Results 1-20 of 175 for iraq speaker:Michael Ancram

Opposition Day — [14th allotted day]: Iraq Inquiry (24 Jun 2009) has video

Michael Ancram: ...the remit as vague and open as it is now, we are in danger of doing so. I want to see an inquiry that, after six years and despite those earlier calls, will finally bring closure to the issue of Iraq. We started to call for an inquiry so early not just because of the fog of war, but because of the fog of the nature of the evidence, which meant that there were disputes, disagreements and...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (13 May 2009)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) men and (b) women left the armed forces within six months of returning from service in (i) Iraq and (i) Afghanistan in 2007-08.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (25 Mar 2009)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK military personnel he expects to be deployed in Iraq after August 2009.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Turkey: Kurds (3 Mar 2009)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his (a) Turkish and (b) Iraqi counterpart on the situation of Kurdish people in (i) Turkey and (ii) Iraq in the last 12 months.

Written Answers — Defence: Ammunition (23 Feb 2009)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether British armed forces have used white phosphorus munitions in (a) Iraq since 2003 and (b) Afghanistan since 2001; (2) when white phosphorus munitions were last used in action by British armed forces; and in what circumstances they were used.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (2 Feb 2009)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what factors he will take into account when making decisions on the number of troops to be deployed in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (8 Jul 2008)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of British military engagement in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq was in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08;

Petitions: Police Escape Masks (27 Feb 2008)

Michael Ancram: ...minds and funded an order for 10,000. The ambulance service has bought its 30,000 so that every ambulance is now equipped. The Ministry of Defence has also taken 4,500 for its civilian contractors in Iraq. However, as a result of the change of policy with regard to the police order and the massively reduced take-up, the manufacturing line has had to be closed down and the work force...

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (12 Nov 2007) has video

Michael Ancram: ...renegotiate, quite calmly, the status of the United Kingdom within Europe. For some months I have been unable to fathom what British national interest was being served by our troops' remaining in Iraq, and I have to say that I am glad they are now being drawn down. I have nothing but admiration for the courage and dedication of our armed forces and for what they have achieved, but at the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Reconstruction (25 Oct 2007)

Michael Ancram: ...are being pursued by (a) his Department and (b) the British embassy in Baghdad to encourage investment by British companies and British nationals in reconstruction and other economic activity in Iraq; (2) what categories of assistance are available from the British embassy in Baghdad to encourage and promote direct investment in Iraq by British companies and British nationals; what such...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iran (5 Jun 2007)

Michael Ancram: Four years ago, we went into southern Iraq to liberate the local Shi'ites from the vicious oppression of Saddam Hussein. Four years later, apparently with the backing of Iran, those same Shi'ites are fighting and killing our forces and celebrating our every setback on the streets. Why are we still there?

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Michael Ancram: A year ago, I called for the withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. I did so because I believed that we had achieved everything that we positively could there. We had already been there for almost three years and therefore—with respect to my hon. Friend the Member for Louth and Horncastle (Sir Peter Tapsell)—we could not be accused of cutting and running, and things were going to...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Michael Ancram: My hon. Friend used the phrase "cut and run", which has been used on a number of occasions. At what stage does he believe that leaving Iraq before stability is created stops being cutting and running? Is he suggesting that if, in five, 10 or 15 years' time, there is still not stability in Iraq, we will still have to be there because to leave would be cutting and running?

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (22 Nov 2006)

Michael Ancram: .... In the past five years, the world has changed significantly, particularly in one regard: although the United States is still immensely powerful, her aura of invincibility died in the sands of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan. There are now other powers and other challenges, and other forces, such as China, India and Russia, are emerging. That makes redundant the simplistic...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (26 Oct 2006)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the Government of Iraq on Assyrian Christian refugees from Iraq; and what measures could be taken to persuade them to return.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (26 Oct 2006)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the Government of Iraq about the persecution of Assyrian Christians in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (26 Oct 2006)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the Government of Iraq on giving financial assistance to the Assyrian Christian communities within Iraq.

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Engagements (19 Oct 2006)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Prime Minister how many times he has visited members of the British armed forces who have been wounded either in Afghanistan or Iraq in hospital since 2001; what the dates were of these visits; and which hospitals he visited.

Bill Presented: International Affairs (20 Jul 2006)

Michael Ancram: ...in conflict zones do not have a great record throughout history and we, on our side, should be very careful about claiming to support such a force when our own forces are so stretched between Iraq and Afghanistan that it is highly unlikely that we could even take part in it ourselves. We must therefore concentrate on those areas where we can at least be constructive. I want the level of...

Bill Presented: International Affairs (20 Jul 2006)

Michael Ancram: ...purpose. I want to mention briefly two other areas of crisis that affect us and which deserve to be raised today, given that we are not going to be here in this House for three months. The first is Iraq. For the past six months, I have been calling for our troops to be brought home. I know that it will not make me especially popular in the House, but I do so again today. I am full of...