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Lords motion to take note of the forthcoming NATO Summit. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Baroness Goldie
Answering member
Lord Tunnicliffe
Department
Ministry of Defence; Select Committee on International Relations
Type
Debates; Debates on select committee reports
Notes
Debated with Lords motion to take note of the third report of the International Relations Committee on The NATO Summit 2018 (HL 143).
Date
26 June 2018
Reference
792 cc108-158
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the agreement will be in force for 12 months from its entry into force, which will be a few days after the formal ratification. The funding will come from the Treasury reserve. The Iraqis will not contribute on this particular project but we have other arrangements with them, particularly for the training of officers in the United Kingdom, for which they do indeed pay.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
713 c803
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the Iraqi Government have requested our continued military assistance, and we have therefore signed a government-to-government defence training and maritime support agreement that sets out areas where we will provide continued support. On 13 October the Iraqi Parliament endorsed the agreement, which now goes forward to the presidency council for formal ratification. We expect final ratification within the next few days.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
713 c803
House
House of Lords
I must answer that with care. This agreement has two parts. One part concerns the provision of training. I do not understand precisely the circumstances in which those individuals might be drawn into combat but I will write to the noble Lord on that. The other part concerns the direct provision of defence capability. When this is agreed we will have naval forces in the area and forces on the oil platforms, providing a defence capability until the Iraqi armed forces—particularly the Iraqi navy, which we are helping to rebuild—are in a position to do it for themselves.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
713 c803-4
House
House of Lords
Well, in the words of my business career, we are where we are. We have made the deal, we are going to honour it, and we think that it is a worthwhile deal to honour. We think that we are doing a good job and that it is a worthwhile job.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
713 c804-5
House
House of Lords
I will try to ascertain how much it will cost and write to the noble Lords. I just feel that it is a reasonably commonsense concept to say that, compared with the campaign, 100 people for a year represents a modest cost in order to assure ourselves that the Iraqi people and nation have a navy, which has been rebuilt from the ruins, so that they can protect the oil installations and bring stability to the Gulf. Just in commonsense terms, that seems worth while.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
713 c805
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the UK has an assistance scheme for locally employed staff. It has had two phases, covering those employed before 7 August 2007 and those employed since. In the first phase, some 592 people—mostly interpreters—have entered the United Kingdom. As many again took a lump sum of money because they believed that their future would be better in Iraq itself. Employees since then have become eligible for phase 2 of the scheme. When people become redundant or for other good reasons cannot continue in employment, there is a lump-sum or resettlement option. Some 334 individuals have entered the UK on the basis of that scheme.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
713 c805
House
House of Lords
I am sure that the Royal Navy has reacted to that event and developed appropriate training for those deployed.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
713 c804
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I do not know what actually happened to the naval personnel. There are two aspects to this. The deployed operational capability was withdrawn from Iraqi waters and replaced by a US capability. That was a reallocation of armed capability in the Gulf area. The people who were carrying out the training were physically withdrawn, but we hope they will return. I am afraid that I do not know the overall cost of this training, but considering the enormous contribution that the United Kingdom has made to creating a stable Iraq—this sovereign, now democratic, state—I put it to the noble Baroness that the money spent on completing this operation by helping them to rebuild their navy will be well worth while.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
713 c804
House
House of Lords
Approximately 100, my Lords.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
713 c804
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in securing a legal agreement for British troops to conduct training in Iraq.
Asked by
Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
713 c803
House
House of Lords
My Lords, in the immediate aftermath of the war, the UK completed over 650 projects to refurbish schools, hospitals and bridges in Basra. We have also given £250 million to the UN and the World Bank, some of which has been used to build schools, hospitals and bridges across Iraq. However, the UK Government have been clear that in the long run it was more effective for us to help the Iraqis best use their own resources to fund reconstruction. With our support, the Basra provincial council has spent a further $58 million on schools and hospitals in Basra.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 June 2009
Reference
711 c735
House
House of Lords
My Lords, it is at moments like this when I feel really pleased about the fact that I am giving up the DfID brief. Efforts by the British Government have put together commitments up to $10 billion at recent conferences through the Basra Development Commission. Some $1 billion has already been committed for inward investment. We do not take the noble Baroness’s view on the diversion of funds. Our detailed appraisal of projects in Iraq found one instance of fraud in the Southern Iraq Employment and Services Programme during the extremely difficult period of 2004-05 when security deteriorated quickly and DfID was unable to undertake the usual monitoring of how funds were spent.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 June 2009
Reference
711 c735
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I do not have the precise details of that involvement but, broadly speaking, we support the UN’s approaches. We are very strongly of the view that Iraq, which has the third biggest oil reserves in the world, will fund its own development. The problem is that Iraq is extremely difficult to do business with. We are trying to help it and, through the UN, build its capacity to do business with the rest of the world.
Answered by
Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 June 2009
Reference
711 c735-6
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new schools, hospitals and bridges in Basra have been funded by United Kingdom aid since 2003.
Asked by
Baroness Rawlings (Conservative)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
11 June 2009
Reference
711 c735
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government what tangible benefits have resulted from British official expenditure of some £744 million on reconstruction, development and aid to Iraq since 2003.

Asked by
Lord Hylton (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 May 2009
Reference
3305; 710 c328-9WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government what reports they have received concerning the rise in foetal abnormalities in Fallujah.

Asked by
Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 April 2009
Reference
3166; 710 c66-7WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in protecting the rights and meeting the humanitarian needs of Assyrian Christians in Iraq.

Asked by
Earl of Sandwich (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 February 2009
Reference
1163; 707 c233WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:What assistance they are giving to the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq to assist the development of civil society and protection of minorities.

Asked by
Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 November 2008
Reference
6121; 705 c183WA
House
House of Lords

What financial support is being given to Christians in Mosul who have moved to the Nineveh Plain, Kurdistan and Syria following the events of 7 to 9 October.

Asked by
Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 November 2008
Reference
5995; 705 c83-4WA
House
House of Lords