Results 1-11 of 11 for iraq speaker:Jane Kennedy

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 48 (20 May 2008)

Jane Kennedy: ...forces who are deployed on operations overseas. I do not want to go into the history, but it is clear that from 1 October 2007, the areas that attract operational allowance, namely Afghanistan and Iraq, will give rise to council tax relief, but from 1 February, service in other operational zones has been specified—that is, as I understand it, overseas operations, including British...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Jane Kennedy: ...the deepest respect for many hon. Members who opposed the commencement of the war and others who changed their position to criticise our engagement in the conflict. However, I have yet to meet an Iraqi in my surgery or my constituency who believes that the UK Government should withdraw their troops from Iraq. I have quite a case load of refugees or asylum seekers who look for refuge in the...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Jane Kennedy: ...the election of that Government and to describe them as either a puppet regime or a regime that is there only with the support of the United States. It is there with the overwhelming support of the Iraqi people who participated in the election, and, indeed, of the leaders of Iraq, who have been brought to this House—and to whom we have been afforded the opportunity to listen—by...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Jane Kennedy: ...rockets were fired into Israel. As with many issues across the middle east, the Governments of the countries concerned are trying to ensure the security of their peoples. We are discussing war in Iraq, war in Afghanistan and, as my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford, South (Mike Gapes), the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee described, the prospect of three civil wars across the...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Jane Kennedy: ...to answer what is a serious and proper question. Notwithstanding his long service in the House, is he seriously saying that he would proceed with the withdrawal of British troops from the south of Iraq even if there were clear indications that that would have a serious and negative impact on security in the region? If so, that is incredible.

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Jane Kennedy: My right hon. Friend said that the American Government and the Iraqi Government were standing together, and that the American commitment of extra troops had been welcomed in Iraq. Is it not also the case that the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council, Egypt and Jordan have also welcomed the extra commitment of troops by the United States?

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Syria (16 Jan 2007)

Jane Kennedy: I am grateful for that statement, but would not my hon. Friend be well advised to be cautious in approaching Syria, given the real concerns about its border to the east with Iraq, which insurgents and weapons are believed to cross, and suspicions surrounding its involvement to the west in Lebanon, where political assassinations are believed to be attributable to the Syrian Government? One...

Business of the House: NATO Summit (30 Nov 2006)

Jane Kennedy: May I ask the Secretary of State whether the summit considered Iran's role in the region of Afghanistan, given Iran's destructive role in respect of Iraq and Lebanon? Did the NATO summit deal with the issue of whether it would be possible to consider an initiative that would encourage Iran to play a more constructive role, and was it considered that Turkey could play a role in that regard?

Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half-Day] — Iraq (31 Oct 2006)

Jane Kennedy: ...his party to the shabby political opportunism of the nationalists. In considering what he would say tonight, did the right hon. Gentleman take into account the words of the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq when he visited Parliament last week and was able to brief Members? He made clear—he pleaded with us—that the absolute, overriding priority for this Parliament was to...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Police Service (22 Jan 2004)

Ms Jane Kennedy: ...Secondment to national police training Overseas Service 2001 0 14 2002 9 44 2003 4 4 Total 13 62 The PSNI have deployed officers to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, East Timor and Iraq. Officers deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina were seconded to the International Police Task force (IPTF). The role of the IPTF is to monitor, advise and train police officers belonging to the...

Northern Ireland (11 Feb 2003)

Ms Jane Kennedy: ...any encouragement to go down that route, not out of any lack of willingness to debate the point but because the issue that we are discussing today is a narrow one, and the Government's position on Iraq is a matter for debate on another day. I do not accept the proposition that the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire and other hon. Members have made that the situations are comparable. We are...