Results 1-20 of 31 for iraq speaker:Tony McNulty

Health and Social Care Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (15 Jul 2008) has video

Tony McNulty: ...context, it is right and proper that I bring this order before the House. However, I can say unequivocally that Hezbollah's military wing is providing active support to Shi'a militant groups in Iraq, including Jaysh al-Mahdi, which has been responsible for attacks on both Iraqi civilians and coalition forces. That includes providing training in the use of the deadly explosively formed...

Health and Social Care Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (15 Jul 2008) has video

Tony McNulty: ...that organisation's social, political and humanitarian wings, and its military wing. That is very clear. Given the evidence of the military wing of Hezbollah's direct support for terrorism in Iraq and the occupied Palestinian territories, I believe that it is right that we continue to proscribe the External Security Organisation and that we extend the existing proscription to cover...

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

Tony McNulty: ...the PMOI/MEK or the NCRI constitutes the Iranian Government in exile. I repeat that the PMOI's terrorist acts resulted in the deaths of many Iranian citizens. It fought against Iran during the Iran-Iraq war, and we see no evidence of popular support for either organisation. The judgment turns on our cautious approach. Given the history of the organisation since 2003, we simply do not...

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

Tony McNulty: ...of Iran, or PMOI, is opposed to the Iranian Government, and its stated aim is to replace that regime with a secular democracy. Most of its members are based at Camp Ashraaf, which is in Iraq, and under Saddam's regime it operated as a de facto wing of the Iraqi military. Although it currently describes itself as a non-violent democratic movement, there can be no doubt that the PMOI was...

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

Tony McNulty: ...that the renunciation of violence was more than a temporary cessation for pragmatic reasons, or that the 2003 disarmament would have taken place had it not been for the military position in Iraq and the artificially restrictive circumstances arising from it. He was concerned that the PMOI might return to terrorism as a means to achieving its objectives in the future if the situation in...

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

Tony McNulty: ...thinking, or if he believes it, he is profoundly wrong—is the notion that we only face a threat, regardless of individuals' position, because of actions taken by this country in relation to Iraq. That is profound twaddle and nonsense of the finest order.

Written Answers — Home Department: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (21 Apr 2008)

Tony McNulty: There are currently nine serving and six retired UK civilian police officers seconded to Iraq and nine serving and one retired UK civilian police officers seconded to Afghanistan, where they are working in advisory, mentoring and training capacities. The serving officers are from forces in England and Wales, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Ministry of Defence police. The length...

Written Answers — Home Department: Police (16 Oct 2006)

Tony McNulty: ...number of officers may vary and I am therefore answering this question in relation to a specific day. On 4 October there were 15 serving officers from police forces in England and Wales serving in Iraq and none in Afghanistan. There were also 14 individuals in Iraq either from other forces, or retired or working as police staff, and one officer from another force in Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (2 Oct 2006)

Tony McNulty: ... Croatia * Cuba 5 East Timor * Ecuador 5 Egypt * Eritrea 460 Estonia * Ethiopia 130 Gambia * Georgia 5 Ghana * Guinea 15 India 15 Iran 305 Iraq 2,960 Israel * Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) 30 Jamaica 5 Kenya 15 Kosovo * Kuwait 5 Latvia * Lebanon 5 Liberia 15 Libya (Arab Republic) * Macedonia...

Written Answers — Home Department: Police (4 Sep 2006)

Tony McNulty: ...Peace Support Operations (PSOs), and last up to a year. On 24 July 2006 the United Kingdom had 140 serving police officers working in Peace Support Operations in Bosnia (11); Kosovo (58); Iraq (21); Jordan (47); Sudan (2) and Afghanistan (1). Of these 140 police officers, 67 are from forces in England and Wales. Those forces are: Avon and Somerset; Cheshire; Cleveland; Cumbria; Devon and...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum/Immigration (10 May 2006)

