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Peter Kilfoyle: ...there are dangers abroad in the world, but Members will recall the coining of the phrase "the axis of evil". The No. 1 member of the axis of evil that had to be removed at one stage was Saddam Hussein in Iraq. That removal was predicated upon mythical weapons of mass destruction: many of us did not believe in them then, and we were shown to be right. The focus then moved to North Korea,...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations (23 May 2007)

Peter Kilfoyle: ...in the assault on Fallujah; (4) what negotiations he had with President Bush and other members of the US Administration in April 2004 on the re-deployment of British troops outside south-eastern Iraq.

Point of Order: Trident (14 Mar 2007)

Peter Kilfoyle: ...in my own mind with the hon. Member for New Forest, East (Dr. Lewis). There is something worrying about the occupants of the two Front Benches coming together on an issue that has echoes of Iraq all over again. Much of the argument has been made on the basis of fear, uncertainty and disinformation. We all know where similar arguments took us in March 2003. This is obviously a different...

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

Peter Kilfoyle: ...evident in the House are somehow less patriotic or supportive of our armed forces. That is patently not true. I urge the House to look at the amendment that was tabled to the motion for the war in Iraq. I wrote that amendment, and had the honour of moving it in this House. People tend to remember the first half of the amendment but not the second, which extended our support for and...

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

Peter Kilfoyle: ...of all parties have entered the House since that date, and they may not be aware of all the arguments put forward then, but we must not forget that that debate had many precursors. The question of Iraq was discussed ad nauseam—certainly during the 1990s, and some would argue as far back as the 1980s. The problem of Iraq has a long genesis. Some of the earlier speeches astonished me,...

Defence in the United Kingdom (17 Nov 2005)

Peter Kilfoyle: ...way to avoid the accusation that big boys' toys win out is to hold a serious, wide-ranging and open debate on what we face in the 21st century. Apart from the arguments about the reasons for the Iraq war, Denis Healey concluded our commitments east of Suez 39 years ago, but now we find that we are drifting further east. We have a commitment in Iraq, and that in Afghanistan is about to be...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq (14 Nov 2005)

Peter Kilfoyle: To ask the Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the (a) benefits and (b) costs to the United Kingdom of its participation in the Iraq War and occupation.

Orders of the Day — European Union Bill (9 Feb 2005)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...'s views are vague and indeterminate, but they stem from a visceral antagonism towards the European Union and things European. I take great pride that on issues as disparate as the environment, Iraq—even allowing for my personal view on war against that country—arms trading with China, and the preference for diplomacy over military muscle in the case of Iran, I look to Europe...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (27 Jan 2005)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish Iraq casualty estimates contained in British military contact reports filed since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...one is an American. I happen to be a citizen of the United Kingdom, so I sometimes take issue with that. The situation has never been more obvious than during the illegal and immoral war against Iraq—I and many outside the Chamber maintain that that remains the case. We must consider the cost of the war to us. We have been associated with not only the prosecution of such a war, but...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...with, perhaps, the 51st or 52nd state or whatever of the United States. It is an extremely difficult dilemma for any Government. I hope that unlike their approach towards supporting America in the Iraq war, the Government will exercise a great deal of caution before committing themselves either way.

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...at the truth of what happened in the build-up to the war, we must dispose of some of the myths. Will he comment on the statement by the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee not long ago that Iraq was still in pursuit of a nuclear weapon? Does he accept that that was disposed of by the inspectors and monitors and, indeed, by the Iraq survey group itself?

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...Friend concerned about the sometimes nefarious activities of the National Council of Resistance of Iran? Does not that have unhealthy echoes of propaganda of the kind that was exercised before the Iraq war by the expatriate Iraqi opposition parties? Is he not concerned that such people have a ready audience in some quarters among the neo-conservatives in Washington?

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq (25 Oct 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: To ask the Prime Minister whether the war cabinet for the Iraq war is still extant.

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq (25 Oct 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: To ask the Prime Minister how often the full Cabinet has considered the committal of extra troops to Iraq.

Iraq (20 Jul 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...when it exists. Curiously, when Lord Butler wrote about the background to the weapons of mass destruction, he did not mention where they actually came from. He made a cursory mention of what Iraq had before 1990, but he did not refer to the countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, that provided the very weapons of mass destruction that would later become politically...

Iraq (20 Jul 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: I could wax eloquent all night on those points, but let me put it simply. On the night of the great debate in the Chamber, I and others made the point that inspectors were in Iraq dismantling the weapons of war that had been found. Hon. Members may recall the Prime Minister referring to appeasement, as though those who were opposed to war were appeasers, akin to those in 1938—in fact, I...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (19 Jul 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which private companies' services have been employed by his Department in Iraq; and how much has been paid to each.

Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction (14 Jul 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: The Attorney-General said that there would be no justification for the use of force against Iraq on the ground of self-defence against an imminent threat.

European Affairs (16 Jun 2004)

Mr Peter Kilfoyle: ...who sit on the Front Bench will not agree when I say that, if we had had that deeper involvement, that greater integration with Europe, I doubt very much whether we would have embarked on the folly of the Iraq war. I do not expect Conservative Members to agree with me; they were more in tune with the Government on that issue. Indeed, they were more gung-ho about that adventure than even...