Ministerial statement on Monday, 16 June 2014, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Hague of Richmond.

Iraq and Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict

Statement on Iraq and the outcome of the global summit to end sexual violence in conflict.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 582 cc851-872
Session: 2014-15
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict: Next Steps
Monday, 14 July 2014
Written statements
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 cc852-5 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on Iraq, and update the House on the outcome...; Douglas Alexander | 582 cc853-6 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement and for advance sight of it this afternoon.; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 cc856-7 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. There is a huge amount of common ground on both these ...; Malcolm Rifkind | 582 c858 (Link to this contribution)
In the light of Tony Blair’s protestations to the contrary, I commend the shadow Foreign Secretar...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c858 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, I do agree with my right hon. and learned Friend. Only yesterday, I made it very clear to th...; Jack Straw | 582 c858 (Link to this contribution)
I commend what the Foreign Secretary said, and also what my right hon. Friend the shadow Foreign ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c858 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, of course we do have, going back over many decades and including now, important common inter...; Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 582 cc858-9 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend will recall that I and my right hon. and hon. Friends at the time were unequ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c859 (Link to this contribution)
Well, of course covert co-operation is not something I will speculate about on the Floor of the H...; Glenda Jackson | 582 c859 (Link to this contribution)
The past is always with us. We are urged to learn from our mistakes, and I am delighted to hear t...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c859 (Link to this contribution)
It is not for us—the Government of another nation—to try to pick and choose who will be the Prime...; Liam Fox | 582 c859 (Link to this contribution)
Sadly, it is inevitable that there will be a heavy loss of life and bloodshed in the region, but ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c860 (Link to this contribution)
ISIL must be defeated, as my right hon. Friend says. I agree with him—I think it is the mood acro...; Lord Hain | 582 c860 (Link to this contribution)
Given that the Sunni-Shi’a divide is now a fault line in the region and that an almost primeval f...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c860 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree with the broad thrust of what the right hon. Gentleman is saying. The prime re...; Alistair Burt | 582 c860 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pity that we have had to run these two subjects together, because no one should underesti...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c860 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend. We have a role to play, and yet the responsibility ...; John Bercow | 582 c861 (Link to this contribution)
Noting his fetching white jacket, which is sparkling indeed, I call Mr Mike Gapes.; Mike Gapes | 582 c861 (Link to this contribution)
The Foreign Secretary was a Minister in John Major’s Government, a Government who used military i...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c861 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the importance of what we did, in this country, to protect ...; Richard Ottaway | 582 c861 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure that the Foreign Secretary can see the irony of the Iranians floating the idea of co-op...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c861 (Link to this contribution)
I will do so, yes. We have overlapping interests, although I am not sure that it is the first tim...; Angus Robertson | 582 c862 (Link to this contribution)
Tony Blair took the UK to war in Iraq because of weapons of mass destruction that never existed. ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c862 (Link to this contribution)
No, I do not agree with that. Nor do I think that the recent events in Iraq should be turned into...; John Glen | 582 c862 (Link to this contribution)
Many people in this country will be keen to understand how an estimated 400 British nationals cam...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c862 (Link to this contribution)
We are having many conversations in government and, of course, with other Governments about how t...; Bob Ainsworth | 582 c862 (Link to this contribution)
In Iraq and Syria and throughout the Muslim world extremists live and dictators survive off the b...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c863 (Link to this contribution)
We give that a very high priority, but these events show that we cannot do too much and that we m...; Penny Mordaunt | 582 c863 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Front-Bench team and their counterparts in the Department for International De...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c863 (Link to this contribution)
I hesitate to give advice to Bono, but it is nevertheless important for us to ensure that this wo...; Meg Munn | 582 c863 (Link to this contribution)
The recent advance of ISIS—the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham—might have been a shock, but the...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c863 (Link to this contribution)
Clearly we have to do what I set out in my statement. The House of Commons cannot re-fight its ea...; Julian Huppert | 582 c864 (Link to this contribution)
I was one of the 1 million who marched against the war in Iraq, although we were ignored by the G...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c864 (Link to this contribution)
Inclusive politics and a more inclusive political leadership in Iraq would not involve the abuse ...; Jeremy Corbyn | 582 c864 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Foreign Secretary accept that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the subsequent destructio...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c864 (Link to this contribution)
We have had many discussions with states throughout the region, particularly in relation to Syria...; James Paice | 582 c864 (Link to this contribution)
May I take this opportunity to congratulate my right hon. Friend on the leadership that he showed...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c865 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. There are reports from Iraq of sexual violenc...; Keith Vaz | 582 c865 (Link to this contribution)
I join others in congratulating the Foreign Secretary on his role in initiating the conference. M...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c865 (Link to this contribution)
As I set out in my statement, we are giving rapid assistance. My right hon. Friend the Secretary ...; James Morris | 582 c865 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Foreign Secretary agree that whatever the historic failings of western policy, we cannot...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c865 (Link to this contribution)
