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Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Ian Davidson: ...is necessary for fighting on the north German plain is not necessarily the same stuff that is needed for fighting in the mountains of Afghanistan; even some of the materiel that was necessary for Iraq is not adequate for Afghanistan. Therefore, it is changes of environment that produce urgent operational requirements; I would have thought that was blindingly obvious. Let me return to the...

Iraq: UK Forces Adjustments (27 May 2004)

Mr Ian Davidson: ...sucked into a hole that the Americans have dug, and which they continue to excavate? What steps is he taking to ensure that the concern felt in this House about the behaviour of American troops in Iraq—their over-liberal use of firepower and their treatment of prisoners—is conveyed to the Americans? Surely no British soldier's life should be put at risk simply to try to help...

EU Constitution Referendum (30 Mar 2004)

Mr Ian Davidson: ...future it would be economically illiterate for us to join. I am not opposed to European defence; indeed, in that regard I am more European than the Government. I also took the European view on Iraq, so I do not accept for a moment the Minister's suggestion that I am anti-European.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (20 Nov 2003)

Mr Ian Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 15 September 2003, Official Report, columns 587–88W, on Iraq, if he will list those countries that now have military personnel working with UK and US forces in Iraq, broken down by (a) number and (b) type; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (20 Nov 2003)

Mr Ian Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the UK armed forces have been (a) killed and (b) injured in Iraq since the end of the conflict.

European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill (21 Oct 2003)

Mr Ian Davidson: ...decline is inevitable. It depends on whether or not we can engage with the population as a whole. Had we had a general election or an opportunity for the expression of popular support during the Iraq war, there would have been a tremendously high turnout, particularly among young people, because they engaged with the issue. But there is a disconnection between the issues about which they...

Local Government Finance (Scotland) (19 Feb 1998)

Mr Ian Davidson: ...Members are inundated by the results of years of underspending. What makes that particularly unpalatable is the way in which, at present, because of the possibility of military action against Iraq, we see all the hi-tech wizardry displayed, while our hi-tech and scientifically advanced society is apparently unable to provide windproof and watertight homes for substantial numbers of our...