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Afghanistan

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

477 c675-90 

Session

2007-08

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Afghanistan (Air Support)
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Written statements
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Peter Tapsell | 477 c684 (Link to this contribution) After another sad week in Afghanistan, may I remind the Defence Secretary that on 27 February 2006 I...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c675-9 (Link to this contribution) Last December, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister set out a clear and long-term framework for b...

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Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c680-1 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman and I have discussed both inside and outside the House the mission in Afghanistan...

Liam Fox | 477 c679-80 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for advance sight of it. I fully associate the ...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c681-2 (Link to this contribution) We have trained 55,000 members of the Afghan army to date, but they are not all trained to the level...

Lord Touhig | 477 c681 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in the House on 11 June that we are making progress in ...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c682-3 (Link to this contribution) The timing of the new announcement was dictated by the decisions that were made. Once they had been ...

Ann McKechin | 477 c683 (Link to this contribution) I join my right hon. Friend in supporting the considerable efforts of British forces in Afghanistan,...

Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 477 c689 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and I welcome the increase in CIMIC—Civil Military ...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c688-9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. At the NATO ministerial meeting last week, I encouraged ...

Jeremy Corbyn | 477 c687 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State made an optimistic statement about Afghanistan. Will he comment on the way in...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c686-7 (Link to this contribution) The necessity for a battle group that can manoeuvre around the border is crucial. However, that is o...

Mike Hancock | 477 c687 (Link to this contribution) Although the Secretary of State said that 50,000 Afghan troops had now been trained, fewer than 10,0...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c687 (Link to this contribution) The only answer I am prepared to give to that question is that British troops will remain there unti...

Adrian Bailey | 477 c688 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, and in particular his indication of the progress being m...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c687-8 (Link to this contribution) There are, I think, 55,000 trained Afghans in the national army. There are also a greater number of ...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c688 (Link to this contribution) The Afghan economy has grown at the rate of about 9 per cent. or more a year since 2001. Frankly, ho...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 477 c686 (Link to this contribution) Following directly from that, does the Secretary of State agree that one of the key issues is that o...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c686 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an issue mentioned by the hon. Member for Woodspring, which is key to a sustai...

Lord Beamish | 477 c686 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement and the progress that has been made in Afghanistan. Does ...

Peter Tapsell | 477 c684 (Link to this contribution) indicated assent.

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c684 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has the merit of consistency, but in my view—he knows that I have enormous respec...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c685-6 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman because I saw his news release following his meeting with t...

Bob Russell | 477 c685 (Link to this contribution) Last week, I met the chairman of the Helmand provincial council, who was visiting London, and he men...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c684-5 (Link to this contribution) I also pay tribute to my hon. Friend's constituent. I am sure that my hon. Friend has been a support...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c690 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. One lesson of deploying the current Nimrod to do exactly that...

Nicholas Winterton | 477 c690 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State stressed the importance of security and intelligence, saying that he was not ...

Adam Price | 477 c689 (Link to this contribution) Last week, President Karzai responded to allegations of corruption within his Administration—his res...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c690 (Link to this contribution) It is probably a bit early to be asking whether people who were sprung from prison on Friday night h...

Crispin Blunt | 477 c690 (Link to this contribution) What is the basis of the Defence Secretary's statement that half the Taliban's fighters are paid for...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c689 (Link to this contribution) I have no difficulty in acceding to my hon. Friend's request. Everybody who has made a contribution ...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c689-90 (Link to this contribution) I do not think the hon. Gentleman believes these allegations either—at least, I hope he does not. Th...

Nick Harvey | 477 c682 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, the progress that the Government have been able to report and the reaffirma...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 477 c683-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes several important points. She will be aware that the representation of women in...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 477 c688 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State knows that the whole country should be extremely proud of the performance of ...

Chris Mullin | 477 c684 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my constituent, Private Cuthbertson, who was killed in Afghanistan last week. May ...

Subjects

Armed forces Deployment Police Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Prisoner escapes Terrorism Training Security Afghanistan NATO Reconstruction Harrier aircraft Taliban Military aid Tornado aircraft

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