I am certainly not advocating standing aside, and I have set out what we are doing politically an...; Ann Clwyd | 582 c866 (Link to this contribution)
It was a privilege to meet some of the brave women who came to give evidence at the conference la...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c866 (Link to this contribution)
It is clear in the declaration on ending sexual violence in conflict, which I put forward and whi...; Tobias Ellwood | 582 c866 (Link to this contribution)
Would it not be wise for Tony Blair to be a bit more Trappist about this issue, at least until th...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c866 (Link to this contribution)
I will add Tony Blair, with Bono, to the list of people whom I will not advise on what to say dur...; John Denham | 582 c866 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Foreign Secretary, with his emphasis on looking to responsibilities within the region, s...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c867 (Link to this contribution)
The position among regional states is a complex one. Saudi Arabia has often acted with us in the ...; Crispin Blunt | 582 c867 (Link to this contribution)
In his reply to the shadow Foreign Secretary, my right hon. Friend talked about all those who sup...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c867 (Link to this contribution)
I do not exclude at all the need for international conferences to try to bring together all the c...; Emily Thornberry | 582 c867 (Link to this contribution)
May I ask the right hon. Gentleman about the second part of his statement? Does he share my alarm...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c867 (Link to this contribution)
There have been major problems of sexual violence in Sri Lanka. I spoke about this to the Sri Lan...; David Rutley | 582 c868 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s statement. What steps—diplomatic action in particular—are being...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c868 (Link to this contribution)
This is an important issue, as we noted earlier. Through all our diplomatic channels and through ...; Paul Flynn | 582 c868 (Link to this contribution)
Did not the vote of 29 August last year prove that the trust of many Members of this House in mil...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c868 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure there will be an occasion to debate that report when it is available. The hon. Gentlema...; Rehman Chishti | 582 c868 (Link to this contribution)
It is said that the international community wants to engage Iran to help resolve the situation in...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c868 (Link to this contribution)
The point that my hon. Friend raises is exactly why I have stressed several times that although i...; John McDonnell | 582 c868 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the fact that the Foreign Secretary has said on several occasions that the Government a...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c869 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman’s second point is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary, but I ...; Ben Wallace | 582 c869 (Link to this contribution)
In the post-Iraq and post-Afghanistan conferences, and in the Syria peace conferences, Iran was c...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c869 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend must bear in mind that there is also a lesson for those not invited. In the case o...; Caroline Lucas | 582 c869 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Foreign Secretary on his important conference last week. However, while I reco...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c869 (Link to this contribution)
I will add that to the list, but I hope that the hon. Lady will also bear in mind that the Home S...; Paul Uppal | 582 c870 (Link to this contribution)
I take on board my right hon. Friend’s point, made in answer to previous questions, that in the h...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c870 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an extremely powerful point, and I hope that it will be well heeded far beyo...; Tom Blenkinsop | 582 c870 (Link to this contribution)
The EU Enlargement Commissioner is scheduled to hold talks with the Turkish President and Foreign...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c870 (Link to this contribution)
I regularly discuss the situation in Iraq with the Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, mos...; Jason McCartney | 582 c870 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend says that he is keeping open the possibility of offering counter-terrorism e...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c870 (Link to this contribution)
What my hon. Friend mentions would count as a military intervention, and we are not planning mili...; Dan Jarvis | 582 c870 (Link to this contribution)
One of the many worrying aspects of recent events is that the Iraqi army and other security force...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c871 (Link to this contribution)
This is a very important question. Of course, every quarter we have an oral statement on Afghanis...; Robert Halfon | 582 c871 (Link to this contribution)
Does my right hon. Friend agree that the removal of Saddam, which, as the hon. Member for Ilford ...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c871 (Link to this contribution)
On the last point, the United States has said that it is examining all options. I think that the ...; Jonathan Edwards | 582 c871 (Link to this contribution)
Given that the Foreign Secretary now finds himself dealing with a major crisis in Iraq, does he s...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c871 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, in many ways, because I think it was 2006 when, as shadow Foreign Secretary, I first propose...; Philip Hollobone | 582 c871 (Link to this contribution)
Why does the speed and extent of the success so far of the caliphate forces seem to have taken ev...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c872 (Link to this contribution)
I think that it has taken people by surprise, including in Baghdad, because of the failure of Ira...; Jonathan Ashworth | 582 c872 (Link to this contribution)
What discussions were held at the summit with regard to Sri Lanka? In the past 24 hours, a number...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c872 (Link to this contribution)
Of course, we regularly try to put pressure on the Sri Lankan Government. The hon. Gentleman give...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 582 c872 (Link to this contribution)
The prize for patience goes to Mr John Woodcock.; Lord Walney | 582 c872 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Whatever the responsibility the UK holds for the current situati...; Lord Hague of Richmond | 582 c872 (Link to this contribution)
For the reasons I set out in my statement, the prime need is for the leadership in Iraq—in both a...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 582 c872 (Link to this contribution)
We appreciate that that statement took a very long time—longer than usual—but the House is gratef...
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Iraq and Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict

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