Results 1-16 of 16 for iraq speaker:Austin Mitchell

Economic Recovery: Public Accounts (22 Oct 2009) has video

Austin Mitchell: ...with the issue of defence procurement effectively, and we have had effective control over that area. The major problem in that respect is that we have entered into commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq—in my view, we should not have entered into them—without the means to fulfil them. The result has been an enormous increase in spending, including last-minute increases, and...

Points of Order: Public Accounts (15 May 2008) has video

Austin Mitchell: ...expensive, yet, because of the system of political overreach, we are now placing an obligation on the Ministry of Defence at a time when it is already stretched because we are fighting two wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, and putting in more effort than any of our NATO allies except the United States. There is already equipment strain, and problems with coping with those who have been...

Orders of the Day: European Communities (Finance) Bill (19 Nov 2007)

Austin Mitchell: ...successful was it in Yugoslavia? It was largely responsible for breaking up Yugoslavia. The EU was pushed into intervention in Kosovo by President Clinton. Look how united and solid the EU was on Iraq, where it fell into squabbling camps. In Afghanistan, we are being left to bear the brunt of the fighting and death while German troops have to clock off for tea at 5. Again the burdens fall...

Orders of the Day: Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (8 Nov 2007) has video

Austin Mitchell: It is a pleasure to follow the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. I shall not follow him all the way to Iraq, although I do share some of the concerns that he raised on the issue of immigration. However, I wish to speak mainly about housing. As my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody) pointed out, after 10 years of this Government, we all sense a general...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Oil (24 Jul 2007)

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has consulted major UK oil companies on contracts for them in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Affairs (20 Jun 2007)

Austin Mitchell: ...noted: "Blair's influence is typically seen as less extensive than his spin-doctors make it seem, and with the important exceptions of the Lisbon process and transatlantic issues"— that is, Iraq— "he is not really in the game, although destroying the games of others." That describes a very unsuccessful performance, which I hope will not be repeated at the dawn of socialism next...

Uk Relations (Australia/New Zealand) (30 Jan 2007)

Austin Mitchell: ...is teaching at the moment, but from the fact that Australia has followed a very different policy from New Zealand and has been a sycophantic follower of American policy on climate change and on Iraq. New Zealand, on the other hand, has maintained an independent line on both issues—as we should have done in the UK—especially on Iraq, where it wisely stayed out. If we are to...

Orders of the Day: Clause 521 — Offences in connection with auditor's report (19 Oct 2006)

Austin Mitchell: ...for Newcastle upon Tyne, Central (Jim Cousins) is exactly right: we are being dragged behind the Americans, step by step. It is as if we are regulating audit in the same way that we are treating Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (2 Nov 2005)

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what financial assistance the US has provided to the UK military deployment in Iraq.

Council Housing (29 Jun 2005)

Austin Mitchell: ...last week. The ballot was brought forward before an opposing pamphlet could be put out, so tenants voted in the first few days without reading the other side of the case. Appalling, is it not? It could be Iraq, but it is Sedgefield. Council officers are persuading tenants to vote for privatisation, because the policy will enrich the officers. My council house department seems to have taken...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (22 May 2003)

Mr Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what measures have been taken by British forces in Iraq to remove and make safe (a) unexploded cluster bomblets, (b) landmines and (c) depleted uranium.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (28 Apr 2003)

Mr Austin Mitchell: ...the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of (a) the number of cluster bombs dropped and (b) the number of weapons incorporating low yield uranium used by British forces in the Iraq war.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (14 Apr 2003)

Mr Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visas have been issued to Iraqi directors of UK (a) banks and (b) companies to come from Iraq to London on business in the last three years.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (28 Jan 2003)

Mr Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with (a) France and (b) Germany on (i) co-operation in military action against Iraq and (ii) a European Union military force against Iraq.

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq (23 Jan 2003)

Mr Austin Mitchell: To ask the Prime Minister what proposals he has for the development of a common European Union approach on the Iraq issue, in respect of (a) removing the threat of weapons of mass destruction, (b) regime change and (c) use of military force.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (14 Jan 2003)

Mr Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what UN Resolutions (a) the no-fly zone over Iraq, (b) British participation in policing it and (c) bombing as a means of enforcement or retaliation are based.