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I have regular discussions with NATO and other allies regarding the deployment of forces into Afghanistan, including a recent informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers at Taormina.
I have regular discussions with NATO and other allies regarding the deployment of forces into Afghanistan, including a recent informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers at Taormina.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Asked by
David Wright
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
What discussions he has had with NATO and other allies on the deployment of British troops in Afghanistan. [60970]
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; Peacekeeping operations; Afghanistan
Date
27 March 2006
Reference
444 c538
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
On the first point, the House will accept that not only did my predecessor set out the origins of our intervention in Afghanistan but I made an oral statement clearly outlining those aspirations at the recent deployment of our troops to Afghanistan. Secondly, it is rather difficult to set out now what we have achieved there since we have hardly even got the troops there. A better time to do that would be after a period spent there.
On the first point, the House will accept that not only did my predecessor set out the origins of our intervention in Afghanistan but I made an oral statement clearly outlining those aspirations at the recent deployment of our troops to Afghanistan. Secondly, it is rather difficult to set out now what we have achieved there since we have hardly even got the troops there. A better time to do that would be after a period spent there.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Asked by
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
The Secretary of State has set out this afternoon three rather general aspirations that the deployment of our troops and NATO troops to Afghanistan is supposed to support, namely, promotion of democracy, economic infrastructure building and poppy eradication. Will he, perhaps by way of written answer, set out more detail on those three aspirations so that the House and the country at large can judge whether they have been achieved?
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; Peacekeeping operations; Afghanistan
Date
27 March 2006
Reference
444 c539
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I would not accept the description of a policing role, although my hon. Friend is correct in that I did make the point that we are not in Afghanistan primarily to wage war or to search for and destroy terrorists. Rather, we are there to act as a protective military force, protecting not only ourselves but the Afghan Government and those working with them to build their economy, their democracy and their security.
I should make the point that there are two elements to our force protection. The first is our force configuration—including air mobile components and Apache helicopters deployed for the first time in action—which was specified by our chiefs as the necessary one to defend our forces. Secondly, we are of course not going into the south of Afghanistan alone: to the east of us will be about 2,500 Canadian troops; and to the north in Oruzgan province there will be 1,400 Dutch troops, several hundred Australians, and Estonians and troops from the Afghan national army. There are around 9,000 troops there, and although I do not for one moment belittle the difficulties and dangers of deployment to the south, I am satisfied that, subject always to preliminary operations of our forces on the ground and what they discover, we have the configuration necessary to protect our troops.
I would not accept the description of a policing role, although my hon. Friend is correct in that I did make the point that we are not in Afghanistan primarily to wage war or to search for and destroy terrorists. Rather, we are there to act as a protective military force, protecting not only ourselves but the Afghan Government and those working with them to build their economy, their democracy and their security.
I should make the point that there are two elements to our force protection. The first is our force configuration—including air mobile components and Apache helicopters deployed for the first time in action—which was specified by our chiefs as the necessary one to defend our forces. Secondly, we are of course not going into the south of Afghanistan alone: to the east of us will be about 2,500 Canadian troops; and to the north in Oruzgan province there will be 1,400 Dutch troops, several hundred Australians, and Estonians and troops from the Afghan national army. There are around 9,000 troops there, and although I do not for one moment belittle the difficulties and dangers of deployment to the south, I am satisfied that, subject always to preliminary operations of our forces on the ground and what they discover, we have the configuration necessary to protect our troops.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Asked by
David Wright
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
Further to the Secretary of State's earlier reply about British forces in Afghanistan undertaking predominantly a policing role, will he tell the House what discussions he has had with neighbouring nations, and indeed NATO forces, about Afghanistan's fairly porous borders, where insurgents come across from other countries and then escape and evade capture? How does he ensure in those discussions that British troops on the ground are protected effectively?
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; Peacekeeping operations; Afghanistan
Date
27 March 2006
Reference
444 c538-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What discussions he has had with NATO and other allies on the deployment of British troops in Afghanistan. [60970]
What discussions he has had with NATO and other allies on the deployment of British troops in Afghanistan. [60970]
Asked by
David Wright
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 March 2006
For answer on
27 March 2006
Answered on
27 March 2006
I have regular discussions with NATO and other allies regarding the deployment of forces into Afghanistan, including a recent informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers at Taormina.
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; Peacekeeping operations; Afghanistan
Date
27 March 2006
Reference
444 c538; 60970
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with United States officials about the withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with United States officials about the withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq.
