Results 1-19 of 19 for iraq speaker:Theresa May

Business of the House (16 Oct 2008) has video

Theresa May: ...there will indeed be a full debate on the remaining stages of the Bill? The Leader of the House referred to the debate in the following week on defence policy. On 13 October, the Prime Minister of Iraq stated that he wants British troops to withdraw. May we have a statement from the Defence Secretary, before that debate, on whether that changes the Government's strategy in Iraq? I raised...

Business of the House (17 Jul 2008) has video

Theresa May: ..., I wish you, all right hon. and hon. Members, all staff of this House and Members' staff a happy summer recess. The Prime Minister is expected to make an oral statement to this House on Tuesday on Iraq or other matters relating to the middle east. Will the right hon. and learned Lady confirm today that the Prime Minister will be making such an oral statement on Tuesday? Last week, I asked...

Business of the House (3 Apr 2008) has video

Theresa May: ...the opportunity to represent their constituents by allowing a debate on eco-towns in Government time? This week, the Defence Secretary made a statement announcing that the withdrawal of troops from Iraq would be delayed. Last October, with blatant disregard for Parliament, the Prime Minister announced planned troop withdrawals to the media in the middle of the Conservative party conference...

Business of the House (31 Jan 2008)

Theresa May: ..., in Government time, on the Defence Committee's latest annual report? It criticised the Ministry of Defence for failing to give our servicemen and women proper breaks between operational duties in Iraq and Afghanistan and warned that as a result growing numbers of people are leaving our armed forces. So we have a lack of training, inadequate housing and a part-time Defence Secretary. When...

Business of the House (12 Jul 2007) has video

Theresa May: .... Members as a human shield, not to protect the House, but to protect her from scrutiny. Talking of scrutiny, there is a backlog of 109 inquests into the deaths of servicemen and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Last October, the right hon. and learned Lady was responsible for the inquests. Then, she said that the backlog was "unacceptable" and would be "sorted out", but that has not...

Business of the House (5 Jul 2007)

Theresa May: ...themselves or the woman in Whitehall? May we have a debate on honesty in government? On 29 May, on "Newsnight", the right hon. and learned Lady agreed that the Government should apologise for the Iraq war. Subsequently, she said: "I've never said the Government should apologise" over the Iraq war. When I raised that point in the House on Monday, she was careful not to repeat her denial on...

Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Public Engagement (Debates) (2 Jul 2007)

Theresa May: ...think that they can trust politicians? For example, during the Labour deputy leadership campaign, the new part-time Leader of the House said "I agree" that the Government should apologise for the Iraq war. Now she says: "I've never said the government should apologise" over the Iraq war. Does she agree that examples such as that merely increase public cynicism and disengage people from...

Business of the House (8 Feb 2007)

Theresa May: ...be held on 27 February. Will the Leader of the House confirm the date of that debate? Before Christmas, the Leader of the House recognised the strength of feeling in the calls for a debate on Iraq. There is similar feeling for a debate on Afghanistan, particularly given the issues of troop deployment and resources and the Taliban threats reported today. May we therefore have a debate in...

Business of the House (18 Jan 2007)

Theresa May: ...the Leader of the House was party to that decision as he was Foreign Secretary at the time. More than one year on, the report has still not been published. Will it be published before the debate on Iraq and the middle east next week, and if not, why not? Talking of the Chancellor's promises, in his 2004 Budget he announced the Building Schools for the Future programme. The plans showed...

Business of the House (11 Jan 2007)

Theresa May: I thank the Leader of the House for giving us the business for the next two weeks, and for announcing that the debate on 24 January will be specifically on Iraq and the middle east, which is in response to the real concern across the House that such a debate should take place. In the past five weeks, the Iraq Study Group report has been published, the Prime Minister has met the President of...

Written Answers — Defence: Suicides (9 Jan 2007)

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the rate of suicide is among UK armed forces personnel who have seen active service in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Defence: Mental Health (8 Jan 2007)

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel have been treated for (a) post-traumatic stress disorder and (b) other mental health problems after serving in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan since February 2004; what percentage of troops serving in each of these theatres the figures represent; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Mental Health (5 Jan 2007)

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel have been treated for (a) post-traumatic stress disorder and (b) other mental health problems after serving in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan since February 2004; what percentage of troops serving in each of these theatres the figures represent; and if he will make a statement.

Business of the House (14 Dec 2006)

Theresa May: ...to the Leader of the House for indicating that there will be a debate in Government time to focus on the middle east. A number of right hon. and hon. Members and I have been asking for a debate on Iraq for some time, and I am grateful to him for providing that. I am sure that the Leader of the House has seen the report today showing that Ministers avoided answering more than 1,000 written...

Business of the House (7 Dec 2006)

Theresa May: I thank the Leader of the House for giving us the business up to the recess. Yesterday, in the United States, the Iraq study group published its report. It is a chilling commentary on the management of the Iraq war and its aftermath. The Prime Minister is in the United States today for talks with President Bush following the report's publication. Undoubtedly those talks will cover not only...

Business of the House (26 Oct 2006)

Theresa May: ...those subjects that will be included in the business of the House motion on 1 November. Does he expect anything to be added to that list and, if so, what? Last week, when pressed for a debate on Iraq, the right hon. Gentleman said in so many words that it was up to the Opposition. For example, in response to my hon. Friend the Member for Billericay (Mr. Baron), he said: "there will be a...

Business of the House (12 Oct 2006)

Theresa May: ...Ministers come to the House to propose restrictions of our civil liberties, they ought to know the facts. Talking of Ministers knowing facts, on Tuesday the Defence Secretary made a statement on Iraq and Afghanistan. My hon. Friend the Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox), referring to the Prime Minister's promise that the troops in Afghanistan could have whatever resources they needed, asked...

Adjournment (Easter) (30 Mar 2006)

Theresa May: ...of Europe shows that we should never ignore the Balkans. My hon. Friend's wish for a debate on foreign affairs was also expressed by the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome, although his emphasis was on Iraq and Afghanistan. Both speeches demonstrated the real need for us to engage in a proper debate in the Chamber, in Government time, on the Government's foreign policy and their foreign...

Christmas Adjournment (20 Dec 2005)

Theresa May: ...to raise. My job and that of the Deputy Leader of the House is somewhat more challenging: we must respond to the points made in what, in this occasion, has been a very full debate, ranging from Iraq to Devon and from road-coating product plants to wind farms. The hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead (Harry Cohen) opened the Back-Bench speeches by speaking on a matter that is of great...