Results 1-20 of 47 for iraq speaker:Andrew Tyrie

Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Detainees (6 Jul 2009)

Andrew Tyrie: ...pursuant to the statement of 26 February 2009, Official Report, columns 394-97W, on Records of detention (review conclusions), what the names of each of the two individuals transferred from Iraq to Afghanistan in 2004 are; at what US detention facilities they (a) have been and (b) are being held; what steps the Government has taken to verify US assurances on the treatment of the two...

Public Bill Committee: Political Parties and Elections Bill: Clause 12 (18 Nov 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: ..., Sir Nicholas, this is my last general point. It is particularly ironic that, as a country, we expected members of our military to put their lives at risk to extend democracy in countries such as Iraq while we were neglecting to ensure that they could vote in a general election. Furthermore, in that general election, the biggest single issue was the war in Iraq. That was absolutely...

[Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] — Ministers and Civil Servants (30 Oct 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: ...be judged. First, if it were in place, would Parliament be better able to scrutinise the activity of the Executive? For example, would we have been able to have in place better ex post scrutiny of Iraq, even if not ex ante, and would we have been able to have the full inquiry, which many hon. Members who opposed the war feel is necessary? I cannot see much in those proposals that would...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Detainees (17 Jul 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the contents of the review of detention practices in Iraq and Afghanistan he disclosed in his letter to the hon. Member for Chichester of 7 July 2008.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Detainees (9 Jun 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have been (a) captured, (b) arrested and (c) detained by British forces during the conflicts in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Detainees (8 May 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2008, Official Report, column 1310W, on Iraq: detainees, what monitoring and administration of individuals in detention is necessary; and what the UK's reporting obligations are to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Detainees (24 Apr 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether individuals captured by British forces during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have at a subsequent time been held at the United States detention facilities at (a) Bagram Theatre Internment Facility, (b) Balad Special Forces Base, (c) Camp Nama BIAP and (d) Abu Ghraib prison.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Detainees (20 Mar 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 31 January 2008, Official Report, column 524W, on Iraq: detainees, what the Government's policy is on the recording of information about individuals detained by UK forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Detainees (20 Mar 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether recordings have been made of interviews conducted with individuals captured by British forces during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; what his policy is on making such recordings; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Detainees (20 Mar 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Government has received any assurances from the US authorities regarding the treatment of detainees captured by UK forces in Iraq or Afghanistan and subsequently transferred into US custody.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Detainees (31 Jan 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 14 January 2008, Official Report, column 885W, on Iraq: detainees, what the Government's policy is on recording (a) requests for the transfer of individuals to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and (b) the transfer of individuals to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay for which the UK Government's consent was...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Detainees (14 Jan 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2007, Official Report, columns 1224-5W, on Iraq: detainees, whether the United States authorities have at any time requested British consent for any individual to be transferred to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq: Detainees (5 Dec 2007)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any individuals captured by British forces during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have at any subsequent time been held at the United States detention facility at Guantánamo Bay.

Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half-Day] — Iraq (31 Oct 2006)

Andrew Tyrie: This debate is not about the conduct of policy in Iraq now, but about whether we should hold a Select Committee inquiry into the way in which the war has been and will be conducted in future. My hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Mr. Maples) made the valid point that the inquiry by the Foreign Affairs Committee was thwarted by the Government, which the Foreign Secretary refuted. I...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (26 Jan 2006)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the UK has sought clarification from the US as to whether it will retain military bases in Iraq after the withdrawal of troops.

Orders of the Day — Electoral Administration Bill: Schedule 2 — Repeals (11 Jan 2006)

Andrew Tyrie: ...us time to work out together what is the best scheme, but the best must not become the enemy of the good. We cannot allow the scandal of service voters who work for democracy in countries such as Iraq finding themselves disfranchised at home to continue. We cannot allow it to happen at an election again. I salute the Minister for reaching that conclusion and hope that she will emphasise,...

Orders of the Day — Electoral Administration Bill: New Clause 1 — Registration of service personnel (8 Nov 2005)

Andrew Tyrie: ...mean that at the next election all service personnel will be registered to vote. The fact that we need a clause such as this tells its own story. It is a story of a Government who took us to war in Iraq having just disfranchised a large proportion of the servicemen who were fighting in it. But it is worse than that. It is a story of a Government who were warned repeatedly that this would...

Orders of the Day — Electoral Administration Bill (25 Oct 2005)

Andrew Tyrie: ...that she did not intend to disfranchise a large proportion of service personnel at the last election, but that was the effect of the legislation. It is a scandal that we have been sending troops to Iraq to help to build a democracy while making it so difficult for them to vote in the last general election. A very large proportion of them almost certainly did not vote. It is disgraceful...

Orders of the Day — Electoral Administration Bill (25 Oct 2005)

Andrew Tyrie: ...explain why, despite the fact that vigorous representations were made a full nine months before the general election, we still went into the election with those who are trying to bring democracy to Iraq unable even to vote in their own country?

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (30 Jun 2005)

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many representations have been made to UK military authorities in Iraq by prisoners of war of (a) Iraqi and (b) other nationality in relation to rights under article 78 of the third Geneva convention.