Results 1-20 of 74 for iraq speaker:Andrew MacKinlay

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions (21 Jul 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: As we will not meet for about three months, will the Justice Secretary tell us how the promise—that an equivalent to the oath will be administered at the Iraq inquiry—from the Prime Minister and Sir John Chilcot can be delivered? We need to know now, not three months down the road and a long way into the Chilcot inquiry.

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq Committee of Inquiry (20 Jul 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2009, Official Report, columns 104-8W, on the Iraq Committee of Inquiry: finance, how he plans to update the House on progress made during the summer adjournment on the work being taken forward by the Cabinet Office on the Government's support to, and liaison with, the Chilcot inquiry; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq Committee of Inquiry: Finance (13 Jul 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: ...likely time commitment involved and the frequency of meetings; and if he will make a statement; (6) when there will be an announcement on the form in which witnesses to the Committee of Inquiry on Iraq will give evidence when doing so on a basis equivalent to giving evidence under oath; (7) pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2009, Official Report, column 505W, on Iraq Committee of...

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Global Security (Iran) (9 Jul 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: ...the thoroughly rotten regime that exists in Tehran. Presumably, in the Minister's brief there are references to Camp Ashraf, or Ashraf city. The residents are Iranian exiles who have been in Iraq for many years. After the collapse of Saddam's regime, they were given protected person status under the Geneva convention. To the credit of the United States of America, they have been...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq Committee of Inquiry (6 Jul 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: To ask the Prime Minister (1) by what method and in what form witnesses giving evidence to the Committee of Inquiry on Iraq will do so when giving evidence on a basis equivalent to evidence given under oath; and if he will make a statement; (2) what provision is being made to meet the (a) per diem and (b) other expenses incurred by (i) right hon. Sir John Chilcot and (ii) other members...

Opposition Day — [14th allotted day]: Iraq Inquiry (24 Jun 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: ...would then be out in the open as documents before an independent inquiry. We know that there has been extensive dissembling—untruths told by a number of parties and agencies since the Iraq war and before it. We need to expose that and find out the motive for the dissembling, the misleading and the downright lies in some cases. Over the past few days, the Whips have come to me, saying...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq: Iran (6 May 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: To ask the Prime Minister what plans he has to discuss the matter of the protected persons status of persons in Ashraf City, Iraq under the Geneva Conventions with the Prime Minister of Iraq during his visit to London on 30 April 2009; and if he will make a statement.

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Ashraf (Geneva Convention) (25 Mar 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: ...and the Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform have not understood that. Why do we raise the question of the people in Ashraf today? These people have, for two decades, had this camp in Iraq, which is now called Ashraf City. They are Iranians who have stood firm for two decades in defiance, close by the territory governed by the cruel regime in Tehran. Of course, they have been a...

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Ashraf (Geneva Convention) (25 Mar 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: ...leaders' utterances and the visitation to which he referred, the Iranian supreme leader, Khamenei, said: "The occupying military forces"— American and United Kingdom forces— "must leave Iraq as soon as possible"— no doubt he was waving his finger— "since every day that their departure is delayed, it will be to the detriment of people of Iraq." That is quite...

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Ashraf (Geneva Convention) (25 Mar 2009)

Andrew MacKinlay: ...goes on to say that the people of Ashraf "do not enjoy the...humanitarian status of refugees. They do not have the right to political asylum. I can clearly state that they have no right to stay in Iraq". As recently as 11 March, he issued a strongly worded, 10-point directive that was addressed in menacing terms to the citizens of Ashraf. It stated that there is an absolute prohibition on...

Lloyds TSB and Iran (Sanctions) (12 Feb 2009) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: ...for high-quality American electronics. They had to act stealthily. They sought special parts coveted by Iran and especially by those seeking to make roadside bombs to kill United States troops in Iraq. That seems to have been the position. When the US Attorney General was asked whether these moneys were being directed towards terrorism, he said, "Actually that's why we need the full...

Topical Debate: Defence Policy (30 Oct 2008) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: ...State to take the matter up with the various relevant Ministers. Thurrock RAF Association has made representations to me that it is worried about some impediment to getting parcels to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Perhaps the Secretary of State or the Minister who responds to the debate can clarify the procedures and protocols, because I understand that they have received...

Written Answers — Defence: Iran: Weapons (14 Oct 2008)

Andrew MacKinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many deaths of UK armed forces personnel in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan are considered to have resulted from the use of technology, explosives, ordnance or other weapons whose provenance is believed to be Iranian; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (22 Jul 2008)

Andrew MacKinlay: ...State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many allegations of misconduct have been made to his Department in respect of (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of other countries, other than Iraq, who are employees of private military or security companies contracted to work in Iraq by his Department; what the nature of each allegation is; what action his Department has taken in...

Orders of the Day: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (23 Jun 2008) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: ...are moral obligations on coalition forces, of which we are part, to see that those people are protected. I want to state for the record that the United States, which has stewardship of that area of Iraq, has done an enormous amount to protect the people of Ashraf, to the extent that it has allowed them to have bank accounts and so on. That is not something we normally facilitate for...

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (6 May 2008)

Andrew MacKinlay: ...Development what arrangements exist for UK-based law enforcement agencies to investigate allegations of misconduct by (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of other countries, other than Iraq, who are employees of private military or security companies contracted to work in Iraq by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (6 May 2008)

Andrew MacKinlay: ...Affairs what arrangements exist for any UK-based law enforcement agency to investigate allegations of misconduct by (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of other countries, other than Iraqis, who are employees of private military or security companies contracted to work in Iraq by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (6 May 2008)

Andrew MacKinlay: ...of State for Defence what competencies and powers the Royal Military Police have to investigate allegations of misconduct by (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of other countries, other than Iraqis who are employees of private military or security companies contracted to work in Iraq by his Department and British armed forces; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Topical Questions (28 Apr 2008) has video

Andrew MacKinlay: Will the Secretary of State tell the House of Commons what procedures exist whereby complaints of serious misconduct by British nationals or British military/security firms operating in Iraq and Afghanistan are investigated, and whether there is a deficiency in our law that does not give extraterritorial extent to our police and investigatory authorities about the wrongdoing of individuals...

People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran (4 Mar 2008)

Andrew MacKinlay: .... The PMOI members are protected persons under the Geneva protocols, and I wish to use this occasion tonight—especially in view of the visit by President Ahmadinejad, the dreadful man, to Iraq in the past few days—to ensure that the coalition will stand by the people in Ashraf who have disarmed and are extremely vulnerable. We need a reaffirmation by the UK and US Governments...