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Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iraq (5 Apr 2005)

Mr Harry Barnes: What recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary of Australia on policies in relation to the future of Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iraq (5 Apr 2005)

Mr Harry Barnes: Is my hon. Friend aware that on four recent occasions in Question Time in the Australian Parliament the Australian Foreign Secretary has used my involvement with the organisation Labour Friends of Iraq in an attempt to undermine the stance adopted by the Australian Labour party? However, that has led only to establishing better links between Labour Friends of Iraq and the Australian Labour...

Adjournment (Easter) (24 Mar 2005)

Mr Harry Barnes: ...campaign that is taking place at the moment—Make Poverty History. They have great concern about environmental matters, the quality of life generally, and issues of war such as the invasion of Iraq, which the hon. Gentleman mentioned. We need to realise that it is not the case that there is nothing out there as far as younger generations are concerned—there is a great deal, but...

Iraq (31 Jan 2005)

Mr Harry Barnes: We will have to wait only a short while before the new Iraqi Government and the new Iraqi Parliament express their views about the withdrawal of troops. I hope that, however uncomfortable their decision is, considered from different points of view, it is accepted and acted upon because it will be a democratic decision. Is my right hon. Friend aware that many commentators are saying that this...

Measures to Combat Terrorism (26 Jan 2005)

Mr Harry Barnes: ...Dar-es-Salaam on the day that al-Qaeda blew up the American embassy? However, certain actions may be justified if there is held to be a threat to the life of a nation. Perhaps what is going on in Iraq in relation to terrorism is a threat to the life of that nation. What similar threat exists in this country as distinct from serious threats like those in the past from the Provisional IRA?...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (10 Jan 2005)

Mr Harry Barnes: What role can the armed forces play in Iraq in protecting Iraqi trade unionists, especially in the light of the brutal murder of Hadi Saleh and the theft of names and addresses of members of the Iraqi Federation of Workers Trade Unions, the major trade union, from his home? There is a need for considerable protection of workers inside Iraq.

Brussels European Council (20 Dec 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: On Iraq, the Prime Minister said that the European Council has confirmed its full backing for, and financing of, United Nations protection. Is not part of such action this Government's supplying of weapons to the fledgling Iraqi security forces, police and army? Words are not enough, and such action is surely necessary in order to contain terrorist forces in Iraq.

Middle East and Ukraine (29 Nov 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: How widely known is the holding of the general election in Iraq among the Iraqi people? A short time ago, it seemed that it was not well known; perhaps people had other things to be bothered and worried about. There might be some indication in terms of the number of people who have registered to vote or are expected to register and in the number of local elections that have already been held...

Debate on the Address: [First Day] (23 Nov 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: ...used to move troops and goods from the port and Basra up to Baghdad to be taken up to the camp in Habbaniya. The Queen's Speech says that the "Government will continue to support the Government of Iraq to provide stability and security and ensure that elections can be held in January." I am one of those who opposed the invasion, but I realise that once the invasion had taken place, new...

Debate on the Address: [First Day] (23 Nov 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: ..., wherever they move in the United Kingdom, to achieve their rights. A democracy should have as its first building blocks the vote and the ballot. I argued earlier that voting was not enough in Iraq, but it is the starter and it must be universal. We should do all that we can to establish universal provision, so I shall try to persuade the Home Secretary to switch more to that agenda. He...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (9 Nov 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: When Iraqis and others oppose the presence of foreign troops in Iraq, is not it entirely legitimate for them to demonstrate, publish their ideas, and run relevant candidates in the coming elections? However, does my right hon. Friend agree that it is entirely illegitimate to use terrorist techniques, the purpose of which is to keep those foreign troops in the country so that the conflict can...

EU Summit (8 Nov 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: Is the Prime Minister aware that I utterly condemn, and wish to see countered, terrorism in Iraq not only against the Black Watch but against Iraqi citizens? Four railway workers, all of whom were members of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions, were murdered on 27 October between Mosul and Baghdad. What measures have been put in place in Falluja to ensure that such people—innocent...

Business of the House (4 Nov 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: Has my right hon. Friend seen the fine early-day motion 1799, on trade unions in Iraq, which is in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann)? [That this House notes that free trade unionism is a key ingredient of a move from totalitarianism to democracy; welcomes the renewal of free trade unionism in Iraq; and calls on the Government to give assistance and priority to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (25 Oct 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: Would it not make more sense to have American troops in Iraq under British control rather than British troops under American control? Have we not made a better fist of things than the Americans, whose activities have been disastrous?

Business of the House (14 Oct 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: May I press for that debate on Iraq? There are people with different perspectives on the matter, ranging from my hon. Friend the Member for Blaenau Gwent (Llew Smith), who asked for the debate, to my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House. There are some of us who believe in a third way—I thought that the Government might be interested in third ways. We say that the invasion itself...

Business of the House (16 Sep 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: There is a great deal of disturbing news coming out of Iraq day by day, but there are signs of hope, too, none more so than the development of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions, the Iraqi TUC. As this matter will be discussed this week at the TUC conference and, I hope, at the Labour party conference, would it not be valuable to discuss it when we return? It is possible for us to agree on...

NATO Summit/Special EU Council (30 Jun 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: Might not the new Iraqi Government wish to avoid a rush to rip-off forms of privatisation at knock-down prices, as occurred in Russia following the fall of communism? Will the British Government act to ensure that undue pressure is not brought to bear on Iraq by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the US to reach that position?

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (15 Jun 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: What links exist between his Department and the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division in preparing for national, regional and local elections in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (15 Jun 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: I feel that my question has rather got lost by being linked with the question from the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink). My question is specifically about electoral systems. If Iraq is to move beyond a rather theoretical legal sovereignty on 30 June towards full political sovereignty on 31 January next year, is not the role of the United Nations of key importance, especially in...

Iraq (7 Jun 2004)

Mr Harry Barnes: Is there not a distinction between legal authority, which should be transferred to Iraq on 30 June but may still have elements of the rubber stamp about it, and genuine political sovereignty, which will hopefully be achieved by 30 January next year? In achieving that, is not the role of the Iraqi independent electoral commission of considerable importance? What will be the United Nation's...