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Business of the House (18 Jun 2009) has video

Alan Duncan: ...the Chiltern Hundreds some days ago and that the writ for the by-election in Crewe and Nantwich was moved much faster. The House will note that we have chosen to have our Opposition day debate on Iraq and the inquiry, and I hope that the Leader of the House appreciates how strongly we—and many Labour Members—feel that the Iraq inquiry should be much more public and far broader...

Business of the House (26 Mar 2009) has video

Alan Duncan: ...order will come to Committee. Even better, will she allow it to be taken on the Floor of the House? Yesterday, the Government promised that there would be an announcement on the inquiry into the Iraq war on 31 July, a full 10 days after the start of the summer recess. Quite simply, that is not acceptable. Will the right hon. and learned Lady undertake to give us a statement on the remit...

Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day]: Department of Trade and Industry (6 Jun 2007)

Alan Duncan: ...at all. I understand that the Secretary of State will soon visit the United Arab Emirates, which is to be welcomed. However, there is at present a lot of money in the middle east and despite the Iraq war there is deep affection for Britain. People in the middle east understand that Britain is a good place to put their hundreds of millions—or even billions. We have neglected countries...

Security of Supply (12 Jan 2006)

Alan Duncan: Of course it was a big fire. It was exactly the kind of security issue that we have to grapple with in any sensible review and in the very debate we are having this afternoon. Insurgency in Iraq and nuclear fears in Iran contribute to habitual doubts about political stability in the middle east. A spat between Russia and Ukraine has recently caused spikes in the gas price, and fears remain...

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (31 Jan 2005)

Mr Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 24 January 2005, Official Report, column 25W, on Iraq, if he will list the multilateral organisations to which the UK Government has contributed since April 2003; in what month each contribution was made; and how much was contributed to each organisation.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (24 Jan 2005)

Mr Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been spent by the UK Government on reconstruction in Iraq, in each month since April 2003.

G8 (UK Presidency) (16 Nov 2004)

Mr Alan Duncan: ...look beyond debt and the G8 meeting. Britain must use its EU presidency to push for a reduction in European tariff barriers, thorough reform of the CAP and a more efficient, poverty-focused European aid budget. In Iraq, we have recognised the principle that the victims of murderous dictators who rack up huge debts should not be made to pay for their oppressors' follies. That principle...

United Nations (11 Sep 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: ...a step forward. Will the Minister undertake to publish, for the benefit of the House, a list of the contractors that are active on the ground, supplementing the work of troops and bringing to Iraq the necessary civilian reconstruction that we all want?

United Nations (11 Sep 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: Hon. Members will agree that this is one of the most timely debates that we have seen in this Chamber. It comes when the UN's role in Iraq, and indeed the whole future direction of the UN, is on all our minds. I place on record my own and my party's condolences and appreciation for all those who have lost their lives serving the UN, particularly those dedicated and hard-working people who...

Iraq (16 Jul 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: ...is about the nature of the information that the Government had and the way in which that information was handled. I say again on the record that we supported the decision to take military action in Iraq. We still think it was right, but we took an enormous amount on trust. The Prime Minister's conduct is now under scrutiny. We have not changed, as my hon. Friend the Member for South...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (8 Jul 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: ...summit, the Prime Minister made much of his exclusive interview with Sky's Adam Boulton to announce, doubtless ever so sincerely, that evidence of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq would be assembled and given to people. He said, "just wait and have a little patience". Now that the Foreign Secretary has been promoted and is, since yesterday, Alastair Campbell's official...

Human Rights (5 Jun 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: ...the thematic approach is a successful way of arranging the material, the country-specific sections, which already exist when there are clear causes for concern in a particular case, are useful. In Iraq, we have seen the toppling of Saddam Hussein's brutal and criminal regime. It paid no heed to human rights or the rule of law, and although the reason for military intervention may have been...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (6 May 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: When it comes to elections in Iraq, what philosophical differences does the Minister think might divide potential political parties there? This is a crucial moment for shaping Iraq's permanent institutions of justice, taxation, human rights and local government, and, indeed, for the whole scope of government itself. In terms of structure, does the Minister think that the Swiss model might be...

Strategic Export Controls (27 Mar 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: Thank you, Mr. Pike. This is an important and timely debate, because, with the current conflict in Iraq, along with a host of other conflicts in the world, the responsible export of arms and controls to keep them out of the hands of unscrupulous regimes and groups are topics that assume an ever greater significance. There have been some well-informed contributions from my hon. Friend the...

Iraq (18 Mar 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: In practical terms, is not the logic of what the hon. and learned Gentleman advocates that he rejects a free Saddam and a free Iraq, and favours, by contrast, a free Saddam and a subjugated Iraq?

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Middle East (25 Feb 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: Our intentions, inevitably, are principally to do with Iraq. However, I agree with the Foreign Secretary and with my hon. Friend the Member for North Wiltshire (Mr. Gray) that the peace process in the nearer middle east is crucial to the prospects for peace in the wider region. Those who think that the two cases can be treated separately are fooling themselves and risk making the world a...

Iraq (13 Feb 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: ...democracies to slide into disarray. The Foreign Secretary has said that we must wait for Dr. Hans Blix's statement to the United Nations tomorrow, and of course he is right. Any decision about Iraq requires an agonisingly difficult moral assessment. Resolution 1441 enshrines a judgment, which we share, that the cost of doing nothing is greater than the cost of doing something. Does the...

Iraq (Humanitarian Contingency Plan) (30 Jan 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: ...-reasoned and thoughtful letter, asking some serious and sensible questions of the right hon. Lady. I shall instance a few: "what will happen to the Oil for Food Programme . . . How effective are Iraqi aid agencies?"— and what happens if UN personnel have to leave the country? "Has consideration been given to protective clothing . . . What discussions have you had with your...

Iraq (Humanitarian Contingency Plan) (30 Jan 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: ...and thoughtful contribution; she added to our deliberations. The Secretary of State spoke only of the risks. Let me return to what she said. Quite reasonably, she listed some of the risks that Iraq will face: ethnic fighting; the removal of electrical power, which will affect water and sanitation; the burning of oil wells; the disruption of the oil-for-food programme; and biological and...

Iraq (Humanitarian Contingency Plan) (30 Jan 2003)

Mr Alan Duncan: ..., we must demand better. Let me try again, in the minute remaining, to ask the Secretary of State, in a spirit of genuine co-operation, what she plans to do to help with the humanitarian needs of Iraq should there be some kind of military conflict. Will she tell us a little about her budget; her priorities; who her partners will be, internationally and in Iraq; how her co-operation will...