Results 1-20 of 21 for iraq speaker:Tom Clarke

UK Aid (Sudan) (23 Oct 2007)

Tom Clarke: ...to force people from their homes, the Eastern part of the country continues to receive asylum seekers from Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia, and up to 2,000 Palestinians may soon be resettled from Iraq to Sudan. The UN Refugee Agency has a network of 16 offices across Sudan, managing the return operation to South Sudan, supporting tens of thousands of refugees in one of the world's most...

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

Tom Clarke: Is my right hon. Friend aware that there is growing concern about what appears to be the mounting tension between northern Iraq and the Government of Turkey and, indeed, between the Kurds and Turkey? Given that some of the parties have apparently been involved in discussions with the American Administration, will the Prime Minister give the House a British perspective on those matters and an...

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (22 Nov 2006)

Tom Clarke: ...the Government's policy on international development, and until today I thought that that was the position of the hon. Gentleman as well. Will he allow me briefly to clarify my position on Iraq? I voted against the Government. I spoke against the Government. I find it rather confusing that the official Opposition seemed even more desperate to go in than the Government were at the time, but...

Democratic Republic of the Congo (17 Dec 2003)

Mr Tom Clarke: ...Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, said after visiting northern Uganda that the humanitarian situation was worse in the region than anywhere else in the world, including Iraq or Palestine. That is a profound view, and if it has an influence in the region, it is well worth considering now. We are entitled to ask what the UN's response is to the advice that it is...

Iraq (Reconstruction) (12 Nov 2003)

Mr Tom Clarke: In thanking my right hon. Friend for his comprehensive statement, may I ask whether he is aware of the concerns of the Kurdish representatives on the Iraqi governing council about northern Iraq? Those of us who have seen the tremendous transformation in health and education since the early '90s—there are now two universities, road infrastructure has improved and so on—share the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (11 Nov 2003)

Mr Tom Clarke: What the Government's policy is in respect of the Kurdish population in northern Iraq and other parts of the region.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (11 Nov 2003)

Mr Tom Clarke: Is my hon. Friend in a position to give the Government's response to the unanimous decision of the Kurdish National Assembly to assert that in the new Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan should be regarded as a single federal region embracing Kirkuk and Mosul, and that it should be protected against both threats and interference from any neighbouring states?

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (10 Apr 2003)

Mr Tom Clarke: ...about the G7 summit which will take place in Washington at the weekend, and which she and the Chancellor will attend. I welcome the fact that she said that apart from the inevitable discussions on Iraq there will be further discussions about Africa, Asia, poverty-focused programmes in the third world and fair trade. The essential message of the Budget on fairness and justice applies just...

Iraq (Humanitarian Situation) (10 Apr 2003)

Mr Tom Clarke: ...that occurs, it is right to accept her advice to try to build bridges with all other nations, including the neighbouring state of Turkey? Without that, it will not be possible to rebuild northern Iraq, and the whole of Iraq, in the way that that was done following the conflict in the early 1990s.

Iraq (Military Operations) (3 Apr 2003)

Mr Tom Clarke: Is my right hon. Friend in a position to inform the House of the nature of the discussions between Secretary of State Powell and the Turkish Government about northern Iraq, and is he in a position to reassure the Kurds about Turkey's intentions?

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (13 Mar 2003)

Mr Tom Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the Canadian proposals on Iraq as the basis for a resolution at the United Nations Security Council.

Iraq (26 Feb 2003)

Mr Tom Clarke: ...on humanitarian grounds, and who supported the Government's actions on Kosovo on humanitarian grounds, take the view that there are grave concerns about the humanitarian consequences of war with Iraq, that seems to me entirely logical, a position shared by virtually all the aid agencies and non-governmental organisations, including CAFOD, and one to be taken seriously. We want to avoid...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (25 Feb 2003)

Mr Tom Clarke: Is my right hon. Friend aware that many people hope that when he has discussions with our partners in the European Union, he will bear in mind the grave reservations of the Kurds in northern Iraq about the new-found role of Turkey, given Turkey's human rights record and its treatment of the Kurds in the past, both of which leave a great deal to be desired?

Public Bill Committee: International Development Bill [Lords]: Clause 8 - Arrangements with third parties (27 Nov 2001)

Mr Tom Clarke: ...and becomes statutory—an obligation. The things that she argued for, with some conviction, with respect to reconstruction, would suffer. From my limited experience of visits to northern Iraq and Kurdistan, I would say that the enormous transformation that I saw there was in the main due to the United Nations and its various agencies. The NGOs and charities had a role, but I should...

Afghanistan (Humanitarian Situation) (24 Oct 2001)

Mr Tom Clarke: ...was positive and far-sighted this afternoon, when he criticised the past failures of the west to take opportunities to address the reconstruction of Afghanistan? Would she take as a model northern Iraq, where many hon. Members have witnessed the complete transformation, in a matter of years, of the absolute despair of the Kurds? Does she agree that the United Nations agencies, NGOs and...

International Development White Paper (3 May 2001)

Mr Tom Clarke: ...erase, and it is right that we should continue to seek to do so. I want to end on a more positive note by remembering two countries where tremendous progress has been made. The first is northern Iraq. The right hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Major) has not been given the credit that he deserves for setting up the safe havens. Having visited Iraq in the early stages and then again about...

Oral Answers to Questions: EU Institutions (14 Apr 1999)

Mr Tom Clarke: ...of that contribution for humanitarian purposes, we now require a long-term commitment on the part of the European Union and the United Nations of the sort that was employed positively in northern Iraq?

Oral Answers to Questions — Engagements (24 Feb 1999)

Mr Tom Clarke: ...Prime Minister agree that Turkey would be wise to accept the advice of the European Union by ensuring that the trial of Abdullah Ocalan is both fair and seen to be fair? As one who visited northern Iraq at the beginning of last year, may I assure the Prime Minister that now is the time for all parties to come together to heal old wounds? In the light of new evidence of ethnic cleansing,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (19 Jan 1999)

Mr Tom Clarke: Is my right hon. Friend aware that I visited northern Iraq—Kurdistan—just before Christmas? I was deeply moved by the Kurds' view that Saddam Hussein, in violating United Nations Security Council resolutions 986 and 688, was mainly responsible for the suffering in Iraq. Will my right hon. Friend therefore assure me and the Kurds that the Government will take every step,...

Orders of the Day — Opposition Day: Overseas Aid (1 Mar 1994)

Mr Tom Clarke: ...are perfectly entitled to draw the attention of the House and the Minister to what is taking place in East Timor, and the Government's involvement with Indonesia. Time and again, as we saw in Iraq, the Government have been involved in shady arms deals, only to find that our troops have been on the receiving end. Would it not be ironic if we found that Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam were...