Results 1-14 of 14 for iraq speaker:Don Foster

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Cultural Heritage: Iraq (6 Jun 2007)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 27 April 2007, Official Report, column 1327W, on cultural heritage: Iraq, what discussions she has had with the (a) British Museum and (b) British Library on the contribution made to the protection of sites of Iraqi cultural heritage since 2003; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Cultural Heritage: Iraq (6 Jun 2007)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 27 April 2007, Official Report, column 1327W, on cultural heritage: Iraq, what assessment she has made of the performance of the British Museum in assisting the preservation of sites of cultural heritage in Iraq; and how much her Department has provided to the British Museum for the purpose of assisting in...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Cultural Heritage: Iraq (14 May 2007)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 27 April 2007, Official Report, column 1327W, on cultural heritage: Iraq, what (a) reports she has received on and (b) assessment she has made of the damage to sites of cultural heritage in Iraq since 2003.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Cultural Heritage: Iraq (8 May 2007)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will take steps to protect sites of cultural significance in Iraq from further damage by looters; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Cultural Heritage: Iraq (27 Apr 2007)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funds have been allocated by her Department to protect sites of cultural heritage in Iraq since 2003; and if she will make a statement.

Cultural Diplomacy (13 Mar 2007)

Don Foster: ...of culture in international relations should consider the international outrage sparked following the destruction of the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan or the appalling lack of protection of Iraq's cultural heritage following the invasion in 2003. Both of those cultural events had a huge impact on international relations: one strengthened support for our approach in Afghanistan while the...

Business of the House: BBC Licence Fee (18 Jan 2007)

Don Foster: ...a real-terms cut in its income, bear the risk of inflation and fund the cost of the Government's policy of digital switchover out of its programming budget. The Prime Minister tried to bully the BBC over Iraq, but his likely successor appears to want to destroy it.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (16 Jun 2004)

Mr Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures are in place to help protect Iraq's cultural heritage after the planned official handover of power in Iraq on 30 June.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Stonehenge (24 May 2004)

Mr Don Foster: ...Media and Heritage met people from UNESCO, did he take the opportunity to discuss ways in which we could do more, through UNESCO, to support cultural reconstruction in war-torn countries such as Iraq? Does the Minister therefore think that it would be vital to persuade the American Government to do what we have done recently—[Interruption.]

Media Intrusion (11 Mar 2004)

Mr Don Foster: ...to look at two countries: Zimbabwe, with its growing move to totalitarianism and the impact that it is having on the freedom of the press and its restrictions on journalists and newspapers; and Iraq, which has moved away from the tyranny of dictatorship, and is witnessing the burgeoning of a free press. It is crucial in a democratic society for the media to have freedom of expression. I...

Chairmanship of the BBC (2 Feb 2004)

Mr Don Foster: ...of the BBC, will she ensure that it will never be necessary again for a new governor to have to deal with the sort of Blitzkrieg attack launched by No. 10 Downing street over coverage of the Iraq war? Does she agree that that has left fear and intimidation—

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (8 Apr 2003)

Mr Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions his Department has had with the shipping industry on the ownership and operation of the deep water container port at Umm Qasr, Iraq.

Written Answers — Transport: Airline Industry (8 Apr 2003)

Mr Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with the airline industry with regard to the potential impact on their business plans of the conflict in Iraq.

Written Answers — Transport: Shipping (Iraq) (1 Apr 2003)

Mr Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions his Department has had with the shipping industry on the ownership and operation of the deep water container port at Umm Qasr, Iraq.