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Afghanistan

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

513 c373-86 

Session

2010-12

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Liam Fox | 513 c377-8 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for the points he makes, which will resonate across the House. ...

Liam Fox | 513 c378 (Link to this contribution) There are a number of points to make in response to the hon. Gentleman. I fully accept that he has l...

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Julian Lewis | 513 c378-9 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is undoubtedly the right man in the right role, and he is loyally defending a s...

Patrick Mercer | 513 c377 (Link to this contribution) Five years ago to the day, we were attacked not by Afghans, but by Yorkshiremen. They were trained n...

Liam Fox | 513 c380 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is correct. We have to make available the full range of ways in which we can deal wit...

Jeffrey M Donaldson | 513 c379 (Link to this contribution) I support the Secretary of State's response to the hon. Member for Walsall North (Mr Winnick). On th...

Bob Russell | 513 c379 (Link to this contribution) The Afghan national army is now larger than the British Army. The Secretary of State referred to the...

Liam Fox | 513 c379 (Link to this contribution) Although in principle I do not disagree with the right hon. Gentleman, we must be clear what we are ...

David Tredinnick | 513 c381 (Link to this contribution) Many years ago during the Gulf war, I accused the BBC of being the Baghdad broadcasting corporation....

Liam Fox | 513 c381 (Link to this contribution) I think it is good counsel for the BBC and the media generally, and for Members of the House, that w...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 513 c381 (Link to this contribution) Can the Secretary of State update us on the progress that has been made in recruiting to the Afghan ...

Liam Fox | 513 c381-2 (Link to this contribution) Good progress has been made on the number of Afghan national police, but to be frank with the hon. L...

Liam Fox | 513 c380 (Link to this contribution) "Victory" is a word I do not use; I talk instead about success in Afghanistan. On the national secur...

Jeremy Corbyn | 513 c380 (Link to this contribution) This October will be the ninth anniversary of the deployment of British troops into Afghanistan, 300...

Liam Fox | 513 c380-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend knows that we never comment whatsoever on special forces and what they do, but we are...

Edward Leigh | 513 c380 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree, however, that we went into Afghanistan on the wrong premise? We w...

Liam Fox | 513 c381 (Link to this contribution) As I said, we are providing the security environment in which the Afghan Government can, over time, ...

Ann Clwyd | 513 c381 (Link to this contribution) This morning some of us met Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations special representative in Afghani...

Liam Fox | 513 c383 (Link to this contribution) It will be the United States that goes into Sangin, but to enable US forces to be fully deployable t...

Liam Fox | 513 c383 (Link to this contribution) What I have announced today makes complete military and strategic sense. It is what commanders in IS...

Ben Wallace | 513 c383 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my old regiment, the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, who are currently serving in Helma...

Liam Fox | 513 c382 (Link to this contribution) All countries tend to see Afghanistan in different ways depending on the focus of their national med...

Caroline Dinenage | 513 c382 (Link to this contribution) From the British perspective, progress in Afghanistan is often measured through the lens of Helmand....

Jim Shannon | 513 c383 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. One of my concerns, which has been voiced by other...

Liam Fox | 513 c383 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. As I said earlier, it is not possible to separate entirely the...

Oliver Heald | 513 c382 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. Does he agree that the challenge in Afghanistan is to tu...

Liam Fox | 513 c382 (Link to this contribution) I think the best way to deal with the elements of the Taliban is to show our commitment to the strat...

Lord Walney | 513 c385 (Link to this contribution) May I press the Secretary of State further on the ongoing combat role of our troops? He will keep hi...

Liam Fox | 513 c385 (Link to this contribution) It is very important that our concentration, diplomatically, is on getting all the parts of the inte...

Elfyn Llwyd | 513 c384 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving this update on what is going on in Afghanistan. I am a l...

Liam Fox | 513 c385 (Link to this contribution) It is likely that the uplift in the UK numbers from the reserve will be about 300, or possibly a lit...

James Gray | 513 c385 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome today's statement and the focus on central Helmand that it implies. If I have un...

Liam Fox | 513 c384 (Link to this contribution) I have met the governor in Helmand on several occasions, and he is one of the most impressive and br...

Hugh Bayley | 513 c383-4 (Link to this contribution) I am reassured to hear the Secretary of State repeating the Government's support for the comprehensi...

Liam Fox | 513 c384 (Link to this contribution) This was simply a common-sense approach to have greater clarity in our command structures given the ...

Jack Lopresti | 513 c384 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Secretary of State how splitting Regional Command South assists with the ISAF mission ...

Robert Smith | 513 c385 (Link to this contribution) I join the rest of the House in paying tribute to the courage and commitment of our forces, the burd...

Liam Fox | 513 c386 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend that dealing with the drugs trade has to be part of the long-term way in...

Daniel Byles | 513 c386 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that, given that the Taliban continue to draw their funding from the...

Liam Fox | 513 c386 (Link to this contribution) One of the elements of asymmetry so often talked about is the fact that, whereas we, in a democracy,...

John Baron | 513 c386 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be fully aware that for there to be any sort of success in Afghanistan, we...

Sajid Javid | 513 c386 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement from my right hon. Friend. What efforts are being made to encourage the Paki...

Liam Fox | 513 c385 (Link to this contribution) The provincial reconstruction team will continue as it is. I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for ...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 513 c377 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement and particularly what he said about the ratio of troops t...

Bob Ainsworth | 513 c375-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Defence Secretary for his statement, for early sight of it and for the indications that ...

Liam Fox | 513 c373-5 (Link to this contribution) Statement. Mr Speaker, I am pleased to have this opportunity to update the House on our operations i...

Liam Fox | 513 c377 (Link to this contribution) We intend the follow the strategy through. We believe that it is the correct strategy, and that it i...

Derek Twigg | 513 c377 (Link to this contribution) Although I am not completely convinced about the reasons for the movements that the Secretary of Sta...

Liam Fox | 513 c377 (Link to this contribution) As my right hon. Friend knows, we do not discuss rules of engagement specifically, but it is true th...

David Winnick | 513 c378 (Link to this contribution) I disagree with the broad consensus on Afghanistan, and have done so for some time. Is the Secretary...

Liam Fox | 513 c379 (Link to this contribution) The Government believe, in alliance with the United States and the other members of the internationa...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 513 c382 (Link to this contribution) Unusually, I find myself in agreement with the hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis) on these m...

Liam Fox | 513 c376-7 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his support for the specific proposals that I hav...

Liam Fox | 513 c385 (Link to this contribution) I do not intend to give any comfort to the Taliban by talking about what might happen if we are not ...

Liam Fox | 513 c386 (Link to this contribution) Every effort is taken, including substantial talks undertaken by the Foreign Secretary in Pakistan r...

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Armed forces Deployment Defence equipment Police Peacekeeping operations Politics and government USA Afghanistan Military aid ISAF

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