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Ministerial statement on Thursday, 21 February 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Malloch-Brown.


Terrorism: Rendition

Lords statement on the rendition of terrorist suspects by the USA through UK territory or airspace.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
699 c346-58 
Session
2007-08
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c358 (Link to this contribution) Let me first assure my noble friend that not just Prestwick but all UK airports that could possibly ...
Lord Boyd of Duncansby | 699 c357-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister is to be congratulated on coming to the House so quickly and on the candour o...
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Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c356 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, let me make it clear that the US has told us that it did not hold either of those men in a...
Lord Dubs | 699 c356 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the clear Statement that my noble friend has made, particularly on the total opp...
Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c357 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the noble Baroness’s first point, any investigation in the US can quickly be followed b...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 699 c356-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was sorry to hear the noble Lord say that this information had not come to light because...
Baroness D'Souza | 699 c353 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made earlier in the other place. Since th...
Lord Judd | 699 c353 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, would my noble friend accept that many of us on this side of the House—
Lord Thomas of Gresford | 699 c350-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we should define our terms. Extraordinary rendition means, "““the extra-judicial transfer ...
Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c351-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, very important questions and issues have been raised in the two interventions that we have...
Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c346-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with permission, I would like to repeat a Statement on US rendition operations made in the...
Baroness Neville-Jones | 699 c348-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Malloch-Brown, for repeating the Statement made in the other ...
Lord Archer of Sandwell | 699 c356 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend recollect that there have been a number of debates in your Lordships’...
Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c353 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness will wish to know that we are seeking more information about the two ca...
Lord Judd | 699 c353-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the noble Baroness. I did not intend to pre-empt her intervention. Does my ...
Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c354 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, let me immediately confirm that we believe that Guantanamo should be closed and that water...
Lord Mawhinney | 699 c354 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister clarify something for me? Having listened carefully to the Statement, I ...
Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c354-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these cases had never been shared with us until last Friday, so it is not a case of this G...
Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c355 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord makes a very sensible point, but nothing is ever simple. It is not, I think...
Earl of Onslow | 699 c355 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think I understood the Minister to say that we would not allow rendition unless it was a...
Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c356 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble and learned friend is correct. Obviously, CIA aircraft, by definition, have rathe...
Lord Malloch-Brown | 699 c355 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords, I would be happy to so do. Some cases of deportation—the more normal way that we thin...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 699 c358 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I regret that the time is up for questions on the Statement. I beg to move that the House ...
Lord Dholakia | 699 c355 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is it possible to establish the facts by asking the American Government? There are finite ...
Subjects
Detainees Aviation British overseas territories Prisoners' transfers Terrorism Torture USA Rendition Diego Garcia
Contains statistics
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