Results 1-17 of 17 for iraq speaker:Peter Lilley

Business of the House: TOPICAL DEBATE Financial Stability (9 Oct 2008) has video

Peter Lilley: ...Exchequer appeared rather sheepish yesterday. In fact, I am the last Conservative Minister ever to have nationalised anything, albeit in a rather different sort of crisis: I nationalised all the Iraqi-owned assets after Iraq invaded Kuwait. In an emergency it is necessary to take drastic action, and it is essential for the Government to prop up the whole structure of credit, which exists...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day-First Part]: Civil Service (7 May 2008) has video

Peter Lilley: ..., I had to consider resigning on such grounds when I was dealing with the allegation that my predecessors had sanctioned the export of chemical weapons precursors and nuclear weapons precursors to Iraq. The only way to kill that allegation dead was to publish the details of every single export licence relating to Iraq in those categories in the years preceding the invasion of Kuwait by...

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Addition to list of treaties (30 Jan 2008)

Peter Lilley: ...were greater. All decisions about the control of reserves and resources in a federal system are contentious—we are of course talking about a quasi-federal system. We do not have to look at Iraq, whose constitutional development is held up by an inability to make decisions about the allocation of responsibilities between the federal components and the central Government, nor do we...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (28 Jun 2005)

Peter Lilley: ...surprise that the Government found people in the security forces who will say that the proposal is a good thing, as they were the people who told us that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Indeed, when I tabled questions trying to identify which of the agencies and who in the agencies endorsed Government policies, I found that the Government were very reluctant to give the...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (20 Dec 2004)

Mr Peter Lilley: ...to say that sort of thing; their job is to support the Government. It was not too difficult to persuade the security services to come up with evidence that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Departments are saying that the Bill would be useful to them—but the acid test of whether a Department really thinks that a proposal will be useful to it is to ask whether it is...

Lord Hutton's Report (4 Feb 2004)

Mr Peter Lilley: ...suppose. It was presented in a very sexed-up fashion, not so much in the preparation of the document as in its presentation to the House and the public. The document said: "The JIC concluded that Iraq had sufficient expertise, equipment and materials to produce biological warfare agents within weeks using its legitimate biotechnology facilities." In the case of chemicals, the document said...

Iraq (Judicial Inquiry) (22 Oct 2003)

Mr Peter Lilley: Surely the difference between the Falklands and Iraq was that in the case of the former Ministers resigned for underestimating the threat, whereas on this occasion Ministers have refused to accept responsibility for overestimating the threat—the existence of weapons of mass destruction.

Iraq (Judicial Inquiry) (22 Oct 2003)

Mr Peter Lilley: ...allowing the distrust that has been sown among the British people—by the failure to find the weapons that were held to be the cause and justification of war—to spread from the issue of Iraq to the whole range of their responsibilities, from the Government to politicians in general, and from politicians to the institutions of this country. That will be the consequence if we do...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (14 Apr 2003)

Mr Peter Lilley: Will the Secretary of State spell out what steps she intends to take to ensure that British industry plays as prominent a role in the reconstruction of Iraq as our armed forces did in its liberation? She will recall that in the months prior to the liberation of Kuwait, I set up a task force, largely manned by business people, which operated in the Gulf and in Washington, lobbying to ensure...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Iraq (20 Mar 2003)

Mr Peter Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she is taking to ensure that British industry plays a substantial role in reconstruction following a possible conflict in Iraq.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (19 Mar 2003)

Mr Peter Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what the source was of the material provided to UNSCOM about Iraq's attempts to obtain nuclear material in Africa; and if he will make a statement; (2) if he will publish the evidence provided to UNSCOM that Iraq has tried to procure nuclear material in Africa.

Local Government Bill — [2nd Allotted Day]: New Clause 1 — Valuation: Conflicts Between Judicial and Administrative Matters (10 Mar 2003)

Mr Peter Lilley: ...to interrupt the debate, but I want to make an important point. The Foreign Secretary has just made a statement in which he based his case on a document entitled, "Unresolved Disarmament Issues: Iraq's Proscribed Weapons Programmes", which was produced by UNMOVIC. He said that copies of the document had been placed in the Library and he commended it to all hon. Members. He said that it set...

Orders of the Day — Freedom of Information Bill: General Right of Access to Information Held by Public Authorities (27 Nov 2000)

Mr Peter Lilley: ..." document that revealed the minutes of the meeting between Alan Clark and Matrix Churchill. I insisted on the publication of every single licence for the export of equipment from this country to Iraq in the five years leading up to the invasion of Kuwait. I even had a useful experience that is highly relevant to the amendments. When we were preparing the Social Security (Incapacity for...

Opposition Day: Football (Disorder) Bill (13 Jul 2000)

Mr Peter Lilley: ...the then Opposition. That was after Saddam Hussein had invaded Kuwait and it was necessary to amend the legislation on the control of imports and exports, because we were taking sanctions against Iraq and treating the crisis as a wartime situation. We sought the collusion of those on the then Opposition Front Bench and they said that it would be much simpler to reduce our relatively...

Oral Answers to Questions: Engagements (14 Apr 1999)

Mr Peter Lilley: ...sustain two medium level operations"— which he defined as being like the one already taking place in Bosnia— for longer than six months. In view of our commitments in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Bosnia, and in view of the growth and uncertain duration of our commitment in Kosovo, should we not reconsider the strategic defence review?

Clause 8: New clause (15 Jul 1996)

Mr Peter Lilley: ...that people need to resort to all sorts of devices to leave an oppressive country, but they do not need to resort to devices or dishonesty to enter this country. The hon. Lady gave the example of Iraq. That country has a tyrannous regime and we were recently at war with it; we might expect that even genuine asylum seekers would be fearful on entering this country, but none the less a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry: Kuwait (16 Oct 1991)

Mr Peter Lilley: ..., our record is second to none in promoting British industry. As for the embargo on arms, in the course of the summer I published details of every licence given for the sale of sensitive items to Iraq. If the UN team has any further information, we shall look into it thoroughly. Moreover, the Customs and Excise, which is responsible for enforcement and prosecution, will look into any...