Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 8 July 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Paul Flynn. The answering member was Lord Beamish.

British Troops (Helmand Province)

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on deployment of British troops in Helmand Province in Afghanistan.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 495 c286-306WH
Session: 2008-09
Department: Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Lord Beamish | 495 c303WH (Link to this contribution) Again, a lot of nonsense has been talked about that. I have read in the newspapers that the military...; Lord Beamish | 495 c301-3WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) for securing this debate. Like the ...; Paul Flynn | 495 c303WH (Link to this contribution) Can my hon. Friend confirm the reports that the Americans wanted us to contribute more than 2,000 tr...; Lord Beamish | 495 c299WH (Link to this contribution) That is the Tories’ fault.; Gerald Howarth | 495 c299-301WH (Link to this contribution) It is not the Tories’ fault. The Government have had 12 years to put it right, and they have been ve...; Gerald Howarth | 495 c298-9WH (Link to this contribution) If I may, I shall come on to the matter of an exit strategy. I have a passage in my speech on that; ...; Bob Spink | 495 c298WH (Link to this contribution) Would the hon. Gentleman care to say whether it is Conservative party policy to increase the number ...; Gerald Howarth | 495 c298WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister says it is not true. Let me just say that it is of course true that the Prime Minister ...; Lord Beamish | 495 c298WH (Link to this contribution) Not true.; Gerald Howarth | 495 c297-8WH (Link to this contribution) I was not attributing an indifference to the hearts and minds policy to the hon. Gentleman—far from ...; Paul Flynn | 495 c306WH (Link to this contribution) Where is Osama bin Laden?; Lord Beamish | 495 c306WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend asks about Osama bin Laden. The fact of the matter is that we cannot leave a failed s...; Lord Beamish | 495 c303-5WH (Link to this contribution) I shall come to that point in a moment. I want to deal first with drugs. The impression is being gi...; Gerald Howarth | 495 c303WH (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister turns to the matter of drugs, may I ask him to respond to my question on helicop...; Lord Beamish | 495 c305-6WH (Link to this contribution) I must agree again with the Liberal Democrats. The hon. Member for North Devon asked what the challe...; Paul Flynn | 495 c305WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is generous in giving way. He has inadvertently overlooked one point in his reply, bu...; Lord Beamish | 495 c303WH (Link to this contribution) We have always made clear our position that other nations should do more, and they have done more. I...; Bob Spink | 495 c303WH (Link to this contribution) I certainly acknowledge that other NATO countries, particularly in the EU, increased their burden in...; Nick Harvey | 495 c293-5WH (Link to this contribution) That is an interesting point. I do not think that anyone should say that no progress is being made o...; Bob Spink | 495 c293WH (Link to this contribution) No doubt the hon. Gentleman would pray in aid his decision to go ahead the fact that the education o...; Nick Harvey | 495 c295-6WH (Link to this contribution) But the Russians’ objective was completely different. They were trying to take over the country and ...; Paul Flynn | 495 c295WH (Link to this contribution) This is the fourth Army that we have had in Afghanistan in our history. One emerged with just one of...; Paul Flynn | 495 c297WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that I did not give the impression that I thought our British soldiers were primarily respons...; Gerald Howarth | 495 c296-7WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) for providing the House with a timely opportu...; Paul Flynn | 495 c286-7WH (Link to this contribution) This is a very sombre moment, Mr. Chope. We have heard of the unprecedented deaths of seven of our s...; Bob Spink | 495 c287WH (Link to this contribution) No doubt the hon. Gentleman heard Prime Minister’s questions today; did he notice that the Leader of...; Paul Flynn | 495 c287-92WH (Link to this contribution) We do not have wars any more; we rarely declare war, so the nomenclature that we use is misleading. ...; Nick Harvey | 495 c292-3WH (Link to this contribution) I begin where the hon. Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) finished. He reminded us of the ultimat...
Subjects: Armed forces Deployment Casualties Human rights Drugs Foreign policy Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Military alliances Afghanistan NATO Taliban
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British Troops (Helmand Province)

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