Ministerial statement on Thursday, 13 July 2017, in the House of Commons, led by Michael Fallon.

Counter-Daesh Update

Statement on the counter-Daesh campaign in Iraq and Syria.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 627 cc444-460
Session: 2017-19
Department: Ministry of Defence
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Iraq- Update
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Written statements
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Michael Fallon | 627 cc445-7 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I would like to update the House on the counter-Daesh campaig...; Wayne David | 627 c447 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for advance sight of it.
The liberatio...; Michael Fallon | 627 cc447-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for what he said, particularly about the role of our servicem...; 627 c449 (Link to this contribution); Lindsay Hoyle | 627 c449 (Link to this contribution)
On his re-election, I call Dr Julian Lewis.; Julian Lewis | 627 c449 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker.
The reason why, surely, these cities have not been liberated ...; Michael Fallon | 627 c449 (Link to this contribution)
Let me repeat your congratulations, Mr Deputy Speaker, to my right hon. Friend on resuming his ch...; Stewart Malcolm McDonald | 627 cc449-450 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, thank the Defence Secretary for his statement and advance notice of it. Let me put on rec...; Michael Fallon | 627 c450 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the tribute he has paid to our armed forces. It is worth ...; Desmond Swayne | 627 c450 (Link to this contribution)
Is the expectation of sufficient reform in Iraq realistic?; Michael Fallon | 627 c450 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, indeed. The Abadi Government are representative of all parts of Iraq. Abadi himself is a Shi...; Mike Gapes | 627 c451 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State referred twice to Staffan de Mistura’s negotiations in Geneva, but he did ...; Michael Fallon | 627 c451 (Link to this contribution)
We support any genuine efforts to reduce violence in Syria and bring the civil war to an end, but...; Oliver Letwin | 627 c451 (Link to this contribution)
I was delighted to hear my right hon. Friend refer in both his statement and his answers to the n...; Michael Fallon | 627 c451 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely. The answer to that is an unequivocal yes. It is now so important that the city admini...; Lord Beamish | 627 c451 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the liberation of Mosul and pay tribute to members of our armed forces who have been in...; Michael Fallon | 627 c451 (Link to this contribution)
An encouraging number of dispossessed Maslawis—people of Mosul—are returning to east Mosul. They ...; Victoria Atkins | 627 c452 (Link to this contribution)
RAF pilots and service personnel have played a vital role in this coalition campaign, particularl...; Michael Fallon | 627 c452 (Link to this contribution)
It is right that we pay tribute to the RAF, and not only to the pilots, who are always mentioned ...; Dan Jarvis | 627 c452 (Link to this contribution)
I join the Secretary of State in paying tribute to the men and women of our armed forces and the ...; Michael Fallon | 627 c452 (Link to this contribution)
On the first point, as I indicated, the campaign in Iraq is not over. It has many months to run, ...; Leo Docherty | 627 c452 (Link to this contribution)
The role of the British armed forces in mentoring and training our Iraqi allies has been critical...; Michael Fallon | 627 c453 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s question and I pay tribute to his own service. It is worth rem...; Hilary Benn | 627 c453 (Link to this contribution)
We all welcome the progress made in defeating Daesh in Mosul and Raqqa and pay tribute to the bra...; Michael Fallon | 627 c453 (Link to this contribution)
Certainly, as far as I can be. There are coalition rules of engagement and there are slightly dif...; Edward Argar | 627 c453 (Link to this contribution)
I join the Secretary of State in paying tribute to the role that our armed forces have played and...; Michael Fallon | 627 c453 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, that is an increasing part of the work of the counter-Daesh coalition, in which I participat...; Diana Johnson | 627 c454 (Link to this contribution)
With more Yazidi women being freed this week with the liberation of Mosul, will the Secretary of ...; Michael Fallon | 627 c454 (Link to this contribution)
We continue to look for more evidence, specifically on the Yazidis, to ascertain whether the brut...; Jack Lopresti | 627 c454 (Link to this contribution)
Will my right hon. Friend join me in paying particular tribute to the Kurdish peshmerga, who have...; Michael Fallon | 627 c454 (Link to this contribution)
I know that my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Middle East is looking at that specific poi...; George Howarth | 627 c454 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the statement, and I agree with the Secretary of State that an important element of pro...; Michael Fallon | 627 c454 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely. It must be central to the work of stabilisation and reconciliation that we have a for...; Wendy Morton | 627 c454 (Link to this contribution)
