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Iraq

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

459 c23-39 

Session

2006-07

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Iraq
Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Written statements
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Bob Blizzard | 459 c39 (Link to this contribution) A constituent of mine was one of the 15 members of our armed forces captured by Iran. May I say to m...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c38 (Link to this contribution) I accept my responsibility, but I say very clearly, as I have already done twice in the House, that ...

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Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c39 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, in securing as we did, through the means by which we did, the safe return of the people con...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c37 (Link to this contribution) We will restart boardings when PJHQ has reviewed the operational environment and has issued further ...

Desmond Swayne | 459 c37 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has said that he is awaiting a signal from PJHQ in respect of the recommencem...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c37 (Link to this contribution) That is part of the changed circumstances that will be addressed by the review. Without any great fu...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c38 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman exaggerates in several respects. First, not all operations are successful. As sen...

Crispin Blunt | 459 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) What we cannot escape is that we endured an operational humiliation at the hands of Iraq, followed b...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c37 (Link to this contribution) As someone said from a sedentary position, that is a good question. It is true that the inflexible a...

Eric Joyce | 459 c37 (Link to this contribution) I realise that one or two Conservative Members are former cavalrymen, but there seem to be far more ...

John Baron | 459 c38 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State’s contriteness in now—belatedly—accepting the principle that servic...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c38 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend’s opening remarks are no mean praise and I accept them in the spirit in which they ar...

Baroness Hoey | 459 c38 (Link to this contribution) It is very refreshing for a Secretary of State to come to Parliament, to admit full responsibility, ...

Ann Clwyd | 459 c35 (Link to this contribution) I consider the Secretary of State a man of the highest integrity and of considerable humility—a qual...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c35 (Link to this contribution) As with all military operations, the use of one capability over another involves a trade-off. As the...

Lord Beith | 459 c36 (Link to this contribution) Should the Secretary of State have been more mindful of the thousands of the people in the armed ser...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c36 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend knows that both the Royal Marines and the seamen are members of the Na...

Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 459 c37 (Link to this contribution) The news management of returning detainees is nothing new, as anyone who read John Nichol’s account ...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c36 (Link to this contribution) People should be clear that the same Queen’s Regulations apply to all three services. It was to ensu...

Patrick Mercer | 459 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) The sad long list of names that the Secretary of State for Defence read at the beginning of his stat...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c35 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her opening remarks. I appreciate them greatly. Coming fro...

Ronnie Campbell | 459 c36 (Link to this contribution) As far as I am concerned, we should be packing their bags and bringing them all back home. However, ...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c36 (Link to this contribution) I respect the hon. Gentleman’s views on these matters because of his experience in, and contribution...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c33 (Link to this contribution) As I have said before at the Dispatch Box, in my view Iran represents a strategic threat to the regi...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his contribution. We should not forget that Iran detained ...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c34 (Link to this contribution) Having a helicopter observe a compliant boarding was not required by the standard operating procedur...

Paul Keetch | 459 c34 (Link to this contribution) Is the decision to return the Lynx from the area of the boarding party the standard operational proc...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c34 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, in his own inimitable style, puts his finger on part of the complexity of the enviro...

Stephen Pound | 459 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend may have anticipated having to endure a heavy barrage this afternoon, but from ...

Robert Key | 459 c33 (Link to this contribution) All the real losers in this sorry business are the men and women of the Royal Navy, who are hanging ...

Andrew Murrison | 459 c35 (Link to this contribution) The Government’s position seems to be that shallow-draft fast patrol craft cannot safely be deployed...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c30 (Link to this contribution) I do not intend to be drawn into a discussion that involves us sitting here, in the comfort of these...

Gerald Kaufman | 459 c30 (Link to this contribution) Since the shadow Secretary of State for Defence mentioned the offer from the Press Complaints Commis...

Liam Fox | 459 c26-8 (Link to this contribution) Let me begin by fully associating the official Opposition with the sentiments expressed by the Secre...

Speaker | 459 c27 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman must be heard. There should be no interruption.

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks in relation to those who have been lost while the House h...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c23-6 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about operational events over the re...

Mike Gapes | 459 c33 (Link to this contribution) The Foreign Office and other parts of the Government who secured the release of our people from unju...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c32 (Link to this contribution) I have admitted my mistake in relation to that matter and the answer to the hon. Gentleman’s questio...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c32 (Link to this contribution) The specific support given to the families was the responsibility of the Royal Navy. Members will re...

Elfyn Llwyd | 459 c32 (Link to this contribution) On behalf of Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National party, I associate myself fully with the Secretar...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) As I have already said, I do not intend, from the comparative comfort of this place, to get into cri...

Alison Seabeck | 459 c32 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be very aware that both Faye Turney and Arthur Batchelor are my constituen...

Speaker | 459 c31 (Link to this contribution) Order. Let the right hon. and learned Gentleman speak.

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) Somewhat surprisingly, in the short e-mail received from the PCC no mention was made of the issues t...

Malcolm Rifkind | 459 c31 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State must appreciate that one does not have to be partisan to conclude that he has...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 459 c33 (Link to this contribution) I have no evidence to suggest that the absence of that skill at that level in the command chain in t...

Lord Touhig | 459 c34 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend was quite right to come to the House at the earliest opportunity to give us an ...

Nick Harvey | 459 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for notice of it. I echo his words of condolenc...

Subjects

Detainees Inquiries Iraq Payments Peacekeeping operations Media Navy Ministry of Defence Territorial waters Reviews Diplomatic relations Iran HMS Cornwall

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