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Africa (30 Mar 2009) has video

Claire Curtis-Thomas: Does my hon. Friend agree that the very fact of the UK's considerable commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan has induced, and required, many countries that had thus far remained outside peacekeeping forces to join those forces? Even though their countries may be committed to supporting Iraq and Afghanistan, they lacked the military capacity or experience to do so.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq: Reconstruction (6 Oct 2008)

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 1040W, on Iraq: reconstruction, what the 10 largest infrastructure projects in Southern Iraq supported by his Department are; and to what extent his Department has engaged local residents to assist in the provision of security for such projects.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (24 Jun 2008)

Claire Curtis-Thomas: ...Development what assessment he has made of the level of risk experienced by (a) his Department's staff and (b) the staff of agencies engaged to implement his policies while working in Iraq in the last two years; and what the primary sources of such risks are.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq: Utilities (19 Jun 2008)

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support his Department has given to Southern Iraq to improve infrastructure for the supply of water and power.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq: Reconstruction (18 Jun 2008)

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been contributed by his Department to complete infrastructure projects that supply water and power to people in Southern Iraq.

British Army (30 Jan 2007)

Claire Curtis-Thomas: ...has gone up as a result of the war. It is an absolute fact that many young people join the Army because they want the experience of defending their country. That is what they are going for, and Iraq offers a very real possibility of doing that.

British Army (30 Jan 2007)

Claire Curtis-Thomas: I find the hon. Gentleman's comments interesting. I have not been to Iraq, although I hope to go there. It would be great if the Americans listened to us, but one of the primary problems is that their training and recruitment programmes are totally different to the British model. Someone can be walking the streets in the US one day and serving on the front line the next. We do not do that to...

British Army (30 Jan 2007)

Claire Curtis-Thomas: ...and the future of our armed forces highlighted the fact that, despite the difficulties and challenges that we face today, Britain has to maintain a warfighting as well as a peacekeeping capability. Iraq and Afghanistan are too readily perceived as the only theatres in which our forces serve, and the situation is often seen to be critically unstable. There has never been universal approval...

Royal Assent: Christmas Adjournment (19 Dec 2006)

Claire Curtis-Thomas: ...of its colonial past and called on the British Government to help bring that terrible war to an end. In this debate, much time has been spent talking about the British Army's intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, but it is present in at least 120 locations around the world and it undertakes all sorts of different roles. If I were able to take hon. Members to Sierra Leone today, everyone in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Iraq (12 Dec 2006)

Claire Curtis-Thomas: I welcome my right hon. Friend's comments on the activities of the military forces in Iraq and the plans that affect their future, but will he briefly explain what the Government intend to do to support the Iraqi Government in the execution of their civic duty and those democratic initiatives that will require substantial support if they are to be maintained?

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

Claire Curtis-Thomas: I am enormously comforted by my right hon. Friend's words about the security situation in Iraq, but we both know that emerging democracies need continued support. Will she reassure me that when we leave Iraq because it no longer needs military support we will continue to support that emerging democracy through what will be difficult times?

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (25 Jan 2005)

Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas: Does my hon. Friend agree that although people are seeking, and have sought, weapons of mass destruction, Iraq's capability to produce those weapons was unquestionable? Moreover, it had demonstrated its capacity to use them extensively in northern Kurdistan. It retained that capability until the invasion of Iraq, which sought to reduce the problem completely and for ever.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (17 Nov 2004)

Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas: ...what his most recent assessment of the current threat to the UK from terrorists is; and whether an assessment has been made of the impact on the terrorism threat to the UK of involvement in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (3 Mar 2004)

Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas: Now that we have successfully negotiated a peaceful outcome for the people of Iraq, what are we going to do in terms of securing a better solution for those in poverty throughout the world and improving settlements and progress on issues of third world debt?

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2003)

Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when it became his Department's policy not to enforce removals of people refused asylum to (a) Iraq, (b) Zimbabwe and (c) Somalia; and what the reasons are for this policy in each case.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (15 Sep 2003)

Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent requests he has received from the United States Government for the use of British military facilities in respect of the military action in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (15 Sep 2003)

Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reservists are deployed on operations in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (1 Sep 2003)

Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the (a) role and (b) action of army logistics units in Iraq.

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum (11 Jul 2003)

Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when it became his Department's policy not to enforce removals of people refused asylum to (a) Iraq, (b) Zimbabwe and (c) Somalia; and what the reasons are for this policy in each case.

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

Ms Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been taken to ensure that (a) the United Nations is consulted with regard to the implementation of justice in Iraq and (b) the UN will continue to work in partnership with a new Iraqi administration.