Tony McNulty: ...to be taken to Baghdad's main land transportation hubs where onward travel is organised either by taxi or bus. For enforced returns, there is clearly a difficult position in those parts of Iraq most affected by insurgent action, but it is not accepted that this applies to all areas. Returns are taken forward on a case by case basis and are only enforced to areas assessed as sufficiently...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (4 May 2006)

Tony McNulty: ...returning unsuccessful asylum seekers began on 16 August 2005 to Erbil and now also to Sulaymaniyah. NASS has withdrawn section 95 support, under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, from 1,650 Iraqis since 18 June 2005, 1,207 since 16 August 2005. Section95 support is withdrawn at the end of the asylum process and occasionally before the asylum claim has been determined, due to a...

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill: Clause 43 — Accommodation (29 Mar 2006)

Tony McNulty: ...that thousands of people are languishing under section 4 support. Many of those who have returned voluntarily—principally, as my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow suggested, to northern Iraq—were on section 4. About 700 northern Iraqis have already left the UK under the voluntary return scheme. I could not swear for every one of them, but the core of them were under...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum/Immigration (13 Mar 2006)

Tony McNulty: ...2006 consists only of the number of returns for January and February. Country 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Overall Albania 13 266 623 547 724 604 509 36 3,322 Iraq — 2 3 — 91 433 768 336 1,633 Iran 2 31 179 112 176 175 224 39 938 Afghanistan — — — 30 102 232 424 93 881 Kosovo —...

Written Answers — Home Department: International Organisation for Migration (13 Mar 2006)

Tony McNulty: ...are waiting return under VARRP (Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme) are listed in the following table. This information is correct as on 8 March. Number Total 1,742 Iraq 980 Pakistan 88 Afghanistan 82 Iran 78 Sri Lanka 68 South Africa 39 Albania 32 Zimbabwe 32 Algeria 29 China 19 Angola 18 Russia 18 Somalia...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (Fingerprint Comparisons) (3 Mar 2006)

Tony McNulty: ...subject to certification on safe third-country grounds (for example under Dublin arrangements). Under this authorisation, IND officials could compare fingerprints of asylum applicants from Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Somalia and Sudan against other Governments' fingerprint databases of asylum seekers, failed asylum seekers and those granted some form of status. It also allowed IND to compare the...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum/Immigration (13 Feb 2006)

Tony McNulty: ...can be found on the Home Office website at: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds Top 10 asylum removal nationalities (principal applicants) Number Serbia and Montenegro 440 Afghanistan 325 Iraq 255 Turkey 225 Pakistan 180 Nigeria 170 Iran 155 Albania 145 India 120 China 100 Other nationalities 1,350 Total 3,460

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum/Immigration (8 Feb 2006)

Tony McNulty: The following table show refusals of asylum at initial decision for nationals of Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, EU Accession states (excludes Malta), Americas (includes small numbers from USA and Canada), Far East and Africa from 1992 to September 2005 where available. It is impossible to determine whether these nationals were originally from these countries or areas. Refusals of asylum for...

Written Answers — Home Department: Deportation (30 Jan 2006)

Tony McNulty: ... 9,785 Romania 28 1,296 Austria 5 75 Athens 1 1 Kinshasa 1 8 Czech rep 15 793 Poland 6 355 Others 8 16 Afghanistan 9 343 Azerbaijan 5 90 China 2 110 Iraq 1 15 Angola 1 18 Vietnam 1 36 Joint charter with Germany to Togo and Benin 1 4 Joint charter with Italy to Nigeria 1 7 Joint charter with Holland to Cameroon 2...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Iraq (Asylum Applicants) (16 Jan 2006)

Tony McNulty: There have been some 1,371 voluntary returns to Iraq since July 2003. In 2004, the Home Office announced its intention to commence an enforced returns policy to Iraq. As with all nationalities, removals will be enforced on a case-by-case basis, and the immigration service will return people only to those areas of Iraq assessed as being sufficiently stable and where we are satisfied that the...