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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 21 February 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Tony Blair.

Iraq and the Middle East

Statement on Iraq and the Middle East.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
457 c261-80 
Session
2006-07
Department
Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Iraq: Roulement
Thursday, 22 February 2007
Written statements
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Tony Blair | 457 c268-9 (Link to this contribution) First, it is very important that we do everything we can to protect our troops, who will still face ...
Speaker | 457 c270 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Member for Cleethorpes (Shona McIsaac) must be quiet. That is courtesy, and it is ri...
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Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 457 c269-70 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is right to say that we should not apologise for our values, but that does not me...
Tony Blair | 457 c271 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary and I have been in close discussion with Secretary of Sta...
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 457 c270-1 (Link to this contribution) When the Iraq study group under James Baker put forward those proposals, did the Government have the...
Tony Blair | 457 c271-2 (Link to this contribution) Well, when the right hon. and learned Gentleman talks about the consequences of our actions, I agree...
Tony Blair | 457 c272 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his commendation on the efforts that we are making. I want to see a...
Gerald Kaufman | 457 c272 (Link to this contribution) In paying tribute to my right hon. Friend’s dedicated efforts to bring about peace between Palestine...
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 457 c272 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that of all the British newspapers today, The Sun got it most right wh...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 457 c268 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know that the Prime Minister has, up to now, said that the time is not ri...
Speaker | 457 c268 (Link to this contribution) Order. I hear noises from the Liberal Benches and they are out of order. Bearing in mind that the le...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 457 c266-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his statement. We welcome and support his announcement that 1,600 of ...
Tony Blair | 457 c261-6 (Link to this contribution) With permission, I shall make a statement on recent developments in Iraq and across the middle east....
Gavin Strang | 457 c275 (Link to this contribution) I look forward, as we all do, to the day when the last British soldier leaves Iraq, and I heard what...
Tony Blair | 457 c275 (Link to this contribution) Of course it will remain paramount. Of course, troops will still be subject to attack at Basra air b...
Malcolm Rifkind | 457 c274 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is still in denial. Does he still not understand that the ability of al-Qaeda and...
Tony Blair | 457 c274 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that, for obvious reasons, I completely disagree with the right hon. and learned Gentlem...
Mike Gapes | 457 c276 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has referred several times to the Baker-Hamilton Iraq study group recommendations...
Tony Blair | 457 c275-6 (Link to this contribution) First, I simply do not accept, as I have said before, that innocent people in Iraq are dying as a re...
Speaker | 457 c275 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sorry, but I must stop the right hon. Gentleman.
Charles Kennedy | 457 c275 (Link to this contribution) We all hope that today's statement from the Prime Minister marks the beginning of the end in terms o...
Lord Davies of Stamford | 457 c276 (Link to this contribution) Today's news is extremely good. Does the Prime Minister accept that he deserves genuine credit for h...
Tony Blair | 457 c276 (Link to this contribution) I understand what my hon. Friend is saying. Of course there is a lot of wisdom in the view that it i...
Tony Blair | 457 c276-7 (Link to this contribution) I think that what the hon. Gentleman is saying is right in this sense. No one wants to resolve the i...
David Winnick | 457 c277 (Link to this contribution) I for one will not use my right hon. Friend as an excuse for how I voted at the time. As he may know...
Tony Blair | 457 c277 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that and know that he would only vote according to his conscience on any ...
Crispin Blunt | 457 c277 (Link to this contribution) Is it correct that before the last Iraqi elections the Prime Minister sent officials from his office...
Tony Blair | 457 c277 (Link to this contribution) It is always important that we do everything that we can to assist stability in that country. I will...
Tony Blair | 457 c278 (Link to this contribution) I made specific mention, as I always do, of the terrible carnage; I think that I called it the wretc...
Jeremy Corbyn | 457 c277-8 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister realise that many people outside the House will find it very strange that in...
Julian Lewis | 457 c278 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister accept that announcing a timetable for withdrawal from any conflict while it...
Lord McFall of Alcluith | 457 c278-9 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Prime Minister that the Israel-Palestinian question is fundamental, but does he agr...
William Cash | 457 c280 (Link to this contribution) On the broader issue of the landscape of moral purpose and of values, how does the Prime Minister re...
Tony Blair | 457 c279 (Link to this contribution) They had an election: 12 million of them voted—the turnout was 70 per cent.—and they elected a Gover...
Khalid Mahmood | 457 c280 (Link to this contribution) I agree with what my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said about the professionalism of our forc...
Tony Blair | 457 c279 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with my right hon. Friend: that is exactly what is necessary. The question is how t...
John Hemming | 457 c279 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister states that he wants to keep the troops in Iraq while the Iraqi people want them ...
Tony Blair | 457 c280 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that poverty per se is the reason for that theocratic fundamentalism; I agree with th...
Tony Blair | 457 c273 (Link to this contribution) I have said what I have said about Guantanamo Bay on many occasions. We should never forget that it ...
Tony Blair | 457 c273 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, I agree wholeheartedly with what my right hon. Friend says.
Ann Clwyd | 457 c273 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my right hon. Friend would agree that there are many heroes in Iraq, including the pe...
Tony Blair | 457 c273-4 (Link to this contribution) I have already said what I have said on that on numerous occasions. The reason I entirely disagree w...
Tom Clarke | 457 c274 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that there is growing concern about what appears to be the mounting te...
Tony Blair | 457 c274 (Link to this contribution) I entirely understand my right hon. Friend’s concerns. We track the situation carefully, and we work...
Alex Salmond | 457 c273 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister’s statement sounded like a long self-justification for the horrors of the last fo...
Speaker | 457 c273 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman should let the Prime Minister answer. By the way, I am not responsible for...
Tony Blair | 457 c278 (Link to this contribution) First, let me tell the hon. Gentleman that my experience over the past few years is that I am singul...
Tony Blair | 457 c280 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I think that if the OIC can play a greater role, that would be sensible. Certainly it is import...
Subjects
Armed forces Army Deployment Iraq Police Nuclear weapons Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Terrorism Security USA Israel Palestine Iran Syria Middle East Reconstruction Peace negotiations Lebanon Basra Baghdad
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