Results 1-20 of 66 for iraq speaker:John Bercow

Royal Assent: Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech (12 Nov 2009)

John Bercow: ...Atlantic Treaty Organisation, including at its sixtieth anniversary summit. My Government has continued to press for a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, for continued progress in Iraq and for effective measures to address international concerns over Iran's nuclear programme. My Government has continued to work with the Governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan for...

Africa (30 Mar 2009) has video

John Bercow: I understand the significance of the hon. Gentleman's point, but in referring to what is taking place in Iraq and its diversionary impact, he used the past tense. Does he agree that it is not too late for us to repent and significantly upscale our actions in seeking the sort of alleviation that is still required in Darfur?

Points of Order: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights (13 Oct 2008) has video

John Bercow: ...on the other. May I nevertheless tell the hon. Gentleman that, even with the passage of time and all that has gone wrong—I am not sorry or ashamed to say this—some of us voted for the Iraq war overwhelmingly on human rights grounds? I was never convinced of the weapons of mass destruction thesis, but I thought that there was a case on human rights grounds and in the name of...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Homophobia (19 May 2008)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of the level of violence and persecution aimed at gay men in (a) Iraq and (b) Iran.

Bill Presented: Darfur (5 Jun 2007)

John Bercow: ...in the international community who has the advantage of having sat on the Volcker committee. After studying some of the shortcomings of the earlier attempt relating to the oil-for-food programme in Iraq, and heeding lessons from it, he remains firmly of the view that such a scheme, appropriately monitored and enforced, could bear real fruit in putting pressure on the Government of Sudan.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (18 Dec 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effect of the level of corruption amongst public agencies in Iraq on the effective distribution of development aid.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Human Rights (13 Dec 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received on the observance of the human rights of gay men in Iraq.

Darfur (28 Nov 2006)

John Bercow: I am not a conspiracy theorist, and I do not subscribe to the view that the Iraq war was about oil, but I believe that Darfur occupies a much less central or forward position in the minds of decision makers than Iraq did. That is morally unjustifiable, it is strategically unwise and, in humanitarian terms, it has already proved an absolute disaster. It is simply not acceptable for a state to...

Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Terry Lloyd (23 Nov 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Solicitor-General if he will take steps to ensure that proceedings are initiated against those suspected of responsibility for the death in Iraq of Terry Lloyd.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (24 Oct 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what training is being given to British troops to ensure that they respect the rights of civilians in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (18 Oct 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of reports that fundamentalist militias are operating in Iraq and are persecuting gay Iraqis.

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] — Darfur Crisis (18 May 2006)

John Bercow: ...sad, but probably inevitable to have to do so—that the international community was not that bothered about black Africans dying in Darfur, as opposed to people dying in Yugoslavia, Kosovo or Iraq. Will the Secretary of State tell us something about the interesting idea of police-keeping and apply his remarks to the real crisis of insecurity and the sense of terror that had been...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum/Immigration (10 May 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what post-return monitoring is in place to ensure that all returns to Iraq are safe and sustainable.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (21 Mar 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received regarding the use of torture in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (20 Mar 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of reports that paramilitary troops are carrying out torture and executions in Iraq with the consent of the Interior Ministry.

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum/Immigration (9 Jan 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) criteria are used and (b) process is followed in selecting failed asylum seekers to be returned to Iraq; and what level of access to legal advice to challenge the decision is provided for those being returned.

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum/Immigration (20 Dec 2005)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are being taken to ensure (a) that Iraqi failed asylum seekers are returned to their town of origin, (b) that their safety is guaranteed and (c) that they receive assistance to readjust to life in Iraq.

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (10 Nov 2005)

John Bercow: I respect the hon. Gentleman's principled opposition to the war in Iraq, but it is important in this debate to emphasise that opposition to some of the central tenets of the Bill is not confined to the anti-war lobby. There are many of us who felt strongly that the Government were justified in going to war in Iraq, and still feel that the Prime Minister was justified in the overall stance...

Human Rights (Burma) (15 Jun 2005)

John Bercow: ...San Suu Kyi and called for the establishment of meaningful talks with a view to a speedy transition to democratic pluralism in Burma. When we talk about abuse of human rights, we think often of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, Sudan under al-Bashir, and Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe. We should think of Burma more readily than we do, because there is no doubt that the military junta that rules...

United Nations (19 Jan 2005)

Mr John Bercow: ...world." Equally disgracefully, the UN Security Council has never made an agenda item of Burma, whose brutal military junta savagely violates human rights every day. In 2003, in the aftermath of the Iraq war, Kofi Annan, conscious of the crisis of confidence in the UN, appointed a high-level panel to consider the UN's future in the face of threats, challenges and change. Its report covers a...