Results 1-20 of 289 for iraq speaker:Liam Fox

Written Answers — Defence: Armoured Fighting Vehicles (9 Nov 2009)

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many broken axles were recorded for each armoured vehicle type deployed in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq in each year since 2006.

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Liam Fox: ...move, That this House expresses its continued support for the role of the Territorial Army (TA); notes that the reserve forces have contributed some 20,000 personnel to operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans since 2002, most of them from the Territorial Army, and that 14 Territorials have died on those operations; deplores the decision made to freeze TA training, contrary to the...

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Liam Fox: ..."always finance our military commitments overseas out of the reserve".—[ Official Report, 5 February 2009; Vol. 487, c. 1083.] It has always been the House's understanding that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would be funded from the reserve and would not have an impact on the core budget. If operations in Afghanistan are fully funded from the reserve, why does the Ministry of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Nimrod Review (28 Oct 2009) has video

Liam Fox: ...these and other companies can be relied upon and independently verified? The Government as a whole must bear responsibility for the way in which the MOD has been treated under the pressure of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. As the report says: "Financial pressures and cuts drove a cascade of multifarious organisational changes, which led to a dilution of the airworthiness regime and...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Liam Fox: ...win the tactical battle, and they can buy politicians' time, but ultimately unless something fills the gap they have created, their sacrifices and efforts risk being in vain. The surge worked in Iraq because it was fundamentally more than just an increase in troops. It was part of a bigger solution, designed to suit conditions on the ground and built around a revitalised political process...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Liam Fox: We were warned of such potentially catastrophic outcomes in Iraq, yet what has happened there has been largely a success story in building the capacity of the army. I have no reason to believe—especially having been to some of the training grounds and spoken to British commanders on the ground—that the Afghan national army, when fully trained and having fully absorbed their...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Liam Fox: ...I would like his assurance that the situation has improved. It is a sad state of affairs when, after eight years, we are still playing catch-up. I would like briefly to consider Operation Telic and Iraq, in particular the UK training mission there to assist the Iraqi navy. The affair has recently been an embarrassment. It beggars belief that the Government could not secure the necessary...

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

Liam Fox: ...into a strategic defence review, we must maintain the discipline of considering everything properly in its time. We need to stick to that. I want to mention another issue about our naval mission in Iraq that I would like the Minister to tackle specifically in his winding-up speech. It now appears that we will resume our training mission in the near future. What about its financing? In the...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq and Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (15 Oct 2009)

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the (a) planned and (b) actual average flying hours of each aircraft type operating in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan was in each year since 2003; (2) what the (a) planned and (b) actual average flying hours of each helicopter type operating in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan was in each year since 2003.

Written Answers — Defence: Military Aircraft (9 Jul 2009)

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many operational sorties have been flown by each aircraft type deployed to (a) Iraq, (b) Afghanistan and (c) other locations in each year since 2003.

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

Liam Fox: ...body armour. The inference was that that occurred late because the Secretary of State at the time did not want to send a political signal that the Government had already decided to embark on war in Iraq. Few more serious charges than that can be levelled at a Minister or Government. Those issues will have to be dealt with very clearly and forensically in the inquiry, because we need to...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (24 Jun 2009)

Liam Fox: ...Defence what the (a) operational control, (b) administrative control, (c) technical control, (d) tactical control and (e) other command relationship between UK and non-UK forces operating in Iraq is at the lowest unit level for which data is available.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Iraq (23 Jun 2009)

Liam Fox: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many civil servants from his Department are based in (a) Basra, (b) Baghdad, (c) Erbil and (d) other locations in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq and Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (22 Jun 2009)

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many instances of damage to the axles of each type of armoured vehicles have been recorded by his Department in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each year since 2006.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq and Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (22 Jun 2009)

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing assets lost, damaged or prematurely worn out by the conflicts in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each of the next five years.

Business of the House: Defence in the World (4 Jun 2009) has video

Liam Fox: ...What subject is so unimportant that we can stick it in the Commons on polling day for the European and local elections?" and the answer coming back, "Why not defence in the world? It's only about Iraq, Afghanistan and the rest—nothing terribly important." It leaves most of us on the Conservative Benches virtually speechless that a debate of such importance to our national interest,...

Business of the House: Defence in the World (4 Jun 2009) has video

Liam Fox: I am grateful for that clarification—although I am sure that the Secretary of State meant to say "Iraq", not "Afghanistan". That is reassuring, but it does not get away from the fact that we have failed to reach agreement on a matter that is of great importance not only to our armed forces but to our allies. What about the so-called British legacy in Iraq that we have heard so much...

Written Answers — Defence: Armoured Fighting Vehicles (13 May 2009)

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any of the second tranche of Mastiffs have been deployed to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Reserves (Review) (28 Apr 2009) has video

Liam Fox: ...will take pride in the achievements of our reserve forces. We pay tribute to the sacrifices that they have made for the security of our country. Like many hon. Members, I have met our reserves in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I have never failed to be impressed by their professionalism and courage. I am slightly surprised that the Minister failed to acknowledge the important role of the 234 TA...

Written Answers — Defence: Peacekeeping Operations (1 Apr 2009)

Liam Fox: ...the Secretary of State for Defence what main injuries were sustained by each (a) very seriously injured or wounded and (b) seriously injured or wounded member of the armed forces personnel in (i) Iraq in each year since 2003 and (ii) Afghanistan in each year since 2002.