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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 9 July 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Mike Gapes. The answering member was Ivan Lewis.

Global Security (Iran)

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on Iran and global security. (Relevant documents: Foreign Affairs Select Committee fifth report of session 2007-08 HC 142 and the Government's response Cm 7361.)

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
495 c321-60WH 
Session
2008-09
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Mike Gapes | 495 c323-5WH (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree; we were very well looked after, not just by our diplomats but by the Iranians wh...
Lord Horam | 495 c325WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making an important point and a very good speech. I would also like to hear wh...
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Mike Gapes | 495 c325WH (Link to this contribution) I think the Minister has heard the hon. Gentleman's point. Before I move on to one or two other mat...
Andrew Mackinlay | 495 c326WH (Link to this contribution) I have tried to restrain myself on that issue, but I must point out that although the Chairman of th...
Mike Gapes | 495 c326-7WH (Link to this contribution) I have some sympathy with my hon. Friend. In fact, on finances, an article about Mojtaba Khamenei's ...
David Drew | 495 c327WH (Link to this contribution) That is the crux of the problem with Iran at the moment. Does my hon. Friend agree that, given all t...
John Stanley | 495 c328-30WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the hon. Member for Ilford, South (Mik...
Mike Gapes | 495 c327-8WH (Link to this contribution) Iran's regime is dangerous because it feels under threat from its own people and is worried about it...
Andrew Mackinlay | 495 c336-40WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to follow my good friend the hon. Member for Northampton, South (Mr. Binley); I agree w...
Brian Binley | 495 c334-6WH (Link to this contribution) I hope not. I have great faith in the Minister's ability and approach to the whole business and I lo...
Brian Binley | 495 c332-4WH (Link to this contribution) Mr. Benton, I apologise to you, the Minister and right hon. and hon. Members because I am between a ...
John Stanley | 495 c331-2WH (Link to this contribution) As I was saying, the BBC has made an excellent contribution through its Persian service on radio, on...
Speaker | 495 c331WH (Link to this contribution) Order. For the benefit of right hon. and hon. Members, the sitting will be extended to allow for the...
John Stanley | 495 c330WH (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I cannot judge how up to date or out of date the information held by the Foreign Of...
Brian Binley | 495 c330WH (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is making a fascinating speech, but my understanding is that the information he...
Mike Gapes | 495 c341WH (Link to this contribution) We met that somebody of whom the hon. Gentleman had never heard: his name is Jalili, and we had a ve...
Ben Wallace | 495 c340-1WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay). I am speaking today both...
Ben Wallace | 495 c341-2WH (Link to this contribution) I was due to go to Iran last week before I was banned as part of the British conspiracy to overthrow...
Andrew Mackinlay | 495 c343WH (Link to this contribution) To make it clear, all I want is the PMOI to be able to put up candidates in elections. That is what ...
Ben Wallace | 495 c342-3WH (Link to this contribution) I agree, and that is one of the saddest things about this recent incident. People in the west undere...
Ben Wallace | 495 c343-5WH (Link to this contribution) As I understand it, there is a process that makes it open to former terrorists to join democratic pr...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 495 c342WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that because of the pantomime he described, people make the great mist...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 495 c345WH (Link to this contribution) On the very day of the elections, a respected commentator said on the BBC, "The real difference betw...
Ben Wallace | 495 c345WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to point out that the British foreign policy track record is riven with ...
Ben Wallace | 495 c345-6WH (Link to this contribution) I understand that, but the simple logistics of moving around ballot boxes and printing millions of b...
Andrew Mackinlay | 495 c345WH (Link to this contribution) Due to the unfortunate way that Parliament works, the reports are more than a year old. Also, the ho...
Ivan Lewis | 495 c354-60WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Foreign Affairs Committee on securing this debate and my hon. Friend the Member f...
David Lidington | 495 c350-4WH (Link to this contribution) First, I congratulate the Select Committee on its report and couple with that my expression of hope ...
Jo Swinson | 495 c348-50WH (Link to this contribution) I do not think for a second that I was making that link. I am saying that our position in non-prolif...
Ivan Lewis | 495 c348WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Lady would not want to give the impression internationally that there is an ...
Jo Swinson | 495 c346-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Lancaster and Wyre (Mr. Wallace), who has great exper...
Mike Gapes | 495 c322-3WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I do agree, but I also think that we need to be careful. The situation that the hon. Gentleman ...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 495 c323WH (Link to this contribution) We know some of the Iranian nationals who have worked for the British embassy in Tehran because they...
Lembit Opik | 495 c322WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Select Committee Chairman on his observations so far. Does he agree that Iran is ...
Mike Gapes | 495 c321-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to introduce this debate on the Foreign Affairs Committee report, "Global Security: Ira...
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Corruption Democracy Elections Human rights Nuclear power Politics and government Reform Civil disorder Islam Iran Embassies
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