Results 1-14 of 14 for iraq speaker:David Davis

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Afghanistan and Pakistan (14 Oct 2009) has video

David Davis: The Prime Minister is right to emphasise the role of the Afghan security services, but Afghanistan is bigger, more complex and presents a more difficult problem than Iraq, and as Iraq's indigenous security forces number 600,000, how does the Prime Minister imagine we can succeed in Afghanistan with less than half that number?

Afghanistan (29 Oct 2008)

David Davis: One point made to us when we were in Afghanistan was that Iraq has roughly 600,000 security forces of one sort or another, is smaller than Afghanistan in both population and area and is a less complex problem. That implies that 120,000 troops are far too few. Will my hon. Friend comment on that?

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum (13 Mar 2007)

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers from (a) Somalia, (b) Iraq and (c) Afghanistan had their application refused in 2006.

Royal Assent: Intelligence and Security Committee (Annual Report) (11 Jul 2006)

David Davis: ...case to court in the national interest. However, the case was reportedly dropped just five hours after the defence sought the disclosure of the Attorney-General's advice to the Government about the Iraq war. Whether or not there is a public interest or similar defence in law, it is possible that a jury would still decide a case based on its own interpretation of the public interest. I hope...

Orders of the Day — Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (21 Jun 2005)

David Davis: ...of my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer). The remarks that I shall quote came from the Prime Minister when he was justifying his decision to undertake the war in Iraq. He said: "But what galvanised me was that it was a declaration of war by religious fanatics who were prepared to wage that war without limit. They killed 3,000. But if they could have killed...

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

Mr David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many British police officers have visited Iraq in an official capacity since the fall of Saddam Hussein; and what the purposes of the visits were.

Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 2003–04 (8 Jul 2004)

Mr David Davis: ...apparent failures to keep the ISC properly informed during the course of the year. The ISC itself raised the Government's failure to provide it with eight Joint Intelligence Committee papers relating to Iraqi WMDs and UN inspections, and it was mighty generous to accept the Government's apology and statement that no deliberate attempt was made to withhold information. It seems...

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security (25 Feb 2004)

Mr David Davis: My right hon. and learned Friend is exactly right. He and I have both been recipients of such information with respect to Iraq in our previous incarnations, and I suspect that we both saw the errors along the way. That is why a judicial process—a process of justice—is a better process. That is why there should be a process of challenge. That is why the Newton committee's proposal...

Fire Services Bill (8 May 2003)

Mr David Davis: ...on stand-by in perpetuity; the Deputy Prime Minister says that the figure will be 9,000. In perpetuity, that will be a crippling burden on our armed forces. Is that what our troops returning from Iraq will come back to? Will this mean the cancellation of yet more training exercises, in addition to the 12 we have lost already, damaging the combat readiness of our troops, and thereby putting...

Fire Dispute (20 Mar 2003)

Mr David Davis: ...its members and for it not to instigate more strike action, particularly at a time when it puts British citizens at grave risk. Today, with the coalition forces involved in military action against Iraq, that danger is starker than at any time in this dispute. Currently, up to 45,000 service personnel, including a quarter of the Army, are deployed in the Gulf. There could not be a worse...

Fire Dispute (28 Jan 2003)

Mr David Davis: ..., and that they should persuade the FBU to accept the deal. The dominant and immediate issue, however, is that of public safety, particularly given the combination of possible terrorism at home and war in Iraq. Last week, I asked the Deputy Prime Minister specifically about the cover provided by 16 Air Assault Brigade, and how it was going to be replaced when that unit was committed...

Anti-missile Defence (4 Dec 1997)

Mr David Davis: ...arms, and most particularly a rush to acquire weapons of mass destruction—a rush which, if we are not careful, may render NATO's whole new policy obsolete. Many nations—most obviously Iraq, Syria, Libya, Iran and North Korea—are developing weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological weapons and their delivery systems. At least 38...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: West and South Asia (Strategic Weapons) (6 Mar 1996)

Mr David Davis: ...of a tired old story demonstrates his lack of judgment and why he was sacked from the Labour Front-Bench team some time ago. We have been active in the United Nations special commission on Iraq, which has raised continuing concerns about Iraq's ballistic missile, chemical and biological weapons programmes, and in the International Atomic Energy Agency in trying to put in place on-going...

Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (3 May 1995)

Mr David Davis: ...me, I will not, as I do not have enough time. Of course the treaty is not a perfect instrument. It is a major concern, which has been stated by hon. Members on both sides of the House, that Iraq—a treaty party—came close to acquiring nuclear weaponry, and that North Korea, another party, has tried to shrug aside its obligations under the treaty. My hon. Friend the Member for...