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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 22 July 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Brown.

Iraq

Statement on the latest developments in Iraq.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
479 c660-79 
Session
2007-08
Department
Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Iraq: Armed Forces
Monday, 6 October 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Jeremy Corbyn | 479 c675 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister tell us what discussions he had while visiting Iraq about the probability of...
Gordon Brown | 479 c675 (Link to this contribution) The purpose of Operation Charge of the Knights was to get the militias out of Basra and the surround...
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Gordon Brown | 479 c675-6 (Link to this contribution) We have no plans for that. What we want is a bilateral relationship with Iraq, whereby we can serve ...
Gordon Brown | 479 c674 (Link to this contribution) No. It was right to reduce our armed forces numbers as we changed the task that they performed from ...
Crispin Blunt | 479 c675 (Link to this contribution) I do not think we can escape the fact that our involvement in Iraq over the past five years has come...
Gordon Brown | 479 c675 (Link to this contribution) I hope that Iran will be able to show that it does have a continuing and settled interest in a stabl...
Dari Taylor | 479 c674 (Link to this contribution) I ask my right hon. Friend to compliment the contribution of the Territorial Army and reservists in ...
Gordon Brown | 479 c674 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend takes a great interest in the TA and works very effectively at the local ...
Lord Robathan | 479 c674 (Link to this contribution) Like the Chairman of the Defence Committee, I think it right to maintain our current high levels of ...
Gordon Brown | 479 c674 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I do acknowledge the sacrifice of the British men and women serving in Iraq, and the determinat...
Adam Price | 479 c673 (Link to this contribution) Barack Obama has said that he will bring the last American soldier home by 16 months after he takes ...
Gordon Brown | 479 c673 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right that it is important both to have an open and transparent policin...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c673 (Link to this contribution) How difficult is it for the Iraqi Government to recruit police officers, given that they are regular...
Bernard Jenkin | 479 c672-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for quoting extensively from our Select Committee report and commend him ...
Gordon Brown | 479 c672 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is also a member of the Select Committee. Again, I pay tribute ...
David Crausby | 479 c672 (Link to this contribution) Last year, the Prime Minister told the House that we planned to move to the second stage of overwatc...
Viscount Hailsham | 479 c672 (Link to this contribution) Did the right hon. Gentleman, when speaking to British servicemen, remind them that much of the figh...
Gordon Brown | 479 c672 (Link to this contribution) First, let me tell the right hon. and learned Gentleman that we are training the Iraqi army and work...
Greg Hands | 479 c677 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister quoted at length the report from the Defence Committee, but could he also take a ...
Graham Stuart | 479 c678 (Link to this contribution) What measures have been taken to improve the security around the foreign visits of the Prime Ministe...
Gordon Brown | 479 c678 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that. I hope that the whole House will want to acknowledge t...
Peter Bone | 479 c678 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Prime Minister on the positive statement that he has been able to make and on the...
Gordon Brown | 479 c678 (Link to this contribution) What the hon. Gentleman is saying reflects the fact that large numbers of our troops are on operatio...
Gordon Brown | 479 c678-9 (Link to this contribution) I have already outlined the priority that we attach to the negotiations that are taking place betwee...
Gordon Brown | 479 c678 (Link to this contribution) I want to acknowledge the great work that the security forces do in protecting all those who visit I...
John Baron | 479 c678 (Link to this contribution) Any escalation in the tension between Iran and Israel will have implications for our troops in Iraq....
Gordon Brown | 479 c676 (Link to this contribution) The accounts I have from Iraq, whether from Basra or from Baghdad, are that women are enjoying their...
John Stanley | 479 c676 (Link to this contribution) Is it not the case that one of the most disturbing human rights trends in Iraq has been the extent t...
Gordon Brown | 479 c676 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I know that people from her area are supporting the effort i...
Laura Moffatt | 479 c676 (Link to this contribution) Did my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister have an opportunity to speak to forces members about usi...
