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Afghanistan and the EU Council

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Parliamentary proceeding

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502 c641-63 

Session

2009-10

Department

Prime Minister

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Deposited Paper DEP2009-3205
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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Proceeding contributions

David Burrowes | 502 c663 (Link to this contribution) Given the disclosure today of documents confirming that Iran has taken great strides in developing i...

Gordon Brown | 502 c663 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman that it is right for us to do more in Afghanistan, and we are doing ...

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Philip Hollobone | 502 c663 (Link to this contribution) With the United Kingdom sending more troops to Afghanistan than France and Germany combined, does th...

Gordon Brown | 502 c663 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman should reflect on the fact that the international community is attem...

Tony Baldry | 502 c658 (Link to this contribution) My nephew has just returned from a six-month tour in Helmand with the Royal Engineers. He tells me t...

Gordon Brown | 502 c658 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate that difficulty. If the hon. Gentleman has specific information that he wants people to...

Gordon Brown | 502 c658 (Link to this contribution) I met members of the Royal Navy in Helmand and Afghanistan yesterday. Their work with Sea King helic...

Gordon Brown | 502 c658-9 (Link to this contribution) I would not like the hon. Gentleman to give the wrong impression. Two generators are there, but the ...

Bob Russell | 502 c658 (Link to this contribution) I was in Camp Bastion in September last year, just after 2,000 British troops, including many from 1...

Gordon Brown | 502 c659 (Link to this contribution) Every member of the European Union present wanted to maintain the fiscal stimulus and said that it s...

Tony Lloyd | 502 c659 (Link to this contribution) At the European Union Council meeting, did the Prime Minister meet many Heads of Government who thou...

Gordon Brown | 502 c659 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will know that a very substantial number of the Pakistani armed forces have been ...

Lord Swire | 502 c659 (Link to this contribution) While we should salute the work being done by the Pakistani army, not least its special forces, it r...

Gordon Brown | 502 c659-60 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has taken a long-term interest in the problems faced by those island states, where we...

David Heathcoat-Amory | 502 c660 (Link to this contribution) Why was the Prime Minister's statement completely silent on the Council agreements on a tangible EU ...

Betty Williams | 502 c659 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's answer earlier about the plight of the south Pacific islands. We vi...

Gordon Brown | 502 c661 (Link to this contribution) Every application for asylum is looked at on its merits and dealt with on its merits. My right hon. ...

Keith Vaz | 502 c661 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's visit, and indeed that made last week by the Leader of the Opposition...

Gordon Brown | 502 c660-1 (Link to this contribution) The number of troops in Afghanistan has risen substantially, but the equipment available to those tr...

Crispin Blunt | 502 c660 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has explained that there will shortly be 30,000 allied troops in Helmand province...

Gordon Brown | 502 c660 (Link to this contribution) China and India must be central to an agreement in Copenhagen. As we know, one of the great problems...

Jim Cunningham | 502 c660 (Link to this contribution) In relation to Copenhagen and climatic change, can the Prime Minister say whether China and India wi...

Gordon Brown | 502 c660 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the right hon. Gentleman has moved on since he was at the European Convention. H...

Angus Robertson | 502 c661 (Link to this contribution) Thousands of service families, including those at RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Kinloss, are reading repor...

David Anderson | 502 c661 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for the tremendous support he has given to my early-day motion 1396, from...

Gordon Brown | 502 c661-2 (Link to this contribution) It is very strange that the Conservative party automatically—almost without thinking about it—came o...

Gordon Brown | 502 c662-3 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday I saw our British forces training the Afghan forces in the handheld equipment that is nece...

Bob Spink | 502 c662 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister say whether we are training Afghans in bomb disposal and the use of robotics ...

Gordon Brown | 502 c662 (Link to this contribution) If it is international aid that is helping underdeveloped and low-income countries, it is possible t...

Tobias Ellwood | 502 c662 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister join me in paying tribute to our armed forces—not just those in combat roles...

Gordon Brown | 502 c662 (Link to this contribution) We are part of a European Union of 27 members. I know that many people on the Opposition Benches do ...

Peter Bone | 502 c662 (Link to this contribution) Next year, the UK will pay £4 billion more to the EU than it did last year. In the pre-Budget report...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 502 c657 (Link to this contribution) The European Council discussed economic co-operation. Were there any specific discussions about what...

Gordon Brown | 502 c657 (Link to this contribution) I tend to think that the Conservatives are better at the photo opportunities than at policy on these...

Nigel Griffiths | 502 c657 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister accept the wide welcome for the additional money going to climate change mea...

