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Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty (15 Jul 2009)

Menzies Campbell: ...British citizens to the advantage of American citizens. I have received no such explanation, but may I suggest that it may well be that in the period immediately after the military action against Iraq, the then Government's policy of staying as close as they possible could to the United States was the motive that lay behind the treaty. It is a policy that has been shown, if I may say so,...

Written Answers — Defence: White Phosphorus (6 Jul 2009)

Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether civilians and non-combatants have been injured during operations by British military personnel using white phosphorus in (a) Iraq, (b) Afghanistan and (c) elsewhere in the last 10 years; what his policy is on the use of white phosphorus munitions by British forces; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (30 Jun 2009) has video

Menzies Campbell: Last week, the Foreign Secretary repeated the Prime Minister's claim that the Iraq inquiry had not been set up to establish civil or criminal liability. Does that mean that the Government propose to grant legal immunity to any witness who gives evidence to the inquiry—and if so, by what means?

Opposition Day — [14th allotted day]: Iraq Inquiry (24 Jun 2009) has video

Menzies Campbell: ...first time, I find myself in complete agreement with the hon. and learned Member for Medway (Mr. Marshall-Andrews). I believe that the decision to join the United States in an illegal war against Iraq was based upon a flawed premise and has done catastrophic damage to British interests. That may well disqualify me from membership of a committee of investigation, but it most certainly does...

Bills Presented: Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship (14 Jan 2009) has video

Menzies Campbell: The Secretary of State has drawn attention to the circumstances of Iraq under the reign of Saddam Hussein. Does he recall that in the Scott inquiry report, the learned judge who conducted that inquiry recorded the fact that within some weeks of the events at Halabja, the then British Government extended the amount of credit that they were willing to give to Saddam Hussein for purchasing...

Bills Presented: Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship (14 Jan 2009) has video

Menzies Campbell: ...why we may be indulging in semantics is that we are seeking a firm definition of what the relationship might be. The nature of it will determine what obligations this country might have towards Iraq. In the light of current public opinion on our commitment to Iraq, those obligations are clearly of the most significant public interest. The Secretary of State says that our relationship with...

Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Iraq (8 Oct 2007)

Menzies Campbell: ...me, too, as he did, salute the professionalism and bravery of our armed forces—something that is too often taken for granted. The truth is, though, that they were given an impossible task in Iraq. Who now in the Government takes the blame for what the Chief of the Defence Staff called the "false and inflated expectations" of what they could achieve in Iraq? Obviously, we welcome the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Jul 2007)

Menzies Campbell: ...and composure while being interviewed this morning. The Prime Minister entered No. 10 Downing street with a promise of change. Will he now set a target for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq; will he order the reopening of the investigation into allegations of corruption in relation to arms sales; and will he renegotiate the one-sided extradition treaty with the United States?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (27 Jun 2007) has video

Menzies Campbell: ...to Britain's armed forces? Is he satisfied that proper provision has been made for those servicemen and women who suffer both physical and psychological injury as a result of their service in Iraq and Afghanistan? What assurances can he give them and their families that they will not be forgotten?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (27 Jun 2007) has video

Menzies Campbell: As the Prime Minister knows, he and I have had a number of disagreements, not least on Iraq. In our personal dealings, however, he has been unfailingly courteous, and I should like to express my gratitude to him for that. As he leaves office, may I, on behalf of my colleagues, extend our very best wishes to him and his family?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (2 May 2007)

Menzies Campbell: ...at the end of what he rightly describes as a most difficult month. Now that the former Secretary of State for Defence has admitted that there were serious errors in the planning for post-war Iraq, who takes responsibility for those errors?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (2 May 2007)

Menzies Campbell: But is it not clear where responsibility for Iraq lies? The President made the decisions, the Prime Minister argued the case, the Chancellor signed the cheques and the Tories voted it through. That is where the responsibility for Iraq is to be found.

Amendment of the Law (21 Mar 2007)

Menzies Campbell: ...seek to save in order to spend. Large sums of public money have been wasted on unnecessary and unpopular measures, but now the Government are planning to waste more. We should recall that the war in Iraq has cost more than £5 billion so far, and that is quite apart from the human cost that is emerging. We know that the President made the decisions on Iraq, while the Prime Minister...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Mar 2007)

Menzies Campbell: .... I cannot help remembering that the last time the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) and the Prime Minister voted together in the same Lobby on an issue of national interest was on Iraq, and that has not proved to be a comforting precedent. Does the Prime Minister accept that the most immediate nuclear threat is from other countries acquiring nuclear weapons? What then will be...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (7 Mar 2007)

Menzies Campbell: In the light of recent controversy in relation to Iraq, BAE and now cash for honours, is it not essential that the functions and responsibilities of the Attorney-General should be separate— [Interruption]—so that decisions about prosecution can be taken entirely independent of Government?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Iraq and the Middle East (21 Feb 2007)

Menzies Campbell: ...say that we should not apologise for our values, but that does not mean that we should avoid the responsibility of taking account of the consequences of our actions. Whatever views we may have on Iraq, we can all agree that our forces have conducted themselves with skill, professionalism and courage, as the Prime Minister has said. I, too, extend my sympathy to the families of those who...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Iraq and the Middle East (21 Feb 2007)

Menzies Campbell: When the Iraq study group under James Baker put forward those proposals, did the Government have them under contemplation when they said that they broadly agreed with his proposals? Does the Prime Minister agree that there has to be engagement with Iran as part of the wider regional engagement to which he referred? Will he ignore the voices in Washington that are arguing—and perhaps...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Menzies Campbell: ...) is right to say that a lot has happened in four or five years, but the position we are in and the choices available to us are inevitably conditioned by the circumstances in which we went into Iraq. They simply cannot be disregarded in an effort to persuade everyone that we must proceed from here without regard to what has happened before. This is an important debate, far too long...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Menzies Campbell: ...parts of the ISG report that were consistent with the existing strategy were accepted. Anything about dialogue with Iran or Syria was rejected. Anything about trying to regionalise support for Iraq was also rejected. It is not only people here who oppose what is being done. Listen to what was said after the State of the Union address. Listen to what the Democrats said on an occasion that...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Menzies Campbell: If that is the right hon. Lady's approach— [ Interruption. ] Let us examine the basis of her question. It is based on an assumption that our commitment is unlimited, and that we must stay in Iraq as long as there is any threat of disturbance or instability. That is simply not feasible or sustainable, either in terms of resources or of the lives that we put at risk when we send people to...