Results 1-20 of 68 for iraq speaker:Norman Baker

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (28 Jan 2009)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many individuals working for private military security companies registered in the UK have been killed on duty in Iraq since 2003.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (19 Feb 2008)

Norman Baker: Yesterday saw the publication of the first version of the dossier that took us to war in Iraq. It is quite clear that it was written by a Foreign Office press officer, yet in May 2003 Downing street said: "Not one word of the dossier was not entirely the work of the intelligence agencies", and much of the wording from the first version is replicated in the final version. When will the Foreign...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Weapons (5 Jul 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will consider further the merits of releasing into the public domain the draft of the September 2002 dossier on Iraq written by John Williams.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (27 Jun 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral answer of 18 June 2007, Official Report, columns 1068-69, on Iraq, on what date it was decided that troops in theatre in Iraq would not face a threat from weapons of mass destruction other than from pre-1991 stocks, chlorine bombs or similar items held by insurgents.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (25 Jun 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what methods have been used to decontaminate or dispose of protective clothing used by British military personnel who investigated the remains of Iraqi tanks or other military vehicles disabled by depleted uranium weapons used in the invasion of Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (18 Jun 2007)

Norman Baker: What equipment and training were provided to British troops involved in the invasion of Iraq in terms of protection against the possible use of weapons of mass destruction.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (18 Jun 2007)

Norman Baker: ...is absolutely right for our troops to be given the best possible protection against any threat that they might face, but as the Secretary of State knows, there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Indeed, the defence and intelligence services appeared to know that when Ministers were telling us that there were plenty of them. On what date was it therefore decided that those...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Security Guards (24 May 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many contraventions of Coalition Provisional Authority memorandum number 17 by private military companies operating in Iraq there were in each year since it came into force, broken down by type of contravention; (2) how many individuals in Iraq were killed by employees of (a) UK-registered and (b) other private...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Security Guards (22 May 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will place in the Library a list of private military companies operating in Iraq indicating in each case in which country they are registered.

Written Answers — Defence: Mercenaries: Iraq (16 May 2007)

Norman Baker: ...the Secretary of State for Defence what training in human rights legislation was given to (a) UK troops and (b) private military companies engaged by the UK before they commenced activities in Iraq; and whether private military companies operating at the request of the UK Government are regarded as public authorities for the purpose of the Human Rights Act 1998.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (14 May 2007)

Norman Baker: What his policy is on employing private security personnel in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (14 May 2007)

Norman Baker: The Secretary of State knows that War on Want estimates that 48,000 employees who work for almost 200 different companies are now in Iraq, making them the second-largest occupying force after the United States. He may also know that there have been allegations of human rights abuses by some of those companies. Why have not the Government's intentions, which are stated in the 2002 Green Paper,...

Written Answers — Defence: Mercenaries: Iraq (1 May 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the rules of engagement for private military companies operating in Iraq.

Ba Flight 149 (27 Apr 2007)

Norman Baker: ...off at 6.15 pm and arrived in Kuwait City at 3 am the following morning. As a consequence of the decision to land, the plane was subsequently destroyed, and the crew and passengers were captured by Iraqi troops. They were held for weeks in pretty awful conditions. However distant we are from those events, all of us can recall the terrible picture that filled the newspapers of that poor...

Ba Flight 149 (27 Apr 2007)

Norman Baker: ...by me to the very best of my memory and ability as per my direct involvement in the covert operation flown into Kuwait on flight BA 149, and the subsequent gathering of intelligence material of Iraqi troop strengths, positions and unit identification in 1990. That Operation Iscariot was an INC organised and executed operation. That I was on flight BA 149, as a member of INC and the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Security Guards (20 Mar 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contracts were awarded by her Department to private military security companies for work in (a) Iraq, (b) Afghanistan and (c) other countries in each of the last five years; what the (i) value and (ii) purpose was of each such contract; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Security Guards (19 Mar 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contracts were awarded by his Department to private military security companies for work in (a) Iraq, (b) Afghanistan and (c) other countries in each of the last five years; what was the (i) value and (ii) purpose of each such contract; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — International Development: Departments: Contracts (19 Mar 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contracts were awarded by his Department to private military security companies for work in (a) Iraq, (b) Afghanistan and (c) other countries in each of the last five years; what the (i) value and (ii) purpose was of each such contract; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Security Guards (14 Mar 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will estimate (a) how many private military and security companies are operating in Iraq and (b) how many individuals are employed by such companies in that country.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Biological Weapons (19 Feb 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in what locations the Iraq Survey Group found evidence of latent biological weapons programmes in Iraq since 2003; and what material was found.