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The Iraqi Parliament passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave its country. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the British Government will respect any decision made by a sovereign Parliament and Government in Iraq that may make such a request in the future and will respect the sovereignty of Iraq as a nation?
The Iraqi Parliament passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave its country. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the British Government will respect any decision made by a sovereign Parliament and Government in Iraq that may make such a request in the future and will respect the sovereignty of Iraq as a nation?
As the House can imagine, I have spoken extensively to our friends around the world, including our friends in Baghdad and Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi, who, like many people in Iraq, has come to rely and depend on the support of coalition forces, not least from the UK. As the right hon. Gentleman will know, there is a very significant NATO mission in Iraq at the moment, helping in the fight against Daesh. It is my wish and the wish of this Government—and it
should be the wish of this House—that we do everything we can to support the security and integrity of Iraq and the Iraqi people.
My question was whether the Government would respect the sovereignty of Iraq, its Parliament and its Government, and the Prime Minister did not answer that question.
The actions of the United States have undoubtedly escalated the risk of a dangerous conflict in an already destabilised region, putting civilians, UK troops and nationals at risk and leaving the Iran nuclear deal in danger of being dead in the water. This Government’s response is not putting the interests of this country first but instead seems more interested in prioritising the Prime Minister’s relationship with President Trump over the security of the region and of this country. Is not the truth that this Prime Minister is unable to stand up to President Trump because he has hitched his wagon to a trade deal with the United States, and that takes priority over everything else that he ought to be considering?
My question was whether the Government would respect the sovereignty of Iraq, its Parliament and its Government, and the Prime Minister did not answer that question.
The actions of the United States have undoubtedly escalated the risk of a dangerous conflict in an already destabilised region, putting civilians, UK troops and nationals at risk and leaving the Iran nuclear deal in danger of being dead in the water. This Government’s response is not putting the interests of this country first but instead seems more interested in prioritising the Prime Minister’s relationship with President Trump over the security of the region and of this country. Is not the truth that this Prime Minister is unable to stand up to President Trump because he has hitched his wagon to a trade deal with the United States, and that takes priority over everything else that he ought to be considering?
I was waiting for the little green men thing to come out at the end about the trade deal. This is absolute fiction.
But what I will say is that the UK will continue to work for de-escalation in the region. I think we are having a great deal of success in bringing together a European response and in bridging the European response with that, of course, of our American friends, and working both with the Iranians and with the Iraqis to dial this thing down. The right hon. Gentleman should be in absolutely no doubt—this is, of course, a Leader of the Opposition who has famously received £10,000 from the Iranian Press TV—that we are determined to guarantee with everything that we can the safety and security of the people of Iraq, whereas he, of course, would disband NATO. It is this Government who will continue to stick up for the people across the middle east who have suffered at the hands of Qasem Soleimani and the Iranian revolutionary guard Quds force that he has led and whose terrorism he has promoted. I am very surprised at the end of these exchanges that the right hon. Gentleman has yet to condemn the activities of Qasem Soleimani and the revolutionary guard.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were deported under immigration law to (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq, (c) the Democratic Republic of Congo and (d) Somalia in each month since April 2011; and how many people are awaiting voluntary or enforced removal to each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were deported under immigration law to (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq, (c) the Democratic Republic of Congo and (d) Somalia in each month since April 2011; and how many people are awaiting voluntary or enforced removal to each...
Deportations are a specific subset of removals which are enforced either following a criminal conviction or when it is judged that a person's removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. The deportation order prohibits the person returning to the UK until such time as it may be revoked. Most illegal immigrants are removed under administrative or illegal entry powers from the UK rather than being deported.
It has therefore been assumed that the question refers to the number of enforced removals and voluntary departures from the UK as opposed to the number of deportations.
