browne | 445 c117-8WH (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Falkirk (Mr. Joyce) for securing this debate. I pay tribute als...
John Bercow | 445 c120WH (Link to this contribution) : Although we do not want to live in the past, is it not important that people should not enjoy impu...
Mary Creagh | 445 c111-3WH (Link to this contribution) : I thank my hon. Friend for that useful question. Before we left for the DRC we had a briefing abou...
Speaker | 445 c113WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for that excellent and moving contribution.
Pete Wishart | 445 c113-5WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Falkirk (Mr. Joyce) on securing this timely debate. No nation is ...
Speaker | 445 c115WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Mr. Wishart, I am sorry to interrupt you, but may I ask you to be a bit generous? There is on...
Pete Wishart | 445 c115-6WH (Link to this contribution) : Absolutely, Mr. Hancock. I shall conclude my remarks. What will the UK Government do to discourag...
Speaker | 445 c116WH (Link to this contribution) I call Jeremy Corbyn. I am sorry, Mr. Wills, you have no chance.
Jeremy Corbyn | 445 c116-7WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Hancock, for the fair way in which you are chairing this debate. I thank my hon. Frie...
Russell Brown | 445 c111WH (Link to this contribution) As one of the joint chairs of the all-party group on street children, I, together with two colleague...
Mary Creagh | 445 c109-11WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Falkirk (Mr. Joyce) and the hon. Member for South-West Surrey ...
Jeremy Hunt | 445 c108-9WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising an important point, to which I intend to return. The s...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 445 c108WH (Link to this contribution) : During my hon. Friend's visit, was he able to gauge at all whether the UN stabilisation force has ...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 445 c105WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give us the benefit of his experience of a recent visit to the DRC and tell ...
Eric Joyce | 445 c105-6WH (Link to this contribution) : That is a good point and that matter formed one of the main focuses of our visit. There is room fo...
Speaker | 445 c107WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We shall adjourn for 15 minutes for the Division in the House. I am sorry about that, Mr. Hun...
Jeremy Hunt | 445 c107-8WH (Link to this contribution) : The point about these terrible stories of rape and the atrocities that one encounters somewhere li...
Speaker | 445 c106WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much for that thoughtful presentation, Mr. Joyce. I shall start the winding-up speech...
Jeremy Hunt | 445 c106-7WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Falkirk (Mr. Joyce) both on his excellent speech, which I wholehe...
Eric Joyce | 445 c103-5WH (Link to this contribution) : I wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Gentleman. All over Africa, and particularly in the DRC, ther...
John Bercow | 445 c103WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree, further to the intervention of the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew),...
Eric Joyce | 445 c102-3WH (Link to this contribution) : I thank my hon. Friend for that very valuable contribution. I was not going to mention the LRA, bu...
David Drew | 445 c102WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise for missing the first couple of minutes of my hon. Friend's speech. I know that he is ta...
Eric Joyce | 445 c100-2WH (Link to this contribution) My aim today is to introduce a debate arising from a visit by the all-party group on the great lakes...
Subjects
Children Crimes of violence Women Hospitals Health services Sexual offences Security Democratic Republic of the Congo
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