Results 1-20 of 27 for iraq speaker:Peter Luff

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (9 May 2007)

Peter Luff: As someone who voted for the Iraq war, I know that the events leading up to it and its aftermath have substantially reduced trust not just in the Prime Minister but in the whole political process. Given that the Leader of the House seems to have indicated that there will be full Privy Council inquiry "at an appropriate moment", would not the Prime Minister do a lot to restore his reputation...

Orders of the Day: Sri Lanka (2 May 2007)

Peter Luff: ..., been an extraordinarily violent one in Sri Lanka's history. There have been some 4,000 dead since 2005 and 70,000 or so dead since the violence began in 1983. To put that in context, leaving Iraq on one side, about 7,000 deaths a year occur in the world because of terrorist-related activities. One can see how big an issue the violence is in international terms. I intervened on the hon....

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran (31 Oct 2006)

Peter Luff: ...to the Secretary of State for that reply, but we have of course all seen the reports that the United States of America may be seeking Iran's co-operation in the next stage of the operation in Iraq. Does the right hon. Lady think that there is any contradiction between such an approach on one hand and, on the other, attempts to isolate and censure Iran both for serious breaches of the...

Millennium Review Summit (26 May 2005)

Peter Luff: ...is between $40 billion and $70 billion. It is not a huge amount of money, whoever is right. However, the aid flows to Africa fell between 2002 and 2003. Coupled with the war in Afghanistan, the Iraq war—I admit that I supported it—has cost the United States of America some $225 billion, and rising. If money can be found for such things, perhaps rightly, it must also be found to...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (18 May 2005)

Peter Luff: ...of a spectacularly unpopular Prime Minister—those of us who were on the doorsteps know just how unpopular this Prime Minister has become—and despite being the only party to oppose the Iraq war, which is now also unpopular, although it was not at the time, they still could not get close to the vote share the equivalent party enjoyed at the height of the powers of Baroness...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq Medal (20 Jul 2004)

Mr Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers (a) are eligible for and (b) have received the Iraq Campaign Medal.

Business of the House (24 Jun 2004)

Mr Peter Luff: ...most detailed parliamentary scrutiny, while the other referendums, for which demand is slight, are rushed through ahead of any scrutiny whatsoever? Is there any news about the promised debate on Iraq? When can we expect the outcome of the Government's review of Select Committee powers, prompted by EDM 760? [That this House expresses its concern that select committees are not able to obtain...

Written Answers — Defence: Army Medal Office (17 Jun 2004)

Mr Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff have been employed at the Army Medal Office to assist in the issuing of the Iraq medal since the beginning of the year; and how many are on (a) casual and (b) fixed-term contracts.

Veterans' Affairs (9 Jun 2004)

Mr Peter Luff: ...Droitwich Spa Army medal office to a new location based at the RAF medal office at Innsworth. Secondly, I want to look at the impact of that change for the Suez medals and, to a lesser extent, the Iraq medal. Thirdly, I want to look at the detail of the financial case that the Government are fighting for closure. My view overall is that the Government have been led into an error of...

Iraq: UK Forces Adjustments (27 May 2004)

Mr Peter Luff: Is the Secretary of State seriously telling the House that the only Warrior-trained infantry battalion available to go to Iraq is the 1st Battalion the Black Watch? If so, will he at least take this opportunity to express to the soldiers involved and their families his regret at the stress that they are being put under by his decision?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (17 May 2004)

Mr Peter Luff: ...Thursday rather than seeking to twist the word "report" away from any recognisable dictionary definition of it? Would not the Secretary of State, too, be well advised to say sorry to our troops in Iraq for his failure to put proper procedures in place to ensure that he and his Minister of State were fully aware of accusations, ill founded or well founded, made against those troops by...

Written Answers — Defence: Medals (29 Apr 2004)

Mr Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Iraq and (b) GSM Canal Zone medals have been issued; and how many are expected to be issued during 2004.

Written Answers — Defence: Droitwich Spa Army Medal Office (28 Apr 2004)

Mr Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the impact of the planned closure of the Droitwich Spa Army Medal Office on the efficient issuing of the (a) Iraq and (b) GSM Canal Zone medals.

Business of the House (22 Apr 2004)

Mr Peter Luff: ...the closure of the Droitwich Spa medal office, at the busiest time in its history? It is having to cope with many applications for the Suez, or GSM canal-zone, medal, and the increasing number of Iraq medals. Its closure could compromise the efficient distribution of those medals.

Defence Procurement (23 Oct 2003)

Mr Peter Luff: ...of Mongolia at the time, and I promised him that I would put on record the appreciation of the House and the Government of Mongolia's significant contribution to the peacekeeping operations in Iraq. I had not been aware that armed forces from Mongolia were serving there. That just shows how wide the coalition in Iraq is. I speak primarily for two reasons: first, a constituency interest in...

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (15 Oct 2003)

Mr Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on his Department's contribution to the post-conflict reconstruction of Iraq.

European Union (Accessions) Bill (21 May 2003)

Mr Peter Luff: ...threat or prospect of enlargement is fascinating. Belgium's De Standaard believes that enlargement has "lost its lustre" after eastern European newcomers, by siding with Washington in respect of Iraq, "bit the hand of old Europe—France and Germany—which had shown so much generosity in taking them in." I am afraid that there can be no neo-colonial attitude to the new EU members....

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Middle East (6 May 2003)

Mr Peter Luff: Does the Minister understand that what seems to be lacking from his reply and that of the Foreign Secretary is a sense of urgency? The new conditions that pertain in the world post-Iraq, with the President of the United States fully supporting the new process, demand a new sense of urgency from the world. When he next meets representatives of Arab Governments or the Israeli Government, will...

Iraq and the Middle East (14 Apr 2003)

Mr Peter Luff: Does the Prime Minister agree that one of the unfortunate consequences of the conflict in Iraq has been that, while the eyes of the world are understandably concentrating on Iraq, other evil tyrannies and despots are taking advantage of that to increase the oppression of their people? Will the Prime Minister show the same qualities of political courage and resolve that he has shown in the...

Written Answers — Health: West Midlands Hospitals (Military Treatment) (23 Jan 2003)

Mr Peter Luff: ...Health what estimate he has made of the number of armed forces personnel likely to be treated in hospitals in the West Midlands (South) Strategic Health Authority area in the event of conflict in Iraq; and what assessment he has made of the consequences for the continuing provision of health services to the resident population.