Results 1-20 of 22 for iraq speaker:David Kidney

Coroners and Justice Bill (26 Jan 2009) has video

David Kidney: ...services; deaths in custody, especially the tragic deaths of children in custody; and the immensely important results of coroners' inquests on some of our service personnel killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan. If we think back to Dr. Shipman's killing of his patients, the case revealed some of the weaknesses in the current system and the pressing need for reform. As long ago as 1...

Business of the House: Defence in the World (8 May 2008) has video

David Kidney: ...official formation day. The Commander-in-Chief, Land and the Master of Signals welcomed the regiment back into the Army's order of battle. Even as it was being formed, the regiment had soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers are now settling into the newly named Beacon barracks, deploying on exercises, and a squadron has even been in London on public duties. Creating a new regiment is a...

Bill Presented: Armed Forces Personnel (10 Jan 2008) has video

David Kidney: ...at Stafford's base, but back in 2003 I saw with my own eyes the dedication of those people, working seven days a week on a short time scale to make sure that all the equipment the troops needed in Iraq got to Iraq in time for the start of the military action there. Although there were stories about lack of equipment in the right place at the right time—the most tragic event that we...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (16 Jul 2007) has video

David Kidney: What progress he has made in withdrawing troops from Iraq.

Points of Order: Defence in the World (1 Feb 2007)

David Kidney: ...the thoughts of Staffordshire people are with them. We wish them a safe return home. My right hon. Friend has mentioned Operation Sinbad several times. The next major review of our troop levels in Iraq will take place after it has finished. Will my right hon. Friend give us a rough idea of when it will finish and how long the review will take?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Combat Identification (27 Mar 2006)

David Kidney: I thank my right hon. Friend for that answer. Is he aware that David Clarke was 19 when he died in Iraq three years ago last weekend? David's tank was hit by a shell fired by another British tank, but obviously that is not the only incident of so-called blue on blue during the conflict in Iraq. Does my right hon. Friend agree with my summary of the NAO report that the Ministry of Defence is...

Public Bill Committee: Children and Adoption Bill [Lords]: Clause 7 - Risk assessments (21 Mar 2006)

David Kidney: .... Miller) for her support for the aim behind the amendment, which is simply to make the important clarification that a risk assessment is not a single-point exercise. I heard one of our generals in Iraq on the radio this morning saying that withdrawal from Iraq was not a singular-event process. His turn of phrase and mine are both intended to show that in some circumstances events are...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Military Deaths (Inquests) (6 Jun 2005)

David Kidney: ...hon. Friend the Secretary of State knows, because I have written to him, that the previous Secretary of State saw Beverley Clarke, the mother of young David Clarke, who was killed in his tank in Iraq in March 2003, about the delay in a specialist investigation into the circumstances of his death. May I urge the Minister to ensure that those investigations are completed as soon as possible...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum/Immigration (13 May 2004)

Mr David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what factors prevent his Department from removing failed asylum seekers from the UK to (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq, (c) Somalia, (d) Zimbabwe and (e) Eritrea.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (25 Feb 2004)

Mr David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British Service personnel (a) have committed suicide in Iraq or since returning to the UK from Iraq and (b) have been returned to the UK from Iraq early because of mental stress.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (12 Feb 2004)

Mr David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British service personnel (a) have committed suicide in Iraq or since returning to the UK from Iraq and (b) have been returned to the UK from Iraq early because of mental stress.

Written Answers — Defence: Cluster Bombs (20 Nov 2003)

Mr David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the military strategic value of the use of cluster bombs in future conflicts based on experience in Iraq in the current year.

Defence Policy (16 Oct 2003)

Mr David Kidney: ...to the exercise theatre. The Public Accounts Committee reiterated those observations and also commented on communications, which again are more a matter for next week's debate. The conflict in Iraq began with a build-up of our forces mostly in Kuwait and it was then followed by military action. From a logistics point of view, I want to deal with the reports of shortages of supplies that...

Defence Policy (16 Oct 2003)

Mr David Kidney: ...of commerce, but no use at all for armed forces at the front who rely on prompt delivery. At the beginning of the debate, the Secretary of State paid tribute to those who have lost their lives in Iraq. I therefore ask for hon. Members' forbearance while I make my final point. The one constituent of mine who lost his life serving his country in Iraq was David Clarke, who had barely reached...

Defence Policy (16 Oct 2003)

Mr David Kidney: I share my hon. Friend's pleasure that not too many civilians died in Iraq, but I am finding it extremely difficult to ascertain exactly how many did die there. Does he have any accurate statistics?

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (3 Jul 2003)

Mr David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what sources he draws on for compiling his estimates of the numbers of civilian casualties in Iraq during 2003.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (1 Jul 2003)

Mr David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent estimate is of the number of civilians killed in Iraq since 1 January.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (19 Jun 2003)

Mr David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what military assets, including personnel, in Iraq are being applied to provide medical treatment for Iraqi civilians; and for how long they will remain in place.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (3 Jun 2003)

Mr David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has (a) given to and (b) received from the organisation called Iraq Body Count.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (14 May 2003)

Mr David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what involvement the United Nations has in Iraq in respect of (a) delivery of humanitarian aid, (b) policing and other civilian security, (c) re-building works, (d) economic development and (e) establishment of new political institutions.