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Ministerial statement on Thursday, 18 December 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon.


Iraq

Lords statement on the future of British troops in Iraq.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
706 c952-64 
Session
2008-09
Department
Lord President of the Council
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Iraq: Coalition Regional Commands
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Written statements
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Ryder of Wensum | 706 c962 (Link to this contribution) I express my own tribute to the skill and professionalism of the British Armed Forces in Iraq. I wel...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c961 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I recognise that when our troops return from such operations, they deserve the best possib...
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Lord Lee of Trafford | 706 c961 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, apart from the troops who will stay in Iraq on a training mission and, no doubt, some spec...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c961 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government recognise that regional co-operation is extremely important in ensuring the...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 706 c960-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister recognise that the Statement made only the most fleeting reference to re...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c960 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the situation of Christians in Iraq, we utterly condemn any religious intolerance. We c...
Bishop of Norwich | 706 c959-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, may I add gratitude from these Benches for the Statement? Like others, I pay tribute to th...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c958-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank noble Lords opposite for welcoming the Statement. Like the noble Baroness, Lady Ra...
Lord McNally | 706 c957-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I welcome the Statement made earlier by the Prime Minister in another place and rep...
Baroness Rawlings | 706 c955-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for repeating the Statement and I, too, pay tribute to Lieutena...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c952-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in the other place by my ...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c963 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I recognise that any inquiry would have to cover many aspects. I do not know what the crit...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 706 c963 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Prime Minister’s reference in his Statement to a phase of reconstruction is very welco...
Lord Soley | 706 c962 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend accept that there are two aspects to any inquiry that may be held? I ...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c964 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl for raising the fact that the TA has been and is in Iraq. ...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c963 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have been focusing on Basra because that is where our responsibilities lay in southern ...
Earl Attlee | 706 c963-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind the House of my interest as I am still a serving TA officer. I was in Iraq in ear...
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c962 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord is expressing his point of view and seeing things from his particular persp...
Subjects
Armed forces Deployment Elections Iraq Oil Police Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Navy Sovereignty Training Security Reconstruction Basra
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