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Iraq and Middle East Peace Process (19 Apr 2004)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: Has one of the effects of the war in Iraq and the lack of a coherent exit strategy been to increase the terrorist threat not only in Iraq, but here in the UK?

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Iraq (3 Nov 2003)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: To ask the Prime Minister whether the Chiefs of Staff expressed unease to him in March regarding the proposed war against Iraq.

Iraq (15 Jul 2003)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: If the governing council or the Iraqi people decide that they would like Iraq to be divided into three autonomous or semi-autonomous regions, notwithstanding likely Turkish objections, would the Government support the decision?

Iraq (18 Mar 2003)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: Securing the approval of the United Nations has become the rallying cry for some who oppose military action in Iraq. For them, no war without a second UN resolution has actually meant no war at all in any circumstances and whatever the provocation. That evasion is deliberate. However, the United Nations cannot absolve us from exercising our own critical or moral judgment. Although UN approval...

Iraq (18 Mar 2003)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: ...Prime Minister changed his "just cause for war" again. In answer to my question on 12 February, he introduced the concept of a moral war, waged as a humanitarian intervention to save the people of Iraq.

Iraq (18 Mar 2003)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: I agree absolutely. Saddam Hussein should have done that. I intend to show why he would never do it. Would the people of Iraq be better off if Saddam Hussein were dead or in exile? The answer is undoubtedly yes. Does the Iraqi regime have weapons of mass destruction? It almost certainly does. They are possibly so well hidden that they would be difficult to use immediately. Has Saddam Hussein...

Points of Order (12 Mar 2003)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. If there is a debate on a substantive motion before ground troops are committed in Iraq, and given the clear disquiet that exists in the House at the prospect of war, can you confirm that it would be both in order and advisable for a free vote to take place on such a motion when it is brought before the House?

Defence in the World (22 Jan 2003)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: The speech made by the hon. Member for Halifax (Mrs. Mahon) has one virtue: consistency. I do not share her anti-United States feelings, but I do wish to concentrate on the possible war in Iraq. Some 17 years ago, on 6 June 1985, I warned the House of the dangers of Iraq and similar states. I said that "if nuclear war ever broke out it would be initiated not by the superpowers but by a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (11 Apr 2000)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: In the meantime, as the right hon. Gentleman is aware, there has been a sharp increase in the smuggling of oil by Iraq. What practical steps are being taken to stop that?

Yemen (11 Jan 1999)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: ...Office travel advice for that country—where anarchy rules so frequently, and where there has been terrorism consistently, for decades—was not substantially upgraded after the bombing of Iraq. Perhaps the Foreign Secretary can explain why. He needs to tell us why neither he nor the Foreign Office took action after what we knew would cause considerable difficulty in the Muslim world.

Iraq (17 Feb 1998)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: ...by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, few doubted the justice of our decision to retake the Falklands. Similarly, there was little doubt in the international community that it was right to expel Iraq from Kuwait. This time, however, much is different: no sovereign territory has been invaded; our immediate economic interests are not in peril; international support is, at the very best,...

Opposition Day: The Gulf (21 Feb 1991)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: If Iraq withdraws from Kuwait with the majority of its armour, artillery and aircraft intact, would the hon. Gentleman trust Saddam not to use them in future?

Orders of the Day — Debate on the Address: Foreign Affairs and Defence (8 Nov 1990)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: ...peace dividend were wrong, and it is quite interesting to note just how quiet they are today. The United Nations has defined its objectives in the Gulf. They include an unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait, and the restoration of the legitimate Government. I trust that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and other leaders of the allied powers will agree that the...

Opposition Day: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (6 Jun 1985)

Mr Jonathan Sayeed: ...water reactor, which would make plutonium and hence the material for the plutonium bomb. That is what India has done at Trombay — using Canadian technology. It is what the Israelis say that Iraq was doing — using French technology — before Israel blew its reactor to pieces. It is what has been suggested that Argentina is doing, and Israel and Pakistan are alleged to be...