Results 1-14 of 14 for iraq speaker:Angela Browning

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

Angela Browning: ...change. To leave it and see what happens and then decide to train people and change the contract is a back-to-front way of going about this. I wish to raise another matter. At the beginning of the Iraq war, many Members started receiving representations from constituents whose relatives were serving in the armed forces. The then Secretary of State said that it was the wrong time and place...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (10 Mar 2005)

Mrs Angela Browning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel have been deployed in private security companies on behalf of coalition forces during the course of the Iraq war; and how many personnel are currently deployed in private military companies in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (23 Feb 2005)

Mrs Angela Browning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost has been to the UK Government of the deployment of private security companies in Iraq.

Christmas Adjournment (21 Dec 2004)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...evening which was made before we knew the date of the Christmas Adjournment. Before the House rises for Christmas, I would like to draw its attention to a situation that has emerged in light of the Iraq war but has wider implications for the functioning of this Chamber. I am talking about ministerial accountability, and in particular the accountability of the Prime Minister to the House of...

Christmas Adjournment (21 Dec 2004)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...;to bring together the documentation, including legal opinion, that is encapsulated on page 309 of today's Order Paper. Motion 37, "Conduct of the Prime Minister in relation to the war against Iraq", has been signed by several Members of Parliament, some of whom are present this afternoon. I hope that the procedures of the House mean that, in due course, we will have an opportunity to...

Christmas Adjournment (21 Dec 2004)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...make progress. It is clear from the Butler inquiry that what needs to be investigated is not the Cabinet or the Government but the actions and words of the Prime Minister. During the lead-up to the Iraq war, matters in Cabinet were not dealt with by collective responsibility, which all of us in the House understand, but there was government by cabal. It would therefore be improper to have,...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (9 Jul 2003)

Mrs Angela Browning: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which states have offered to become engaged in the stabilisation of Iraq following Resolution 1483, passed by the UN Security Council on 22 May; and what role each state will play, together with the commencement date.

Adjournment (Easter) (3 Apr 2003)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...I told the Secretary of State that it beggared belief that we were so daft as to allow that. Although he did not use the same language as me, he seemed to agree. I have watched the news coming from Iraq, as everyone does. Although every reporter based in Iraq prefaces each report by saying, "I can't tell you where I am," in the end they do tell us. I do not know whether people have noticed...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (31 Mar 2003)

Mrs Angela Browning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received about delays to mail from UK forces in Iraq to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (12 Feb 2003)

Mrs Angela Browning: On 3 February 2003 at column 22, the Prime Minister took personal responsibility for placing the dodgy document on Iraq in the Library of the House. Yesterday, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence told the House that it was only the middle part of the document that was the subject of a postgraduate thesis. The middle part of the document—part 2—is the part on Iraq's...

Iraq (3 Feb 2003)

Mrs Angela Browning: The Prime Minister has indicated that, beyond Iraq, there may be a need to confront weapons of mass destruction in other states, such as North Korea and others. Given that potential longer-term commitment for our military, possibly extended peacekeeping operations and the need for home defence, what review have the Government made of our current defence budget, of personnel levels in the...

Modernisation of the House of Commons (29 Oct 2002)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...much more seriously not only at the summer recess, particularly in relation to Departments being able to handle written questions, but at the need to recall Parliament. The proposed war against Iraq arose almost immediately at the end of the summer term this year, but I have absolutely no doubt that the House would not have been recalled if it had not been for the actions of the hon....

Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction (24 Sep 2002)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...took place in London, it was reported that the Prime Minister had given the strongest signal yet of his opposition to any prospect of widening the military campaign against terrorism to include Iraq. It was reported that he stood shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Chirac outside No. 10, both of them taking that view. Therefore the public are right to ask, as I have, what has led to this...

Points of Order (20 Jan 1999)

Mrs Angela Browning: Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. When the House went into recess before Christmas, British troops were in combat in Iraq. It is also the precedent, on a matter of such gravity, that the Prime Minister of the day reports to the House from the Dispatch Box. I have waited patiently for the Prime Minister to come to the Dispatch Box to report to the House. Following that—