Results 1-12 of 12 for iraq speaker:Frank Cook

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Afghanistan (Royal Navy) (3 Nov 2008) has video

Frank Cook: ..., we have capital ships afloat that are sailing with crews that are somewhat undermanned in places. That is a real problem. Is it not possible to progress more rapidly the reduction of forces in Iraq, so that we can replace naval personnel in Afghanistan in order to release them for service afloat?

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Iraq (1 Apr 2008) has video

Frank Cook: Can my right hon. Friend tell us whether maintaining current troop levels in Iraq will have any impact on the prospect of reinforcing the boots on the ground in Afghanistan, if that proves necessary in an emergency?

[Mr. Peter Atkinson in the Chair] — Remploy (25 Mar 2008)

Frank Cook: The concern that the hon. Lady has expressed is important, but it is not only disabled folk in factories whom we must consider. What does she think about disabled people returning from Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and other such places who will need that kind of engagement, while the factories that could accommodate them are being closed?

Remploy Factory Closures (North-East) (25 Jul 2007)

Frank Cook: ...funding envelope, as it is called. God, don't we come out with some euphemisms! Those young men and women previously came back from Bosnia and Kosovo and are now coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq. The disabilities are going up and the budget is coming down; what kind of sense is that? What is the logic and how can it be justified? If anyone can answer that question, they will do me a...

Health Services (Teesside) (16 Jan 2007)

Frank Cook: ...usually a mobile army surgical hospital. As a matter of fact, I am going to visit one of those units tonight, here in London. It is a unit that has been used more than any other unit throughout the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns. Those units perform wonderfully well and I pay all tribute to them. The casualty is moved from primary care to secondary, to the MASH. Having received attention...

UK Forces (Iraq) (18 Oct 2004)

Mr Frank Cook: Will my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State call to mind the statements of his counterpart in the United States and indeed the President that the US forces can handle events in Iraq and that there should be no need for UK forces to get involved? My right hon. Friend will also have noted reports of American statements that the British attitude is one of institutionalised cowardice. Will...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (19 Mar 2003)

Mr Frank Cook: Now that military units are moving into what was previously the demilitarised zone in Kuwait and Iraq, will my right hon. Friend offer the House an assurance today that correct records and registers of inoculations, medication administered and weapons used in different sectors will be kept so that the parents of serving men and women can be assured that the right kind of inquiries can be made...

Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction (24 Sep 2002)

Mr Frank Cook: ...come Armageddon will be so uncertain that Bush will be able to overturn it? Why should America be so keen to whip up the crazy state of mind that suggests there is no alternative to the attack on Iraq that is described so incessantly and in such detail? Could it have anything to do with Enron, WorldCom, Xerox and a number of other court actions currently in train? Could it have anything to...

Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction (24 Sep 2002)

Mr Frank Cook: The right hon. Gentleman has emphasised the fact that we must not get it wrong. The Prime Minister told us with great firmness today that Iraq has biological and chemical weapons that can be ready in 45 minutes, which is a fraction of the time that we have been discussing this issue. Does the right hon. Gentleman believe that we shall be able to prevent Saddam from launching those weapons and...

Kosovo (18 May 1999)

Mr Frank Cook: ...respect, I am speaking in the British House of Commons of the British Parliament, and I am assuring the House that there is no depleted uranium in use with our forces. As for studies of health in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has had a considerable look at what may have happened there, and we are confident that depleted uranium poses a very small risk to health. Regardless, however, none...

Iraq (17 Dec 1998)

Mr Frank Cook: ...of speculations and finished with a question. The facts were as follows. First, Saddam Hussein was developing a Scud missile to extend the range effectively and to improve its accuracy. Secondly, Iraq was thought to be close to perfecting its biological, chemical and nuclear warheads of mass destruction, which could be delivered by the extended Scud. Thirdly, it was therefore thought that...

Business of the House (26 Feb 1998)

Mr Frank Cook: First, may I support the plea by my hon. Friend the Member for North-East Derbyshire (Mr. Barnes) for a further debate on Iraq? As founding chairman of the all-party land mine eradication group in the House, may I draw my right hon. Friend's attention to the accelerating momentum around the globe for the development and discipline of policies on humanitarian de-mining and clearance of...