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Mull of Kintyre Review

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

531 c339-50 

Session

2010-12

Department

Ministry of Defence

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Alan Reid | 531 c350 (Link to this contribution) This was a terrible tragedy that took place in my constituency, and it was made all the worse for th...

Liam Fox | 531 c350 (Link to this contribution) As I said in reply to the hon. Member for Bridgend (Mrs Moon), we set up a mechanism that seemed to ...

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Jim Shannon | 531 c350 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his statement and for the report. I have had the occasion over the years to...

Liam Fox | 531 c350 (Link to this contribution) As I said, I intend that not only a full copy of the report, with all its recommendations, but a cop...

Peter Bone | 531 c349 (Link to this contribution) I know personally that RAF Chinook pilots are highly skilled, highly professional and of the highest...

Liam Fox | 531 c349 (Link to this contribution) I am especially grateful to my hon. Friend, as he is the father of one such brave Chinook pilot, who...

Thomas Docherty | 531 c349 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State propose to review not just the methodology of transportation but the pur...

Liam Fox | 531 c349 (Link to this contribution) It is of course perfectly reasonable to have large collections of those with the appropriate experti...

Stephen Phillips | 531 c349 (Link to this contribution) May I add my tributes to those given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and other hon. M...

Liam Fox | 531 c349 (Link to this contribution) I hope that we have shown by our very approach to this subject that we are willing to do so. I was n...

Liam Fox | 531 c348 (Link to this contribution) I think that the families have shown calmness, dignity, great strength and great courage. I hope the...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 531 c348 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. I sympathise with and convey my condolences to the...

Martin Horwood | 531 c348 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Ministry of Defence's apology today, which is absolutely right, and I pay tribute to t...

Liam Fox | 531 c348 (Link to this contribution) I think we need to begin such a process by dealing with any such issue with a clean sheet of paper a...

Madeleine Moon | 531 c348 (Link to this contribution) Today's statement represents the successful persistence of many right hon. and hon. Members. It also...

Liam Fox | 531 c348-9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady raises a very interesting point, and it is one that I raised with Lord Philip and his ...

Sandra Osborne | 531 c347 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the Secretary of State's statement. I hope that it will bring comfort to all the fam...

Liam Fox | 531 c347 (Link to this contribution) I am not aware of a specific instance. I think that this tragedy brought home the risk of doing that...

Bob Stewart | 531 c348 (Link to this contribution) Three of the colonels on board the Chinook that day were friends of mine. One of them, Lieutenant-Co...

Julian Lewis | 531 c346-7 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that this is a modern day version of the famous Archer-Shee case, ...

Liam Fox | 531 c347 (Link to this contribution) This may well be a modern version of ““The Winslow Boy””. It is not the size of the injustice that m...

Liam Fox | 531 c346 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady. I entirely echo her sentiments about the RUC.

Andrew Murrison | 531 c347 (Link to this contribution) The military covenant was betrayed in this case, and I congratulate my right hon. Friend for bringin...

Liam Fox | 531 c347 (Link to this contribution) It is impossible to guarantee that the advice from any one human being will be perfect. We therefore...

Ian Jnr Paisley | 531 c347 (Link to this contribution) I would like to add my thanks to the Secretary of State for overturning in such a contrite and decen...

Liam Fox | 531 c347 (Link to this contribution) I have made it very clear that I accept the recommendation and that change will follow. We will revi...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 531 c346 (Link to this contribution) If Parliament exists for the redress of grievance, today is a most eloquent illustration of that pri...

Liam Fox | 531 c346 (Link to this contribution) What I find somewhat difficult, having looked back at the various inquiries, is that nobody seemed t...

Liam Fox | 531 c344 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that. On a day when so many elements of public life are being torn down, it is per...

Baroness Hoey | 531 c346 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the Secretary of State for his personal dedication to and interest in this matter, ...

Liam Fox | 531 c346 (Link to this contribution) Yes. I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his support and long-standing campaigning on this iss...

David Davis | 531 c345-6 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I can meet that expectation, Mr Speaker, but I will do my best. Part of the probl...

Speaker | 531 c345 (Link to this contribution) Order. As I look for a single-sentence question, I feel sure that the test will be met by the right ...

Liam Fox | 531 c345 (Link to this contribution) In fairness, the board of inquiry said that the most likely cause of the crash was pilot error, but ...

Jim Hood | 531 c345 (Link to this contribution) May I equally thank the Secretary of State and compliment him on correcting this wrong? I have to s...

Liam Fox | 531 c345 (Link to this contribution) I reiterate my great thanks to my right hon. Friend for the work that he has done. The conclusions t...

Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 531 c345 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and his unqualified apology to the House. Having be...

Liam Fox | 531 c346 (Link to this contribution) I of course agree with the hon. Lady. There are a lot of downsides to being a Member of Parliament, ...

Liam Fox | 531 c343 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. We have tried to share some of this process w...

Lord Field of Birkenhead | 531 c343 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Secretary of State on showing the guts to get his Department's public stance ...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 531 c344 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate and thank my right hon. Friend and Lord Philip and his team for putting right an ...

Liam Fox | 531 c342-3 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful for what the shadow Secretary of State has said and the tone in which he pre...

Jim Murphy | 531 c341-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement, join him in his moving tribute to the 29 people wh...

Liam Fox | 531 c343 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for his thanks for the decision that has been made...

Malcolm Rifkind | 531 c343 (Link to this contribution) As Secretary of State for Defence at the time of the Chinook accident, and having given evidence to ...

Speaker | 531 c344 (Link to this contribution) Order. This is a hugely important and sensitive matter both for the families concerned and for the c...

Angus Robertson | 531 c344 (Link to this contribution) I give an unqualified welcome to the inquiry conclusions and hope that this finally provides natural...

Liam Fox | 531 c339-41 (Link to this contribution) I wish to announce the publication today of the Mull of Kintyre review, the report of the independen...

Naomi Long | 531 c350 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the outcome of the inquiry and commend the Secretary of State and the Government for the a...

Liam Fox | 531 c350 (Link to this contribution) It is impossible for me to say how much consideration was given to a particular request so many year...

Lady Hermon | 531 c346 (Link to this contribution) The Chinook helicopter crash in the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 was, as the Secretary of State said in h...

Liam Fox | 531 c344 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree that the air marshals concerned did what they believed to be right. They followed t...

Liam Fox | 531 c348 (Link to this contribution) As I said, all documents were made available to the inquiry by Lord Philip and his team. They were a...

Subjects

Accidents Air force Crew Intelligence services National security Negligence Transport Chinook helicopters Mull of Kintyre Mull of Kintyre Crash Review Cook, Richard Tapper, Jonathan

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