I join others in welcoming the statement and the liberation of Mosul, but what steps are the Gove...; Michael Fallon | 627 c455 (Link to this contribution)
The purpose of part of the work that is being done in the coalition is to recover sensitive mater...; Tony Lloyd | 627 c455 (Link to this contribution)
May I ask a question on the same theme? The Secretary of State mentioned Interpol. Welcome though...; Michael Fallon | 627 c455 (Link to this contribution)
Yes. We are putting extra resources into our agencies to ensure that that is being done in this c...; Robert Halfon | 627 c455 (Link to this contribution)
Further to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke (Jack Lop...; Michael Fallon | 627 c455 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on his election to the chairmanship of the Education Committee. I a...; Lord Walney | 627 c455 (Link to this contribution)
The fact that, apparently, there is currently no evidence that a single civilian casualty has res...; Michael Fallon | 627 c456 (Link to this contribution)
I was, I hope, careful to remind the House that this is war. While we as a coalition do everythin...; Nusrat Ghani | 627 c456 (Link to this contribution)
Daesh’s atrocities have failed to deliver a caliph, let alone the so-called caliphate. As Daesh a...; Michael Fallon | 627 c456 (Link to this contribution)
Yes. The military campaign is not over yet, in Iraq or indeed in Syria. We have every interest in...; Stephen Doughty | 627 c456 (Link to this contribution)
It is good to see so many Members entering the Chamber to hear my question. [Laughter.]
I p...; Michael Fallon | 627 c456 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the tribute that the hon. Gentleman paid to our armed forces. He will have hear...; James Morris | 627 c456 (Link to this contribution)
The liberation of Mosul is a significant moment in our battle against Daesh, but does the Secreta...; Michael Fallon | 627 c457 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree. The kind of modern Iraqi state to which my hon. Friend aspires would not only...; Jim Shannon | 627 c457 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and thank him for his commitment and leadership. I a...; Michael Fallon | 627 c457 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the personal words with which the hon. Gentleman began his remarks. Discussions...; Bob Blackman | 627 c457 (Link to this contribution)
The progress militarily in Mosul is welcome, but the poisonous ideology that underpins ISIL conti...; Michael Fallon | 627 c457 (Link to this contribution)
On the first point, we have not yet defeated the virtual caliphate. It is important that, across ...; Peter Grant | 627 c457 (Link to this contribution)
In December 2015, we were assured that, with the support of UK airstrikes, we could expect to see...; Michael Fallon | 627 c458 (Link to this contribution)
On the first point, of course we want Syria to move towards a new political settlement and we con...; Michael Tomlinson | 627 c458 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. In particular, I welcome his comment about re...; Michael Fallon | 627 c458 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend but I am not sure that you, Mr Deputy Speaker, would welcome me r...; Andrew Bowie | 627 c458 (Link to this contribution)
I join the Secretary of State and Members of all parties in paying tribute to the work of the men...; Michael Fallon | 627 c458 (Link to this contribution)
I agree. The United States has led the coalition. I was able to review the next steps in both Ira...; Mims Davies | 627 c458 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, pay tribute to all those who have served so diligently to make such progress. My right ho...; Michael Fallon | 627 c459 (Link to this contribution)
We have made it clear that, beyond Brexit, we want to continue the various arrangements there are...; Robert Courts | 627 c459 (Link to this contribution)
I return to the question of the skill of our pilots in avoiding civilian casualties wherever poss...; Michael Fallon | 627 c459 (Link to this contribution)
Yes. These are operational matters for decision by our commanders in the Gulf, but they keep thos...; Kevin Foster | 627 c459 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. Like him, I welcome the fact that the RAF has playe...; Michael Fallon | 627 c459 (Link to this contribution)
That is already a key part of our training effort. We are working with the Iraqi forces, for exam...; Kevin Hollinrake | 627 c460 (Link to this contribution)
Defeating Daesh in its twin capitals is a key step to demolishing the myth of the caliphate but i...; Michael Fallon | 627 c460 (Link to this contribution)
Yes. We are working with our colleagues in the coalition to deal with the extremist ideology that...; Bob Seely | 627 c460 (Link to this contribution)
Last, but hopefully not least, I would like to ask the following question of the Secretary of Sta...; Michael Fallon | 627 c460 (Link to this contribution)
That is a very important point and I hope it was recognised in the strategic defence review that ...
Subjects: Armed conflict Humanitarian aid Iraq Politics and government Syria Peace negotiations Military intervention Islamic State
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Counter-Daesh Update

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