Asked by
Michael Moore
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 February 2006
For answer on
27 February 2006
Answered on
28 February 2006
We hold regular discussions with our coalition partners, including the United States, about our progress in Iraq. We have made it clear during these discussions, as I have also made clear to the House, that any United Kingdom handover will be conditions-based and will not be driven by arbitrary timetables.
Subjects
Deployment; Iraq; Peacekeeping operations
Date
28 February 2006
Reference
443 c619W;443 c619W; 53744
House
House of Commons
The international community's involvement in Afghanistan is aimed at ensuring that Afghanistan will never again become a breeding ground for international terrorism, by helping the Afghan people rebuild their democracy, their security and their economy. United Kingdom deployment to southern Afghanistan is part of the UN-mandated, NATO-led international security assistance force, which is expanding across the country in support of this commitment.
The international community's involvement in Afghanistan is aimed at ensuring that Afghanistan will never again become a breeding ground for international terrorism, by helping the Afghan people rebuild their democracy, their security and their economy. United Kingdom deployment to southern Afghanistan is part of the UN-mandated, NATO-led international security assistance force, which is expanding across the country in support of this commitment.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; International cooperation; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
443 c1-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on British troop levels in Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on British troop levels in Iraq.
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
16 February 2006
For answer on
27 February 2006
Answered on
27 February 2006
The posture and level of United Kingdom forces in Iraq is kept under regular review. The next major routine roulement of regular UK forces is due to take place during April and May this year.
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; Iraq; Peacekeeping operations; Staff
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
53955; 443 c2W;443 c2W
House
House of Commons
If he will list aims of the UK deployment to southern Afghanistan. [53933]
If he will list aims of the UK deployment to southern Afghanistan. [53933]
Asked by
Anne Milton
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
16 February 2006
For answer on
27 February 2006
Answered on
27 February 2006
The international community's involvement in Afghanistan is aimed at ensuring that Afghanistan will never again become a breeding ground for international terrorism, by helping the Afghan people rebuild their democracy, their security and their economy. United Kingdom deployment to southern Afghanistan is part of the UN-mandated, NATO-led international security assistance force, which is expanding across the country in support of this commitment.
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; International cooperation; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
443 c1-2; 53933
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Yes, and if I remember correctly, the then Government in this country and the United States spent a lot of money funding the Mujaheddin in order to fight the Russians. We are now seeing the fruits of some of those decisions, which the hon. Gentleman supported so many years ago.
I listen to what the hon. Gentleman says about Afghanistan and I read to try to catch up with his prolific reading on the subject, but as I pointed out to him previously, there is a difference on two grounds between this intervention and all previous ones. First, we are there at the behest and with the authority of the world community in the United Nations. Secondly, we are there at the invitation of the democratically elected Afghanistan Government. Those two things are not insignificant in comparison with what happened in previous interventions.
Yes, and if I remember correctly, the then Government in this country and the United States spent a lot of money funding the Mujaheddin in order to fight the Russians. We are now seeing the fruits of some of those decisions, which the hon. Gentleman supported so many years ago.
I listen to what the hon. Gentleman says about Afghanistan and I read to try to catch up with his prolific reading on the subject, but as I pointed out to him previously, there is a difference on two grounds between this intervention and all previous ones. First, we are there at the behest and with the authority of the world community in the United Nations. Secondly, we are there at the invitation of the democratically elected Afghanistan Government. Those two things are not insignificant in comparison with what happened in previous interventions.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Asked by
Peter Tapsell
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
May I urge the right hon. Gentleman for the third time to halt the dispatch of small contingencies of our forces to south Afghanistan to undertake incompatible tasks that could not be successfully performed even by 100,000 troops or, as Max Hastings has written, by 300,000? Does the right hon. Gentleman remember that in the 1980s the Russians sent 300,000 troops into Afghanistan, but that, several years later, they fled the country, leaving 10,000 dead behind? They were soon followed to their graves by the Soviet Union itself.
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; International cooperation; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
443 c3-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Yes. Anyone detained by British forces is handed to the Afghan authorities within a very short period. That rule applies across Afghanistan wherever British forces are concerned. I think it also applies to the rest of ISAF, but, if the hon. Gentleman will bear with me, I will write to him to clarify the second point that he raises.
Yes. Anyone detained by British forces is handed to the Afghan authorities within a very short period. That rule applies across Afghanistan wherever British forces are concerned. I think it also applies to the rest of ISAF, but, if the hon. Gentleman will bear with me, I will write to him to clarify the second point that he raises.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Asked by
Michael Moore
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
Will the Secretary of State set out how individuals detained by UK forces will be handed over to the Afghan authorities, and the justice procedures that will follow? Are the arrangements common across ISAF forces, and how different are they from those that are reported to apply to US detainees at their base in Bagram?
