Ministerial statement on Thursday, 26 February 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Tunnicliffe.

Armed Forces: Detention

Lords statement on the results of a recent MOD review of records of detention resulting from security operations carried out by UK armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 708 c352-63
Session: 2008-09
Department: Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2009-0544
Thursday, 26 February 2009
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House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP2009-0541
Thursday, 26 February 2009
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House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP2009-0540
Thursday, 26 February 2009
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House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP2009-0543
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House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP2009-0539
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House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP2009-0538
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House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP2009-0542
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House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP2009-0546
Thursday, 26 February 2009
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House of Commons; Binyam Mohamed
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Oral questions
House of Lords; Armed Forces: Detention
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Written questions
House of Lords; Armed Forces: Detention
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Written questions
House of Lords; Armed Forces: Detention
Monday, 9 November 2009
Written statements
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Proceeding contributions: Baroness Ludford | 708 c360-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does not the Minister’s previous comment make it even more necessary that, instead of this...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 708 c360 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree that the International Committee of the Red Cross is an excellent and valuable org...; Lord Ramsbotham | 708 c361 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, remembering the extraordinary care which we were required to take, when I was serving in p...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 708 c361 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry that I can give no assurances to that effect. We have said categorically that t...; Lord Lee of Trafford | 708 c357-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I enjoin these Benches in the earlier condolences. As far as we are concerned, this State...; Baroness Neville-Jones | 708 c355-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join the Government in sending condolences from this House to the family and friends of ...; Lord Hylton | 708 c360 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the fact that there has been a review and that the Statement mentioned access by...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 708 c358-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, referring first to the points made by the noble Baroness, I am pleased that there is an ac...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 708 c352-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the whole House will wish to join me in offering sincere condolences to the...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 708 c363 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it would be more sensible at this point for me to examine the record and the detail of the...; Lord Elton | 708 c363 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I accept the intention, but is inquiry being made about those individual cases or are the ...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 708 c363 (Link to this contribution) I will simply give the straightforward commitment that our forces are not involved in operations whi...; Lord Elton | 708 c363 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is another question that troubles me slightly. The noble Lord said, making a perfect...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 708 c363 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Memoranda of Understanding are crucially an assurance against abuse. People whom the U...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 708 c362-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am in a minority in the Joint Committee on Human Rights in having supported the Governme...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 708 c362 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is fair to say that the categorisation is a US one, but not one that we recognise. It i...; Lord Alton of Liverpool | 708 c362 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what is implied by the term ““unlawful enemies””—as opposed to ““lawful enemies””—by which...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 708 c361-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his reminder about Northern Ireland, where, because of the leng...
Subjects: Detainees Armed conflict Human rights Iraq International law Prisoners' transfers Peacekeeping operations USA Afghanistan Rendition Iraq conflict
Contains statistics: Yes
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Armed Forces: Detention

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