Results 1-20 of 99 for iraq speaker:Caroline Spelman

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Industrial Disputes (26 Oct 2009)

Caroline Spelman: ...Communities and Local Government what assessment was made of the merits of using employment legislation to prohibit industrial action by the Fire Brigades Union on public safety grounds during the Iraq conflict in 2003.

International Role of Women (9 Mar 2004)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: ...myself the opportunity to speak last Thursday. I shall talk about women in Afghanistan, as have other hon. Members, including the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Joan Ruddock), and women in Iraq. Both countries present a test case for the future of women's rights. As a nation, we are part of an occupying force in one of those countries and a multinational peacekeeping force in the...

African Development Strategies (4 Nov 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: ...a marker. As the Government have winkled some time out of the Whips to spend on the subject of international development, we are disappointed that the Secretary of State did not choose to discuss Iraq. We tabled two urgent questions, because although there have been two written ministerial statements on funding for the reconstruction of Iraq there has been no opportunity to question...

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (3 Nov 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the additional funding for reconstruction in Iraq announced on 14 October will come from planned expenditure for the Department.

Written Answers — International Development: Reconstruction Funding (3 Nov 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what impact the additional funding for reconstruction of Iraq announced on 14 October will have on his Department's projects for middle income countries.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (23 Oct 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what recent discussions his Department has had with NGOs working with children and adults with learning disabilities in Iraq; (2) what assessment he has made of the number of people suffering from learning disabilities in Iraq.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (23 Oct 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what measures are in place to prevent food shortages after the cessation of the UN Oil for Food programme in Iraq.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Iraq (15 Oct 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: In the Department's most recent Iraq update, 70 per cent. of Government investment in reconstruction has been allocated through the UN and yesterday's written statement reveals a further blank cheque. The Department has flatly refused to fund individual projects, such as the rebuilding of the spinal injuries unit in Baghdad. Does the Secretary of State accept that, because of that loss of...

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (6 Oct 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what recent assessment has been made of the availability of medical supplies in Iraq.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (6 Oct 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what recent assessment has been made of the supply of (a) clean water, (b) sanitation and (c) electricity throughout Iraq.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (6 Oct 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what measures are in place to restore and maintain security in Iraq to enable the provision of humanitarian aid.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (6 Oct 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what assessment has been made of the level of food shortages in Iraq.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (6 Oct 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what recent discussions the Department has had regarding the role of the UN in Iraq.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (16 Sep 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development if he will make a statement on (a) the humanitarian situation in Iraq and (b) the impact of security on the humanitarian situation.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (16 Sep 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development if he will publish the plans the Government have to release money for humanitarian needs in Iraq before the donors conference in October.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (16 Sep 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what recent discussions the Department has had with non-governmental organisations on their continued presence in Iraq.

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: ...(Mr. Walter), who is a member of the Select Committee on International Development. He explained clearly the inconsistencies at the heart of DFID's policy, which led to the military situation in Iraq. I am glad that a DFID Minister is on the Treasury Bench now, although none was present for the whole of the rest of the debate. The Government chose to open and wind up the debate with...

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: I am reaching the end of my speech. The hon. Gentleman will have an opportunity in his winding-up speech, and we both have limited time. Not only have the people of Iraq been let down by Government negligence, but our own people feel let down by the Government exaggerating important information on which the decision to go to war was based. A good outcome can be wrestled from the situation in...

Financing Development (17 Jul 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: .... The Government might say that simply getting the issue on the agenda was an achievement, and that much is perhaps true, given the amount of bad blood between those countries following the war in Iraq. However, to echo the words of the director of the Save the Children Fund: "Everything depends on securing real commitment from G7 countries that is translated into a concrete plan of...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (17 Jul 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the sale of national assets in Iraq by the Coalition provisional administration.