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Ministerial statement on Thursday, 26 February 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Hutton of Furness.


Records of Detention (Review Conclusions)

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.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
488 c394-406 
Session
2008-09
Department
Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c394-7 (Link to this contribution) Before I begin my statement, I should like to pay tribute to the three soldiers from 1st Battalion T...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c401-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his opening remarks about the members of the UK armed forces who lost...
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Nick Harvey | 488 c400-1 (Link to this contribution) I echo the words of condolence that the Secretary of State rightly gave for those who died yesterday...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c399-400 (Link to this contribution) May I, first, welcome some of the hon. Gentleman's early remarks, although I did not agree with some...
Crispin Blunt | 488 c397-9 (Link to this contribution) May I fully associate the Conservative party with the Secretary of State's comments about the deaths...
Paul Flynn | 488 c403 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that those who caused the awful deaths of our soldiers, which increa...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c403 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for the honourable and distinguished role that he has played in ...
Lord Tyrie | 488 c402 (Link to this contribution) Is it the case that, in a number of operations, a small number of US soldiers are attached to Britis...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c402 (Link to this contribution) I can confirm that we have had no evidence of abuse in the treatment of the two individuals. I under...
Andrew Dismore | 488 c402 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, which is helpful. Can he confirm whether, when the t...
Speaker | 488 c402 (Link to this contribution) Order. I appreciate the significance of the statement and the interest of Members, but the main busi...
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 488 c405 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State gave a very careful answer a moment or two ago, when he said that the Governm...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c404 (Link to this contribution) It is a serious matter, and that is why I am here today to try to respond to it. I have tried to exp...
Ben Wallace | 488 c405 (Link to this contribution) We should not forget that some of the individuals who have been captured pose a very significant and...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c405 (Link to this contribution) Inquiries have been made, and I am quite satisfied on the basis of the information that has reached ...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c405 (Link to this contribution) It is very important when we are conducting these security operations that there is a clear policy f...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c403 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept my hon. Friend's characterisation of coalition forces as alien invaders. They are wo...
David Davis | 488 c403-4 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Secretary of State for coming to the House and facing this issue today—he did the righ...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c406 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I was trying to strike that balance, but he has done it better ...
Peter Bone | 488 c406 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for the frank statement that he has made. To put some balanc...
Chris Huhne | 488 c406 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State say what inquiries had been made on behalf of the Ministry of Defence? N...
Baroness Teather | 488 c406 (Link to this contribution) My constituent Jamil el-Banna was rendered from the Gambia to Bagram, where he alleges that he was t...
Andrew Mackinlay | 488 c404 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his candour and diligence in this matter. I should like to focus ...
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c406 (Link to this contribution) Our discussions with US officials date from early December and have only recently concluded.
Lord Hutton of Furness | 488 c404 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. He speaks with a lot of personal experience, and I want t...
Subjects
Detainees Armed conflict Human rights Iraq International law Prisoners' transfers Peacekeeping operations USA Afghanistan Rendition Iraq conflict
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