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Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (25 Mar 2008) has video

Michael Howard: It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd), who speaks with such experience and knowledge of Iraq. I am sure that the points that she made could be accommodated in the terms of reference of the sort of inquiry that the motion envisages, and I hope that she will perhaps reconsider her intention to vote against the motion, because the logic of her speech is...

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (25 Mar 2008) has video

Michael Howard: ...length. It was right to hold an inquiry into those matters. The previous Government set it up and it duly reported. Our debates about the need for an inquiry into events surrounding the invasion of Iraq before and after it took place were clothed in a language that had an arcane theology of its own. That was when the former Prime Minister was still in office and before the Defence...

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (25 Mar 2008) has video

Michael Howard: ...who have important business to attend to and we mustn't distract them." He said, "We can't have an inquiry, because we mustn't divert people from the responsibility of what they need to do in Iraq." That prompts the question that must be answered if we are to give any credence at all to the position advanced by the Government. The truth, of course, is that there are lessons that could be...

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (15 Nov 2006)

Michael Howard: ...it, and to my right hon. Friends the shadow Home Secretary and the Leader of the Opposition. Thirdly, I shall respond to the Prime Minister's suggestion that it is wrong to subject our strategy in Iraq to continuing assessment, lest we give signals that somehow give comfort to our enemies. I entirely repudiate the observations of the hon. Members for Middlesbrough (Sir Stuart Bell) and for...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (23 Nov 2005)

Michael Howard: ...a tragic reminder of the risks run by our police officers on our behalf every single time they go on duty. I join him also in expressing condolences to the family of the service man who was lost in Iraq over the weekend. That, too, was a tragic reminder of the sacrifices made on our behalf by those who are serving with such distinction in Iraq. Last month, the Secretary of State for Health...

Prime Minister: Engagements (19 Oct 2005)

Michael Howard: I join the Prime Minister in expressing my condolences and the condolences of those on the Conservative Benches to the family of the British serviceman who lost his life overnight in Iraq. I pay tribute once again to the courage with which our forces are discharging the very difficult tasks they face in that country. Could the Prime Minister tell us why the Chancellor attempted to "dress the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (20 Jul 2005)

Michael Howard: I join the Prime Minister in the condolences that he expressed over the loss of our servicemen in Iraq. The thousands of men and women who daily risk their lives on our behalf are constantly in our minds, and we must never take what they do for granted. May I ask the Prime Minister about the progress being made in the four areas of action in response to the tragedy of 7 July that he outlined...

Debate on the Address: [First Day] (17 May 2005)

Michael Howard: ...now firmly on the republican movement to deliver what it promised in 1998. I pay tribute once again to the courage and professionalism of British troops serving around the world, and especially in Iraq. The killing of Anthony Wakefield is a tragic reminder of the bravery that they show day by day. The world faces many other challenges. Hundreds of thousands of people have died in Darfur. I...

Debate on the Address: [First Day] (23 Nov 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: ...All paramilitary activity must stop. All illegal weapons must be decommissioned. All parties must give their support to the police and all sides must back the principle of consent. The elections in Iraq, planned for January, will introduce the principle of consent in that country as well. Although they pose real challenges, we welcome them. I pay particular tribute to the courage and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (17 Nov 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: ...the Prime Minister in the remarks that he made about the murder of Margaret Hassan. This murder of an innocent woman, a Muslim woman, who dedicated her entire life to the welfare of the people of Iraq, shows yet again that we are up against barbaric terrorists who want to destroy Iraq's future, and we must stand steadfast in the face of their terror. The chief executive of the Child...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (10 Nov 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: I join the Prime Minister in expressing my sympathy and respect to the family of the latest member of the Black Watch to lose his life on active service in Iraq, and I wish those who have been injured a full and speedy recovery. The whole House will have been disappointed to hear the Prime Minister's answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Govan (Mr. Sarwar). The Black Watch is doing a heroic...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (10 Nov 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: ...Watch and 3 other Scots regiments". Does the Prime Minister not understand how shameful it is to treat the Black Watch and their families in that way at a time when they face such great danger in Iraq?

EU Summit (8 Nov 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: ...dedication, professionalism and courage of the Black Watch. I welcome both the European Council's discussions with Prime Minister Allawi and the financial contribution towards elections in Iraq. I support everything that the Prime Minister said about the importance of defeating terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere. Events in Samarra have shown that bringing an area under ostensible control does...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (20 Oct 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: ...'s comment that they will, after all, be home for Christmas. However, the question that everyone in the country and all hon. Members are asking is: given that there are 130,000 American troops in Iraq, why is it necessary to take 650 men from the British forces in southern Iraq and redeploy them further north?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (13 Oct 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: ...the enormous dignity with which they have borne their dreadful ordeal. I, too, join the Prime Minister in expressing my condolences to the families of the British soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq. I support the war; it was the right thing to do. Will the Prime Minister realise that, before he can move on, there is one matter that he must deal with? He did not accurately report the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (13 Oct 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: The Prime Minister has just asserted that he accurately conveyed the intelligence to the country. The intelligence that he received made it clear that little was known about Iraq's chemical and biological weapons work since late 1998. The Prime Minister told the country that the intelligence had established beyond doubt that Saddam had continued to produce chemical and biological weapons. How...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (8 Sep 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: ...in Beslan. We shall never forget the haunting images that have filled our television screens in the last few days. I also join him in expressing our deep regret at the continuing loss of life in Iraq, and in particular the loss of the three British servicemen to whom he referred. Do not these events show yet again that we must be resolute in our determination to defeat terrorism wherever...

Iraq (20 Jul 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: ...are debating today. As we discuss these issues, I join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to the thousands of British servicemen and women who still face the daily challenge of bringing peace to Iraq. We are indeed all enormously proud of them and of their families. We remember those from our country, and from others, who were killed or injured, including the very many Iraqis who have...

Iraq (20 Jul 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: ...on 18 March said—[Interruption.] I voted for the motion, but as it may be some time since hon. Members read it, let me remind them of what it says. That motion began by recognising that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles posed a threat to international peace. It went on to support the Government's decision to use all means necessary to ensure the disarmament...

Iraq (20 Jul 2004)

Mr Michael Howard: Butler says that, but very few people—[Interruption.] Well, does the hon. Lady seriously think that weapons of mass destruction will still be found in Iraq? That is the question. Does the Prime Minister still think that weapons of mass destruction are still likely to be found in Iraq? Of course not. That is why I say that, if we had known then what we know now, we would not have been...