Results 1-17 of 17 for iraq speaker:Robert Walter

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (12 Nov 2007)

Robert Walter: ...are at least two other situations on Europe's doorstep that are developing in a not dissimilar fashion, although one is about break-ups. I refer to the situation on the border between Turkey and Iraq—a situation involving an applicant member for the European Union and a full NATO member being bombarded from the other side by terrorist groups and on so—and to Georgia. Georgia...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq and Afghanistan: Peace Keeping Operations (24 May 2007)

Robert Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many visits he has made to servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan; and how many visits have been made by other Ministers.

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Armed Conflict (Parliamentary Approval) (15 May 2007)

Robert Walter: ...of those forces, or introduce national caveats into our deployment within multinational force deployments. Mention has been made—I am not going to make a great deal of it—of the Iraq vote in this House. I participated in the debates on Iraq and voted basically against the Iraq invasion, although—for reasons that my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Rushcliffe...

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (24 Jul 2006)

Robert Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much ordnance was used by British forces in Iraq in each of the last six months, broken down by type; (2) how much and what type of ordnance was used by British forces in Iraq in the past six months.

European Affairs (14 Dec 2005)

Robert Walter: .... The EU military commander in this regard is the deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO. There are missions in the Balkans, to which reference has already been made. There are missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and in Palestine, which the hon. Member for Ilford, South mentioned. There are other missions in Africa and also in south-east Asia. I am concerned about the lack of effective...

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mr Robert Walter: The debate is important and it is appropriate that we should have it after our two-month recess during which the situation in Iraq has deteriorated and we have seen the circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the conflict exposed in the Hutton inquiry. I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for North Essex (Mr. Jenkin) and for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) on not exposing, or gloating about,...

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mr Robert Walter: ...say a few words about the role that our troops have played in the conflict. I congratulate them on their efforts, skill and courage. I have spoken to many of my constituents who have come back from Iraq—I have a substantial Ministry of Defence establishment in my constituency—and I am proud to be associated with the attitude that the troops have taken on the ground. If I may...

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mr Robert Walter: .... There have been instances when United States troops have done things that I would frankly not wish to defend, but that is beyond the scope of the debate, which is about the military situation in Iraq as it affects this Government and our troops. I have taken a close interest in the situation in Iraq both in the run-up to the conflict and during it. I am a member of the Select Committee...

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mr Robert Walter: I would not wish to speculate too much on that, but the conflict has not improved the terrorist situation. As we have seen on the ground in Iraq and in other parts of the world, the situation has deteriorated. The Hutton inquiry has shown that the Government massaged some of the flimsy evidence on Saddam's capabilities. The evidence of the UN weapons inspectors was that they could find no...

Military Situation in Iraq (9 Sep 2003)

Mr Robert Walter: ...situation was precipitated by the possible disappearance of a window of opportunity, but that is all history, as hon. Members have said. We need to consider how we deal with the awful situation in Iraq now. From those whom I have spoken to who have been on the ground in Iraq, it is clear that the life of ordinary Iraqis in many parts of that country is not, as the Secretary of State said,...

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

Mr Robert Walter: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development what assessment he has made of changes in cancer rates among children in Southern Iraq since 1991.

Written Answers — Defence: Depleted Uranium (3 Jun 2003)

Mr Robert Walter: ...of State for Defence what assessment has been made of post-war health and environmental issues arising as a result of the employment of depleted uranium weapons in the recent conflict with Iraq.

Written Answers — Defence: Depleted Uranium (3 Jun 2003)

Mr Robert Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) to what extent the recent conflict with Iraq has affected efforts to make safe and remove the remains of depleted uranium weapons employed in that region during the first Gulf War; (2) what steps have been taken to remove and make safe depleted uranium weapons employed in the recent conflict with Iraq.

Written Answers — Home Department: Iraq (3 Mar 2003)

Mr Robert Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what preparations he has made for the internment of Iraqi nationals in the event of a war with Iraq.

Iraq (26 Feb 2003)

Mr Robert Walter: .... But there is unfinished business in that country still. We have liberated the poppy farmers and the drug smugglers who now supply 90 per cent. of the heroin on our streets. This debate is about Iraq. There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein is an evil dictator with scant regard for human rights. There is no doubt that in the past he has used chemical weapons against his own people. We know...

Iraq (26 Feb 2003)

Mr Robert Walter: ...chance to vote for or against this war. I am no pacifist, but I have spent my entire life believing in the politics of peace. I would love to see the removal of Saddam Hussein for the sake of the Iraqi people, but I would also like to see a host of other regimes disappear—in Burma, North Korea, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe, to name just a few. In justifying this form of...

Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction (24 Sep 2002)

Mr Robert Walter: ...the lives of British service men and women, unless I am convinced of both the justice and the sense of that action. The United States seems determined to force a regime change on the people of Iraq, and we all know, given the current state of Iraqi politics, that that cannot happen democratically. We all know that the devastation of the Gulf war, the imposition of no-fly zones, the...