Ministerial statement on Thursday, 18 December 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Brown.

Iraq

Statement on the future of British troops in Iraq.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 485 c1233-50
Session: 2008-09
Department: Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2008-3153
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Deposited papers
House of Commons; Iraq: Security
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Written questions
House of Lords; Iraq: Legal Systems
Monday, 12 January 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Iraq (Locally-Employed Staff)
Monday, 23 March 2009
Written statements
House of Commons; Iraq: Coalition Regional Commands
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Written statements
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Gordon Brown | 485 c1250 (Link to this contribution) It is not a matter for the British Government: it is for the Iraqi Government to examine what has ha...; John Barrett | 485 c1250 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has never detailed what the Government believe to be the number of civilian death...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1250 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman is conflating Iraq and Afghanistan in a way that, on reflection, he ...; Keith Simpson | 485 c1250 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister just alluded to the fact that the Americans, with some assistance from us, are re...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1249-50 (Link to this contribution) If my hon. Friend were to visit today, he would see a different picture from the one that he describ...; Harry Cohen | 485 c1249 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister confirm that more Labour MPs than Liberal ones voted against the war? Given ...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1248 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has raised the question of Afghanistan, which involves one major difference: a 41-nat...; Robert Key | 485 c1247 (Link to this contribution) When Her Majesty's forces return home, will the Prime Minister ensure that each and every one of our...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1247 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to raise that question. We have continued to discuss with the Iraqis the pos...; Andy Reed | 485 c1248 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Prime Minister and welcome today's statement. As he knows, I did not agree with o...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1248 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the hon. Gentleman has allowed me to mention the paper that was produced by the Defen...; Patrick Mercer | 485 c1247 (Link to this contribution) I am sure the Prime Minister will agree that despite the large number of American troops left in the...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1246-7 (Link to this contribution) So that the hon. Gentleman understands the sequence of the decisions, let me remind him that last Ju...; Kerry McCarthy | 485 c1247 (Link to this contribution) I welcome today's announcement and the confirmation that we will continue to play a role in Iraqi li...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1247 (Link to this contribution) We have moved on from our previous operation, where we had combat troops on the ground every day in ...; Sammy Wilson | 485 c1248-9 (Link to this contribution) I, too, pay tribute to the many who served their country in Iraq and to those who died doing so. I p...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1249 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman was able to visit our troops in Iraq, and, in particular, in th...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1237-9 (Link to this contribution) We are in total agreement about the contribution that our forces have made, about the help that we h...; Nick Clegg | 485 c1239-40 (Link to this contribution) I would obviously like to add my own expressions of sympathy and condolence to the family and friend...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1233-5 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, following my visit to Baghdad and Basra yesterday, I should like to ma...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 485 c1236-7 (Link to this contribution) May I particularly welcome what the Prime Minister has just said about the wall in Basra? I think th...; Nick Clegg | 485 c1240 (Link to this contribution) Of course hon. Members do not want to be reminded of the past. They refuse to learn the lessons for ...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1240 (Link to this contribution) I appreciated what the right hon. Gentleman said right at the beginning—that he, too, welcomed the c...; Lord Touhig | 485 c1240 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement today, and in particular his announcement at the end of h...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1240 (Link to this contribution) We will look at the circumstances in which the memorial wall is returned to Britain and what can be ...; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 485 c1240-1 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that the democracy in Iraq is not perfect, but it is improving; that t...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1241 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman's words, which I think will command great support in the ...; Ann Clwyd | 485 c1241 (Link to this contribution) I am very proud that this country helped to free Iraq from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein. Anyone who...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1241 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the work that my right hon. Friend has done as a special envoy to Iraq, the work th...; Viscount Hailsham | 485 c1241 (Link to this contribution) Withdrawal from Iraq will doubtless lead to increased pressure to deploy further United Kingdom troo...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1241-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman for asking questions to which I can give clear...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1243 (Link to this contribution) It is important to recognise that countries that were not part of the coalition in Iraq are now part...; Bernard Jenkin | 485 c1243-4 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that for all the terrible difficulties that have been faced in Iraq—no...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1243 (Link to this contribution) I acknowledge the sufferings of the Iraqi people. It is precisely to protect and support the Iraqi p...; Tony Lloyd | 485 c1243 (Link to this contribution) The whole country will strongly welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, and will recognise his com...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1242 (Link to this contribution) As my right hon. Friend knows, this is a difficult and complex issue. We wish to thank the Iraqis wh...; Charles Kennedy | 485 c1242-3 (Link to this contribution) While the Prime Minister was correct to speak of the plans to bring home the remembrance memorial fo...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1244 (Link to this contribution) People understand that that is the case. The internal violence in Iraq is something British and Amer...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1244 (Link to this contribution) I agree very much with the first part of the hon. Gentleman's remarks—that the removal of Saddam Hus...; David Winnick | 485 c1244 (Link to this contribution) Whatever the mistakes—some of them absolutely disastrous—particularly by the United States in the oc...; Mark Durkan | 485 c1246 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has made a number of announcements that are welcome today and that will be even m...; Lord Soames of Fletching | 485 c1245 (Link to this contribution) I join hon. Members on both sides of the House in praising the exceptional success of British troops...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1245 (Link to this contribution) I agree about the importance of equipment, and I also agree with what the hon. Gentleman said about ...; Tom Levitt | 485 c1245 (Link to this contribution) May I add to the comments of my right hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd)? I also we...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1246 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has taken a long-term interest in that. DFID has worked mainly in the Basra area over...; Paul Keetch | 485 c1244 (Link to this contribution) At least I agree with the Prime Minister on one thing—his tribute to our armed forces, whose valour,...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1244 (Link to this contribution) That issue has been raised over and over, and there have been a number of inquiries. I do not think ...; Jim Sheridan | 485 c1244-5 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that one of the measures of the progress of democracy in Iraq is the f...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1245 (Link to this contribution) Iraq has a free press and, as we saw yesterday, a Council of Representatives that is not predictable...; Gordon Brown | 485 c1246 (Link to this contribution) Making decisions about war is very difficult indeed, but this House considered all the factors invol...; Speaker | 485 c1240 (Link to this contribution) Order. Let the right hon. Gentleman speak.; Adam Price | 485 c1246 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister's predecessor once referred to the blood price that would be necessary as a resul...; Keith Vaz | 485 c1242 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's visit yesterday and his statement today. As he knows, 300 Iraqi inter...
Subjects: Armed forces Deployment Iraq Peacekeeping operations
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