Results 1-20 of 26 for iraq speaker:Diane Abbott

Bill Presented: Darfur (5 Jun 2007)

Diane Abbott: ...;that powerful western countries have a responsibility to intervene on humanitarian grounds, sometimes stretching the bounds of international law to the limit—has been tainted by the war in Iraq. However, if ever a situation cried out for liberal interventionism, it is that in Darfur. The humanitarian crisis has touched the conscience of people all over the world. I pay tribute to...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Diane Abbott: ...the principle of parliamentary approval for armed conflict. It is an important debate of principle, but it takes place of course in the shadow of a very real armed conflict—the ongoing war in Iraq. I voted against that war and was never more comfortable with a vote in Parliament. Last week, I attended a production at the Tricycle theatre entitled "Called to Account", which was...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq (26 Oct 2006)

Diane Abbott: To ask the Prime Minister what assessment he has made of whether his policy of participation in the Iraq (a) war and (b) occupation has met its objectives.

Orders of the Day: Adjournment (Summer Recess) (25 Jul 2006)

Diane Abbott: ..., neither militarily nor politically can the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon achieve the professed aims. It is noticeable that even the strong middle east allies of Britain and America, such as the Iraqi Prime Minister yesterday, have clearly condemned what is happening. It is difficult for Britain and America to pose as people who wish to fight for human rights and national sovereignty...

London Demonstration (Policing) (6 Feb 2006)

Diane Abbott: Does the Home Secretary agree that if sections of the Muslim community had sought to demonstrate peacefully against the war in Iraq or what I believe to be the excesses of the so-called war on terror, some of us in the House would have supported them, and the entire House would accept that they had an absolute right to do it? But to stage a demonstration that is a clear incitement to violence...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (18 May 2005)

Diane Abbott: Does my hon. Friend agree that Iraq was the foreign policy issue that was most frequently raised with Labour candidates on the doorstep? Does he also agree that the danger of an indefinite deployment of our troops in Iraq is that they will move from being seen as an army of liberation to being seen as an army of occupation? There is nothing in the history of the 20th century that suggests...

Darfur (Sudan) (9 Jun 2004)

Miss Diane Abbott: ...we need a more robust system of international law to encompass humanitarian intervention and a different mindset in the Security Council on international relations. I did not support the war in Iraq. Only with reluctance would I support western intervention in other parts of the world. But it is clear when we study Sudan and other issues that we need a more robust system of international...

Iraq (Attorney-General's Advice) (9 Mar 2004)

Miss Diane Abbott: ...—such as intimations that we will be put in front of a special tribunals and asked whether we are, or have ever been, socialists—will not make it go away. The shadow from the war with Iraq is a widespread perception—not only among Opposition Members and Back Benchers—that we sent our troops into an illegal war. If the Government are confident of the legal basis for...

Iraq (Military Operations) (26 Mar 2003)

Miss Diane Abbott: Is the Secretary of State aware of the continuing concern about the Turkish incursions into northern Iraq? My colleagues in the adjoining constituencies of Haringey and Islington and I represent the largest Kurdish community in the UK, many of whom fled to this country from Turkish oppression. They will take some convincing that Turkish intentions in northern Iraq are benign.

Iraq: Further Contingency Preparations (6 Feb 2003)

Miss Diane Abbott: Is the Secretary of State aware that, given the size of the US and British deployment in the region and the hundreds of thousands of forces massing on the borders of Iraq, the likelihood of any allied attack being a surprise is remote? He will have to come up with something better than that to explain to the British people why the US Congress can have a vote before US troops are sent into...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Armed Forces (Gulf) (27 Jan 2003)

Miss Diane Abbott: Is the Secretary of State aware that, if British forces are used in the war against Iraq, there will be concern not only about the military effect of action but about its politically destabilising effect throughout the Arab world and throughout the entire Muslim world from northern Nigeria to the streets of Bradford? Does he agree with the President of Egypt, Mr. Mubarak, who said a few...

Business of the House (23 Jan 2003)

Miss Diane Abbott: I thank my right hon. Friend for making time for a debate on defence yesterday, when many of my hon. Friends and colleagues made a series of excellent speeches against a war with Iraq. The hon. Member for Congleton—

Business of the House (23 Jan 2003)

Miss Diane Abbott: ...troops are dispatched to war. The House is aware that there is no precedent for that in recent times, but it is highly unlikely that the tens of thousands of American and British troops massed on Iraq's borders will attack in secret, as my right hon. Friend suggested. The country does not understand why it is possible to dispatch British troops in such a major deployment without a vote in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (21 Jan 2003)

Miss Diane Abbott: The Minister will be aware that the British public support the wish of Iraqi opposition groups to see a return to democracy in Iraq, but he will also be aware that today's polls show that their support for this war, even with a UN resolution, is dropping away. Does he accept that the British public understand, as do many in this House, that in the absence of concrete, positive...

Orders of the Day — UN Security Council Resolution 1441 (25 Nov 2002)

Miss Diane Abbott: It was suggested earlier that any reference back to the Security Council would somehow give Saddam Hussein a breathing space. Is not the point that if we are to proceed with military action against Iraq it should take place within the framework of international law, and that only by keeping it firmly within that framework will we allay the problems of instability that such action might pose?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (24 Jul 2002)

Miss Diane Abbott: The Prime Minister will be aware of the concern throughout the country that by the time the House returns in the autumn we will be at war with Iraq. [Interruption.] Hon. Members may groan, but many millions of people are concerned. Does he take seriously the view, which was most recently expressed by the new Archbishop of Canterbury, that it would be wrong to go to war with Iraq without a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (6 Mar 2002)

Miss Diane Abbott: Is the Prime Minister aware of the growing concern in the country that we may be moving by degrees towards war with Iraq? Does he accept that in the event that British troops are sent into action, there should be a debate and a vote on the Floor of the House?

Iraq (6 Mar 2002)

Miss Diane Abbott: ...with everything that my hon. Friend has said thus far. Does he agree not only that there is widespread concern across the House and in the country about the prospect of a bombing campaign against Iraq, but that Britain's Muslim community, which was so concerned about the bombing of Afghanistan, would find such a campaign very hard to accept?

Oral Answers to Questions — Iraq (27 Feb 2001)

Miss Diane Abbott: My hon. Friend the Minister has said that anyone who points to the dire humanitarian consequences of the sanctions regime against Iraq is a dupe. He will be aware that two successive UN co-ordinators in the regime have both said clearly and publicly throughout the world that there are massive humanitarian consequences of the sanctions regime, and that, as relevant UN officials, they cannot...

Immigration and Asylum Bill: Treatment of Certain Overstayers (15 Jun 1999)

Miss Diane Abbott: ...constituencies for a few months and then are gone, but I represent a part of London where nearly everybody comes from somewhere else, be it Ireland, eastern Europe, Jamaica, Nigeria, Somalia or Iraq. Outwardly, many people in my part of the world are pillars of the community, but technically they are overstayers. Many are wilful overstayers, but many others did not set out to subvert the...