Ministerial statement on Monday, 8 October 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Brown.

Iraq

Statement on Iraq.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 464 c21-38
Session: 2006-07
Department: Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Iraq: Resettlement
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Written questions
House of Commons; Iraq: Resettlement
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Written questions
House of Commons; Iraq: Resettlement
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Written questions
House of Commons; Iraq: Resettlement
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Written questions
House of Commons; Iraq
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Written questions
House of Commons; Iraq
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
Written questions
House of Commons; Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
Monday, 15 October 2007
Written questions
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Ian Taylor | 464 c38 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister mentioned in his statement that the stability of the Iraq that our troops will le...; Gordon Brown | 464 c38 (Link to this contribution) There is no truth in that statement attributed to me in the papers at the weekend. As far as Syria i...; Colin Challen | 464 c37 (Link to this contribution) As we withdraw our troops from Iraq—I look forward to the complete withdrawal of all our troops—can ...; Peter Tapsell | 464 c37 (Link to this contribution) May I put again to the Prime Minister the question asked by my right hon. and learned Friend the Mem...; Linda Gilroy | 464 c38 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the conditions-based approach, about which the Prime Minister has told us, on draw-down of...; Gordon Brown | 464 c38 (Link to this contribution) I have to say that it was before our troops withdrew from Basra palace that the security situation i...; Willie Rennie | 464 c38 (Link to this contribution) When the Defence Committee visited Basra in July, we found that 90 per cent. of attacks were on our ...; Anne Snelgrove | 464 c36 (Link to this contribution) My constituents will very much welcome my right hon. Friend's announcement of troop reductions, but ...; Gordon Brown | 464 c36 (Link to this contribution) I hope that there will be a general recognition in the whole House that, whatever the disagreements ...; Ann Winterton | 464 c36 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the Prime Minister's announcement about the extra 140 Mastiff vehicles, which wi...; Gordon Brown | 464 c36 (Link to this contribution) As the Defence Secretary has pointed out to me, we are looking into those smaller vehicles to which ...; Andrew Mackinlay | 464 c37 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the Prime Minister has answered the point about the border between Iran and Iraq...; Gordon Brown | 464 c37 (Link to this contribution) Let me remind my hon. Friend that in my statement I made it absolutely clear that we call on the Ira...; Gordon Brown | 464 c37 (Link to this contribution) These are all agreed figures: 5,500 to 4,500 to 4,000 to 2,500. I really do not understand. If we ar...; Gordon Brown | 464 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) If the right hon. and learned Gentleman says that the British forces are serving no purpose, that is...; Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 464 c32 (Link to this contribution) Would the Prime Minister not accept that it is becoming almost impossible to see how the cause of de...; Gordon Brown | 464 c32 (Link to this contribution) The persons I am talking about are mainly interpreters and translators who have worked for the Briti...; Doug Henderson | 464 c32 (Link to this contribution) May I say to my right hon. Friend that I am absolutely sure that his innovative proposals for civili...; Gordon Brown | 464 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for what the hon. Gentleman said at the beginning and for his condolences in relation ...; Elfyn Llwyd | 464 c31 (Link to this contribution) On behalf of Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National party, may I add my condolences to those previous...; Gordon Brown | 464 c31 (Link to this contribution) The numbers that I have announced today make it clear that there were 45,000 UK troops at the time t...; David Winnick | 464 c31 (Link to this contribution) Unlike some, I have never tried to hide the fact that I supported the measures that led to the destr...; Gordon Brown | 464 c33 (Link to this contribution) First of all, I do not accept my hon. Friend's figures. Secondly, the position of those who have ser...; Jeremy Corbyn | 464 c33 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister accept that well over 500,000 Iraqi civilians have lost their lives since th...; Charles Kennedy | 464 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister confirm his response to the question—which he will well recall—that I repeate...