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; International cooperation; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
443 c3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Yes, I am satisfied. The hon. Lady will be pleased to know that the Chiefs of Defence Staff fully endorse the force package we are sending. One of the three or four criteria that I laid down before the move south was that the military configuration and size desired by the Chiefs of Staff should be provided, and that was done.
Yes, I am satisfied. The hon. Lady will be pleased to know that the Chiefs of Defence Staff fully endorse the force package we are sending. One of the three or four criteria that I laid down before the move south was that the military configuration and size desired by the Chiefs of Staff should be provided, and that was done.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Asked by
Anne Milton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
Is the Secretary of State satisfied that there are enough troops in Afghanistan, bearing in mind the lessons from Iraq that ground troops are essential in order to complete missions adequately?
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; International cooperation; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
443 c2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
No, I am afraid that I do not agree with my hon. Friend. More importantly, neither do our analysts on the ground or, even more importantly, the democratically elected Government of Afghanistan. I understand his suggestion, but we do not believe either that it would be of general benefit to Afghanistan or, indeed, that we could make such a distinction in the conditions that exist there. We therefore throw our whole weight behind the commitment of the Afghan Government, President Karzai and his colleagues in getting rid of that which corrupts the whole of the country's commerce and much of its politics—the production of opium that eventually ends up as the heroin that is pumped as poison into the veins of so many young people in this country.
No, I am afraid that I do not agree with my hon. Friend. More importantly, neither do our analysts on the ground or, even more importantly, the democratically elected Government of Afghanistan. I understand his suggestion, but we do not believe either that it would be of general benefit to Afghanistan or, indeed, that we could make such a distinction in the conditions that exist there. We therefore throw our whole weight behind the commitment of the Afghan Government, President Karzai and his colleagues in getting rid of that which corrupts the whole of the country's commerce and much of its politics—the production of opium that eventually ends up as the heroin that is pumped as poison into the veins of so many young people in this country.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Asked by
Paul Flynn
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
Rather than destroying almost the only livelihood of farmers in the Helmand province of Afghanistan and possibly driving them into the arms of the Taliban, would it not be better to try to license their production to be used not for heroin production but for producing diamorphine? As we know, there is a world shortage of diamorphine, and anyone dying in a third world country has only a 6 per cent. chance of getting diamorphine, because 70 per cent. of the world supply is taken by seven rich countries. Would it not be a more stable solution to divert production to diamorphine production?
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; International cooperation; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
443 c3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
rose—
Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker. People will have different views on Guantanamo Bay, but I think that the whole House will recognise that it was a response to the biggest ever terrorist attack in history, launched from Afghanistan, which is precisely why we are trying to prevent any such terrorist attacks in the future. Like my hon. Friend, I regret not only the need for Guantanamo Bay, as seen from the American point of view but, more importantly, the growth of international terrorism, which has confronted so many of us with the problems that we are now facing in terms of our own freedoms in this country. One of the great debates that we have had, of course, is to what extent we must curtail those freedoms to stop international terrorists using those very freedoms to destroy those very freedoms. Whatever differences and views we have on aspects of this matter, let us recognise where the cause of all these problems lies—with the international terrorists themselves.
rose—
Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker. People will have different views on Guantanamo Bay, but I think that the whole House will recognise that it was a response to the biggest ever terrorist attack in history, launched from Afghanistan, which is precisely why we are trying to prevent any such terrorist attacks in the future. Like my hon. Friend, I regret not only the need for Guantanamo Bay, as seen from the American point of view but, more importantly, the growth of international terrorism, which has confronted so many of us with the problems that we are now facing in terms of our own freedoms in this country. One of the great debates that we have had, of course, is to what extent we must curtail those freedoms to stop international terrorists using those very freedoms to destroy those very freedoms. Whatever differences and views we have on aspects of this matter, let us recognise where the cause of all these problems lies—with the international terrorists themselves.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Asked by
David Winnick
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
As someone who supported and continues to support the presence of British troops in Afghanistan, certainly following 9/11, and who has no illusions whatsoever about the terrorists who continue to operate, may I ask whether our position would be better if we could persuade the United States that detainees should be charged and not held in Guantanamo Bay and that Guantanamo Bay is a disgrace to democracy and should be closed as quickly as possible? Let us urge that, as a partner and ally of the United States.
