Ministerial statement on Monday, 15 June 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Brown.

Iraq

Statement on Iraq.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 494 c21-38
Session: 2008-09
Department: Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Iraq
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Proceeding contributions: Speaker | 494 c38 (Link to this contribution) Order.; Gordon Brown | 494 c38 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman asks that the inquiry deal with issues surrounding the run-up to the conflict. Th...; David Hamilton | 494 c38 (Link to this contribution) May I say to my right hon. Friend that the most important decision that any MP makes when coming her...; Gordon Brown | 494 c38 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He has always stood by the armed forces of this country when they h...; Mike Hancock | 494 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) In the Prime Minister's answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg),...; Gordon Brown | 494 c37 (Link to this contribution) I have read the letter that my hon. Friend has written to me, and I appreciate what he has said abou...; Tony Wright | 494 c37 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome my right hon. Friend's announcement of an inquiry. However, will he revisit the ...; Gordon Brown | 494 c37 (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman is an expert on many of these matters and talks a great deal about th...; Patrick Mercer | 494 c36 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Speaker; I am most grateful. The events of the Iranian elections at the weekend will ...; Speaker | 494 c36 (Link to this contribution) I call Patrick Mercer.; Gordon Brown | 494 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) The Cabinet Secretary did discuss with the official Opposition and the Liberal party issues relating...; Crispin Blunt | 494 c36-7 (Link to this contribution) May I remind the Prime Minister that he has yet to answer the question about evidence on oath? In l...; Gordon Brown | 494 c36 (Link to this contribution) I understand the concerns that my hon. Friend has expressed. She has been very vigilant in asking ab...; Nia Griffith | 494 c36 (Link to this contribution) I fully understand that it would be inappropriate for my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to go ...; Gordon Brown | 494 c36 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman, who takes a great interest in these matters, will know that we have signed a new...; Mike Gapes | 494 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the removal of the brutal, fascist regime of Saddam, and I think that Iraq is a much...; Gordon Brown | 494 c30 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the work that my right hon. Friend has done in Iraq, especially with the Kurdish p...; Iain Duncan Smith | 494 c30 (Link to this contribution) As someone who supported the war, I unashamedly continue to believe that history will record that wh...; Gordon Brown | 494 c29 (Link to this contribution) Every Member has the greatest respect for every family that is grieving as a result of what has happ...; Ann Clwyd | 494 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) As one who supported the Iraq war, I did so on human rights grounds. I saw no secret material and ha...; Gordon Brown | 494 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments about our soldiers who have died in Afghanistan an...; Nick Clegg | 494 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) I should like to add my expressions of sympathy and condolence to the family and friends of Lieutena...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 494 c24-6 (Link to this contribution) I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to Lieutenant Paul Mervis and Private Robert McLaren, wh...; Gordon Brown | 494 c35 (Link to this contribution) I disagree with the hon. Gentleman. The inquiry has to take into account the interests of our nation...; Gordon Prentice | 494 c35 (Link to this contribution) Franks was 25 years ago, and the whole climate of opinion has changed since that secret inquiry. I w...; Gordon Brown | 494 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) I understand that my hon. Friend feels strongly about this matter, but she must know that there has ...; Stewart Hosie | 494 c35 (Link to this contribution) May I add my condolences regarding the loss of Lieutenant Mervis and Private McLaren in Afghanistan?...; Gordon Brown | 494 c33 (Link to this contribution) I sometimes think the Liberal party forgets, first, that the inquiry is independent of Government. S...; Andrew Mackinlay | 494 c34 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister did not answer the key question, which is, will evidence be given under oath? In ...; Gordon Brown | 494 c34 (Link to this contribution) The Franks inquiry was done without an interim report. The Opposition ask for a Franks-style inquiry...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 494 c34 (Link to this contribution) This inquiry is part of a process of holding the Executive to account, but this House has mechanisms...; Gordon Brown | 494 c34 (Link to this contribution) The terms under which evidence will be given is a matter on which we will comment and report later, ...; Peter Tapsell | 494 c32 (Link to this contribution) As a declared sceptic as early as November 1992 of the existence of the weapons of mass destruction,...; Gordon Brown | 494 c33 (Link to this contribution) I disagree with the hon. Gentleman, but surely the point of an inquiry is to look at all those issue...; Robert Marshall-Andrews | 494 c33 (Link to this contribution) In the history of the conflict, two political matters cry out for explanation more than any other. T...; Gordon Brown | 494 c33 (Link to this contribution) My hon. and learned Friend has deeply held views on the issues that he has just raised. No doubt he,...; Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 494 c33 (Link to this contribution) May I say to the Prime Minister that I profoundly regret the nature of the inquiry that he has annou...; Gordon Brown | 494 c31 (Link to this contribution) I do agree that there was a whole series of events leading up to what happened when the conflict bro...; Clare Short | 494 c31 (Link to this contribution) We all welcome the demise of the Saddam Hussein regime, but the important question is: could it have...; Gordon Brown | 494 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) First, I do regret the loss of lives of all those who suffered, and the loss of life among any commu...; Denis MacShane | 494 c32 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the inquiry, and may I say to the Prime Minister that I am surprised that the leaders of t...; Gordon Brown | 494 c32 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, and for the interest that he has taken in these issues over m...; Gordon Brown | 494 c21-4 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker. The whole House will want to join me in expressing condolences to the ...; David Heathcoat-Amory | 494 c34 (Link to this contribution) The delay in the announcement by the Prime Minister and the details of the scope of the inquiry have...; Gordon Brown | 494 c30 (Link to this contribution) First, all the military personnel at a senior level who are either retired or serving officers will ...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Armed conflict Development aid Elections Iraq Powers Peacekeeping operations Overseas investment Monuments Reconstruction Iraq Committee of Inquiry Iraq conflict Military aid Basra Secrecy
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