Results 1-18 of 18 for iraq speaker:Nick Palmer

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 13 (15 May 2008)

Nick Palmer: ...envisaged, he will be aware that current fuel prices are driven partly by the limited supplies of fossil fuels in the world but also by considerable political instability in countries such as Venezuela, Iraq, Iran and, potentially, Russia, and it is at least possible, and some serious analysts are suggesting, that there will be a substantial fall in fuel prices at some point. We may think...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Nick Palmer: In response to the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr. Leigh), I do not think that the debate has a great deal to do with Iraq specifically. Indeed, Iraq shows the limitations of what we are doing today. I also do not think that the debate has much to do with Afghanistan. I slightly question the hon. Gentleman's expertise, as he seems to think that Afghanistan is an Arab country. It is not. I...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Nick Palmer: ...to allow that political party to raise the matter on one of its Supply days as a substantive motion. We heard the hon. Member for Gainsborough and one or two others urge that we withdraw from Iraq as soon as possible—virtually immediately. It would be open to the Conservative Opposition to use a Supply day such as today to put forward not a motion in principle about war-making powers...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Nick Palmer: ...any illusion that procedural mechanisms will enable us to deal with all the practical problems that arise and all the moral and ethical challenges that we face in these situations. In the case of Iraq, unlike all the previous controversies, we have had not one, not two, but three votes, which effectively decided that Parliament was in favour of going to war as necessary. [ Interruption ....

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Nick Palmer: ...in any doubt. We must avoid the illusion that a parliamentary approval mechanism alone would drastically change the outcome of a vote: it would not. Those of us who were here at the time of the Iraq vote will recall that public opinion had swung substantially in favour of voting to go to war. That is always the case. In any example that I can recall, with the possible exception of Suez,...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Nick Palmer: My hon. Friend makes a good point, which I had not altogether considered. He is right that the intelligence issue was very salient on Iraq in a way that it was not, say, on Afghanistan. His second point was also correct. Were we to propose another war on the basis of intelligence, it would require a greater conviction that that intelligence was correct. In that sense, my suggestion of an...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Nick Palmer: Today's debate is healthy in itself, regardless of Iraq. As I have argued, Iraq is an example of a case that would not be solved by what we are trying to do today. If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I shall not go into detail about my view of the peacekeeping operations in Iraq and Afghanistan because other hon. Members want to speak, and it would go beyond the subject that we are discussing.

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Nick Palmer: ...will still be occasions when most countries in the western world agree that a specific situation is so horrific that collective action is necessary. I note that, in Afghanistan—as opposed to Iraq—there remains a broad consensus among western Governments and, indeed, some non-western Governments that our involvement there is necessary. Multilateralism is also a test of the...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Nick Palmer: I am not sure that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is entirely correct to say that the Iraq war is a good example of the royal prerogative being inappropriately used. Does not he agree that the Prime Minister's decision to have a vote on the conflict changed the landscape here, and that we are now seeking to institutionalise such a vote as the norm? Does not he also accept that the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Force Deployments (12 May 2003)

Dr Nick Palmer: How long the current level of ground forces will be deployed in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Force Deployments (12 May 2003)

Dr Nick Palmer: ...who have been operating in the Gulf have been admirably supported by the national headquarters in my constituency. There are those who intermittently criticise aspects of what is happening in Iraq, but may I express the hope that he will agree that our forces will be in safe hands when they return with the support of the mobilisation centre in Chilwell?

Education Funding (Cornwall): Cuba (2 Apr 2003)

Dr Nick Palmer: As a strong supporter of our action in Iraq—because, in my view, it has become clear that there is no other way to stop a fascist dictator who has biochemical weapons—I believe that it is all the more important that we show that we are open to voluntary and co-operative progress on human rights by Governments with whom we have, by comparison, far less serious disagreements. The...

Education Funding (Cornwall): Cuba (2 Apr 2003)

Dr Nick Palmer: ..., consolidation of the rule of law and good governance", and it would provide the European Union with an important measure of leverage on all those issues. As a strong supporter of our action in Iraq, once it had become clear that there was no other way in which to stop a fascist dictator with biochemical weapons—

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (27 Jan 2003)

Dr Nick Palmer: What assessment he has made of the progress of weapons inspections in Iraq.

Orders of the Day — UN Security Council Resolution 1441 (25 Nov 2002)

Dr Nick Palmer: ...giving way but also for his willingness to respond to Members' concerns. My question is about the other side of the coin: if the inspectors report that they are receiving full co-operation and that Iraq is moving towards removal of weapons of mass destruction, does my right hon. Friend agree that it is extremely unlikely that the question of military action would arise and that, at the end...

Business Statement (4 Jul 2002)

Dr Nick Palmer: There are still frequent reports that the US Government are considering military intervention in Iraq, with a view to replacing the Government there. My right hon. Friend will be aware that that development would be very controversial in this House. There is a possibility that it might happen during the summer recess. Will my right hon. Friend find time for a debate on the matter, so that...

Bill Presented: Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill (2 Sep 1998)

Dr Nick Palmer: ...the people who were doing it, and whether we considered that they were in the democratic opposition or the fundamentalist opposition. We could move a step further and consider the application to Iraq. If we read that the opposition there had decided to give up violent opposition to Saddam Hussein and were concentrating on electricity pylons, would we say, "This is a very serious offence;...

Orders of the Day — Multilateral Agreement on Investments (23 Feb 1998)

Dr Nick Palmer: ...it still be possible to boycott countries that the United Nations agreed were violating international standards? That approach was effective against apartheid, and is currently being applied to Iraq. If South Africa still had apartheid, would it be illegal under the MAI for a local authority or government to campaign against the importing of South African wine? The draft article on...