Results 1-17 of 17 for iraq speaker:Eric Forth

Business of the House (26 Jun 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...doing that to fulfil their duties, and there is no reason whatsoever why the House cannot do so too. I hope that he will give that serious consideration. When will we have a further statement on Iraq? I believe that the House will have to be told not only about security—certainly in regard to the tragic events of just a few days ago, on which more facts are still emerging—but...

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill (Carry-Over) (10 Jun 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...not the case. Even when we are here, we have an endless succession of undoubtedly important—and to many, undoubtedly welcome—debates on all sorts of subjects. Yes, there were debates on Iraq, as there should have been, and there were other debates as well. But pressure of business is the one thing that the Government do not have in this Parliament, particularly in this Session....

Business of the House (5 Jun 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ..., the Foreign Affairs Committee will consider those serious accusations by former Cabinet Ministers about the conduct of the Prime Minister and the Government in the run-up to the hostilities in Iraq? I hope that the right hon. Gentleman confirms that. On a different matter—[Interruption.] Well, I can do more if hon. Members want.

Points of Order (3 Jun 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...raised by my right hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Mr. Ancram), or would the Prime Minister's statement not more likely be about the G8 summit in which case it is possible that questions about Iraq and related matters might just be out of order?

Business of the House (22 May 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood (Clare Short) had "contradicted each other completely on the vital matter of the advice that the Attorney-General had given the Government about the post-war Iraq settlement." I went on to remind the House that the Foreign Secretary had said that "all the actions that we have taken have been taken strictly in accordance with legal advice"; but pointed...

Business of the House (15 May 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood (Clare Short) contradicted each other completely on the vital matter of the advice that the Attorney General had given the Government about the post-war Iraq settlement. What we really need to know—this is a very important constitutional matter, if nothing else—is which of them was right. The Foreign Secretary said: "I do not agree...

Adjournment (Easter) (3 Apr 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...is not the case. The hon. Member for North-East Derbyshire (Mr. Barnes) treated us to one of the most comprehensive analyses that we have yet heard in the House about the historical context of the Iraqi conflict. We are grateful to him for that. In a sense, the hon. Gentleman wishes, as perhaps we all do, that that analysis had been better understood before the conflict started and in the...

Business of the House (3 Apr 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...passed since then, but we have not yet had a statement from the Prime Minister. So something is wrong there, not least because the Prime Minister told us yesterday: "I intend to make a further statement on Iraq before the Easter recess."—[ Official Report, 2 April 2003; Vol. 402, c. 908.] There are seven parliamentary days until we rise for the Easter recess on 14 April. Has the...

Business of the House (20 Mar 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement in response to the Select Committee on International Development's report on humanitarian contingency planning for Iraq"—[ Official Report, 19 March 2003; Vol. 401, c. 941.] Mr. Speaker granted that urgent question, which was addressed specifically to the Secretary of State or to the Department for...

Government Powers (Limitation) Bill (14 Mar 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...not only Ministers, but Whips, who must not be forgotten, and Parliamentary Private Secretaries, who have been much in the news recently and who all seem to be on the point of resignation over Iraq, as well as chauffeur-driven cars, private offices and all the other accoutrements of ministerial office. Will he comment on the pernicious effect of all that on the Parliament-Government...

Business of the House (13 Mar 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: I am sure that the House will be most grateful to the Leader of the House for giving a commitment to hold a debate on Iraq. I understand that 24 hours' notice is required in the United Nations before the laying of a resolution, and reports are telling us this morning that President Bush intends to give notice to the inspectors and the agency folk in Iraq, giving them a reasonable time to...

Business of the House (6 Mar 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...; Vol. 400, c. 412.] Surely if the dossier is a Government document, as the Prime Minister has said, with all the weight and significance that that implies, especially on a subject as important as Iraq, we must now know—I ask the Leader of the House to tell us now or to allow a debate on it—who saw the document, who authorised it, whether it was done at official level or...

Business of the House (27 Feb 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...when the Budget will be? On 24 February, the Leader of the House was asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) whether the Prime Minister would attend the debate on Iraq, which we held yesterday, so that he could listen to Members of Parliament and, not least, to Government Back Benchers. Rather to my astonishment, the Leader of the House said that the Prime...

Business of the House (19 Dec 2002)

Mr Eric Forth: ...it is surely important that the House give the maximum time to the very important issue of fishing policy, and that it is not in any way seen to be neglected. During yesterday's statement on Iraq, my hon. Friend the Member for Aldershot (Mr. Howarth) said: Xthe media were briefed yesterday and the House of Commons was briefed today. We are clearly the poor relations." That certainly...

Business of the House (22 Jul 2002)

Mr Eric Forth: ...places to elderly folk who need them so much. My hon. Friend the Member for Newark took us into foreign and defence policy, raising several important questions about our potential involvement in Iraq and Macedonia. Those matters will be raised more frequently in future, because there is a feeling of anxiety, which was reflected in my hon. Friend's remarks. With the House about to go into...

Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill [Lords] (Programme): Lords messages (26 Feb 2001)

Mr Eric Forth: ...of the House is fixed, as ever, on the preceding Thursday and the day set for those stages is a Monday; let us suppose further that developments occur in respect of foot and mouth disease or Iraq and the Government feel obliged to make one or more statements on that day. Will Report stage on the Bill disappear altogether, or will it be diminished to less than an hour, or to half an hour,...

Orders of the Day — Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords] (10 Apr 2000)

Mr Eric Forth: ...already heard today. In fact, we are given a list showing that Monaco and the Holy See have signed up to a nuclear non-proliferation treaty. As far as I know, countries such as Libya, North Korea, Iraq, and Iran have not signed it. Are we really saying to ourselves and to the world that we are doing something productive and useful that carries us forward? I think not. I suspect that such...