Results 1-20 of 119 for iraq speaker:Gerald Howarth

Military Vehicles and Aircraft (27 Oct 2009)

Gerald Howarth: ...that we need to have. My hon. Friend was right to set out the deficiencies with much of our equipment. She rightly started with the Snatch Land Rover, and it was perfectly clear quite early in the Iraq campaign that that vehicle was not up to the task. It is not as though that was something new, because we had precisely the same problem in Northern Ireland. There, however, we addressed it...

Military Vehicles and Aircraft (27 Oct 2009)

Gerald Howarth: ...about that after our defence review next year. In fairness to the Government, since 2005 they have responded. I think that my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton knows that when I came back from Iraq in September 2005, having seen the inadequacy of the Snatch Land Rover, I picked up the phone to the then Secretary of State and said that something had to be done about producing better...

British Troops (Helmand Province) (8 Jul 2009)

Gerald Howarth: ...has some interesting ideas on how that might be approached, and perhaps the Minister will want to say something on it. With the number of British fatalities approaching the level experienced in Iraq, we have a duty to check how well our national strategy is working. The British Army spokesman on the radio this morning, Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, set out some of the successes, such as...

British Troops (Helmand Province) (8 Jul 2009)

Gerald Howarth: ...another issue. We must consider the extent to which it is becoming, as the Leader of the House said, a "crucible" that is acting as a magnet for those forces who perhaps failed to deal with us in Iraq and are now looking to deal with us in Afghanistan before they reject everything that we stand for. Yesterday, the Government announced their intention of beginning work on a new defence...

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan (20 Apr 2009)

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) troops in contact incidents and (b) indirect fire events were recorded in (i) Afghanistan and (ii) Iraq in each month of the last three years.

Written Answers — Defence: Defence: Equipment (30 Mar 2009)

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2009, Official Report, column 831W, on Iraq: peacekeeping operations, what mechanism is used to assess a proposal to gift equipment.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (16 Mar 2009)

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what military equipment he expects to leave in Iraq following the withdrawal of most UK forces later this year.

Written Answers — Defence: Peacekeeping Operations: Defence Equipment (2 Mar 2009)

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the cost of replacing equipment which is destroyed or has become unserviceable on military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan is met from (a) his Department's core budget, (b) the contingency reserve or (c) another source; (2) whether the cost of repairing equipment following military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan is met from (a)...

Written Answers — Defence: Peacekeeping Operations (4 Feb 2009)

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) troops in contact incidents and (b) indirect fire events were recorded in (i) Afghanistan and (ii) Iraq in each month of the last three years.

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

Gerald Howarth: ...logistic movement and, most importantly, provides casualty evacuation in theatre in Afghanistan. A number of those receiving medals were young people who told me that they had done five tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. We need to salute these young men and women for what they are doing. That was why I became worried when I read some remarks attributed to General Sir Richard Dannatt, who has...

Written Answers — Defence: Military Aircraft: Helicopters (12 Jan 2009)

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what fleets of helicopters are available to UK armed forces in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; and what future (i) enhancements to the helicopters and (ii) changes to the number of helicopters are planned by his Department.

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

Gerald Howarth: ...NATO members are also being pressed to maintain these skills? Will he also assure us that those skills have not been neglected in favour of meeting the immediate requirements of Afghanistan and Iraq?

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

Gerald Howarth: ...defence of the realm is all about. I shall give one example: anti-submarine warfare. With the contracting fleet of Nimrod aircraft available and the heavy commitment to surveillance in Afghanistan and Iraq, is the Minister satisfied that we have the requisite capability to respond to a threat that could be posed by Iran, for example, or by Russia's Akula II submarines, which I am told are...

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

Gerald Howarth: ...operations, and with an unavoidable impact on service personnel... The force structure cannot sustain indefinitely the nature, scale and intensity of operations being conducted in Afghanistan and Iraq over the past two years." The Secretary of State says that his military advisers assure him that that can be managed. However, as my hon. Friend the Member for North Essex said, the...

Topical Debate: Defence Procurement (19 Jun 2008) has video

Gerald Howarth: ...equipment procurement, including the process of acquisition itself, needs to be covered. Clearly, our immediate concern must be to ensure that we provide those on the front line in Afghanistan and Iraq with the kit that they need to fight today's war. However, the task does not end there, nor can it. With the certainties of the cold war gone, we find ourselves in a much more complex world...

Topical Debate: Defence Procurement (19 Jun 2008) has video

Gerald Howarth: ...considered today, an overriding imperative to provide better force protection against the enhanced threat from improvised explosive devices, which, as I forecast, have migrated to Afghanistan from Iraq. My hon. Friend the Member for Newark (Patrick Mercer) rightly pressed the case on when the Snatch Land Rovers are to be withdrawn and replaced by the new WIMIK. The Under-Secretary ought...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (18 Jun 2008) has video

Gerald Howarth: Given the intensity of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and news of an impending Cabinet reshuffle, will the Prime Minister abandon his display of contempt for our armed forces by ensuring that the next Secretary of State for Defence has just that one job, not another one?

Counter-Insurgency (Iraq/Afghanistan) (10 Jun 2008)

Gerald Howarth: ...of the British Army and the other two services. It is very important that the people of this country understand that it is not only the British Army that is carrying out those acts of heroism in Iraq and Afghanistan; it is very much a tri-service commitment. I should like to remind hon. Members that it was a female Royal Air Force Merlin helicopter pilot who was awarded the Distinguished...

Counter-Insurgency (Iraq/Afghanistan) (10 Jun 2008)

Gerald Howarth: ...faced when the cold war was at its height and we could see exactly where the threat was coming from. The threat is now all around us. We know what the threat is from insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq, but I would be very nervous about dismissing Mr. Putin's intentions in building up his armed forces. Although I agree with my hon. Friend that it is unlikely that our shores face attack in...

Counter-Insurgency (Iraq/Afghanistan) (10 Jun 2008)

Gerald Howarth: ...Friend was suggesting that "next war-it is" was an issue that we should be concerned about. She is right, but clearly we face a more complex world than we did before. Let me turn to Afghanistan and Iraq. There will always be a trade-off between mobility and protection. General Johnny Holmes said to me that the light can go heavy, but the heavy cannot go light. That was quite a salutary...