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Political Parties and Elections Bill: Report (2nd Day) (Continued) (17 Jun 2009)

Lord Tyler: ...should expect is every possible assistance to enable them to use their civic right to vote. I cannot think of any situation more frustrating than for a young service man or woman coming back from Iraq or Afghanistan not being able to vote on the big issues affecting the nation today. I am sure that the Minister accepts and supports that view. Therefore, if the Electoral Commission and the...

Political Parties and Elections Bill: Report (1st Day) (Continued) (15 Jun 2009)

Lord Tyler: ...public of opinion to have its say. I make it absolutely clear that if a Member is thought by his or her constituents to have done something politically wrong—such as voting the wrong way on Iraq—as opposed to breaking the rules, this system cannot be triggered. It is only triggered when the parliamentary standards authority has taken full account of the incident and the views...

Constitutional Renewal — Debate (11 Jun 2009)

Lord Tyler: ...have to have the support of MPs to commit the nation's troops to armed conflict. Noble Lords will doubtless have in mind that critical vote in the other place that took this country to war in Iraq. I was there. It was a genuine time of debate and an agonising one for all sides the House, particularly on the Government side. However, we learnt subsequently that the case for war was found...

Constitution: Executive, Judiciary and Parliament (Constitution Committee Report) (18 Nov 2008)

Lord Tyler: ...Bill. Anyone who thinks that this problem has gone away should read the comments made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bingham, about the advice given by the then Attorney-General on the war in Iraq. I regret that it was not possible for the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, to be with us this evening; I was not aware of that until the debate started. The noble and learned Lord,...

Constitution (25 Mar 2008)

Lord Tyler: ...was referred to in the Statement, might include such highly charged political issues as the BAE Systems contract with the Saudi Government or the difficult situation that arose in the run-up to the Iraq war. The White Paper does not adequately address the concerns that came from the resignation letter of Elizabeth Wilmshurst, which noble Lords will recall raised important questions about...

Government: Draft Legislative Programme (26 Jul 2007)

Lord Tyler: ...atmosphere down at that end of the corridor; I am delighted to say that it is much more the atmosphere here. There were no further meetings. The experiment sadly died when Mr Cook resigned over the Iraq invasion the following March. I mention that because I believe that the Prime Minister's Statement and the accompanying draft programme are a belated and very welcome attempt to build on...

Armed Forces: Steven Roberts Inquiry (17 May 2007)

Lord Tyler: ...with the noble Lord's conclusions. Sergeant Steven Roberts came from my then constituency of North Cornwall, from the town of Wadebridge. He was the first British casualty after the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and, sadly, his death and its aftermath have been symbolic of the tragic mistakes and the avoidable loss of life there ever since. Within days, Sergeant Roberts's family was in...

Gulf War Illnesses (22 Mar 2007)

Lord Tyler: ...recently acknowledged that medical services for troops were in some cases inadequate, and does this apply to the troops who came back from the first Gulf War as well as those who came back from the Iraq invasion? Finally, why is the Department of Health not represented on the Carden committee? It is obviously extremely important to have joined-up government in this matter.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Body Armour (8 Feb 2007)

Lord Tyler: asked Her Majesty's Government: When the shortage of enhanced body armour was first identified in the preparations for the invasion of Iraq in 2002; and when the Secretary of State for Defence was first advised of the need to supplement the available stock.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Steven Roberts Inquiry (11 Jan 2007)

Lord Tyler: ...Government: Who in the Ministry of Defence authorised the evidence of Mr David Williams, director of capability, resources and scrutiny, for the inquest into the death of Sergeant Steven Roberts in Iraq.

Armed Forces: Steven Roberts Inquiry (10 Jan 2007)

Lord Tyler: ...were still firmly at the diplomatic stage"? Can the Minister confirm that this decision was a misguided attempt to distance the MoD from the conservative demand for a pre-emptive strike against Iraq and President Bush's war preparations? Can the Minister finally confirm that it is not now the habit of his department to allow civil servants to answer for the misjudgment of the Secretary of...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces: Body Armour (10 Jan 2007)

Lord Tyler: ...Her Majesty's Government: Why there was a delay of more than eight weeks between 13 September and 13 November 2002 in ordering essential sets of enhanced combat body armour for troops deployed to Iraq with the result that 2,200 troops were not fully protected, including Sergeant Steven Roberts.

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill (19 Dec 2006)

Lord Tyler: ...the death of Sergeant Steven Roberts. Sergeant Roberts came from my North Cornwall constituency, as it was when I was Member of Parliament for that area. He was the first British fatality in the Iraq invasion. Soon after his death on 24 March 2003, his family came to me seeking the facts of his death. Having put down a number of Questions and received very unsatisfactory replies, I raised...

Adjournment (Easter) (24 Mar 2005)

Mr Paul Tyler: ...even if some of those answers have been far from illuminating. He may recall that I have raised on several occasions the alarming case of Sergeant Steven Roberts, the first British casualty in the Iraq invasion, who came from Wadebridge in my constituency. Today happens to be exactly the second anniversary of his avoidable, unnecessary and truly tragic death. Hon. Members may remember that...

Business of the House (24 Mar 2005)

Mr Paul Tyler: ...quote a specific conclusion from the report: "we are concerned that the informality and circumscribed character of the Government's procedures which we saw in the context of policy-making towards Iraq risks reducing the scope for informed collective political judgement. Such risks are particularly significant in a field like the subject of our Review, where hard facts are inherently...

Business of the House (27 Jan 2005)

Mr Paul Tyler: ...entirely endorse what the Leader of the House has just said about holocaust memorial day? I am sure that colleagues in all parts of the House will do so. I am sure we all hope that the elections in Iraq this weekend will produce the maximum turnout and suffer the minimum disruption from terrorists. When will the Prime Minister be in a position to make a statement on the outcome of those...

Modernisation of the House of Commons (26 Jan 2005)

Mr Paul Tyler: ...were less popular now because of the change in hours; that is nonsense. The reason why some Members are less popular is because the electorate have been seeing what line they took on, for example, Iraq; I cannot remember which way the hon. Gentleman voted. We have had a better assessment of what the House is doing since the new hours came in because the late night television news, and the...

Business of the House (13 Jan 2005)

Mr Paul Tyler: ...to come to the House early next week to make a statement on the hunt for weapons of mass destruction? He will have noted that overnight the President's spokesperson at the White House said that the Iraq survey group will now officially stand down. The exercise has ended, which clearly demonstrates that the House was given a completely flawed prospectus for going to war in Iraq. We now know...

Christmas Adjournment (21 Dec 2004)

Mr Paul Tyler: ...welfare of service families and, indeed, to the fact that service personnel are the most crucial asset of our armed forces. No doubt, the Prime Minister is repeating that mantra to our troops in Iraq today, but what sort of message is the Ministry of Defence sending them? In a succession of recess Adjournment debates, I have drawn attention to a sad failure by the MOD. The Deputy Leader of...

Christmas Adjournment (21 Dec 2004)

Mr Paul Tyler: ...justice. On a similar issue, I find it staggering, having raised some of these issues in the past, that the families of people who were killed in the early days of the second Gulf war—after the Iraq invasion, 20 months ago—still do not know precisely why their loved ones were killed. Those families are equally badly served by the way in which the Ministry of Defence looks at...