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Postal Services (5 Jul 2004)

Mr Simon Burns: ...-post offices were located, but sadly for the Under-Secretary, they all unexpectedly lost their seats. When I spoke to Labour activists after the election, all that they could say was, "The war in Iraq, and those bloody post office closures that the Government inflicted on us." Let that be a warning, because people care about their sub-post offices and want a local service on their...

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (10 Apr 2003)

Mr Simon Burns: ...935, which says: "That this House recognises the personal commitment made by Lord Hunt of King's Heath to the NHS over many years and fully accepts that his decision to resign over the issue of Iraq is one entirely of personal conscience." In the light of the hon. Gentleman's comments, he might like to join seven of his hon. Friends, not all of whom are the usual suspects, in adding his...

Community Care (Delayed Discharges Etc.) Bill: Clause 2 — Notice of Patient's Possible Need for Community Care Services (19 Mar 2003)

Mr Simon Burns: ...I am slightly surprised that the hon. Gentleman has spoken as he has. I, too, read Ceefax a few days ago, when he announced to the world in bold terms that because of the Government's policy on Iraq he would not support the Government—his Government—in any Divisions on any matter.

Orders of the Day — Debate on the Address: Council Tax (6 Nov 1991)

Mr Simon Burns: ..., just as people in Hackney do, just how shameful the record is. Equally shameful was an article in The Guardianof 28 February 1991 in which a Councillor Steve French in Lambeth called for victory for Iraq and urged the bombing of Israel. Up and down the country, there are stories of grotesque mismanagement and waste of money by Labour councils. Nearer to my home in Chelmsford in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (Kurds) (4 Jun 1991)

Mr Simon Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the British forces present in Iraq to protect the Kurds.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: The Gulf (19 Feb 1991)

Mr Simon Burns: ...and peace in the middle east cannot be won simply by the acceptance of resolution 660? Does he agree that the other resolutions, up to and including resolution 678, must be implemented and that Iraq's chemical and nuclear capability must be removed?