The following table shows the total number of removals and voluntary departures from the UK to Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq and Somalia in each month from April 2011 to March 2012.
| Monthly
total removals and voluntary departures1,2 to
Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq and
Somalia3 April 2011 to March
20124 | ||||
| Number
of
departures | ||||
| Year/Month | Afghanistan | Democratic
Republic of the
Congo | Iraq | Somalia |
| April
2011 | 88 | 3 | 16 | 5 |
| May
2011 | 116 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| June
2011 | 96 | 3 | 40 | 0 |
| July
2011 | 126 | 4 | 16 | 2 |
| August
2011 | 112 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| September
2011 | 80 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| October
2011 | 112 | 2 | 36 | 0 |
| November
2011 | 144 | 2 | 23 | 1 |
| December
2011 | 88 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| January
2012 | 108 | 2 | 26 | 1 |
| February
2012 | 107 | 2 | 42 | 5 |
| March
2012 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
| Total
(2011-12) | 1,198 | 22 | 332 | 21 |
| 1
Removals and voluntary departures recorded on the system as at the
dates on which the data extracts were
taken. 2 Includes enforced removals, persons departing voluntarily after notifying the UK Border Agency of their intention to leave prior to their departure, persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by Refugee Action from April 2011 (previously run by the International Organisation for Migration) and persons who it has been established left the UK without informing the immigration authorities. 3 Destination as recorded on source database. 4 Provisional figures. Figures will under record due to data cleansing and data matching exercises that take place after the extracts are taken. |
Data for April 2012 onwards are not yet available, but quarterly data for April to June 2012 will be published as part of the regular Home Office publication scheme on 30th August.
The data requested on those awaiting removal is not available from published statistics.
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK within Immigration Statistics. The data on removals and voluntary departures by country of destination is available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics:
January to March 2012, tables rv.06 and rv.06.q, from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Science, research and statistics web pages at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/science-research/research-statistics/migration/migration-statistics1/
That this House notes with sadness the passing of Brian Haw, whose protest camp in Parliament Square, initially against the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and then all wars, has stood for a decade and resisted all legal and political challenges to its existence; supports the principles behind the protest camp and regards its existence as a formidable example of the possibilities for peaceful dissent at a time when civil liberties are being eroded and military power is being employed over negotiated peace; further notes Mr Haw's relentless discipline in ensuring that he be seen by hon. Members going about their business every day as a constant reminder of the consequences of their decisions for the lives of thousands of innocent people and subsequent generations; further notes the political inspiration that he was to so many, with his handcrafted placards about the innocent lives lost as a result of war; trusts that his inspiration lives on as an influence to those in Parliament who make the decisions, and to the public whose role it is to hold decisionmakers in Parliament to account so that they might work toward bringing about peace in their time; and calls for a fitting permanent memorial to be established in Parliament.
That this House notes with sadness the passing of Brian Haw, whose protest camp in Parliament Square, initially against the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and then all wars, has stood for a decade and resisted all legal and political challenges to its existence; supports the principles behind the protest camp...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unsuccessful asylum seekers have (a) been granted a right to remain in the UK, (b) been deported to Iraq and (c) been taken into detention after a refusal to travel to Iraq in (i) each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unsuccessful asylum seekers have (a) been granted a right to remain in the UK, (b) been deported to Iraq and (c) been taken into detention after a refusal to travel to Iraq in (i) each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the deployment of armed forces to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan has cost in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) each year since 2003-04; and what projection he has made of the cost in 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the deployment of armed forces to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan has cost in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) each year since 2003-04; and what projection he has made of the cost in 2009-10.
| Iraq | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ million | |||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
| Resource Costs | 1,051 | 747 | 798 | 787 | 1,055 |
| Capital Costs | 260 | 163 | 160 | 169 | 402 |
| Total | 1,311 | 910 | 958 | 956 | 1,457 |
| Afghanistan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ million | |||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
| Resource Costs | 36 | 58 | 148 | 560 | 1,071 |
| Capital Costs | 10 | 9 | 51 | 178 | 433 |
| Total | 46 | 67 | 199 | 738 | 1,504 |
| Iraq, 2008-09 | |
|---|---|
| £ million | |
| Resource Costs | 1,141 |
| Capital Costs | 256 |
| Total | 1,379 |
| Afghanistan, 2008-09 | |
| £ million | |
| Resource Costs | 1,511 |
| Capital Costs | 807 |
| Total | 2,318 |
That this House notes that, according to an article in The Independent on 5th June, the US administration is attempting to negotiate an agreement with the Iraqi government to maintain 50 permanent US military bases in Iraq; further notes that this would create a permanent occupation of Iraq, a state of affairs which has no legal or moral basis; and calls upon the Government to resume and complete the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq to demonstrate opposition to the US administration's unacceptable policy.
