Results 1-20 of 21 for iraq speaker:Owen Paterson

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Overseas Workers (13 Nov 2007)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the (a) location of death, (b) age at death and (c) cause of death was of the 72 British civilians who have died in Iraq since March 2003 referred to in the answer of 17 October 2007, Official Report, columns 1089-90W, on Iraq: overseas workers.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Overseas Workers (17 Oct 2007)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many UK citizens were employed by non-UK-based private contractors in Iraq not concerned with security matters in each of the last five years; (2) how many UK citizens were employed by non UK-based private security contractors in Iraq in each of the last five years; (3) how many UK citizens were employed by...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Overseas Workers (17 Oct 2007)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many UK citizens working for UK-based private security contractors in Iraq were (a) killed and (b) injured in each of the last five years; (2) how many UK citizens working for non UK-based private security contractors in Iraq were (a) killed and (b) injured in each of the last five years; (3) how many people...

Orders of the Day: European Global Navigation Satellite System (2 Jul 2007)

Owen Paterson: ...and, crucially, for the prevention of friendly fire. That is the so-called blue-force tracker system. So central are satellite navigation systems to the military that, during the height of the Iraq war in 2004, the United States did not close down the system in the region even after it found out that Iraqi forces were using it against the US. Additionally, the Federal Aviation Service...

Written Answers — Defence: Mambas (4 Sep 2006)

Owen Paterson: ...personnel protection; and if he will make a statement; (2) whether any (a) Foreign Office and (b) other UK officials have been transported in Mambas operated by Blackwater Security Consulting in Iraq; and whether this form of transport has been assessed as offering sufficient protection when travelling in areas where there is a risk of exposure to insurgent attack; (3) what assessment...

Written Answers — Defence: Military Vehicles (4 Sep 2006)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will purchase a quantity of BAE Land Systems RG-31s for deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan to provide enhanced protection for Army patrols pending a longer-term review of more suitable vehicles.

Written Answers — Defence: Military Vehicles (4 Sep 2006)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what evaluation his Department has carried out of the (a) ADI Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle and (b) BAE systems Iraqi Light Armoured Vehicle in respect of the protection afforded from improvised explosive devices and other explosive devices; and how these vehicles compare with the Armoured Pinzgauer on order for British troops in...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (25 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what publicly advertised (a) financial and (b) other inducements are funded by the Government to residents of Iraq to encourage the supply of information on the operation of insurgents to (i) the armed forces and (ii) British officials in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Military Vehicles (24 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: ...explosive devices by the Tempest Truck, Mine Protected Vehicle and the Force Protection Inc. Cougar joint explosive ordnance disposal rapid response vehicles employed by the US Marine Corps in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (20 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: ...of State for Defence whether an evaluation of the experience of dealing with the TMRP-6 mine in Bosnia has been carried out in the context of the emergence of explosively formed projectile mines in Iraq.

Defence Jobs (18 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: .... However, the local question is: what is the form on new technologies coming along for low-frequency noise? The other question, which is of national consequence, given the demands particularly in Iraq and the extreme demands for helicopter pilots in Afghanistan, is: what steps are the Government taking to speed up the training of helicopter pilots? The Minister gave me a reply last week,...

Defence Jobs (18 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: .... Friend the Member for The Wrekin. My question to the Minister is: does he have plans to divert some FRES money into investment immediately to provide vehicles for our troops in Afghanistan or in Iraq that would be more resistant to explosive devices than the Land Rovers used currently and that could be made in the west midlands, where we have a long history of vehicle manufacture?...

Written Answers — Defence: Military Vehicles (18 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of whether the improvised explosive device attack at Haditha, Iraq in 2006, on the amphibious assault vehicle operated by the US Marine Corps has implications for (a) the design of British armoured personnel carriers and (b) other British Army force protection measures.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (14 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make an assessment of the morale of troops stationed in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Helicopters (13 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has carried out an evaluation of deploying (a) the Huger 500 and (b) other light utility helicopters as convoy or patrol escorts in Iraq; and what assessment he has made of the merits of the use of machines of this type in such a manner to enhance force protection for British troops in convoy or patrol in (a) Iraq and (b)...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (10 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has carried out strategic analyses of the experiences from the use of improvised explosive devices by the counter-insurgency in Iraq; whether he has made an assessment of whether the tactics used by the insurgents in that theatre are likely to be met elsewhere in future British Army deployments; and what the implications are for...

Written Answers — Defence: Helicopters (10 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: ...for Defence if he will purchase a quantity of light observation helicopters similar to the Kiowa type used by the US armed forces, for use as routine convoy and ground vehicle patrol escorts in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Military Vehicles (6 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what vehicles are provided for Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel on active service in Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (5 Jul 2006)

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what training programmes in Iraqi native languages are available to troops prior to deployment in Iraq; what type of courses are taught; what levels of proficiency are taught; and how many personnel have taken each of the courses available in each of the last three years.

Orders of the Day — Road Safety Bill [Lords] (8 Mar 2006)

Owen Paterson: ...that number of people were killed on our railways, aeroplanes or ferries, there would be a national outcry and the issue would take over the press for weeks. If that number of people were killed in Iraq, there would be a similar response. However, that carnage takes places on our streets, outside our homes and in our country lanes and, for some strange reason, there does not seem to be a...