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Pre-Budget Report (2 Dec 2004)

Mr Oliver Letwin: This is the Chancellor who paid for £1,000 chairs for Ministry of Defence civil servants, each of which would have paid for three flak jackets for soldiers serving in Iraq. That is not the holy grail of value for money. He is not Sir Lancelot, he is Sir Wastealot. The Chancellor's plans to save money are like his promise to borrow only for investment—all talk. Last year, the...

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (20 Nov 2003)

Mr Oliver Letwin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost of the war in Iraq to the Exchequer has been to date; and if he will make a statement on his current forecast of the likely total cost.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (14 Jul 2003)

Mr Oliver Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what arrangements have been made in respect of partners and orphans of Service men and women killed in action in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Intelligence and Security Committee (3 Jul 2003)

Mr Oliver Letwin: ...by the powerful contribution made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Kensington and Chelsea (Mr. Portillo). We all await the outcome of the Intelligence and Security Committee's report on Iraq. We, and certainly I, have all been considerably reassured by the statements made by members of the Committee of all parties that they have no intention of allowing themselves to become an...

Village Halls (28 Feb 2003)

Mr Oliver Letwin: ...relation to improvements that may come about through discussion. First, I should explain why we seek to raise the issue of village halls at such a time, when we are faced with the exigencies of the Iraq situation and terrible problems for the Government in law and order, public services and public spending. Why should we concentrate on such an apparently minute issue as village halls? The...