That this House notes that, according to an article in The Independent on 5th June, the US administration is attempting to negotiate an agreement with the Iraqi government to maintain 50 permanent US military bases in Iraq; further notes that this would create a permanent occupation of Iraq, a state...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on private security contractors for UK military facilities in Iraq in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on private security contractors for UK military facilities in Iraq in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the number of Iraqi refugees in (a) Syria, (b) Lebanon, (c) Jordan and (d) Iran.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the number of Iraqi refugees in (a) Syria, (b) Lebanon, (c) Jordan and (d) Iran.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost of the UK diplomatic presence in Iraq was in each year from 1998 to 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost of the UK diplomatic presence in Iraq was in each year from 1998 to 2007.
| £ million | |
| 1998 to 2001 | ¹— |
| 2001-2002 | ²<0.1 |
| 2002-2003 | ²0.4 |
| 2003-2004 | 5.5 |
| 2004-2005 | ³45.5 |
| 2005-2006 | ³54.7 |
| 2006-2007 | ³88.6 |
| 2007-2008 | ³49.7 |
| ¹ Data on costs prior to 2001 are not held in a format that would enable us to answer the question without incurring disproportionate cost. | |
| ² Iraq costs for 2001-02 and 2002-03 are relatively small because the UK was not represented in Baghdad at the time, our embassy having closed in January 1991. | |
| ³ Iraq costs from 2004-05 to 2007-08 include the costs of supporting other Government Departments for which the FCO is reimbursed. | |
| Notes: | |
| 1. The figures listed include all direct and indirect Post expenditure, including money spent by the centre on behalf of Posts, including: | |
| Administrative costs; | |
| Staff costs (UK based and locally engaged); and | |
| Programme costs (for example, the Global Opportunities Fund and the Global Conflict Prevention Pool). | |
| 2. The figures listed do not include the following: | |
| A share of central Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) overhead; | |
| Depreciation; | |
| Cost of Capital; | |
| A share of impairment costs; and | |
| Post income (Visa, Consular and other receipts). | |
| Source: | |
| FCO's Expenditure Allocation Report which shows a detailed breakdown of the costs of all FCO posts. |
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department spent on (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid to Iraq in each year since 1998.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department spent on (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid to Iraq in each year since 1998.
| Table 1: Total DFID Bilateral expenditure 2000-01 – 2006-07 | |
|---|---|
| Iraq (£000) | |
| 1998-99 | 5,749 |
| 1999-2000 | 6,585 |
| 2000-01 | 9,545 |
| 2001-02 | 7,760 |
| 2002-03 | 18,853 |
| 2003-04 | 209,313 |
| 2004-05 | 49,107 |
| 2005-06 | 86,869 |
| 2006-07 | 49,569 |
| Table 2: Imputed DFID Share of multilateral official development assistance (ODA) 2000-01 – 2006-07 | |
|---|---|
| Iraq (£000) | |
| 1998-99 | 1,226 |
| 1999-2000 | 726 |
| 2000-01 | 589 |
| 2001-02 | 1,183 |
| 2002-03 | 2,252 |
| 2003-04 | 10,535 |
| 2004-05 | 9,982 |
| 2005-06 | 5,892 |
| 2006-07 | 13,526 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the costs of the UK military presence in Iraq were in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the costs of the UK military presence in Iraq were in each year since 2003.
| £ million | |
| 2002-03 | |
| Operations in Iraq | 629 |
| Expenditure on Capital equipment | 218 |
| Total | 847 |
| 2003-04 | |
| Operations in Iraq | 1,051 |
| Expenditure on Capital equipment | 260 |
| Total | 1,311 |
| 2004-05 | |
| Operations in Iraq | 747 |
| Expenditure on Capital equipment | 163 |
| Total | 910 |
| 2005-06 | |
| Operations in Iraq | 798 |
| Expenditure on Capital equipment | 160 |
| Total | 958 |
| 2006-07 | |
| Operations in Iraq | 787 |
| Expenditure on Capital equipment | 169 |
| Total | 956 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total weight of depleted uranium used in munitions expended in Iraq (a) was in the Gulf War of 1991 and (b) has been since March 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total weight of depleted uranium used in munitions expended in Iraq (a) was in the Gulf War of 1991 and (b) has been since March 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information has been provided to the World Health Organisation on the location of depleted uranium munitions in Iraq in (a) 1991 and (b) since March 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information has been provided to the World Health Organisation on the location of depleted uranium munitions in Iraq in (a) 1991 and (b) since March 2003.