Results 1-5 of 5 for iraq speaker:Ann Widdecombe
- Uk Border Agency (22 Oct 2009) has video
Ann Widdecombe: ..., it was understood that if he were to stay here now—not on grounds of asylum, but as a spouse—he would have to leave the country in order to do so. Unfortunately, the country he had to go to was Iraq, but they both accepted that that was the right way forward. They spent a great deal of time, which I am sure the Minister will find perfectly credible, trying to get a passport...
- Office of Foreign Assets Control List (25 Oct 2007) has video
Ann Widdecombe: ...taken from him. He is homeless—well, he is in a bedsit. Why did Citibank take his assets? It was because 20 years ago—not last year or the year before—my constituent had had business dealings in Iraq. I have supplied the Minister confidentially with the details of that involvement, which certainly had nothing to do with helping Iraq, but a lot to do with helping the...
- 36 Engineer Regiment (Maidstone) (22 Mar 2006)
Ann Widdecombe: ...,000 in the Territorials. The cuts make no sense at all, given what we require our armed services to do. We should have taken notice of the recent situation when we wanted both to deploy troops in Iraq and to keep them on standby during a firemen's strike. From talking to members of the 36 Engineer Regiment, I know that that placed considerable strain not only on their resources but on the...
- Gurkhas (14 Sep 2004)
Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...which were won by Gurkhas themselves. They have fought in nearly every conflict since world war two: in the Falklands, in the first Gulf war, in East Timor, in Sierra Leone, and most recently, in Iraq. Yet, as I said in my Adjournment debate of 6 March 2003, we show our gratitude with a P45 and a one-way ticket to Nepal. After 15 years' service, they cannot stay here. Let us suppose that...
- Gurkha Regiment (6 Mar 2003)
Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...the part of the Gurkhas. There are 26 Victoria Crosses in the Gurkha regiment, 13 of them won by Gurkhas. They have fought in almost every conflict since world war two. They were in the Falklands, Iraq, East Timor and Sierra Leone. At this very moment, as we sit here surveying what is a disgraceful state of affairs, they are in Kuwait, waiting to shed blood in the fight against one of the...