Ministerial statement on Monday, 15 June 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon.

Iraq

Lords statement on Iraq.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 711 c853-67
Session: 2008-09
Department: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c862 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I recognise that the noble Lord has taken a consistent position on the Iraq war. I can ass...; Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 711 c862 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend says that it will take evidence from the widest possible group of people. ...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c862 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it will of course be up to the committee and the chairman of the committee to decide exact...; Lord Strathclyde | 711 c857-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for repeating the Statement. I, at the outset, join her in send...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 711 c859-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on these Benches join in offering our condolences regarding those recently killed in Af...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c860-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are addressing a very difficult and important issue today. At the outset, in answer to ...; Lord Wright of Richmond | 711 c861-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the run-up to the invasion I argued consistently against it both in this House and in e...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c853-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will repeat a Statement made in another place by my right h...; Lord Fowler | 711 c862 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as my noble friend said, many of these questions can be taken up further in Thursday’s deb...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c862-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, refugees are such a pertinent issue that I have no reason to doubt that the committee woul...; Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 711 c863 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Baroness agree that by speaking as she did, in answer to a question, of the...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c863 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am certainly not doing two things. I am not taking a partisan view; I am trying to take ...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c864-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the noble Baroness’s welcome of the transfer of the wall of memory to th...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c864 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for reminding me that, throughout the period when she was...; Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 711 c863-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the person who at the time was the Minister called upon most frequently in this House t...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c864 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I absolutely refute the allegation that our Armed Forces have been irreparably damaged by ...; Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 711 c864 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister will recollect that her Government introduced a strategic defence review in 1...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c865 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I certainly recognise the noble Lord’s points. However, the majority of the committee memb...; Lord Lyell of Markyate | 711 c865 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c865 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the chairman of the committee has great experience, and I am sure that he will do everythi...; Lord Ramsbotham | 711 c865 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one of the most important documents to emerge in recent years, as far as the military is c...; Lord Anderson of Swansea | 711 c865 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the scope of the inquiry seems unprecedented in its breadth, lasting over eight years and ...; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 711 c866 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Baroness accept that it stretches credulity a little to look at the scope a...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c866 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, some of these issues have been dealt with in previous inquiries—for example, the Butler in...; Lord Lyell of Markyate | 711 c866 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the noble Baroness the Leader of the House kindly assure the House that the legal iss...; Baroness Thornton | 711 c866 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is time for both noble Lords to speak—perhaps the noble and learned Lord first?; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 711 c866 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c866 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Members of this House are saying, "We want the inquiry, we want it now, we want it to repo...; Lord Morgan | 711 c866-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome, as many on these Benches will, that we are going to have this inquiry. I was al...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c867 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have high regard for my noble friend, but some of his comments were inflammatory, if I m...; Lord Crickhowell | 711 c867 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can the Leader of the House clarify a point about the publication of evidence? This inquir...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 711 c867 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what the committee will ultimately wish to publish is a matter for it to decide. If the ma...; Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | 711 c864 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, while I welcome her Statement, will the noble Baroness consider two further points? First,...
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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