Results 1-17 of 17 for iraq speaker:Nigel Griffiths

Royal Assent: Christmas Adjournment (19 Dec 2006)

Nigel Griffiths: ..., I do not remember Liberal Democrat colleagues calling in my presence for that report to be published. He conceded that my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House will have a debate on events in Iraq, as the House has rightly been requesting, and that will take place next month when we return. My hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Mr. Anderson) raised an important planning issue. It...

Business of the House (6 Jul 2006)

Nigel Griffiths: The Government have made direct representations on the position of Iraqi trade unions and voiced similar concerns to those expressed by my hon. Friend. I know that he visited Iraq as part of a delegation and met Iraqi trade union leaders. I understand that that has been reciprocated and that they are here today—I hope to meet them later on with him. I hope to be able to assure them that...

Adjournment (Easter) (30 Mar 2006)

Nigel Griffiths: I shall make some progress. I shall respond to the hon. Gentleman directly in a minute, I hope. The hon. Member for Somerton and Frome mentioned the position in Iraq. There is much in Iraq that has improved. There has been an underpinning move to democracy, two successful elections and a constitutional referendum. The council of representatives met a fortnight ago. It was elected by 70 per...

Christmas Adjournment (20 Dec 2005)

Nigel Griffiths: This has certainly been a most wide-ranging debate: from the Make Poverty History campaign to the tsunami; from the NHS and policing to the Royal Mail; from Iraq to hill farming, sugar beet production and fishing; from mental health to defence. Opposition has been expressed to wind farms, to police reorganisation and to tax on petrol in rural areas. The phrase "wide-ranging" does not do...

Christmas Adjournment (20 Dec 2005)

Nigel Griffiths: ...and 2006; in fact, that figure has been almost doubled, and the funding is still available. My hon. Friend the Member for Leyton and Wanstead (Harry Cohen) raised the vitally important issue of Iraq. I want to pay tribute to all our service men and women for the role that they have played in that country. I stress to my hon. Friend that it is important to continue that engagement: more...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (5 Jan 2004)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: I have been asked to reply. The issue of the export of defence equipment and dual-use goods from the United Kingdom to Iraq in the period 1984–1990 was the subject of the Inquiry by Sir Richard Scott (now Lord Scott of Foscote), copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House. The question relates to a period prior to the Government's decision to publish an annual report on...

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (18 Jun 2003)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: I have been asked to reply. On 22 May 2003 the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1483 (2003). Among other things this Resolution lifted all trade and financial restrictions on Iraq, but retains the arms embargo. The terms of UNSCR 1483 will be implemented by the issue of a revocation Order under 1939 Act and following Privy Council approval, of the Orders made in Council...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (7 May 2003)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: I have been asked to reply. The Government assess all export licence applications as quickly as possible. In most cases applications for Iraq have to be referred to the United Nations for consideration. The Government are urgently considering additional measures to facilitate the export of humanitarian goods to Iraq.

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Computer Contracts (Iraq) (19 Mar 2003)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: The export of computers, and goods required for their maintenance, from the UK to Iraq is controlled under the provisions of the Export of Goods (Control) (Iraq and Kuwait Sanctions) Order 1990. In addition, a UK company might require an individual licence to communicate, before entering into a contract to supply goods or services to Iraq, if the business they wished to discuss was not...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Export Licences (13 Mar 2003)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: ...Administrations have not considered it appropriate to publish information on individual licensing decisions. Information on export licences issued prior to May 1997, where the end users were in Iraq, is not held centrally and a manual search of all the case files would incur disproportionate cost. Details of all relevant export licences since 2 May 1997 are published in the Government's...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Iraq (Exports) (31 Oct 2002)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: ...have not considered it appropriate to publish information on individual licensing decisions. Information on export licences granted and rejected since 1972, where the end users were in Iraq, is not held centrally and a manual search of all the case files would incur disproportionate costs. The Government are well aware of the special risks that exist in relation to weapons of mass...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Exports (Iraq) (29 Oct 2002)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: I have been asked to reply. Details of all military exports to Iraq authorised since 2 May 1997 are published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls. Copies of the 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 Annual Reports are available in the Libraries of the House. For details of military exports to Iraq authorised between 1 January 2002 and 1 October 2002, I refer my hon....

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Iraq (Exports) (29 Oct 2002)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: For details of goods on the Military List that have been approved for export to Iraq between 1 January 2002 and 1 October 2002, I refer my hon. Friend to the reply from my right hon. Friend the Member for Neath (Mr. Hain) to my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry, North-West (Mr. Robinson) on 21 January 2002, Official Report, columns 578–79W, and to the replies from my hon. Friend...

Export Credit Guarantees (23 Jul 2002)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: Every country has the right to self-defence, but I take it that my hon. Friend is not defending some of the terrible practices in Iraq. A few moments ago he openly condemned the purchases of past decades. Indeed, even those who contributed to licensing them have recognised that they were a mistake. I hope that that answers my hon. Friend's question. [Interruption.]

Export Credit Guarantees (23 Jul 2002)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: ...debate. It has covered an issue that cuts across party differences, and many sincere contributions have been made. It is our job in government to ensure that there is no repetition of the arms-to-Iraq scandal and others. I welcome the interventions that have been made, and the keen interest shown by many Members of Parliament, particularly those who are present. For many years, they have...

Public Bill Committee: Export Control Bill: New Clause 1 - End-use monitoring (18 Oct 2001)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: ...examples from a study of 18 co-production agreements, in which five cases of unauthorised transfers had been found. The briefing paper says of one case: ``Brazil transferred US technology to Iraq, where it was used to improve the targeting capability of Scud missiles.'' Of another case, it stated: ``Israel has repeatedly transferred US-licensed missile and radar technology to China in...

Points of Order (18 Oct 1993)

Mr Nigel Griffiths: ...Member of Parliament with inaccurate information? I refer specifically to the right hon. Member for Bristol, West (Mr. Waldegrave) and the fact that a former civil servant—Mr. Mark Higson, an Iraq desk officer—stated that a draft reply to my letter of 3 May 1989 was misleading because the truth was untenable. Is it in order for the right hon. Gentleman not to come to the House...