Gordon Brown | 502 c657 (Link to this contribution) The tragic incident in which five of our soldiers lost their lives must be properly investigated, an...

Julian Brazier | 502 c657 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister accept that the Afghan police have not made the same progress as the Afghan ...

Gordon Brown | 502 c656 (Link to this contribution) I know from my hon. Friend's work that she knows very well the challenges that are faced by the isla...

Meg Munn | 502 c656 (Link to this contribution) Pacific island states are already suffering significant effects from global warming. They have produ...

Gordon Brown | 502 c656-7 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that the Liberal party is trying to follow the Conservative party in subscribing to a myt...

Robert Smith | 502 c656 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister recognise that he does not need an inquiry to know that his "thank you" to t...

Mike Gapes | 502 c651 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister referred to Pakistan. He knows of the great sacrifices being made by the civilian...

Nick Clegg | 502 c650-1 (Link to this contribution) I would like to thank the Prime Minister for his statement, and of course to add my expressions of g...

Gordon Brown | 502 c651 (Link to this contribution) First, let me deal with Afghanistan. It is right that at a conference discussing Afghanistan, not on...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 502 c646-8 (Link to this contribution) The European Council covered three main areas: foreign affairs, the environment and economic issues....

Gordon Brown | 502 c648-50 (Link to this contribution) I am surprised that the right hon. Gentleman spent most of his time raising issues that were not eve...

Gordon Brown | 502 c641-6 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement on my visit to Afghanistan and to rep...

Gordon Brown | 502 c654 (Link to this contribution) I think the hon. Gentleman has got to understand that the total amount of additional public expendit...

Geoffrey Robinson | 502 c654 (Link to this contribution) Is the Prime Minister aware that the whole House will be much encouraged by his trip to Afghanistan,...

Bernard Jenkin | 502 c654 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Prime Minister, is it a responsible policy to fund at least part of the cost of curren...

Gordon Brown | 502 c655 (Link to this contribution) I did not answer the question because this is a statement on the European Council and on Afghanistan...

Jeremy Corbyn | 502 c655 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is well aware that all wars have to end with some kind of political settlement or...

Gordon Brown | 502 c654 (Link to this contribution) I talked to President Karzai about the governorships of Kandahar and Helmand, and about the appointm...

Gordon Brown | 502 c655-6 (Link to this contribution) The time when the defence budget was cut massively was under the Conservative Government between 199...

Gordon Brown | 502 c655 (Link to this contribution) I think my hon. Friend draws the wrong conclusions in his remarks. Britain cannot be safe from terro...

Lord Robathan | 502 c655 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has rightly praised our brave troops in Afghanistan, who include my former regime...

Gordon Brown | 502 c651-2 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend, who is an expert on these affairs, will know, we wish to work with the Pakistan G...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 502 c652 (Link to this contribution) It is good to hear that our troops in Afghanistan are getting more mine-clearing equipment, but at t...

Gordon Brown | 502 c652 (Link to this contribution) We have increased defence spending every year. There is £1 billion more being spent on defence this ...

Ann Clwyd | 502 c652 (Link to this contribution) I met a delegation of Afghan MPs in Geneva a few weeks ago. They are extremely grateful for the effo...

Gordon Brown | 502 c652-3 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is right. We made representations about the Shi'a family law that was discussed...

Robert Key | 502 c653 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister's announcement of an additional £50 million for three years on counter-IED and in...

Paul Flynn | 502 c653 (Link to this contribution) Very recently, seven Taliban attacked a convoy that was being protected by 300 members of the Afghan...

Gordon Brown | 502 c653-4 (Link to this contribution) There are two views we can take about Afghanistan, and my hon. Friend takes a different one from min...

Speaker | 502 c652 (Link to this contribution) Order. A further 26 right hon. and hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye. As usual, I should like...

David Cairns | 502 c658 (Link to this contribution) Did my right hon. Friend get the opportunity to witness first hand the tremendous contribution to th...

Gordon Brown | 502 c661 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows that scrapping the Trident programme would lose hundreds—indeed, a great ma...

Gordon Brown | 502 c653 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor reported in the pre-Budget report that expenditure on Afghanistan from the reserve wa...

Anne Main | 502 c654-5 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister did not answer the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the case for going to war i...

Gordon Brown | 502 c657 (Link to this contribution) It is the intention of the European Union to maintain the fiscal stimulus and show that we have defi...

Subjects

Armed forces Climate change Deployment Developing countries Development aid Defence equipment International cooperation EU common foreign and security policy EU action Nuclear power Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Rainforests Pakistan Afghanistan NATO European Council Iran al Qaeda Conferences Taliban

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