Neil Gerrard | 479 c677 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister referred to the millions of Iraqis who remain refugees. Did he have any discussio...
Gordon Brown | 479 c677 (Link to this contribution) I think it is true to say that many of the refugees who left Iraq are now returning; the Defence Sec...
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 479 c677 (Link to this contribution) I am a member of the Territorial Army that the Prime Minister is so keen to praise and someone who i...
Gordon Brown | 479 c677 (Link to this contribution) Every decision that we have announced has been based on the best military advice that we can have. I...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 479 c663-4 (Link to this contribution) He says it is not true; it would help if he gave us simple, consistent, practical figures. That bri...
Gordon Brown | 479 c660-3 (Link to this contribution) Following my visit last weekend to Baghdad and Basra, I would like to update the House on the latest...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 479 c663 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his statement. Is not the absolutely clear message that should go ou...
Speaker | 479 c666 (Link to this contribution) Order. The right hon. Gentleman is entitled to be heard, but there is too much in the way of private...
Nick Clegg | 479 c666-7 (Link to this contribution) I would also like to thank the Prime Minister for his statement and to salute the valour, the skill ...
Gordon Brown | 479 c665-6 (Link to this contribution) I join the right hon. Gentleman in thanking our armed forces for their professionalism and dedicatio...
Dai Havard | 479 c669 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister will know that I have visited Iraq three times in the past 12 months, most recent...
Gordon Brown | 479 c669 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. I know that he has visited Iraq in the past few weeks and...
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 479 c668-9 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement with no reservation whatever. Does the Prime Minister agree that the transfo...
Gordon Brown | 479 c668 (Link to this contribution) The important point to recognise is that Iraq is a potentially wealthy country. It has produced more...
Tony Lloyd | 479 c668 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that in the end the most sensible way of combating the malign influe...
Gordon Brown | 479 c667-8 (Link to this contribution) Let me correct the right hon. Gentleman on a number of important facts. First, we have announced new...
Gordon Brown | 479 c670 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for visiting Iraq, for informing me of what he saw while he was there, and fo...
Gordon Brown | 479 c670 (Link to this contribution) A few months ago, the French announced that they would put an extra 800 troops into Afghanistan. The...
Iain Duncan Smith | 479 c670 (Link to this contribution) As one who has supported our Iraq operations from the beginning, I am enormously pleased that the Pr...
Gordon Brown | 479 c671 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I pay tribute to all the armed forces training teams, who do not...
Andrew Miller | 479 c671 (Link to this contribution) Capacity building in the Iraqi navy is critical, but is any work going on in the investment conferen...
Gordon Brown | 479 c671 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly what I am saying. The training function that we have agreed to carry out will be com...
Gordon Brown | 479 c671 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman refers to the comments that General Petraeus made. There has been a great deal of...
Ian Taylor | 479 c671 (Link to this contribution) As one of those who did not approve of our invasion of Iraq, I nevertheless welcome the Prime Minist...
Lord Redwood | 479 c676 (Link to this contribution) What action is the Prime Minister taking to persuade Senator Obama that he is wrong to want an early...
Nick Palmer | 479 c675 (Link to this contribution) I endorse the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton, South (Ms Taylor) on the role of t...
Gordon Brown | 479 c676-7 (Link to this contribution) I had the chance to talk to Senator Obama about these issues when I met him in America, and I agree ...
Lord Beamish | 479 c670 (Link to this contribution) Three weeks ago, I visited Basra and Iraq for the sixth time with the Select Committee, and I can co...
Gordon Brown | 479 c673 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate everything in the first part of the hon. Gentleman's remarks. We were right to make the...
Speaker | 479 c670 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I say to the hon. Gentleman, and to the House more generally, that he is yet to put a que...
Subjects
Armed forces Airports Elections Iraq Foreign investment Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Training Security Iran Syria Reconstruction Basra
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