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Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] (3 Nov 2009) has video

Oliver Heald: ...listen in and make notes of the discussions. A record was kept and everyone was protected by it. By the time we get to the Hutton report—this is also true of the Butler report into the war in Iraq—there had been a breakdown in those traditional ways of doing things, which had previously safeguarded the impartiality and objectivity of the civil service, while also being for very...

Afghanistan (29 Oct 2008)

Oliver Heald: ...are effective in the fighting season. That area has a limited number of roads and communities, so the military effort might be about a smaller number of concentrated communities and roads than in Iraq, but my right hon. Friend will, I hope, have a chance to outline his thoughts on that. One point keeps coming up—indeed, this is the point that my right hon. Friend made: we need more...

Postal Voting (5 Apr 2005)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...the backs of the candidates and their party . . . but . . . part of a Birmingham wide campaign by the Labour party to try, by the use of bogus postal votes, to counter the adverse effect of the Iraq war"? If so, what action will the Prime Minister take against those who so damaged the integrity of the system? Does the Minister see the need for further guidelines to be issued in respect of...

Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats (10 Mar 2005)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...bank raid would have been known about at the highest level of Sinn Fein. As one former senior member of the IRA said yesterday, if that were not the case it would be like Britain going to war with Iraq without the Prime Minister knowing. The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Hugh Orde, is in no doubt about where the responsibility for the bank robbery lies; nor is...

Business of the House (28 Oct 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...the United Nations in the main Chamber, although I realise that there is a debate today in Westminster Hall. Bearing in mind the reports of widespread corruption in the oil-for-food programme in Iraq, which is said to have netted Saddam Hussein and his friends $10 billion, and the concern that the Secretary of State for Defence expressed in the House that such money was funding the current...

Business of the House (8 Jul 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...by-elections? Given the recent evidence of postal vote manipulation in Birmingham and elsewhere, surely that is necessary. I thank the Leader of the House for finally announcing the debate on Iraq, which I have been seeking for many weeks. Is he able to confirm that the statement by the Prime Minister on the Butler report will definitely be made on Wednesday 14 July? Finally, will the...

Composition of Parliament (22 Jun 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...;there are more than 400 Labour MPs—has affected how we do our business. For example, the Government can boldly say that the House will have only one day to debate important matters such as Iraq even though as many as half of our number want to speak. Indeed, that is what happened; I asked for two days and we were given one. As a result, many Members had no say. The problem is...

Business of the House (10 Jun 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: I thank the Leader of the House for the business. Can he give us any news about when the debates promised by the Foreign Secretary on Zimbabwe and Iraq will take place? I pay tribute to the electoral registration officers who are working hard today, and in difficult circumstances this year, to ensure that the elections take place. The Leader of the House will know of the widespread concern in...

Whitsun Adjournment (27 May 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...but it has not had a concomitant increase in funding—my hon. Friend outlined exactly the same problem. The hon. and learned Member for Dudley, North (Ross Cranston) expressed concerns about Iraq, and I agree with the need to follow legal procedures and respect human rights in providing justice. He rightly welcomed the decision to refer a particular case to the Crown Prosecution...

Business of the House (27 May 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...about the staff of the House and his best wishes to you, Mr. Speaker? Can the Leader of the House give us any indication of when the debates promised by the Foreign Secretary on Zimbabwe and Iraq will take place? The Leader of the House will have seen reports of the ruling in the Belfast Crown court that the Real IRA is not a proscribed group under the Terrorism Act 2000; that means that...

Business of the House (20 May 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...progress can the Leader of the House report concerning the Sessional Orders? The right hon. Gentleman will know how anxious we are to have the debate foreshadowed by the Foreign Secretary about Iraq. This morning the Leader of the House criticised the Leader of the Opposition as "opportunistic" for telling the Prime Minister to stand up to President Bush when he disagrees with him, and not...

Business of the House (13 May 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...them properly with so little time to prepare? When will they be tabled? Tomorrow? What about all the organisations outside this place which take a particular interest in pensions issues? On Iraq, although it is welcome that the Liberal Democrats have half a day on the security situation, surely we need a full-day debate urgently in Government time. There are many questions unanswered. Did...

Business of the House (6 May 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: Yesterday, the Leader of the Opposition asked the Prime Minister whether it was likely that more British troops would be sent to Iraq, and the Prime Minister said that the Government were "in discussion" and that the matter was "under . . . review". Yet today, we read on the front page of The Times—there is a similar story in The Sun—that 2,000 Marines are being sent there. So...

Points of Order (2 Feb 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: .... I seek your guidance on a matter of which I have given you notice. You will know that we have been calling, as have others on both sides of the House, for a full inquiry into the intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, given that none has been found. According to today's Downing street briefing, a decision is to be made shortly. Would it not be right for the...

Business of the House (29 Jan 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...should not have a Government majority of more than one? The Leader of the House will have heard the calls from both sides of the House for a full inquiry into how this country went to war in Iraq. He will know that the Franks report followed the far less controversial Falklands war. The public want to know why the Government said that there were weapons of mass destruction, yet none were...

Business of the House (15 Jan 2004)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...that is "dodging". Whatever it is, it is not satisfactory. Finally, the Leader of the House will know that during this week's Opposition day debate on shortages of equipment for the armed forces in Iraq, the shadow Secretary of State for Defence called on the Defence Secretary to resign. The shadow Secretary of State for Defence cited the case of Sergeant Roberts, who was shot in the chest...

Christmas Adjournment (18 Dec 2003)

Mr Oliver Heald: .... The hon. Member for North Cornwall (Mr. Tyler) raised the constituency case of Sergeant Steven Roberts and shared with us the post-mortem findings. He raised the issue of equipment shortages in Iraq and suggested that the necessary body armour had not been available. He also highlighted the National Audit Office report that examined those concerns. It is good that he has been able to...

Sittings of the House (20 Nov 2003)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...we are to be here, waiting for Lords messages, it would be wrong to lie idle, so may I suggest that we have questions on Monday and Tuesday of next week and that we find time for a short debate on Iraq, which the shadow Foreign Secretary asked for?

Afghanistan (20 Mar 2002)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...the deployment announced by the Secretary of State. Will he tell us whether it is correct that other Governments are continuing to support al-Qaeda? There is a suggestion in the press today that Iraq might still be supporting al-Qaeda.