Results 1-20 of 92 for iraq speaker:Paul Flynn

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Paul Flynn: .... If security is that bad, how dare we ask our soldiers to go on patrol in light vehicles, or even on foot, and expose them to such dangers? We are in a similar situation to the final months in Iraq, when we were still sending troops out on futile patrols that had no purpose and many lives were lost in consequence. If the Minister were to ask the Taliban why they are killing our soldiers,...

British Troops (Helmand Province) (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Flynn: ...'—saying that what was being done would be a calamity, and was a mistake that would rank in British history as having been as bad as Suez and the UK's decision to join Bush's war in Iraq. Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, who led 16 Air Assault Brigade in Helmand, before the real trouble began said: "There is not to my mind an insurgency in Helmand. But we can create one if we want to."...

Opposition Day — [14th allotted day]: Iraq Inquiry (24 Jun 2009) has video

Paul Flynn: ...by the bungled way in which the inquiry has been launched; I cannot think of a worse way in which to handle a matter of such sensitivity and importance. The last time that I spoke in a debate about Iraq, I took up my 10 minutes to recite the names of the 179 people who have fallen, and they are the main reason why we need this inquiry and why their loved ones are crying out for closure....

Opposition Day — [14th allotted day]: Iraq Inquiry (24 Jun 2009) has video

Paul Flynn: ...was a collaborator in Bush's war. Why were we involved? To his great credit, Harold Wilson kept us out of the Vietnam war. We should have used our opportunity and voted for non-involvement in the Iraq war; if we had, those 179 brave British soldiers would not have lost their lives. The Public Administration Committee believes that the crucial issue of why we were involved should be...

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

Paul Flynn: We could not have stopped the war in Iraq, as it was predetermined, but what we could and should have done is stopped Britain's involvement in it. I believe that we, as Members of Parliament, should now confront that dreadful mistaken decision. The most insistent voices calling for an inquiry are those of the loved ones of the fallen. They want to believe that their loved ones died in a noble...

Business of the House (12 Mar 2009) has video

Paul Flynn: To honour the fallen in Afghanistan and Iraq and to remind us of the true costs of war, when can we debate early-day motion 846, as well as early-day motions 847 to 853 and 924 to 933? [That this House salutes the bravery of the armed forces serving in Afghanistan and records with sorrow the deaths of Lance Corporal Jake Alderton of 36 Engineer Regiment, Major Alexis Roberts, 1st Battalion...

Sri Lanka: Afghanistan and Pakistan (5 Feb 2009) has video

Paul Flynn: ...Pakistan. I am sure that that is not what he means to say, but that is the logic behind it. Is it not a terrible mistake to put all these groups—al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the insurgency in Iraq, North Korea and other countries—together as one group, as terrorists, and talk about a war on terrorists? Surely we have got past that nonsense.

Afghanistan (29 Oct 2008)

Paul Flynn: ...what has been suggested and is still being suggested, which is putting in troops and having a surge that would be successful. That idea demonstrates misunderstanding of the success of the surge in Iraq, which was mainly due to the skills of General Petraeus and the fact that there were talks between the two groups. The talks, not military might were, responsible for bringing peace....

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Financial Stability (21 Apr 2008) has video

Paul Flynn: There is money available—tens of billions—to fund the banks because of their own incompetence, and money was available, which will not be repaid, when we had an unplanned war against Iraq, so surely a Labour Government with a brilliant record of stealth socialism in their redistribution of wealth to the lower-paid for the past 10 years can find a mechanism to ensure that those who...

Helmand Province Mission (25 Mar 2008)

Paul Flynn: ...controlled by Karzai. The area for which we have the greatest responsibility is that for which we, in the House, take decisions. This afternoon, we are to debate our decision to send troops to war in Iraq, but at least that was a decision of the House. The Canadian Government will soon decide whether to withdraw their troops, which they have threatened to do unless 1,000 more go in. A...

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (12 Nov 2007)

Paul Flynn: ...on Iran and how we appear to be sleepwalking into war, while denying a fair hearing to what people and leaders in Iran are saying. It is so reminiscent of the build-up to the foolish invasion of Iraq, which has caused so many tragedies and achieved so little. An earlier intervention suggested that I was in favour of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, so let me make it clear that I...

Business of the House (14 Jun 2007)

Paul Flynn: ...debate early-day motion 1690 about the refusal yesterday by the Government to support a proposal to have a commemorative stamp on veterans day to mark the sacrifices of those who have been lost in Iraq? [That this House notes the Government's refusal to support the proposal to issue commemorative stamps displaying the work of war artist Stephen McQueen on Veterans' Day, because that day's...

Business of the House: Counter-Terrorism (7 Jun 2007)

Paul Flynn: The major counter-terrorism decision taken by the House was our decision to go to war in Iraq, with the aim of eliminating the threat of terrorism to British citizens. It did nothing of the sort. In fact, that threat and the reality of terrorism became worse because of that decision. Will my right hon. Friend please understand the position of those who opposed the measure the last time it was...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations (22 May 2007)

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK fatalities in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have been attributed to the inadequate protection of vehicles with inadequate protection from roadside bombs.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iraq (1 May 2007)

Paul Flynn: I do not want to tread on the Minister's sensitivities but he should recall that of the four inquiries two were by Committees that were cheerleaders for the Iraq war and the other two dealt only with certain parts of the evidence. We have not had a full inquiry. That dossier was a disgrace. It was presented as evidence to the House on which a decision was taken to take this country to join in...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq and Afghanistan (27 Mar 2007)

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the deaths of British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have been attributed to defective rifles.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Veterans Day (26 Mar 2007)

Paul Flynn: The best way to support the splendid innovation of veterans day is to back the campaign by the loved ones of 98 of the soldiers who have fallen in Iraq to have the work "Queen and Country" by the official war artist, Steve McQueen, which includes photographs of those 98 fallen soldiers, produced in the form of a postage stamp by the Post Office as an act of commemoration.

Business of the House (1 Mar 2007)

Paul Flynn: ...on early-day motion 997? [That this House congratulates the Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen for his work Queen and Country, which depicts photographs of 98 British soldiers killed in Iraq printed in a stamp format; and calls on the Royal Mail to respect the wish of the artist and the loved ones of the fallen soldiers and produce a commemorative issue of stamps displaying this...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq: Afghanistan (8 Feb 2007)

Paul Flynn: To ask the Prime Minister whether he plans to attend the funerals of future UK casualties of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Defence: Motorised Vehicle Patrols (4 Dec 2006)

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many patrols by motorised vehicles outside protected zones were undertaken by British service personnel in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each of the last 36 months.