Results 1-20 of 56 for iraq speaker:David Drew

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Iran (13 Oct 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the government of Iraq on the treatment of those living in Camp Ashraf.

Gurkha Pensions (21 Jul 2009)

David Drew: ...do not have a life of luxury and many face deprivations. As they say—this point has been made clearly to me—one strong reason why so many have to seek alternative employment and take on dangerous jobs in Iraq and Afghanistan is that they do not see themselves having a well paid future in Nepal. They have, thus, sought to use their military expertise in some of the most...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Gurkhas (8 Jul 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make an estimate of the number of retired Gurkhas working as private security contractors in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Mujahedin-e Khalq (27 Feb 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will ask the government of Iraq to remove all restrictions on supporters of the People's Mujahedin of Iran based in Ashraf City following the recent judgment of the European Court of Justice.

Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Official Visits (23 Feb 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many hon. Members have visited (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in circumstances where his Department assisted in the visit in the last three years; on what dates such visits took place; and what the purpose was of each visit.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (11 Nov 2008) has video

David Drew: While the world's eyes have been on Iraq, Afghanistan and, more recently, the Congo, the situation in Darfur has continued to deteriorate. What efforts are the British Government making to try to bring about a solution to the impasse caused by the citation of President Bashir by the International Criminal Court? Next year will be a year of elections in Sudan; how will we make sure that they...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Kurds: Peace Negotiations (14 Jul 2008)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to convene a peace conference to bring together representatives of Kurdistan, Turkey, Armenia and Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran: Iraq (2 Jul 2008)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of Iranian funding of the Revolutionary Guard Qods Force in Iraq.

Orders of the Day: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (23 Jun 2008) has video

David Drew: ...to the history of the PMOI and the allegation that it used to attack Iran. However, he should also bear it in mind that the people who support the Iranian Opposition who live in Ashraf city, in Iraq, are under daily attack by the Iranians. It is not just British troops who are under daily attack by the Iranians; the Iranian Opposition are also under daily attack by that dreadful regime. So...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Iran (10 Jun 2008)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the political implications of the recent missile attack by Iran upon Ashraf City in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Kosovo (3 Mar 2008)

David Drew: I hear what my right hon. Friend says, but what efforts are he and his colleagues making to ensure that other European nations hold to their commitments and realise that, due to our commitments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia, it is possible that they might be asked to do more?

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Bombs (25 Jul 2007)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what research the UK has undertaken to assess the humanitarian impact of the use of cluster munitions containing M85 submunitions in (a) Iraq and (b) Lebanon.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (18 Jun 2007)

David Drew: ...that the only way to bear down on this is through direct talks with the Iranians, and indeed the Syrians, to make it clear that if they are in any way supporting the insurrectionists' activities in Iraq, we will take a dim—or even stronger—view of that? I wonder what attempts he is making to talk to the Iranians and the Syrians.

[John Bercow in the Chair] — Troop Deployment (Helmand Province) (21 Jun 2006)

David Drew: ...—I support our having troops in Afghanistan, for reasons that I shall give in a second—but our exit strategy, inasmuch as this is an international commitment. Afghanistan is not like Iraq where, in effect, the United States and the United Kingdom are leading a peacekeeping effort. Operations in Afghanistan are under the auspices of the United Nations, and therefore the UN must...

Written Answers — Defence: Service Personnel (Commendation) (17 May 2006)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what means of recognition are available for the commendation of those serving in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and what means of recognition is available for those (i) injured and (ii) killed in the line of duty in those operations.

Written Answers — Defence: Cluster Munitions (21 Mar 2006)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what quantity of cluster munitions has been recovered by the UK in (a) Kosovo, (b) Afghanistan and (c) Iraq since operations began in each place.

Military Deployments (Afghanistan) (14 Feb 2006)

David Drew: ...consider why we are where we are on this issue. I approach it from the perspective that the decision of the Americans to draw down on troops clearly relates to the pressures that they are under in Iraq and to a simple logistical requirement: so many of their people in Afghanistan are reservists who do their year and then they are off. That causes enormous pressures on allies, because...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (22 Nov 2005)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will conduct an inquiry into the implications for the UK of the manipulation of the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq following the final Volcker report, with particular reference to (a) British citizens identified in the report and (b) those who received oil concessions from Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (12 Sep 2005)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the count of civilian deaths and casualties in Iraq by (a) the Iraq Body Count, (b) the Lancet Study and (c) the Iraq Living Conditions Survey; and what effect these counts have had on procedures for casualty counts used by UK and allied forces.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Sudan (6 Jun 2005)

David Drew: ...make a statement on reports that refugees from Darfur have been killed, attacked and subject to other violence in countries to which they have fled, with particular reference to those who fled to Iraq.