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 464 c35 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the Prime Minister's caution in carefully describing the circumstances under which we w...; Gordon Brown | 464 c35 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman. This is where we must make progress over the next few years. We hav...; Lord Soames of Fletching | 464 c35 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Prime Minister that valuable work remains to be done for British troops in Iraq, bu...; Gordon Brown | 464 c35 (Link to this contribution) There will be a statement later this week about the details of the scheme. If my hon. Friend has any...; Lord Touhig | 464 c34 (Link to this contribution) I believe that the men and women of the British armed forces, their families and the British people ...; Gordon Brown | 464 c34 (Link to this contribution) I disagree with the right hon. Gentleman entirely. We tried very hard for a second UN resolution. We...; Lord Cormack | 464 c34 (Link to this contribution) As the Prime Minister is taking and listening carefully to military advice, will he assure the House...; Gordon Brown | 464 c34 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my right hon. Friend and I thank him for the work that he did as defence Minister and a...; Gordon Brown | 464 c35 (Link to this contribution) Like the hon. Gentleman, I praise the resolution, determination and courage of our British troops in...; Edward O'Hara | 464 c35 (Link to this contribution) Speaking as one of those who did not support the intervention in Iraq, I nevertheless congratulate t...; Gordon Brown | 464 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) I met British forces in Basra who are proud of what they have achieved and I am proud of them. I am ...; Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 464 c28 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister began with a tribute to those who have died and been injured. Let me, on behalf o...; Gordon Brown | 464 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) Let me say first where I agree with the right hon. Gentleman. I agree about the tribute that we both...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 464 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) May I start by welcoming the Prime Minister's statement? I hope that he will agree that statements o...; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 464 c30 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister will forgive me, but I do not think that we heard an answer to the question, pose...; Gordon Brown | 464 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) We will discharge our obligations to the Iraqi people; I have to say to my right hon. Friend that th...; Frank Dobson | 464 c29 (Link to this contribution) As one of the 139 Labour MPs who both spoke and voted against the invasion of Iraq, may I ask my rig...; Gordon Brown | 464 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the right hon. and learned Gentleman about our obligations to our armed forces—I am ple...; Gordon Brown | 464 c30 (Link to this contribution) I said that the figure on 1 September was 5,500 troops. It is now falling, after provincial Iraqi co...; Adam Ingram | 464 c30 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend bear in mind that we were militarily engaged in Bosnia for 15 years, in No...; Speaker | 464 c30 (Link to this contribution) Order. I want hon. Members to allow the Prime Minister to speak.; Malcolm Rifkind | 464 c30 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister seeks to equate himself with Mr. Gladstone—[Interruption.] ... Is the—[Interrupti...; Gordon Brown | 464 c30 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for what he did as Minister for the armed forces. We appreciat...; Speaker | 464 c30 (Link to this contribution) Order. Let the right hon. and learned Gentleman speak. ... Order. Sir Malcolm Rifkind.; Gordon Brown | 464 c31 (Link to this contribution) What I would say to the right hon. and learned Gentleman is that we are building a democracy in Iraq...; Gordon Brown | 464 c37 (Link to this contribution) We now have a democracy in Iraq, which we did not have before. We have the people of Iraq voting for...; Gordon Brown | 464 c38 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for the work that she does in her constituency on exactly that. I want us to ...; Gordon Brown | 464 c21-5 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I want to make a statement to set out detailed proposals for political...; Gordon Brown | 464 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) It was precisely those matters that I was discussing last week with the Economic Ministers in Iraq—h...; Keith Simpson | 464 c36 (Link to this contribution) When the Prime Minister made his statement in Iraq, announcing that 1,000 British troops were to be ...
Subjects: Armed forces Army Deployment Civilians Armoured fighting vehicles Immigration Iraq International cooperation Internet Economic situation Police Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Training Security Israel Palestine Middle East Reconstruction Peace negotiations al Qaeda Basra Resettlement
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Iraq

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