Results 1-20 of 77 for iraq speaker:Bob Russell

Bills Presented: Afghanistan and Pakistan (16 Jul 2009) has video

Bob Russell: ...the Colchester military festival will take place, and in excess of 20,000 people are expected. That is all part and parcel of winning hearts and minds in this country. Although I voted against the Iraq war, the Government are absolutely right in what they are doing in Afghanistan, and I support them 100 per cent. in that. That said, I challenged the Prime Minister on a point on Monday. I...

Defence Procurement (20 Apr 2009) has video

Bob Russell: ..., why cannot our European allies provide the additional helicopters, and the engineers and mechanics, and then allow our pilots from the Army, the Air Force and the Navy to fly them? When I visited Iraq with the Armed Forces Bill Committee, I saw a wonderful team effort by helicopter pilots from the three services. I was greatly taken by the wonderful facility that unmanned reconnaissance...

Opposition Day — [5th Allotted Day]: Housing Waiting Lists (11 Feb 2009) has video

Bob Russell: ...am sure that there are other examples of empty dwellings around the country, some publicly owned but predominantly, I suspect, privately owned. If the Government can fund an arguably illegal war in Iraq and can bail out the bankers, why can they not fund the housing sector, as suggested by the right hon. Member for North-West Hampshire (Sir George Young), so that housing can come through...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (20 Nov 2008)

Bob Russell: ...Defence what progress has been made towards apprehending those allegedly responsible for the killing of six members of the Royal Military Police in a police station at Majar al-Kabir, near Basra, Iraq, in June 2003; and if he will make a statement.

Topical Debate: Defence Policy (30 Oct 2008) has video

Bob Russell: ...thing is ensuring that parcels from families get through as a priority. If too many people show good will, especially at this time of year, many of our service personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq will not get the family parcels. We need to be careful.

[Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] — Reconstructing Afghanistan (10 Jul 2008)

Bob Russell: ...Afghanistan" report is one of the most powerful I have ever seen. Unfortunately, it is not a photograph that I have seen in any of our national media, because of the confusion of Afghanistan and Iraq that still persists. The particular reason why I wanted to speak today is that the past month has been particularly difficult for the garrison town of Colchester, which I represent, because...

Business of the House: Defence in the World (8 May 2008) has video

Bob Russell: ...this year, and I passed the medical test. I suspect that if I can pass it, many others can too. The serious point is that we owe a great debt of gratitude to our brave men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as to those who have served in other theatres in the past, for what they have done. I want to return to a point that I have put to both the present Prime Minister and...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (6 Mar 2008)

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces have not been provided with Osprey body armour on deployments in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (4 Mar 2008)

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces who are (a) deployed and (b) awaiting deployment to (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan have not been issued with a pair of Midel or Magnum boots; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (22 Jan 2008)

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Iraq on apprehending those responsible for the murder of six members of the Royal Military Police in 2003; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Presented: Armed Forces Personnel (10 Jan 2008) has video

Bob Russell: ...school are Army children, as are 70 per cent. of Montgomery junior school pupils. No hot meals are provided for them. I suggest that if the Army can provide meals for our service personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq, there should be a system for providing hot school meals to children back in Colchester. About 60 per cent. of children at another school, St. Michael's primary, are also from...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Medals (3 Dec 2007)

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will amend the regulations for the award of campaign medals to members of the armed forces who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan to enable indication of the number of multiple deployments which have been undertaken.

Alderman Blaxill School (22 Oct 2007) has video

Bob Russell: ...and based at the Colchester garrison. The school has years of experience in helping such youngsters, which I witnessed for myself when just about every soldier from the garrison was deployed in the Iraq war. A further special characteristic is that Alderman Blaxill has the only child dyslexia unit in the north of the county, which was opened by five-times Olympic gold medal winner Sir...

Written Answers — Treasury: Armed Forces: Compensation (17 Sep 2007)

Bob Russell: ...the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce a windfall tax on the armaments industry to fund (a) enhanced compensation payments for members of the armed forces injured in Afghanistan and Iraq and (b) charities engaged in assisting serving and former members of the armed forces and their families.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (12 Sep 2007)

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to reimburse Royal Mail to enable parcels to be posted free of charge to military personnel serving in Afghanistan and Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peace Keeping Operations (19 Jun 2007)

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many members of HM armed forces (a) returning from action in and (b) injured whilst serving in (i) Afghanistan and (ii) Iraq have been checked for post-traumatic stress disorder; and how many were in (A) the Army, (B) the Royal Navy and (C) the Royal Air Force; (2) how many members of HM armed forces injured while serving in (a)...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations (19 Jun 2007)

Bob Russell: ...the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides there have been of members of HM armed forces (i) while serving in and (ii) after returning from service in (A) Iraq and (B) Afghanistan.

Point of Order: Defence in the UK (26 Apr 2007)

Bob Russell: ...to the families of those members of Her Majesty's armed forces who lost their lives in recent weeks. I also join him in paying tribute to those who, less recently, lost their lives in Afghanistan, Iraq and Northern Ireland. Nor should we forget the many men and women across the armed forces who have been injured while in service, and who have worked tirelessly. I also wish to put on record...

Point of Order: Defence in the UK (26 Apr 2007)

Bob Russell: ...Government to sell the houses to Annington Homes, yet not include the upkeep of the accommodation in the deal. I invite the Minister to work out the sums. It may well be cheaper to use some of the Iraq money to buy back the MOD housing, using the pricing formula that was used for the sale, so that proposal is not quite as expensive as it might appear at first sight. Of all the...

Point of Order: Defence in the UK (26 Apr 2007)

Bob Russell: ...April 2004 by Conservative-controlled Essex county council—admittedly, using legislation handed to it by the Labour Government. The simple fact is that while their dads are in Afghanistan or Iraq, the children back in Colchester are not able to have a hot school meal because the three Army schools, for whatever reason, do not provide it. My question to the Ministry is this: those...