Results 1-20 of 37 for iraq speaker:Patrick Cormack

Bill Presented: International Affairs (20 Jul 2006)

Patrick Cormack: ...I endorse what he said. I hope that the Government will talk to Israeli Ministers in that regard. Thirdly, the people who are rubbing their hands at the moment are those who support terrorism, in Iraq, Afghanistan and wherever it is practised. The people who are delighted at the disproportionate response of Israel are the terrorists—the terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the...

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

Patrick Cormack: ...from the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary, telling us that there was real conviction and inviting us to briefings—there are precedents for that, such as before the beginning of the Iraq war—we could have gone to the Home Office or to rooms in Westminster Hall, and we could have been briefed. We could then have exercised our democratic duty in the House on the basis of...

Iraq (31 Jan 2005)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...counterpart, when he or she is appointed, to make it plain that the British Government will make no unilateral commitment of any sort other than to stand by the democratically elected Government of Iraq and the principles on which they were elected?

Hunting Bill (Procedure) (15 Sep 2004)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...that many of his colleagues do not like. It so happens that I am one of his great supporters on the most important of those policies, but that is neither here nor there. The Prime Minister's Iraq policy is very unpopular among Labour Members, and he feels that he has got to give them some red meat. He has therefore authorised his business managers to bring in this extraordinary procedural...

Iraq (20 Jul 2004)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...those incidents appear to have been perpetrated by American troops does not lessen the anguish that we should feel. We should all feel a degree of regret at the way in which the reconstruction of Iraq was perhaps not thought through as carefully as it might have been, although I believe that there has been much black propaganda and that things in Iraq are better than many would have us...

Iraq (20 Jul 2004)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...too, but the former head of the civil service would, would he not? We must look at the matter in perspective. What we face as a House collectively is a serious situation. Our troops are still in Iraq. They have served the country with enormous bravery and distinction. They deserve our united backing. There is an interim regime in Iraq. It may not be perfect but it is infinitely better than...

Zimbabwe (1 Jul 2004)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...to support Her Majesty's Government in taking a tougher stance. The Government will have our total support in that, and I speak as one who has not flinched from supporting the Government over the Iraq war. I have constantly given my willing support on that, because I believe that what the Prime Minister has done has been both honourable and right. I now ask the Government to behave in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Territorial Army (29 Mar 2004)

Sir Patrick Cormack: Is it not true that many Territorials are serving us very bravely in Afghanistan and Iraq, and are suffering financially in doing so? When is the Minister going to do something about that?

Lord Hutton's Report (4 Feb 2004)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...on whether it was right or wrong to go to war. That is not within its terms of reference, nor should it be. This morning I was talking to a Russian-speaking friend, who told me about a programme on Iraq that was apparently screened on Russian television last night. The verdict was that if "we"—that is, the Russians—had said that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Army Welfare Services (26 Jan 2004)

Sir Patrick Cormack: What practical help are the Army welfare services giving to the families of those Territorials who served in Iraq, causing great financial hardship to themselves and their families?

Defence White Paper/Operations in Iraq (11 Dec 2003)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...the White Paper—which is very short on detail, I might say—is he confident that, in 10 years, this country would be able to cope with a crisis in the Falkland Islands or mount another Iraq-style operation?

Iraq (Reconstruction) (12 Nov 2003)

Sir Patrick Cormack: In view of the fact that continued close co-operation between British and American forces in Iraq and between the British and American Governments is essential to the safe reconstruction of Iraq, does the right hon. Gentleman think it appropriate for President Bush to share his thoughts with Members of both Houses when he is here next week?

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

Sir Patrick Cormack: As the Prime Minister made plain last night in his speech at Guildhall, our Government are working in close co-operation with the American Government on all aspects in Iraq. In view of that, will the Minister confirm that when President Bush is here next week, he will address both Houses of Parliament, as Presidents Clinton and Reagan did, and as our Prime Minister addressed Congress?

Iraq (16 Jul 2003)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...that my party, to which I am honoured to belong, should have started nitpicking when it was so right to give support on the principal issue. It also grieves me that those young men and women in Iraq at the moment—I have spoken to some of them, and we still have 11,000 out there—are wondering whether we have lost our marbles in this place. They are helping to bring to...

Iraq (16 Jul 2003)

Sir Patrick Cormack: Does the Foreign Secretary agree that setting up that inquiry was as profound a mistake as the setting up of any inquiry into the decision to go to war in Iraq would be?

Changes to Government Departments (18 Jun 2003)

Sir Patrick Cormack: Cannot the Prime Minister pause for a moment, reflect and realise that many of those who have admired his leadership over Iraq, in all parts of the House, in both Houses and outside—and who have given him unstinting support for which he has been grateful—think that on this matter he has behaved with cavalier disdain? He has treated both Houses of Parliament with contempt and has...

Government Reshuffle (17 Jun 2003)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...the time. I have never been one to hide my views. After all, a fortnight ago I was the one Conservative Member to march into the Government Lobby to support the Prime Minister on the inquiry into Iraq. My hon. Friends probably believed that I was profoundly mistaken, but I thought that I was right, so I did it. It was a perfectly understandable experiment for an Opposition party to enter...

Iraq (4 Jun 2003)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...in effect connived at undermining his own credibility by the ultra-reliance on spin that he has displayed during his period in office. I made that point when I spoke in the first or second of the Iraq debates. It is, regrettably, true, although I do not doubt the Prime Minister's good faith or integrity on this issue. The question at the centre of the debate is whether we believe that our...

Iraq (4 Jun 2003)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...opportunity to revisit outworn arguments, or to try to re-run a vote that was decisively carried on 18 March. Nor, above all, must the process distract us from the absolute priority of restoring Iraq and creating a stable democracy, which will take time. It must not take our eyes off the war against terrorism, in which we all have a truly vested interest. Nor must we be distracted from...

Iraq and the Middle East (14 Apr 2003)

Sir Patrick Cormack: ...to a suggestion that I put to the Foreign Secretary the other day? During this difficult transitional period, will he consider appointing a member of his Government as a resident Minister in Iraq?