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Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (5 Feb 2007)

Michael Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance and advice has been given to trade delegations by her Department wishing to go to (a) Iraq and (b) Iraqi Kurdistan to explore possible trade opportunities.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (31 Jan 2007)

Michael Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to ensure that Article 140 of the national constitution of Iraq is implemented within its proposed timescale.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (31 Jan 2007)

Michael Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions her Department has had with representatives of Turkey on the implementation by the Parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan of Article 140 of the national constitution of Iraq.

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (10 Nov 2005)

Michael Connarty: ...lead not only to miscarriages of justice, but to a waste of time by the police and those involved in intelligence and research. That time should be focused on proper concerns—going to war in Iraq has not improved our ability to fight international terrorism and is a glaring example of our chasing the wrong enemy. I heard a number of Members refer in the debates in Committee and...

Iraqi Kurdistan (25 Oct 2005)

Michael Connarty: I thank the hon. Gentleman for referring to our visit in straitened, stressful times before the war. I respect his view about the invasion of Iraq, although I do not share it. We visited internally displaced person's camps on our first trip. Are many of the internally displaced persons who were driven out of the two areas of Iraq still there? As for Salahaddin university, did the hon....

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (21 Jun 2005)

Michael Connarty: I am grateful to the Minister for his reply. I attended a meeting yesterday with the high representative of the Iraqi-Kurdistan Assembly and I read the speech of Massoud Barzani, the new President of the autonomous region, in which he welcomed all the people, including the Chaldo-Assyrians, who have places in the assembly of northern Iraq. They are happy to be there and have made no demand...

Debate on the Address: [First Day] (17 May 2005)

Michael Connarty: ...some of the national leaders of the parties did as they conducted the election. Our electorate appreciated that. The question is: how we did it. Even the Conservative candidate had been against the Iraq war in the public prints for a number of years, so everyone on our platform was against the war and we all had things to say about it. I am sure I shall have things to say about it here in...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr Michael Connarty: ...for intervention some two months before we did intervene, when a massacre was going on and there was good evidence for it. Abu Ghraib is not the benchmark to determine whether our invasion of Iraq was a success or a failure, although the hon. Gentleman used it as such. There are no excuses for anyone who voted for that invasion. I voted against it because, regardless of what was put to the...

Iraq (25 Feb 2004)

Mr Michael Connarty: .... I took Foreign Office information about the £1 million a day it was costing the allies to keep the no-fly zone in place. Will the Minister give an assurance that when we add up the debt owed by Iraq, we will not charge the cost of that no-fly zone policy to the Iraqi people, and through them to the Kurdish people in Iraq?

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Democracy (Afghanistan/Iraq) (9 Jul 2003)

Mr Michael Connarty: To some of us who went to Iraq before the conflict, it was clear that the Kurdish people had already developed a very strong democratic model in their devolved assembly. Is my hon. Friend concerned that they have said that they are not happy with the proposal that they should go into an appointed council and are worried that the advances that they have made in democracy will be eroded in the...

Asylum Seekers' Children (8 May 2003)

Mr Michael Connarty: ...than necessary was surely too vague. He said that detention had extended to eight months and beyond for some of the children he had met. We know that we are talking here about the Ay family from Iraq. He was also concerned that, while some children had not been detained as long as eight months, they had been detained beyond the removal time envisaged. I visited Dungavel, and although I...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (22 Jan 2003)

Mr Michael Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with representatives of the Northern Iraqi Kurdish people on the situation in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (22 Jan 2003)

Mr Michael Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Syria on relations with Iraq.

Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction (24 Sep 2002)

Mr Michael Connarty: ...about using another resolution on behalf of the United Kingdom? Also, will that resolution deal only with the return of the UN inspectors and not be a fig leaf for the American intention to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein?

International Terrorism (14 Sep 2001)

Mr Michael Connarty: ...who must be aware—as was pointed out to me by a distinguished former Member of this House—of the fragility of Egypt, Algeria, Syria and Jordan as well as the problems in Iran, Libya and Iraq. There is merit in the analysis of the right hon. and learned Member for North–East Fife (Mr. Campbell), and I hope that the Government will consider the comments made by the Father...