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Orders of the Day: Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords] (23 Jul 2007) has video

Ann Cryer: .... Had the Americans bothered to attempt to understand the Vietnamese, they would have realised that theirs was a war they could never have won and should never have fought—similarly with Iraq. Likewise, to challenge criminal, inhumane practices from a position of weakness—that is, a lack of understanding as to why it occurs in the first place—will, history suggests, lead...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Ann Cryer: My right hon. Friend has not yet commented on the position of women in Iraq, drawing comparisons between their human and civil rights and quality of life now and four years ago.

Business of the House (9 Mar 2006)

Ann Cryer: My right hon. Friend has already announced that there will be a debate the week after next on the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan. May we also have a debate on peacekeeping in Iraq? That country seems to be moving towards civil war, with Muslims killing Muslims. Could there be a role for a UN peacekeeping force in Iraq eventually, on the removal of the existing coalition force?

Oral Answers to Questions — Minister for Women: Iraq (8 Jul 2004)

Mrs Ann Cryer: I thank my right hon. Friend for that encouraging list of appointments in Iraq. Will she have any input into the organisation of elections to the National Assembly, which I understand may well have a reserved list for women, perhaps even of 25 per cent.? Will she have a word with Members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, who were elected on such a list and who are pretty well disregarded...

Oral Answers to Questions — Minister for Women: Iraq (22 Jan 2004)

Mrs Ann Cryer: If she will make a statement on steps she is taking to help Iraqi women's non-governmental organisations play a full part in the reconstruction of Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (3 Jun 2003)

Mrs Ann Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to support the early return by the United Nations Weapons Inspectors to Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: European Rapid Reaction Force (12 May 2003)

Mrs Ann Cryer: Will my right hon. Friend comment on the future of the European rapid reaction force, given the deep differences of opinion on Iraq that we have observed over the past month or so?

Iraq (Military Operations) (26 Mar 2003)

Mrs Ann Cryer: ...the World Service is reporting that cluster bombs are being used in the area around Basra? I am sure that he is aware, as I am, of the long-term consequences for the civilian population of post-war Iraq of unexploded bomblets. Will he make it clear to his American counterpart, when they discuss Iraq, that we strongly disapprove of the use of anti-personnel land mines?

Business of the House (13 Mar 2003)

Mrs Ann Cryer: ...bombs, and also to discuss the possibility of Ministers using their best endeavours to persuade their American counterparts to refrain from using those hideous weapons in any military action in Iraq.

International Women's Day (6 Mar 2003)

Mrs Ann Cryer: ...with the views of imams in Bradford. I am trying to be fair and even-handed in my discussion of religions. This afternoon, we have discussed this country's position and the likelihood of war with Iraq. I believe that we should not go to war, and that it will not help the women of Iraq one jot if we do so. As has been mentioned, we ought to look at the position of women in Afghanistan....

Women and Equality (14 Mar 2002)

Mrs Ann Cryer: ...children and a job in this place. Some of them are Ministers. Last week, my hon. Friend the Member for Halifax (Mrs. Mahon) tabled early-day motion 927, which is headed, "Military Action against Iraq". By and large, wars are waged by men. I know that this is a generality, but wars are suffered mainly by women and their children. I supported the Government on the need for intervention in...

Iraq (6 Mar 2002)

Mrs Ann Cryer: ...have large Muslim communities. The chain of trust was difficult to sustain throughout the Afghan war. It will be even more difficult now and we will lose the trust of Muslim communities if we bomb Iraq.