Results 1-20 of 156 for iraq speaker:Nick Harvey

Written Answers — Defence: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (22 Oct 2009)

Nick Harvey: ...treatment for (i) mental health problems, (ii) alcohol addiction and (iii) drug abuse since 2001; (2) how many and what proportion of military personnel who have served or are serving in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have been treated for post-traumatic stress disorder; (3) how many new diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder there have been since 2001.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Manpower (9 Jul 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many members of his Department's staff deployed in each region of Iraq (a) have been trained in each year since 2003 and (b) are being trained in each local Iraqi language.

Written Answers — International Development: Departmental Manpower (7 Jul 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many members of his Department's staff deployed in each region of Iraq (a) have been trained in each year since 2001 and (b) are being trained in each local Iraqi language.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (7 Jul 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces deployed in each region of Iraq (a) have been trained in each year since 2003 and (b) are being trained in each local Iraqi language.

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

Nick Harvey: ...these matters. Like others, I start by paying tribute to those who have lost their lives in the service of our country. On this occasion, as we are having this debate at a time when operations in Iraq are largely concluded and withdrawal is about to commence, I particularly want to say that although my colleagues and I did not agree with the decision to invade Iraq, we very much pay...

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

Nick Harvey: ...imagined taking place in the Leader of the House's office sounded altogether authentic to my way of thinking. Although the debate does, in a sense, mark the end of most of our activity in Iraq, I am sure, and hope very much, that we will regularly debate not only the state of security in that country and the wider region but the progress of economic development—a subject that has...

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

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average pay was for (a) lance corporals and (b) privates serving in Iraq and Afghanistan at the latest date for which information is available.

Royal Assent: Defence in the UK (26 Mar 2009) has video

Nick Harvey: ..."Defence in the UK", but a great deal has happened in that time: there has been a grave worsening of the economic crisis; there has been the decision to issue a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq; and a new US Administration have arrived, with a very different approach from their predecessor. I particularly welcome the announcement of a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, and I recall with...

Royal Assent: Defence in the UK (26 Mar 2009) has video

Nick Harvey: ..., but one certainly does not want to give them any additional grounds for doing so, if one can help it. One can only hope that by the time we next have this debate, most of our involvement in Iraq will be over. I echo the points made in yesterday's debate about the fact that we should be getting on with the process of setting up an inquiry into exactly what we achieved there, what went...

Royal Assent: Defence in the UK (26 Mar 2009) has video

Nick Harvey: ...of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. We have binding and solemn commitments under that treaty that it is our duty to try to fulfil at all times. Personnel must be our priority. Withdrawing from Iraq will alleviate some of the burden, but Afghanistan will continue to take its toll. The mental health casualties will start to become more apparent in the coming years, and we surely all...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Pay (23 Mar 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the minimum pay (a) range and (b) level is for armed forces personnel serving on the frontline in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (3 Mar 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers of each rank have served in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each year since 2003.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (27 Feb 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the standard rifle used by (a) the Royal Marine Commando, (b) each UK special force and (c) each other UK service is in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan.

Business of the House: Records of Detention (Review Conclusions) (26 Feb 2009) has video

Nick Harvey: ...pushed to one side in this specific case? Did the British Government really buy the explanation that the US, with hundreds of thousands of personnel out there in its hunt for al-Qaeda operatives in Iraq, did not have a single person in the country who could speak the relevant Pakistani language, and that that amounted to an adequate reason to move the detainees elsewhere? Have we...

Business of the House: Armed Forces Personnel (29 Jan 2009) has video

Nick Harvey: ...been discussed in this House, and I am pleased to note that awareness of, and attitudes towards, mental health problems have improved markedly, but the psychological toll of our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan means that mental health services will be busy for many years to come. I acknowledge the progress made in improving services, but much more remains to be done. A recent study of...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq and Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (14 Jan 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel in each service he expects to remain in Iraq following the completion of Operation Archive.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (12 Jan 2009)

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what equipment he plans to gift to Iraq once Operation Archive is under way.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Topical Questions (3 Nov 2008) has video

Nick Harvey: ...front line? Does he accept not only that wearing spectacles is clearly far from ideal in combat conditions, but that contact lenses can be very uncomfortable in the heat and, particularly, dust of Iraq and Afghanistan, which often gives rise to time off because of eye inflammations and infections? Is he aware that the Metropolitan police are now providing such surgery for key personnel,...

Topical Debate: Defence Policy (30 Oct 2008) has video

Nick Harvey: ...can look back at the time he spent as Defence Secretary with pride and satisfaction. For five years, defence policy has been focused on, and to a great extent overshadowed by, our intervention in Iraq. Sometimes to the detriment of our forces, our capabilities and our wider operations, the Government have remained somewhat too steadfast—to my taste—in their involvement in that...

Topical Debate: Defence Policy (30 Oct 2008) has video

Nick Harvey: That is not what I said. The hon. Gentleman is trying to have it both ways. I do not recall that a purpose of invading Iraq was to restore the water supplies. As he well knows, our objection was that it was completely illegal and we were sold a duff prospectus on the purposes of the engagement. However, I honestly do not think that at this stage there is a great deal of purpose to be served...