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Ministerial statement on Monday, 16 April 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Drayson.


Iraq

Lords statement on Iraq.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
691 c25-39 
Session
2006-07
Department
Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Inge | 691 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I share with other noble Lords our thanks that the marines have been returned safe ...
Lord Drayson | 691 c38 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with my noble friend that in this case firmness has succeeded, and I will consider...
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Lord Inge | 691 c39 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister misunderstood me. I was not pointing my finger at the 15 sailors and marines,...
Lord Drayson | 691 c39 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take on board the comments of the noble and gallant Lord, given his experience. Equally,...
Lord Drayson | 691 c39 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I note the noble and gallant Lord’s point.
Lord Drayson | 691 c37 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the points that my noble and learned friend has made in support of my ri...
Lord Tebbit | 691 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, on the media shambles, the Minister said that it will not be allowed to happen agai...
Lord Drayson | 691 c38 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that I disagree with the noble Lord. The incident that took place in 2004 on t...
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale | 691 c38 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is not one of the main lessons of this premeditated seizure of our personnel by the Irania...
Lord Drayson | 691 c36-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if I have understood my noble friend correctly, I do not believe that he is right. I do no...
Lord Mackie of Benshie | 691 c37 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as regards previous questions on the action of our forces in captivity, I hope that we wil...
Lord Drayson | 691 c37 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, our policy remains the same. We will pursue diplomatic relations on a multilateral basis w...
Lord Morris of Aberavon | 691 c37 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the fact that the Secretary of State has accepted that it was his mistake and ha...
Lord Drayson | 691 c34 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords, I am not telling the House that. The situation at present is that the Secretary of Sta...
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen | 691 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my voice to that of my noble friend and of the whole House in his sympathy and condo...
Lord Drayson | 691 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with everything that my noble friend has said, and with the perspective into which...
Lord Hurd of Westwell | 691 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the Statement, which the Minister repeated, the Secretary of State in the other place u...
Lord Drayson | 691 c36 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the noble Lord’s first point, we need to recognise that there was always going to be hu...
Lord Anderson of Swansea | 691 c36 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are confident that our sailors were captured in Iraqi waters. The Iranians justified th...
Lord Craig of Radley | 691 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in reply to the shadow Defence Secretary in the other place,Mr Browne implied that he had ...
Lord Drayson | 691 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and gallant Lord for the points that he makes. The Secretary of...
Lord Drayson | 691 c32-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am genuinely grateful for the tone taken by noble Lords opposite in expressing their rel...
Earl Attlee | 691 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the Minister telling the House that the Royal Navy has been deterred from undertaking b...
Lord Drayson | 691 c25-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by my ri...
Lord Astor of Hever | 691 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement and I join him in sending our condolences...
Lord Garden | 691 c30-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by expressing from these Benches our relief over the safe return of the15 sailors ...
Subjects
Detainees Inquiries Iraq Payments Peacekeeping operations Media Navy Territorial waters Reviews Diplomatic relations Iran HMS Cornwall
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