Results 1-20 of 32 for iraq speaker:Edward Garnier

Public Bill Committee: Coroners and Justice Bill: Clause 152 (26 Feb 2009)

Edward Garnier: ...Philippe Starck lemon-squeezers, or whether he or she (legitimately, of course) declares a top bunk in a youth hostel as a primary residence. On the other hand, we can’t know what was in the Iraq war Cabinet minutes, because Jack Straw has defied two rulings that they should be released. That veto is as rash as it is disgraceful. Not only does it suggest an illiberal...

Orders of the Day: Counter-Terrorism Bill (19 Nov 2008) has video

Edward Garnier: We do not have to use a hypothetical example, as we know from friendly fire incidents in Iraq that the US was extremely reluctant to allow evidence about what its forces were doing to be used in the inquests into the deaths of our service men and women. We already have the book; we just need to read it.

Orders of the Day: Counter-Terrorism Bill (19 Nov 2008) has video

Edward Garnier: ..., who will be drawn into the inquest system. Military deaths have been mentioned. We all know of the huge delays in the timetable for inquests into those killed in action or on active service in Iraq. Their bodies are brought back to the UK through Brize Norton, and the coroner for Oxfordshire is therefore responsible. One particular deputy coroner has done most of the work. However,...

Orders of the Day: Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill (11 Jul 2007) has video

Edward Garnier: ...have been quite happy, through the Attorney-General, to prosecute battalion commanders for ostensibly vicarious responsibility for offences allegedly committed by soldiers under their command in Iraq— [ Interruption. ] Someone from the other side of the Chamber says, "Rightly so." Why, then, is there any distinction in principle that would affect the practice that touches on deaths...

Orders of the Day: Police and Justice Bill (24 Oct 2006)

Edward Garnier: ...the reason why the Government chose not to let us in on the secret, but until the former Home Secretary writes that part of his diaries, it can only be speculation. Was it part of some side deal on Iraq, or something to do with advancing the peace process in Northern Ireland? Was it because he did not know what he was doing, or because he was under such domestic pressure that he could not...

Industry and the Environment (19 May 2005)

Edward Garnier: ..., while our taxes rise and the delivery of our public services does not improve. On truth, the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead mentioned his concerns about the conduct and planning of the Iraq war. I spoke a great deal about that in the previous Parliament and I shall not repeat today what I said then. However, there is much for which the Government can be criticised in the way in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (14 Mar 2005)

Mr Edward Garnier: Does the Secretary of State accept that it may be better for Iraq's long-term security if members of the Iraqi armed forces could attend our three officer academies, the Joint Services Command and Staff college near Swindon and possibly the Royal College of Defence Studies? If so, do the Government have any plans to ensure that that can happen?

Orders of the Day — Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] — [3rd Allotted Day]: New Clause 9 — Disqualification from holding further ministerial office (1 Mar 2005)

Mr Edward Garnier: ...-General's ability to protect the judiciary and uphold the rule of law when he suggested in the House of Lords today that the so-called précis of his advice on the legality of the invasion of Iraq was not a précis of anything that he ever said or wrote. It is extremely worrying that that is the quality of person who currently holds that office—irrespective of the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (10 Jan 2005)

Mr Edward Garnier: The Secretary of State will need no persuading from me that when our troops return from Iraq they do so with their reputations as high as when they went, and often enhanced. Sadly, we cannot say that about their political masters. Will the troops who are to be deployed from Cyprus to Iraq over the next few days be deployed only in Basra or in the wider British sector? If they or any of our...

Christmas Adjournment (21 Dec 2004)

Mr Edward Garnier: ..., I and a number of other right hon. and hon. Members tabled a motion calling for a Select Committee to examine the work and conduct of the Prime Minister that led to the decision to invade Iraq in March 2003, with a view to considering his impeachment. We intend to keep the motion on the Order Paper—motion 37 on today's Order Paper—until the matter is resolved by debate on...

Iraq (12 Oct 2004)

Mr Edward Garnier: ...my hon. Friend the Member for South-West Devon (Mr. Streeter) about the incident connected with the death of Mr. Bigley, and with the remarks that the right hon. Gentleman made about our forces in Iraq? There can be no controversy about that matter. I supported the Government in the Lobby in March 2003 because I believed that the Prime Minister had advanced a case for war that was based...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Procurement Contracts (19 Jul 2004)

Mr Edward Garnier: ...learned at first hand how difficult it is to fly helicopters in the intense summer heat in that part of the world. What plans, if any, do the Government have to procure helicopters for use by the Iraq military, instead of by British and other coalition forces, so that they can patrol the skies of their own country without the need to use British helicopters?

Judicial Appointments/Supreme Court (27 May 2004)

Mr Edward Garnier: ...Government have passed? Do our courts never award damages against the police or Government Departments? At a time when the Royal Navy, our troops and the Royal Air Force were engaged in the recent Iraq war, was not a private citizen granted £1 million in compensation from the Ministry of Defence for nuisance caused by noisy, low-flying RAF fighter jets over his house near Stamford?...

Iraq (17 May 2004)

Mr Edward Garnier: ...provided by its membership. There is no army or police force belonging to the United Nations. Where are the army and the police force that he wants and needs to enhance the security situation in Iraq, outside the current coalition? There are no volunteers who will simply put on blue berets and come and do the job that he wants them to do.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (17 May 2004)

Mr Edward Garnier: Can the Secretary of State assure me that, in the current security situation in Iraq and in any anticipated developments over the next few months, British deployments will still be for six months only, and not for nine months?

Home and Constitutional Affairs (2 Dec 2003)

Mr Edward Garnier: ...? Has not a private citizen been granted £1 million in compensation against the Ministry of Defence for nuisance this year—while our troops and the Royal Air Force were engaged in the Iraq war—because of noisy low-flying RAF fighter jets passing over his house near Stamford? Is not the right to strike and to demonstrate protected by the courts? Has the current Lord...

Iraq (Judicial Inquiry) (22 Oct 2003)

Mr Edward Garnier: ...4.30 pm. I certainly respect and understand the views of the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, North (Mr. Henderson), who has been consistent on the whole question of military activities in Iraq. He reflects the political and public disquiet about the current state of affairs in Iraq. It may not be original but it is true to say that we won the war with impressive efficiency and speed...

Iraq (Judicial Inquiry) (22 Oct 2003)

Mr Edward Garnier: ...months, but it should not take the same time as the Saville inquiry, which has been going on for about five years. The issues that would be discussed and discovered by a judicial inquiry into the Iraq war would not involve individuals in quite the same way as those in the Saville inquiry into the Bloody Sunday incident. I do not pretend that the Government are itching to hold an inquiry....

Role of the United Nations in Iraq (10 Sep 2003)

Mr Edward Garnier: ...to be rude about the Liberal Democrat motion. I shall not be impolite, but I will have one or two things to say about it. The motion seeks to portray the Liberal Democrats as concerned about Iraq and its future. I have no doubt that they are, but they leave reality behind when it comes to the implementation of those concerns on the ground. It is unreal to expect that the process of...

Role of the United Nations in Iraq (10 Sep 2003)

Mr Edward Garnier: ...through the agency of countries such as our own with the military capacity to perform the task—four, five or six years ago. It has been said that we have no business becoming involved in Iraq, certainly without the sanction of a Security Council resolution specifically mandating military intervention. Some also argue that everything should be done under the auspices of the United...