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; International cooperation; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
443 c4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I am sorry my hon. Friend does not understand it, but there is clarity about exactly what we are doing in Afghanistan and in the south. We are in Afghanistan under a UN mandate with the support of the world community, not through a multinational force but through a NATO-led and NATO-configured force—ISAF—to help the democratically elected Government of Afghanistan extend their democratic authority and build their own security forces, and to assist them in their economic development. That is precisely why we are going to the south. It was envisaged for some time that, after we went in, we would do that in stages. This is stage 3, and it is completely in accord with the planning that we have outlined. I do not hide from my hon. Friend the fact that it is more dangerous and difficult than the first two stages, but I recall, as will everyone in the House, why we are there. We are there to prevent Afghanistan from being used as a training ground, a planning arena and a launch platform for terrorist acts such as those we saw in New York—the worst terrorist act in history.
I am sorry my hon. Friend does not understand it, but there is clarity about exactly what we are doing in Afghanistan and in the south. We are in Afghanistan under a UN mandate with the support of the world community, not through a multinational force but through a NATO-led and NATO-configured force—ISAF—to help the democratically elected Government of Afghanistan extend their democratic authority and build their own security forces, and to assist them in their economic development. That is precisely why we are going to the south. It was envisaged for some time that, after we went in, we would do that in stages. This is stage 3, and it is completely in accord with the planning that we have outlined. I do not hide from my hon. Friend the fact that it is more dangerous and difficult than the first two stages, but I recall, as will everyone in the House, why we are there. We are there to prevent Afghanistan from being used as a training ground, a planning arena and a launch platform for terrorist acts such as those we saw in New York—the worst terrorist act in history.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Asked by
David Drew
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
I understand entirely why we have sent troops to the south, but does my right hon. Friend agree that we need a clear exit strategy, with an understanding of how multinational forces will in due course take over from the British so that we do not end up in a quagmire not of our own making, but because there is no clarity about the nature of the exercise?
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; International cooperation; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
443 c2-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
At the beginning of Defence questions, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I refrained from repeating your best wishes to the Speaker, but I follow the hon. Gentleman in doing so. I take a great deal of pride and satisfaction in the Speaker's choosing to use a vital part of our national health service in order to effect his recovery, about which I know all hon. Members will be pleased.
I agree with the hon. Gentleman that if the narcotics trade is undermined as part of economic development, it is important that we accompany our attacks on the middlemen—the mafia—with making sure that the farmers who produce such crops have alternative livelihoods, which is a point that bore heavily on our consideration before we went in. The Department for International Development will put some £20 million into Helmand, and the American moneys allocated to that area, which amount to some $100 million, will continue for at least 18 months. Every effort will be made to ensure that any intervention to cut off income is supplemented by alternative income in the first instance and, eventually, by alternative livelihoods; otherwise, as the hon. Gentleman has rightly pointed out, we will create not stability, but further insurgency.
At the beginning of Defence questions, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I refrained from repeating your best wishes to the Speaker, but I follow the hon. Gentleman in doing so. I take a great deal of pride and satisfaction in the Speaker's choosing to use a vital part of our national health service in order to effect his recovery, about which I know all hon. Members will be pleased.
I agree with the hon. Gentleman that if the narcotics trade is undermined as part of economic development, it is important that we accompany our attacks on the middlemen—the mafia—with making sure that the farmers who produce such crops have alternative livelihoods, which is a point that bore heavily on our consideration before we went in. The Department for International Development will put some £20 million into Helmand, and the American moneys allocated to that area, which amount to some $100 million, will continue for at least 18 months. Every effort will be made to ensure that any intervention to cut off income is supplemented by alternative income in the first instance and, eventually, by alternative livelihoods; otherwise, as the hon. Gentleman has rightly pointed out, we will create not stability, but further insurgency.
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Asked by
Liam Fox
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Oral answers to questions
First, Mr. Deputy Speaker, may I fully associate the Conservative party with your good wishes to Mr. Speaker? I am delighted that he chose to be treated in the unit in which I trained in Glasgow royal infirmary; I am pleased that it is still the unit of choice for VIPs.
In Afghanistan, there is no question about the abilities of our troops or their commanders. There is some concern about a potential strategic mismatch. Our troops will be involved in the anti-narcotics operation in protection, lift, intelligence and everything except crop destruction itself. Unless a full programme is in place to compensate Afghan farmers, we might find that the war against opium makes the war against terror more difficult by creating a resurgent Taliban. Exactly what steps will be taken to provide alternative income to Afghan farmers and in what time scale, so that the risks to our troops are minimised?
