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Bills Presented: Afghanistan and Pakistan (16 Jul 2009) has video

William Hague: ...and on about the problem. He said on 15 December that year that the "most pressing requirements" were to do with "shortfalls in the helicopter lift capability that is essential to our activity in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere."—[ Official Report, 15 December 2005; Vol. 440, c. 1467.] In October 2007, he told the House: "At a time when our troops are facing a shortage of lift...

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

William Hague: I beg to move, That this House, while welcoming the announcement by the Government of an Inquiry into the war in Iraq, believes that the proceedings of the Committee of Inquiry should whenever possible be held in public and that the membership of the Committee should be wider and more diverse than the Government has proposed, and calls on the Government to revise its proposals for the Inquiry...

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

William Hague: ...little about the people whom he had just appointed to the inquiry. Of the four members of the inquiry who were originally proposed by the Government, Lawrence Freedman has written that "The Iraq war is rightly criticised for its flimsy rationale and incompetence of the occupation", and has referred at other times to the "inept conduct of the Iraq war, from pre-war diplomacy to post-war...

Written Answers — Treasury: Debts (2 Jun 2009)

William Hague: ...of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to Lord Alton of Liverpool of 11 May 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA158, on debt, what sovereign debt is owed to the UK by (a) Sudan, (b) Iraq, (c) Serbia, (d) Zimbabwe, (e) Cuba, (f) Egypt, (g) Republic of Congo, (h) Democratic Republic of Congo and (i) Somalia.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Conflict Prevention (20 Apr 2009)

William Hague: ...25 March 2009, Official Report, columns 17-19WS, on conflict resources 2009-10, how much of the planned expenditure in the Middle East in 2009-10 has been allocated to stabilisation activities in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Afghanistan: Detainees (1 Apr 2009)

William Hague: ...to in the Government's Response to paragraph 126 of the Intelligence and Security Committee's Report on the Handling of Detainees by UK Intelligence Personnel in Afghanistan, Guantánamo Bay and Iraq, Cm 6511.

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

William Hague: I beg to move, That this House welcomes the Prime Minister's announcement of 18 December 2008 that a fundamental change in the British forces' mission in Iraq will occur by 31 May 2009 at the latest and that at that point the rapid withdrawal of the British troops will take place, taking the total from just under 4,100 to under 400 by 31 July 2009; notes that following this announcement...

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

William Hague: ...of the former Foreign Secretary, the right hon. Member for Derby, South, send a message of "disunity" and possibly "convey to others" the much wider "impression that this country's commitment to Iraq is weakening". That was a bogus argument, but it was a new bogus argument and therefore quite interesting on those grounds. The idea that a militiaman in a Baghdad suburb would be emboldened...

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

William Hague: ...shall come to argue. To be fair to the then Foreign Secretary, in 2007, she made the further and more substantial argument that "while our troops remained actively engaged and facing real danger in Iraq, it would be wrong to launch such an inquiry."—[ Official Report, 11 June 2007; Vol. 461 c. 539-45.] Many of us in the House have never agreed with that line of argument. Those of us...

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

William Hague: ...that they will hold an inquiry has been made not to Parliament, but to the News of the World on Sunday. It was reported on Sunday: "Gordon Brown is set to order an inquiry into the war in Iraq, the News of the World can reveal. Senior sources"— this is the end of the culture of spin— "at the Ministry of Defence suspect the review will be announced"— [Interruption.] I...

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

William Hague: My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is a reason for an inquiry. It appears from what has been said and written about the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq that the Department for International Development was indeed not ready to follow up what other Government agencies, and the Army, had achieved, and that it had been decided at the highest ministerial level that it would not co-operate...

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

William Hague: Of course the mood has changed. The circumstances have moved on in six years. But I think that people who opposed the war in Iraq, of whom I imagine the hon. Gentleman was one, and people who supported it—all those people—want to make sure that we have learnt from whatever mistakes are made. That is why there is such common ground on this issue.

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

William Hague: ...extremely conscious of the role of our armed forces and the circumstances in which they work. Perhaps that should be examined even more urgently than, and separately from, the conduct of the war in Iraq.

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

William Hague: ...use of intelligence; the functioning of the machinery of Government; why poor decisions were made in some cases, and dissenting opinions were overlooked; why expectations of what would happen in Iraq turned out to be wrong; why the insurgency was not anticipated; and why—in the words of Jonathan Powell, the Prime Minister's chief of staff at the time— "There was planning, but...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Afghanistan: Detainees (10 Mar 2009)

William Hague: ...to in the Government's Response to paragraph 131 of the Intelligence and Security Committee's Report on the Handling of Detainees by UK Intelligence Personnel in Afghanistan, Guantánamo Bay and Iraq, Cm 6511.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (25 Feb 2009) has video

William Hague: I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to Lance Corporal Stephen Kingscott and Marine Darren Smith, who were killed in Afghanistan, and to Private Ryan Wrathall, who died in Iraq. Whenever we read out such names, it is a reminder that whenever death comes, or however it comes, it is a devastating loss to the families involved. That is why I want to thank the Prime Minister on behalf of...

Sri Lanka: Afghanistan and Pakistan (5 Feb 2009) has video

William Hague: ...difficulties in co-operation between the relevant Departments in previous conflicts, which is one reason why I believe there are important lessons to be learned from the circumstances of the war in Iraq and why there should be no further delay in establishing an inquiry into the origins and conduct of the Iraq war. Turning to the situation in Afghanistan now, it is clear to all of us who...

Sri Lanka: Afghanistan and Pakistan (5 Feb 2009) has video

William Hague: ..., with the result that the number of helicopters that was servicing 3,000 soldiers at the beginning then had to service 8,000. We welcome the fact that some of the Merlin helicopters from Iraq will eventually be transferred to Afghanistan, but there remains a serious time gap before this new capability arrives. I hope that when the Government present to Parliament the result of their...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (17 Dec 2008) has video

William Hague: ...on Monday. As she said, our thoughts are with his family at this desperately sad time. We look forward to the Prime Minister's statement tomorrow about the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, although we were surprised that since that news relating to national security was leaked by the Government last week no one has been arrested. Across the House, we salute the work of the British...

Debate on the Address: Foreign Affairs and Defence (10 Dec 2008) has video

William Hague: ...hope that he will answer that question in addition to those that I have raised about the Government's approach. Let me turn to the middle east. It is a matter of great relief that the situation in Iraq has continued to improve through the course of this year. In welcoming the fact that our troops should be able to withdraw from Iraq in the coming months, we must never lose sight of the...