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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 12 December 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Ashton of Upholland.


Afghanistan

Lords statement on Afghanistan.


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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
697 c233-46 
Session
2007-08
Department
Lord President of the Council
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Strathclyde | 697 c237-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for repeating this Statement. We share the deep sense of condol...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 697 c240-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am extremely grateful to both noble Lords for their intelligent interrogation of the Sta...
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Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 697 c244 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much welcome the announcement of increased provision of equipment and armoured vehi...
Baroness D'Souza | 697 c242 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that these Benches would wish to add to the tributes that have already been paid...
Lord McNally | 697 c239-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, said there is a thread of optimism running through th...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 697 c245 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl. My colleagues on the Front Bench are here specifically to...
Lord Mackie of Benshie | 697 c245 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may bring up the question of co-operation with Pakistan. The town that was menti...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 697 c243 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very interested in what the noble Baroness says. She will know from meeting those inv...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 697 c243 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Leader of the House has repeated an important Statement on Afghanistan which provides ...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 697 c243 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness is quite right. On community defence initiatives, it is, indeed, import...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 697 c244 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for raising the very important issue of the role of women...
Earl of Sandwich | 697 c244-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the Statement very warmly. It is a comfort to see on the Front Bench noble Lords...
Lord Ramsbotham | 697 c245-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like many other noble Lords, I welcome this additional contribution to the means to help A...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 697 c246 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord. We try to strike a balance. We want to get people out to ...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 697 c245 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord makes an important point about trying to get Pakistan’s co-operation. There...
Lord Avebury | 697 c246 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can the noble Baroness explain where the helicopters are coming from considering that we c...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 697 c246 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my understanding is that they are European rentals. They are not being moved from a differ...
Lord Elystan-Morgan | 697 c246 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I salute the statesmanship of the Prime Minister in this regard and accept that there will...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 697 c246 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord recognised that I have already indicated that there are no negotiations wit...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 697 c233-7 (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...
Subjects
Armed forces Deployment Development aid Drugs Local government Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Security Afghanistan Reconstruction Taliban Opium
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