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; International cooperation; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism; Afghanistan; NATO; ISAF
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
443 c4-5
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Foreign Secretary and (b) Secretary of State for International Development regarding the linking of the military deployment with (i) political engagement and (ii) development efforts in Helmand Province, Afghanistan; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Foreign Secretary and (b) Secretary of State for International Development regarding the linking of the military deployment with (i) political engagement and (ii) development efforts in Helmand Province, Afghanistan; and if he will...
Asked by
Liam Fox
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 January 2006
For answer on
23 January 2006
Answered on
7 February 2006
I have regular discussions with the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for International Development regarding the Government's plans to participate in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Stage 3 expansion, and will continue to do so.Any UK deployment to Helmand is predicated upon a fully integrated military and civilian plan designed to improve security, build local Afghan capacity, address the problem of narcotics and improve development opportunities working closely with the Governor and his team. Planning has been co-ordinated across Government including these three Departments. The UK's preliminary operations team, which comprises military, FCO, DFID and PCRU members, continues to refine plans for UK activity in the province.
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; Peacekeeping operations; Politics and government; Afghanistan
Date
7 February 2006
Reference
442 c1078W;442 c1078W; 45146
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether assets and units of 16th Air Assault Brigade will be made available for taking part in the US Operation Enduring Freedom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether assets and units of 16th Air Assault Brigade will be made available for taking part in the US Operation Enduring Freedom.
Asked by
Ben Wallace
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 January 2006
For answer on
31 January 2006
Answered on
2 February 2006
[holding answer 31 January 2006]: United Kingdom forces deploying to Southern Afghanistan—including elements of 16 Air Assault Brigade—will carry out tasks identified by NATO to help build the capacity of the Afghan Government, maintain security, and help the Afghanis rebuild their economy and society; they will initially come under Coalition command until Transfer of Authority for Stage III of ISAF expansion to NATO. UK forces will continue to operate under UK targeting directives and UK Rules of Engagement. Throughout, the UK force will operate in pursuit of the ISAF objectives.
Subjects
Armed forces; Armed conflict; Deployment; Peacekeeping operations; Military aircraft; Afghanistan
Date
2 February 2006
Reference
46977; 442 c699W;442 c699W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence under which North Atlantic Council Resolution United Kingdom forces have been deployed to Afghanistan since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence under which North Atlantic Council Resolution United Kingdom forces have been deployed to Afghanistan since 2003.
Asked by
Ben Wallace
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
30 January 2006
For answer on
2 February 2006
Answered on
2 February 2006
The international security assistance force (ISAF) operates under the authority of United Nations' Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs). The North Atlantic Council does not pass resolutions but its decisions have defined the support given by NATO to the ISAF. The first of these was taken on 17 October 2002. On 16 April 2003 the council agreed NATO should take command of the ISAF later that year, and on 1 December 2003, confirmed NATO should proceed with the progressive expansion of the ISAF.
Subjects
Armed forces; Armed conflict; Deployment; Peacekeeping operations; UN resolutions; Afghanistan; NATO
Date
2 February 2006
Reference
442 c699-700W;442 c699-700W; 47996
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department is considering making available a breakdown of casualty figures for the deployments in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department is considering making available a breakdown of casualty figures for the deployments in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.
Asked by
Liam Fox
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 January 2006
For answer on
23 January 2006
Answered on
1 February 2006
Yes. The MOD intends to publish casualty figures for Iraq on the MOD website in the next few weeks, identifying the number of personnel categorised as ““Seriously Injured”” and ““Very Seriously Injured””. The figures will be updated regularly. I will write to inform the right hon. Member prior to the first publication.The MOD will also release in the same way these categories of information for any UK casualties that occur from 1 January 2006 onwards as a result of operations in Afghanistan. Information for previous years is not held centrally and will take some time to collate. I will write to the right hon. Member when the figures are available and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; Casualties; Iraq; Peacekeeping operations; Afghanistan
Date
1 February 2006
Reference
45218; 442 c506W;442 c506W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the extra £1 billion funding for the recent deployment to Afghanistan will be drawn from his Department's existing budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the extra £1 billion funding for the recent deployment to Afghanistan will be drawn from his Department's existing budget.
Asked by
Ben Wallace
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 January 2006
For answer on
31 January 2006
Answered on
31 January 2006
The additional cost of operations is recovered from the Treasury Reserve.
Subjects
Armed forces; Deployment; Finance; Peacekeeping operations; Afghanistan
Date
31 January 2006
Reference
46976; 442 c314-5W;442 c314-5W
House
House of Commons