Ministerial statement on Thursday, 8 September 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Liam Fox.
Baha Mousa Inquiry
Statement on the report into the death of Mr Baha Mousa in Iraq in 2003. (HC 1452 2010-12).
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- 532 c571-80
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- 2010-12
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- Ministry of Defence
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Liam Fox | 532 c575 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the shadow Secretary of State for his response and for the way in which he phr...
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Bob Ainsworth | 532 c575-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for the content of his statement and for the tone in which he deliver...
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Liam Fox | 532 c571-3 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the report into the death of Mr Bah...
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Jim Murphy | 532 c573-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for a strong statement. The whole House will welcome the way in which...
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Kris Hopkins | 532 c576 (Link to this contribution) This is a dark day for the British Army. Does the Secretary of State agree with me that the criminal...
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Liam Fox | 532 c576 (Link to this contribution) If I may, I will disagree with my hon. Friend, as I do not believe that this is a dark day for the A...
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Thomas Docherty | 532 c577 (Link to this contribution) It is fair to say that the whole House commends the Secretary of State and his ministerial team for ...
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Liam Fox | 532 c577 (Link to this contribution) As I have said, we are looking at what evidence is emerging from the report. I have asked the Chief ...
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Julian Lewis | 532 c577 (Link to this contribution) Both Front Benchers and Back Benchers who have spoken so far have all quite rightly concentrated on ...
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Liam Fox | 532 c577 (Link to this contribution) I am, and it is an essential part of counter-insurgency—and successful counter-insurgency—that we ar...
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Mark Durkan | 532 c577 (Link to this contribution) I acknowledge the tenor of the Defence Secretary's statement on this grave matter. Will he tell us m...
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Liam Fox | 532 c577 (Link to this contribution) The mechanisms and approaches are set out in the appropriate training manuals and are emphasised dur...
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Bob Stewart | 532 c577-8 (Link to this contribution) To follow up what my hon. and good Friend the Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis) has said, I woul...
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Liam Fox | 532 c578 (Link to this contribution) In many professions, the whole point of professional training is to get individuals to behave under ...
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Liam Fox | 532 c578 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. What we do says who we are, and it is our behaviour, not...
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Stephen Gilbert | 532 c578 (Link to this contribution) There is clearly a balance to be struck in the use of tactical questioning. We need to protect the p...
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Lord Walney | 532 c578 (Link to this contribution) Following the question from the hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis), will the Secretary of St...
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Liam Fox | 532 c579 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. He is quite right. It is worth remembering that liberty ...
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Christopher Pincher | 532 c579 (Link to this contribution) Although there can be no excuse for the horrors inflicted on Mr Mousa, will my right hon. Friend rei...
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Liam Fox | 532 c578 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly examine whether there is a need to do that, and if there is, I will certainly do so...
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Daniel Byles | 532 c578-9 (Link to this contribution) George Orwell wrote:"““We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to...
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Liam Fox | 532 c579 (Link to this contribution) The incident took place some eight years ago. In setting out this morning why the report took such a...
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Liam Fox | 532 c579 (Link to this contribution) I agree; it is indeed testimony to the quality and ethical behaviour of our armed forces that we are...
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Rehman Chishti | 532 c579 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement and the report, but will the Secretary of State tell us why this has taken s...
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Liam Fox | 532 c580 (Link to this contribution) In no way does the incident reflect upon the very proud history of the regiment, but those who were ...
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David Morris | 532 c580 (Link to this contribution) I hope that my right hon. Friend would agree that, no matter what shame has been brought on our arme...
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Liam Fox | 532 c580 (Link to this contribution) I believe that such activity has been reduced to the lowest possible level by the measures that have...
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Oliver Colvile | 532 c579-80 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for putting forward his case so clearly. Will he tell me what the diffe...
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Alun Cairns | 532 c580 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his statement, and I pay tribute to the way in which he ...
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Liam Fox | 532 c576 (Link to this contribution) The answer to the final question is emphatically yes. The Minister for the Armed Forces and I have r...
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Liam Fox | 532 c580 (Link to this contribution) As I said in response to an earlier question, the harsh approach is a short, sharp shock. It is used...
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- Abuse Detainees Death Army Iraq Prosecutions Peacekeeping operations Training Baha Mousa Inquiry Iraq Historic Allegations Team Queen's Lancashire Regiment
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