Results 1-20 of 41 for iraq speaker:William Cash

Christians in Iraq (16 Dec 2008)

William Cash: ...the Minister agree that if there is a problem enforcing constitutional guarantees—this is my main concern in this context—it is essential to offer protection by allowing Christians in Iraq to come into this country? Will he tell me how many Christians have sought asylum in this country and been refused entry compared with the number of Muslims and Kurds who have applied and got in?

Christians in Iraq (16 Dec 2008)

William Cash: I hope that the hon. Lady is not saying that, somehow or other, these problems are the consequence of the invasion of Iraq. After all, the Kurds were being dreadfully and tragically oppressed by Saddam Hussein—and so on. The hope is that we can elevate the debate to the question of whether we have proper democratic constitutional guarantees rather than dwelling on the question of...

Christians in Iraq (16 Dec 2008)

William Cash: I congratulate my hon. Friend on his strong stance on this issue, which is fundamental to our appreciation of where Iraq now stands after the war. I think I am right in saying that he was against the war, but some of us who were in favour of it—I do not resile from my views at that time—have been dismayed at the way in which certain events have developed since. We were told...

Christians in Iraq (16 Dec 2008)

William Cash: ...convention on human rights or whatever, if we are not prepared to observe what we are, by omission, not doing when we have the opportunity to exert influence and thereby to protect minorities in Iraq, and particularly the Christian minority. As my hon. Friend said, it is estimated that in October 12,000 Christians fled Mosul and that, in a two-week period in October, 14 Christians were...

Christians in Iraq (16 Dec 2008)

William Cash: ...and how that gets tied up with the subject of their application to the European Union. However, the reality is that the situation regarding the Kurdish people and their connections in northern Iraq cannot be conducted on the basis of double standards. When I read that the President of Iraq has said that the money that I have already mentioned would help to safeguard the "rights and...

Christians in Iraq (16 Dec 2008)

William Cash: My hon. Friend knows well that I supported the invasion of Iraq, which was done in order to bring about democracy. Does he not agree that democracy carries with it an absolute requirement of the protection of minority rights? It ought to carry with it the protection of the Christians, but it has been greatly abused. That seriously undermines a case that was made about the war. The authorities...

Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 8) (3 Mar 2008)

William Cash: ... the Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer). Although we disagree about certain aspects of the treaty, we agree that the defence issue has not been discussed. Our boys out in Afghanistan and Iraq are at risk as result of some of the provisions of this treaty.

Western Balkans (26 Feb 2008)

William Cash: ...a considerable dilemma exists at the heart of this. My position rests on the fact that I believe very strongly that we have to act in accordance with the rule of law. The problems that we had in Iraq, and that we have had periodically over the past 75 years—even going back to the origins of the first world war—have all been associated with problems that have arisen from a...

Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 5): Treaty of Lisbon (No. 6) — [6th Allotted Day] (25 Feb 2008)

William Cash: ...Development, was deeply critical of the way in which the EU functioned in relation to her responsibilities. I do not believe that what she said at that time had anything to do with the Iraq war. It was just an objective assessment of how she saw the operation being conducted under the aegis of the EU. Why would I be concerned about the specific obligations imposed under the treaty? For...

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Addition to list of treaties (20 Feb 2008)

William Cash: ...treaty. The plain fact—the Minister knows it, the Prime Minister knows it, and the Foreign Secretary knows it—is that there is often no common position on matters such as Kosovo and Iraq. Such matters go to the very heart of whether or not we fight and our young men are sent out there. The Government will not even give the House the time to discuss those matters properly. It is...

Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 4): Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5) — [5th allotted day] (20 Feb 2008)

William Cash: ...co-operation and the degree of co-ordination being established within a legal framework, which has been accompanied by mistakes such as those seen in the disarray over a whole raft of matters from Iraq and Kosovo's standing to many others, where the EU is demonstrating that it cannot meet the challenges that he mentioned?

Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (10 Jul 2007) has video

William Cash: ...lax control orders that there is "solid evidence" that the trio in question with regard to the Haymarket attempted bombing had wanted to join insurgents abroad and attack British troops serving in Iraq. I assume that he knew what he was talking about.

Delegated Legislation: European Affairs (6 Dec 2006)

William Cash: ...a landscape view, sketching out some of the implications to reflect the situation as we now find it. First, I am bound to say that disarray among member states is apparent not just in respect of Iraq a few years ago when the situation became terminal for foreign policy and defence, but in respect of institutional changes as promulgated by proposals for a European constitution. We have had...

Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Iraq (1 Mar 2005)

Mr William Cash: ...Morgan had in preparation of the reply to the parliamentary question tabled by the hon. Member for Stone to the Prime Minister on 11 March 2003 on the legal basis for military intervention in Iraq to which the Attorney-General referred in evidence to the Butler Inquiry on 5 May 2004; and if she will make a statement.

Iraq (Attorney-General's Advice) (9 Mar 2004)

Mr William Cash: ...available. Furthermore, on 14 March 2003, I specifically asked the Prime Minister in a parliamentary question whether he would make a statement on the legal basis for military intervention against Iraq. His initial answer was that there was a long-standing convention that legal advice to the Government remained confidential. That has often been repeated. He continued: "We always act in...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Butler Committee (9 Feb 2004)

Mr William Cash: ...'s Committee to report on differences between (a) the intelligence gathered, evaluated and used by the Government before the conflict and (b) the intelligence and what has been discovered by the Iraq Survey Group since the end of the conflict.

Iraq (Judicial Inquiry) (22 Oct 2003)

Mr William Cash: ...hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood resigned, she said in her letter to the Prime Minister: "I am afraid that the assurances you gave me about the need for a UN mandate to establish a legitimate Iraqi government have been breached." There are therefore two separate questions with which there are serious problems. The first is the issue of the facts in relation to the September dossier and...

Iraq (Judicial Inquiry) (22 Oct 2003)

Mr William Cash: ...is no reason why such an inquiry should take an undue length of time. Analogies have been made with the Bloody Sunday inquiry, its costs and time scale, but there is no reason why an inquiry on Iraq should not be completed in a relatively short period. We have suggested six months, but it may take a little longer. This is an important matter, about which Labour Members felt so strongly...

Constitutional Reforms (18 Sep 2003)

Mr William Cash: ...on an amendment for a referendum on the European constitution. That is the arithmetic. After all, the Prime Minister has said that, for him, the European constitution is even more important than Iraq. This is a political statement, made by one party for one party. It is not constitutional reform. Principle has been abandoned. The Cook-Maclennan talks have been betrayed. This is not a step...

Human Rights Commission (15 May 2003)

Mr William Cash: .... Those who know a lot about me will know that I am greatly concerned about ensuring that people are not unfairly discriminated against. I must also say that things happened in Zimbabwe during the Iraq war that left an extremely unpleasant taste in the mouth, as did the Government's comparative lack of obvious concern to do anything about them. I feel strongly that, when we talk about...