Debate on Tuesday, 5 December 2006, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Triesman. The answering member was Lord Howell of Guildford.

Middle East and Afghanistan

Lords debate on motion to take note of developments in the Middle East and Afghanistan. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 687 c1061-150
Session: 2006-07
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 06/2311
Tuesday, 19 December 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Bishop of Winchester | 687 c1074-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the third day of debate on the gracious Speech, just over a fortnight ago, many Members...; Lord Triesman | 687 c1061-6 (Link to this contribution) rose to move, That this House takes note of developments in the Middle East and Afghanistan. The no...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 687 c1069-74 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the debate. I particularly welcome the large number of speakers from the Cross B...; Lord Roberts of Conwy | 687 c1104-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, was all for toppling Saddam because I had seen some of the damage that he had caus...; Lord Jacobs | 687 c1095-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin with Iraq. I was one of those who supported the invasion of Iraq. Apparently, ther...; Lord Craig of Radley | 687 c1098-101 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one of the disturbing aspects about our military involvements in Iraq, and now Afghanistan...; Lord Judd | 687 c1089-92 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the issues we are debating today have direct implications for our own security here in the...; Lord Wright of Richmond | 687 c1086-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Government for giving the House a long overdue opportunity for a deba...; Baroness Williams of Crosby | 687 c1082-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I take part in foreign policy debates in this House, I am very impressed by the excel...; Lord Blaker | 687 c1080-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with my noble friend Lord Howell of Guildford that we should be thinking about cha...; Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 687 c1076-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome the opportunity for a debate on developments in the Middle East and in Afg...; Lord Luce | 687 c1128-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this debate has, naturally and rightly, been absorbed by today’s many crises that we face ...; Lord Skidelsky | 687 c1125-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like to concentrate on the Middle East aspect, rather than on the Afghan aspect, o...; Lord Thomas of Swynnerton | 687 c1130-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in the debate, particularly just two speeches away from my noble...; Baroness Tonge | 687 c1106-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it seems that there is now widespread agreement in this House that the conflict between Is...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 687 c1109-12 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, reading the Hansard account of your Lordships’ discussion of foreign and security policies...; Lord Soley | 687 c1112-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin my comments on Iraq by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Jacobs, whom I heard wi...; Viscount Eccles | 687 c1116-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall follow the lead given by the noble Baroness, Lady Symons of Vernham Dean, on Afgha...; Lord Hylton | 687 c1119-21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to speak about the use and abuse of language, and then about real British interests...; Lord Dahrendorf | 687 c1121-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, many speakers in this debate have referred to the key role of the Israel-Palestine issue f...; Earl Attlee | 687 c1123-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at this stage of the debate much has been said by noble Lords far better qualified than me...; Baroness Rawlings | 687 c1140-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is my great pleasure and privilege to respond to this debate on behalf of my colleagues...; Lord Triesman | 687 c1142-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the breadth and depth of today’s debate doubtless underlines the extent of the challenges ...; Bishop of Chelmsford | 687 c1134-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I put my name down to speak. I was told that it got lost somewhere in the system, so I hop...; Lord Garden | 687 c1135-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, despite it being only a fortnight since we discussed many of these issues after the gracio...; Lord Turnberg | 687 c1101-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, events in Israel and Palestine in the past couple of weeks have raised hopes yet again tha...; Baroness Park of Monmouth | 687 c1092-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have for many years enjoyed power and influence in the world for two reasons: a sophist...; Lord Howell of Guildford | 687 c1066-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are all very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Triesman, for setting out how the Governm...
Subjects: Development aid Women Human rights Drugs Iraq Foreign policy Nuclear fuels Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Terrorism Security Violence Afghanistan Israel Palestine Iran Syria Middle East Reconstruction Peace negotiations Lebanon Ceasefires
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Middle East and Afghanistan

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