Results 1-20 of 40 for iraq speaker:Lembit Öpik

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Christianity (2 Jul 2008)

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the situation of the Christian minority communities in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq: Christianity (2 Jul 2008)

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid has been provided by his Department for members of Iraq's Christian minority who have fled the conflict in Iraq in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (25 Apr 2008)

Lembit Öpik: ...if he will put in place a procedure by which right hon. and hon. Members would be able to find out the names and addresses of service personnel from their constituencies who have been injured in Iraq or Afghanistan since January 2001; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (18 Dec 2007)

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what communications his Department has had with injured personnel who received their injuries during service in Afghanistan and Iraq since January 2001; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peace Keeping Operation (10 Dec 2007)

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many combat-related injuries requiring hospitalisation of service personnel in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq there have been since January 2001, broken down by the home constituency of such personnel; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peace Keeping Operation (10 Dec 2007)

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to acknowledge the contributions made by service personnel who have suffered injuries during service in Afghanistan and Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (11 Jun 2007)

Lembit Öpik: ...for an inquiry now. Does she nevertheless agree that at some point we have to get clarity on some of the big issues? For example, there is a huge debate about how many people have been killed in Iraq since 2003. Does she agree that at some point we need to get clarity, and that we are arguing about a timetable rather than about the fundamental case for finding out the truth about those...

Public Bill Committee: Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill: Clause 1 (16 Jan 2007)

Lembit Öpik: .... At the risk of straying a little into another example, I have no doubt that there are many who think that many risks attached to allowing a political process to determine whether we went to war in Iraq, whereas an administrative process, outside the political circuit, might have produced a more informed decision. My point is that the Minister treads on dangerous ground if he decides to...

Orders of the Day: Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill (13 Dec 2006)

Lembit Öpik: Indeed, but that would mean that if for any reason the Prime Minister was on trial in court in Belfast—perhaps for the Iraq war, although I hesitate to suggest why—he would have to be tried without a jury because he is a friend of someone who has been a member of a proscribed organisation. Those examples show how preposterous the Bill's vagueness of definition is. Everything that...

Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half-Day] — Iraq (31 Oct 2006)

Lembit Öpik: ...than point-scoring—primarily by a very defensive Government? Does he hope that rather than putting party political interests first we can make the interests of democracy and our mistakes in Iraq the primary consideration in our debate?

Government of Wales Bill (Programme) (No. 3): Clause 94 — Legislative competence: supplementary (18 Jul 2006)

Lembit Öpik: ...for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) is referring to two parties working together in the common interest, just as the Conservatives and the Labour party did when they voted together to take us to war in Iraq. What is going on here, however, is a genuine commitment to furthering democracy and devolution in Wales. I almost said Northern Ireland then, because I saw the Secretary of State leaving the...

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (12 May 2006)

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Government have committed to military operations and peace-keeping in Iraq since 1 January 2000; and if he will make a statement.

Orders of the Day — Government of Wales Bill — [1st Allotted Day]: Clause 27 — Assembly Commission (27 Feb 2006)

Lembit Öpik: ...on two bases. First of all, Rhodri Morgan has an opinion about something that Westminster is due to decide. Clearly this is much more important to him than the questions put to him about the Iraq war, but we shall pass over that. The second important discovery is that far from the reassurances that we have had that Rhodri Morgan intends one day to retire, it seems that he will go on for...

Orders of the Day — Government of Wales Bill — [1st Allotted Day]: Clause 7 — Candidates at general elections (27 Feb 2006)

Lembit Öpik: ...too far from the debate, but if the Government are suddenly so concerned about what the people think, how is it that they ignored the obvious anecdotal judgments of the public about the war in Iraq, about the anti-terrorist legislation or about something that we have discussed already—

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (14 Dec 2005)

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money the British Government have spent on military operations in Iraq since 20 March 2003; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (26 Oct 2005)

Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average weekly expenditure by the Government on military operations in Iraq have been over the last three months; and if he will make a statement.

Defence in the World (7 Jul 2005)

Lembit Öpik: I am grateful for the Minister's generosity. He was beginning to touch on the question of troop withdrawal. Some in America have said that the American army may be in Iraq for 10 years. Can the right hon. Gentleman envisage any circumstance in which the British forces may be withdrawn, even if the Americans continue in place in Iraq?

Defence in the World (7 Jul 2005)

Lembit Öpik: The Secretary of State's comments are helpful and enlightening. Do his comments mean that we are not necessarily committed to maintaining our troop presence in Iraq, for example, just because the Americans are there? Is it possible, at least in theory, for us to withdraw our forces even if the Americans are still on the ground?

Written Answers — Defence: Deaths in Service (7 Apr 2005)

Mr Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many deaths in combat of (a) Iraqis and (b) British Forces occurred (i) during formal hostilities in Iraq and (ii) since the conclusion of formal hostilities in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Welsh Affairs (4 Apr 2005)

Mr Lembit Öpik: ...incomes than it does for those who earn more than £100,000 a year. Much more could be said about free personal care for the elderly, the £100 extra a month on pensions at 75 and having gone to war in Iraq. Let us be clear: the Liberal Democrats opposed that war and remain convinced that history proved us right to do so. Fundamentally, should there be an election in the near...