Results 1-8 of 8 for iraq speaker:Colin Burgon
- Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (14 Mar 2008)
Colin Burgon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK armed forces personnel were based in Iraq on 1 January 2008; and how many there were on 1 January in each of the previous three years.
- Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (4 Mar 2008)
Colin Burgon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his Answer of 4 February 2008, Official Report, column 800W, on Iraq: peacekeeping operations, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) cost to the public purse of private contractors employed by his Department in Iraq.
- Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (4 Feb 2008)
Colin Burgon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many private contractors were employed by his Department in Iraq on 1 January 2008; how many were employed on 1 January in each of the previous three years; and what the cost was of such employment in each year.
- Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)
Colin Burgon: ...up a Roman Catholic, and I am well aware of the power of confession. It is in the light of that that my contribution today should be judged, because I was one of those who voted for the war in Iraq, based on the issue of weapons of mass destruction. I am aware of the time, so I shall get down to the bones of the argument. It is patently clear that horrendous mistakes were made by the US...
- Venezuela (8 Mar 2006)
Colin Burgon: ..., there is a straightforward answer. Venezuela has the largest proven conventional oil reserves in south America and the sixth largest in the world, at about 77 billion barrels. Only Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iran have larger proven reserves. Even in the simplistic sense of having good relations with people who have something that we need, we should encourage...
- Iraq (Military Operations) (7 Apr 2003)
Mr Colin Burgon: ...of State made of the residual strength of the Ba'ath party and the level of support that it will command? In particular, what are the implications for any future democratic regime or Government in Iraq?
- Defence in the World (22 Jan 2003)
Mr Colin Burgon: ...reflect in this Chamber on the views put to us by constituents. It is clear from opinion polls, not only in this country but in America, that there is a deep reservation about possible action in Iraq. The concerns that I promised constituents who have written to me that I would raise include, to put it bluntly, a profound distrust of President Bush, his judgment and some of the people who...
- Defence in the World (22 Jan 2003)
Mr Colin Burgon: ...context of the evidence in the current situation, and a vote in this House. I have another two concerns to which I hope that Ministers will respond. There is a strong argument that intervention in Iraq represents a massive diversion from the vital struggle against al-Qaeda and all the elements allied with it.That struggle is tremendously important. It is an ideological and military...