Results 1-20 of 92 for iraq speaker:Andrew Robathan

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Iraq (22 Jul 2008) has video

Andrew Robathan: Like the Chairman of the Defence Committee, I think it right to maintain our current high levels of troop deployment in Iraq, but it was absolutely wrong of the Prime Minister 10 months ago, when he was contemplating calling a general election and the Conservative party was holding its conference, to make the premature announcement that the troop number would be reduced to 2,500 by this...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Ministerial Responsibilities (3 Dec 2007) has video

Andrew Robathan: ...on defence because he was still up in Scotland. Does he understand why people on duty 24 hours a day in Afghanistan, facing the most difficult fighting since Korea, or those risking their lives in Iraq, question the commitment of this Government, and does he understand why they say that it is inappropriate and insulting that his job should be a part-time one?

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Flooding (24 Jul 2007)

Andrew Robathan: ...off. Can the Secretary of State tell me how many troops are available to Cobra to deploy to assist in emergencies such as this? Have any been taken off leave? Have any been taken off training for Iraq and Afghanistan, which are very dangerous places, for which they need training?

Flooding (23 Jul 2007) has video

Andrew Robathan: ...budget. Will the Secretary of State tell the House what the units deployed on Friday and Saturday were doing beforehand? Were they on leave—either weekend leave, or leave following a tour in Iraq or Afghanistan? How many were in training for those deadly war zones, to which they may be going soon?

Oral Answers to Questions — Solicitor-General: Legal Advice (Publication) (24 May 2007)

Andrew Robathan: ...which may mean that she could become Deputy Prime Minister. That raises some important constitutional issues. As the hon. and learned Gentleman knows, she believes that the Law Officer's advice on Iraq should be published. [Interruption.] The right hon. and learned Lady has said it in public. We know that she has said that she believes that the Attorney-General's advice on Iraq should be...

Oral Answers to Questions — Solicitor-General: Law Officers' Advice (8 Feb 2007)

Andrew Robathan: ...opposite of his? In the current climate, is it not vital that the Government be open about what has been said and about the legal advice that has been given on various issues, not least the war in Iraq?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Army (22 Jan 2007)

Andrew Robathan: That was not much of an answer. We are fighting two dangerous and difficult wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and yet the Government, in their wisdom, have seen fit to reduce the size of the Army, most recently cutting four infantry battalions from the order of battle. At the same time, people have been leaving the Territorial Army in droves. I was delighted that the Secretary of State said in a...

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (15 Nov 2006)

Andrew Robathan: ...under the terms of the European convention on human rights, we disapprove of and do not support capital punishment. Does the House know that the British Government would not provide evidence to the Iraqi authorities in prosecuting Saddam Hussein, because he was likely to face the death penalty—a point that has been proven by parliamentary questions that I have asked of the...

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (15 Nov 2006)

Andrew Robathan: ...maintenance allowance. The Queen's Speech was rotten and thin. The Government's heart is not in it, and neither is the Prime Minister's. He hunts for his legacy, but I fear that it will be Iraq, as the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (Mr. Salmond) said. I served in the first Iraq war and I supported this war, partly because of unfinished business. However, the real sadness is that in...

Armed Forces Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Armed Forces Bill (7 Nov 2006)

Andrew Robathan: ...point out that we in the shadow Government have a very large number of people with military experience, including myself, my hon. Friend the Member for Westbury (Dr. Murrison), who has been in Iraq, and my hon. Friend the Member for North-East Milton Keynes (Mr. Lancaster).

Point of Order: Defence Policy (22 Jun 2006)

Andrew Robathan: ...country over a number of years. However, I want to look at what has happened to the armed forces over the past three years—I shall stick to the past three years. We had an immensely successful Iraq war in March 2003, or whenever it was. We can all be proud of our soldiers, sailors and airmen for the work that they did then. Since then we have got immersed, as other hon. Members have...

Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Human Rights (Iraq) (13 Dec 2005)

Andrew Robathan: To ask the Solicitor-General pursuant to his answer of 5 December 2005, Official Report, column 964W, on human rights (Iraq), whether Mr. Phil Shiner has provided evidence of potential criminal offences to the prosecuting authorities; and if he will place in the Library the correspondence between Mr. Phil Shiner and the Attorney-General's office.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (8 Dec 2005)

Andrew Robathan: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total cost was of (a) private security guards and (b) private contractors employed in Iraq by the UK Government in 2004–05; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (7 Dec 2005)

Andrew Robathan: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs under what legal jurisdiction British subjects are working in Iraq if employed by (a) the UK Government and (b) the US Administration; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Human Rights (Iraq) (5 Dec 2005)

Andrew Robathan: To ask the Solicitor-General what correspondence the Attorney-General has had with Mr.Phil Shiner regarding human rights cases against British forces in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Iraq (29 Nov 2005)

Andrew Robathan: To ask the Solicitor-General on how many occasions the Attorney-General has taken a decision on whether to prosecute cases relating to personnel serving in Iraq.

Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill (23 Nov 2005)

Andrew Robathan: ..., on instructions from the Government and from their commanders, and prevented a dreadful atrocity. The Government will hang those SAS soldiers out to dry, as they have done to some soldiers in Iraq, to placate the IRA. The other case is even worse. In May 1987, eight IRA terrorists who were armed to the teeth drove a JCB with a bomb on it into Loughall police station and exploded the...

Defence in the United Kingdom (17 Nov 2005)

Andrew Robathan: .... My hon. Friend the Member for Monmouth spoke with great passion, and extremely well, about his TA experience, and particularly about the Government betraying soldiers in both Northern Ireland and Iraq. My hon. Friends the Members for Kettering (Mr. Hollobone) and for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Ellwood) spoke from their different military experiences. My hon. Friend the Member for...

Defence in the United Kingdom (17 Nov 2005)

Andrew Robathan: ...of soldiers from the Territorial Army. Until the present Government came to office, such soldiers had never been used on operations outside general war to the extent that they have been in Iraq. I would like to highlight other issues that are making the Army, and the armed forces in general, deeply suspicious of the Government. As I said on Monday, I fear that they are undermining the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Northern Ireland (Military Personnel Prosecutions) (14 Nov 2005)

Andrew Robathan: ...all wrongdoers must be disciplined, but the determination of the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General to prosecute serving soldiers for doing their duty in theatres from Northern Ireland to Iraq, from Trooper Williams to Colonel Mendonca, is destroying the trust between the armed forces and their political and military commanders.